[network] @jwatson; Bloody Mess [voice] [Morning 172]

[jumpthegun]

[John's voice is significantly less nasally and pained that it has been in recent days when he's gotten on the audio for network communications. It's a miracle healing for his broken nose! He's going to gloss over that unless someone asks directly, though. The doctor has taken note that the Obituaries have been delayed from their usual pattern... not that he's complaining. It means fewer people to fuss.]

Hullo everyone. This is Dr. John Watson. I have some additional information about the blood transfusions I mentioned in one of my last messages. First and foremost, you can request your blood-type from the Admin. If you're comfortable sharing that with me publicly or privately, I can start putting together a database to match up potential donors and recipients if and when we can find the full equipment we need for transfusions. Please remember that transfusions are an untested treatment for MN Poisoning. There's no guaranteeing that it'll work, so you're welcome to wait on that.

The other piece of news is positive, but... [There's some hesitance as he trails off.] It may also be somewhat distressing. For at least one of the non-humans here, when asked for their blood type from the Admin, she responded with a human blood type that had an 'adjusted' notation next to the type. I believe the transition to Norfinbury and the presence of the nanomachines in our systems is the reason for the alteration. I'm honestly not sure of the implications of this for beyond Norfinbury, but before anyone panic, please remember that you are fine at the moment, and you'll very likely be fine moving forward. In so much as any of us are fine.

Comments

@featherydouche; voice

[mrcreamsicles]

[Davesprite doesn't reply to this until evening, but with the subject matter being serious (and concerning him), he decides it best to set the Sherlock matter aside for now. If he doesn't get to it first, Sherlock certainly will.]

Is this why you were telling me to ask the admin the other day?

voice

[jumpthegun]

Not specifically. I only just found out about this, this morning. The question just kept rattling 'round in my head after we'd talked. The other person's quite ill and mentioned their non-human blood type. I asked if I could check that with the Admin. And here we are.

@spectreone, audio

[dumed]

Any of the humans with, uh - neutralized powers tried it? The guys that can do magic - are they listed as 'adjusted' too?

[ Kanan's in a little pain, now, but he's not desperate enough to volunteer his own at the risk of advertising himself more than he already has. ]

audio

[jumpthegun]

I do have one human with neutralized powers who's shared his blood type. There was no 'adjusted' notation for it. If others would like to check, though, I'm never opposed to additional data.

@determination, voice

[despiteeverything]

[Frisk... actually has their medical records from a while back, so no further admin requests needed.]

Mine says I'm um... It says O-minus. If that can help anybody.

voice

[jumpthegun]

O-negative is the international donor--you could donate to anyone. But It might be harder to have you help with transfusions, Frisk. I appreciate the thought, but we don't usually allow blood donations until you're at least 16. That's mostly due to the restrictions on how much we can take from someone your size.

@haurchefant; voice

[silverfuller]

An alarming revelation indeed.

Though might it simply be that Miss Eve would not know the blood of a non human if she saw it?

voice

[jumpthegun]

It seems like she's actually made some adjustment, though. There... probably isn't really a way to be 100% sure without conducting a transfusion, though. Not with the equipment we have available.

@dissect ; text

[circumsutus]

We need to test a nonhuman who does not believe they have experienced any alterations.

[jumpthegun]

How d'you mean? A non-human without powers?

@Griever; voice;

[canyouhandlethismany]

[Well, if it's for the sake of a database...] AB positive. [He won't probably be able to donate his blood to anyone but in the rare case another AB+ is in need Leon could spare another person the pain? Still, he doubts so.]

I actually wonder if nanomachines just recognize the standard humans they were supposed to work with and try to change nonhumn creatures to match as much as they can the original schemes.

[jumpthegun]

Thank you, Leon. We should be set to have you receiving blood from anyone, at the very least.

And that would make sense about the nanomachines, yeah. I'd like to know how that maps to people like Dug. He's a dog, so that'd be a hell of a shift for him.

@Spoiler ; video

[spoileralert]

I'm A positive, and like... 90% sure there's nothing currently wrong with me aside from malnutrition.

voice

[jumpthegun]

[Sorry, Steph. His hands don't work. He's not turning on the video for anyone to potentially see that.]

Well, we've got a nice variety. Malnutrition is a little troubling... but I'm not sure that's really avoidable here. I can try prescribing you a multi-vitamin. Not sure Eve will accept that, but she's been willing to hand out aspirin and the like based on prescriptions.

@Ecks | audio

[ecks]

I do not have a blood type. I have all of the blood types and also other things. How will you prevent the spread of disease through transfusions when you do not have magic?

[jumpthegun]

You don't need magic to stop the spread of disease, Ecks. There are things we can do to sterilize needles and wounds and I will ask anyone donating blood if they have any known diseases or conditions. It's not a perfect system and there are risks, but this is meant to be a very limited-use procedure.

Would you mind asking the Admin for your blood type, though? Or would you give me permission to ask, just to be sure.

@309_W1C_2DZ; NOT HERE

[howdull]

[Part of him does register that John is doing potentially interesting things, but he's far too frightened to formulate a response right now.

Sorry, friend.]

@username; text; private

[advanced]

[At least the doctor asking for this is John, someone he actually trusts, which is why he actually replies.]

O-Negative.

You can have my blood.

text; private

[jumpthegun]

[He switches over to voice-to-text for Bucky's comfort.]

Thanks, Bucky. We're still working on getting the equipment for it, and I want you healed up properly before we start taking your blood, but I appreciate it. You've not been experiencing any MN Poisoning symptoms, though, have you? I want to make sure anyone who is experiencing it already, even low levels, does give away blood they can't afford.

- Obsession
- Mania
- Pain
- Illness
- Depression (this is a new one, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it)

@LELRIC; audio; private

[armoured]

[For obvious reasons, he privates this to Dr. Watson only. Just the thought of this still makes him intensely uncomfortable, but he can see how it's important.]

I don't know what my blood type was before, do you think that matters for this?

audio; private

[jumpthegun]

Mm... I don't think it matters too much what it was before since you were human. Mostly I'd be interested to know if you have the adjusted modifier next to it now. Or... how that would all turn out given your current circumstances.

[Action]

[equal_shots]

[Kid looks a bit sleepy this evening, but he's coughing less. Someone found the cough syrup Dr. Watson prescribed! He's just not used to taking any kind of medication.]

Thank you for the medicine, Dr. Watson.

[There's a moment's pause, followed by Kid clearing his throat.]

You asked about my blood type, I presume--and found out it was "adjusted"? [It's easy to hear the nervousness in his voice as he asks.]

[Action]

[jumpthegun]

[John looks up to Kid from where he's sitting.]

That's right. I don't think it's anything to worry about, especially when it means we can probably do transfusions to help you out with your MN Poisoning.

@godsend, voice

[termineur]

I'm AB-positive, or at least I was before I came here. Don't think there'd be any reason for the nanites to change that one.

I also don't think I've had any MN poisoning. Not yet, in any case.

[jumpthegun]

We're a rather unique bunch here. [John's tone is more bemused than anything.] You're the fourth or fifth person with that blood type, and it's one of the rarest. Thanks for the information, Mr. Taylor. I'll let you know if we need your help for a transfusion once we have the equipment, if you're okay with that.