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meadowlark2018-12-19 07:40 pm
covertness) wrote in meadowlark2018-12-19 07:40 pm
@katelin.philips
hi @everyone, i have a question. bear with me, the question comes with a lot of backstory and exposition.
those of us who've been here a while know this, but for those who just got here, quick recap: a while ago, a monster attacked the city. smaller monsters split from it. some of those smaller monster parts have been showing up on the black market, apparently
then one of the nurses from the busses that keep dropping people off? waved at a camera. we figured, hey, a lead, but when we got to his apartment building, the building was on fire. we've since learned that the nurse was already dead when the fire started and that someone else in the building had monster parts in their apartment.
and then everyone who went into the burning building got... sick. angry. really, really angry. we're able to cure that somehow (it makes whatever's in our chests glow, so it probably has to do with whatever was done to us). we ran some tests on blood samples and one of the samples showed a link to the monster dna from the fire.
not sure how any of that is related to who brought us here or what was done to us, but that's not actually the question i want to ask today.
i'm a scientist. biology, mainly. if things like this happen again, or other weird stuff, it might be useful to have more samples. i'm not going to take any without anyone's consent. so: would you give consent to having a sample taken if ever you're affected by something like this?
i'm not going to sugarcoat it: there are ethical concerns. not only would you have to trust me and any other scientists around, but i don't have unsupervised access to a lab yet, so morningstar's been sending samples off to be tested. i can't say anything about those labs. you don't have to tell me now. you don't have to say yes at all.
think about it.
oh, and if anyone wants to handle data management, @leo.fitz promises payment in the form of snacks and beer
[ ooc: probably goes without saying but threadjack this post to your heart's delight, catch each other up, theorise, w/e. for those who have a definite stance on having their samples taken while they may or may not be in a position to give consent (ie because they're affected by rage-inducing monster dna), please head OVER HERE. ]
those of us who've been here a while know this, but for those who just got here, quick recap: a while ago, a monster attacked the city. smaller monsters split from it. some of those smaller monster parts have been showing up on the black market, apparently
then one of the nurses from the busses that keep dropping people off? waved at a camera. we figured, hey, a lead, but when we got to his apartment building, the building was on fire. we've since learned that the nurse was already dead when the fire started and that someone else in the building had monster parts in their apartment.
and then everyone who went into the burning building got... sick. angry. really, really angry. we're able to cure that somehow (it makes whatever's in our chests glow, so it probably has to do with whatever was done to us). we ran some tests on blood samples and one of the samples showed a link to the monster dna from the fire.
not sure how any of that is related to who brought us here or what was done to us, but that's not actually the question i want to ask today.
i'm a scientist. biology, mainly. if things like this happen again, or other weird stuff, it might be useful to have more samples. i'm not going to take any without anyone's consent. so: would you give consent to having a sample taken if ever you're affected by something like this?
i'm not going to sugarcoat it: there are ethical concerns. not only would you have to trust me and any other scientists around, but i don't have unsupervised access to a lab yet, so morningstar's been sending samples off to be tested. i can't say anything about those labs. you don't have to tell me now. you don't have to say yes at all.
think about it.
oh, and if anyone wants to handle data management, @leo.fitz promises payment in the form of snacks and beer
[ ooc: probably goes without saying but threadjack this post to your heart's delight, catch each other up, theorise, w/e. for those who have a definite stance on having their samples taken while they may or may not be in a position to give consent (ie because they're affected by rage-inducing monster dna), please head OVER HERE. ]
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[ SARCASM... ]
Before.
Solid progress overall. Reckon our showing at the ball helped earn me forgiveness for flaking earlier in the week.
[ because of Dick, he missed a night shift. ]
Getting in with the fighting rings, too.
[ by introducing and betting on newbies like illya, he goes against the odds and wins big. means people think he's cleverer than the rest and knows where they, too, should put their money. ]
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multitasking? not bad
what's the fight club crowd like [ not the sort of place katelin philips would go, exactly. her cover has its limits, too. ]
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Posher than you'd expect.
Makes a man wonder.
[ where else the money might lead, that is. ]
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i wonder if it's the sort of place thor would take a date to
[ any reason for her to be there
it wouldn't have to be thor, either ]
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I would think so.
He's pretty impressive in the ring.
As are the brothers, I imagine.
[ all good people for bobbi to size-up. ]
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sounds like katelin's got to go on an adventure
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All about broadening horizons, our Kat.
[ go get 'em ]