synopsychic | A far too formal presentation to say "We have a cure"

As many of you may be aware, Lyall and I have been working on analyzing the Stricken disease to find a cure and possible way of vaccination against it. Thanks to the cooperation of many and much time and effort, we have managed to isolate it and can officially report on our findings.

The Stricken disease is a form of bacterial infection, likely transmitted through biologic contamination -- that is to say through the shedding of dead cells, saliva and other bodily fluids. Samples have responded to treatments of two types of antibiotics, penicillin and doxycycline, and should be able to be overcome in the body with administration of a proper course of those drugs.

Work on a vaccine to prevent the infection from being able to gain hold in the body has begun, as has production of a large quantities of the antibiotics in both pill and liquid form.

Anyone who has shown any sign of infection or believes they have been exposed to it should report to Liminal Space where a clinic has been set up to administer the antibiotics. Anyone who has concern over possible allergic reaction or a DNA structure that may be incompatible to standard human medications should plan on spending a bit more time to have a blood sample drawn and tested to insure there will be no harmful reactions.

Thank you.

[[Clinic and "traveling sawbones" log]]

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Drizzt doesn't move as the needle pinches slightly. The pain is light, far less than Drizzt expected for all the fuss about it. He watches his blood flow out of his arm in a sort of creeped out fascination. The elastic hurts more than the needle did, but not unbearably so, and that's soon over enough itself.

The ranger nods at the instruction and does as he's told, simply asking. "How hard?"

"Just enough to keep any blood from escaping," Tachibana answered, writing a label for the tube before carrying it over to the mini lab in the corner and setting it the centrifuge. "Normally, it'd get a bandage, but considering the setting out there, it wouldn't be such a good idea, I think."

Okay, pressure until it stops bleeding. Drizzt can do that.

If Tachibana thought he was going to be walking over by himself, he's mistaken. Drizzt, ever the curious sort, cannot help but hop right off his chair and follow Tachibana to the centrifuge. He looks at it for a moment, brows furrowing, and then looks up to the man.

"And now what are you doing with it?"

Tachibana blinked over before giving a smile. "This separates out the parts of the blood through accelerated motion," he explained.

Drizzt would lean on his forearms if they weren't currently busy, but he does press himself close to the tank to get as close of view over it as possible. "Separating it? Will that help with the test?"

Tachibana nodded. "The red blood cells are mostly unaffected by the infection," he explained. "It's the neutrophils that will be attracted to it. Separating the two means less to look through to see if the infection is present."

"You can separate cells that way?" Drizzt tries to get a closer look, leaning forward. "What are red blood cells and neutrophils?"

Time for a thousand questions--sorry, Tachibana!

Tachibana nodded. "Because they have different densities," he explained, shifting to look back over at Drizzt before pausing, a fond smile tugging at his expression. "Did you want to see it better?" he asked.

Best to offer before the teen fell into the water face first.

"Densities?" Drizzt asks, more a parrot than a teenage boy at this rate, and he immediately brightens at the question. "May I?"

Tachibana nodded. "If you move the partition here," he nodded to the privacy curtain separating the tank from the clinic's cot, "you should be able to see better. Unless you want to come in the water?" he offered.

Drizzt takes a look at the privacy curtain, then the tank, and shrugs. "The water would get me closer, if you do not mind me stripping down to just my loincloth to prevent my clothes from getting wet."

Nevermind that Tachibana has been around him before while Drizzt was fully nude in the water. He just doesn't want to surprise anyone else that might walk in.

"As long as you won't get cold from it, I don't mind," Tachibana returned with a nod. "It's not too deep, you should be able to stand with no trouble. Did you need a step to get over the edge of it?"

"I will be fine," Drizzt reassures him, then drops off his sword belt before taking off his boots, shirt, and pants.

He checks his arm to make sure that he's stopped bleeding, then grabs the edge of a table near the tank and uses it to gently flip himself into it, sliding into the water with only a bit of a splash. "In both matters."

Tachibana nods once more before drifting to one side to allow Drizzt to wade closer to the table. "To answer your earlier questions; density is how compact an object is. The reason that a board of wood floats, but beam of metal doesn't is due to their differing densities. In the blood, the red cells, which are the ones that carry oxygen to the various parts of the body, are heavier than the white blood cells that make up the immune system, which is how your body fights against disease. Neutrophils are the type of white blood cell that specifically target and fight infection."

Drizzt looks up to him in ultimate bewilderment, then looks crestfallen. "... Maybe I should find a book on the human body. I do not believe I even have enough of the basics to understand this."

"It's a little advanced," Tachibana admitted. "Most people don't really learn too much about the body's inner workings. As long as it works, right?" he smiled. "What did you want me to explain? Just ask."

"... Everything?" Drizzt chuckles. "No, it will be much better if I read a book rather than take many hours of your time."

"If you're sure," Tachibana smiled, glancing back at the centrifuge and turning the switch so that it would slow down. "I might be able to find you one. Though I'm afraid most of them are going to be more like textbooks...."

A far too formal presentation to say "We have a cure"

CW: FINALLY

And we're done! All that build up for so little~

I KNOW RIGHT.

Now we play the game of "lazy not well researched answers"

LOL ah yes that part. ... Drizzt makes it hard.

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