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saveourearth2020-04-25 07:35 am
saveournpcs) wrote in saveourearth2020-04-25 07:35 am
Thanks, Ben [Mingle]
Date: 4th of January 20, 3 hours after everyone came out of the cavesCharacters: OPEN
Three hours after everyone came out of the caves, an earthquake of the magnitude 5.7 shakes the echo boundary.
Up on the ruins, a single block from one of the lower walls gets dislocated and falls.
Down in the city and villages, things go a bit worse. A couple of sheds collapse, things fall over and off things, and some houses are left with cracks in their walls and might end up condemned. A number of telegraph poles fall over and a few on cars. There's three injured and no fatalities over all, and a few related car accidents because people got distracted that again go without fatalities.
...And, of course, the Media are back. The next day, the Sun titles "IS THERE A NEW CRACK IN THE EARTH'S CRUST??? Another earthquake strikes Mossgate 4 houses condemned, 10 admitted to hospital, powerlines down", but newspapers with more journalistic integrity send reporters as well.
Someone else is back, too - Numbered will see Mr Neutral, Mr Evil and Mr Helpful wander the streets.
Three hours after everyone came out of the caves, an earthquake of the magnitude 5.7 shakes the echo boundary.
Up on the ruins, a single block from one of the lower walls gets dislocated and falls.
Down in the city and villages, things go a bit worse. A couple of sheds collapse, things fall over and off things, and some houses are left with cracks in their walls and might end up condemned. A number of telegraph poles fall over and a few on cars. There's three injured and no fatalities over all, and a few related car accidents because people got distracted that again go without fatalities.
...And, of course, the Media are back. The next day, the Sun titles "IS THERE A NEW CRACK IN THE EARTH'S CRUST??? Another earthquake strikes Mossgate 4 houses condemned, 10 admitted to hospital, powerlines down", but newspapers with more journalistic integrity send reporters as well.
Someone else is back, too - Numbered will see Mr Neutral, Mr Evil and Mr Helpful wander the streets.
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An out-there thought, even Walter will admit, but if they're brainstorming, may as well share it, right?
"We could just use samples already discarded. Surely there must be something that has recent enough cells from the Mouse on it?"
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Watching Sadie drop to sit next to him, he nods in agreement with her assessment. Testing the giant dormouse itself could prove far more dangerous. He listens as Walter prompts for other options, and Benjiro thinks on the matter carefully out loud, “...I might be able to build most of the parts myself with enough time for something like that if Sadie doesn’t have access at university. We have to prioritize checking in on the shark maestro, but I would be willing to try. If nothing else, we can collect hair samples the mouse has shed and start with that.”
“In the mean time, I did take samples of the chalk from the cavern around the mouse. Last time I examined the tunnel minerals, they were different from a sample right outside the entrance. I couldn’t pinpoint what made them different at the time unfortunately. Whether the cavern and tunnel samples will match is another matter.”
In an effort to disclose all of what he found, he adds, “And there is one more thing. When I stood on the top of the mouse the first time, my Number reacted to it. It was only knowledge, but the feeling that came with it was a lot like what you described in the river mouth, Sadie. I almost forgot to breathe.”
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"...The river mouth. Right. Didn't Mary Ann say... You said it's right under there? Can't be a coincidence you both had something." Russell glances back the way of the tunnel. "I think everyone's gotten something from the smaller mice, by now. Was it... Was it when you started climbing, or when you reached some specific point, do you think?"
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As Ben talks about his Echo experience Sadie's lips thin and her ears flatten, "That sounds like what happened to me," She grits out, "We can confirm that that giant mouse is the nexus of th Boundary. Maybe that's why it's asleep, the Boundary could be a massive energy drain so it hibernate to offset it?"