by DeAnno » Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:22 am
It's sort of interesting that they never found the vector. In a scifi setting like that, the usual expectation is some kind of virus, but with something as bizarre as this I would probably be taking precautions against it being a memetic effect or some kind of curse too, at least until a more mundane cause was found. Imagine how bad this could be if a video image of that paperweight or a audio transmission of some of the music was enough to spread the nastyness back to their homeworld.
Another thought; seeing an Alicorn short story starting on a happy note like that really should've been a warning sign.