Vaccine/cure efforts + information spreading/gathering!

[assent]

Hello Futuro! After asking the mods about taking a vaccine route with the virus, to at least protect those who are not infected, we have been given a way to at least prevent further spread. However this requires teamwork!

A know of a few people who are in a position to work on these things (like Urahara, Sieglinde, Sonia, Peter etc) and have been for a while, but anyone who is able to contribute at this point who I don't know of etc it'd be great if we could all get together to think of ideas and questions of how best to handle this and how to maybe even out responsibilities or to come up with a game plan. If you think there should be a network post for all this to be handled icly, one of us can do that too I think?

However!! I would also like to note that this is not limited to science.

First and foremost, if anyone has information from CYOA about the hospital or anything that would be helpful please pass it on (probably to Urahara lbr he's the one with a permanent position there). I'm not sure if anyone plans on doing an info network post for all the information people are gathering (??) Mettaton has posted with some information to use as an information post if people want to use that! though it'd be a good idea if people can share what they know and how they'll share that information here as well - especially if they wouldn't comment to that post. Other than plurk there isn't really a resource other than the dossier page and I'm not sure if anyone is still checking that!

In regards to the vaccine, they will need materials for making the vaccine which may be better off taken from suppliers rather than the hospital itself. (Especially after those CYOA responses... ack). Though if anyone would like to be taught how to test drugs for the virus and would like to help out in that way, we have the go ahead that we can do testing it will just take a long time! (They would specifically wish to focus on chemicals and drugs needed to combat the virus more than anything though so we could start there - then we'll have confusion when it turns out it's all okay)

As the vaccine cannot be tested on animals (as the virus doesn't infect animals) we will have to go straight to human testing, however, I would say it's more likely that any that don't work will only infect NPCs (yes, we know this is not humane but there are few options...alas) so if your character is the self sacrificing sort... that is another way to help. I asked the mods if it could coincide with RNGs though so if anyone does decide to become a test subject when they get to testing stages (which would be in about a month??? If I'm being fair with timing here) you would need to contact the mods about that. Please note that only those that signed up for the rng for infection can get infected! If you sign up for this and you did not enter rng your character will be 100% safe.

Anyone willing to follow directions and help out as an assistant would also be helpful, especially as vaccines need to be incubated and watched etc and there are only so many hours one can be awake...

If you feel like your character would struggle to contribute in these fields, there is also just fighting through the town to bring them food tbh...! Or anything else I have not thought of!

Basically, I am all for us all getting together to figure this out, because I know a bunch of us have been wanting to get involved (gym) I can also be reached on plurk at serves if you have any other questions!

Comments

[p66]

I'm gomen if this was already covered, but is there a need for people to get living/dead samples? I have 2 people (Reika and Julius, with Nami's permission) who would be up for it since they're very hard to kill :|a

[assent]

tbh while they have some others more would not be denied so they can check that the virus mutates in the same way??? so that is always helpful!

[p66]

I was thinking more of the lines of getting samples to extract the viruses from (as in the first mod reply) aka nabbing zombie civilians..... or is there something else I'm not aware of

In any case the two of them are like 3x human strength and very good at endurance so if you need bodyguards they're available! My only detail is that 1. they will need to make sure Sakura is protected while they're doing whatever needs to be done and 2. They cannot be separated due to... various IC reasons (oops)

[assent]

No that is what I mean! The lab Urahara has part of has some people detained there which I realise I didn't mention. More of them is always good though!

Good though... Sakura deserves better than this hell hole. Like I am not the only person working on this so others might be able to input ideas as well! It may be that people getting supplies need some extra security as well etc

[p66]

OH THAT'S LOVELY! Just let me know what ICly they would be asked to do and we're good to go. I'm a bit held up IRL this week and the next so I'm rarely on plurk, please let me know here if y'all would like to thread it out or if I should comment somewhere for mod admin purposes

GEs becoming bodyguards for hire... what a strange life

[winces]

okay so olivia is working as urahara's lab assistant already, and provided urahara is okay with it (i believe she's supposed to be part of his contingency plan IDK CHRIS PLS CONFIRM) she will volunteer to test the vaccine. how will she test it, you ask? by going out and trying to get infected maybe.

maybe.

but also she has her healing so if anyhing goes wrong, she can at least heal it right away!

maybe.

MEANWHILE lance will do supply runs, act as assistant, and also volunteer as tribute i mean cure test subject if/when he ever gets infected.

[assent]

olivia please talk the man with the plan into not trying to sacrifice himself too [bleak] but... as much as i want to cry that is actually the only way they'll know it works... why is it like this

there are going to be so many tears in the future

[assent]

No worries! This is a long term plan anyway, as the mods have said it will take a long while to be successful and I'm giving it around 4 weeks before we can begin testing to make it fair for rng pulls etc

[p66]

ROGER THAT! I'm excited >:)b lmk if anything

[grunehexe]

Sieglinde here, checking in! She's been using handicaps as an excuse for being in the hospital all the time, using a bit of illusion and spells to avoid detection in order to work with Urahara at night in the labs, so she will already be around and available to assist!

Because of her mobility and the fact that she knows people tend to think she needs protecting, she won't be volunteering to go out and do samples or do much of anything requiring action- she'll stay put in the hospital and apply herself to researching, experimenting, and observing patients.

I'm afraid work may keep me from volunteering to do a network post, but 'm available for threading and the like!

[ofobedience]

I'm not actually sure if this would be a possibility or not as I didn't put him in to be infected or carrier (a question for the mods, maybe?) but while Gio is immune to the disease himself I suppose he could potentially be a carrier? Which would show up in the blood somehow if the vaccine didn't work or something something?? So they could always test it pretty safely on him (safely in as much as he won't ever show symptoms of the disease, anyway).

Idk if that even works or makes sense but thought I'd offer anyway, he's not exactly concerned about being stuck with needles ahaha.

[assent]

You can test the vaccine but just come up as safe in the later stages! The only concern is for those that rng'd as they'd have the option to rng it I think... if that helps? We can only say someone got infected with it if they were in the rng pool, so!

[strictdiscipline]

Riza will help gather supplies and volunteer as a test subject! She already spends half her time with an infected dude, might as well get infected in the name of science.

I would probably not trust Aang with anything but if there are simple volunteer assistant tasks to be done, he can probably do those.....

[ofobedience]

That makes sense! And tbh I'm not 100% sure with how his body works whether it'd just destroy whatever got into it that shouldn't be there anyway >.>

But! They can practice on him if you want ahah. Also he could probably watch vaccines when Sonia is busy because when he's off work he doesn't actually...do very much, and doesn't really sleep either.

[ex_mettacrusher33]

niiiiiiiiiice. I was going to have Mettaton post up on the network about sharing info and, since the infected straight up ignore him (if he isn't sassing them, PERIDOT), he's potentially extremely helpful when it comes to going into places it'd be dangerous for someone fleshy to go into.

He won't be HAPPY to do more field work, but he'll do it.

Because he's just that nice.

[assent]

THAT WILL HELP TOO TBH! You never know... they may end up asking if they can take some of his cells to see if that helps with the cure 8);;;; how would you feel about that...

Also watching things for her would be great... ty fake brother u//u

[assent]

Riza... well that's one way of showing love I guess cries

To be honest he could always sit with some of the patients and read them stories or something too (that would be cute i'm sorry) to try and help keep them calm...? The hospital is overwhelmed as it is so any help is always welcome

[assent]

THAT'S GREAT. I knew I heard someone somewhere mention doing one but I know it was in a different plurk. I have 0 information from CYOA but someone on my timeline recommended mentioning it on here just so people can get in touch.

[ofobedience]

That's a good point, actually. I don't mind, and he wouldn't either. He really doesn't care too much about helping people but he WOULD like the mission to do well and if Sonia asks him he'll agree to it.

Yw fake sister. Maybe he's not so bad at pretend siblings after all.

[strictdiscipline]

💔 it's for the greater good.....


but weh, reading stories would actually be really cute, immediately signs up for this....!! he'll do his best to keep everyone at the hospital in somewhat good spirits, you can count on him sonia :(b

[assent]

it is...

weh please read her some too, aang... she's having enough mental breakdowns during this mission a cute story would be nice :'(

[assent]

Great to know!!! It won't come for a while because it just... won't occur to her until she knows more from him anyway. Eventually, though!

Maybe! He's doing well so far c:

[ofobedience]

Awesome. Let's give it a try. He can mention some point that he's immune to everything ahah.

:}

[endeudado]

Dunno how much help the crows will be since they're more likely to capture randos for experimentation (self-sacrifice is for shonens!!!) but if Sonia and crew need money.... well. B) Kaz and Jesper can also defs run for supplies he has guns he's not afraid of infected. Um. You know as long as you don't mind a few npc casualties!

[flashbanging]

McCree's CYOA might be helpful for this -- he found some books sealed in medical waste bags, and it looks like folks can get various samples of the virus at different stages from'em.