Event log: Who What Where Wendigo

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone participating in the wendigo event!
What: The accidental-cannibalism-turned-horrifying-monster event that is the Who What Where Wendigo event!
Where: All around the city
When: Feb 14th-March 1st
Warnings: Cannibalism, body horror, evil monsters lurking around.

Don't forget to check up on the Wendigo Guide that Ami posted!

On February 14th, Rage and Fear decide to give Hope a little bit of help taking care of the residents of Hadriel - they'll provide some food for awhile. How nice! Except, of course, that there's an extra ingredient in this food. A can of beef stew? Yeah... that might not be beef. But hey, it still tastes pretty good! Unfortunately, some spirits slipped through the Door last time it opened, and they're ready to possess anyone who participates in cannibalism - even if they don't know it.

Anyone who eats the provided meat will be possessed by a wendigo spirit. Over the course of twelve days, they will transform into a monster that feels little but rage and hunger. While at first it can be explained away easily enough (people are super annoying, and isn't everyone a little hungry most of the time?), by February 18th, wendigo transformations are impossible to ignore. A few days after, on February 22nd, the anger and cravings of the wendigo spirit will overcome all other emotions, and possessed characters may begin hunting.

The physical and mental transformation will be complete by February 26th. The possessed characters will have lost themselves completely at that point. While physical healing (done by a character with Hope's blessing or another healing ability) can turn back the physical and some mental effects, they will remain possessed until death or until Hope removes the wendigo spirit - which can only be done on the altar of Hope's temple. So have fun dragging your angry, possessed friends there!

On March 1st, Rage does Hope a solid (because she feels sort of bad) and kills all remaining wendigos. Upon revival, the spirit will be gone and the character will be fully recovered. Hopefully no one holds what they did while possessed against them!

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Comments

[zen_en_vert]

Maybe that's because being dead, you really, really needed a drink?

[Is Bruce's mild joke. However;]

I guess that wouldn't explain me.

[casperdisaster]

Well, I mean.

All I do when I get drunk is get really cuddly and feel like I need to make sure everyone knows they're my best friends.

[Noah gives Bruce a wry look, because of course, Noah would be an overly-affectionate drunk. Of course.]

And get terrible hangovers, but those are kind of my problem. Well, and whoever holds my hair back for me when I get all pukey. [Noah siiighs.] But that's just like an annoyance kind of problem, you know? Not a ... a pain kind of problem.

It makes sense that it's different if you have to worry about hurting someone other than yourself.

[zen_en_vert]

Even before this was a problem, I was careful about it.

[He admits, with a little shrug.]

Being the Hulk is a bit like being drunk- if you believe that 'you become more like yourself' kind of stuff.

[casperdisaster]

Oh. [It makes Noah think about Adam, how he's never drank and is determined not to do so ever for very similar reasons. The anger, seeing how his father acted while drunk. It's not really Noah's place to share someone else's situation, though, so he just nods a little.]

... I'm glad you're back to normal.

[zen_en_vert]

Thank you.

[He agrees, pausing to stretch, and sigh.]

I should keep working.