How did North Korea get all that money?
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Exactly. What I've always tried to portray with my writings is that North Korea is a far stronger power in the hidden world than what they'd have you believe. If only I could do more realistic portrayals, though.
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I really like this article and want to incorporate it into my avatar. Now my explanation for him having it is that he used to work the project and stole some samples for 'personal' use. Now I'm not saying the person who made this has to do anything. but, if he/she wrote up an incident report of some of the specimens going missing, I would definitely not be opposed to that. *wink*
I'll see what you'll make. But if you like the Item, please upvote. It helps.
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I like how they developed another harmless version, because I kept wondering: What the hell could go wrong? And it did not say anything went wrong, which was even creepier. Just a random thought, but I think you will be interested to see this.
But some sentences sound a little off-tone in my opinion. Like
As of now, Pyongyang and Brazzaville have expressed their interest in cultivating this strain to feed their people.
"Feed their people" sounds funny, as if the CI is trying to make fun of them. It will be more adequate if it was "to provide food supply for their civilians" or something.
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Double-post, but, is there any reason why is this tagged 'tale'?
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(Perfectly alright to double post if it's been a while since you've last posted.)
I recall using the tale tag because I thought the unusual format qualified it. Anyways, this.was long overdue, and fixed.
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Vote Reason: This item does contain great elements. As I previously stated, the fact that harmless versions were used as food made my skin crawl a bit. However, it does need some update on the clinical tone. Plus, again, I guess adding a little more content would help spice the mood up. But then maybe it's because I am being too much of a perfectionist ass or something…I dunno. Voting for redeem.
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Finally giving this item a review because it needs it. There's some flaws here that I feel need to be addressed to really bring out the article.
Proposal for Usage
I see no reason at all for a 'proposal for usage'. Yes, in the Notice to Insurgency Personnel it says that tests and experiments are being made to genetically alter the item, but as it stands, it is already a kickass wide-scale superweapon. Why not use it now? Aside from its genetic unpredictability, we aren't given a good reason why we shouldn't. I'm sure we can utilize it somehow.
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Item is a contagious fungus of unknown origin.
That needs to be elaborated. Fungi themselves aren't contagious.
The fungus is normally red to gray in color
What specifically on the fungus is red/grey? Mycelium generally is white/grey, but if the fruiting body (mushroom) is what's red, that should be better specified. Even then, there is many parts of the mushroom to consider, such as the pileus, the stipe, the bulb, the vulva, the spores, etc.
The fungus releases spores on a regular diurnal basis, releasing about 1,000 spores every day. These spores are 1 mm in size and encased inside a small waterproof cellular shell.
There is no possible way for spores to grow that big on any fungus. Ever. Fungal spores typically are less than 5 microns in diameter and at the very largest can reach maybe 200 microns. I understand that this fungus is anomalous, however, I feel that, because it releases about 1,000 spores each day, it'd make much more sense and be much more realistic if the size of these spores was dropped drastically. Additionally, I feel that extremely small spores would create a more dangerous and effective item. My reasoning for this is because, as stated earlier, one of the vectors for the fungus is dust. I'm pretty certain it'd be impossible to attach a millimeter sized spore to a particle of dust, get me? And at such small sizes, it'd be easy for targeted organisms to inhale the spores, allowing for the chance of growth in the lungs of the host.
Stage Two is marked with the appearance of small tendrils protruding from the eyes, nose, mouth and ears and wounds.
Tendrils, by botanical definition are specialized stems, leaves or petioles with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants1 for support and attachment. You mention tendrils as a means of propagation multiple times. While fungi do grow threadlike strands (fungi don't grow tendrils), they aren't used to propagate. At least, not in the way you explain it. Rather, fungi grow thin strands called hyphae that form in clusters to create mycelium, which extends into surrounding soil and absorbs nutrients. Opposite sexed hyphae can then reproduce by fusing together to form a fruiting body which we all know as a mushroom. Check out the below image for a good visual representation.
Public Update-007-44
Although the evolution to repel its predators is a setback, Insurgency scientists are currently working to locate and destroy the pheromone properties, and creating a resistant version of the whippoorwill through controlled natural selection. The Insurgency hopes that all of this will lead to a better understanding of the evolutionary cycles of both species and its use for the world.
Everything about this is wrong to me. Firstly, Whippoorwills are insectivorous and wouldn't at any instance feed on a mushroom, even less so at its pre-fruiting period. Secondly, even if whippoorwill's did feed on the item, why would we want that? That poses a few problems for us:
- Whippoorwills feeding on the Sporal Contagion would allow for the possibility of it intercepting the asset before deployment.
- If it did intercept and consume the Sporal Contagion, this would allow for the anomaly to make itself outside of a controlled environment. With an asset this powerful, it could potentially be an end of the world type of scenario that we wouldn't want. No matter how evil the Insurgency is.
Public Update-007-46-47
Due to the erratic evolution and unstable characteristics the fungus has developed, the Insurgency will be accepting human and animal experimentation. Analysis of the item suggests that the item has recently developed the capability to excrete pheromones that attract whippoorwills to it in order for it to be consumed. Unbeknownst to us at the time, spores of the fungus that enter the bird are not digested like before, but compromise the brain tissue of the bird, forcing it to seek out others, including humans, and infecting them through the bird.
This update is an interesting addition to the article, but I'd like to see more of what it actually does to the bird itself.
Overall, it's interesting, yeah, but I really feel like more could've been done with it. Namely background research and the effects of the item. -1 for now.
Footnotes
1. Fungi and mushrooms and all of that jazz aren't even in the plant kingdom
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