audio; crawl out through the fallout

[lonewanderer]

Name: The Lone Wanderer
Date: event on 11/20, late morning
Format: audio

[ Lex has been quiet for some time - busy for parts, sick for others. But the items spilling out of the mirrors this morning has stirred her out of bed, and the item she has received- well.

Well, it's worth saying something. ]

Did anyone- [ a pause, a cough; her voice is raspy from disuse ] -did anyone else get something... potentially hazardous?

[ Potentially. Ha. As Lex stares at the item in front of her, potentially seems incorrect. ]

I need to get rid of this, [ she mutters, and then the connection cuts. ]

((ooc: hi guys! my concussion is finally healing, so Lex and I are back in the swing of things! if you want to hit me up, send me a message either via pm, on plurk gadgetsandgears, or discord gadgets#7461))

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[lonewanderer]

It is, [ she confirms for Archer. ] When I got here, I had pretty bad radiation sickness - the Coven was able to figure something out, but it wasn't fun.

[ So at least they have... some experience. ]

It can be used for heat, but mostly it's... [ she purses her lips, sighs ] ...hard to explain. Weaponized for sure, though, in this instance.

Hiccup's said he can get a lead box made for containment. We can put it in there for now.

[boneofsword]

[Gdi Hiccup. Archer's frown can almost be heard.]

Lead is about half as toxic as radiation is. Metal box may be enough— [a pause as something occurs to him.] Cú, is it possible to create a spell protecting the outside from everything contained inside, lets say inside a box? Locking it inside airtight box inscribed with runes on the outside should do the trick. Locking this box inside another airtight box for additional layer of security is always an option. [his voice turns a bit dry as he says it. Better to be safe than sorry etc.]

The sole source of radiation is so toxic it can kill you without a contact. It taints air, soil, water, and takes about fourty years to dissipate without a trace. [Archer sighs.] It's pure energy, similar to a thunder without the flash and sound.

[futhark]

[ Oh shit, now they're both freaking out. ]

But they were able to help you, that's a start. [ Yeah, suddenly he remembers the part about the healers in their first meeting. She got a nearly lethal dose of that— ] I know it was long time ago, Lex, but if you remember any name, or something unique about those healers we could seek them out for advice.

[ So a plague... or more like a curse. Lingering and never going away. See, this is why it was easier back in ancient times. Curses could be lifted, but technology is forever. ]

Archer, how about one step at a time. [ It feels nice to have that faith put in him, no lie. But he's not a miracle worker, no matter how much work he puts, he's still amateur witch compared to others... which means yeah pulling some strings at Coven is definitely going to happen. Smile here, offer food there, chat and be pleasant, and so on. ] If that lead box is going to at least keep it safe for some time, that time can be used to test all the alternatives. I'll get see on how many bags of holding I can get my hands on.

[lonewanderer]

I'm not planning on licking the box, [ Lex says dryly in response to the concerns about lead. There's the slight sound of movement, fabric rustling as the woman changes how she's seated. ]

But yeah, I remember who helped me. I can find them. It's worse than forty years, back home - two hundred, since the time the bombs fell, but at least humans can live on the surface.

[ This bomb is small, in comparison, but that doesn't mean it isn't dangerous. ]

[boneofsword]

It's not what I mean, Lex. First and foremost lead is highly toxic during its production. It causes lead poisoning that isn't too far from radiation sickness. Symptoms may include blindness, hearing loss, insomnia, delirium, memory loss or hallucinations. But that's not the worst. [Archer pauses for a moment. He wishes there was some kind of safe solution already present. Surprisingly he knows a lot about radiation and can actually use it to protect others from possible mistakes.]

It's true that lead is used to shield from various kinds of radiation. Unfortunately in the case we're now dealing with such shielding will cause a secondary and even more dangerous radiation as a byproduct.

[futhark]

[ Sadly the most of it flies over Caster's head. Not that he mentally mutes it, just... accepts it's out of his area of expertise. If two out of three people know what they are dealing with, he doesn't need to be one of them. Just point him in the right direction. ]

At least humans can live on the surface— Sounds even worse than Cwyld. [ Because it means there was a time when people couldn't live on the surface because of these things ] I'm on my way to a shopping, see if I can get my hands on that bag— if I don't have enough cash on me, I'm putting it on your tab, Archer.

[ That's kind of mentioned as a joke, maybe to get a reaction and lighten the atmosphere... ]

[lonewanderer]

...well, fuck. Even if it's in a bomb?

[ It wasn't like there was a lot of lead in the wastes, so... education sort of dropped the ball there. ]

Depends on your definition of 'worse', really.

[ WHAT IS MOOD LIGHTENING CAN SHE EAT IT ]

[futhark]

[ He's getting double freakout on his line, he is tryyyying, it's all fiiineee— only he's kind of... easily affected, and now joining the train ]

Because of those things your people couldn't live on the surface. Cwyld doesn't make surface uninhabitable, just dangerous.

[boneofsword]

[Whoops. Looks like someone's getting a double feedback and isn't best at keeping walls, so time to take a deep breath and calm down. Archer mentally kicks himself for not realizing sooner. He needs to stay calm and collected now for all of them.]

...let's not argue over semantics. I think we have two workable solutions so far, one with bag of holding, another with kind of spell I described. [he's trying to lighten the mood reminding that yes, they have a way to avert the worst disaster.

There's another question to reply to, tho.]

To be honest I'm not sure, Lex. My knowledge includes only power plant reactors, since it's what I've been dealing with. I can't be sure about other uses. [a sound when he runs hand through his hair.] Better to stay away from lead, both for us and those who mine and work with this metal.

[After all, lead had many different uses during the Victorian era - lead plumbing, lead paints, lead bullets and even makeup.]

[lonewanderer]

It only makes the surface uninhabitable in large doses. And only for some species. Cows were fine - I mean, they got a second head, but...

[ That sounds better than turning into a Cwyldtid, to her.

Either way, she takes a deep breath, trying to focus. ]

Mine comes from living in a post-nuclear war wasteland, [ she tells Archer with a little laugh. ] It's just kind of... a fact of life, there. Sometimes you get mildly irradiated! Or super irradiated. Actually, if I get irradiated enough now, my limbs heal.

[ the more you know ??? ]