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( how does she even start with this? she's never actually broadcasted to the locket network before, nevermind during something as awful as a sickness spreading. but- it's her job, right? it's her job to look after the health of the Unseelie court.

the feed starts and it's clear that Clarke is in the Caer Scima library; the curse has already begun to sprawl up her neck in fine lines of silver, stopping short of her jaw. despite the fact that she's obviously been affected by the illness, those who are familiar with Clarke will be able to tell she's still in good spirits, despite the seriousness of the subject. )

Hi. My name is Clarke Griffin. As some of you have already noticed, a lot of people have started to turn silver, like this. ( she reaches up, pulling down the collar of her shirt to show the lines of silver that disappear beneath her clothes. ) From what I've gathered so far, it's affecting those who have influence in either court, or who hold a reputation in the courts or the lands surrounding them, and we can infect anyone by skin-to-skin touch or by the exchange of bodily fluids, in whatever manner that might be.

Here they call me a Midach, in some worlds I'd be lead healer, and in others the Minister of Health. ( normally she- wouldn't actually bother telling anyone about that, but it leads into why she has any sort of weight in this. ) The idea was put forward for me to issue a quarantine of the infected, but with it being spread out from Dorchadas, I hardly see that being an effective wait of containing it. Plus- The more people we have out looking for a cure, the better.

Right now, my suggestions are these: if you wish to touch your loved ones, wear gloves, clothing, do not allow the direct touch of skin if you are infected. If you're one of our vampire residents, please be cautious of who you're drinking from. And if you're already infected, you should refrain from sex until a cure is found, lest you infect the other person, or people. If you attended the festivities yesterday and weren't already infected, you may want to double check yourself for the illness.

I'm setting up research hubs in both the Caer Scima library and the Station so that we have centralized places to pour information into while still making it accessible via fairy ring. I have offices in both those locations as well, so if you're looking for me, I can be found there or over the lockets. If you have any information about cures, spread it as far as you can. Lockets, word of mouth, shout it from the top of the castle if you want to, just make sure the information is getting out there.

I'll be leaving a recurring message running on my locket of cure suggestions as they come in, so you can give it a listen if you haven't found anything yet.

And if I can help you in any way, you can find me in either of the places above, via the locket, or I'll be responding to this broadcast as I can.

Thanks for you time, and good luck out there.

( ooc. just a note that threads will be short since Clarke will be primarily focusing on researching. there's an open research log here for use as a "mingle" log, and the "voicemail" with cure listings can be found here. )

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I'll have a consistently updated voice message with cure information tapped into my locket for lists of cures. If anything changes in the way it's transmitted, I'll list that there as well, but I think what I've outlined is all that actually affects it-

I'll be sure to direct people to the facility there. We need as many people out and researching as we can manage, the knowledge of a cure for something like this is probably widespread.

Thank you. The facility has special protections on it, so I'll need to admit any new researchers myself.

And, I hope so. Assuming it has happened before. Do we know if there are records?

There are records of all illnesses that pass through Dorchadas, but I haven't pulled everything to read through it yet. But if it's happened before, I'll be sure to pass along the information.

Of course. Anything that you have ruled out for certain?

Just that this isn't a result of a Seelie attack. They're suffering from the illness, too. Outside of that- It's all been searching for a cure.

And no source to speak of, I'm guessing? Or, even something that might have given rise to it? If there were a way to trace it back, perhaps we would find a way to cure it.

I have a friend that's looking to finding the source, but he's only just started searching for it. It's- Well, it's difficult to find something like this, since the source is probably a spell that's been cast. Finding the origin of a transmittable illness is a little easier when you find the first person infected.

That's not the case here since many of us became sick all at once, which means there's no 'patient zero', other than 'all of us', so it's harder to trace back to a source.

You believe it's a spell? In that case, there should be a counterspell of some kind. I've never known any kind of magic that does not have an antithesis of some sort. Could it be disrupted, perhaps through blood granite or another magic-cancelling method?

I'm not sure. As far reaching as it is, then it might not be a spell that can be rectified with magic cancellation. But that's even if it is a spell -- that's just a guess, right now. And if it is one, well- The silver might just be a side effect from the actual spell that's been cast. We can't know for sure until the source is found, though.

...do you recall anything that might have led to it affecting you? If we could find something in common that way...

It's started with people who have influence within the courts or the territories surrounding them; I simply woke up one morning and had the silver on me, and so did my friend. Everyone I've spoken to so far who also has the illness are much the same; started the day with the new addition to their skin.

...that explains how I got it, then. Makes me worry for the other spires. No one has beaten it yet, is that right?

It probably affects all the spire owners, as well as the Necroveils. I can only assume it's the same for the Seelie court and the important members of it, since it isn't just us that are infected.

As far as I know, no one has bee able to get rid of it yet; there are assumptions about what cures could be, but I haven't actually talked to anyone that has gotten rid of it. I don't think it's anything so easily beaten, unfortunately; I tried using curative magic on it, which lessened it for a little while, before the silver returned like I hadn't tried the magic on it at all. Whatever it is, it doesn't seem like magic can actually fight back against it in a way that would be a permanent fix to the illness.

I'm trying to think what would work against silver. I know a few ways around iron, but that's something else entirely.

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