aight so the albatross/KN carriers, do they have genetic alterations? or are they just normal people who happen to watch over the mice because of their incompatibility?

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- sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. albatrosses are considered anomalous because while they themselves aren't affected by the KN marker's effects (they don't CRYSTALLIZE INTO GLASS when exposed to extreme hot temperatures, their pain receptors work just fine, they're pretty much human save for eye pigment discoloration), they can pass the gene on to a non-carrier. there are KNs who choose to make it known that they're KN2s (2nd gen carriers, usually with the gene inactive), while some are happy enough living like a normal. if they do get alterations, it's usually small, like glow-in-the-dark eyes, improved hearing, stone lodes anchored on the collarbone - but generally there's a fifty percent chance the person you'd be speaking to might be a carrier whether they realize or not.

- they are entirely sterile if mating with an HA, though. they cancel each other out, and some of the more extreme houses tend to have albatross as regular patrons because of zero disease/preggo risk. on the other hand, they can get non-carriers pregnant/sick, like with everybody else. mice are just sterile when paired with non-mice, period, hence they have to be grown/bred these days. (side note: they mature really fast and tend to be born in pairs or more for half the time a human pregnancy takes; if they're the next evolutionary step up, if left unchecked they can outbreed and outnumber normals easily.)

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sweeeeet tyty friend!!


ok jk another question, what's the difference between active and inactive in KN carriers? What does that mean for the carrier?

Edited 2016-05-13 02:42 pm (UTC)

okay so there are 2 kinds of KNs:

active - those who used to pass as "normal" with the KN screening tests but have since matured into the gene; rule of thumb is a spreading discoloration with natural eye pigments; sterility occurs anywhere from six months to a decade, depending on how late into one's life the gene activates.
inactive - those who fail the KN screening tests but do not exhibit the traits (like deadened pain receptors, etc), and otherwise do not show any of the symptoms of an active gene; are also referred to as dormants, and only have discoloration on one eye.

and then you have the mice, who are either actives who have met all the hallmarks of the KN marker, or the artificially grown clones of said actives; a series (or individually referred to as iterations, not clones) will always originate from an active who serves as a template for "improvements", like bodymods and etc. these originals are often highly guarded if their iterations have a high survivability/commercial value, and are often kept under lock and key in house labs as part of quality control.

THIS IS OBV VERY ILLEGAL BECAUSE THAT'S FORCED DETAINMENT/KIDNAPPING i feel obligated to say this, but there Are actives who choose to volunteer as the lab mouse specialty, so...

Fffffffffff this sounds amazing, thanks v much 8333

ok so there are three types of people?

normal people, albatross, mice, yes?

so what combos can breed and what type of offspring do they produce.

basically, yeah! so the pair-ups are:

- normal + albatross = yes, 50% possibility of a KN carrier offspring
- mice + mice = yes, 100% KN carrier offspring

- normal + normal = well, yes
- albatross + albatross = yes, 100% KN carrier offspring

- normal + mice = no
- albatross + mice = no

KNs are like pregnancy tests: you either ARE or ARE NOT a carrier, which is why albatrosses are sometimes accosted and/or discriminated against by those who see mice as inhuman/abominations

Edited 2016-05-14 03:11 am (UTC)