Event log: Who What Where Wendigo

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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

[morphinum]

Just peachy.

[ Johanna half-speaks, half-snarls. She remembers now why she isolated herself like this. It wasn't just about the drugs -- she could easily shoot up in the apartment. It was the other people. Whatever is happening has made Johanna more irritable than normal, but it's also made her hungry, and for some sick reason her mind thinks that eating people would help. She can't quite make out all the features of this kid, but he smells delicious.

Focus on something else, she tells herself. ]

So you can leave, or you can hook me up with food or mind-altering substances, but I'm not in the mood for chit-chat. Got it, asshole?

[fervence]

[the good news here is that lloyd is probably one of the few people that johanna could snarl at and insult without discouraging him in the slightest. like no joke, he doesn't even blink at her vitriol.

if anything he starts looking even more worried about her.

his expression clears slightly when she starts listing things that he can do to help her though, and he actually smiles.] Ah, food! I can help you with that. Do you like curry?

[he doesn't have the slightest idea what she means by mind altering substances though.]

[morphinum]

[ Johanna musters her best "you've gotta be fucking kidding me" look and aims it straight at this kid. Her bad attitude is having exactly the opposite effect that she wanted, and that just makes Johanna angrier. And a little hungrier, maybe, for the kid's flesh, although she's trying not to focus on that bit.

His cheery airheadedness seems familiar though, and Johanna has the sneaking suspicion that the most annoying person in the cave won't leave her alone. ]

I could go for some flesh, actually. Wanna volunteer your arm?

[ A beat. ]

You better not be the kid who didn't know who fucking Santa Claus was.

[fervence]

Um. [lloyd looks down at his arm for moment as if he's almost considering it, before saying:] I kind of... need it? But there's plenty of meat back at my house that I don't need, promise.

[he brightens instantly at her final comment, because if she's bringing that up, then he's actually spoken to her before (if there's one thing lloyd really doesn't like about these phone things it's that sometimes it's really hard to know who you're talking to).]

You're the one who told me about Christmas! [lloyd tells her happily, indeed confirming that he is the kid that didn't know who santa claus was.]

[morphinum]

But I need it.

[ Johanna hisses. At least one thing hasn't changed: Johanna is still as selfish as ever. But now she's got a flair for human meat.

Lloyd's happiness is frustrating, and a bit disconcerting, but at least he's with it enough to remember their unfortunately long conversation. ]

Oh my god. Oh my fucking god. Just leave. I don't have the energy to deal with you right now.

[ She leans her head against the brick and sighs, exasperated. ]

[fervence]

Sorry. [lloyd says, and sounds honestly sorry about it too.] But if you're sick, I don't think that's going to really help you.

[and if there's anything lloyd wants to do at any given time, it's help. even difficult people like johanna who just want him to leave them alone. in fact, that sort is honestly his specialty.]

Don't you think a distraction would help you though? [so so so so earnest, this boy.]

[morphinum]

[ Why. Won't. This kid. Leave.

Johanna makes an exasperated gesture at her needles. ]

Tried that. And the distraction didn't work, plus I'm all out of distraction, and you do not want to see me when I'm not distracted. Give up. Go pet your dog or be Santa Claus or some shit. If you want to help me, you can leave me alone.