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Getting Tired of All These Microscopic Miscreants [Video/Action] | Backdated to September 30
[Don has been working hard, and it's finally paid off.
When the video snaps on, it's pointed to an unassuming handheld scanner on the table in front of him. The scanner's fairly close to this design, but with a few obvious signs of Don's "artistic" influence - the green, scaled texture on the handle being the most noticeable of these. After a few moments of everybody being treated to these awe-inspiring visuals, Don starts up, clearly eager to show his newest creation to the base.]
Introducing the Shell Scanner! I've been working on this for a few weeks with samples from several of our prominent base scientists, and courtesy of a few Monolith pods I've gotten it finalized. What this scanner does is analyze the biological contents of seawater or material you've placed in front of it in about a square foot of material, checking for any little critters in or on it - like the bacterial-fungal hybrid that causes Jellyshroom Sickness. Take a look:
[Don pauses to push two labelled petri dishes into the line of the camera. One's labelled A, the other B.]
Petri Dish A has a sample of the Jellyshroom disease growing in it, whereas B doesn't. [Offscreen, Don points the scanner at the first dish; it beeps a few times, an indicator light on the side blinking as it processes, before its built-in screen returns the result - the Jellyshroom sickness, listed in what seems to be a new part of the database. He repeats the action on the second petri dish, which yields nothing after several minutes of scanning; Don makes a satisfied sound.]
Right now, when it comes to this specific disease, I've got a success rate of about... eighty percent with the Shell Scanner's detection scanning. I'm hoping that with more samples and better material, I'll be able to make that success rate even higher! To make that goal easier, I've started a new database section that handles microscopic organisms. Anybody with solid biology knowledge would be great for helping me recognize common microbes here, as well as whatever microbes we might've imported from our own worlds.
So, the short version: The Shell Scanner's pretty much a portable microscope and database that can identify what might be living in any samples you have. The more information we add to its database, the better it's gonna get at identifying new microbes we run into. Iniidae's dangerous enough with the stuff we can see, so let's do something about what we can't.
[Assuming you feel like dropping by the Tech Labs to see this thing in person, Donatello's there, still adding to the new database's information on whatever microbes he seems to be able to get off of himself - or maybe on something formerly alive that didn't quite avoid decomposition. It... may not smell the greatest in the labs right now, whoops. Don't worry, though, this is totally worth it for science!]
When the video snaps on, it's pointed to an unassuming handheld scanner on the table in front of him. The scanner's fairly close to this design, but with a few obvious signs of Don's "artistic" influence - the green, scaled texture on the handle being the most noticeable of these. After a few moments of everybody being treated to these awe-inspiring visuals, Don starts up, clearly eager to show his newest creation to the base.]
Introducing the Shell Scanner! I've been working on this for a few weeks with samples from several of our prominent base scientists, and courtesy of a few Monolith pods I've gotten it finalized. What this scanner does is analyze the biological contents of seawater or material you've placed in front of it in about a square foot of material, checking for any little critters in or on it - like the bacterial-fungal hybrid that causes Jellyshroom Sickness. Take a look:
[Don pauses to push two labelled petri dishes into the line of the camera. One's labelled A, the other B.]
Petri Dish A has a sample of the Jellyshroom disease growing in it, whereas B doesn't. [Offscreen, Don points the scanner at the first dish; it beeps a few times, an indicator light on the side blinking as it processes, before its built-in screen returns the result - the Jellyshroom sickness, listed in what seems to be a new part of the database. He repeats the action on the second petri dish, which yields nothing after several minutes of scanning; Don makes a satisfied sound.]
Right now, when it comes to this specific disease, I've got a success rate of about... eighty percent with the Shell Scanner's detection scanning. I'm hoping that with more samples and better material, I'll be able to make that success rate even higher! To make that goal easier, I've started a new database section that handles microscopic organisms. Anybody with solid biology knowledge would be great for helping me recognize common microbes here, as well as whatever microbes we might've imported from our own worlds.
So, the short version: The Shell Scanner's pretty much a portable microscope and database that can identify what might be living in any samples you have. The more information we add to its database, the better it's gonna get at identifying new microbes we run into. Iniidae's dangerous enough with the stuff we can see, so let's do something about what we can't.
[Assuming you feel like dropping by the Tech Labs to see this thing in person, Donatello's there, still adding to the new database's information on whatever microbes he seems to be able to get off of himself - or maybe on something formerly alive that didn't quite avoid decomposition. It... may not smell the greatest in the labs right now, whoops. Don't worry, though, this is totally worth it for science!]
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[ Hey, it's the turtle guy from earlier! And he's a scientist! ]
Where'd you learn how to do that? This is definitely gonna come in handy, 'specially with the random diseases that come up around here.
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Heheh... making tech tools is something I've always been good at, and Iniidae has a lot of new toys to play with. Those Monolith pods are incredible!
Even then, though, there were a lot of repairs I had to make on some of the parts to get them working, and 'cause of that it's still not as efficient as it could be. [It's a step up from working with actual junk, though.]
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Yeah! There's stuff here that doesn't even exist back where I'm from, and my home's got the most advanced technology ever! [ ...probably. ]
Heeeey, do you mind scanning some of the stuff on base? I wanna see if there's anything floating around that we need to look out for.
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What's been bugging you? Just point me and the Shell Scanner at it, and we'll see if we can't get you some cool new data. [Not that data isn't ever cool to this nerd.]
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[ She really, really hates being sick. It ruins her concentration and she doesn't like to sit around and do nothing all day. ]
Hm...what about a pillow? That would work, right?
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[ It's science in a new way, and Ed can't help but be intrigued. ] How long did that take you to make? We don't have many things like that where I'm from. [ Excuse the over-curious teenager, please! ]
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It's taken about a month altogether, but I already had machinery and a couple of comparable blueprints to work with. If I'd had to draft everything myself, it probably would've taken much longer. [The Monolith pods alone likely slashed months from the plans.]
Iniidae's tech is awesome. If you're a fan, you'll love looking at it - it's way more advanced than most of my own world's.
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[ He's so curious about the science in this place, after all. It's nothing like home, and there is so much to learn here. ] I'm not sure I'd understand some of the technology but yeah, I'd love to see more. Have there been many diseases and illnesses in this place?
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Valentine, one of our base's doctors, wrote a report about it awhile back, but the gist is this: it's a bacterial-fungal hybrid organism that seems to colonize the Jellyshrooms. It's symbiotic in them, and most of Iniidae's life just seems to benefit from it in the short term, but it messed up pretty much everybody on the base.
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[ Ed is concerned about the close quarters here, about the dangers of so much development. The nightmares certainly aren't helping any, either. ] I guess stuff spreads quickly around here, huh?
action; all the threads.
[ roderic looks up from the shield generator he's still fiddling with these days, cracking a smile to show his friend that he was merely joking. a little bit. ] Need a hand in that? Might be faster for everyone here.
[Action] | Yes, every thread ever
Couldn't hurt, especially if you've got some nasty bugs you've been dying to have analyzed.
[The Turtle smirks a little bit, only half-joking.] I figure we're going to get a bunch of unexpected species coming up in the database I'm making. May as well get a head start.
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Long as we're sure none of these are poisonous or dangerous, I'm not gonna complain 'bout any species popping up. [ the frogs had been beneficial to them in many ways after he and don went through and studied the venom they had. who knows what else they'll find here from the animals.
... speaking of the animals... ] Um... I don't wanna bother you but how busy do you think you're gonna be this month?
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[That second question gets Don's attention though:] Well, now that I've finished this scanner, it's just a matter of maintaining the work. So my schedule's pretty free.
[Go on...]
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maybe this month will be an easy month for everyone if they can just avoid napping too much. ]
Well, my current project isn't all that exciting as the scanner but it can be just as useful. [ he pulls out his notebook - how does he even have any pages left in there? - and opens to some schematics and blueprints he's been working on for a while.
cat beds. cat toys. an awful lot of things related to the feline variety.
there's a schematic and layout for some sort of shield generator next to one that deposits catnip but it looks like roderic is annoyed with his progress. some of the diagrams and notes are angrily scratched out, words like 'fuck!' and '????' helpfully placed over it.
so, focused on the cat things he is. it's less stress-inducing for him. ] I was thinking of making some things for the shitload of cats we have here. They've been real useful in riddin' the vermin we had here, you know? If they're staying with us might as well keep them comfy.
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[She pauses for a second before sheepishly adding]
Although, most of them have been killed by diluted gastropod poison. I have set the ones killed by other means in a separate container, so I suggest using those if you want uncontaminated samples.
[By other means she means a snapped neck.]
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[Homestucks]
I suppose. Either way, I am glad that you will be able to find some use out of them.
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[ What? Praise where praise was due. If Valentine were the type, she might even have clapped him on the shoulder for it. She did dip her head in appreciation. ]
I'll see what I can find. I have someone lined up to bring back 'shrooms when we need more supplies of them. He's immune to the disease... I could see about sending him and a few others out to check up on new microbes to add to the database.
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Someone who's immune to the disease? That's new. [And... interesting. Very interesting.] Well, if we know he's immune to bacterial infections, he's the perfect candidate - assuming he doesn't mind us sending him.
[He might be of a mind to do it anyway, whoops. This is important, okay.]
Since you're probably one of the leading toxicologists on the base [- maybe the only toxicologist -] I figure you have the best information so far on infectious agents. Where do you think I should look first?
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As for what you should look for... [ Valentine gave him a short and quick response on the main thing to look for at the moment, since I'm not a toxicologist. ]
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Right, I'll start researching as soon as possible.
Anything else you need? [Yes, he is offering to help. Take advantage of this, Valentine.]
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And then... well, we'll need to see what that does to the Khaara.
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I've actually been curious about whether this scanner will eventually be able to detect the Khaara... assuming they're close enough to everything else I've been scanning. If it could, we might be able to turn the tides if something happens with them.
... If they're even on this planet, anyway. [But his tone suggests that it's a lot more likely than not. It'd be Turtle Luck, at least.]
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[ Yes, that was a 'we'. He could handle the technical side; she'd research the biological one.
It wasn't a team she would have chosen, but it was a damn sight more comfortable than the last one. ]
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Samples can be basically any kind of material, but living material, or formerly living material, is probably the best. Those could be dangerous to handle, though, so be careful: if it looks really funky, you might want gloves or even a mask. Some bacteria can spread in air, and I don't want anyone getting sick because of this.
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[Don's own hands, with their unusual number of fingers, have been more of a problem to find gloves for.
His mun is not sure if the replicator can be adjusted for his hands yet.]no subject
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[Don knows that from experience. He usually wouldn't need a diving suit.]
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