Dear readers,
Once again, it is time for the science mystery report. This time, it is all about the massive amount of mutations found recently.
As a disclaimer: If you yourself dear reader find mutations, like a new growing limb, change of hair or skin color, or similar stuff, on your body, we highly recommend you visit your medico, or the hospital as soon as possible!
After this year’s Festival of Flesh the Ardards hospitals have been flooded with patients who suddenly appeared to have grown new limbs at various places. We have all heard of the fleshmancers, wickedly sewing body parts to other living beings, but this is something way different, something mysterious. Hospitals are used to an increased number of patients after the Festival of Flesh. Many people, as silly as it may seem, do not know what blood type they have, but still want new body parts sewn onto them, or have injured body parts replaced, even though they are most likely not compatible. This leads to an increased number of sepsis cases.
This year however was different. After the biggest Festival of Flesh so far, mysteriously no cases of sepsis due to transplantations have been registered in any hospitals. Instead, two days after the Festival, people with strange mutations have seeked out their medico and the hospitals. Some of them grew an additional eye somewhere on their body, being even able to see through them. Oh the poor souls reported to have an additional eye on their buttocks, I do not envy you and you have my deepest condolences. Others had mutations that came in rather handy, since they grew a third arm.
The medico have no clue so far, what might have caused these mutations. However, readings indicate a higher juice level in all patients, indicating they are more receptible to conjure their mental power. Something like this however, has not been observed. Lead entomologists of the recently opened Ardnad Eukaryotik Zoo also suspect that some new mosquito species, developing due to the coming flooding season, might induce those mutations like others induce different kinds of diseases. Also important to note is, that most people with mutations live near the river.
Finally I can just ask you, dear reader, to get your juice level checked in advance and try to move your quarters away from the river. And if you can not afford a new dwelling in the safer parts of Ardnard, buy the new “Fallwind FlykillerTM”, because there might be a mutation pandemic on the way!
Juice up and stay smart,
Your corresponding scientific editor
Bartholomeus Hodgins