epidemiology | [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.

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Security.

[Ordinarily, this would be focused, even reproachful. But right now . . . Right now Giorno's so tired it's honestly difficult to keep himself upright. He's got a lot of power, but he still needs to sleep, and the combination of the physical and psychological effects of this lockdown are finally getting to him.]

[He rubs at his eyes, trying not to think about how much of a wreck he undoubtedly looks. Then he offers Genos a weak smile.]

If you want to take a few minutes to rest, I can keep watch. You've been going nonstop from the start, haven't you?

[ Taking on this offer is so tempting that Genos falls silent for a moment, before finally answering. ]

Don't we all? I haven't noticed you resting either. [ he straightens his back, his expression serious. At least that he can appear more awake ] I can probably keep being awake for a hour or so. If you want, you can rest first. [ What might be seen as bravado, is just Genos' logical assumption that most people here don't benefit from artificial bodies like he does. ]

...we can switch the watch then. [ Because that offer is still tempting, as he has to admit grumpily ]

[Normally he'd find this very sweet. Right now he's just. Too tired for arguments, but also too tired for people not to do exactly what he says. He squints at Genos a little, then sighs.]

I'm worried that if I rest, I won't be able to get up again until after I've slept for at least twelve hours. We can't afford that right now, so I'm choosing not to stop. I can keep going on adrenaline until.

[When. Ever. Sometime. He hesitates, and then, belatedly and awkwardly, because he's also too tired to be charming.:] I appreciate it. You're--very generous.

[ Genos can understand very, very well. Sometimes a hour of sleep can make you more exhausted then one more hour of sleep less.

But it doesn't have to be that much ]

Have you heard about power-naps? [ He brings up suddenly, a phenomena he assumes not unique to just his world. There's a small pause for breath, a small one Genos makes always before launching into a lengthy explanation ]

where I come from people sometimes do that, during work commute, or break at work. It's a nap that lasts ten, max fifteen minutes long. That doesn't allow your brain to fall into deep sleep, but in high-stress situations it's actually good. Serves as a quick refreshment rather then proper rest. And doesn't carry the repercussions of being woken up from deeper phases of sleep - like exhaustion or lack of focus.

[ a pause, finally ]

My doctor says it's better then coffee.

[You can practically see the ? form over Giorno's head. Power-naps. The phrase sounds sort of familiar, but he's also not that used to that sort of colloquialism. So he tips his head curiously, a little birdlike.]

[The explanation is very thorough and succinct, though. He brightens a little, as tired as he is.]

Ah. I see--sort of like just turning your brain off for a little while? I don't know much about neuroscience, but that makes sense.

[He doesn't know about better than coffee. But the rest of it makes sense.]

Your doctor sounds very smart.

[ Uh, oh, there's a sudden gleam in Genos eyes, and he very vigorously nods. ]

Correct! He's a scientist of unprecedented genius, who mastered multiple medical, scientific and engineering fields. I wouldn't be here if not for him, and I'm forever grateful for the body he created for me.

[ There are very few people Genos respects, but to those he do, he will sign praises forever- but then he remembers that was not the point of the conversation, so he rails it back on track ]

...I've seen him doing those power-naps sometimes, when working on time intensive projects.

[EVENT POST] I FEEL STUPID, AND CONTAGIOUS.

04:00 - 09:00

I'M SO SORRY FOR BEING SO LATE, rl hit me hard this week. also omg jojo!!!

no worries at all! it hit me too tbh. <3

aww, stay strong! also one week more and I'll be fully availible ;-;

yesss

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