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synopsychic2016-09-27 09:54 am
comebewe) wrote in synopsychic2016-09-27 09:54 am
Infodump Incoming!
So we've learned a few things.
That Tithe we've been hearing about? Didn't always used to basically exile. Actually it was a diplomatic thing. The Tithe would go to the White Tower for this thing called the Concordance, where they meet up with all the other Tithes from the other city-states in the Federation of, uh, Hel. Not Hell Hel, mind you - so don't you bloody start screaming at us, Jules - just an unfortunate resemblance.
It was one of the Tithes that brought the plague.
Jules, that's not an invitation to start screaming either, this was goddamn ages ago. If this thing's still around it's clearly not running rampant.
Anyway. The big symptom of the plague was lesions, but they found that sunlight halted the progress of the disease and made them less painful. So they made the infected keep to the day, and the uninfected to the night. This whole Lightside / Darkside divide? That's their quarantine. And they used supplements in the food to enforce it - they made the infected blind at night, and gave the uninfected better night vision. And I think they're still doing it. There's a guarded facility in Gritta that's making a lot of shipments to grocery stores, but they don't mix the Lightsider and the Darksider shipments.
But what we do not understand is why the quarantine is still in place. Because if there was still a need for it, the Dusklings screw it all up. Apparently there were only a few dozen of them after the plague, but there's a whole district of them now - and they're running around all over the city, interacting with both sides. If the plague was still around, they'd be spreading it. Either they're doing a phenomenally bad job of enforcing their quarantine, or they're keeping this divide up for other reasons.
I think it's unlikely that the plague's still around, but just in case I've written down some details of how they tested for it. It's not my thing, though, so I'd appreciate it if someone who understands this sort of thing better would take a look.
[[ooc: takes place late in the 2nd mingle, after this thread. I think I've managed to have Matthew repeat all the important information, but feel free to poke me if there's something I've forgotten that needs to get mentioned]
That Tithe we've been hearing about? Didn't always used to basically exile. Actually it was a diplomatic thing. The Tithe would go to the White Tower for this thing called the Concordance, where they meet up with all the other Tithes from the other city-states in the Federation of, uh, Hel. Not Hell Hel, mind you - so don't you bloody start screaming at us, Jules - just an unfortunate resemblance.
It was one of the Tithes that brought the plague.
Jules, that's not an invitation to start screaming either, this was goddamn ages ago. If this thing's still around it's clearly not running rampant.
Anyway. The big symptom of the plague was lesions, but they found that sunlight halted the progress of the disease and made them less painful. So they made the infected keep to the day, and the uninfected to the night. This whole Lightside / Darkside divide? That's their quarantine. And they used supplements in the food to enforce it - they made the infected blind at night, and gave the uninfected better night vision. And I think they're still doing it. There's a guarded facility in Gritta that's making a lot of shipments to grocery stores, but they don't mix the Lightsider and the Darksider shipments.
But what we do not understand is why the quarantine is still in place. Because if there was still a need for it, the Dusklings screw it all up. Apparently there were only a few dozen of them after the plague, but there's a whole district of them now - and they're running around all over the city, interacting with both sides. If the plague was still around, they'd be spreading it. Either they're doing a phenomenally bad job of enforcing their quarantine, or they're keeping this divide up for other reasons.
I think it's unlikely that the plague's still around, but just in case I've written down some details of how they tested for it. It's not my thing, though, so I'd appreciate it if someone who understands this sort of thing better would take a look.
[[ooc: takes place late in the 2nd mingle, after this thread. I think I've managed to have Matthew repeat all the important information, but feel free to poke me if there's something I've forgotten that needs to get mentioned]
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...and why would you set my tail on fire; it only just grew back!
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And you can keep your tail, if you stop bloody screaming.
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And I'm not screaming, I'm yelling, there's a difference!
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[He abruptly cuts off contact there, but in a few hours, Matthew will be the recipient of one purple gargoyle-thing using Sensory Livestreaming in front of a mirror.]
HAH!
[Jules triumphantly holds up a cookie and angrily eats it.]
I got it now!
INTERRUPTING SMOL
[IT'S A FEW HOURS LATER AND GUESS WHO ISN'T ASLEEP ANYMORE]
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I can make all the cookies.
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[That's it. He gives up.]
Can we have some too?
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Right.
[fuck, what has he done?! It's like teleporting all over again...]
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[That seems logical to her.]
And then when we're done with the cookies do you wanna see the new things I learned how to do with portals? I can make two at once now!
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[well, now he feels bad for not trying to help her learn it. Although that mention of Maria's portaling ability reminds him why he didn't. But the cat's already out of that bag]
...Sure. We'll watch your new trick.
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...It took you that long?
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[Okay, so they're not brothers anymore. But it seems that the urge to needle Jules has hung around regardless]
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Yeah, that's it. Important and secret and stuff, you got it.
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