Normalcy

Normalcy is the one-and-only prerequisite for being conscripted into «RESPECTED» as an employee of the Agency of Respectable Individuals (ARI). One's normalcy is one's resistance to Ugliness. Or, in other words, one's resistance to being driven insane/killed by the presence of RUDEs.

History
The existence of normalcy has been known since time immemorial, but the first to describe and research normalcy was 「REDACTED」.

Origin and Source
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Demographics
The average individual exhibits a maximum normalcy of 5% and a minimum normalcy of 0%. As a result, the average individual has little to no resistance to being driven insane/killed by the very presence of RUDEs. This is why the worthwhile bubbles ALL bubbles are quarantined from RUDEs.

A respectable individual, on the other hand, exhibits a maximum normalcy of 100% (Unlikely) and a minimum normalcy of 10% (Most Likely). As, by default, a respectable individual MUST exhibit at LEAST twice as much resistance to Ugliness than the most resistant of the average individuals. Of course, such respectable individuals are EXTREMELY rare. As such, ALL respectable individuals are forced STRONGLY encouraged to join the ARI.

Weaponization
All attempts to externally weaponize normalcy have — thus far — failed, as modern science has yet to define and discover enough about normalcy to construct any sort of tool or weapon with the capacity to generate or interact with normalcy. However, since time immemorial, there have been — and continue to be — means to internally weaponize normalcy.

Normalcy
Those with 10% or higher normalcy are able to manifest their normalcy into an ability or weapon which has come to be referred to as a Normality. All aspects and details of Normalities tend to differ from person to person. As such, it is nigh-impossible to make any sort of generalizations about Normalities. However, the ONE thing that ALL but a few Normalities have in common is the bestowal of a superhuman athleticism that is directly proportional to one's percentage of normalcy. As such, the higher a Normality-bearer's normalcy is, the more superhumanly athletic the Normality-bearer will be.

Trivia
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