dontpokethat: that blaming me for them doesn't solve anything (i've caused enough problems to know)
Ginko ([personal profile] dontpokethat) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-04-22 05:58 pm
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MUSHI DISASTER

Who: Anyone and everyone; it’s a mingle-style log!
What: A sudden spike in the mushi population brings some trouble to the carnival.
When: Around day 87-90
Where: All around the carnival
Warnings: Illness, potentially some minor body horror, and so on



[Following the recent disappearance of Ginko and Tanyuu’s mushi repellent, there will be a sudden increase in the number of mushi in the carnival this week.

This is a mingle-style log, so just post a toplevel, tag out, and have fun with mushi disasters! Event information and questions are here.]
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dontpokethat: sorry about the huge amount of damage and all the fires (to everyone who said)

[personal profile] dontpokethat 2017-05-07 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure. Anything in particular you want to know, or just the basics?" It's not like Ginko is going to turn down a chance to talk about mushi.

"True." That's fair, he guesses. Even if this is because of him, he's not the one who brought it on directly. "It's good to hear that, then. With any luck, it'll stay that way."
Edited 2017-05-07 22:35 (UTC)
stillwinningthehardway: (🔪I am child of the heartless wind.)

[personal profile] stillwinningthehardway 2017-05-08 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
"What makes them so special, do you know? I'm guessing you have more humanlike animals too where you're from - you know, they bleed and breed and everyone can see them, and if they have abilities it's because they have strong legs, or flame sacs, or high midichlorian counts." Star Wars animals can get very Extra.

The one mushi that had flowed up onto Scout's boot has settled for now in the shadow under another table, skulling around probing for nothing she can figure out. She keeps an eye on it in case it decides to move. "Do you know why they're so attracted to you?"
dontpokethat: ill be dead in my grave (if anyone needs me)

[personal profile] dontpokethat 2017-05-12 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"We do. ...Though I'm not sure any of them have flame sacs, or... anything like that." Whatever the third thing was.

"While most living things are made up primarily of matter, mushi have higher concentrations of pure life force in their bodies. Since they don't have much physical matter to them, those who can't see the life force that they contain can't perceive them at all."

He nods, though it's not particularly enthusiastic. "...Sort of. It's a condition that shows up in people every so often in my world. It's said to a quality of the person's... 'soul', I suppose you could say. Not much is known about it beyond that."
stillwinningthehardway: (🔪I am child of the heartless wind.)

[personal profile] stillwinningthehardway 2017-05-13 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Scout nods, pensive.

"Life force, huh?" Her fingers tap on the table and her lips purse. "We have organisms like that, but they're very tiny. The midichlorians I mention live in animal and plant cells. Some can host a lot more than others. No one knows why, but the results can be pretty dramatic."
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dontpokethat: me i say things that make sense (some say love is a river)

[personal profile] dontpokethat 2017-05-19 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Dramatic? How so?"

If she hadn't had his interest already, she definitely would now. These sound like exactly the kind of thing he's used to studying anyway.
stillwinningthehardway: (🔪I throw my mantle over the moon)

[personal profile] stillwinningthehardway 2017-05-20 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, well, there's several animal species that are all like that, their midichlorians let them call on the, the universal life energy." Last time she was here Scout had come up with a decent translation for the Force, but it's been a while, and she's more reluctant to talk about it these days. "Jakobeasts can make pressure waves and flatten their predators. Jubba birds manipulate emotions. Muttamok seem to read minds, but it's hard to say if they're not just really good at interpreting body language. Crowns of silk find prey. Tuk'ata do a lot of that, and live a lot longer than they should."
dontpokethat: and make long hissing noises at anyone who stands in your way (do whatever you want to do)

[personal profile] dontpokethat 2017-05-27 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
That description seems to work well enough for Ginko; it sounds close enough to the way things work in his own world to make sense to him.

Some of the actual results, though - those are certainly something else entirely. "All that because of these... midichlorians? So, that concentration of life energy gives these creatures a stronger connection to it."

Man he wishes he had something to take notes with right now.
stillwinningthehardway: (🔪Nothing can bind)

[personal profile] stillwinningthehardway 2017-05-28 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
"You got it. People have been trying to study them for centuries, but it's hard to get anywhere with them. We just know they're related somehow." As something related to the Jedi, she knows, any research on midichlorians has been heavily suppressed under the Empire. Scout doesn't bother keeping the weariness from her face.

"Some people have more, too, and can... make a use of that connection. In Duinuogwuin it's one in every three, but they're unusual. It's very rare otherwise." She smiles faintly and deliberately echoes what Ginko said earlier. "It's kind of a mysterious condition, but it's not just that they host more - if you inject blood from someone with a high count into someone with a normal count, their counts will be elevated for a while, but it'll just make them sick and have unusual dreams."
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