EVENT ★ (ABOUT) 28 DAYS LATER

[futurologists]

GENERAL HOSPITAL All signs point to the hospital having something to do with the virus, though further investigation is required in order to find exactly what is going on. The hospital is average sized, with contemporary facilities and equipment, and is usually considerably cleaner than it is now. The constant flow of injuries coming in -- from riots, attacks, and accidents that are happening from just sheer panic -- have filled the hospital to the brim. Many staff are too over-exhausted to show up to work, and those that remain are nearly to the breaking point. Due to the overall confusion and chaos, now might be an opportune time to quietly sneak behind the scenes . . . ON THE INSIDE The waiting room is crowded and there aren't enough staff people to go around. If you snag yourself a lab coat or some scrubs, you should be able to just waltz right in if you look harried enough to go unnoticed. Or, if you're not the doctor-looking type, fake an injury and get one of your scrubs-wearing teammates to usher you inside. Inside the hospital, it's just as busy -- gurneys line the halls, filled with moaning, scared patients. How many of them have the Bristol Virus? How many of them have just been injured in the unrest? It's impossible to tell, so be careful as you move through the halls. One of those grasping hands just might belong to someone who is very hungry. Be careful while you look through the hospital -- the staff are busy and preoccupied, but they’re not blind. If you are caught somewhere you shouldn’t be, you’ll find yourself escorted from the premises, or worse -- thrown in jail. PLACES TO SEARCH: MATERNITY. There are no pregnant women to be found here, and for good reason: the maternity wing has been converted to a treatment center for known Bristol Virus carriers. Biohazard suits hang near the entrance, and the doors are sealed by makeshift plastic shielding to prevent the virus from spreading airborne. Patients are strapped to their beds for their safety as well as for the safety of the staff, and seem to be heavily sedated. But be careful -- you never know when it’ll wear off. MORGUE. In the basement of the hospital is the morgue. Temperature controlled to 3º C (37º F), you may need a sweater if you choose to investigate here. The bodies kept in here have primarily died of natural causes -- that is, if you count being chewed on by cannibals as natural. The few bodies that are known to be infected by the Bristol virus are marked as such: the morgue drawers containing their remains have been sealed by biohazard tape. NURSE’S STATION. The most dangerous place to investigate, but perhaps the most lucrative. The nurse’s station is located in the center of the inpatient ward and is in the middle of all hospital activity. It will be very easy to get caught if you’re looking here. However -- this is where most paperwork is kept, as well as computers connected to the hospital intranet, where patient records can be found. OFFICES. Doctors’ offices are an obvious choice to look for paperwork clues, but be cautious and have an excuse ready: you never know when someone will come in. TOXICOLOGY. Because most of the patients being treated right now are in the hospital for injuries, toxicology is not as busy as one might expect during a viral epidemic. The toxicology department is filled with test tubes, beakers, and the like. This is one of the more dangerous areas to investigate, as you never know when a lab tech or doctor may walk in and catch you snooping. Other hospital areas include: cafeteria, doctors’ mess, inpatient ward, pharmacy, surgery, supply warehouse (entrance outside), etc. If you're not the investigative type, it might be a good idea to cause a scene and distract the staff from your teammates' snooping. While you're here, it might be a good idea to gather fluid samples from patients known to be infected. Their sedated state will make it easy (until, of course, the sedatives wear off -- hopefully not while you're in the middle of collecting a sample!) and not only will it help the efforts in finding a vaccine, it may also help your fellow recruits find a cure. Especially now that some of your number are starting to feel the effects of the virus themselves. FINDING CLUES This post, we will be holding an RNG to decide who receives clues. We have a maximum of five clues to go around, one per hospital area, so you'll have better chances if you team up! Please see this comment to sign up. We will be closing clue sign-ups after 48 hours, after which we will notify the RNG winners of their results. Those who do not hear back may assume they have not found anything of interest. OOC NOTES Because this log is being posted late in the month, threads are eligible for February or March AC, but not both. Beginning this month, we are also allowing AC threads to be eligible for AC Bonus Bank. Please remember that participation in the HMD is mandatory to pass AC this month! Please fill out your HMD comment by 28 February 23:59 UTC. REMINDER: activity and hiatus changes go into effect beginning this AC. Please review the changes thoroughly! Questions about Woodhurst can be submitted to this thread. Questions about the game in general should be directed to the FAQ. You may submit mission ideas or player plots at any time, and don't forget the Bounty Board!

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[fintastic]

[ Feferi very much realizes that there was no actual plan here, but she doesn't really care much, either. It's harmless, and she's more interested in the remote now in Peridot's hand. ]

Yeah, but what does it do? Do you think it's like... for a bomb, or something? Can you take it apart and find out?

[slapfight]

[she's looking at the instructions now, squinting at them as if trying to decipher their meaning by intent alone.] I don't recognize this script... do you?

[she passes it over to Feferi and sits down on the (gross) concrete floor to pry apart the back of the remote.] It doesn't seem like a remote detonator...

[fintastic]

No, it doesn't look like anything I've seen before.

[ Feferi too kneels down, watching as Peridot does here thing. She's not very technologically adept herself, so she's content to just watch. ]

Try pressing the button? If he had it under his chair, it probably won't blow the place up anyway. Why would he want to blow himself up?

[slapfight]

[the back of it won't pry off easily, anyway, and with that option down, Feferi's is the only logical one left. plus Peridot really wants to push the button.] Can't argue with that logic! [she flips it over and dramatically holds her finger over the button.] Nyeh.

[she presses it.

nothing happens.] ...It... didn't do anything? [she presses it again, more forcefully. and then a few more times in rapid succession.] What's wrong with this stupid thing?

[fintastic]

Oh. Well... maybe it's broken. That's probably why he left it here!

[ Yes, look at these two super sleuths. Uncovering all these truths. ]

Oh well. You want to keep looking down the other way?

[slapfight]

[she keeps frantically pushing the button a few more times before sighing in defeat and shoving it in her backpack.] Might as well. Maybe when we come back this way, Percy will have returned to his post. And if not, I can analyze the remote when I get back to base camp.

[she doesn't want to say "quarantine zone"]

and then they romped around the sewers....

[fintastic]

Yeah! I can help, even!

[ By help, she means sitting off to the side and being encouraging while having absolutely 0 clue about technology. ]

Alright, let's go!