Brainstorm time

[Jason Walker]

I agree, Polaris' original idea for the magical symptoms would be excellent and the stages as well! But I'm curious about the other plots for Ridd instead of just this one. Also, I do think the disease thing diserves a thread of it's own! ;D

Perhaps there could be a wild outbreak of frenzied magical creatures or plants overwhelming hogwarts and the students, but noone knows why?

[Felicity Locke]

But on another note: What about the other aspects?
Where did this illness come from? Is it a natural thing? Is there a pattern of who gets affected or is it just haywire? Are only people in Hogwarts suffering, or world wide? Or in a different direction; is someone targeting Hogwarts students and poisoning them?

I think it should be natural, because then we would have to get a baddie, and an actual reason to attack Hogwarts. That seems too mainstream to me <<

As for who's affected, I think they should all have a common trait of some sort. Maybe that'll be able to level out who gets sick? I'm fine to go either way though.

I think for a back story, the disease should've come from somewhere else, then hit Hogwarts. Because that way nobody would know of a cure of any sort, you know?

[Bradyn Reed]

ALIENS! IT CAME FROM ALIENS
...no...

I like the idea of it being muggle-originated but then a wizard was infected and their magic messed around with the virus. But I don't think it should be for the whole wizarding world because that would push the plot away from the students and Hogwarts like the rogue-ministry one.

After all, if everyone was infected, that'd be ministry business and their job to take care of it...?

[angelinagomez]

yeah, i like those ideas... but as for the common trait, what would that be?

[Ian Gray]

Hmm... if we wanted to have someone targeting the school, I think instead of creating a character for a villain.. it could be something like a few characters finding a dark object that they've accidentally activated or something.

If we had a villain it would mean too much responsibility on one person, and stalling the RP to wait for them to come online.

Then again, could just be someone brought a poisonous herb from the forest into the castle, (The first person that ends up being affected) and it unleashed the virus?

Any other ideas before I continue my lame anecdote

Edit Oh, yes! Jason is right. This should have its own thread...

[Felicity Locke]

I like the idea of it being muggle-originated but then a wizard was infected and their magic messed around with the virus. But I don't think it should be for the whole wizarding world because that would push the plot away from the students and Hogwarts like the rogue-ministry one.

Ooo, I like that one nicole. It's like the flu gone wrong xDD That's why it would maybe still have some of the muggle symptoms? Because it was originally a muggle disease.

As for the common trait, I don't really know. Could just be all magic users, could be something more defined, or we could just nix it.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

hmm... i like these ideas! very nice!

[Bradyn Reed]

okay, okay. I said NOTPLAYED villain. as in he would just be an evil figure hovering over everyone. In no circumstances would I allow him to be played, plus why would he come to the school when he set a killer virus on it. It's only common sense.

and I really don't like the idea of a student setting it on the school by accident... like, at all. It seems like too much bad would come out of the accident and too many bad feelings for the character. yes, they would get infected and die, but they'd go down in history as like.. this mass murderer evil.. person.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Yea, i agree with Nicole....

[Felicity Locke]

I personally don't think it should be set by anyone, because that would get confusing after a while.

I'm still going for the muggle virus turned wizard virus. It has a much simpler explination, and we don't have to worry about some evil doer or some mess-up kid. Less stress I think.

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

that sounds like a good idea too.. also, when would this epidemic take place?

[Bradyn Reed]

Yeah, ally, I like my idea too (:

edit: Terms almost over.. so I say that one of the like.. lets call him a janitor is the one to be infected and he takes care of the school while everyone's at home. But what he doesn't know is that he's spreading the germs and sickness all over the school. So when everyone comes back, the school's infected and soon so will the students?

[Ian Gray]

Jun 26, 2008 20:32:11 GMT Bradyn Reed said:

okay, okay. I said NOTPLAYED villain. as in he would just be an evil figure hovering over everyone. In no circumstances would I allow him to be played, plus why would he come to the school when he set a killer virus on it. It's only common sense.

and I really don't like the idea of a student setting it on the school by accident... like, at all. It seems like too much bad would come out of the accident and too many bad feelings for the character. yes, they would get infected and die, but they'd go down in history as like.. this mass murderer evil.. person.

Well, hovering evil would mean we'd eventually have to defeat that. So maybe no evil characters all together. (Edit Like Felicity said. I'm a slow typer. )


Bad feelings? The plot doesn't have to go all dramatic, it's action! ... Ginny Weasley set off a bunch of things on accident and there were no bad feelings there. If it were a dark artifact, there would be so much more fun things to discover... like, what else it could do and if it was a forest thing, then it would enforce why the forest is actually forbidden (seeing as how people walk in and out unharmed so often I'm surprised the seven dwarves don't live in it. )

But I agree natural would be best... and really like your other idea of a wizard getting infected and making the whole thing go insane. But, that'd also mean Muggle-borns (Like Hermione) wouldn't get affected or if they did, not suffer the wizard symptoms?

[Felicity Locke]

I think for who becomes effected, it shouldn't matter on heritage? Because if it started as a muggle disease, even a muggle-born would get it now, because they're already a wizard. They might've been vaccinated or whatever for it before, but it changed, which means it can affect a whole new crowd.

But, I have another idea xDD (yay me) But about halflings? Like Fay, she's half wizard half veela, would she not get the full affect then?

On that note, I think we should leave magical creatures out of the sickness, because then we would have a whole forest full of trouble (not like we don't already).

[Professor Ashton Laurent]

Okay, we've had some great ideas...so here's what I'm thinking for the basics of it...

Stage I: Flu/cold like symptoms, including slight fever, headache, naseua, body aches

Stage II: Fever gets drastically worse, sudden dizziness and fainting, and magic either begins to drain or overload

Stage III: things take a turn for the worse, paralysis, or coma...and whatever else we can think of..and eventually, death (for those who want to kill off a few peeps).