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[dontpokethat]

((OOC: Since Ginko and Tanyuu are both going to be talking in here, Ginko’s voice is indicated in green and Tanyuu’s is purple for readability.

For more details on the plot, please look at the OOC post!))

Hey, uh… I know this isn’t the best timing for this, but it’s not like there’s such thing as good timing in this case. So, just so everyone knows, it seems like we’ve got a mushi infestation in the carnival.

I know we have a lot of new faces around, so for those that don’t know, mushi are small creatures from mine and Ginko’s homeworld that will sometimes drift through. Most of them are fairly harmless, but a few colonies of what we call Un seem to have drifted in.

Basically, if you notice sound seeming dampened or something in your trailer or part of the carnival, come let Tanyuu or me know and we can deal with it. ...Or if you’re just having trouble hearing in general, for that matter. Zecora will know what to do, too, if you’d rather go to her.

[But honestly Zecora is overworked enough lately and he’d rather not add more to her plate, okay.]

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[dontpokethat]

Depends on what you mean by that. They're structured similarly, as far as being made mostly of life force, but the ways they function beyond that are very different.

I suppose the broadest and most important difference would be that those 'floaters' are typically too weak to have much effect on humans.

[atouts]

And, ah, what do these 'floaters' look like? Different from the Un, I take it?

[dontpokethat]

Different, yes, but that's a difficult question to answer beyond that. Mushi can look like just about anything - animals, plants, or like something else entirely - but if you've seen something glowing and sort of translucent drifting around the carnival, it could be one of them.

[atouts]

[ There's a brief pause as he considers the description, then, ]

I suppose that explains a few things I've seen around. I had assumed they were just a regular part of the carnival.

[dontpokethat]

So you can see them, then? [Always good to know who around here can.]

Yeah, for all I know some of those could have been here already - but at this point there are pretty much always a few mushi around.

[atouts]

It would seem so.

[ Although he sure sounds like he hasn't yet decided if that's a good thing or a terrible thing yet. Being sensitive to otherworldly crap has rarely ever been fun. ]

And they're from your world... Isn't that strange? Assuming they weren't here before, but manage to show up regardless?

[dontpokethat]

I guess so. But apparently mushi aren't bound to their own world the way most beings are - which isn't too much of a surprise, I guess. From what I know, they just don't usually end up in other worlds because they don't have any reason to.

[atouts]

But if they're tagging along with the carnival, is there even anything to stop them from spreading to other worlds? If they ever do choose to? You say there's an infestation and we've taken it right into the middle of a city.

[dontpokethat]

Fortunately, they have yet to spread outside the carnival. I guess, theoretically, the could leave if someone who was infested left... but I'm not sure how long they would last, anyway. As it is, I doubt that individual mushi even stay in the carnival for very long, since there's no light vein here.

[atouts]

A light vein? Is that something they need to survive?

[ This is just going to lead to more questions, he knows it. ]

[dontpokethat]

It's... complicated, but let's say yes. Light veins and their interactions with mushi are difficult to research, given their nature. But mushi do seem to depend on them.

[Of course, where Ginko is from, everything depended on light veins to survive, so that was a pretty alarming difference to get used to.]

[atouts]

So a power source. [ Probably, but that said— ] I get the feeling this is something we could be stuck discussing all day and then some, isn't it?

[ If it's anything like how he could go on and on about magic and all their related book references, well, more like weeks and weeks than days. ]

[dontpokethat]

Something like that. A power source for living organisms.

[He gives a quiet laugh.] Probably, yeah. If you'd rather not clog up the radio, I'd be glad to tell you more another time.