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[akirameta84]

Do you think there's any Rot between the Rivulet and Saint campaigns when Scug Saiki happens?

Like, maybe the Rot is slowly dying out due to the cold starting to set in.

Rain World Spoilers for the Saint and Rivulet campaigns below

there definitely would be some rot, especially since i just had a really good idea: during scug saikis time, Five Pebbles' superstructure is actively collapsing

during Saints campaign, the only rot left is a few mobile Brother Long Legs in the collapsed ruins. the rest (all the proto rot too) is all dead and withered.

during Riv's campaign is when the rot in 5P is bad enough that the region is entirely named The Rot.

so, since the cold hasn't fully set in and the collaspse of Five Pebbles is actively occuring, while the rot outside of his structure has been dying due to the lowering temperatures, everything inside of his structure is still active, because it hasn't quite collasped

when it does, there's definitely a good chance that the rot makes itself a nuisance on the whole area and surrounding regions for awhile before the blizzards really start...hopefully saiki and co were not in the area, because not only is the collasping iterator super dangerous, theres lots of rot escaping

but of course they were. it adds perfect drama ;]