Number II - When you're hot, you're hot... [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

[Axel's face appears on the screen, and even shadowed by the hood of his coat- which in itself is unusual, since he tends not to like the hood- he doesn't look too well. He also seems to be bundled up in a thick gray blanket. When he speaks, his voice sounds tired and hoarse, as if he'd been coughing a lot recently.]

Hey, everybody. Guess what? Turns out Nobodies aren't immune to this bug that's going around...

[He's forced to pause there, as he trails off into a coughing fit. He gives a faint groan when he manages to regain his breath, seeming to try and curl deeper into his coat and blanket.]

Dammit... [He sighs hoarsely.] Just... fair warning for anybody that might think of visiting.... don't touch me, OK? Unless you wanna burn your hand, that is. One of the fun side effects of being a fire-user with a fever, ya know...

[Another, briefer coughing fit interrupts him]

Hope everybody else is doin' better than me...

Comments

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

Doubtlessly.

[Axel grumbles something under his breath, which just leads to a bit more coughing.]

And yeah... habitation wing. Hopefully by the time this thing is done, moving will seem like less of a chore...

[Video]

[angleofscience]

Hmm, hopefully yes. Is this... er, sickness? virus? similar to something organics usually get?

[He frowns slightly.]

While it's of course hard to near impossible to draw parallels given the curious... ah, state of this virus given its range, if it's similar, one could at least hope to presume it would have the same course.

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[nobody_number_8]

Well, I was anywhere else, I'd say I had the flu, which is a virus... not the kind that would bother robots, though.

But anyway... assuming you're healthy otherwise the flu usually involves feeling like crap for a few days- any combination of fever, chills, nausea, aches and pains, coughing, sneezing and a few other fun symptoms- then you start to recover...

[Seems he talked a bit too much, and the last sentence trails off into a bit of a coughing fit.]

...Those few days suck, though...

[Video]

[angleofscience]

Which is the curious issue with this virus, since if it is a single one... [He shakes his helm. It should simply not be possible.]

... That does seem like the symptoms people are suffering, regardless of organic or mechanoid origin. So, if nothing else, it does seem that coming from something from the Lambda or created, it is some sort of flu... or is imitating the effects of one.

[Kind of useless facts in the overall situation, but interesting anyway.]

[Video]

[nobody_number_8]

Yeah... I mean it'd have to be, I dunno, a computer virus or something to bother robots, right...?

But yeah... seems like it. For all the good knowing that does us.

[Video]

[angleofscience]

Digital, yes. Though it's possible to carry such a virus in other forms, like light or sound, which convert to the correct format upon infiltrating a viable system.

[Jetfire shrugged and then frowned.]

Indeed. Interesting to know, but in the end lacking any... ah, practical application without the proper knowledge.

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

Light and sound carrying digital viruses? Huh... I always thought you had to download the wrong thing, or something...

[Video]

[angleofscience]

That's the most conservative and simplest way, yes, but digital formats can be converted into other forms, the information contained within staying exactly the same, merely in another... er, shape.

All you'd need is equipment capable of converting the light back, or use the information stored that way directly.

Re: [Video]

[nobody_number_8]

Mmm-hmm... [Axel is clearly starting to lose interest... and maybe to doze off a bit too. Sorry, Jetfire, but Axel just doesn't science that much, even under the best of circumstances.]

[Video]

[angleofscience]

[He's not quite oblivious enough to not notice either of those possibilities and smiles slightly.]

I'll see about that blanket, and let you go back to resting.