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[The blight is all-consuming.

Within days dozens are confirmed infected, and you and your unexpected new scientist friend find yourselves trying to work on a cure. If not a cure, a stopgap of some kind. Anything to prevent this thing from destroying everything. It's hard work. It's not going very well. Really, it feels like with every step forward, you're taking ten steps back. Discouraging is an understatement, to say the least.

A week passes, and the death toll rises. It's really starting to look bleak. You constantly second-guess yourself, and even get into a fistfight with your new ally one night. It's getting to the point where you are working on fumes.

Then, unexpectedly, you get a phone call. It's been a long night, and the sun is beginning to rise above the mountains, when it happens.

You and the scientist are not the only ones looking for a cure. In fact, there are at least a dozen others-and they think they may be close to a breakthrough.

But-and you can't believe you're hearing this, after all of the failure you'd experienced throughout this blight-they need your help.]


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[To say that the end of last week sucked would be an understatement. To say that no one knows what this week will bring is not even in question. Yet even as you wake, you feel a cloud lift from your mind, as one of the truths you've been living with since the beginning has suddenly changed.]




[But is it possible to abide by this new truth? The Hosts, and IT beyond, seem intent on making that impossible. And the rat...well. Obviously the rat's not an ally. Let's not kid ourselves.

There's only one way to find out if more deaths can truly be prevented-and that's to keep going, and hoping that the new floor that has opened up will offer something in the way of an opportunity.

In the meantime.


There are 11 strangers left in this place.]

Comments

[otherworldlyking]

A boring pattern.

[ #Helpful, naturally. ]

If you ask me, it's a waste of time just staring at the screen at the same thing all day.

[katzenpfote]

... I just want to figure out a way to get as many out of here as possible. We need an opening and I am uncertain of where to find one.

[otherworldlyking]

No one's invincible. It'll be a pain to find a weakness, but we will.

Staring at the same thing for hours won't tell you anything new. Might as well do something else.

[ Like. Nap. ]

[katzenpfote]

I'm not sure what to do that would be helpful at this point...

[otherworldlyking]

Take a nap, take a walk, or I'd say fight, but you're not a fighter, so something similar.

Figure out the rest the next day.

[ They've came out on top of their situation before, they will again. So he's not too concerned, even if that's his default state. ]

[katzenpfote]

Maybe... it's just difficult to try to just set down the idea that we need to keep working at this...

[otherworldlyking]

[ McBurn's not surprised the guy wanted to work so hard to find an answer.

Terrible work ethic on his own part aside, though... ]

Could always be at least a few hours break.

It's not like you're going to figure it out this way if you don't take one.

[katzenpfote]

... For once, I think your laziness may be the answer.

[otherworldlyking]

See? Not always so bad after all.

[ Embrace the almighty laziness. Even if temporarily. ]