Knowhere IC

Who: Harry Dresden and the Freelancers (North Dakota, New York, & Texas)
What: Some proper introductions.
When: Mid-morning
Where: Harry’s Place
Rating: PG-13
Status: Log - Complete

( But it occurred to him just then what a mess of creatures he was standing amongst. These were human war machines, and while he’d known that from his conversations with York and Texas both, having finally seen them in action? Well, it was hard to lose the memory. It was terrifying and they were frightening beings. )

Who: Edward Elric & Riza Hawkeye
What: Baking an apple pie.
When: Saturday Afternoon
Where: Mustang & Hawkeye’s Apartment
Rating: PG
Status: Log - Complete

( She wasn’t angry? No. Of course not. Riza Hawkeye had an incredible temperament. She had to. Look at the man she dealt with on a daily basis. )

Delta's been crunching numbers and he's been so uptight about it he won't let me think.

We noticed food start to go missing on the 19th at around 11am, that's about 110 hours ago. The tribbles reproduce every 12 hours, with litters of up to ten. If we say it took about 100 tribbles to make that much of a dent in our food supply back on the 19th, and average each tribble having 6 babies each..

If we started with 100 tribbles on the 19th, saying each has 6 babies every 12 hours, at 110 hours.

And assuming a few have died off since then (what's the life expectancy on these things?)..

We should have about 1,007,769,600 of these things on Knowhere as of right now. By tomorrow at this time, 36,279,705,600.




We need to start killing these things. Right now.

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Harry? Carlos? Li-Ming? James and Sirius? Am I missing any wizards?

Once these things are frozen can anyone perform surgery on something that small? Stop them from breeding? We'll have a chance then while they're still to stop them from multiplying. Or some magical fix? I don't know much about magic...

We'll need someplace to send them too.

Uh, how do we make the space head cold? Like, where's the damn switch?

Because we slow down when it's cold and I almost froze my toes off, and most animals do, I think? Right? I ain't like educated Can we try it with the fluffy cute tribbles?

So, several of our number here wish to end this ordeal with ice, and yet others would see it done in fire. How strange that the threat of these tiny creatures would inspire such poetry.


I am concerned, however, that our divided attentions will only prolong the problem, and it is a war of attrition that will surely claim many of us soon. Since my arrival to Knowhere, I have been dashing back and forth from here to Earth and other supply posts nearby literally non-stop - and I can honestly admit that I can go no faster and safely carry no more at a time. As my skills are not suited to subtlety, I can likely contribute nothing else to this dilemma; I will instead continue my efforts to relieve our barren stores.

Whoever is currently commanding this station must decide upon a solution. And to any who would see these 'Tribbles' spared...steel your nerve. We may yet fail to be skilled or kind enough to allow them to live.



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A thought occurs, albeit perhaps without merit. Can we determine a way to lure them to one point? Are they attracted to a sound, or a smell? If they are all together, it would be a simple task for me to either destroy them all, or use a portal to take them away.

[...]I think we've come up with something and I think it's solid. Thanks to Georgia's idea to modify the little rodents Elodin an I have a few ideas actually on how to sterilize the critters en mass once they're frozen. He's trained in medical, I'm trained in alchemy which is chemical transformation and amplification of that manipulation could en mass sterilize the creatures but I'll need help. This place is huge, I'll need every alchemist and anyone willing to learn to copy or draw the array's necessary to do it to help me scatter them through the head.

Cosmo suggested we send them to a Cold planet using some kind of technology to do it since our passports only would transport one but I'm no tech expert, so does anyone know how to build anything like that?

Are these creatures inedible?

A lot of people have been asking about eating these things.

They don't taste half bad.

Thanks, Pedro.

[Filtered; James and Lily Luna after this]

We're going to earth. We've got to get off this thing if there's any chance in hell you spawn the future, Jamie.

Why isn't anyone here listening to anyone else?

We can't work against one another or everyone's going to suffer for it, not just the poor Tribbles! I get that there's too many of them to do anything right now. I understand that.. that people are trying to shrink the population while others are thinking up ways to save them.

But Li-Ming has said she has a place she can teleport them where they'll be safe and happy and looked after. And we have groups of people working on how to keep them from reproducing so quickly. And we have groups of people looking for places we can send them. And some people working on getting supplies.

And instead of everyone working together, we have lone people, and groups of people working against each other. Is it really that hard to talk to one another and listen without arguing?



If this is how adults act in times of crisis, I don't want to grow up anymore.

Cosmo did not think residents Cosmo houses on Knowhere to be stupid, careless, shortsighted. Cosmo is very disappointed.

There is no evacuation in two hours. Two hours not enough time to evacuate entire planet. Others live here besides us who do not have passports. If Knowhere need evacuatink, we need days to do so, not hours. As residents with passports and the abilities to leave quickly it is our duty to look out for those less fortunate and get them to safety before sterilizink them against their will. Do not get Cosmo started on neutering cute tribbles

You will stop this plan now. We will think it through. We will create an evacuation plan. You know, last time Knowhere needed evacuation we evacuated to envelope dimension inside Cosmo's collar. Is very easy, but there are many fleas.

((OOC: Cosmo will use force to stop the current plan if it is needed. He's got some crazy powerful telepathy going on and would probably go with created a barrier to trap characters inside of if they try to pull the trigger. The current plan is fine as an option for dealing with the Tribbles, but we just need more time for a realistic and full evacuation.))

Sara, or anyone else with knowledge of tribbles, is there any particular material they aren't unable to eat through? Something we could use for storage, ideally.

WHO: Noctis Lucis Caelum & Prompto Argentum
WHAT: Reunion
WHEN: After this
WHERE: Marketplace
RATING/WARNINGS: There's some language but that's about it.
STATUS: Complete!

every minute and every hour, i miss you, i miss you, i miss you more ( Read more... )

Alright, Knowhere.

We've got something pretty big going down in about two hours. Everyone needs to use their passports and get off the head, stay off for the next eight or so hours. It's safer that way.

Anyone who stays behind when this goes down is risking sterilization. It's not a guarantee but it's a possibility. If that's not something you're worried about, feel free to stay behind and help us. But if it is, you need to leave in the next two hours. Now's a great time to visit Earth and get yourself something to eat. If you haven't used the passports before, find someone who has and they can help you.

If anybody is concerned about the whole sterility thing (in either direction), I can test you afterwards if you want.

I'll be doing myself anyway.

So in case we do need to get off Knowhere whenever (or if) the evacuation needs to take place and there are people that don't want to go to Earth, or can't, the Normandy has space.

Who: North Dakota & New York
What: Tribble killing.
When: Evening, after leaving the mess.
Where: Around Knowhere at large.
Rating: PG-13
Status: Log - Complete

( Maybe it was selfish. But they were only human, after all. )

I'm willing to stay unless there are other volunteers but I do think at least one of us should.