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PLAGUE MINI-EVENT
Do I dazzle you yet?

While chosenfake's expedition plot seemed to have been entirely fruitless - no way out, no new land, no alien species - the crew did bring back something in the end!

Micro-organisms. The kind that makes you ill! Lovely, right?

These little things are air-born and contagious, so it's quite possible that even if your character does not personally know any of the crew members that left for the expedition, they are able to catch this illness should you decide to opt-in. They are also far too small for City microscopes to catch, but the science-minded are welcome to try (in fact, it would be welcomed as an effort to find a cure!)

Symptoms

♥ Chills
♥ Fever
♥ Fatigue
♥ Headaches
♥ Runny nose and cough

Think of it like catching a wee cold or cute flu.

...but that's boring. So it gets worse.

Your character will then break out into a bumpy red rash all over their body. It is quite unlike what doctors have seen, and even healers can only seem to ease the symptoms under continual treatment. Progression of symptoms from bad to worse is up to the discretion of the player. Here is an example of what it looks like when it gets very deadly (warning: it's kinda gross! A realistic picture is available, too, upon request. Even ickier.)

This micro-organism is out of the deities' control, unfortunately, having come from outside the barrier. Is there a cure? Well, you'll see ♫

The event begins October 6 after the Pea Soup Propaganda curse. We hope to get everyone cured by around October 15!

With help from the mods' generous input and approval ♥

And let me know if you'd like me to cut this