Illnesses in Tokyo-F

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As of Day 373, plague demons have been unleashed into Tokyo-F. What does this mean?

People can get sick now. What a community upgrade!

Characters have always been able to catch sick (staying out too late and getting a cold, fevers, chills, etc) but this time the sick is a little worse. Here are the details:

• Characters may unknowingly find a plague demon attaching to them; the symptom of this would be catching a cold/fever.


• Colds and fevers caught by plague demons render characters unable to fully control their unit abilities.


• The effect varies from person to person: it may be light, affecting one ability or otherwise affecting the character only occasionally (a member of WILD CITY might accidentally turn into a new animal every time they sneeze), or it may be severe, affecting multiple abilities or otherwise affecting the character constantly (a member of sensitIV might constantly be opening scars everywhere they look).


• Characters may be affected for as little as half a day. Beyond that, it's up to players for how long they last.


• Plague demons are invisible, cannot be heard or felt, and cannot be caught. The only way to banish a plague demon (and the associated illness) is getting bedrest.


• Plague demons may not enter unit dorms or the Game Tower unless the door is open, so anyone who keeps to themselves in the unit dorms only won't catch sick.


• The Plague demons currently in Tokyo-F do not cause any fatal illness, and do not leave any long-lasting effects once they disappear.


• Illnesses caught by plague demons are not contagious (although plague demons may hop from one host to another). Please note, this is not a contagion/similar event; we don't need that in a post-2020 world. Isolated incidents of hurt/comfort sickfic only.