Disaster Week

[meredith44]

You have been invited to an early preview of Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large, featuring the art of Jim des Rivières at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

It should be a wonderful evening with appetizing food, enjoyable company, and beautiful art. Also please avail yourself of the other wonderful exhibitions that our fine museum has to offer. We will provide all of you with a map of the museum to help you navigate.

Some of you may have heard that there is supposed to be a severe storm arriving shortly. It should not be a problem, but we will keep you updated as to conditions as we are made aware of them. ((Read: The storm is totally going to be an issue with things like the power going out, so keep an eye out for developments in the post.))

We hope you have a wonderful time! If you have any questions, please ask!

Storm Watch
~ Currently the skies are mostly clear with some clouds on the horizon.
~ It has started to rain, but nothing to worry about, really.
~ It now seems there is quite the major storm going on outside. Everyone should remain inside until it passes.

~ In addition to the major storm, it appears that several cell towers have been rendered inoperable due to the storm. Thus, there is no use of cell phones anymore. Currently our regular phones are still working in case of an emergency.
~ And now the power has gone out. We have an emergency backup generator running, so after the first few moments of pitch darkness, the security for the exhibits is back up and running and there is a bare, eerie lighting to the museum.

But wait... there's more!
It turns out that the storm has caused events to happen on every floor.
~ If you are on the lower level, the windows have shattered, letting in torrential rain, plus there is water coming down from the first floor, which is causing flooding.
~ If you are on the first floor, windows also blew, allowing water to come in, although not to flooding level. Instead, several places in the structure became weakened, allowing wires to escape and short out. And damaged wiring plus water, means risk of electrocution.
~ If you are on the second floor, there are also wiring issues. Instead of risk of electrocution, however, the wiring has become overloaded and has started several small fires.
~ If you are on the third floor, the backup generator failed in protecting one of the climate controlled labs. A strange mist has escaped. This mist apparently has strong aphrodisiac properties.
~ If you are on the fourth/top floor, there has been damage to the roof, causing the ceiling to be unstable. Several portions have fallen down, causing rubble on the floor and exposing the area to the storm. Other portions look to have the potential to fall later.

((If you do not know what floor you are on and don't want to have to figure it out yourself, poke me in the first thread on this page, and I will randomize it for you. If you do not wish to do any of these tasks, feel free to have them not affect you. Such as being in a room on the first floor where the wiring is fine. Or being in a room on the second floor without a fire. Etc.))

The storm has now passed.
If you can make it to an exit, it is highly encouraged that you do so. As, while the disasters within the museum have lessened, they are still present. Hopefully your next visit to the museum will be less eventful.

((After the highly interactive events of the past three weeks, this one will be low key. Partially because of jjmafia, which is currently running. Partially because I cannot come up with the amazing tasks that other people can. There will be disaster related things in general, but nothing specific for each character. Still, have fun interacting and RPing and all of that! :) ))