PARADISA OOC

NOVEMBER 24TH


Well, you've gathered most of the Virtues needed to defeat the virus (only the Flashlight in the Lost Room remains for today's post - go ahead and tag into that, I'll reveal its whereabouts as soon as I get online tomorrow), now all you need to do is work out how to use them. Bear in mind this is SATURDAY and the only time you can get into the MOVIE THEATRE to get the final Virtue hidden there.

INFECTED RESIDENTS, continue to gather your forces, fight back. Perhaps would will spread about what the uninfected are doing, and you'll want to stop that. After all, you're supposed to be this way, aren't you? You've never been anything different. Why are they trying to cure you if you're not sick? Maybe they're the ones who are sick.

As with yesterday, there will be a mass post for characters to go searching the movie theatre and using their items. This will go up between 7:30-8:00PM GMT. I will be around to answer any questions after 7:30PM, assuming traffic doesn't hold me up coming home from work. In the meantime, feel free to have characters speculate how to use these items.

FAQ THE FAQ MASTER POST

Okay I have no idea how to use this stupid Virtue to save my stupid friend. What do? Not to fear, on DAY FIVE a final piece of Doctor Brewer's research will appear to help out if you haven't discovered how the Virtue works by then.

Can the cures be destroyed?
Nope, they're indestructible. Which is a good thing, as they're the only way to save people.

My character is cured! Now what?
The virus is completely clear, so your character is back to normal. They'll remember everything that happened, and will be immune from being cured onwards.

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NOVEMBER 22ND


Now the original contractors of the virus are fully infected, they will begin to infect others. This involves an infected resident touching the forehead of an uninfected resident. Symptoms will begin to show immediately, and by the end of the day these characters will be fully infected and ready to spread the virus themselves. That's not too bad though, right? You can still fight down these infected nutjobs. It's still easily contained, right?

Wrong. Once fully infected, residents start to gain powers, determined by whichever sin-strain of the virus they happen to have. The powers are thus:

Pride – Invulnerability
Greed – Ability to take powers/skills from others (But can only hold one power at a time)
Lust – Ability to hypnotise others to their will
Envy – Ability to turn invisible
Sloth – Ability to cause others to fall unconscious
Wrath – Ability to cause allies to turn on one another
Gluttony – Super strength

HERE IS A HELPFUL PICTURE TO SHOW YOU HOW THE VIRUS WORKS FROM THIS POINT ONWARDS. IT TAKES A FULL DAY TO MAKE A COMPLETE CYCLE. Once fully infected, residents remain at the end position, and infect OTHERS.



Now is the time to start researching a way to deal with this mess, before the entire castle is infected. For those who want to opt out completely, now is a perfect time to evacuate to the outposts, get yourselves clear of this mess.

Another day with no IC post, so you guys can react to this however you wish. Have your character begin hunting down their friends, get people free of the castle, whatever you want. The day is yours to play with. Feel free to use this post to plot your uninfected character getting infected, if they weren't on the Lastlook expedition. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN UP if you haven't done so already.

I will be around for the rest of tonight to answer any questions, but I won't be home til about 8:30PM GMT Thursday night (retail at Christmas run-up is a special kind of hell) but don't let that discourage you from making your own posts/logs. GO WILD!

FAQ THE FAQ MASTER POST
My character already has powers, will they lose them when they gain these new powers?
Nope, they retain all their original powers. Better hope a godmode doesn't get sick.

Will characters researching find anything to tackle this?
Not today, today will be a lot of frustrating dead ends. Tomorrow, on the other hand, is another matter. Watch this space.

How do wrathful people exercise their power? Telepathically, with words, with a touch....?
Telepathically, which will be how all the powers work :)

I know that Lastlook explorers cannot be infected because they've already been exposed to the virus. But could infected residents try to infect them?
Certainly! Nothing will happen, but they can still try.

A is infected with Lust. A infects B with Gluttony.
Is that a thing that can happen? Or do we need to seek out the proper virus-carriers?
Yes, that's absolutely fine. It doesn't matter what strain of the virus whoever infects a character has. The newly infected character will get whatever strain they've signed up for.

For stuff like the wrath ability, can it be used on fellow infected? Or those that were immune to the infection from the expedition?
Nope, you can use that on fellow infected, too. And also anyone who is immune to the virus. The powers work against everyone.

If someone with Greed takes a power/ability, does the person who they took it from lose it (until the Greed person steals a new one)?
That's exactly right!

Will this virus be able to infect everyone? Is it just as much a computer virus as a biological one?
Yep, it's a magical virus, so it can infect absolutely anyone who wishes to take part.

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