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eastbound2022-10-19 11:06 am
clavesregni) wrote in eastbound2022-10-19 11:06 am
video, un: hopscotch
[Caitlyn enthusiastically shows off a small wooden box. Visible on the lid is an insignia of a Minaras governmental medical facility. Over Caitlyn's shoulder is a redhead looking wholly uninspired by this discovery.]
This was found following an altercation with a group of drunk individuals. One man was tall, must have been a little over six feet, with a blond beard, head shaved, and some sort of tattoo visible on his neck. Another was a few inches shorter, clean-shaven and close-cropped black hair, wearing a rather ostentatious, if tattered, blue coat. The third was a few inches shorter still, also clean-shaven, with long brown hair tied in a ponytail and several scars along the length of his forearms.
[Vi rolls her eyes as Caitlyn rattles off these descriptions. Caitlyn, oblivious, continues:] Does anyone know who these men might have been? If they could be identified, they could perhaps be located and questioned as to how a box belonging to a medical facility came into their possession.
[Vi mutters,] Probably going to sell whatever it is to the highest bidder.
[At the interruption, Caitlyn glances over her shoulder to respond to Vi. Her tone is less critical and more like she's excited to brainstorm possible motivations.] We can't assume that.
[Caitlyn turns back to the contents of the box.] Yes. Um. There are herbs inside, they smell-- [She takes a whiff, wrinkling her nose.] --earthy. Musky. And faintly of fruit. And... [She smells again, and a horrified look crosses her face, as though she's just smelled the most odious smell imaginable. She quickly moves the box further away from herself, looking at it as though it's done her a great personal wrong.] Urine.
[Vi shouldn't look so amused at the posh description, but she does.
Caitlyn holds up a few of the whole dried leaves and flowers: foxglove, wisteria, passion flower, and valerian. There is a small sack visible inside the box containing more herbs ground up.]
Are there any herbalists in the group who might be able to identify these? What purpose could these serve, either individually or in combination?
[Vi leans in closer and says,] And by the way, I need to talk to the resident hextech genius.
[ooc: for the herbalists out there, this combination of herbs leads to memory loss]
This was found following an altercation with a group of drunk individuals. One man was tall, must have been a little over six feet, with a blond beard, head shaved, and some sort of tattoo visible on his neck. Another was a few inches shorter, clean-shaven and close-cropped black hair, wearing a rather ostentatious, if tattered, blue coat. The third was a few inches shorter still, also clean-shaven, with long brown hair tied in a ponytail and several scars along the length of his forearms.
[Vi rolls her eyes as Caitlyn rattles off these descriptions. Caitlyn, oblivious, continues:] Does anyone know who these men might have been? If they could be identified, they could perhaps be located and questioned as to how a box belonging to a medical facility came into their possession.
[Vi mutters,] Probably going to sell whatever it is to the highest bidder.
[At the interruption, Caitlyn glances over her shoulder to respond to Vi. Her tone is less critical and more like she's excited to brainstorm possible motivations.] We can't assume that.
[Caitlyn turns back to the contents of the box.] Yes. Um. There are herbs inside, they smell-- [She takes a whiff, wrinkling her nose.] --earthy. Musky. And faintly of fruit. And... [She smells again, and a horrified look crosses her face, as though she's just smelled the most odious smell imaginable. She quickly moves the box further away from herself, looking at it as though it's done her a great personal wrong.] Urine.
[Vi shouldn't look so amused at the posh description, but she does.
Caitlyn holds up a few of the whole dried leaves and flowers: foxglove, wisteria, passion flower, and valerian. There is a small sack visible inside the box containing more herbs ground up.]
Are there any herbalists in the group who might be able to identify these? What purpose could these serve, either individually or in combination?
[Vi leans in closer and says,] And by the way, I need to talk to the resident hextech genius.
[ooc: for the herbalists out there, this combination of herbs leads to memory loss]
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[Huh. That's news to her! But that makes her wonder...]
Is that why the people around here don't remember that we went through that....you know. [She gestures, a little vaguely to imply like, the unwinding. But if so....could they have given that medicine to everyone.]
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It could be in the food, I suppose, or the air. [Now that's a troubling thought.] Still, you'd need a lot of it.
It's just as possible that the goal was to erase the memories of only a few specific individuals. We can't rule anything out at this point.
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[But, hm. If the point is to target specific individuals...]
If they're targeting specific individuals, if you could catch them in the act I think...that is, I know someone who might be able to figure out why or what they're doing it for. Though whether or not it would work would depend on a lot of factors that can't be confirmed until it's attempted.
[Though she supposed......the hardest part would be to catch the act all
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[She ponders for just a moment.]
Catching whoever's responsible in the act would be useful for all sorts of reasons, but it seems less likely now that we've confiscated the herbs. Unless, of course, there are more out there. And ideally we would catch them before they were actively tampering with anyone's memory.
I'll keep you apprised if we do, though I have got a few techniques myself. [She's talking about interrogation techniques.]