Happy flu season!

[agenesis]

There’s a nasty infectious disease going around. Your character is caught in the middle of the outbreak.


What is it?

1. Conventional: Influenza, cholera, the plague—there’s a lot of real terrors out there that pop up from time to time. Maybe it’s something that your character’s society has seen before, or maybe it’s entirely novel. Are there vaccines and medication that can put a stop to the problem? Or are there too few resources and too little time?
2. Biological warfare: The epidemic was created for the purpose of wiping out an enemy. Someone could have weaponized an existing agent, like in the case of anthrax, or maybe they released its carrier into the population, like plague rats or malaria-laden mosquitoes. Maybe the agent doesn’t directly affect people at all, but it’s decimating crops and livestock. Whatever it is, it needs to be brought under control.
3. Behavioral: The disease has a habit of making people act unlike themselves. It could have the side effect of causing aggression or hallucinations. Maybe it’s a sexually transmitted agent that gets by through making its victims more promiscuous. Or perhaps the changes are part of the treatment, not the agent, and when victims don’t have another option…
4. Undead: The obligatory zombie scenario. Untreated, this disease inevitably leads to death…and death is only the beginning.

What is your character doing?

1. Patient: They’ve contracted the disease. Do they know this? If they’ve just gotten it, they may still be contagious without showing symptoms yet. Or they could be an asymptomatic carrier, spreading it unknowingly to everyone they come in contact with. If they realize they’ve been infected, how are they dealing with it? Are they out seeking treatment? Are they quarantined?
2. Caregiver: Your character is helping the infected. Perhaps they’re nursing a sick friend or relative. Perhaps they’re a medical professional. They’d better be careful not to get the disease themselves!
3. Epidemiologist: Your character is trying to put a stop to the outbreak. They could be working to get people vaccinated or trying to track the series of cases back to their source. If the disease is still unknown, they might be trying to figure out what it is. How is that going for them? Are people willing to listen to them, or are they encountering resistance?
4. Scientist: Back in a lab somewhere, your character is trying to develop a vaccine or a cure. If it’s a biowarfare agent, maybe they were the one to weaponize it. What is their stake in all of this? Who’s behind their paycheck?
5. Businessperson: There’s a way to profit off of any conflict and your character’s found it. They could be marketing the medication or selling medical supplies. Maybe they work for or own the company that weaponized the agent. Are they trying to help, or only out for themselves? What might happen if they or one of their loved ones get the disease?
6. Political leader: Someone has to calm the populace or rouse the troops. Your character is in charge, but how are they handling the outbreak? Is its source a secret they’re trying to cover up? Are they trying to hide their own deteriorating condition?
7. Other: Make up your own role!

Post with any preferences you might have and have fun!

Comments

maria hill || mcu / aos

[damnhelicarrier]

Kain Highwind | Final Fantasy IV / Dissidia 012

[dragoon_pride]

[Preferred role: Patient.]

Carson Beckett | Stargate: Atlantis | OTA

[atadiscoverer]

Stuart Bayldon | Sirens | OTA

[fuckinghateadrenaline]

Mack Gerhardt | The Unit | OTA

[notalwaysstrong]

Aaron Cross | The Bourne Legacy | OTA

[notascienceproject]

Leon Cail | OC | OTA

[whiskywolf]

Scott Grant | OC | OTA

[westgaterider]

William James | The Hurt Locker | OTA

[adrenalinefix]

Scott Hansen | Pacific Rim | OTA

[derro]

Hercules Hansen | Pacific Rim | OTA

[oldmanstriker]

1-1? Maybe a little Kaiju Blue poisoning?

[tenkillrecord]

It would be funny if it wasn't so damn pathetic. He was a pilot for God's sake. He fought giant monsters in an equally giant metal suit and he won. He was meant to die fighting with his father by his side, taking out a Kaiju. He was meant to die a hero.

Not like this. Not laid up in a bed with nurses looking at him with pity in their eyes and the distinct lack of hope that people in Shatterdomes always carried with them.

He scoffed at himself, frowning at the IV in his hand. Max is curled up on the foot of his bed, much to his doctors dismay, and the TV plays silently on a small screen he's ignoring. Chuck doesn't look up until the door opens.

"Tell me that I'm allowed out of here."

Chuck Hansen | Pacific Rim | OTA

[volatilestriker]

Raleigh Becket | Pacific Rim | OTA

[puppypilot]

Yancy Becket | Pacific Rim | OTA

[knifeheaded]

[tenkillrecord]

ooc: Chuck as the caregiver with as much care as he can give?? Feel free to pick the disease?

Chuck enters the room quietly, snibbing it behind him but leaving it unlocked. He's not technically supposed to be in the eldest Becket's room but Max, ever the good dog, distracted the nurse at the counter and allowed Chuck to creep on passed.

"You look like death, mate."

Elizabeth Weir | Stargate: Atlantis | OTA

[weirinspace]

Jackson "Jax" Teller | Sons of Anarchy | OTA

[brains_before_bullets]

Robert "Doc" Bryan | Generation Kill | OTA

[franklyspeaking]

Orlin | Stargate SG-1 | OTA

[ancientstalker]

Liquid Snake | MGS1 |

[liquid_serpent]

Chuck Hansen || Pacific Rim || OTA

[tenkillrecord]

B-ko | Shuuen no Shiori | OTA

[bilocation]

Emily Mason | Original | OTA

[recaller]

ben | dark angel

[officium]

Frigga || Marvel Cinematic Universe

[belovedone]