[EVENT POST] I FEEL STUPID, AND CONTAGIOUS.

[dishearten]

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.

Comments

i.

[wyvil]

[When Wylan spots the man watching the food court as chaos erupts all around them, he freezes in place, watching him with wide eyes. His initial thought is that the man must be hurt, something must be wrong, why else would he just be standing there? Wylan jogs over to him, one hand already reaching into his satchel just in case tripping the infected isn't enough to keep them at bay.]

You should get moving. It's not safe out here.

Re: i.

[mistruths]

[ Loki glances over, mildly surprised that anyone had even bothered to approach. ]

No. [ He says it slowly, one eyebrow arching. ] I suppose it isn't. But there is also nowhere to go that would be, ah... Safe.

[wyvil]

[Wylan has no reason not to help the man, though he's not interested in an argument. He wants to get the other to safety as quickly as possible.]

There're places that are safer. They're going to try barricading some of the stores...

[mistruths]

Indeed.

[ A brief pause, and then he tilts his head slightly, turning to properly face the other man. ]

Are you concerned? Don't be; I'm quite well. Perhaps you should take care of yourself first.

[wyvil]

[Wylan adjusts the strap of his satchel at the mention of taking care of himself. He's used to being underestimated, knows that he's better in a crisis (now) than he looks.

Still, Loki is weirdly calm. Too calm, Wylan thinks, for the seriousness of the situation.]

I'll be fine. Why is your plan to stay out here? Do you think you can wait things out? They're locking down the whole building.

[mistruths]

So they are. I hadn't intended to be here when it happened, but it seems I am and that there's quite little to be done about it.

And I chose to stay out here because I didn't wish to find a dirty, smelly place to lock myself into. I'm rather confident in my ability to keep myself safe, you see, and thus don't find it entirely necessary to seek refuge elsewhere.

[wyvil]

[Wylan tries to be a good person, but that doesn't mean he's willing to drag someone who clearly doesn't want to go to safety along with him at risk of his own safety. He raises an eyebrow slightly when Loki expresses his confidence. He can't be planning on tripping everything that gets in his way.]

You are? How are you going to keep safe? You might be the only target out here soon...