Event Post: Dead Men Walking

[hadrielmods]

THE RUNDOWN

After the very disappointing showing of Scary Stories from you guys last month, Fear needs to take matters into his own hands- and by 'his own hands', we mean that he's summoning some corpses to hobble around and eat you guys, just to prove that eating human flesh can totally be normal.

The zombies will start pouring in on September 14th, with a few scattered here and there. Unlike zombie movies, which have the outbreak gain forces as people die, in this event Fear is just going to shrug and throw more zombies into the mix until he feels like you're all adequately terrified. Therefore, the number of zombies will continue to increase until September 17th, when we have a full-on apocalyptic event on our hands. You might want to scavenge some purell.

On September 20th, Fear will decide that he's had enough and the remaining zombies will shuffle back toward the tunnels, where they will try to feed on the other critters running around in there. That's gonna turn out well.

THE DETAILS

These zombies are your typical pop culture monsters- they're slow, not incredibly bright, and their strength lies predominately in numbers and the ease of infection. A bite from them is enough to leave you sickened, and within 24 hours, the virus will take its toll until you join the throng of the undead!

If you're bitten and you don't want to zombify, however, there are a few options presented to you. Removal of the limb shortly after the bite takes place will be enough to save you- unless you got bitten somewhere you can't remove, that is. Additionally, characters with Hope's blessing will be able to delay the infection by several days, though they cannot stop it in its entirety- still, if you get bitten late enough in the event, it will be enough to keep you human until the whole thing is over.

To kill a zombie, one must destroy the brain somehow- blunt force trauma works, a bullet to the head works, basically everything works except for running around and screaming, which might be what you'd prefer to do. No judging!

After the event is over, there may still be a few corpses on the street. It's up to you to clean those up- Fear is a little preoccupied.

THE OVERVIEW

► Sept 14th: Zombies attack!
► Sept 17th: Zombies are now out in full force and can group up in hordes easily.
► Sept 20th: Fear sends the zombies who can still ambulate away. Let the cleanup duty begin!

Comments

SCIENCE!!

[hippocratical]

Or, how Simon Tam is going to suggest the clinic staff (along with helping the wounded) study the zombies in order to find a cure or preventative, and end up getting his own self bitten. I am here for: science bros of any gender to study the zombies, well-meaning citizens of Hadriel who need medical assistance, liaising with the city guard to bring test subjects to a secure location near the clinic for observation, and of course, one turned resident to bite Simon in a place of their choosing on the 19th, by which point in time I expect the clinic will be swamped or surrounded and everything will have gone right to hell.

Or if you have anything else you want, come at me, bros!

[murderpotato]

so how does Simon feel about leg removal

[hippocratical]

I SAW YOUR PLURK EARLIER and I was about to hurl myself wholeheartedly in the direction of this!

That is to say, Simon is a very competent surgeon and you can absolutely trust him, Gren

[murderpotato]

Simon's waistcoat is too fancy for Gren to ever trust him

but hack off that murderpotato's leg, it can't be any worse than the times he lost his arm, right

[hippocratical]

excellent. man I am gonna need to investigate what kind of surgical supplies the clinic has. but I would love for this to be a thing and am happy to chop off a limb for a friend!

[murderpotato]

hey whatever just grab a chainsaw and evil dead 2 the shit out of that leg, nbd

[hippocratical]

I just imagined Simon as Ash and promptly have laughed myself into an early grave.