@daisy.johnson

[evite]

hello and welcome to today's installment of THERE'S SOMETHING FUCKED IN THE STATE OF NEW AMSTERDAM. i'm your host, @daisy.johnson, and today i'm bringing you a selection of hot takes from that super fun weekend of fire and brimstone we all had a while back.

remember that? everybody was hulk-out fighting? (you'll have to supply your own musical track, sorry. if you don't know the song, phone a friend.)

anyway, let's get to it.

#1: there's something super gross in your blood. or there was. if you remember @kylo.ren's hot goss about the hybrid death monsters a while back... well, fun fact: they were in you. some of you, anyway.

— @leo.fitz: "the blood sample from the affected shares genetic markers with both the small monster carcasses and the residue from the fire, indicating strengthening correlation between the 41st Street fire and the subsequent outbreak."

#2: anybody who enjoyed a little hands-on exorcism also got the bonus gift of a shit ton of white blood cells being pulled off the bench to play defense. talk about one hell of a summer cold. but the monster goop in the blood? totally gone.

— @katelin.phillips: "a high count of white blood cells like that is generally a sign of fighting off some viral infection."

now i don't know about you, but i have never had a cold that made me want to straight up murder a dude for cutting in line before, so this is raising some serious scooby and the gang mysteries on my end.

questions/thoughts:

a. how many of us went into the burning building? i can vouch for @marcos.diaz's strong dad vibes, but i didn't see anyone else.

b. how many of us were on futuristic pcp for a day? i was, but my roommates weren't. wondering if a is connected to b.

c. how bad was your hangover? not totally related, just want to know if i was the only one super craving a mcdouble and a bloody mary the next day.

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Comments

@leo.fitz

[retravel]

Is that really how I sound?

[evite]

yes
i made you repeat yourself like four times, nerd

[retravel]

I thought you just liked the way I roll the "r" on "marker" and "monster."

[ BULLYING. ]

[evite]

do you really have to put my kinks on blast like this, fitz

@katelin.philips

[covertness]

it really is

[retravel]

Thanks, Kat.

[covertness]

i didn't say it was a bad thing
so you're welcome

@clarke.griffin

[strove]

You sound fine.

[retravel]

[ wow... support. ]

I appreciate you saying that.

[strove]

You're welcome.

@loki.odinson

[selfimage]

Absolutely.

[retravel]

As if you're one to talk.

[strove]

Don't be mean.

@clarke.griffin

[strove]

Did anyone notice the alert to dispose of any carcasses that people may have had from the attack? It was put out with the NACDC.

My thoughts? The people in charge here have figured out exactly what we did. And at the same rate, just about. Even with less resources, we're doing quite well.

[Encouragement is good. And that is her aim here: to encourage people to keep going no matter what.]

@leo.fitz

[retravel]

[ Clarke has the right of it, in Fitz's eyes, with every step forward taking them in the right direction, no matter how small. ]

Strong point. NACDC is also helping with the NAFD investigation, so.
We're absolutely getting better at this.
And closer.

[ to something, please, for the love of god, anything. ]

[strove]

Exactly. I think we need to have faith in what we've accomplished already. We can ask questions that the people in charge can't. That will be important as we learn more.

For instance, they know the monster carcasses were involved, and they undoubtedly did similar testing to prove that.

So, we take it a step further.

Why were we able to heal the virus? Something we did triggered a healing factor if the white blood cells are any indication.

@matches.malone

[reneger]

increased white blood cells can mean a lot of shit
could be an immune system disorder
bone marrow diseases
could also be a reaction to a drug that stimulates high white blood cell count
or just allergies
how many people had their blood tested post exorcism?

@katelin.philips

[covertness]

three, as far as i know
of those, one sample came back inconclusive, one with an upsurge in white blood cells, one with the monster dna

the person who gave the sample with the raised white blood cell count had their blood tested at an earlier stage
no allergies, bone marrow diseases or immune system disorders at that point

infection or a drug are the most likely explanation, but we can't exclude the possibility of fast acting variants of the other options

[reneger]

so they all came back with different results
isn't that inconclusive in itself?
how can you be certain any one thing is connected to our blood when everyone who was tested came back different?

@wrench.wrench

[wrenchinald]

Me for A and B. You think the fire gave us pissed off disease???

[How could fire betray him like this...]

I guess the aftermath was kinda hangovery or maybe it was just me being annoyed as FUCK about the whole thing.

[evite]

everyone i know who went in turned into the hulk, everyone i know who didn't didn't
i have a friend back home who'd disown me for immediately jumping the gun but it sure seems that way

if the blood samples are right and we had monster venom pcp in our system, i'm not surprised we wound up with a hangover afterwards

[wrenchinald]

FUUUUUCK.

Sooooo who knows what the fuck else is covered in freaky diseases? What's next???

@bellamy.blake

[deployed]

I went in. So did @markus.manfred, but he'll have to answer question b + c for you. I didn't see him the next day.

@markus.manfred

[saviorexe]

I can confirm that I went into the fire, and was affected by it as a result.

As for the “hangover”, it’s hard to say. I was mostly focused on the pain from my injuries, and I don’t think I could differentiate what was a result of the sickness’ aftermath, versus what was obtained from my altercations.

@ojiro.juniper

[deicider]

I went in and went nuts. Not sure about the hangover; I felt pretty bad the next day but I also lost a bunch of blood.

Are there any theories as to why the curing part felt like it did?