Gabriel has departed the City. A friend's farewell always weights wearily in my soul; another face less to look forward to see each day. Godspeed, dear, I pray that your Father smiles upon you in the road you must walk on from now until you reach that answer that you're looking for. All paths lead to Him, won't you say?

In my care, he has left the key of the modest Chapel, shelter for everyone of faith. I can't keep them to myself, they should belong to someone who would secure masses for every Christian creed and each person who wants a moment to say their pleas to the Almighty. I'm a simple doctor, a faithful one, but not a woman of the cloth. Despite how many titles the Holy See bestowed upon me, I am no angel, saint, holy woman or divine envoy of Heavens. Who would like to keep the key and the Chapel running as Gabriel did? If you are interested and promise to have the House of God open to those who need it, I implore you to contact me.

Thank you.

[Private]

The Methuselah Duchess left too. The one who remains behind claims treason against Seth, too young and naive to know her Empress' plans.

Another resource of information I could have had from the future is gone.

(ooc; Consider this placeholder ish for 4th Wall day tomorrow too /asked mod).

Thank you, Doctor Chase, for your fast response and concern for the public welfare. The City General and the clinics are doing their best to attend to those who have fallen ill. It would seem the source of contagion was efficiently dealt with yesterday and hasn't resurrected after midnight, this will be reduce the hazard of a large outbreak occurring.

Regardless of the good news to celebrate, if you feel sick, call a doctor or have somebody take you to see one immediately. A snow fall as begun and--I'm afraid that is the patterns of last year repeats itself-we'll have a storm tomorrow, making our pedestrian circulation difficult. I beg you to take this in consideration and don't let your health aggravate any further.

[Patients]

Mellony, dear, 2 g daily of streptomycin for fourteen days. While Chrono, doxycycline until your organism heals. Usually would be ten days for a normal human being, but I won't venture a guess about the strain that could affect you.

[Aion]

What are you afraid of? Of me or of her?

I found feathers scattered everywhere on the Cathedral's gardens and the steps the other day-ah --it's not yet season for molting. I pray that Aion hasn't captured a citizen with plumage in one of my shifts.

Attention to All Teams (Blue, Red, Orange, any color of your preference): I assure you there are no "flags" within the installations of the City General. The Hospital is not a battlefield, I would beg you to vacate the vicinity if you try to fight within and implore all who have been injured to inform medics and healers in order to tend your wounds immediately.

Don't let yourself get killed over a game, please. Value your life a little more and see that this world has so much to offer aside of the flags you wish to capture: Family, friends, lover, even pets... Think about it and drop your weapons.

[Aion]

I am relieved you are alive...

Why did you humor my maternal instincts?

Are you cursed?

Has anyone seen my boy? Aion? Silver hair, dark skin, golden eyes and glasses. If he isn't a split image of Abel and myself. He dresses in white. I haven't heard of him and I'm sick in worry.

He wasn't here when I came back from work. Where did he go without telling me? He could have called and relieved my anxiety when he knew I had a late shift and extra hours in the Hospital. The number of victims attacked have been increased. I should I called him, instead, to see if everything was alright. I shouldn't blame him for my mistakes. I pray to God he's only in those bars he frequents, I wouldn't be angry if he were.

At least you talk to me, Chrono, and I know where you are enough to never worry. If only your brother had the common sense to do the same. Maybe it's my fault, I put others above my personal life that I fail as mother. Ah--Aion, I implore you to answer this. Please, I'm sorry I left you for so long. I want to make it better, right now, you need to eat well and I've already made breakfast. Please, I beg you to come back home.

You too should tell me where you are, Seth dear. I can't believe I allow you to stay with your children friends every day.

That poor woman. I hope that others aren't cruel with a mother desperate to have her son back. This pain is so close to mine right now.

[Hospital & Medical team (House, Megumi, etc)]

This is a brief summary provided by people more familiar with this ailing known as Geostigma. This is viral infection although the pus presence is misleading, which means we should probably refrain from prescribing antibiotics.

As the symptoms are already well known among us like the possibility of death this illness carries for the moment, I would like to bring into attention the following:

Transmission: Contact of infected individuals or contaminated substances, generally food or liquids. No known airborne cases. Not known to infect animals.

Can we give credence of this? Are animals' systems unaltered or can they function as rare carriers? Why are animals selectively spared as hosts in this case? Perhaps we can find vital information in how the virus works by seeing the effect or lack thereof in rats or the patient's pets that are in active contact with them. We should ask the patients if they have a cat or dog. I am also interested to know if any of the affected are dead, to test the theory of weak immune system susceptibility as they know or we are facing a new strain that affects those who are, by all means, healthy.

As for the cure, Reno says the following:

There is no known medical cure for Geostigma. Instead, treatment is provided by the infected individual bathing in water treated with pure life energy and magic healing properties. This water can be obtained through communication with the planet via a race of people called the Cetra.

Miss Yamamura dear, I believe you will be the most useful once we are able to decipher this virus in its structure, replication, and pathogenesis.

Current list of cases:

I, II, III, and IV.

If you have information about another person affected, please, I beg you to make it know. We should try to organize ourselves and aid these people.

Added:

I plead you to read this.

Are those actual facts or fiction of a legendary virus?

[/Hospital & Medical team]


As Doctor House and others have already warned, if you present black rashes and presence of black pus, please isolate yourself and contact medical help immediately. Likewise, if you come across a person with these symptoms we advice to not touch them in order to avoid risking contagion, instead we implore you to inform us. Thank you.

May I have a word with those who are ill? Mr. Reeve and Miss Anita? I have a couple of questions that I mean ask. Your dear friend is very worried about your well-being.

In days like this one, I wish we weren't at odds, Seth. Your experience in this area will help us greatly in the analysis of the virus structural components, its genome and subsequent-I miss those days we were a family. Why did I...

"The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."

Matthew 28: 5-10.

A late reflection passage for Easter day, there is a curse or I must say-- ah miracle blessing that has brought people to life again. This spurn of mercy fills me with a warm joy. I implore the City and its deities to keep them alive for more than one mere day. That would be too cruel in giving and taking their hopes away so soon.

Gabriel already announced the mass services at the Chapel, I will see you there. May the Lord bless you.

( [Chrono] )

(ooc; Pretend this was earlier. *sick and napped for hours*).

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

John 13. 12-17

Today is Maudy Thursday of the Holy Week, the day the Eucharist was instituted in the Last Supper and that Christians practice in act of remembrance during the Holy Communion of the Mass. This passage and the one with Christ's agony in garden of Gethsemane are the most famed readings during Mass. I would like to rescue one that is less connected to any specific religion, the story where Jesus washed his disciples feet, although he's their Lord and Teacher, he humbles himself as servant. He is teaching them a lesson of humility that every great leader should take at heart. We are no greater than those who work for us. The value of life is equal and the same. If we lead armies or rule nations, we are no better than our soldiers or our subjects. That is what I sincerely believe in and what this religion has taught me.


Nurse Fairchild... I implore to have a word with you. May we talk about your duties in the Hospital?

( [Aion] )

Those photographs were small miracles with pieces of our lives captured from unseen observers. There couldn't be taken from our memories if we appear on them unaware of the scene, this depends the mystery of the reach the City and its deities have in our worlds. Were they there?

A little more than two more weeks until Easter. Dear me, we're almost there. I implore that we will be relived from curses during that weekend.

Ah-- Please tell me, Akiha, how is your talent show project going? Are you all set? I could bake some goods for the audience.

( [Action Post: Cathedral )

(ooc; Japanese class. Brb).

While I am glad to see the atmosphere of merriment among the population after last week curses, I would truly suggest to exercise caution, specially among the youth and the portion of the population who aren't used to beer, about your own limits. Let's not be excessive unless we must, I implore you. If you find someone who has been heavily intoxicated, I beg you to take them into the Hospital.

If you cannot do this, take care those who have fainted on spot. Unconsciousness can occur due to extreme levels of consumption which makes the person vulnerable because this could lead to asphyxiation by vomit. An appropriate first aid response to an unconscious, drunken person is to place them in the recovery position. There are plenty of forms to do this, I will describe just one of them: the mouth must be put downward so that vomit or blood can drain from the patient while the chin is well up to keep the epiglottis opened. Arms and legs should be locked as to stabilize the position of the patient. After they are secured, call for medical assistance.

To bring up another topic-- We are in Lent and observing the feast of a renown Saint, Patrick, a Roman Britain-born Christian missionary who is one of the patron saints of Ireland. This is only about having beer or dressing in green, I am afraid he didn't invent neither. He was known to spread the Gospel in the Irish people, converting "many thousands" and drawing out the "snakes" which is a symbol of the Druid pagan beliefs. Why don't we think for a minute about the man who has this day named after him before drinking that pint of beer? Please. To every responsible adult who is drinking -- Cheers.

( [Private] )

Oh dear, this is very unsettling. I pray that Aion doesn't have trouble about handling my body. It would be the second time I walk into someone else's shoes; this is never an easy experience. If our own lives are difficult and we have grown used to them every day: how can we bear someone else's life?

[Hospital]

This is Doctor Sahl dutifully informing about a change of my appearance due to this curse. I implore you to not be alarmed by a new face behind my desk.

( [Private] )

To everyone who will attend to the dinosaur exhibition in the zoo, I would implore caution. Don't try to feed or touch the animals, we don't know how secure their cells and prisons truly are. This could become hazardous to all of us.

Ah--I believe it's wise to set a medical stand to attend people who were reckless around the great reptiles. Who in the Hospital volunteers to join me? This seems to be another long day.

( [Open Comment log for those outside the Cathedral] )

Ah-- I don't understand this sudden urge to...Life without you would be like a broken pencil... completely pointless.

Oh dear. How I'm supposed to work in this condition?

The lotus in bloom is always such a magnifient sight to behold. The symbolism is greater than its beauty and its fragrance: a flower with humble beginnings at the bottom of the swamp, within the mud, and struggles to come to the surface where the light shines.

The LED artificial ones are impressive but its significance is lost to me. Perhaps my heart would be more serene to enjoy this if our entertainment wasn't spoiled by past weekends curses. Ah-Maybe we should be strong and struggle with our obstacles to bring ourselves to enjoy this. Let the lotus be our example about perseverance against the odds.

I apologize for my absence in the Hospital. The past curses kept me from my duties and I would do extra hours to repay that unintentional neglectful behavior.

( [Private] )

( OOC Explanation )

Surprisingly, this is my current aim in my world. World peace sounds like an ambitious and lofty dream that in certain realms would be laughable, but they don't know the state of affairs of Earth I come from. There was a war, a world war that devastated the planet to almost the ground, and the remnants have begun another battle over a great misunderstanding. Peace would be the stop of that fighting, to halt and converse, strike a truce. If we cannot like each others, let's make an effort to ignore and share what is left of the natural resources. We must win to ensure the peace and to overlook the creation of a fair treaty, this is why we have to fight.

Once the war ends, the open wounds need to heal, governments must enforce harmony among the citizens, beginning by the education of the youth. If the youth is taught to look beyond our differences and see deep within we are all people, the future is brighter already. If we stop dehumanizing the stronger foe or regarding the weaker our "inferiors", this is when we can co-exist.

Conflicts of economical or geographical interests moved by human greed are timeless, but at least we must try to make an effort to exist and don't destroy what is left of the world. This is what I implore the people of my world to listen, as for the City, remind yourselves the size of our homes is limited and that is for the best to look after our mutual ground. If we are unable to sympathize with our enemies, do it for your loved ones or for yourself.

Ah--thank you for listening.

It seems the new curse is distressing to some of us. I believe this isn't a complain linked to the most basic vanity, but the understandable discomfort they are experiencing to gain a completely new appearance by their mood swings.

Or perhaps because we cannot hide what we feel with forced smiles or false weeping. Ah- those who are empty would not change absolutely.

If Cain--

...The shift is disorienting to those who witness it, too.

( [Cathedral] )

( [Chrono] )

What is so wrong about asking nicely to be lent some sugar from the people we are at odds at? Reflect for a moment, I plead you, this could be a step forward open dialogue between two sides in conflict. If we can borrow sugar from our enemy, then perhaps not everything is lost for a truce. That is what I wish to believe with all my heart. Seize this chance and see it as a challenge of yourselves as individuals. Ask this simple question those who do have enemies to borrow from: is it that difficult to borrow sugar? Is that how you wish to carry out your actions with your neighbors, truthfully?

Ah. I have to thank the Major for lending me sugar.

[Joshua]

Tell me Cirucci didn’t hurt you, dear.

[Aion]

You have been very quiet. I know your reasons. I wish you would leave Chrono and his people be and focus in your plans without including them.

( [Introspective/Comment log for whoever is at the Cathedral] )

Another December, another zombie irruption controlled and managed. I thank everyone for your support and cooperation. Without this predisposition, who knows what would have happened?

Ah--Did the snowfall stop outside? Perhaps my choice for the event is more proper for springtime, but I was very fond of the model to resist not to wear it.

It's such a pity... I don't hear anyone singing Christmas carols in the streets this year.

[Death the Kid + Visible to Rika]

Excuse me, Warden? My name is Lilith Sahl, we have never talked before but I would you to belatedly congratulate you in your victory. There is ah--something very important I wish to discuss with you. Has Rika explained you anything about the samples I require of her?

( [Cathedral] )

(ooc; Link is OOC, but Cathedral people know she's dressed like that. Thanks to Haley for resizing/cropping tree image).

Ah-- horrible memories strike my mind all of a sudden. Last year, during the end of November and the beginning of December, an irruption of a virus called Tyrant (T) infected a large number of the population. The water supply of the City was polluted and became the first source of the virus infection. The effects were necrosis, substantial mutations after its incorporation in the subject's RNA, psychopathic rage, hunger, and eventually death. The virus animated the dead tissue, killing and replacing any mitochondria in infected cells, and then it combined with these cells to produce enough energy for motor and lower brain functions.

To make this simpler: the virus turned those unfortunate people into zombies. Not only the animals, but also some of the plant life. Those were bleak days. Scientists and doctors made haste. Anti-Viruses and vaccines were created and deployed to those affected areas. They worked; the outbroke was controlled and stopped.

Please, I implore to all citizens who think they are feeling sick (or a plea to their loved ones if they are unreasonable) to come to the Hospital. Ask help if you are unable to make it here yourself, we will have our personnel ready to attend your needs. There is a chance you might have a common case of influenza, but there is a stronger possibility that you have become infected with this new illness. This isn't the T-Virus, but the effects such as necrosis are similar, on the other hand, the sensibility to sunlight is exclusive to this ah-new "zombie" strain to be mundane in the vernacular. We need time to know how this new virus works in order to stop its process. If you are left to wander around suffering this ailing you are risking your life and the lives of those you care about.

Again, I insist: Come to the Hospital.

Meanwhile, and until we discover where is the main source of the infection, I would strongly advice to be careful with the pipe water supplies and the food you ingest. Avoid animal bites (and specially people's bites!) or any way of injury. Help us to prevent a greater crisis. Thank you.

Good luck.

Addendum: Those who are in need of fast means to reach to the Hospital can request the aid of Negi Springfield who offered his transportation service. We are in debt with his kindness.

[Hospital + known medical/healers]

There are old procedures written of how to function in these types of crisis. Our past experiences taught us well. Could someone help me to quarantine a floor (the last one is the best option)? If this isn't enough with the increasing numbers, we should spare two. Our current patients and equipment must be moved to the new locations. We should call a magic-practicer to help us ward the difficult cases as their control slip. There are leftover outfits to wear: helmets, leather gloves, protection to prevent our infection.

After we finish this, I would like to organize us in groups to ease our tasks and research more about the virus. There is a high possibility this is City-induced as we suspected last months strains were, but we cannot afford to dismiss the chance this is could have been brought by a citizen as the T-Virus was. We can't gamble with the lives of so many people.

I... ah--I pray this will be short-lived.


[Cathedral]

Is there anyone feeling sick? I mean anyone, including you, Jenai, and you, Aion. I don't care what pride you have, this is very serious! If anyone is sick, you will inform me immediately and you will follow my instructions. Don't argue with me in this subject, I beg you to avoid needless conflict.

In case I... get infected, I will have something to ask.

( [Private] )

Is there anyone interested in joining the choir of the Chapel? I am not the right person to organize any musical event, tough I would look forward hearing carols being sung in the streets during this Christmas. Is there anyone who would like to look up this? I would be thankful.

Gabriel, dear friend, are you all right? Your silence has worried me. You used to be very outspoken last holiday. Ah-- if there is anything you need, I implore you to ask.

( [Cathedral] )

( [Chrono + <s>Santa</s> Father] )

( [Rika] )

( [Private] )

(ooc; Cursed. Anyone who wants to AP are welcome, depending the time of the day, she'll be in the Hospital, Way to Opera Abandoned/Square -afternoon-, Chapel&Orphanage -early evening- + Cathedral -night-).