[voice; iphone] friday, a little past noon

[amberhearted]

[ there's a subtle difference in alex's tone -- a little less casual, a little more steeled. it's likely to go unnoticed by those who aren't familiar with him. ]

Hey. So.

Julien thinks he got some kind of flu from 'other' him that wiped out a lot of people. We're in an enclosed space right now. We don't want to risk spreading whatever this is, but unless someone's got a quarantine station, I think leaving Locke is our best bet. Until we can get this sorted, I mean.

I'm hoping one of you clever guys and gals have a better idea.

[ man, you know shit's real when alex is volunteering to cross the 'border'.

he risks a glance at the person in the passenger's seat. ]

Banagher and Alex, high schooler Alex, are with us, too.

[ ooc: you may get replies from alex, ax-alex, banagher, and/or julien! ]

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[dorkytracksuit]

but if you leave you won't even remember why you left.

[espigeonage]

[Julien sneezes. It's very quiet, not as dramatic-sounding as in humans. His voice is thick but he speaks quickly.]

We've had better plans yeah. I don't know how this works. Or what else to do, I'm not going to wipe out the whole damn city though.

[not_good_not_wicked]

Are you guys alright in there?

[espigeonage]

[Julien sounds a bit off. Thick-voiced, but he talks very quickly in spite of it]

I don't think anyone else is showing yet, but I don't know how this works anyway.

[the distinctive sound of trying to sniff back nasal discharge] I'm sorry.

[voice]

[elfstoned]

[...oh, no.]

You're sure?

....is there any way you can safely get a sample of it back to Mordin or myself?

[espigeonage]

Pretty disingenuous if I found out about Sumatera a couple weeks ago and this is something else, right? I don't know what this is but god, I don't want this getting out. I just hope it didn't already.

Maybe if we abandon the car, or something.

( perma-voice )

[argents]

We can't, it's too risky to go through the city, right? If this is really what he's saying it is...

[searchforpeace]

[And in spite of creepy and near obsessive memories here, Audrey can't help but get just a little angry over this.]

If you leave, I'll track all of you down myself.

( perma-voice )

[argents]

[ audrey pls ]

Audrey... it's the safest way we've come up with! Besides, it's not like the barrier won't affect you too.

Voice

[doomedtheworld]

... What?

Voice

[amberhearted]

Julien got a pulse. He suspects it to be a highly contagious disease responsible for decimating the human population in 'other' him's life.

( perma-voice )

[argents]

[ obviously they need supervision ]

It happened when we went to Tuning Towers, because of the buzzing. I knew about the echoes, but I didn't expect it to be like this.

[voice]

[peacefulwinter]

That... t-that's impossible... is... is everyone okay!?

[She didn't know Julien very well, but Banagher was a known quantity - and that worried her, for reasons she didn't really understand, unknown flu aside.]

[voice]

[amberhearted]

Symptoms are limited to Julien so far.

voice

[testsonseashells]

Will come to you. Location.

[Mordin's tone of voice leaves very little room for argument. This isn't something he can let go.]

( perma-voice )

[argents]

[ A long pause and something that sounds like "— pull over?"

THAT ONE'S ON YOU, ALEX. ]

Can you really get to us and back safely?

[Video]

[scramasax]

[Anthony wants to have a better idea. He wants to try to find something to say - connects with a working-his-way-edgewise "Uhhm" - but once the figurative connection is made on one of the involved parties mentioned he fumbles on a figurative pang of surprise on top of the worry. Clumsily-hasted, tenuous:] -- You know Alex - ?

[...He said to Alex, he just has the thought to stupidly notice.]

[Voice] Hijack!

[shiromadoushi]

Anthony, this is going to be a totally rude question but, how dead are you?

[Voice]

[shiromadoushi]

There's a lot of houses in the Dead District that are livable. I can show you which are safe.

( perma-voice )

[argents]

Don't you think that's still cutting it close?

[femmefashionaire]

Damn it. Time to evacuate, I guess.

Stay in an enclosed enviroment until it passes and I'm sure everyone will be fine...ish. Or at least the rest of us have a less of a chance to catch it.

[espigeonage]

Unless I turn into a carrier. You know? Spreading something without spreading the symptoms. I was kind of worried I already was... I mean, had it, but like wasn't showing or spreading it yet. Incubation period wasn't up. You know.

[handwritten]

[detectivetroll]

Shit.

There's a bunch of doctors and scientists on here, someone's got to have the equipment to figure it out.

Alex, are you okay?

voice

[amberhearted]

[ gonna assume he means younger alex because who dis ]

Thinks he got something flu-like, too. Not sure if they're the same.

[ text / iPhone ]

[allinvein]

[Well, shit.]

Hospitals have isolation rooms, don't they? I know it's not the best idea to throw ourselves at people not associated with the network, but it should at least buy us some time. Tell the people at the hospital that Julien's run into anthrax powder or has TB.

Not a great idea, but it's the best I've got. Just... Just stay safe, all right?

[voice]

[amberhearted]

[ anthrax doesn't require isolation; tb requires a skin or blood test that'll blow julien's cover immediately.

the above is alex mentally crossing off john's suggestions right after they leave his mouth, but he doesn't verbally express it because he doesn't want to shoot john down for trying to help.

he lightens his tone. ]

That's the goal.

[ and then he asks banagher to input john's network number for a private ("private" -- he's still on speakerphone) conversation. ]

Hey, John? Using your number. You know one of Anthony's friends, Bakura? White hair on movie-- oh yeah, no movie night tonight. Anyway, he's got the idea to use Anthony as a go-between.

Watch yourself. Some diseases can travel on clothes and other things. I don't want him coming near us until Solus gives us the clear, but I can't stop him if he chooses to look for us.

[voice]

[caosgo]

Oh, God.

The doctors contacted you, right? Do you know how contagious it is?

[espigeonage]

I don't know if this is Sumatera but if it is that's, that'd be more than a million people dead in two years. I don't know how fast that happens, but it did, or does, out in the future. Twenty sixty-eight to twenty seventy. But globally, so a lot more than that, I'm... we're all assuming that this stuff only works in the same range we do.

voice;

[hollowleg]

.... Dude. Lock yourselves in a basement, somewhere. Please. The last thing we need is for some dumb bullshit flu to wipe us all out! [Not that Shiro knows it, but he's incapable of becoming sick in any normal way any more anyway]

voice4eva

[amberhearted]

[ this response is actually more in line with what alex expected tbh. ]

Keeping it contained is our highest priority right now. Handling it is our second -- Solus is gonna help us out.

[ hopefully, anyway. ]

text; cellphone

[hoennmaihime]

I can stay on the phone with one of you so that you've got someone telling you not to go back to the city.

Don't worry. It'll be weird and distressing for you and your family/friends, but at least you won't be in any danger of actually catching the disease once you're beyond city limits.

[Haruka...]

( text )

[argents]

No, we have to find another way. I want to, still [ well, you know, "want" ] but we have to take the chance now to figure out if this is for real.

[ Handwritten ]

[grimmopedia]

Wait I missed the memo, someone is carrying the plague? And how how many got wiped out before?

[espigeonage]

That'd be me. Possibly. And... seventy percent of the population in two years, then a war and it kept going, and then in the end like not even five percent of how many people were alive in 2068. Were. Will be. Future stuff...

[He sneezes softly.]

[Voice]

[goldenclothes]

[ it takes her a few moments from hearing this to decide to use her phone instead of the computer as she normally does. it's weird using it as a network device.

maybe she ought to get a cellphone.

there's not much to ask after at this point, and she spends a long time just listening to all of the responses. there's a suddenf lare in temper however and she butts in ]

Please tell me you aren't going to send Anthony out there into this.

[amberhearted]

[ on the verge of testy: ]

No, we're not.

[ wait. ]

Reilanin? Sorry. No, we're not sending Anthony to us.