PLAGUE PLOT

[pirate-mod.livejournal.com]

29-31; The Plagues of Poly
Blood in the water, frogs and flies, darkness! Stay tuned to this space for Polychromatic's way of closing out March!

Details details details! Get them right here!

March 29 | Day 1: Overnight the City's freshwater turns red with a substance that might be poisonous algae or poisonous blood...or poisonous blood algae! This sends the frogs and other aquatic creatures with legs or wings running from the lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, and right into the City proper late morning. Meanwhile with the water dirtied and stagnant the insects are just blooming. Swarms rise from the woods at sundown to buzz around the entire City.

March 30 | Day 2: Thanks to the bugs from yesterday the animals of the City are under attack. Livestock are discovered sick--even dead--of flystrike and other bug-born diseases by morning. Citizens aren't safe either. Those unable to escape being attacked by insects get bumps, boils, and other unsightly skin infections as a result of each bug bite. To top it off, when night falls there's a heavy storm complete with hail, thunder, and lightning. A fire gains momentum in the forest shortly before midnight.

March 31 | Day 3: The fire's out by sunrise but the locusts still aren't happy. The beginning of sunrise is accompanied by the buzzing of locusts in swarms so thick they block out much of the City's sunlight. They aren't the only ones turning down the sunlight for the day but that's another story. Satisfied, the locusts depart at sundown--or maybe they know better than to stay--paving the way for the last event; nearing midnight a visit from the Angel of Death ready to take the firstborn of every family.

LAMBS
As the tale goes, a sizable smear of lamb's blood across the door is enough to ward the Angel of Death away but where can citizens get it? How convenient that lambs and sheep occupy the fields of the City, seemingly unharmed by the March 30 set of plagues. When did they appear? They began trickling in the day before the plagues started, of course. Yes, the lamb has to die for its blood to qualify however citizens are free to take their chances with only wounding a lamb for blood. This is considered player information; these details can be speculated by characters in-game as the Deities won't be explaining why, only how to ward off the Angel of Death...maybe. Characters can draw the lamb conclusion on their own of course.

FIRSTBORNS
For the purpose of this event, the 'firstborn' is the oldest in a family in the City, therefore if that character's older sibling isn't present in the game then firstborn will apply to the next oldest character available. Characters with no siblings are automatically firstborns. Again this is considered player information; these details can be speculated by characters in-game and characters can draw their own conclusions. The Deities won't be confirming the theory except to say better safe than sorry ♥

XANADU
As sacred gardens go, this is one of them. Characters wanting to escape the effects of the plagues are free to seek refuge in Xanadu. The garden will be completely unaffected; there will be no blood waters, biting bugs, hail, etc. in this sanctuary. This does not mean the Angel of Death won't visit Xanadu on the final day. Characters can argue about whether or not they should mark the gates to Xanadu just in case. They can also speculate if this is just the Deities' way of rounding them up in one place. Remember what happened to Prison Island? Just saying.

But don't worry, we come bearing spoilers: Xanadu will not blow up and death is not imminent when the Angel of Death visits. We won't tell you why. Yet, that is.

If you have further questions do ask here!

Comments

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

+/-1??

[nevertame.livejournal.com]

[rehymenator]

/headtilt

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

I secretly hope that the Angel of Death in question will turn out to be Loki from Dogma. Possibly with a cameo by Ben Affleck.

This is my hope and I am sticking with it.

[thenormalsquint]

I shall join you in this hope.

[feltrighteous.livejournal.com]

:|

[letskillpeople.livejournal.com]

Well fuck, it's hard to turn that shit down.

[thenormalsquint]

Question! Does each firstborn character have to kill a lamb themselves or can one unlucky schmuck do the dirty work and some others share in the blood?

[pirate-mod.livejournal.com]

Some others can share the blood of one lamb. In theory one lamb can cover the doorway of a place as big as the Library to protect those inside it, however because this isn't how it worked in the "old stories" there is no definitive answer if public buildings are considered safe compared to houses. In the case of apartment buildings, it's wiser for characters to cover their own individual apartment doors instead of just the entrance to the apartment building.

[dude-imbatman.livejournal.com]

Dean would to take this moment for a friendly PSA

Angels are assholes

Brought to you by Winchester & Co.

Mun thinks this is awesome though

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

Hey.

[rehymenator]

Cas would like to interrupt Dean's friendly PSA with an important message.

Maybe next time he won't save Dean's ass from Hell, huh? Then would he be less of an asshole?

Also I feel like the SPN foursome would be on top of this so fast. I'm excited as hell.

[soulofocean.livejournal.com]

Question: will characters with the ability to conjure the water element suddenly find themselves summoning an infectious bloody pool, or will magically conjured water be unaffected by the first plague?

[pirate-mod.livejournal.com]

This is up to the player. You can decide if your character's water magic is affected or not, however any blood pool would last for as long as the plague's arrival, so water magic would be affected for only 24 hours before returning to normal.

[dr_conscience]

/pages Dr. J.E.W.

>.>

Yeah okay so I'll have fun with this :3

[2ndnightshift.livejournal.com]

Oi vey.

[worksmart.livejournal.com]

/Pages Dr. Biblestudy


....Sidekick?

[inmyothertights]

Billy says Neil, Todd, moveover. This is in the Jew handbook.

[anti-buttons.livejournal.com]

In-City, permanent death as a result of the Angel?

Annnd, is it possible for a character of considerable magic talents to try and ward buildings or rooms against insects? L-like, perhaps, to protect an ornery horse that loathes magic and as such would never submit to a more localized, specific spell...

[pirate-mod.livejournal.com]

In the game the characters can believe that, but neither permanent nor City!Death will actually result at the end of the plot. That doesn't mean there are no consequences but those will not be unveiled. Yet!

Warding buildings or rooms against insects is possible. Non-magic methods like electrical bug zapping lamps are possible too, the effectiveness is as good or as bad as you want to make them.

[teabreath.livejournal.com]

With the forestfire, this one is likely to try to put it out with firebending. Would that work, or could it be lessened, or will it stay burning until the end of the curse?

[pirate-mod.livejournal.com]

Iroh can absolutely use his firebending to lessen the fire. Players are more than welcome to help put the fire out, no one character would be solely responsible for it but several characters working individually or a group effort can have the fire put out before sunrise.

[acceptingeyes.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, the City is determined to kill both my characters since they're both single children >_<.

(I still love you City and these curses!)

[stillthequeen.livejournal.com]

... Beheading a lamb with a scythe is going to seem like such... Overkill.

[emiltastic.livejournal.com]

Just wondering... but do the plagues pile up? Like in day 2 and 3... is the water stilll bloody?

[pirate-mod.livejournal.com]

In general the plagues do not pile up in full force. There may still be some bloodwater left for players who want their characters to find it, but there would definitely not be as much bloodwater like on the first day. Hope that helps!