Epidemic Exsilium: Stage Two

[initiates]

Date & Time: June 8th - June 14th
Location: Throughout Exsilium
Characters: Anyone participating in hunting down the sleeper agents; anyone participating in taking care of the ill, or being ill themselves.
Summary: Stage Two of the Super Virus Epidemic strikes; sleeper agents of the United Earth are revealed.
Warnings: Illness, violence, needles. (Those IVs, man!)

Sniffles and coughs aren't unusual during the spring, with people combating allergies even in the far future, and colds being as present as always. But with more and more people falling ill, and none responding to antibiotics, things are starting to get worrying.

The first death is of an infant, on the night of the 7th. It's not the only one: three more are recorded not long after. It's unknown about the state of patients who never presented for medical assistance. Those familiar with viral infections fear the worse, especially as the usually healthy demographic starts arriving, coughing and displaying symptoms of the same sort of illness.

If that's not enough out among the natives, the Initiative has received its own information and insight into the true nature of the virus. "Wasmannian" Agents, spies of the Initiative in the United Earth, have reported back information at great cost to their security in their undercover positions. There is a super virus headed your way. They've been shipping it in to the island since December 3312. These are the manifests. We've deciphered most the code-names. Good luck.

Now the Initiative turns to the Transports for additional manpower to hunt down the United Earth's sleeper agents, pick up the shipments of the virus, and track down its physical origins in order to do something to stop the impending decimation of Exsilium's population.

Things are getting scary. It's a sick, sad world out there. Where are you, in the middle of it all?

Comments

[justkingthough]

[ If he'd minded nearly being trampled on or even really noticed, it doesn't seem to show. He goes to crack open an eye when he hears his name, blinking a bit as he focuses on the familiarity of the voice. Someone he talked to at length with, yes?

And when he manages to focus on Kirara specifically, he gives a soft smile. At least his memories definitely still in tact and while any other time he'd have assumed the cat was a fever induced hallucination, it's instead a bit of a welcomed reminder. ]

Sango. I almost didn't recognize you with all... [ He lifts a hand to motion around his own face. ]

This place always so... exciting?

[taijiya]

Yes, I know, it's strange. [She taps the mask absently.]

Exsilium? [Sigh.] Since I've been here, yes. Our last... incident was a lot more violent, but... at least it was over quickly. [She coughs again but doesn't really seem to notice it, focusing instead on Edmund.]

Hey--are you alright? [Stupid question.] I can get a nurse...

[justkingthough]

[ He was used to violent and quick. He'd never been very good at being sick. It made him impatient.

Which was why he shook his head at her finally comment, going to try to sit up a little more fully on his own. ]

No - no, I'm alright. I -- [ He cleared his throat a little, mostly to surpress his own cough. ] You haven't caught this, have you?

[taijiya]

Me, no...

[Well. She isn't sure she has it and she's going to keep it that way and it counts.]

But you have, haven't you? Edmund, you look half dead already.

[justkingthough]

[ :| That is not the same, Sango. ]

I'm sure it looks worse than it is.

[taijiya]

[Oh come on.

...frowning. She knows stubborn, Ed, okay. Mostly because she is stubborn too.]

Still... not a bad idea to get checked out.

[justkingthough]

[ He tries to offer her a smile, going to push himself up so he seems a little less... slumpy and sick like. ]

Is there much anyone can do even if I do get checked up on?

[taijiya]

[Ed 8( ]

They practically work miracles here.

[She doesn't really know tbh...]

[justkingthough]

[ He smiles slightly, not sure he believes that. ]

Miracles aren't very common things.

[taijiya]

I know that, but still.