Event: Get Well Soon

[snowblindmods]

GET WELL SOON

The morning of day sixty-eight, at least, passes uneventfully. However, as day fully falls on the town, it will become apparent that may have been only because it took a bit of time for whatever has happened to settle across the town. It seems like many people are getting sick. Well, in some ways that might not be a surprise, considering the levels of hygiene and proper nourishment, but it is kind of peculiar that it's struck so many so quickly. The initial symptoms are roughly the same for everyone--while not everyone will suffer from all of these, they will begin to suffer at least a few. The initial symptoms are nausea, headache, fever, dizziness, and disorientation. However, after these symptoms, the illness manifests itself in a variety of ways. Each person who is ill will suffer from one version or another, decided by the player. Coma Most initial symptoms subside, but dizziness increases until the infected person passes out. They will not awaken until the event ends. An option for those who will be busy for the week but would also like to frighten those around their characters. Cabin fever effects will not take hold in this situation. Physical Instability Initial symptoms persist. Additionally, the character will begin to, apparently, flicker in and out of existence before the eyes of anyone watching in person or over video. This happens more often when the person suffering this version of the illness is in motion. While apparently invisible or not there at all, the character suffering this version will see everything else as if it is frozen in time until suddenly anything that moved during that period seems to teleport to where it was moved to. Sensory Deprivation As the disease worsens, the character suffering this version of the disease will slowly lose access to all their senses. By the end of the event, they will have access to none of them. Any lost senses will be replaced with phantom sensations, visions, and sounds, as if something were lurking just underneath the skin of the town that can't normally be interacted with. It's probably harmless, though. Memory Confusion As the disease worsens, characters will begin to lose track of their memories, especially related to their canon circumstances. They will feels as if they are hopping forward and backward in time, and may experience bits and pieces of canon memories that have already happened, that have yet to happen, or that will never happen in their timeline--provided the memories are still canon (such as in a video game with different storyline options). Memories are experienced as very realistic hallucinations, often completely overlaying anything actually happening. These illnesses will continue until night 070. Just after lockdown, all characters will fall unconscious--assuming they're not unconscious already. They will awaken an hour later unable to move for fifteen minutes as something akin to sleep paralysis subsides. After that, the illness will be gone--and, if anyone inspects their arms, they'll find they all have a small pinprick where an injection must have been administered.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[snowblindmods]

[rubikscomplex]

Regarding the hallucinations. Will characters actually experience physical sensations from those memories? Like, say... I dunno. If House were to have a memory of when he was first experiencing an infarction in his leg, would he experience the pain he felt in that memory?

[snowblindmods]

Characters will experience physical sensation, yes.

[canyouhandlethismany]

On the Physical Instability... will characters affected by this 'illness' being able to interact with items around them or, while for them the time seems frozen, will they be like ghosts?

[snowblindmods]

They will be able to interact with objects, but objects they interact with will disappear for the duration they're touching them. They won't be able to interact with people.

[canyouhandlethismany]

Interesting. May I ask for a further clarification? If all items they interact with disappear what happens if they try to open a door? Does the door disappear for the others, leaving them exposed? Or will the characters just being unable to interact with items that have such impact on a group?

[snowblindmods]

Things that are part of structures like that wouldn't disappear. If someone visible is interacting with the door the invisible person can't, though, and vice versa.

[deus_ex_phs]

If one or more characters in a group falls to coma, forcing the rest of the group to stop, is it only the characters in a coma who will be immune to cabin fever? Or does that extend to the rest of the group?

[snowblindmods]

Only the comatose characters will be immune to cabin fever.

[starsandtights]

I'm gathering that initial symptoms start setting in during 68 Day... at what point do the initial symptoms transition into the more serious effects? Or is that up to the player?

[snowblindmods]

It's up to the player!

[warriorscribe]

Is there a specific theme to the sensory deprivation's phantom sensations, or was it left that vague so we can do whatever we want with it?

(also is there a distinct sensation it has to do with the town, or are characters capable of thinking it's, say, something from their own world/just hallucinations due to lack of input?)

[snowblindmods]

It's vague so you have a lot of room to work with it, although as a rule it should never be something anyone is 100% certain of the origin of. They can assume it's probably one thing or the other, but they shouldn't be able to tell definitely.

[rattlingthestars]

Will hallucinating characters be compelled to act out the memory or is that left up to us?

[snowblindmods]

That's up to you.

[swatsflies]

Silly question time- What would happen if someone tries recording anyone who is phasing in and out thanks to Physical Instability?

[0thingsonmymind]

or, for that matter, if the person phasing in and out tries to record or transmit something?

[snowblindmods]

The tablet would cut to static both in audio and visual any time the person recording or transmitting went intangible while holding the tablet.

[0thingsonmymind]

can i play with this with text cutting out or parts getting replaced by nonesense characters or something?

[snowblindmods]

Sure!

[snowblindmods]

It would record the same way it appears to anyone watching.

[victorytothesexy]

Would losing all of their senses also mean losing the ability to feel cold/hot? Possibly leading to some fun frostbites

[snowblindmods]

It would include that, yes.

[victorytothesexy]

Thought so, but wanted to make sure. Awesome, thanks!