Event Log: Senses Fail

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the Senses Fail event
Where: All over the city
When: May 14th-May 20th
Warnings: None

You wake up on the 14th, and something is different. Maybe it's something small - you can't smell anything, or your hearing on one side seems to be on the fritz. Or it could be something large and impossible to miss - you've gone completely blind, or you seem to be missing a leg. You've lost something, and no matter what you do, you can't seem to fix it.

Will you ever get it back? Probably, but it's impossible to be sure. And even if you're thoroughly convinced that this is temporary, that still means you have to figure out how to live like this for the next week. Even small things can be huge difficulties. Your sense of taste doesn't seem that important, until you accidentally eat something that'll make you sick. And sure, maybe you can figure out how to live without one hand, but what about when you wake up three days from now and you've also lost your magic?

Do your best to keep yourself calm, but remember: it can always get worse.

► This log covers May 14th-May 20th.
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Comments

[swiftlet]

I'm not sure, to be honest. Nohar truly knows yet how long we last.

[bythewaves]

Well, unless you all decide to be foolish and go to war, I think you'll have time to find out!

[ How he manages to make text sound dry is something of a miracle ]

[swiftlet]

We just got out of one and I would rather not repeat the experience.

[bythewaves]

Wise! War is never a good thing, although sometimes necessary.

[swiftlet]

I'd prefer if it weren't.

[bythewaves]

So do all who endure such times, I think.

[swiftlet]

The smart ones, anyway.

[bythewaves]

Hopefully there are more of those than the foolish ones!

[swiftlet]

I can but hope. Or try to be a voice of reason.

[bythewaves]

I hope, for all your sakes, that the voices of reason will prevail! They do not always do so, sadly.

[swiftlet]

Believe me, that I know. I just wish it didn't have to be that way.

[bythewaves]

I wish I could say that I knew for certain that it would not! But people will be people, I fear.

[swiftlet]

If they would remember they're people, we wouldn't have so many issues.

[bythewaves]

You'll have to keep reminding them. Hopefully...

[swiftlet]

"Hopefully" is about all I've got at the moment.

[bythewaves]

It is all we have, sometimes. I hope yours comes to fruition.

[swiftlet]

So do I. I'm not sure if it will.

[bythewaves]

That, only time will tell.

[swiftlet]

And what if I can't wait that long?

[bythewaves]

Hope is as much endurance as optimism. More, I would say. But if change does not come, you can try and bring it about, only have a care you do not become the very monster you are hunting.

[swiftlet]

I'll do my best.

good ending spot?

[bythewaves]

I know you will.