EVENT: HOSPITAL EXPEDITION

[asgardmods]

Who: Anyone!
What: Hospital Expedition Time!
When: Day 70
Where: The hospital and surrounding grounds.
Rating: PG-13 for potential scariness

Warning: This log includes reference to and optional effects of psychotropic medication. Those intensely bothered by such things should be cautious or steer clear.



After The Doctors found the hospital, an expedition was organized. Those who signed up in that post or who just want to tag along will be heading out on the morning of Day 70 (April 20, ICly). After a 3mi/5km or so walk, they'll find themselves at what looks like a mostly modern hospital and outbuildings, surrounded as a compound by a tall wire fence. The fence is now full of holes, and it's obvious that the buildings haven't been used in decades. There is very little graffiti or other human-caused damage to the place, but weather, animals, and neglect leave it pretty worn down anyway.

Inside, the buildings are mostly empty of medicines and things. There's some broken-down equipment and a few bits of both modern and herbalist medication here and there but not much. The records room however is pretty much intact, besides the wear on paper from sitting in a non-climate-controlled room for 30 years. The records date from the native's reckoning time of 376-385, and are mostly not very informative, but reading through a bunch will reveal how the greyness progressed as a "disease".

Emotion left first, so through 376 and 377 the records state that people just seem to be mysteriously losing all personality and are somewhat lethargic, just going through the motions for no apparent reason. By 378 people are losing colour, and the hospital turns from a specialty hospital to a quarantine zone. People are brought there the moment they're diagnosed, and while it seems the conditions at the hospital were humane, it was crowded and generally not a happy place.

By 383 the staff have been replaced multiple times as they too get sick, and the conditions at the compound were degenerating by sheer number of patients vs number of healthy staff. It got dirty and the food rations were a bit tight, but it wasn't any sort of horrible place where people died. It was just overcrowded and understaffed, for the most part. There's notes about how any animals or even inanimate objects that come into contact with the sick also lose expression and colour.

The last of the records will be notice that there's no more room in the hospital and no successful treatment or cure, so everyone is going back to the city and shutting it down, by order of the gods. Essentially, the entire city is doomed to go grey, so they'll turn the city walls into the quarantine zone to try to protect the rest of the world.

The one other interesting thing in the records might be that in all of the individual patient records, one file (that seems like it was very thick) is missing. There's also mention in the general notes of "the Queen" being sick -- one of the earlier patients, even. Most record of her has been blacked out, however.

Aside from records, there's only one other interesting to be found during the day. A large room in the old laboratory building seems strangely personal inside, having couches, tables, and stacks of basic board games lying around. If the door to this room is closed, it will automatically lock, and within a few minutes anyone inside will start feeling... funny. Perhaps as an attempted treatment for the emotionless lethargy of the disease, the room is equipped to be air tight, and a dosage of an odourless, colourless, mood-improving gas released. The effect should be no more than a case of the giggles and a sharpening of the characters' sense of colour. The room will unlock after ten minutes or so of the gas being in effect, and the symptoms should wear off in an hour or two.

Beyond that, there isn't much to find besides a general spooky feeling. The attic storage floor of the hospital may contain bats, and there's signs of other animals nesting (rabbits, etc). The creepy atmosphere should make for interesting exploration though -- especially at night. Anyone inside after darkness falls should stay there. There my be the sounds of nearby wolves outside, but running into any is entirely optional and won't happen inside the buildings.

Each Doctor will be leading his own team, so if your characters will strictly be sticking to their team, make sure you note that in your starter or wait for your chosen Doctor to set things up for his team. You're also welcome to have your characters explore free-form with their friends or with strangers, so don't worry too much about structure! Have fun and go wild!

Comments

[occulthymns]

[And as soon as she stops petting him Dog starts whining at her, looking up at her with mournful red eyes.]

That does! That definitely does! So not only are you not getting any for the next few days, but your bed is going to smell terrible when we get back!

[lethechained]

[Man, Euri really isn't afraid of Kaz at all, is she? Does she know about his powers? ... Wait, 'getting any'--]

[Oh. Doggy does not approve of her not petting him. Okay. She'll just... glance between them and the dog, then carefully stoop down to continue petting him.]

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[parasiteye]

What?!

[occulthymns]

[Dog quiets down, tail wagging contentedly c:]

You heard me. [Euri folds her arms.]

[lethechained]

[Yes good, this is a good sign, right, doggy?]

[--... oh. She kind of jumps when Kaz says that, her gaze flitting between the two of them. 'Getting any' what--]

NAMINE STOP LISTENING TO THEM

[parasiteye]

That's crap--!! I can't even go back to my place and the first thing you're gonna do is make it smell like your mutt?!

namine stay didney forever

[occulthymns]

[Dog is probably used to this bickering by now, and just yawns lazily.]

Your bed at the safe house, idiot.

SOBBING worst babysitters ever

[lethechained]

[Wow, this is getting kind of like a tennis match.]

[Hm. Well... at least Dog doesn't seem to mind. This doesn't need to become any more messy than it already is.]

THE worst.....crai....

[parasiteye]

[ YEAH WELL YOU KNOW WHAT EURI.

HE'S HISSING AT YOU. legit. ]

trufax

[occulthymns]

.......

[She's throwing her arms in the air.]

What the fuck! You're so stupid sometimes!

[parasiteye]

You're stupid--!

[occulthymns]

[Euri just scowls at him because this otherwise this is going to turn into a 'You're stupid!' 'No, you're stupid!' contest, then turn to Namine.]

We should just go explore without him.

[lethechained]

--!!!

[Her eyes flicker between the two of them. Is that. Allowed?]

I--....

[parasiteye]

--See if I care! Just don't lose her or else! [ yes namine you are property ]

[occulthymns]

Stop being a moron! [She's huffing at Kaz before glancing at Namine.]

Well? Do you want to?

[lethechained]

... -- Um.

If... no one minds. [By which she means Kaz. Because she does not want to hack him off any more than necessary.]

[parasiteye]

I said I don't care!!

[occulthymns]

You don't need his permission, anyway.~ [Euri grins and grabs her hand, starting for the hospital as Dog rolls to his feet and plods after them.]

Don't do anything too stupid, Kaz!

[lethechained]

O-- okay...!

[She'd really rather not piss off either of them, but... Kaz did insist he didn't mind, no matter what it looked like. She'll just... stumble off with Euri, then, with a backward glance.]

[parasiteye]

[ HERE'S LOOKIN' AT YOU NAMINE... ]

[occulthymns]

[Euri is entirely unconcerned about Kaz's opinion - she cares more about him possibly getting into trouble. But the hospital is supposed to be empty, right? Surely he can't fuck things up in an empty building.]

Where do you think we should start? I've only been in one of these places once before.

[lethechained]

[-- o-oh gosh, um. She'll just... look forward again, then.]

-- Wherever you want to start. ... Was there something in particular you wanted to look for?

[occulthymns]

Not really. I just thought this trip might be interesting.

[She'll walk towards the main building, then! It's the biggest, therefore it has the biggest chance of having something cool.]

[lethechained]

[... Hm. She keeps pace with Euri, eyeing her with a hint of lingering caution.]

That's the only reason you came? [It doesn't sound accusatory at all; it's very benign.]

[occulthymns]

[Once they're at the hospital doors Euri will let her hand go.]

Well, I wanted to get out of the city, too. It gets stuffy staying in one place for so long. [She glances over.] Are you curious to see what's inside?