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

[terrot]

The cards only tell what they're first told. Your heart speaks to them; your hopes, your aspirations, your fears. They can only reflect this, and summarize it in a way that can guide you.

The direction has been set, how it is followed is up to you.

[flashmaiden]

Oh, I... guess that makes sense. But it's possible to not get that bad result, isn't it?

[terrot]

Yes. You'll need to conquer your fears and face the illusions they cast over your present power. The only one who will bring you to that future is yourself, so you need to understand what would bring you to that point.

[flashmaiden]

My fears? [She... admittedly has a lot of those. But she wants to try to overcome them anyway, so maybe it's a good time to try.]

Then if I can overcome all of that, I should be okay. [She clenches her hands, nodding with conviction.] I think I can do that!

[terrot]

You could. Knowledge of the possible outcome itself can often be the best preventative measure.

[ or it can promise the possibility's fulfillment, these things are never cut and dry. seeing is complicated. ]