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[othersdie]

The deities are calling them an infection. "Unwanted, unregistered guests." Beings that the deities didn't let into the City and, apparently, can't force out.

Considering their lack of control over the situation, I have my doubts about their suggested methods of extermination. I've seen fire in action. The infected catch fire well enough, but the ashes only breed more of them. Do not set the infected on fire.

Corralling them is ridiculous without superpowers. A human who tries to herd these things into a stadium will end up dead or, if they're lucky, just bitten. And why corral them? What does Fice want to do these infected monsters that wear the faces of people we've known?

My recommendations:
- Stay in a reinforced building if you don't fight. Avoid windows.
- Don't be a hero.
- Keep your distance if you can.
- The infected don't always die. I was only able to kill the two I knew.
- Destroy the heart or destroy the head.
- Hearts are difficult to shoot. Aim for the head.
- Remind yourself that this is the City. The City doesn't import undead versions of people we know, but it has a history of torturing us with specters of loved ones. This is a trick.
- If you need help, call someone. The police are doing what they can.
- DON'T BURN THE INFECTED.

Comments

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[maoser]

But you do.

[He gives it a cursory skim now, and saves the file to be read more thoroughly later. Files can be saved, but conversations are harder to pause.]

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[othersdie]

Well enough to know that they exist and that the deities don't have as much control as they would like us to believe.

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[maoser]

How long has it been since anyone's seen these monsters?

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[othersdie]

As far as I know, 2009.

audio;

[maoser]

That's quite awhile.

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[othersdie]

In City terms? Yes.

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[maoser]

In any terms, I would say. Do they normally go for so long between visits?

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[othersdie]

I don't know. No one's been here long enough to know.

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[maoser]

What person has been here the longest?

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[othersdie]

Cain. Rosella. They were here when I arrived.

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[maoser]

When was that?

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[othersdie]

Why does it matter?

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[maoser]

If you got here yesterday, them being here when you arrived isn't very impressive.

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[othersdie]

November, 2008.

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[maoser]

[Hn. Some time, then.]

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I'm afraid I never got your name.

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[othersdie]

Justin. What's yours?

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[maoser]

[He's developed one online identity -- trollish, obnoxious, mischievous. For this, it would be best to set up a different identity.]

Näu.

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[othersdie]

Interesting name.

[Since most people do not have onomatopoeias for names.

At least that book of random cat facts that Penny gave him when she learned that he's a cat-lover has finally come in handy.]

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[maoser]

My parents were cruel.

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[othersdie]

Cat lovers?

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[maoser]

It's kind of embarrassing.

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[othersdie]

Only if you did something to earn the name.

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[maoser]

I suppose you're right. Anyway, thanks for the information.