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[With all the information coming out, it's apparent to Keith and Lance that one big elephant in the room has been ignored: the infection among the recruits themselves. Keith is tired and on edge, as he needs nothing to do with the infection to be cranky. Lance is jittery, too. But they have to talk about that elephant before it gets too late.

And for some of them, it might be. That's what Keith is really afraid of right now.]

Hey. It's Keith.

and ya boy, lance! [Because things are already pretty doom and gloom as it stands, and maybe things could use a little lightening up? Or something...

It’s a little more difficult to differentiate between people in a group message like this, but it’s a better idea to get something down on text in case they need to refer to it later, and anyone who knows either of the boys can probably tell them apart pretty easily through diction alone.]

we know your mind-phones have been pretty busy lately, but theres something keith and i wanted to talk to you guys about.

Before we get a move on in attacking Zymandis' agent, we need to look at our own numbers. A lot of us are sick. Maybe less than I thought. Or maybe more. Either way, we have to know who's sick and make a plan to help our own. And I'm serious about HELPING. Not putting someone out of their misery or any of the other stupid stuff I've heard from some of this team. We need to stop this disease. We need to help our own. Once everyone's BETTER, we'll make a plan for what to do next as a team.

[It's harsher than necessary but likely less harsh than how it might be normally, given Keith's frequently frustrated tone of voice. Text mitigates some of it, even if his frustration definitely does become CAPITAL LETTERS.

Lance, meanwhile, is quite eager to gloss over that sharp reprimand because seriously guys — kumbaya.]

yeeeeeah, so — helping! getting a head count is definitely ideal. we cant afford to be silent on this and we definitely CANT be alone right now, cuz every one of us affected and on our own can be a huge risk to everyone here. so we were thinking… since the city shut it down, we can use the middle school. those of us infected can stay there while we wait for our people to find that cure. like a quarantine safe house.. i know its not ideal, but its something. especially for those who dont have any other contingency plans.

[A pause. Well. May as well get the ball rolling, right?]

ill be there.

( ooc; p.s. there is an information plotting post for the quarantine space! )

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Sieglinde has volunteered her gifts. Elsewise, we've enough ability in our ranks that someone else might spare the time to develop defenses.

[ More than one pair of hands, why not? ]

We may still have need of guards on the perimeter for now, however. Half the people are shut up in their homes, and the other half roams the streets in search of the same resources we require. If they should notice our movements, such people may wish to steal our provisions.

[ Desperate times. Not to mention the roving infected. ]

I'll do what I can to make sure we can't be tracked. I've been running deliveries since I got here. I know my way around. And I have a pretty solid idea which places have been looted already.

It might be up to the people inside to make sure that things don't get stolen from there. That might be a lot to ask, but until we have something to secure things for those of us who aren't infected, that's what we have to do.

[Her ideas are good ones, and sound. Keith doesn't think he's necessarily the best at supplying plans for this, but he gets the sense that he has no choice but to try.]

Perhaps a survey of the stock might be taken each day. [ Something that she can do. It seems they're all out of their element here, in some way or another. ] We will send what food can be spared.

[ She will see what she can persuade gods to find. ]

You've examined the building. Tell me of its structure. Are the walls brick? [ Many and more of the buildings here are. ] What of the doors? Wood?

[ The oddly specific line of questioning is for Drogon's benefit, should need arise. Hanzo has spirit dragons, but hers is flesh and blood, albeit in macaw form at the moment. ]

The doors are wooden with lacquer over them. As for the walls—definitely brick.

Strong enough to hold ... most of our team.

[ The brick is good news, the wood less so. ]

And the rest shall not want for guards.

I have a dragon, as well. My arrangements are secure for now, for which I am grateful. If that should change, I dare not leave him alone.

Is he OK around other people?

He keeps to himself for now. We are bonded.

[ Says the dragon queen to the pilot of the red lion. ]

He has changed as I've changed. I fear that this time should be no different.

[ He will grow angry and impatient as she grows angry and impatient, and fire spreads where it will. ]

[Oh, yes, that definitely rings a bell.]

Believe it or not, I get what you're saying.

[And that could be bad for everyone involved.]

We could look into keeping it secure.

But would YOU be safe?

[ She wonders at that, but it isn't the time to ask. Another time, perhaps. ]

Drogon would not harm me.

[ Not since she faced him in Daznak's Pit as a frightened girl, and flew out of it a dragon. So many transformations. ]

Save for a dragon, I wield no other weapons. [ A hint of dry humor. Isn't a dragon enough? ] See that everyone with powers is secured first. For now, I shall not want for protection, or hands to stay mine.

[ She looks him up, in case the need should arise to find him again. ]

Your name is Keith?

[Would not harm her before. Keith has his doubts that things like that would remain true. He doesn't know how Red might be affected by this disease if she were here and bonded to him, but he decides it's better that he doesn't have to find out.]

That's right.

I believe you know Shiro. [For better or worse. Likely worse right now.] He's my teammate from home.

[ Unseen, her nostrils flare. It is good that she does this from text. Better still that it's a statement, with neither apology nor excuses made on Shiro's behalf. ]

I do. And I can see that he is most fortunate in you.

[ She shall find little use in dwelling on how it had happened. Keith is a diligent friend, and devoted to his teammates. That much at least is plain from these exchanges. ]

Right. So.

I'll make sure everyone else is secured. I'll see what we can do about the fire problem.

[Keith suddenly realizes he doesn't know where to go with the mention of Shiro. So, he leaves it there.]

I thank you.

[ Good on both counts. Now to go and pester some gods. ]

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