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BDE Announcement and Information
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tricksy-spy.livejournal.comFrom November 12-16, Fandom is going to be experiencing an island-wide plot, AKA a Big Damn Event. However, this BDE is different from the usual.
Fandom Island is going to suffer an outbreak of an extremely vicious and highly contagious illness, one that strikes quick and hard. It's a legacy of Fandom's past, and there's no known cure. Yet. Magic cannot heal it, drugs cannot cure it (though both may alleviate the symptoms temporarily in the early stages), and it's going to take all the people of Fandom to come together to save those who've been infected.
There will be the possibility for character death. Yes, it's that serious. Obviously, character deaths need to be kept to a minimum, but if you are interested in having your character die, let us know in the appropriate thread, including your reasons why you want your character to die, and we'll consider it. Comments are screened.
More information will be forthcoming as it gets closer, but we wanted to let you know now, so you could make any plans. There will be a chance for all characters - Teachers, Townies, Students - to get involved: as researchers, helping to care for the sick, or, of course, catching the illness. We're going to be staggering the rate at which characters get sick, so it increases as the days go on, but anyone who wants to can get sick. There will be a set list of symptoms, but it's up to you how badly or how many affect your character.
If you want to avoid this BDE, you can send your character(s) off island for that week. There will be no penalisation for missing classes, jobs, clubs, etc (this includes Teachers and Townies) but your character must be off the island by midnight November 11 PST and they cannot return until November 17th.. During that time, the island will be locked down in quarantine, with no one permitted to leave or arrive, by physical means or magic.
Okay! Questions, comments, desires for death, toss them in the appropriate OCD below. Comments are screened, but questions and comments and OCD madness will be unscreened asap.
Fandom Island is going to suffer an outbreak of an extremely vicious and highly contagious illness, one that strikes quick and hard. It's a legacy of Fandom's past, and there's no known cure. Yet. Magic cannot heal it, drugs cannot cure it (though both may alleviate the symptoms temporarily in the early stages), and it's going to take all the people of Fandom to come together to save those who've been infected.
There will be the possibility for character death. Yes, it's that serious. Obviously, character deaths need to be kept to a minimum, but if you are interested in having your character die, let us know in the appropriate thread, including your reasons why you want your character to die, and we'll consider it. Comments are screened.
More information will be forthcoming as it gets closer, but we wanted to let you know now, so you could make any plans. There will be a chance for all characters - Teachers, Townies, Students - to get involved: as researchers, helping to care for the sick, or, of course, catching the illness. We're going to be staggering the rate at which characters get sick, so it increases as the days go on, but anyone who wants to can get sick. There will be a set list of symptoms, but it's up to you how badly or how many affect your character.
If you want to avoid this BDE, you can send your character(s) off island for that week. There will be no penalisation for missing classes, jobs, clubs, etc (this includes Teachers and Townies) but your character must be off the island by midnight November 11 PST and they cannot return until November 17th.. During that time, the island will be locked down in quarantine, with no one permitted to leave or arrive, by physical means or magic.
Okay! Questions, comments, desires for death, toss them in the appropriate OCD below. Comments are screened, but questions and comments and OCD madness will be unscreened asap.