
NOVEMBER 21ST
On DAY ONE, only those characters who went to Lastlook and as such were exposed to the original viral release will be affected. As the
warning note said,the first symptoms are that of a common cold: coughing, nausea, and headaches. But as the day wears on, the 'common cold' symptoms vanish and the temperaments of those infected begin toβ¦change. As the virus takes hold of their system, they slowly begin to switch to the mindset of whichever sin strain they've contracted. Those with the Wrath strain show their angry side more, those with the Gluttony strain begin to overindulge, etc. They won't even realise they're doing it. As far as they're concerned, they're acting
perfectly normal. They will think that this is how they've
always been. And besides the change in personality, there's nothing to suggest they're different from anyone else in the castle. Once the cold symptoms have vanished
it will be almost impossible to distinguish who has the virus or not from appearance alone. By the end of the night, infected characters will be shadows of their former selves, consumed solely by whatever sin strain they have, and wanting only to fulfil their new-found desires, be they slothful or envious or whatever.
Infected residents are still able to speak, think and so on, and their personalities remain largely the same, only dominated by whichever vice they represent. Those with the Lust strain would be ~lustful~, those with the Greed strain will want ALL THE THINGS and so on.
Nothing, not friends, not family, will distract them from fulfilling their needs. And recruiting others to their cause, of course. But that comes on DAY TWO. The virus needs a day to take complete control over a character's system, and once it does, the infected characters will gain powers and begin to spread the virus amongst the characters who weren't at Lastlook. More on that on the DAY TWO OOC post.
You are free to have your characters react however they wish, there will be no IC plot post on day one. Do they want to quarantine people? Try to get samples to study? Start figuring out evacuation plans? Panic because they have a virus no one knows anything about? React away!
A repeat:
ONLY CHARACTERS WHO WERE ON THE LASTLOOK EXPEDITION WILL GET SICK ON DAY ONE. THEY ARE LISTED BELOW. IF YOUR CHARACTER WAS ON THE TRIP AND YOU'D LIKE THEM TO BE INFECTED PLEASE SIGN UP. If you were on Lastlook and would rather your character show symptoms on another day, that's fine, but bear in mind they can't be infected twice. Characters who went to Lastlook are the only ones who
won't be infected by others, as they have already been exposed to the virus on the trip.
( CHARACTERS INFECTED ON DAY ONE )FAQ THE FAQ MASTER POSTWill the residents be able to identify this as the Lastlook virus? There were notes found on the expedition and shared aroundYES! I actively encourage this to happen.
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