[Hellion]

_{*whispers* Blame Fawn for this idea because she suggested a culling of NPC cats and so I decided to create a massive epidemic to hurt everyone}

Welcome to the Epidemic! Lets face it cats are going to get sick, some will die. A leader or two might lose a life in the process. All for the sake of nature. Lets face it these can't don't have any sort of intervention via twolegs. So let the kitties drop!  The reason that it is greencough is because why not! 

How it works
One random NPC (randomly chosen) will be patient zero. It will be a 'secret' until the gathering starts. All cats at the gathering are at risk for being sick.

Each cat (active and npc) will have a die (6-sided) rolled for them. An odd number will result in infection and even will be safe. Staff will notify the roleplayer of the infected cat. Symptoms of greencough will be listed below. If infected a second die roll will be given to determine how severe the condition is, this scale will also be listed below.

How long your cat will be sick for will be determined by the severity of the condition. We will use the site's canon calendar and not real life dates. Any cats the sick cat interacts with will be at risk for infection using the same even/odd die roll.

A note for roleplayers of sick cats
It is importnat you tag a Heli or Fawn in the thread so we can do the die roll.
Also!
You MUST post with the sick cat while they are still ill, to encourage the spreading of the disease. If you do not the severity of the disease will go up by one.

Can I cure my cat ahead of time?
Yes! There will be a special event shop items called 'Immune Boost'. You can use it on one cat who is sick. You are only able to buy 5 of these items and they will be increasing in price.

What about the medicine cats?
You are welcome to roleplay a sick cat with them, but please be considerate of their roleplayer's time.

Dice Rolls

Infection: a single dice roll. Odds the cat is sick. Even the cat is safe.

Severity: 1/2. Mild: Coughing, achy joints, sore throat. Lasts 3 site days.

3/4: Serious: Painful coughing, fever, trouble breathing. Last 4 site days.

5/6 Deadly: High Fever, labored breathing, painful breathing, severe cough, possibility of death* Last 6 site days.

Note: Symptoms are not sudden but progress depending on severity. Example someone with a deadly case might start off with a mild cough in a thread then in a later one be having labored breathing etc. If you have questions pm Hellion

_{* we will NEVER ask you to kill one of your characters, but being close to death because of sickness can be interesting to play}

Immunity
Once the cat experiences greencough they can not be infected again. However a cat who rolled safe in one interaction can be infected in a later one.

In summary
Starting May 5th. All cats attending the gathering will be at risk for greencough. Staff will have a running list of who is sick and for how long.

NPC interaction is encouraged! Help pick out who dies!

Also a side note about NPC cats. They can and do have relationship with active cats. That means when a NPC cat dies it will likely effect the entire clan. So at the end when we tally up all the NPC cats who die, it would be okay for active cats to mourn their loss.

If you have any questions or if something isn't clear PM Hellion !