002.

[propulsion]

FORM: Enchanted books as well as loose leaf fliers left in key public spaces.
SENDER: Tony "Do I Have To Do Everything Myself" Stark
RECIPIENT: Hopefully all of you disgusting people.
NOTES: n/a

Comments

[okayimin]

I will, thank you.

What is a microscope and how are they made?

[propulsion]

think of a lens meant to enhance sight but by like 1000x
and you're not gonna get a look at most viral bodies without something even better than that
but you're a Chantry sister, right? you dig on faith in things you can't see.

[okayimin]

I'm clerical trained, not ministery. And if it's possible for such a thing to exist, there's no reason not to investigate it.

[propulsion]

doesn't sound any crazier than
what's the going theory anyway? miasmas, pollution? because the main takeaway here is that disease can spread person to person. shutting the windows at night isn't gonna do it.

[okayimin]

Foul weather is usually an indication of an increased grippe risk, but we don't have much in the way of weather underground. Grippe outbreaks in Dust Town were attributed to the Taint or exposure to dirty surfacers.

And I had noticed the tendency to spread regardless of weather or properly shut windows, yes.

[propulsion]

you might not be wrong about that if you have wildly different environments. you can build up an immunity against disease in your area and get hit bad with something from
wait, dirty surfacers?

[okayimin]

I would say the surface and Ozammar are significantly different.

And yes. Each nation will insult the habits of the other and claim their superiority, but I've found across the board surfacer hygiene oddly lacking. I've hypothesized it's to do with not living in enclosed spaces and a general ignorance of the Taint.

[propulsion]

ok I'll buy that
I haven't felt clean since I got here

[okayimin]

Hardly surprising. Baths are needlessly complicated to prepare on the surface unless one has the very good fortune to be near one of the few surface hot springs.

One expects such things in places where scarcity is a fact of life, but the amount of time certain members of noble families go between bathing is nearly offensive.

[bouchonne]

Only nearly offensive? We'll be certain to spread them out even more, then.

[okayimin]

To be frank, the absurd amount of attention paid to perfume by the surface upper castes IS offensive and a waste of perfectly good resources.

[bouchonne]

Counterpoint: we all apparently find each other attractive enough that we copulate sufficiently, in contrast to your lot. So really, the only thing we can conclude is that the smell is stimulating and invigorating.

[okayimin]

If sex was the only thing that was required for a pregnancy to occur, midwives would lose half their income.

[propulsion]

oh my god tell me about it

[okayimin]

It was going to be the subject of my first research paper when I took my vows, but my Revered Mother felt it would be inappropriate to ask the Empress about the regularity with which she washed herself.

[propulsion]

make bathing fashionable and maybe we'll get somewhere

[okayimin]

Unfortunately, that is entierly outside my realm of expertise.

I suppose at the very least I can see if any of my old Carta contacts can get their hands on more soap. We've run clean through with this blasted outbreak.

[keenly]

We know illness can spread person to person. We know to wash our hands. We know what we're doing.

[propulsion]

gold star

[keenly]

I don't know what that means.

[propulsion]

it means congratulations buddy
good job pal

[keenly]

We also have sarcasm here.

[propulsion]

dang it

[keenly]

We don't use leeches for the grippe, by the by. We use steam and expectorants, mostly, and herbs to reduce fever. Does that meet with approval?

[A little happy doodle to make it clear he's teasing and not being overly sensitive.]

[propulsion]

I'm not a nurse/healer/whatever so go nuts with that stuff
I'm just advertising good practices to the masses so you got less sweaty foreheads to mop

[ He attempts to turn the little doodle into a wiener. ]