ophiocordyceps: (not turning.)
𝚍𝚛. 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 ([personal profile] ophiocordyceps) wrote in [community profile] fleetstreet 2014-11-25 09:39 pm (UTC)

[ This time, she takes her time with the answer. It's tough, because it's so unclear. She would need an ATLUM to tell for sure, and good luck getting your hands on one of those even before the world crashed down. ]

It is highly unlikely, but not impossible. It depends on what the fungus does, precisely does, once it crosses the blood-brain barrier.

[ She remembers wondering about this when she had gotten the call that her home town was in lockdown -- which is nothing but a military way of saying that her father physically exists, but now focuses on tearing flesh from bones as opposed to quiet research and the discussing physics.

She doesn't wonder whether Gretel lost someone important to the fungus -- everyone under the age of fifteen has. Everyone without age-limit if they haven't grown up in Beacon. ]


Taking my own research into account with what I have witnessed? I don't think consciousness lasts beyond the first few hours. The fungus shows little regard or mercy for the cells it attacks, and the damage a human brain would normally take under such circumstances is severe.

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