James Rodriguez
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Except for our heavy breathing from the resuscitation efforts the entire team had gathered, standing in a loose circle around David's body.
No one spoke for 43 seconds.
Robert broke the silence.
What the hell happened?
I examined the area immediately surrounding David's body.
His collection tools lay where they had fallen.
Several sample bags contained plant specimens.
One open vial had spilled pale fundy across the ground.
Don't touch anything.
I ordered, pulling on gloves from Sarah's kit.
Nobody touches any plant life without full protective equipment.
Period.
Emily knelt beside David's research journal, which had fallen open to his last entry.
She carefully turned pages with a pencil eraser, not touching the paper directly.
He documented collecting seven fundy specimens.
to red structurally similar to Silas I, but with pronounced differences in cap formation and gill pattern manual handling inadvisable until chemical properties confirmed.
That's his last entry.
I examined David's hands.
The latex gloves were intact, but a small tear was visible on the right thumb.
Early a quarter-inch rip, but enough for direct skin contact with whatever he'd handled.