riverview | A Riverview Investigative Service Report, filed by Alex Reagan

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."

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Follow up Question...

Can we figure out why she did this? Or how the first epidemic started?

I said why I think this in the article, well, said around it, I mean. I think she wanted us to know what it felt like to lose people so it's not just a holiday.

As for the background, I haven't been able to find anything truly concerte on it. Just a lot of secondary sources.

Impressive work. Thanks for the update.

[She has to switch to audio.]

It's kind of a dick move for her to think that no one here has experienced the loss of their family. I was kind of hoping that there was more too it than that.

Oh man, that's so scary.

I'm glad I missed it I guess, but I wish I could have helped. is everyone okay?? ☹️

Ah, making people suffer because they suffered. I'd like to say I'm sympathetic but I'm a little too pissed at how much of last month I lost because of it.

So not quite revenge.

And congratulations on the scoop.

Thank you for the report, Alex.

Something to add: I was working on a cure using blood samples from those who were still infected as well as those who were immune. But I checked on the samples recently and traces of the virus are gone from the infected blood.

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.

It seriously definitely is. I mean, loss isn't something that's one person's or species. This is definitely some Fox News War on Christmas level of anger.

But I'm just glad that no one died or is facing anything long term over it.

Thank you. Just doing my job.

It really was, but thankfully everyone's okay now. It was definitely a long month with people in comas and things, but it's better now.

Welcome to Riverview! Are you a doctor?

Yeah, this isn't the sort of thing that helps anyone. I'm just glad she didn't just decide to kill us all off, honestly.

How are you feeling now?

Not quite. Just some good old Fox News War on Christmas crap.

Thanks. It was a lot of work that was shared with Dr. Strand, Officer Grant, myself and you and Doctor Frankenstein for pointing us in the right direction.

Glad to hear you sounding better, Doctor! I'll add it to the report asap.

[............ A clearly boyish, slightly sheepish voice comes through on the other end.]

A high school student, actually.

[He can't exactly say oh I'm a vigilante hero who looks for people who do things like this.

Life is hard.]

Though I have to say, I don't care for how she assumed people here didn't go through loss or understand what it's like losing a loved one. I hope she knows she just made a city full of enemies, pulling shit like that.

[That wasn't what she expected, but hey.]

You sound eager to help! Nice to meet you, Peter.

Agreed. I honestly hope they lock her up for what she did, because it certainly didn't help anyone. It just made them sick and scared, and we've all got our own things back home.

Honestly, I'm just really glad she didn't kill anyone. That was my fear while we were investigating.

Yeah, I'm glad, too. I hate losing any of my patients.

An impressive collection of information.

I imagine that her access to the materials for nanite creation will be severely restricted even if she is released, but I have to wonder if there are other kinds waiting to be released. Or, if she did deactivate them herself, a system that can be taken advantage of.

Though that may be more a question for the police, or Dr. Frankenstein.

Do you plan on interviewing her?

I can't imagine what it would have done to the community as well. It seems like we're not all that close-knit but honestly I think we are more than she expected.

Thanks. I was a reporter back home too, so it just comes kind of natural.

I wasn't able to go with the police to her house, I just sort of gave them the information I'd found and they went with it. I would assume that they've got experts working on that sort of thing, but for me, officially, the answer so far as been 'no comment.'

I hope so. I mean, I'd like to find out why she did it and what she hoped to gain from this whole thing. I'm assuming unless she asks for me, [Which from Alex's voice isn't something that she considers out of the question.] I won't even be allowed to officially ask to interview her until after the trial or whatever happens next.

That's how it usually goes. I don't want to equate this with the Evil Queen, but it does have a familiar feeling to it.

[It's a switch, but Breq follows Alex's lead in switching over to voice.] Sensible, but unfortunate for the rest of us not involved in the process. Particularly if the process isn't simple imprisonment.

[The statement has rather dark connotations, though Breq pauses, then reconsiders.] Though I realize I don't know if the Quarantine uses re-education. It may be possible to ask your questions in the aftermath, after all.

Yeah, what a bitch.

[As eloquent as always.]

Sorry but even if you toss in life expectancy, everyone has lost someone. It's part of life and yeah, it sucks but making people as miserable as you isn't going to make you feel better.

[Freya sighs.]

Sorry. Not ranting at you, I'm just still annoyed... which might be obvious.

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