Blue Syndrome

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Guild Alert! Fungi infestation causing surge of blue syndrome!

Written by Madame Solène de Nivers for the rune guild.

By decree of the senate, a rossa infestation has been declared in the Garna forest as of December 10710. This alert and a reminder of the symptoms, and prevention and treatment measures should immediately be transmitted to all guilds working in the forest or with materials coming from there, including all educational institutions in the country.

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Symptoms

Spores: Rossa is a parasitic fungi living in moss. It spreads spores through an aera up to 100 km². Those spores are sticky and can stay on materials for months.

Nerves: Handling contaminated materials disturbs the spores, and they are absorbed in our body through contact. In our sensory nerve cells (in the hands, eyes, nose, ears...), the spores create a blue chemical, synmachemol. Its accumulation destroys the synapses (the junction of two nerve cells).

Blue spots: The affected areas are covered in small spots of a characteristic faint blue colour.

Itchiness: The spots are extremely itchy, leading to violent scratching. This spreads synmachemol through the body and worsens the symptoms.

Necrosis: The tissues quickly starts to necrose.

Death: If left untreated, the victim dies.

Spores

Nerves

Blue spots

Itchiness

Necrosis

Death

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Prevention

Detect signs of infestation by carefully examining any new material coming from Garna forest.

Decontaminate by washing rocks and putting organic materials in quarantaine (40 days of isolation not 20, it's in the name!).

Delimit quarantaine area with a ward to prevent students from violating it (remember that forgetfulness and defiance are characteristics of that population!).

Destroy material at the first sign of contamination no matter their worth (that's what insurance are for!).

Denounce to the authorities any provider, shop, or craftsmen refusing to follow those instruction, attempting to sell you dubious material, or not following the reimbursement policies! (Be wary of any transactions made with Dark mages).

Detect

Decontaminate

Delimit

Destroy

Denounce

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Treatment

Contact the health services as soon as blue spots are detected.

Contain the victim inside a quarantine area, attach them to prevent scratching, tranquilise them to reduce the pain.

Cure the victim by removing the spores from the body and the necrotic tissues. Therapy might be able to incite the nerves to regenerate but loss of sensation in the affected areas is often permanent.

Care for the victim if the necrosis is too advanced and only amputation can save them.

Contact

Contain

Cure

Care

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