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the HUNTSMAN | Gʀᴀʜᴀᴍ Hᴜᴍʙᴇʀᴛ ([personal profile] dishearten) wrote in [community profile] epidemiology2017-03-11 04:07 pm

[EVENT POST] I FEEL STUPID, AND CONTAGIOUS.

CHARACTERS: Open to all!
DATE: 3/11-3/12, ICly
WARNINGS: Zombie attacks? Violence? Shopping???
SUMMARY: Lockdown at the mall! Grab your CDs and your soft pretzel, it's about to get bad.

LET'S GO TO THE MALL



LOCKDOWN

Business has been rough for Woodhurst Shopping Center ever since riots and unrest about the Bristol Virus have shunned most to their homes. Perhaps ill-advisedly, in attempts to draw a few more customers back into the polished halls of the grandest shopping experience Woodhurst has to offer, a weekend of big sales, great bargains, and fun family activities was widely advertised in the Woodhurst Watch. There was even a scheduled public concert, performed by the University Choir.

The turnout was smaller than hoped, yet the air was quite optimistic. Shoppers enjoyed the day of activities and fun, and the sense of security was bolstered by the increased security detail. There was even some members of the press on hand to document this return to normality in a troubled time. Everything was going well, until a scene broke out in the food court.

Security tried to quietly remove members of the choir that suddenly seemed to snap, plowing into one of the food stands and starting to feed on raw meat. However, a good handful of them escaped instant confinement, and while many of the visitors fled the mall as soon as they could, soon Police Detail arrived and put the entire building on lockdown. Nobody in and nobody out until the situation was resolved.

18:00 TO 23:00 HOURS

Anyone unlucky enough to be trapped in the mall is left to their own devices, with very little knowledge to go on. This includes many civilians, as well as a small number of Audentes agents. This also includes a small number of infected, more than just the university choir. There's a voice over the loudspeaker imploring people to hide in stores, barricade doors, and stay put until help arrives.

The majority of the infected seem to linger in the Food Court especially. Bad news for anyone trapped and starting to get hungry as the hours pass by, without any obvious assistance from the outside. The members of ALASTAIR have a choice, help protect or just do their best to avoid the infected themselves. Characters can get into the Security Office for a camera feed on what is happening in the mall, and potentially use it as a base of operations to work from.

00:00 TO 02:00 HOURS

It becomes apparent that the number of infected in the mall are somehow increasing, despite the lockdown. It means that those that have squirreled away into stores and outlets are growing less and less safe as infected numbers multiply and they begin attacking barricades. To make matters worse, anyone that hasn't found cover will find the infected extremely reactive, and willing to give chase around the mall.

The security feed indicates the infected seem to be coming in from the Parking Garage. Investigation will reveal a sewer outlet on the bottom floor. Characters will have to decide whether they should utilize the tunnel as a means of escape, or if sealing it off would ultimately leave the remaining hours of lockdown a little less violent.

04:00 TO 09:00 HOURS

It's been an agonizing 12 hours, and with surprisingly little aide from the outside. With time to make preparations and put plans in place, now it's time to end this lockdown once and for all. Audentes is tasked with neutralizing the remaining infected as well as escorting any remaining civilians to safety, by any means they decide on.

It is up to Audentes to decide how the end of this event plays out, be it removing or otherwise drawing away the lingering infected, or putting them down once and for all. There are plenty of civilians that have been bitten and attacked, leaving the question in the air as to whether they are infected as well. What should be done with those that could be bringing the virus back to their families? The team is going to have to decide on the answer to that.

[personal profile] ex_mettacrusher33 2017-03-14 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I.

[That's it. That's all the comes out. "I." It's almost a question.

He peels his eyes away from the piles of bright pink diaries and the fistful of gel pens in his hand, and fixes dearest Feferi with a tired and confused stare.]


What?
fintastic: (to cull or not to cull)

[personal profile] fintastic 2017-03-17 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
What?

[ Feferi, too, is confused by this reaction. ]

You're going to use those to fight, right? I just thought one big one might be better! If you use a bunch of little ones, you have to I guess throw them, and then go pick them up, and you might run out before you can get them. If you have a big one, you just... pow!

[ She pantomimes, maybe too well, the act of hitting someone in the head with a very large book. ]

I saw some real big ones in the section with all the books about oceans!

[personal profile] ex_mettacrusher33 2017-03-17 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
...

[There's a certain look that crosses Mettaton's face as Feferi explains herself. It's the sort of face a parent makes when they tell their child to wash their dishes and the child takes the plate into the tub with them during their wash. It's wholly and completely incorrect, and yet ingenious enough to only garner a sense of bewildered respect.

He nods.]


No. No, I was planning on writing in these. I appreciate the sentiment, however, and will keep it in mind. [What? It sounds like an amazing use of slapstick.]

...Is that what you're using to defend yourself? [It looks like a cheaply made replica of Asgore's trident.]
fintastic: (oh hell no)

[personal profile] fintastic 2017-03-24 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, this is what I'm using!

[ It's too bad he can't see her fins puff up indignantly, but at least her face says more than enough, and she clutches the trident defensively. ]

My friend made it for me, she is very talented with this kind of thing, and it is working very well, I think! Do you have a better idea, hmmm?

[personal profile] ex_mettacrusher33 2017-03-26 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[He wasn't gonna go that far. Mettaton eyes Feferi, her "trident", then her again. What sort of friend just... bends metal against more metal and calls it a day?

...!

His eyes light up. Literally, before his cloak catches on. He's smiling ear to ear as he moves to investigate her weapon more.]


Was it Peridot?
fintastic: (terror that glubs in the night)

[personal profile] fintastic 2017-03-29 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! It was! Isn't she talented?

[ To that, Feferi beams with pride, because that's what friends do. Just friends. Normal every day alien girl-friends. ]

She does not give herself nearly enough credit sometimes. [ Aside from the, you know, bragging. But Feferi gets it. ] I left her back at the electronics store, she seemed to do be doing well on her own. I guess that is the benefit of being, uhm. Inorganic?

[ ...is that offensive? ]

[personal profile] ex_mettacrusher33 2017-04-04 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't? It's Peridot. She doesn't give herself anything BUT credit. That's why Mettaton's endlessly endeared.

Ah well. It's nice knowing what the girl's run off to, at least. He smiles brightly, only able to imagine whatever mischief she's managing to get into it.]


It has its charms, yes.

Haha. I spoke to her a while ago, too, before we split up. I stay here, she saves the day... What a little hero.
fintastic: (kawaii!)

[personal profile] fintastic 2017-04-04 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Right?

[ Now that's an adoring sigh if there ever was one. Feferi wears her heart on her sleeve, and her heart is feeling rather affectionate, despite the fact that they are trapped in a mall with a bunch of angry undead.

She has her priorities straight. ]


Whale, any friend of Peridot is a friend of mine!

[ She doesn't recognize the nice robot fellow who drew a fish for her... all humans look the same to her. ]

[personal profile] ex_mettacrusher33 2017-04-04 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Suggesting we weren't friends already? [He puts a hand to his chest, exhaling into a dramatic pout.]

Feri. You wound me!
fintastic: (OH MY COD)

[personal profile] fintastic 2017-04-10 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cue confused staring for a moment, while it takes time to click. But when it does, her eyes go wide, and she raises a hand to her cheek. ]

Oh my cod, I did not even recognize you like that! You look so... human!

[ Very succinct. ]

[personal profile] ex_mettacrusher33 2017-04-10 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE KNOWS!]

I KNOW!! [Mettaton outstretches his arms and twirls on one foot, coming to a graceful stop and bow.] Isn't it simply MARVELOUS?!! This body was built in the image of a god!! A god of love and aesthetics!! [Swoon...!]

...and you're looking wonderful too, of course. [Not as wonderful as me is the implication in his tone. It's not malicious, just... Well.

Look at him.]
fintastic: (just keep swimming!)

[personal profile] fintastic 2017-04-13 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ She has no idea what the shell he's talking about, but he seems so eager, and if he's being a little condescending, she doesn't notice.

She's done worse. ]


I don't know if I want to be a human forever, but it is kind of fun! Still, I don't know if I like looking in the mirror and not seeing any horns or fins...

[ That's it, that's her big problem. ]

Well... if everything is all set here, I should probably be on my way. There is bound to be someone who needs my help!