Event Log: Flu Season

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Who: All characters
What: The event log for the Flu Season event
Where: All over the city
When: March 20th-March 30th
Warnings: Gross sneezing, sick people, and paranoia

It starts with a cough, a sneeze, a sore throat - something small and simple, easily ignored. But then your symptoms get worse. It's probably been awhile since you've been sick, that sort of thing doesn't usually happen here. You might be able to raid the shops for some tissues and tea before it gets too bad, and hopefully you've got a friend to help out until you get better. Surely it'll be over soon, right?

Until the fever sets in, and you start to understand why your friend is really there. They don't want to take care of you. They want to make sure this is the last anyone will ever see of you. They want to learn all your secrets. They want to steal your most precious possession. You know they're plotting against you, you know they're keeping something from you. What will you do to find out what it is?

Then, as the sickness fades, you realize it was all in your mind. Let's hope you didn't do or say anything too awful. But that friend of yours... they seem to have picked up your cough. Maybe you should help them out?

► This log covers March 20th-March 30th.
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Comments

[greywaren]

Okay.

[He's a little less frantic now that Adam is working with him, as the cooperation means that he's probably okay with working with him further. Ronan nods slowly, looking for a moment at where Adam's clothes had landed, but he can't see anything suspicious among the various lumps of fabric.

So far so good.]

I'm good too. I've been home all day- nobody's come by, so they couldn't have gotten to me.

[He moves up closer to Adam, wrapping a conspirator arm around the other boy's bare shoulders, pulling him in close and lowering his voice.]

So we're both safe. [Jesus, what a relief that Adam is alright. Ronan lets out a sigh, nodding as his mind races, coming up with the plan as he speaks.] Okay, so now it's the two of us. We stay together. Away from all the others. Just you and me, like it always is.

[unknowable]

So who couldn't have gotten to you?

[At least Ronan doesn't seem to be concerned about him any longer, but Adam doesn't feel any less alarmed. His natural instinct, after everything they've shared, is to believe Ronan - to trust that something is going on, that someone somewhere might really be a threat to them. But he has no idea who or what that would be.]

I'm not gonna go anywhere, but I don't think there's anyone else we need to worry about.

[Adam will stay if Ronan wants him to, he wasn't planning to go anywhere else today - he found some supplies while out, cans of soup and other things he was hoping would help with Ronan's illness. So being locked away with him isn't, in and of itself, strange or a hardship. But Ronan being so adamant about is, so sure that they're in danger?

That's upsetting.]

Maybe you should get some rest.

[greywaren]

[He shakes his head quickly.]

I don't need rest.

[can't Adam see? He needs to protect him, needs to be there so that they can stay together and stay safe. He's not sure why Adam doesn't see that, but it surely isn't because something got to him. Now, it's almost the opposite- it's as if he doesn't even know.

How could he not know?]

You can't trust anyone, Parrish- Jesus, don't you know that by now? [His tone is chaotic, higher pitched than usual, closer to hysteria though not over the line yet.]

I need to finish fortifying the house. Then we can rest. Here, [he moves them both toward their room, nodding.] You can get some clothes from the dresser. Then we can talk about how we're going to do the lockdown.

[unknowable]

[He reaches out to put a hand on Ronan's arm, try to be calming. Adam is not so practiced at that - in a less volatile situation, if Ronan were acting erratic Adam would be direct, would ask him what was wrong, tell him to get himself under control. Or just let him do as he liked, and pick up the pieces after.

But neither of those approaches seems like the right one this time. Adam is genuinely worried, not just about Ronan's physical state (he's clearly still sick) but his state of mind. Faced with that, calm and centered seems like the only thing to do. Maybe he can get Ronan to see sense, but at the very least he can try to keep it from getting worse.]

There's a few people we can trust here. But even if there weren't, I don't think anyone is out to get us.

[He lets Ronan move them towards their room, because regardless Adam would like to get some clothes on.]

Do we really need to do a lockdown? We can protect each other without all that.