Quote from Jeanette on Dec 10th, 2016, 10:29am:Quote from Fernando on Dec 10th, 2016, 1:14am:LOL... In my mind Maribelle was like "Oooo! A Make Up Kit! Lets go get Teri and make her up so I can trick the boys a that market!" Shs was not caring about what Ariel was saying except listening for Lets Do Make Up...
Maribelle was supposed to be at the table setting up for dinner, instead she put the dishes, and flatware on the table and left her responsibilities to check out the make up kit.
Val was angry at Ariel for being a distraction and an excuse for Maribelle to use. But she is not falling for Maribelle's excuses.
I know what Maribelle was doing. I was the one who wrote for her in that moment of the story. As Maribelle brings out the plates she sees Ariel's makeup station.
In response to Maribelle's question Ariel says, "Later. I need to put this up for now."
I have no idea why Valentine thought it was necessary to send out a search party right after Maribelle had been sent to take the plates to the table. Valentine is the bad guy in that scene, not Ariel.
There is no indication of this. If, for the sake of discussion, Valentine had gone looking Maribelle later, she would see that the portable makeup station put up
just as Ariel said it would be. It gets confusing to the end, perhaps a word is missing; for the makeup station was already put up which is why Maribelle is eying it. Why would it be put up again?
Val is not the bad guy here, neither is Ariel, Maribelle is for ignoring her responsibilities of setting up the table to check out somebody else's makeup kit because she was refused to take hers.
Val, Hondo, Fernando, Ruth and the other adults are in Survival Mode (SM) in this "Shit Hits The Fan Scenerio" (SHTF), make up is at the very bottom of the list of priorities in this SM World. If (IF!!) Fernando was there, he would have taken that make up kit and launched it into orbit and let the spirits wonder what is that metal and cardboard box is and why is it heading at them at Mach 2. In their collective mind, the only reason why one would have such a make up kit is because they are an actor in a theater troop or they have to beautify themselves for another day of selling their bodies to the streets - "If you're going to be a whore then be the prettiest whore out there." As stated by Val "We are a rescue group, not a traveling fashion show."
As reader and a writer, I do not know why Ariel is out there with such a make up kit. Nor do I care. She was brought in by the writer for a reason yet to be revealed and the interaction with the group again is to be determined. Yes, there are beauty saloons in various towns like this one, but it is like a barber shop - it is more like a hang out and gossip place while one gets their hair done. They are there as a permanent fixture of the town, and not as a mobile station.
But her being there reciting journal is nothing but trouble for the group. Fernando could go into the future and look at the past and see what done and why but prefers not too because he does not want to second guess events and try to move them into his favor when ever possible. Nor is he going to try to alter the past to change the present. That is what the power of the journal gives. A Prime example of this is Back to the Future II where Biff gets the encyclopedia of sports history and makes himself rich betting on sports games, destroying the rest of the future's history for everyone else, including killing Marty's father, marrying his mother and putting Doc Brown in an insane asylum to make sure they would never be allowed to interfere and correct the future. That is what Fernando, Hondo and Val is trying to prevent and in their opinion that and any other journal found are to be destroyed.
Quote from Jeanette on Dec 10th, 2016, 10:29am:Quote from Fernando on Dec 10th, 2016, 1:14am:Chances are they are not going to be willing trade unless it is for something big like a dialysis machine or new surgical equipment, even after 20+ years, scalpels tend to wear down to their handles. Sterilizing agents is another as they are still using high temperature steam to clean items and alcohol to clean out wounds. They had UV Disinfecting stations but those died out years ago. They do have bleach and peroxide as well, and native americans provide plants for their medicines but that may not be true for other medical centers yet to be visited.
Ace bandages will be a commodity for them as those they have would have the rubber in them broken down long ago. In Karl's case he would be wrapped up tightly in thick gauze.
This hospital would be more for treating wounds and injuries than diseases. They do not have the drugs to take care of diseases though they have somethings to work with from the native americans.
This medical center is not worthy of such a trade and therefore Jeanette needs to wait and trade somewhere else?
Collectively Jeanette has five scalpel blades. She needs one . . . maybe. There are other items Jeanette has better suited for a medical facility, not emergency medicine.
Should I put together a list I'm considering for a trade and let you decide?
Jeanette Isabelle
If you want to put together a list, that is on you. Jeanette should not be trading her tools that she has a few of, but of the spirits in Israel or Japan are making them she could make a deal where they can sell/trade items like scalpels to the hospital. Drugs is another item as stated. Like much of the infrastructures, Pharmaceutical companies have been rendered to just a couple of pill manufacturers and what they produce is limited from what they used to before. Places like Lab Town would be more creative and able to manufacture drugs but why should they when they are doing more important research for themselves to exploit.
I will dare throw in, many of the staff there are immortals, but not by mutation but by cloning. They have cloned themselves again and again and when the old body is about to die, the head/brain is transferred to a new cloned body. To make clones, they need female hosts to grow the embryos until birth and then the babies are put into vats and grown to adult size in a couple of years. Where they got this technology, no doubt it is alien technology as some aliens are rumored to do the same thing. Where they get the female hosts? Same place where they get humans for their wessen creations. The female does not need to be conscious during this phase, in fact the females are in a coma for 9 months for the duration of the pregnancy. If you think about it - that's evil.
This is why it is dangerous to send anyone to raid the town, most of the group is female. Any female sent, regardless of age, who is caught will be turned into a baby making chamber - the younger the better since they would be able to get more babies out of her. I doubt Jeanette would want to be pregnant by artificial means and unconscious for the duration thereof. If you think that is bad for Jeanette, imagine how it will be for Chihiro, Danielle, Macey or Zoey.
These labs would have the most powerful drugs available anywhere, the best hospital tools anywhere but they are willing to share or sell their technologies nor are they willing to help others brought to them. What other technologies they may have is unknown.
But for the hospitals, it depends on what they have and what they need. They have a lot in terms of what little they got but things like a simple scalpel are low in supplies and have to supplement with other items. Fernando has an old civil war field surgeon's kit where the scalpels are various knives that need to be sharpened before every surgery to get the cleanest cut. If the spirits can duplicate that for them it would be a major plus for future negotiations.
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http://www.medicalantiques.com/civilwar/Surgery_set_images/Hernstein_CW_set/Hern
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http://www.medicalantiques.com/civilwar/Surgery_set_images/Hernstein_CW_set/case
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https://www.etsy.com/listing/215930926/antique-medical-kit-inside-leather-pouch