[ WEEK THREE ]

[sheriffexe]

WEEK THREE

CURRENT POPULATION: 35 It's a rather quaint town when you get down to it. At least, that's what the Sheriff would argue. Warm and dry in the mornings and afternoons with a brisk coolness in the evenings. The perfect type of weather to just sit out on your rocking chair and observe the comings and goings. ... Of course, there's not much in the way of comings and goings when there aren't any actual people here to watch. Nevertheless, don't let that get you down! The town is your oyster and those roosters won't stop crowing until everyone's out of bed. Up and at 'em, rise and shine, it's time to make the day yours! Except there is, perhaps, a few things amiss. This post functions as the general mingle post for the week. Wanted Posters and other small events will be posted in top levels below. If there's any questions or requests, please send a PM or shoot a PP to robowest.

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[insincerely]

Well, you wouldn't be able to catch it, at least, but seeing as how it's been a worldwide disaster—in my world—maybe you should.

But thank you, this tells me all I need to know.

[Namely, that he and Tarvek aren't from the same place.]

[dubiousalignment]

[Asking for stuff in your world, huh...]

Are you trying to find people from your same world -- infected with that disease?

[That's the impression he has, at least]

[insincerely]

[He just lets out a light laugh, as he smiles grimly.]

It'd be impossible for someone infected with the disease to be here.

[Well, he supposes it could technically be possible, but the mechanics of how that would even work are very, very weird to think about.]

So no. But if you've never heard of it, you're either not from my world or you've been extremely sheltered.

[dubiousalignment]

What's that disease like, anyways?

[Must be important if he's bothering to ask people around for that. Shinnosuke isn't exactly a social butterfly, after all]

[insincerely]

[... Explaining the disease to the unfamiliar is a bit difficult. Hmm.]

It involves the afflicted spawning labyrinths that swallow up everyone in the area at the time of infection.

[It's rather important—considering it's what his life revolves around—but mostly, he's asking because it's the easiest signifier of his world. If his conversation with Percy is any indication, there's more than one Earth, after all.]

[dubiousalignment]

[Curiously enough, Tarvek doesn't seem baffled by that. Instead he looks thoughtful, as if a disease that spawns labyrinths wasn't outlandish or weird]

Huh. I'm glad no one in my world has thought of creating an infection like that one. Sounds like it could cause a lot of chaos.

[insincerely]

Well, no one really knows where it came from, but that's one way of putting it. It's swallowed up about a quarter of the land, so... like I said, it's rather hard not to know about.

[dubiousalignment]

Can it be 'healed'? Or stopped, or whatever?

[insincerely]

[... Again, Shinnosuke laughs, but while they're never really amused, this one's definitely hollow.]

Within a set amount of hours after the initial disease onset, if you kill the afflicted, the labyrinth will disappear and everything will return to normal—well, except for the now dead diseased.

[It may or may not be at least a little messed up.]

Does that count as "stopping"?

[dubiousalignment]

It does. Sometimes the death of the afflicted is a necessary evil.

[Death is the usual end to exotic diseases, that's for sure]

And I suppose your world doesn't have the means to revive them once they're dead...that's unfortunate.

[insincerely]

[Shinnosuke doesn't say anything more, because he has a Lot of Feelings on how his world treats the Labyrinth Disease and how that necessary evil has become disturbingly "normal", if downright "heroic", and there's no way he's getting into that conversation with anyone.]

... What, is reviving the dead common where you're from?

[dubiousalignment]

If the brain is intact you can revive the person. It's not usually done unless there's a very good reason, though.

[Like getting answers, or achieving political power, or just...experimenting with them]

[insincerely]

... Well, that sounds like it could cause quite a bit of chaos.

[dubiousalignment]

It can, most times. Luckily for me, I have seen it happen only twice in my life.

[insincerely]

Used it yourself any of those times?

[dubiousalignment]

Twice, actually. Once on my sister, and once on...on myself.

[Yeah, Tarvek technically died and was revived through the power of mad science. Not that he can take much credit in his own revival, he was delirious that time]

[insincerely]

Ehhhh—you died? What was that like?

[dubiousalignment]

Unpleasant.

[Tarvek scowls, crossing his arms]

I was too busy being delirious and turning into the colors of the rainbow to know for sure how it felt. No, before you ask, that's not normal. That was a disease.

All I know is that it's an experience I don't want to repeat.