Weather phenomena, the tides and moon affecting peoples minds, it seems to depend on the month. This one is recent, at least in my experience.

[ they come to a split in the halls. it gives erwin pause: he looks both ways, considering, like he's trying to figure out by seeing which is the better choice.

in the end he goes by vibes, though: the path to the left has bad vibes, sure, but the path to the right is absolutely drippingly rank in the vibe department.

so he gestures toward the left bend in the hall. ]