Mushi Player Plot!

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WEEDHAUS GONE WILD↴ HELLO EVERYONE, this is CaityCat and Maggie coming to you with a little player plot we've been cooking up for a while! It's not too huge, and something we hope to be bringing back periodically over the course of the game. It is entirely optional, but should hopefully provide some fun flavor to spice up the experience this month! THE RUNDOWN↴ Where Ginko and Tanyuu are from, there are creatures called mushi - strange, ethereal organisms that exist in a state unlike that of other living things. Mushi are invisible to most people, but their effects can be quite noticeable nonetheless, and they can cause a lot of trouble for humans on occasion. Usually this only occurs when there is a very large concentration of mushi in the same place, but Ginko attracts mushi as a natural part of his existence/being/soul/what-have-you. As a result, since they aren’t really bound by the barriers between realms, they fairly frequently drift into the carnival. Most aren’t dangerous, and those workers who happen to be able to see them may have caught sight of some odd, glowing creatures clinging to walls or floating around. (There is no hard rule for who can and cannot see mushi, but supernaturally-inclined characters could be more likely to perceive them. Even the most mundane person could be able to, though, so don’t feel restricted in that sense!) Every so often, though, something more troublesome ends up in the carnival, and just such an infestation has started. MUSHI↴ ► Un: Un are snail-like mushi that feed off of sound. Usually they live in forests where the natural wildlife provides plenty of food for them, but when winter comes around the snow muffles things down to the point that the Un will migrate towards human settlements in search of sustenance. In this case, the Un drifted toward the carnival, which understandably has plenty of food available for them. ► Ah: More problematic than Un, Ah are a much rarer mushi that live in symbiosis with Un. To those who see them, Ah are only visually distinguishable from Un in that their shells curl clockwise instead of counterclockwise. Functionally, they’re very different; Ah live near colonies of Un, eating the silence that they leave behind. A few of these have followed the Un into the carnival, and are in search of a much harder to find bit of quiet somewhere in the Ringmaster's realm. INFESTATIONS↴ Starting from D44 (January 15), colonies of Un will start infesting trailers and tents around the carnival, dulling or entirely removing any sound in that space depending on the size of the infestation. In some cases, they may even crawl into someone’s ear and eat any incoming sound, deafening their host on that side. It’s pretty annoying, but not really dangerous, and they’re easy to get rid of if the afflicted person goes to Zecora about it. These will be mostly cleared out by the end of the month. If an Ah happens to infect someone, the results are rather different, and much more serious: they will grow four small horns from their forehead, and all surrounding noises that are normally too quiet to be heard will be amplified into a constant, deafening roar that makes it incredibly difficult to discern individual sounds or sleep. In cases where Ah infections go untreated, the host will eventually weaken and die; however, if it’s caught and treated, they should be fine. Anyone who wants to can have their character’s trailer (or ear) infested with Un, which will eat any sounds in that space/that they hear. If you want to have your character infected with Ah, please reply to the comment below; we’ll RNG three victims hosts on January 16 at 6:00 PM EST! There will be a network post going up soon where Ginko and Tanyuu will be asking about Un sightings or hearing problems around the carnival, and a log post for MUSHI SHENANIGANS. Let us know below if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

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Ask away!

[osteothropy]

How do you actually get rid of nests of Un? Sans pretty much has to as part of his job, but he'd be inclined to ask his friends at Weedhaus about it, considering their whole deal.

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It's pretty simple! Just spray salt water on the area of the nest and the Un will leave pretty quickly--same thing is used when they get into a living host, just poured into the ear instead (or similar orifice for non-humans).

[osteothropy]

WAIT AREN'T THEY IN THE OCEAN RIGHT NOW... SALT WATER???

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POINT TO MAGGIE'S COMMENT AND BURIES FACE IN HANDS

this is what we get for planning before we know what the location plot is

[dontpokethat]

As an addendum to Cait's answer, we know this is kind of ridiculous given where the carnival IS right now, but our assumption is basically that the magic protecting the carnival has also kept the Un from dying right away as a side effect. So they pretty much just need to be exposed to a higher concentration of salt than they're already in

[osteothropy]

At least that means they won't spread into Atlantis or anything. That would be annoying.

Still, Sans is going to be kind of ?????? at these instructions at first. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT GINKO

[dontpokethat]

YEP Atlantis is safe from sound-eating slugs

Ginko straight-up won't realize how fuckin weird that sounds until it's brought up, he's very good at this

AH INFECTION RAFFLE

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Please reply here if you would like to put your character in for the Ah infection! We will be drawing for three hosts on January 16th @ 6:00 PM EST!

[destiny_key]

SIGN ME UP BABY

[dontpokethat]

Congratulations! Feel free to have Sora's infection symptoms kick in whenever you want, and just ask if you have any questions about its effects or treatment.

[empty_vessel]

Sign me up. :D

[drrdrrdrr]

raffle me the Heck up

[waitingforplayer2]

GAMER GIRL FOR president INFECTED

[dontpokethat]

Congratulations! Feel free to have Chiaki's infection symptoms kick in whenever you want, and feel free to ask if you have any questions about its effects or treatment.

[thevictoriandetective]

I throw Sherlock at this!

[dontpokethat]

Congratulations! Feel free to have Sherlock's infection symptoms kick in whenever you want, and feel free to ask if you have any questions about its effects or treatment.

[thevictoriandetective]

YES! This will be fun!

Also what happens to the horns once they're cured?

[dontpokethat]

Normally they fall off (and do remain intact rather than disintegrating or anything like that), but if you'd rather he keep them that could probably work too.