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

[casperdisaster]

[Noah shrugs.

Yes, that's all he's got for an answer. Like his remarkable lack of concern for how being a ghost actually works. It's something that was happening, the why doesn't really interest Noah.

He's afraid of answers, of finding out they're something awful. The unknown is terrifying, but it's a brand of terrifying he's used to. Worse, maybe he knew the answer before and it's a product of his own separation from it that he can't remember.]

I'm glad you tried to talk to Blue for Adam. Even if it crashed and burned. I don't think she'd have joined up with us if you hadn't tried to open that door first.

Also it was pretty funny to watch you flounder.

[Somehow it doesn't sound mean when Noah says it, one friend teasing the other. It's true, though. Would Adam have felt the need to come back and apologize to her if Gansey hadn't put his foot in his mouth over it first?]

[quaerit]

[ Gansey had been thinking that was quite a nice thing to say. Then Noah ruins it, and Gansey ends up rolling his eyes. ]

That was not funny. I think she hated me for weeks.

[ Sometimes Gansey's mouth is his own worst enemy. He can never quite predict when that will be the case. ]

[casperdisaster]

[That's Noah, professional runner of moods. Stand back, people, expert coming through.]

It was really funny.

[Noah HAD been laughing with Ronan back at the table.]

You and Ronan have that in common, though.

[quaerit]

[ Pause. ]

What, Blue hating us? That’s comforting.

[ Ronan would probably be pleased, though. ]

[casperdisaster]

[Well, that's true, but it isn't what he meant.]

Failure at flirting when you care. Not that you did at the time, but... [Noah shrugs.

Failure at flirting with your true love might be a better phrasing.]

[quaerit]

[ Gansey can't help laughing. He'd failed at flirting in a more general sense, but yes, all right. He could take that point. ]

Words can be treacherous things, ruining a relationship before it can begin. I'm lucky she's more resilient than that.

[ And that she gave him a second chance, even if it had been for Adam's sake, at the time. ]