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It's ready. She thinks. Penelope has been developing a magical item (this one looks similar to a wand) that will detect when a person is sick, injured, getting sick, etc. There are four different levels. Penny calls them grow up, get a band-aid, go see a healer, and oh shit u dyin. Technically, they aren't quite like that. Level 1 (Glows Green): Small bruises, scrapes, minor allergies, etc. Things that really require no attention. Level 2 (Glows Yellow): Bruises that may require ice, sprains, cuts that will need a band-aid, the early warning sign of colds/flus/etc, and allergies that may require attention, and the very very early signs of serious illnesses (like heart disease, blood pressure and cholesterol that's getting abnormally high) etc. Level 3 (Glows Orange): Cuts that need stitches, fractured bones, full-blown and likely not getting better any quicker colds/flus, the pre-stages of serious illnesses (pre-diabetes, very high blood pressure and cholesterol that requires attention but not hospitalization) and finally, Level 4 (Glows Red): Broken bones, illnesses and ailments that are likely already showing symptoms outwardly but are worse internally, dangerously and life-threatening high blood pressure and cholesterol that requires immediately attention before a heart attack etc. The wand itself also has a mechanism that will tell you what is wrong. For instance, when run over a small contusion, the word contusion will manifest on the object.

There are still flaws, of course. It's not at all near perfected - but she's been tirelessly working on it so she wants to test and see if it's close, or if at least part of it is working as it should. She has not been able to reliably test it's sensitivity or accuracy because she's only been using it on herself so far, though it's glowed a few times when she felt fine so she thinks it's range is better than she's hoping. Needing new subjects, Penelope has gathered several volunteers to come and see if her device can accurately detect what is wrong with them.

So, she sends the word out earlier in the day that Saturday just after dinner but before the party and anon post she is going to test her device and asks them to meet her in the Atrium. She figures the space is large enough to test sensitivity and most people will be out doing other things at that point, so interference may be minimal. She hasn't cordoned it off or anything though, so observers are welcome!

HOW THIS WORKS

Volunteers come up one by one and allow Penelope to wave the wand over them without saying anything. The wand should glow the appropriate color and display the correct ailment. She'll show it to them and they can confirm or deny if that's the problem.

If your character has an illness or something that is sensitive/secret, they can wait until the others are gone or decide not to do it.

The wand may be magical but I'm not so please let me know what's wrong with them!

You can say your character "signed up" earlier when she asked or have them observe and decide to join in.

Have fun and thank you! ♥

» Test Subjects: Please comment here if your character has an injury they will let Penny test!

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Edited 2017-04-22 08:18 (UTC)

Mercy's happy to volunteer for this, but she's a little afraid her body is an extra challenge for the poor little wand. See, she was born with a heart defect which was successfully repaired in childhood. The underlying problem puts her at risk of... well, dropping dead of a fatal arrhythmia. She also has some exercise restrictions, but in general, lives a normal, symptom-free life. How's your project at detecting chronic conditions, Penny?

"Alright, let's see." Penny waves the wand across Mercy, waiting for a reaction. It usually responds more quickly, but it seems to have a little trouble working this one out. She's pleased when it starts to glow - but it glows between yellow and orange several times and all it says is Heart. Nothing else. She furrows her brows, waiting for a more detailed answer like it should have given, but it starts glowing green, too, and switching between all three.

"Do you have a heart condition or something?"

Mercy is very impressed, honestly. This was a pretty concise summary of most of her check-ups. "Oooh, well DONE," she exclaims, laughing and clapping. As a final reveal, she opens the top two buttons of her shirt, pulling the cloth aside to reveal the ICD which can just barely be seen under the skin of her chest.

"They fixed it when I was born! Well, not when I was born, exactly? They should have, but they missed it? For a while." She leans in close and adds, "I could have died!" with a remarkable amount of cheer, considering the subject.

Penny is absolutely beaming. Not perfect, but it did the job. On something as complicated as an underlying, mostly fixed heart condition her project did pretty well. It would pass for sure. It HAD to pass, right? "Oh shit that looks gnarly."

She seems pretty okay with almost having died, but then she was a kid. "That's bad-ass. No wonder you're so fuckin' strong. Glad you didn't die, Merc."

Rafael arrives with his weird chronic knee pain in tow. It's the result of an old dancing injury that couldn't quite be repaired. When he's been pushing himself too hard (for instance, accepting every extra dance project to come his way) it tends to bother him more.

She's a little frustrated with her project after it didn't quite do well with Mercy, but she puts on a smile as Rafael walks up. She already assumes she might know what's wrong with him given his response on the journals, but she runs the wand over him anyway. It glows yellow and knee strain appears on it. "Knee strain, if you didn't hurt it recently then likely from an old injury. It's yellow so really just rest will help it out. Ice if it swells." Penny's voice kinda turns it into a question, hoping she's right.

"How'd it do?"

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