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[ChildOfAtom]

[ChildOfAtom]

[veljko]

@re: radiation

Generally, radiation does not half a half-life on its own. That's because radiation isn't a thing as such - it's a catch-all term to describe various phenomena from photons (EM radiation of which gamma radiation is a type) through electrons (which make up beta radiation) to helium nuclei (alpha radiation). Now the word radiation can be used in various ways[1] but the most common one is to refer to phenomena caused by radioactive materials. Radioactivity generally means either alpha, beta or gamma radiation. The half-life, thus, is related only to the material being observed. Some radiate more, others less and in manners consonant to the particular form of decay that occurs in the material. Given the amount of radiation, and the path of the unstable nucleus to stable lead, different half-lifes apply to different substances.

Now, all this is dead simple physics known to just about anybody. What it means for EMH is a different thing. If sigma radiation[2] acts like our radiation you can guess at the following:

1. Evan's blood is contaminated by a substance whose decay[3] produces sigma radiation.
-or-
2. Evan has been in such a strong flux of sigma rays that the radioactivity is induced. I.e. sigma radiation has turned normal elements of Evan's blood[4] into sigma-isotopes, whatever those are.

Furthermore, we can assume that sigma-radiation can be blocked, and indeed, is blocked by Evan's outer dermis & epidermis. This means it may be like alpha radiation - easily blocked.

All of this doesn't add up to much, but a reasonable working theory would be this:

Slendy or things close to him emit this thing called sigma radiation. Sigma radiation is unknown to science and is a feature of the otherness of Slendy and the alien nature of his origins. It is possible to have your blood emit the same sort of radiation. This is either due to contamination or long exposure somehow inducing radiation.

Further speculation could lead you to the idea that sigma radiation clings to world-jumpers or time-travelers and that the boys should light up the machine with their blood since they have traveled between cosmoses. You could easily test for this by asking the remaining boys to donate a few cc's of blood for science.

[1] We all radiate in mid-to-far infrared with the emissive power being roughly proportional to our temperature to the fourth power, as described by the Stefan–Boltzmann law.
[2] Which to the best of my knowledge does not exist in the real world.
[3] I say decay because the power to produce the radiation must come from somewhere. Something can't keep radiating and remaining unchanged without an external power source or just pure damn magic.
[4] CHON, presumably.

[quitthecarnival]

Long time, no post.
I got my friend into EMH this week and she brought up how, overall, Evan has been so open minded about most of the major stuff over the course of the series. From pretty much the beginning. From the beginning with Slendy, to Steph, Alex and the Rake, and now this. It's probably nothing (or been mentioned, or just part of who he is, ect) but I personally never really noticed it until my friend brought it up.

Also, I wonder if Jeff is really as cool about the whole thing as he seemed in his tweet. Assuming they can't see the footage of him and Alex, I kinda get the sense he's just acting like everything's fine and putting up a united front for us, especially with how he was acting.

However, one would assume the idea of being exposed to (otherworldly) radiation would probably trump other feelings

[redwulf25_ci]

Re: The radiation from Evan

[lunaticfish]

Sorry guys, but I have been prancing about like mad and couldn't yet make the trek through the newest pages. So when I invariably go over things you all have said- just forgive me. <3
I skimmed the emails going out, but didn't catch too much about Jeff's apparent distrust of Evan. I'm thinking definitely send even an email specifically about this- not to isolate Evan. Understandably it's hard to trust at this juncture, and I'm assuming this new feeling has come about from the "Deer" Incident, but I think without the guys' trust and presence that it would be just like giving Evan up to HABIT. I think if Evan gets isolated or this distrust gets any more obvious, it would give HABIT a foothold.
As for the blood test, it does seem it would be smart to test Jeff and Vinnie as well. I think the reason Evan asked for Alex specifically is because he is the only other of the group who has sustained injury from the Rake, so if this reaction on the Device had something to do with the Rake, Alex would have gotten a response from it as well. My guess is that it's more to do with HABIT, but yes it would be very prudent to test everyone else too.
Other notes were the purple tape, the footage of Jeff and Alex is probably hidden, and the speculation on trial seven is a little more founded. It's always been assumed there would be the "blood trial" because of what Ryan told the guys in R&TSTOH ("His next task was for a pint of my blood"), and this at least puts a small amount of logic behind it.
OVER ALL: MASS SPECULATION. I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE. XD

[TheCuza]

While I'm not denying that the distrust/suspicion of Evan is there, could another possible reason for why Jeff is so overprotective of Alex is because Alex's...*ahem*..."quirks" make him prime proxy material for Slendy?

[qaqa]

Fish, my email only alluded to the conversation between Jeff and Alex because at that time I thought they all could see it. It implies the content - distrust of each other/Evan - but is not totally specific and suggests they sit down and talk about it. Maybe you should spell it out to them so I don't look like a total idiot.

[Luipaard]

[Ouroborus]

I'm not really surprised at Jeff's overprotection of Alex. Jeff is the closest one to us, as in...he's the one most receptive to our whims and notions. Add in the fact that we know they peruse here IG , it's not really all that shocking. If you also consider the stuff that went down in the last video with E/J and how Jeff isn't taking Alex to get help...it makes sense to me.

I'm sure it's relevent (since it was mentioned and named) , but it seems odd that Evan kind of pulls "Sigma" out of thin air

[Luipaard]

It's not the overprotective behavior I really take issue with, just that he's singling out Evan. Ignoring Vin and Steph just because they're striving for normalcy is a fantastic way to get himself and his brother killed.

I just thought that when it came to "sigma" Evan had simply read the same documents we had. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if he had computer printouts covered in notes and highlighter marks.

[Ouroborus]

True. But we haven't been all OMG EVAN IS HABIT for Vinnie and Steph. I'm willing to be that Jeff isn't taking chances with anyone, but Vinnie and Steph haven't been tagged like Evan has and neither of them have had questionable(well, in the context of killing a deer) aggressive incidents.

And didn't Evan sort of give the impression that even if he did read those papers...that he didn't really give them much thought?


Bleah. I'm just anti-everything.

Blood/Slender/Sigma detector speculation. Do we think Corenthal used this not to find Slendy, but to find his 'kids' again?

[The Kempest]

[qaqa]

I think Jeff began to really turn when CYSTW was jacked. His only response at the time was "son of a bitch" and he presumably went over to see to Steph and Evan at Evan's home. We didn't hear anything else about it IIRC, except the comments about abandoning the tumblr to HABIT, and of course Evan raeging at me out of the blue. I took that lashing out to suggest Evan sensed his rep had been hurt in the others' eyes, and that I got the heat because I was the one who had told Jeff about CYSTW. I didn't point the finger at Evan, so Jeff obviously drew his own conclusions.

Jeff seems to operate with a lot of denial, compartmentalization and internalization. That's how he's handled Alex, because he's really too young to be holding this all together alone - he's got too much on his shoulders. And I think the Evan issues are becoming too much for him too, but I don't think he should let the suspicion fester as he has with Alex's problems. I think they need to be open and deal with it and with each other, with their fears about and for Evan, otherwise this is all going to go very badly once again, especially for Evan. Of course, we can suggest this til our faces turn blue but what can we do beyond talk? Nothing.

[Ouroborus]

I think with Evan going rogue and doing this on his own(swiping the detector also) that there is already a recognized divide.

I know they haven't been on the same page before(Steph), but it seems like there's a lot of tension there. Basically what qaqa just said. Jeff doesn't trust Evan and Evan knows it. They're just putting on a civil face for us while being passive aggressive in their correspondences to us.



We need Vinnie to bring the Beard Kum By Ya, but if our suspicions are correct...he's not going to help.