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

[bloodyantivan]

I am enjoying the part where you think help will come fast and readily. [But Zevran does begin trudging along again, stumbling bit by bit on their way to the clinic. Who knew a short journey could be so exhausting?]

[ladyspitfire]

I think it's cute that you think I won't slit someone's throat if they don't.

[She gives him a brief look but then continues. It's not so much further to the clinic, thank the Maker.]

[bloodyantivan]

Using cutthroat violence to get what you want. You would have made an excellent Crow, my dear.

[Zevran smiles weakly, and continues walking, pausing once more to cough.]

[ladyspitfire]

I'd be dead at least a thousand times over if I was a Crow and you know it.

[She puts an arm around him.]

Come on, Zev. Stay with me a little longer. You don't want me to have to carry you, do you?

[She tries to make it sound teasing but her heart is pounding thunderously every time they have to stop, every time he coughs.]