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𝐃𝐑. 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 ([personal profile] sorser) wrote in [community profile] apocalypsehowcomm2022-01-13 08:29 am

network; open; forward-dated to the 15th

Who: Stephen Strange
Username: strange
Warnings: reference to multiple skin lacerations


There’s been an incident. ADI’s already given me the go-ahead to relay this to everyone for the sake of moving forward, so there’s no need to ask if the higher-ups are aware. They are.

When I’m not working in medical, I’ve taken up occasional volunteer work at the local hospital. Earlier today, Sable, one of ADI’s contacts at the docks, was admitted with severe lacerations along her right hand and arm. As she tells it, she’d found a box that was making odd noises, bound for Things of Beauty. She tried to be discreet about investigating whatever was inside, but it didn’t matter.

Again, according to her, she stuck her arm in to grab whatever was inside and paid for it immediately. Based on my own examination, her wounds looked like bite marks, and a lot of them. From very small mouths with very sharp teeth, about mice-sized, but the shape doesn’t match up with any kind of rodent I know about. Whatever it was, it took literal pieces of flesh off of her, and I can’t imagine how and it would've been if she hadn’t been wearing sleeves and thick gloves.

She’s already admitted it wasn’t the smartest move on her part, but that isn’t the point here. It’s a foregone conclusion by now that nothing good is happening at Things of Beauty; you may have been seeing the ads around recently, “a new year calls for a new you”. The promise to unveil a new product on the 16th — which is tomorrow, I should point out.

Basically: if what I saw today was a taste of things to come, I don’t have a lot of faith that it’s going to be an uneventful reveal. There’s a lot more harm in store, and what all of us decide to do with this information in the 11th hour is ultimately up to the individual.

Personally, I’m less of a wait-and-see kind of person. If there’s still a product being shipped and received this late in the game, then there’s still a chance to cut off what’s left of the supply. Impede the off-loading process, slash a few delivery truck tires, etc. Get creative, throw a wrench into things, create delays, because *time* is what we need for ADI to establish proper damage control and further investigation.

Whatever you do, just be careful about it. Don’t go sticking your hands into suspicious boxes, all right?
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[personal profile] musicdied 2022-01-16 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I think I should be insulted.

I always put on my best act. If it is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
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[personal profile] musicdied 2022-01-18 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
I am sure we'll have plenty for you to do in spite of our best efforts.

[Look, if someone doesn't get mauled by whatever's in those boxes, it will be a minor miracle.

And that's not even getting into the possibility of tipping off whoever is supplying the things in the first place.]