Awakening Plague | SC 2024
A sickness that caused societal upheaval.
Back when the return of magic was still occurring, and it was still nearly unknown in the world, a new plague started to sweep the world. It started in Asia and quickly spread. The usual insults and accusations were used as justification for quarantine and, to put it frankly, predjudice. While the general populace was busy finger pointing, scientists were working behind the scenes to determine the symptoms, presentations, and most of all, what do to to help those afflicted. The symptoms were like nothing anyone had seen before. For some it appeared to be completely disfiguring. For others there appeared to be no change, and yet it seemed that there were deeper, and more profound changes happening for all infected. When the first person appeared to completely transform physically into something else, officials made the decision to keep the news isolated to the specific hospital until further studies could be completed. This person was in the United States and despite the basic understandings of human freedom, they were isolated from everyone and tested with every medical test known to man without consent. This was done under a declaration of medical emergency. Their family was told that they had succumed to the illness and that they were under deep quarantine and none were allowed access except specialized doctors and nurses. That was actually true; however, if their family had known that their loved one felt perfectly healthy and has simply taken another form, they might have protested the imprisonment. Of course, as we were to find out later, as the 'disease' spread, they may very well have heaved a sigh of relief instead. This disease would turn the whole world on it's head.
The Awakening was the return of magic to our world made manifest. The changes were many and varied and even today science isn't sure what caused some to undergo physical changes and others to undergo changes of manifestation. Currently scientists and mages are working together to try to understand all of this in order to help those for whom the disease was not a boon. Everyone was impacted by this plague and everyone's lives were touched directly or indirectly.
Back when the return of magic was still occurring, and it was still nearly unknown in the world, a new plague started to sweep the world. It started in Asia and quickly spread. The usual insults and accusations were used as justification for quarantine and, to put it frankly, predjudice. While the general populace was busy finger pointing, scientists were working behind the scenes to determine the symptoms, presentations, and most of all, what do to to help those afflicted. The symptoms were like nothing anyone had seen before. For some it appeared to be completely disfiguring. For others there appeared to be no change, and yet it seemed that there were deeper, and more profound changes happening for all infected. When the first person appeared to completely transform physically into something else, officials made the decision to keep the news isolated to the specific hospital until further studies could be completed. This person was in the United States and despite the basic understandings of human freedom, they were isolated from everyone and tested with every medical test known to man without consent. This was done under a declaration of medical emergency. Their family was told that they had succumed to the illness and that they were under deep quarantine and none were allowed access except specialized doctors and nurses. That was actually true; however, if their family had known that their loved one felt perfectly healthy and has simply taken another form, they might have protested the imprisonment. Of course, as we were to find out later, as the 'disease' spread, they may very well have heaved a sigh of relief instead. This disease would turn the whole world on it's head.
The Awakening was the return of magic to our world made manifest. The changes were many and varied and even today science isn't sure what caused some to undergo physical changes and others to undergo changes of manifestation. Currently scientists and mages are working together to try to understand all of this in order to help those for whom the disease was not a boon. Everyone was impacted by this plague and everyone's lives were touched directly or indirectly.
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