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deathsdoctor) wrote2011-12-30 08:20 pm
deathsdoctor) wrote2011-12-30 08:20 pm
Appointments 2.0
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[Action, June 25th]
I see. This is not a new thing. Could you detail what's affecting you, then, and how you've managed it previously?
[Action, June 25th]
But first things first-- time to find out how much, if anything, this man knows about this particular affliction. It's entirely possible that Gai hasn't been the first sufferer here.]
Have you ever heard of something called the Apocalypse Virus?
[Action, June 25th]
No. Not back home, and not from any of the villagers I've treated in my years here.
[Action, June 25th]
Think of it as being like a form of cancer activated by genomic resonance. Those who are infected with it will eventually develop crystalline growths on their skin that spread over their entire body. If you don't receive the vaccine at an early enough stage, it becomes terminal-- in other words, a prolonged death sentence.
[He's completely calm as he says this. He's not looking for any sort of pity-- he accepted this fate long ago. He's already come to terms with it and what it will eventually mean for him.]
[Action, June 25th]
So Gai didn't receive that vaccine.]
However, are there ways to slow down the progression of the disease state?
[Action, June 25th]
So far blood transfusions from someone with a unique ability to undo the effects of the virus have been able to it. However, she isn't here in Luceti.
[Action, June 25th]
Would no other donor work for you?
[Action, June 25th]
[Action, June 25th]
We can try that to start off with, as it's been a proven way for you to cope in the past, even with the specificity of the donor. However, if it doesn't work, we'll need to explore options. I'll search the library to see if anything has come through regarding this disease, but I'll be mainly relying on what you can tell me. It'll go as far and involve as many people as you want, but I need to know ahead of time what your general wishes on this are.
[As you strike him as a guy who doesn't want this spread around at all.]
[Action, June 25th]
If you think someone might be able to help, tell them. But I don't want this becoming common knowledge.
[He doesn't want his weaknesses exposed to any more people than necessary. It's a survival tactic, plain and simple.]
The virus operates by inserting itself into intron sequences in the genetic code and then replicating when activated by genomic resonance. It can remain dormant in the body with no symptoms until that activation takes place. Once the virus reaches Stage 3, it causes structural sclerosis, resulting in those crystalline growths on the skin. There's no reversing the process once it reaches that point.
[Action, June 25th]
[So it's already spliced into the man's genetic code. So an antiviral class of drugs made to block the messenger class of RNA that would synthesize viral proteins would be helpful. Slow down its synthesis.
It would be have to tailored to that specific mRNA, mind. He wouldn't want to block the normal functions of cellular protein synthesis. And perhaps something else to prevent the virus from inserting itself into any unaffected cells...
It would take work. A lot of work.]
Based on that, antivirals sound like they would slow it down, if this first option fails. I'm going to have to do more research, regardless. If this first option works, I want there to be backups in case it ceases to become effective down the line.
[Action, June 25th]
[Gai sounds slightly skeptical, if only for the reason that there is no cure for it in his world. Granted, he doesn't know the full details of how the GHQ treats those in the later stages of the virus because he's never been a patient in one of their facilities, but as far as he understands it, it's basically just palliative care.]