DAY FIVE MASS POST

[vesania]

[Thanks to THE FINAL NOTES you now know how to use the Virtues to cure your fellow residents of the virus for good. Now you have to hunt what's left of them down, it's for their own good, really. On your side, you have:

HUMILITY to defeat PRIDE - A set of Movie Tickets - Get your infected to read the numbers on them.
CHARITY to defeat GREED - A tattered old blanket - Wrap it around the infected.
CHASTITY to defeat LUST - A beautiful locket - Get the infected to wear it.
KINDNESS to defeat ENVY - A stethoscope - Get the infected to listen to their own hearts.
DILIGENCE to defeat SLOTH - A flashlight - Shine it on the infected.
TEMPERANCE to defeat GLUTTONY - A rather ornate spoon - Put it in the infected resident's mouth.
PATIENCE to defeat WRATH - A piece of wood - Tap the infected with it while talking to them.

You have the Virtues, you know how to use them, so off you go!]

[[ooc: There will be no sections in this post. Tag wherever and whoever you wish! Once cured, victims become immune! Get rid of this virus once and for all!
DAY FIVE OOC POST | REFERENCE LIST OF INFECTED CHARACTERS | PLOT HUB]]

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The Once-ler | Greed

[whichwayyoulean]

[The Once-ler has been avoiding people since Jane's warning. After all, he doesn't want people coming after him trying to cure him of something he obviously isn't sick with any more.

But he still IS infected, and as such, has finally broken out of hiding to try and drag one of those giant suits of armour from a hallway back to his room.

This is the BEST plan]

[ino]

[WELP, she's been cured so she's trying to help cure everyone else now ... but just because she's cured doesn't mean she's still not mad at you, once-ler. EVEN IF THE BOOTY CALL THING WAS UNINTENTIONALLY TERRIBLE you were still a meanie and took forever. (also he probably still needs to be cured so there's that too)

which means she's going to be camping out on the shadows of the ceiling outside of his room. when he comes out, she'll be following him silently, waiting for a good moment to attack.

and when she's sure that he is really not paying attention, she's just going to literally be tackling him to the ground]

Seamus Harper | Greed

[inharperwetrust]

[And Harper's migrated to the kitchen, and is now dumping everything with caffeine into a box. Hope no-one wants coffee.

His laptop is ever-present, the engineer having a clever idea to try and evade people trying to cure him... Try being the operative word.]

[mal_addict]

[Maladict is stalking around, curing the infected, and yes actually, she DOES want coffee. She kinda needs it, you jackass]

Do you really have to take the lot?

Church: Wrath

[originalcopy]

[Church is still wandering the halls hoping to find his room. They said he had a room around here somewhere, so why is it so damn hard to find! And how many rooms does this place need anyway!]

WHAT THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH THIS PLACE!

[He storms his way from one part of the castle to another. His armor is covered with dings and scratches in addition to a couple of arrows sticking out at jaunty angles. Why do all the halls have to look so damn alike!]

THIS PLACE SUCKS!

[hellshaped]

[Oh, okay. Unless this guy is just usually mad, this is a pretty obvious case of the Wraths.

Hellboy starts to follow him, clutching the broken piece of sleigh, holding it behind his back. Maybe if he ... somehow sneaks up on him ... he can just whack him with it and have the easiest cure attempt ever ...]

Marceline | Pride

[losttrack]

[Marceline missed Jane's entry on the journals because... Well, she's been pretty much trying to hold a jam session wherever she can. All people do on those dumb journals is make fools of themselves babbling about their emotions, anyway. She's sulkily given up on getting the attention she wants through her music, and instead is just going around, looking for someone worth talking to, but everybody's so lame.]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy is going around, looking for people too -- not people to talk to, but people to cure. He has Virtues in his pockets, and is keeping a wary eye out for people who are acting strangely.

Which doesn't really say much, because a lot of people in the castle act strange regularly, but ...

He notices this lady walking around, and since most of the uninfected have either evacuated or are in hiding, there's a pretty good chance she needs to be helped.]

Hey. You okay?

Nepeta Leijon | Envy

[rogueofheart]

[Now you see her, now you don't. Fading in and out of invisibility almost like an on and off switch is one Nepeta, who seems to be taking out her frustrations on everything around her.

What's a broken vase here or a knocked over painting there? No one ever minds her when she's behaving, so she'll just continue to misbehave.]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy is pretty sure that was a flash of Troll Girl he just saw. But not Vriska, and not Aradia. Were there others here?

Was disappearing into thin air a troll thing, or part of a virus? Important questions ...]

Hello?

Vriksa Serket | Pride

[wagers]

[This one is in the game room, playing all the games! All of them. She's currently shooting at a zombie game, dual-wielding that shit! YEAH!!!!!!!!]

[cyan_maid]

[Jane's finally thinking with a clear head again, and although she'd rather hide in her room and bemoan all the awful things she's done lately, there is work to be done. She can mope when things are set right.

But seriously, how did she get these tickets again? How was she supposed to find someone filled with Pride? She wanders into the game room on a hunch.]

Brock Samson | Wrath

[samson]

[Brock is aware they're dwindling. That the rest of the castle is trying to "cure" them. Rude as hell, to be honest, and it just makes him more furious than he already was.

But he's still got it in his head to infect other people, and can probably be found angrily (!) stalking the corridors, fists balled at his sides.]

[mal_addict]

[Sup, buddy. Maladict has finally been cured (not that there was much difference in her behaviour anyway) and is taking up the cause.

She still thinks it's an absolutely ridiculous 'cure' but it's better than nothing. And there's Brock]

I wondered when I'd run into you.

Jim Moriarty | Wrath

[jimfromit]

[Oh Jim knows that they're being hunted, but if he is to go down he wants to bring one of the idiots with him.

He's wandering the corridors with an iron pipe...randomly smashing things along the way with a look of intense hatred.]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy has been slowly making rounds through the castle, looking for people who may be infected.

He's found, of course, that the Wrathful are the easiest to spot.

Hefting the piece of broken sleigh in his normal hand, he stops a little way aways from this guy.]

Hey, pal. Somebody has to clean that stuff up.

Carolina | Envy

[youfallback]

[Carolina ignores her exhaustion and continues down the hallway, invisible but for a slight shimmer. Every now and then the shimmer bobs with her limp as she moves, figuring that if she's the last one left, then that makes her the best. Better than Kat, better than Texas, better than the entire fucking Castle and then she'll find the Director.

And he'll acknowledge that she's better. She has to be better, she has to be.

She'll infect as many as she can, she'll move up the leaderboard, she'll take her number one place back from Texas.]

[hellshaped]

[What Hellboy wouldn't give for Stantz still being around. He'd probably have some kind of gadget to see the invisible.

As it is, Hellboy doesn't see her as he moves through the halls as well. If she doesn't get out of the way in time, he is going to barrel right into her.]

Muraki Kazutaka | Lust

[madetosin]

[After having wandered into the city to slake his need for something a little more substantial, where the fools in the castle were unlikely to disturb him, Muraki is heading back to the castle. His usual pristine white suit is covered is dark splotches of blood. Any idea that it might be his is ruined by the utterly nonchalant manner of his gait.

Good luck guessing what he's actually infected by. Clearly he'd have to be wrath? Or pride maybe?

Try again.

And he might have had his fill of townsfolk, but castle residents tend towards the especially tasty.]

[hellshaped]

[Yeah, Hellboy pretty much assumes this guy is straight-up Wrath as soon as he sees him.

Either that, or he's just a regular crazy person. So, you know. Either way, hitting him with a stick will work. Right?

He's on his way out of the castle at the same time Muraki is coming in, and he immediately grabs the piece of broken wood from his pocket.]

Hey!

Ashura | GLUTTONY

[wishmadeinfire]

<sub>[Look at all the pretty things to eat! Ashura had more or less turned the kitchen into his own private buffet, stocked with all the delicious things he could think of. Cupcakes. Cake. Roasted ducks. Beef. Chicken. Pork. Hmmmm ~

He had been eating and eating as of late, and was fiercely defensive of his food. Even now he watched any who came in and glared daggers at them, threatening fire if they so much as looked at his food wrong. Which sort of lost it's meaning when his cheeks were stuffed with delicious things.

Let the rest of them eat cake.]</sub>

[lord_wizard]

[At least all this food made Ashura easier to find. Any normal person and Felix would have been concerned they were in danger of eating themselves to death, but even this was far to the ridiculous end of the king's tolerances. Or his dignity.

This needs to stop.

Armed with the virtue spoon (and powers did that sound idiotic in his head), he approached his lover with a smile]

Hello darling. Things going well in here, I trust?

Vicious | Wrath

[nothingtobelieve]

[He'd never really been a 'team player,' so the fact that the whole group of them were apparently being hunted didn't concern him. He would worry about himself. The rest could burn, for all he cared.

But several days of sustained rage and destruction had left him worse for the wear, so he was being cautious now, not as quick to attack as he had been earlier.]

[both_neither]

[Good thing for Gren, probably.

He's not entirely sure this is a great idea, but he doesn't exactly want Vicious to die from this thing - so that means going to the castle and walking around with a piece of wood hidden behind his back until he finds his comrade. ]

Molotov | Lust

[molotov]

[People leaving has left Molotov with a dearth of potential seduction victims. So she's making do by just generally kind of wriggling against things until she can find someone to do the job properly. Things like the lobby sofa, where she is now. Waiting.]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy is currently making the rounds in the castle, trying to pick up the rest of the infected stragglers. So imagine his surprise when he sees Molotov just sitting there. He's not really sure if she's infected or just ... sitting around. Because that's a thing she does sometimes.

Regardless, he heads toward her a bit cautiously.] Are you feeling any better?

Vanyel Ashkevron | PRIDE

[peacockherald]

<sub>[Hope you weren't planning on using any of the mirrors in the hallways today or any of the windows. Vanyel enjoyed stopping in front of them to check his appearance whenever he got the change. His dark hair was brushed to a sleek shine, his outfits matched to dark blues laced with silver and hints of green, his boots and trews nothing by the best. He even had the tiniest bit of kohl around his eyes to make the blue orbs pop.

He sighed loudly as he brushed imaginary dust from the silk of his shirt, summoning a mage-light to flitter about him and high light any areas of imperfection.]</sub>

Really, if this castle wasn't so stingy with my magic, maybe all of it could be up to par...

_{[He sniffed and brushed dust from the edge of the mirror in his kid-skin gloves.]}

I will best you, you know.

_{[He's talking to the mirror, but really it's aimed at the castle.]}

This little game is all fun, but I will best you and I will go home and you will be sorry. No one makes a fool of me!

[hellshaped]

[As opposed to some of the other infected, this Sin's a lot easier to figure out.

Hellboy holds no illusions of sneaking up on this guy undetected -- between the fact that his hooves click when he walks and this guy is facing a mirror, it would be a miracle if his appearance wasn't known already -- but he still slips a hand into his coat pocket as sneakily as he can.

Movie tickets. Where are they.]

I'd say the fool is the guy talking to himself.

Noble Six | Pride

[lonenoble]

[Have a proud and vary arrogant Spartan strolling around the castle. Feel free to try to take her on. Really. She can take you all.]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy has his pocketful of various Virtues at the ready, since so far it looks like he's immune to this virus deal. Maybe it's a demon thing? Crowley seems to be unaffected, too.

But he's trying not to think about that right now.

Instead, he's also walking around the castle, keeping an eye out for anyone who seems to be acting strangely... and nowadays, strangeness can be pretty much counted for anyone who's openly walking around. So.]

Are you alright?

Chell: Gluttony

[silentrunning]

[Chell's been trying to hide since Jane's warning, and really, she's pretty darn good at doing that. Never mind the fact she's been wishing up food constantly, and munching for hours, stuffing her face with anything she can possibly find. Mmm. This is some lovely roast pheasant, not that she knows what a pheasant is even. But it was in the kitchen, and it was food...

Little does she know though that there's a slow trail of crumbs forming leading back to her room. At the moment, she's grown over-confident, and it's not like they can catch her if she chooses to run...Hopefully. Besides, if it comes to it, she'll fight.]

[courageous_wit]

[having been cured of her own Gluttony, Hermione now feels compelled to cure others of the same affliction.

Those crumbs certainly do look suspicious...]

Hello? Is anyone there? I have this delicious pie that I just finished baking.

Phoebe | Lust

[kungfuwitch]

[Phoebe is very leery of anyone coming forward with any sort of cure. She thinks she's completely fine and is currently having a glass of wine and enjoying herself people watching while she waits for her husband to get over whatever bad mood he's currently in.]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy has been at this all day -- hitting people with bits of wood, shoving lockets over their heads, handing them movie tickets. He's pretty sure most of the castle must be cured by now, just by the sheer number of people he's accosted so far.

But whenever he sees somebody just lounging around acting like nothing's wrong, he gets nervous. Most of the uninfected were evacuated, weren't they?]

Are you alright? It's not safe here.

Gwendolyn | Envy

[flightof]

[Gwendolyn is abusing her invisibility power: a similar power was granted to her when she still had her psypher spear with it, so it was familiar at least and useful to avoiding the rest of the castle who may want to "change" her.

Unfortunately, even with the invisibility, she's not entirely undetectable. From the shimmer that accompanies her to her own sobs as he thinks about how everyone in this castle is more loved than she will ever be. The effect is eerie in the hall she's been pacing though.

Right now she is on the floor, against a wall all curled up, her envy being too much to handle at the moment]

[hellshaped]

[Hellboy is simply making the final rounds around the castle to ensure everyone has been cured and taken care of. He's met a few stragglers along the way, so he'll just keep doing this until he's sure everyone is alright.

The hall seems to be empty, but there's a sobbing coming from somewhere. So he stops and looks around, more than a little disturbed. Ghosts, he thinks. Why did it have to be ghosts.]

Hello?