Camp Fortitude

A few years ago when I was back home and things had gotten especially crazy, my friend had brought all of us together and we set off paper lanterns to honor those who we had recently lost. I know it might sound a little cheesy, but it was nice and it felt like a good way to pay our respects.

So I made two this morning and I'm going to be down at the lake just after sunset if anyone wanted to join in.

I feel like anything I say here is going to pale in comparison to Bo's introduction.

Hey, I'm Sam Wilson. Just got here. Spent a couple days outside before I stumbled upon this place. Caroline tells me that there are some friendly faces here though.

Uh, hi everyone. Thanks for getting me away from--whatever the Hell those things are outside. I don't think I am ever getting that taste out smell off.

Anyway, name's Bo. I'm kinda used to crap like this happening, although usually someone I know is behind it. If my dad's here- Be real nice if my genius ex girl friend was here to dumb all that science down a bit so I might understand how this is actually not more Fae shit.

Kenzi if you're-

I guess I'm going to be on your--militia or army or whatever. And...I'm a succubus.

If you're from a place where you've got stories about things like that, you know that means I need a pretty specific supplement to my diet that I can only get from other living things, preferably in a real intimate way. But I really don't like sneaking into people's houses and having my way with the womenfolk, so if there's a few good men or women or whatever who'd like to volunteer, hit me up. The sooner the better, those things out there really don't give a growing girl what she needs.

Little PSA for you all; our new power source is officially completed. When we switch over the grid, there might be a black out for approximately 10-30 seconds. It's not a long period of time but I'm going to want to schedule that with everyone to make sure that everybody is aware of when to expect it so we can stay on our toes. It'll be during the day so we have sunlight on our side, preferably early. With the new system in place we're going to have a lot more power. Which means more energy sources for defensive maneuvers.

[STEVE.]
Two things. Thing one - I want to schedule when we switch the grid over so we can have proper defense in place. 10-30 seconds is longer than I'm comfortable with. I'm having Allen switch the connections to make sure that it's done as quickly as possible.

Thing two - we might want to consider asking someone to start teaching some sort of sex ed course around here since apparently the teenagers are humping like rabbits. I'd nominate you but you have to have actually had it to educate others on it.

[TECH.]
I want to run the trial model again. I want us all to watch it separately and then one more time together just so we can make sure that none of us are missing anything. We checked the fences last time and the brownout still happened, but I want to make sure we cover our asses here as much as we can.

[Sunday morning]

Do you know what's awesome?

Sex. Sex is awesome.

I feel amazing.

[Isaac]

That was awesome. I'm so glad we did that.

If you want to do it again, just message me or something, okay? Because I totally want to do it again.

[Derek]

Are you going to help me be human then?

Do they know about you? I'm still not sure I even understand I haven't said anything, I've been very careful. It would be good to know, though, whether you're telling them or not so I can continue as I've been or go along with you so I don't seem dodgy.

Alright so there's been a lot of new people again in the past bit and it looks like it might not be letting up any time soon so I thought I'd go over a few things here. I'm Steve for anyone I haven't talked to yet, and I was one of the first people to arrive here. We've been operational since May of last year and though we don't know why, our numbers have all but doubled in the past two months. That's a lot of new people in a short amount of time and I know a lot of us are coming from some very different worlds and lives from each other. If anyone has any questions, concerns, or suggestions about anything, bring it up. I know it sounds cheesy, but we're all in this together.

Dr. Snow mentioned it, but it bears repeating, if you missed out on her initial round of testing - or have even changed your mind since then - be sure to talk to her. A cure or vaccine might be too late for the original inhabitants of this world but could keep us and anyone else coming through safe.

If you're interested in learning some foundations of defense skills Derek runs a class every other day at the Community Center - make sure to talk to him if you want to join. If anyone is interested in learning some more advanced techniques comment here and we can get you set up.

We will be doing a supply run soon so if there is anything anyone needs, please let me know. As always I'll take the wishlist but make no guarantees.

NATASHA.

Hey, can I ask you something?

KATE.

Is there a specific day you needed to go out of Camp, or is it flexible? Ideally I'd like to make sure it didn't line up with days some of us are already out on supply runs - which I'm trying to get going toward the end of the week here.

TOSH.

Let me know what's needed to make the CCTV a reality, I'll find as much of it as we can when we're out.

DEFENSE.

We need to stock up. Badly. If the growth keeps up at this rate we're going to burn through resources. If you haven't talked to Cisco about getting a suit, do it. Unless Dr. Snow has cleared you as immune no one goes on a run without adequate protection. I'd like to head out toward the end of the week. We've got myself, Sara, Natasha, Barry, and Rogue with suits, did I miss anyone? I'd like to go out with enough that we could split up and cover more ground once we hit the cities, if we could do three and three that would be ideal.

Not happening - not happening - not happening - OMG THIS IS SERIOUSLY NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW -
Has anyone seen a ring around? Silver, with a blue stone? It's the only way I pass for human - a family heirloom and I really can't lose it.

CAPTAIN JOLINE

Freaking out, so freaking out. I never even take it off but I woke up without it this morning. Can you guys check out the Camp?

When I decided to see the universe, this was definitely not what I'd had in mind.

Clara Oswald. I'm I was a teacher in London. Hello, I suppose, fellow time-and-space abductees.

[ Service ]

I'll be joining you in the Service Department, doing.... well, I'll figure that out as I go along. And thank you, Pepper -- Ms. Potts? Pepper? Which do you prefer? -- for your explanation earlier.

My apologies if this is something that has already been discussed and ruled out as a possibility for any reason, but have you lot considered a CCTV system? A way to monitor the inside and outside of the walls separating us from the outside, I mean? It could go rather a long way toward giving us advanced warning of an oncoming threat. I could set it up in a day if I had the cameras to do it... It would require some doing, reconfiguring the cameras to a wireless power source so that we can charge them remotely, but I could do that, too.

Like Barry said, I'm going to be working on creating a vaccination for the virus. As we just began to study the virus today, I can't say for sure how long this will take, but it will be one of my top priorities, next to the overall health of the camp residents.

That being said, one of the best chances I have to actually create a vaccination would be to find someone who is immune. So if you are willing to provide a blood sample, please let me know and I'd like to get a sample from you as soon as possible. Given that some people are much more than human in here, it's possible the key to a vaccination could be with one of you. Or maybe even someone without abilities. This isn't mandatory, of course. Volunteers only.

This is a public announcement for everybody who resides in the camp, please read this carefully and check in so I know that you're aware of what's going on.

I've run a blood test of the unfriendlies, the same type that got into the camp during the brownout. They are infected. The infection is contagious. I want to make a few points clear before we all panic.

- There were no pathogens found, which means that this infection isn't airborne. Which is great news.

- After doing some more tests, I've figured out that, although the virus exists in the bloodstream, it doesn't have the capability of surviving once it leaves the body. As soon as it hits oxygen it dies, which means that getting the blood of these things on you, although gross, isn't dangerous. You can't catch the virus like that.

- The virus can be transferred through saliva. More specifically, if the saliva of these things is injected or applied to an open wound immediately. The virus dies immediately in a saliva sample once it hits the air. However, a direct bite would be enough for the infection to survive and be transferred if skin is broken.

So if you haven't been bitten by these things, you're safe. If you have you need to reach out to Medical immediately, but I don't think that's the case because it seems to be a very fast moving virus. After infection it looks like it'll turn the person within 24 hours, if that.

Doctor Caitlin Snow is going to be working on a vaccine just in case someone gets bit, but now that we know what's going on we're obviously going to have to take extreme caution. Defense or anyone who's going out there is going to need to make sure all exposed limbs are covered in a thick material to avoid penetration in case a bite takes place. If anyone has any questions I'll try to answer them to my fullest capability, but I'm just a forensic scientist. Dr. Snow is going to be making an update soon about the vaccine and what she'll use, all serious medical questions and concerns should most likely go to her.

LATER EDIT; FILTER TO DEFENSE AND TECH.

The suits for Sara and Natasha are ready. For everyone in defense, whether you have a suit or not, you need to meet up with a guy named Cisco Ramon in tech. He knows how to make specialized suits and he knows how to make them work with your abilities, which is why I don't set myself on fire every time I break out into a run.

He can't make you anything if he doesn't have your measurements and now that we know this is going on, all of us are going to need protection. You can drop a comment here under this filter for him so he can see it, either a time that you can meet up with him or your measurements. We all need to make sure we're protected against this, try to make it a priority.

You know, I'm grateful and all...I am. But twenty-four hours is a long time to stay put after the night (or day, I guess now) I've had. To the fast man in the red, if you're here...thank you.

CAROLINE.

I won't pretend to understand how that worked, what you did. I'm sure that it couldn't have been an easy decision for you, to give up your privacy like that for a stranger. I won't forget it.

MEDICAL STAFF.

You've all been really lovely so far, thank you. I'll be out of your hair as soon as I'm allowed, I promise.