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

[alphonse]

Then it sounds like you've been really lucky so far. You'll just have to remember to take it easy and get plenty of rest.

[By this point even nagging is starting to feel methodical, so as Al turns around he makes an effort to brighten up his tone instead.]

After all, you need to get out of here as soon as possible. You never know what all your cat might be stealing while you're away.

[velveteened]

( he starts to laugh )

You shouldn't bully -

( but that laugh quickly becomes a cough that has him bending forwards, covering his mouth with his hands. )

[alphonse]

[All at once, Al's demeanor switches from teasing to guilty. He waits out the coughing with the apprehension of someone who pretty obviously thinks things might take a turn for the worse.]

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been pushing you to talk so much. If you're sure you're okay, I'll let you get back to sleep.

[velveteened]

( he shakes his head in the pause before answering, where he makes sure the way his throat hurts is just remnants of the previous coughing fit and not indicative of another coming. )

I wasn't sleeping.( his voice is horse but not unhappy ) And anyway, you can be pretty good company.