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

[medicating]

[He stops at the hand on his wrist, waiting for Jim to get out what he wants to say. Once he does, McCoy lets out a snort.]

If you're anything like the Jim I know, I can pretty much count on it. You'll be a pain in the ass somehow.

[hates_promotion]

[the smile pushes into something more genuine.]

Someone has to keep you on your toes.

[medicating]

Yeah, well between you and the other one, I'll be going gray within a year.

[Though he has a feeling that this older one may have a bit more sense and won't drive him nuts (or to drink).]

I'll check in with you later.

[hates_promotion]

[don't count your chickens before they hatch, Bones]

Be gentle with them.

[Jim advises, though the talking seems to have taken it's toll and he devolves into another cough. it isn't as bad as the first one he'd had, but he's still a little breathless afterward.]

[medicating]

How about you just try to get some rest and leave the doctoring to the doctor?

[He gently places a hand on Jim's shoulder until he's done.]

No talking, except to give your information to the staff. Doctor's orders.

[hates_promotion]

[his eyes are a little watery, which he'd be more embarrassed about in front of any other doctor. instead, he just nods, running his hand over his face. he gives McCoy a sort of lazy salute, and he doesn't speak again but the I'll be a good boy is in the crooked smile on his face.]