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

[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!

[11calls]

I bet! And it definitely seems like something to look forward to!

I think it's going to be a little bit depressing when I've been here a year and will know what the festivals are and stuff. I mean, I could now, and probably should given my job but it's so much more fun not knowing.

[dancingmd]

Oh, I'm sure there will be something new every year. No two holidays are ever exactly alike, even at home.

[11calls]

Oh that's very true. Got to spice it up for the long term residents, I guess. But still, I just hope it's something lighter than last month's was. I don't think we could handle it as a group.

[dancingmd]

I didn't mind it so much. It's good, to remember.

[11calls]

That part I was okay with. It's just everything else that comes with it...

[The whole sick thing. Alex would very much like to skip that for the rest of her time here.]

[dancingmd]

Fair enough. But that was hardly the fault of those who were planning the memorials and at least the perpetrator has been caught.

[11calls]

Oh yeah, I definitely agree.

[dancingmd]

I can only hope she learns something from it.

[11calls]

Me too. And that we do do. How she did it if nothing else.

[dancingmd]

Yes - we need to make sure something like this can't happen again.

[11calls]

At least we know what we're looking for now.

[dancingmd]

True enough. And we have a better way to combat it in the future as well.