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Vitamin D in the Neath?
Daunting
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7/2/2015
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So, we synthesize vitamin D from exposure to sunlight, right?
But if the Neath is sunless, then what happens? Are all the people of the Fallen cities just extremely vitamin-deficient?
Relatedly, would exposure to the Dawn machine help treat this?
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Diptych
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7/3/2015
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My take on the vitality of the Neath - we're not healthier than Surfacers; we're less healthy, but all the extra life energy going spare lets us keep staggering around, and helps our wounds seal over enough that it's kinda almost like being healthy. Unless we've been very careful and very lucky, we're all likely messed up on the inside from malnourishment, constant roughhousing, and exposure to various weird toxins and pathogens - the difference between a Tomb-Colonist and a regular Fallen Londoner is simply a matter of how much we show it.
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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suinicide
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7/2/2015
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Plus they are close to immortal. Probably helps with all the side effects.
(Since your wounds seem to heal when you come back from death, would this also fix vitamin D deficiency?)
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/profile/sunnytime
A gentleman seeking the liberation of knowledge, with a penchant for violence.
RIP suinicide, stuck in a well. Still has it under control.
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Diptych
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7/3/2015
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Root vegetables seem common enough, and there are land animals that are edible if not palatable. Food from the surface might not be cheap or fresh, but it's available. And there are stranger species grown or caught across the zee, in London's colonies.
Edit: I went looking for any ideas about how Fallen London could grow crops underground, and discovered that, well, real London already is.
edited by Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook on 7/3/2015
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Von Prabik
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7/4/2015
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The Haunted Doctor says "the Sun is literally law. Because we're far away from the Sun, we lack half a dozen laws down here." Which probably includes the vitamin D thing.
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