Event | Console Crash Chaos | April 17-30, 2014

[ironwood]

This is part ONE of a two-part event here in Keeliai! The second half of the OOC planning post will go up in a week's time. The below plotting is part of a larger scheme at work, so please keep that in mind as you read.

April 17th-23rd | BLACKOUT;

Malicant has had a foothold, however tenuous, for some months now. And like the asshole he is, he's decided to start ruining people's days! From the 17th-23rd, in all his technopathic glory, he's going to shut down the entire communications grid in Keeliai.

What this means:

No consoles will function during this time.

This means no network posts, no private console notifications, nothing. Think of Malicant like the raptors in Jurassic Park – he's testing the fences, but never in the same spot twice! However, this only affects Keeliai's Biotech and character technology that functions independently of the city will not be affected.

Simultaneously, bombs are going to go off in high-populace areas of the city.

This means hospitals, markets and the like. There are numerous targets, so feel free to invent locations if you'd like your character to be near one. That said, foreigner housing will NOT be targeted. This will not be ICly known, but it's to give people a 'safe zone' OOCly if they don't want their character exposed to or involved in the chaos.

Known food and water supplies will be poisoned or destroyed.

That means that any known stockpile – say, grocery stores – will be rendered inedible unless characters can come up with some way to neutralize the poison or divert the bombs. This will not affect personal food storages (he's not going after your pantries! Yet.) nor will it plunge characters into the rationing of last year, but it will ensure that food and sanitary drinking water is somewhat more of a luxury.

Have any questions? Please refer to the QUESTIONS section of the comments and ask away! We will answer them in as timely a method as possible. Otherwise, feel free to use this post to plot what your character(s) may be up to during this portion of the event!

ETA: Since this is as good a place as any to note it, we now have an active game plurk @ tushan if you want to follow that for reminder links, etc.

Comments

Re: QUESTIONS

[vdova]

Question about the poison -- what if you have a healing factor, and thus can't get sick from normal poisons? Basically, would this affect a werewolf who's immune system is only weak to certain plants/metals?

Re: QUESTIONS

[cherrywood]

It would affect them but the symptoms would be much reduced. Technically they'd still be a carrier for the spores, which... might actually make them more dangerous...

Re: QUESTIONS

[vdova]

OH NOES!! Thanks for the quick reply! :D