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The Bodies

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TheCuriousFan:
We know from the end of Battle Ground that the US government decided to conceal the events of Battle Ground. A large number of the corpses like the Octokongs and various other creatures dissolve into ectoplasm and other forms of goop on death which would help a lot in any coverup. There's at least one giant exception though.


--- Quote ---Flesh and blood exploded from the Jotun in a cloud of aerial chum. I could see Svangar’s cracked and blackened collarbone and his freaking spine through the hole in his neck. The Jotun staggered, his shoulder smashing into a building, raised his axe one last time—and fell as it dropped from his suddenly nerveless fingers.

The giant’s body crushed two cars and knocked over a streetlight as it came down. One outflung hand landed not three feet from my toes.

And suddenly the street was silent and very still.

I got up and walked toward her, taking slow steps, wide around the fallen Jotun.
--- End quote ---

This body (and the bodies of the other jotun) doesn't really seem to be dissolving into ectoplasm which means it's gonna be lying there right when a legion of journalists arrive on the scene (and they'll have started moving the moment Chicago ate an EMP) followed by a bunch of emergency workers with smartphones. How exactly is this story going to get buried when there's at least a dozen pieces of proof requiring construction equipment to move lying around? Photos and videos of the corpses would be all over the internet with no hope of suppression within the hour.

Snark Knight:
You're absolutely right. That, and the likelihood at least some people in the helicopter squadron would talk, are going to make the whole "Chicago believes but the coverup worked outside" thing go plot-holey if it lasts more than a few days to weeks in-universe.

Wicked Woodpecker of West:
That's generally a problem. I think also overall DF can be bit wonky about material vs spiritual status of certain beings.

Avernite:
I agree, and I think that's why the Accords need Harry. It was foreshadowed after all - the cover-up felt like a bit of a backtrack to imply the truth isn't quite coming out, it's just seeping out.

Major news networks will cast doubt on the images because someone else had the scoop, others will say it's true, the whole thing gets talked to death, and in the end everyone will know the truth.

But - what truth? Non-human humans exist is quite a different truth than 'there is a whole supernatural world'. The former should become clear if strange, the latter will take much longer outside Chicago.

Mira:

  Yes. It was clear from their post battle meeting that the Accords do not intend to include humanity.  I wonder if Marcone hadn't taken up the coin, if he would have been included?

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