text - anon

[prepared_to_burn]

Childish but effective. A thorough display of power.
I'd be grateful if everything (affected and not) could tell me what they ate and drank over the course of the last week. Any unusual fume inhalation, too.
M

[He is still a sceptic. Supernatural? No. Chemical? Yes.

This is nothing but another Baskerville.

He sends a second message a few minutes later:]

Wasp.
Bank, tonight, 23:30.
M

[Time to play a little game, experiment with this potential source. He has to be sure about her.]

Comments

text;

[doctors]

[ something about this seems... familiar. it's anonymous, and yet this is the time for new arrivals. it very well could be who he hopes it is, but there's no need to take a chance. for all he knows, it could be the Moriarty of his 19th century counterpart, or the male (or female) Sebastian Morans. or it could just be someone completely different -- the possibilities are endless.

so a simple, non-anonymous, inquiring message should be enough to test the waters, right? ]

Another murder?

anon text;

[prepared_to_burn]

[Obviously, the lapse in replies comes from the typist being away. Most logical explanation, right?

Finally, though, there is an answer:]

There have been murders?
Forgive the question. Still settling in.
Any information you can provide would be appreciated.
M

text;

[doctors]

[ yeah yeah, sure thing. ]

Yeah. But that's standard for a city, right? There's always going to be a criminal somewhere.

The victims are usually the faceless residents - natives.

anon text;

[prepared_to_burn]

[He's pushing it, asking for details. But he's signing an initial not his own.

Plenty of people are fascinated by crime.]

How many deaths?
M

text;

[doctors]

A handful. Not sure how many exactly -- worked on several with some colleagues, though.

[ he may or may not be trying to bait a little. he's curious not only as to if this is who he hopes, but to who it is in general. ]

[titties]

Hey, that's a really good question. Any replies yet?

perma anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

No.
Some interesting tidbits about the rest of the city but nothing actually pertaining to the question asked.
M


(ooc: Use the wrong journal to reply? Me? Never.)

[titties]

Do you mind sharing?

[prepared_to_burn]

Yes.
M

[...He's a pain sometimes.]

( audio. )

[gameplaying]

Everything? How very democratic.

anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

A mistyped word.
The inquiry stands.
M

( audio. )

[gameplaying]

I don't keep a detailed diary of my diet, I'm afraid.

anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

Not useful, then.
M

[minifridge]

It's not a mass drug thing or poisoning.

anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

Documentation showing scientific, non-anecdotal verification of this claim?
M

[minifridge]

We've been here for months. None of us have gotten sick with anything that didn't have an obvious source or wasn't something normal like a cold.

anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

Documentation.
Lists of those effected, those not, the dates associated with it, meals and other possible sources of exposure noted and analysed for signs of tampering.
I asked for scientific data. Specially asked for non-anecdotal.
M

[video]

[the_good_doctor]

The scientific approach. I approve.

This may not be the most accurate of lists, but as far as memory goes, this is all I have consumed over the last week.

[The list is crisp, methodical, accurate and detailed -- despite Watson's claim to the contrary, association with London's only consulting detective tends to improve one's memory. Breakfast is usually eggs and a kipper with toast or muffins and lots of tea, lunch a hurried meal eaten in the restaurants in Heimdall or a simple sandwich, while dinner is usually consumed in a cosy pub or elegant restaurant.]

No fume inhalation that I know of, but I am a frequent tobacco user and there are medicines stored at the clinic I operate, so I cannot fully rule out that possibility.

I hope you'll share your findings when you've concluded your study?

anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

[It does him good, seeing that name attached to the reply and hearing an answer to his question. Granted, there's still the question of... why there are two men with that name.

That, he'll worry about later.]

Thank you.
Good to actually have a proper reply.
It will take time, even if I receive a satisfactory sampling this time. These sorts of happenings are recurring, I understand. To be thorough, one would need to see what precedes and follows each occurrence.
But I will make the findings known once I am satisfied with my research. Whether the results support or disprove my potential hypotheses.
M

[video]

[the_good_doctor]

This is the third I've experience since my arrival. There was one instance of spontaneous outbreaks of song, another of sudden impulses to embrace. In both cases, those effected were limited to Travellers only.

I wonder ... would a chemical analysis of the food provided in the Welcome Halls be of use to your enquiries?

anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

[There are not proper words to describe how refreshing it is to hear so practical of suggestions.

It's a pity he didn't have this idea and contact before all of this.

Well, hopefully it will happen again.]

Most helpful.
Blood samples of willing participants, too, if it can be managed. Would I be able to use hospital equipment to analyse the data? or is there someone else I should speak to about that? I would like a space to work and am willing to negotiate terms of privacy, as one hardly wants to let equipment of that nature into the hands of an anonymous source, yet I do prefer to keep to myself.
Comparing the blood of Travellers, affected and not when the opportunity arises again, might be beneficial to understanding the cause of these things.
Perhaps even the other residents-- colourless, I believe they're called? Please correct the term if wrong-- of this place, as a control group.
M

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

The last week?

Let's see -- Day 101, I had tea and toast. Lunch was the cafeteria in the Hospital, Sigyn.I had fish and stir-fry vegetables with rice. John-san made dinner!

Day 102 I woke up to find myself in a wood outside the city. I ate a sandwich and drank a drink box that the gods gave us, and we found crab apples, mushrooms and berries in the woods. We also caught a fish and cooked that on a fire.

Day 103, I ate a few berries before the attack. We didn't have any supplies with us afterwards, but I did drink some water. Lots of smoke inhalation.

Day 104, we arrived back in Asgard. My friends brought me food in hospital -- ice-cream, friend rice and orange chicken, licorice, chicken soup, a bacon and egg pie, sandwiches, cake, cookies ...

Day 105 - I ate hospital food and the food my friend brought. That trend continued until now. I'm still in hospital.

anon text

[prepared_to_burn]

The data is appreciated.
You are the one who wrote the account of the camping trip, aren't you?
M

[video]

[holmes_fanatic]

[Conan was pretty confident that anyone who was prepared to put time and effort in to compiling data on food consumptions and its possible correlation to the god's curses was willing to put the effort in to find and read any information on their actions. It's nice to see his assumption confirmed.]

That's right.

[anon text]

[prepared_to_burn]

[He was referred to it, actually, when asking a new contact for information on the gods.

But he has read it and marked it for further study.]

Has anyone made a scientific study of these happenings before?
Their data might be useful in compiling my own, knowing what has been studied and documented before.
M