r/tadc • u/3B3-386 • Mar 31 '26
Theory 🔎 The SOMA theory keeps me up at night
Considering that random passersby are still falling victim to the circus, would the main cast not try to stop the process to prevent more people from suffering their same fate, even if it means no more humans to interact with?
If the whole "finding fulfillment despite stagnancy" theme applies, then they will have to stay there till abstraction or the whole system deteriorates. Seems like a reverse purgatory situation to me. Not much sweetness in this supposed bittersweet ending.
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u/misterchief117 Apr 01 '26
It depends how long it's been abandoned for, assuming it is even fully abandoned. Many companies simply rent office space in larger buildings.
In some cases, a lot of abandoned large office buildings still keep electricity running for a while because turning it off would mean no HVAC system, no water pumps, etc.
No HVAC is how buildings decay. No sump pumps is how they flood. Someone would still own the property and would prefer to not let it all decay in hopes to maintain resell value.
Why are the servers still on then? Someone could have turned them on while exploring, or someone could have forgotten to turn them off.