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AMNESIA BUG

It's a somewhat dreary morning, with a light, misty rain all across campus. It's business as usual, though, except... some students are acting particularly forgetful today.

HOW THIS WORKS

Full symptoms will have set in by 11:30 AM. You can decide exactly when and how quickly your character is hit with the amnesia bug, i.e. from the time they wake up, or later in the morning.

Your characters have two brief windows in which to do amnesia things around campus: 7 AM-12 PM, before Mufferaw is certain what's happening, and 5:00-5:45 PM when there's a brief breakout.

Teachers are on high alert to make sure that none of the affected students are hurt or otherwise taken advantage of. They'll break up any canoodling that's not between people they know are a couple, and there will be no opportunities to have sex. Please just use this as your blanket OOC safety net: Staff will save your character from doing anything you don't want them to do.

Characters will be allowed to keep their journals while in quarantine.

They'll all be given a cure before bed.

Everyone affected is spending the night in the lodge.

In the morning, they'll wake up with all of their memories intact, including memories of what they did Saturday.

Memory loss is entirely defined by you. You do what works best for your character. It does not need to be consistent across characters.

However, the bug does not create new memories. Your character will not think they're a different person unless some outside influence successfully convinces them. And they'd need to be, like, ridiculously gullible.

Similarly, it does not take away skills, although your character may forget they have them. For instance, they might forget they can speak another language, but they still have the ability. No one will forget how to walk, talk, etc.

If you have any questions or are uncertain about something you want to do,
just ask the mods!

THE INFECTED

Ferdinand Ayers
Cameron Carney
Avery Davenport
Clem Decourt
Bianca Dubois
Calvin Evercreech
Dimi Evercreech
Marilyn Fairchild
Leonardo Fiori
Henrietta Gray
Ennis Harper
Ryan Hertz
Cecil Honeychurch
Casper Kim
Levi Kramer
Iliya Krum
Sebastien Lacroix
Jesse McBride
Diego Morales
Fern Mufferaw
Antonia Papadakis
Casey Patterson
Veronica Powers
Christopher Park
Cricket Quayle
Ulysses Quayle
Rafael Ramirez
Riley Stamper
Rosy Stoker
Sylvester Stoker
Ivy Templeton
Laurel Templeton
Susana Velasquez
Jonathan Wilde
Solomon Webb
Oscar Zabinsky

» symptoms set in: When the infected wake up, they feel a little off. Forgetful. Small details escape them. Their short and long term memories are spotty. By 11:30 AM it's clear it's yet another plague, and everyone is going to enjoy another classic Gooseberry Quarantine.

» the lodge: quarantine: It's not long before all the infected students are gathered up by staff, and everyone's in quarantine by 12 PM. Because the infection is really more of a mild magical curse, it's easy to tell who's got it and who doesn't with a quick detection spell.

» the lodge: the infirmary: This is where Mufferaw would prefer you all be so he can keep an eye on you, but he can't entertain dozens of energetic teenagers in here.

» the lodge: the atrium: A portion of the atrium has been cordoned off, and the amnesiacs can access the Wii, the TV and the ping-pong table. Their friends can come visit them, but there's always a teacher on guard to make sure no one picks on the forgetful kids.

» breakout: After several hours locked in the lodge, Rafael "Definitely Not a Prefect" Ramirez gets impatient enough to stage a breakout. He waits until Healer Mufferaw takes a break and is replaced by Ms. Whittle, and then sends a freshmen to go ask her what Star Trek is. After that, he leads a number of interested students to the sole balcony they have access to, and reveals there's a rarely used fire escape that leads down to the shore.

If your character escapes: You have about 45 minutes of freedom before the teachers track everyone down again. Because no one's in their right mind, they won't give detention, but oh my god you're all so difficult.

For our sanity and everyone's comfort, if you plan on having anything uniquely bad happen to your character, please privately run it by the mods first. And let's just say everyone's too busy scattering and running to get up to any accidental amnesia cheating, hm?

» the next morning: remembering: Everyone wakes up Sunday morning feeling a little bleary. All of their memories are back, as well as the memories of how they behaved yesterday.

» OOC - What's going on with your character: If you want, briefly describe OOC the state your character's in and what they forgot.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

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Fortunately for Quinn, Jesse isn't easily overwhelmed. The idea that he might one day leap through time, alongside space, has been a possibility for him for a long time now. He's barely even flustered by the fact that he's somehow now an eighteen year old in rural Utah, when the last thing he remembers is being a fourteen year old in Allegheny, New York. What does confuse him is the possibility that his time loss is ... curable? And that other people seem to be suffering from it, like some sort of disease.

He supposes that's good news, though. He'd like his memories back, if at all possible. He's curious about the older girl—no, they're likely the same age—smirking at him. She's very pretty, despite her ... unique style. And she knows his family.

Cautiously, he steps out onto the deck and closes the cabin door behind him. He's quiet for a moment, before letting out a thoughtful hum. "Are you my girlfriend?" he asks, bluntly. He can't imagine what other reason a girl, who clearly cares about him, would have for spending time with his family, especially his loopy Great Aunt Hazel.

It's Quinn's turn for wide eyes and she bursts out laughing. She can't help it. The laughter turns into snorts, which she can't help either, and when she composes herself she nods toward the path and starts walking. "No, no–" Should she mention that Jesse's had his eye on Ivy? A slew of really fucking awkward memories floods back of her time quarantined for Fever Fervor, and... she'd rather not put Jesse in a similar situation. "You and me, we're like this," She holds up two intertwined fingers, "but it's not like that. We put up with each other's bullshit, and once in a while we save enough cash to watch the Leafs and Sabres go at it."

Sure, they're that close, but suddenly Quinn's hit with doubts that they'll be that close again. Will Jesse actually be fine in the morning like the staff are saying, or is that just a story to keep the students calm while the illness is being assessed?

What if it's permanent?

She tries to mask her discomfort by crossing her arms, tightly, and adds, "Sabres ate it over Christmas. Sorry."

AMNESIA BUG

Quinn & Jesse

Quinn & Jesse