Lane
Lane
| Lane | |
|---|---|
| Creator | B |
| Information | |
| Species | Daynar |
| Gender | ??? |
| Occupation | Hypnotist |
| Nationality | Tarkus |
Description
A mysterious hypnotist that can be found in a building named "Lane’s Plane" located in the Scything Glade of Tarkus's wilds.
Appearance
[Y]ou see a humanoid-shaped person fidgeting with what you assume is some furniture. Whatever it is they’re doing, it appears to be giving regular flashes of red and blue light, dimly illuminating the whole room. They’re not standing profile, so you can’t tell if they have breasts or not, but you can make out the tell-tale sway of a tail reaching down their legs and nearly reaching their ankles.
Lane's appearance varies based on the gender the Captain Steele chooses to see them as.
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History/Personality/Information of Note
As far as it is known, Lane is the only daynar who took up the practice of hypnotism. Lane had studied hypnotism due to being bullied often during the younger years and always having a personal interest in controlling others, finding the ability to control is better suited through the practice of hypnosis.
Follower of the Hippocratic Oath, Lane claims to not use the learned skill for detrimental purposes.
Interactions
Upon entering Lane's place of business, Steele will be able to choose Lane's visible gender before viewing Lane in full.
Talk
There are a few different things you can ask Lane about. You can ask about his/her Occupation, about the Daynar species, or about Himself/Herself.
Sells
Lane hypnotizes Steele for 100 credits to enhance Steele's stats by +5 for 24 hours before wearing off.
The following are the stats that can be enhanced by Lane: Physique, Reflexes, Aim, Intelligence, and Willpower.
Quests
Though not explicit, Lane's services will provide a sub quest with its own management system. How Steele reacts while under Lane's influence, will determine the ultimate outcome for both Lane and Steele.
Hypnosis Level
Lane has a hypnosis "level" gauge that determines how successful the hypnotism is on Steele. Every time Steele receives a hypnotism session from Lane, Lane will consume some hypnosis "power". When all the power has been consumed, Lane will gain 1 level of hypnosis and the power will refill. Lane's pool of power will be directly proportional to Lane's hypnosis level. There is a maximum of 4 levels of hypnotism:
| Level | Power |
|---|---|
| 0 | 75 |
| 1 | 100 |
| 2 | 125 |
| 3 | 150 |
| 4 | 175 |
The consumption of Lane's hypnosis power is inversely proportional to Steele's willpower--meaning that Lane's hypnosis power will be lower the higher willpower Steele has. Lane's hypnosis levels will also influence the lust gains after every session. Currently, there is no way to decrease Lane's hypnosis level.
Once Lane reaches the maximum hypnosis level, if Steele confirms another hypnotism session, Lane will fully hypnotize Steele.
Fully Hypnotized
This is the point where Lane will automatically collect taxes (500 credits) from Steele every day.
Each use of his services will still cost 100 credits, with the addition of a Tax. Also once in the Services page you can't go back, the Back button is now a Taxes button.
Steele unlocks the option of willfully paying Lane's Taxes on each visit. (Sex Scene becomes available).
Some description and dialogues are slightly altered to indicate Steel's submissiveness.
While in this condition, after seven days, if Steele has any followers, there is a possible intervention scene where a follower will confront Steele about the money that has been periodically taken from Steele's account. Steele can either Confide with the follower, or tell the follower to Fuck Off. This option will never appear if Steele does not have the valid crew members.
Available crew members include: Anno, Azra, Bess/Ben (affection 30%+, friend, or lover), Celise, and Reaha (cured).
Refusing to tell the follower the truth will lead to Steele being fully hypnotized forever. Accepting to tell the secret to the follower will result in a detoxification period for Steele.
Detoxification
When selected, the follower will aid in Steele's detoxification process, during which, it is advised that Steele not visit Lane while detoxifying. The automatic tax payments to Lane will also stop under this condition.
During the detoxification process, Steele gains the "Lane Detoxing Weakness" status effect which will undergo the following temporary stat changes within a 10-day period:
| Hours | Stats |
|---|---|
| 24 |
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| 48 |
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| 72 |
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| 96 |
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| 120 |
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| 144 |
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| 168 |
|
| 192 |
|
| 216 |
|
| 240 |
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If Steele visits Lane at any point after detoxification and Steele's willpower is lower than 75% of the maximum willpower--or if Steele visits while still under detox--Steele's willpower will break and this will lead to a Bad End.
If Steele visits Lane at any point after the successful detoxification and Steele's willpower is at 75% or higher of the maximum willpower, there is a possible reward:
Rewards:
- Lane’s Plane is closed and Lane disappears
- If Steele has a nice personality, Steele earns 200 credits a day for the rest of the game
- If Steele does not have a nice personality, Steele is paid 12,000 credits
Sex
After the first hypnotism, Lane slowly begins to suggest to Steele that they have a growing attraction to each other and Lane dominates their mind and body. After being hypnotized by Lane enough, Lane finally fucks Steele as a form of taxation for being hypnotized. After the first sex scene, Lane then demands the 500 credits to be wired to him. Steele, after the first time, could Pay Taxes to Lane without purchasing Lane's services.
- Requirements - Sex with Lane requires that Steele be "fully hypnotized" by Lane.
Notes
If Steele allows the current hypnosis effect to wear off before going back to Lane, the sex path will not occur.
(Only if interested) one can save-edit with .minerva to remove the per-day payment by setting PC_PAYS_LANE_ERRY_DAY flag to 0.
There is (at the moment) an unused Bad End, which probably needs the completion of the game.