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

[synthedick]

"You're not wrong," Nick replies, nodding. "People fear what they can't understand, and even those who could understand often don't try. It's just easier to believe what everyone else says rather than to question it."

Which brings him around to answering her initial question. "So yeah, it bothers me, but there's not much I can do about what I look like. I just hope people can look past that, both here and back home."

[circumitus]

Her mouth forms into a straight line. "If you could fix your appearance, make people believe that you're human, would you do it?"

It seems like such a stupid question. But given what Nick has told Rey about his world, she has to wonder if there's really no silver lining to it.

"People don't trust synths where you're from because they're also made to replace a human, right? At least you prove you've nothing to hide." She leans back where she sits, folding her hands over her chest. "Was born not only to fool others, but myself as well. Sometimes, it seems like it would be better if people could just tell right off the bat."

At least then they would've known to run away.

[synthedick]

"That's one thing I've noticed, at least when it comes to the folks in Diamond City. Knowing what I am, and the fact I didn't try to hide it, made it easier for them to accept me when I first moved to town." And that was after a synth had gone berserk within the city's walls -- he considers himself lucky they didn't shoot him the second they realized he was one of them.

"I don't think it'd make it any easier, if I could look, er..." His brow furrows. "Normal. I'd still have problems, just different ones."

[circumitus]

It never really occurred to Rey just how easily she could fool people. She's always been frank about who and what she was. The dilemma of it being so much more obvious, such as in Nick's case, does strike her as somewhat unfortunate.

There's no point in weighing over which is better, in any case. There are just as many pros as there are cons to being so transparent.

"Well, at least people can't accuse you of lying to them about anything."