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∞ 20: Numbers [voice/action post]

[Thick, rasping breaths can be heard over the sound of pages being turned. The voice heard sounds hollow and weary.]

...four...five...six...seven...eight...nine......ten...

[A few moments pass before the voice continues, flat and cold.]

In the process of...three days, we've lost 10% of the population to this sickness. Roughly 40% of those actively...using their journals have the sickness, and all-- all are affected by what's going on at some level.

The method of contagion is still unknown. Contact with those affected doesn't seem...to lead to infection in every case, but it's hard to tell without a full consensus of the Filial.

This is believed to be an experiment, and...the supporting evidence would be the Malnosso...not reanimating those that have died. A severe hypothesis would be that subjects are being systematically culled...but the Malnosso continue abductions and returning those that have been abducted.

We may...have to wait several days, when the experiments have traditionally ended, to see what...becomes of those killed... To see if this is in fact an experiment.

Four days... In which, based on current count, we potentially will have lost 25% of the population.

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25%, huh? That's horrible. We've lost so many already...

There will be more, undoubtedly. And there's still no hint to how we can stop, or slow, the process. It's also far too early to recognize if anyone has an immunity to this.

Yeah, that's true.

Have any of the previous events been this... bad?

No... No, most of the experiments have been...mild in comparison. Benign, almost. The only one that even compares in death count...is when something terrorized the village and tore off people's wings.

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Those figures sound close to mine...

Miss Sage...

I'm sorry about Lloyd.

Mn ...

Do you or your brother need anything?

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Twenty-five percent...?

That's... too much...

Biological warfare is...all-consuming. There's no discrimination in who is killed.

Assuming this is the Malnosso's fault... It truly shows how...completely they can destroy us.

I know. I've been keeping a close eye on them.

... I think they've exploited that enough.

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That bad already...

It's very quick... Very quick.

I guess we should've expected something like this would happen eventually, what with everyone living so close and coming from different worlds, but...

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...Th-that many people?

Only... Only the ones I can hear.

...That's...

F-Forget that right now. Do you guys need anything?

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[her voice is clearly showing her exhaustion over running around healing people as well as seeing Norma dead]

Albert...

That many... Why can't we stop this? Why...?

...How are you feeling?

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I don't know... I don't know, and it's frustrating. I can't believe there...isn't a cure.

I'm... I'm feeling better, Stella. Caesar has gotten worse, but...I'm confident he'll get better, too.

What about you? You don't sound well.

It's incredibly frustrating. The most that I can do is try to make their suffering bearable... Even if I wish that I could do more.

[She sounds shocked, though pleasantly so] ...You're feeling better? You... that's good news, Albert! So it may be possible to recover from this... But... [the happiness wears away a little] Caesar... please, tell me if you need me there. I know he barricaded the door, but if he needs it I-- I'll break past it.

...I'll be fine. I'm just... overworked, I suppose.

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I was hoping we could have found the origin of the virus. But it seems it didn't originate anywhere. Or perhaps I'm just not looking hard enough. The progress of the disease also confuses me. Either there's several strains of it, or it reacts differently to different kinds of... circumstances.

You don't sound too good yourself. Would you require help in anything?

No, it's not a matter of looking at this point; you're right...it seems like it didn't originate anywhere. Our best estimate...would have to start with whoever contracted the virus first.

I'm slowly recovering from the virus. It's...not something that can be helped, I think.

Your name, if you will? I am Albert Silverberg.

It seems there's a belief it's been just spread out on the village due to Malnosso experiment. I hope to god this is true, if not for anything else, but the indication that it is not going to be continual.

Ah, I'm glad to hear you're getting better.

My apologies, I should have introduced myself. I'm Watari Yutaka, pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Silverberg.

Could some be more immune to this than others?

In my world, depending on where you've come from, there are certain diseases that do not affect you as badly as those who come from another country.

It's possible... We cannot tell for sure without reviewing in-depth who has died and who was infected. If we survive and this virus departs...we will have to do some sort of survey of the village.

You haven't fallen ill, Usagi?

I don't like the whole 'if we survive' bit, Albert, but the survey is a good idea.

No, It seems I started getting some symptoms yesterday...