A Riverview Investigative Service Report, filed by Alex Reagan

[11calls]

Grief, Sympathy, Madness and Anger:
Spreading an artificial plague.

After an extensive investigation conducted by this reporter with great assistance by Dr. Richard Strand and Officer Peter Grant of the London Magical Crime Unit as well as an anonymous source, the ISR has discovered the identity of the person who released the plague that was both a combination of magic and nanite technology as pointed out by both Dr. Victor Frankenstein and Tony Stark the younger in network posts. The culprit is a local woman, Sarah White, 49. Whiteis an engineer who specializes in magically-enhanced robotics giving her the ability and knowledge and skills to release this artificial virus. White is currently in police custody.

The virus was released on May 1st by City Hall, according to multiple witnesses who saw White in the area acting suspiciously. Extremely contagious by design, White artificial virus spread through the population, attacking both native and newcomer like a wildfire without any one set of symptoms or a period of illness. The only thing that the virus had in common in every instance was that the victim spent a period of time in a coma, and then woke up with no sign of having the disease or the ability to catch it again.

No new cases have been reported as of June first, and everyone who was previously infected has been awaken from their comas, with the magic and the nanites stopped.

While this reporter did not interview White herself, extensive research reveals that other than working as an engineer, during the first epidemic that affected the settlement ten years ago, White entire family was killed. Given that she had the ability to kill everyone within Riverview, and didn’t, and the attack happened during the month of Memoria which this reporter does not think is a coincidence.

More updates on the story as we get them.

Update #1
Dr. Frankenstein reported to us that in looking for a cure from immune patients, he'd collected blood samples. Those blood samples show no further signs of the virus. He adds, "My guess is that Miss White deactivated the nanites or sent some sort of command for them to be destroyed once the month of Memoria was over."

Comments

[dancingmd]

I wouldn't mind talking to her myself.

[Said thoughtfully, without any menace. She was very angry at one point but now that the perpetrator will be facing justice and everyone made it out safely, the anger has dissipated into... not sympathy, exactly, but an understanding at least.]

[11calls]

Maybe they'll let you talk to her as a medical doctor before they'd do it for me.

I think.. they're a bit annoyed with me.

[Yes, Alex, they definitely are. You are the definition of 'those meddling kids.']

[dancingmd]

The authorities frustrated with the press? Never!

[11calls]

[That makes Alex laugh.]

Especially when I beat them to their jobs.

[dancingmd]

Well, however they might feel about it, I'm grateful - and I doubt I'm the only one.

[11calls]

Thanks. I'm just glad that I could do something to help, even if I couldn't do the medical thing to fix it.

[dancingmd]

Not that I was very successful in that myself.

[11calls]

Hey, you can't beat yourself up for that! This thing took down gods, it's likely you would have gotten infected anyway!

[dancingmd]

I know. It's just... this has stirred up a lot of bad memories for me.

[11calls]

Sounds like you need a drink. Or an ice cream sundae as big as your face....

[dancingmd]

[Okay, that does get a small laugh!]

Oh, I can't eat like that any more!

[11calls]

Well, we could try. If nothing else, the two of us can get ice cream and mix it with liquor like boozy milkshakes. They were kind of a thing back home, actually.

[dancingmd]

Alcoholic milkshakes... now there's an intriguing suggestion.

[11calls]

They're fantastic. We'll need to do a night when things settle down.

[dancingmd]

That sounds like a wonderful idea - I'm sure we're not the only ones who could use a bit of fun right now!

[11calls]

Agreed. Hopefully this month's festival will help too. A holiday around being friends with people sounds good to me.

[dancingmd]

Last year's Prijata was happening when I first arrived - it's how I met several friends here.

[11calls]

Sounds exciting! I'm always looking for more friends.

What came after that?

[dancingmd]

A masquerade, if I remember correctly.

[11calls]

Oh. That sounds exciting!

[dancingmd]

It was a lot of fun - one of my first experiences with magic too!

[11calls]

What kind of magic does that event have?

Not that I minded being a kid of course.

[dancingmd]

Illusions, primarily. When we put on our masks, they created a new face, a new body, a new voice for us. A true masquerade.

[11calls]

Oh wow. That sounds so cool.

[Alex is going to be disappointed with this year's fest in comparison to that.]

[dancingmd]

[Sorry, Beverly's memory is a little faulty on this front - there was a masquerade, but unfortunately it wasn't connected to a particular festival! But the masquerade sticks so well in her mind because of Lucretia.]

It was very impressive!