2020-03-06 Epidemic

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## Log

> **Janothar**It's a Friday afternoon when @Doctor Emma Blake gets the call. She's wanted down in Jersey, to meet with someone over at the Gordon Medical Center. A high up Progenitor. They said it's urgent, enough that someone will take time from their current public health crisis to speak with Emma. But unfortunately, it also requires that she come down in person. It's a good thing the train goes straight from Manhattan to New Brunswick, where the Medical Campus is located.**Doctor Emma Blake**Doctor Blake will of course take the train because driving to Jersey is not only asking for a headache, it's going to take at least two hours and if you want to avoid the tolls it's three but the train can get you there in 1.**Janothar**Even less if you catch an express, but unfortunately, the timing doesn't work out. Once she arrives, there's a taxi waiting for her, to take her right to the main building. It's a top of the line, high tech hospital, which clearly gets the best equipment from the medical supply and pharmaceutical companies that call central New Jersey home. The place is in a controlled state of chaos, as the doctors are reassuring people that no, they don't have Coronavirus, and yes, they are on top of things. A young intern approaches Emma when she arrives "Doctor Blake, the Research Director will see you shortly, if you'll come with me." She's never met the Research Director, who is in charge of the whole place before, but knows her name: Jennifer Kyuryu, supposedly one of the brightest genetics researchers of this generation.**Doctor Emma Blake**"I'm glad that she has time to meet with me. I hope I'm able to provide whatever help I can." The thirty something Doctor is more than happy to get this chance, especially when it's important.**Janothar**She's led to an empty conference room, and the intern leaves. The moment she sits down, a television screen on the wall turns on, and she can see the face of an Asian woman in her late 30s, wearing her hair up and a pair of wire-frame glasses. She's got a button down shirt on under a labcoat, and is only visible from the collarbones up. The background behind her is blurry. "Ahh, Doctor Blake. Thank you for arriving on such short notice."**Doctor Emma Blake**Emma blinks, "If I'd have known it was a teleconference I'd have sent one of those robots with a screen strapped on top.." she smirks a little even if internally she is cursing herself and thinking that this wasn't the time for that comment at ALL. "Sorry Director, how can I help?"**Janothar**She seems to be ignoring the comment, or at least not offended by it "Unfortunately, I can't leave my lab at the moment. Experiments are in a critical stage. And there are documents that must be handed to you directly" a slot opens in the wall and there's a manila envelope inside "As you know, we're on the verge of what could be the largest public health crisis in the last century."**Doctor Emma Blake**Emma nods her head, rising to cross and take up the documents. "Yes, people are terrified. Part of the problem is the optics and part of the problem is just how fast this thing is spreading. I know Baylor and the Tea Sips (she uses the slang that someone from Texas A&M uses to refers to someone from University of Texas) are working on a vaccine, what can I do?" she opens the folder to glance at the contents but keeps her attention on the director.**Janothar**"We've been tracking it with the most advanced epidemiology we have, and we've found some unusual anomalies. If you'll turn to page 3 of the packet" it's a map of the country, with an inlaid map of New York with several boundaries drawn over it "We've come to the conclusion that the coronavirus is masking a second infectious agent. Or at least, something that is following an epidemiological spread pattern." she frowns "On the next page, you'll see that we've run every test we know, and can find no physical cause for the strange occurrences, and they're detailed in the apprendix."**Doctor Emma Blake**Doctor Blake flips through the the pages indicated and nods her head. "A good scientist doesn't jump to conclusions, but I suspect you have a theory about what may be behind this second pattern or you wouldn't be speaking with someone from my Convention?"**Janothar**She nods "We suspect something non-physical, and we neither have the personnel, the resources nor the knowledge to handle it. The lives and sanity of Sleepers are at risk, though, so we hope that you'll take up the problem." She may not be able to order it, but she could always call up the people at SCAR and ask them to do so. Though somehow, Emma suspects that she won't do that.**Doctor Emma Blake**"My team would be happy to look into this right away, I'll take the data you have provided back with me and we can start going over it and try to narrow down the areas affected. I'm not going to sit by and let helpless people suffer.. I'll report back to you with our findings."**Janothar**She nods "Good. As much as we could always use more epidemiologists on our side of things, it's good to have someone who can recognize a virulent disease represented the rest of the Union, so we can talk like civilized people."**Doctor Emma Blake**Emma nods again and closes the folder, "Is there anything else I need to know before I get this information back to the crew of The Opportunity and let you get back to work Director?"**Janothar**"That, unfortunately, you can't rely on any Progenitor support on this. We've got our hands full." the image freezes a moment, then flickers "I-I-I-I believe we're having tech-al difficulties. Goo- luck." the image cuts out.**Doctor Emma Blake**Emma secures the folder to make sure that the data inside will be staying inside and heads back to Manhattan.**Janothar**She's led out and put back on a train into the city, somehow they manage to time it perfectly, so she gets to New Brunswick station right as the train arrives.**Doctor Emma Blake**"Perfect, trains always on time. Feels like Germany," she quips to no one at all. She pulls out her phone and will shoot a text to Ember, 'Got a job, need to meet up for mission briefing.'