Twisted Tourism - The Pandemic

ESCAPE MEETS THEATRE

THE PANDEMIC IS THE LATEST OFFERING FROM THE TEAM THAT BOUGHT YOU 'BLACK GATE' THE SERIAL KILLER ATTRACTION. 

TAKE YOURSELF ON A JOURNEY INTO A WORLD WHERE MANKIND HAS ALMOST LOST THE BATTLE AGAINST A PANDEMIC.  THE VIRUS, A DEADLY MUTATED FORM OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS HAS KILLED OR INFECTED OVER 75% OF THE POPULATION.  THIS NEW FORM OF THE VIRUS CALLED 'TBS 2' CAUSED SOME ALARMING SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING INTENSE PARANOIA, CONFUSION AND PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIOURS.  

DOCTORS WORKING ON THE INFECTED, SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE PATIENTS THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR STRAIN 2 HAD HIGH LEVELS OF ALPHA PVP IN THEIR BLOOD SAMPLES.  ALPHA PVP IN ITS CHEMICAL FORM IS SOLD AS 'FLAKKA' OR BATH SALTS.  THE SUBSTANCE APPEARED TO BE BEING PRODUCED BY THE INFECTED NATURALLY AND WAS PRESENT IN LEVELS UP TO 100 TIMES HIGHER THAN AN ILLEGAL DOSE.

THE FIRST CASE OF TBS 2 CANNIBALISM WAS REPORTED IN MID 2018, WHEN WAIRARAPA WIFE AND MOTHER 'RACHEL PARRY' WAS FOUND TO HAVE KILLED HER HUSBAND AND 18 MONTH OLD CHILD.  SHE WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE EATEN LARGE PORTIONS OF BOTH OF THEM RAW, SHE HAD LOST THE ABILITY TO VERBALISE OR COMMUNICATE AND WAS UNABLE TO PROCESS MENTALLY WHAT SHE HAD DONE.  RACHEL PARRY TESTED POSITIVE FOR TBS 2.

IN FACT SHE LATER ATTACKED THE DOCTOR THAT ASSESSED HER DESPITE PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND ALSO BIT OFF PART OF HIS FACE, DYING SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.  

THIS WAS SOON TO BE A COMMON INCIDENT AND MANY OF THE INFECTED BEHAVED IN THE SAME WAY, CAUSING PEOPLE TO CALL TBS 2  'THE ZOMBIE VIRUS'.  BUT THESE PEOPLE WEREN'T DEAD, THEY WERE SIMPLY DYING.

HOSPITALS WERE STRETCHED TO CAPACITY.

MENTAL HEALTH UNITS WERE CLOSED DOWN AS IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO RISK ASSESSING ANYONE AS THEY MAY BE IN EARLY STAGES OF TBS 2.

BY LATE 2018 THE EPIDEMIC HAD BECOME A WORLD WIDE PANDEMIC AND NEW ZEALAND WAS BOTH THE PLACE OF ORIGIN AND WHERE THE OUTBREAK WAS AT ITS WORST.

SCIENTISTS, PHARMACISTS, DOCTORS, AND EXPERTS FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY FIELD OF MEDICINE WORKED TOGETHER TO TRY AND CREATE A VACCINE OR TO DISCOVER A CURE.  BUT TO NO AVAIL.

BY MARCH 2019 THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT TOOK DRASTIC ACTION TO PROTECT THE SURVIVING PEOPLE., OR 'CLEANS' AS THEY BECAME KNOWN.  PEOPLE WERE SEGREGATED INTO ZONES.  INFECTED PEOPLE WERE NOW REFERRED TO AS 'TIBS' AND THE ANTI-TIB RESISTANCE ARMY WAS FORMED TO PROTECT THE ZONES AND TO MONITOR INFECTION CONTROL.

BLUE ZONE

THE BLUE ZONE IS FOR CLEANS ONLY.  EVERYONE IN THE BLUE ZONE IS INFECTION FREE AND HAS PASSED THROUGH A QUARANTINE PERIOD.

THE BLUE ZONE IS PATROLLED BY THE ELITE GUARDS OF THE ANTI-TIB RESISTANCE ARMY (ATRA).

 RED ZONE

THE RED ZONE IS FOR CLEANS AT HIGHER RISK OF INFECTION.  THE RED ZONE IS THE QUARANTINE ZONE FOR BLUE.  UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE VERY LONG INITIAL STAGES OF TBS 2 - PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T TEST POSITIVE FOR WEEKS.  THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS BEING REMOVED TO THE GREEN ZONE IS RISING DAILY.  VERY FEW PEOPLE NOW GET REZONED BLUE.

GREEN ZONE

THE GREEN ZONE IS ISOLATION FOR EVERYONE SUSPECTED OF POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS OR SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF INFECTION.  IT IS ALSO A DUMPING GROUND FOR EVERYONE THAT BREAKS THE LAW IN THE OTHER ZONES.  25% OF THE WAIRARAPA IS NOW GREEN ZONED.  

YELLOW ZONE

THE YELLOW ZONE IS FOR THE INFECTED ONLY AND REGULAR CULLS ARE CARRIED OUT BY ATRA.  MOST OF THE TIME HOWEVER THEY ARE JUST EATING EACH OTHER AND SOMETIMES EVEN THEMSELVES.

HOPE OF A CURE?

ALL HOPE HAD FALLEN AT THE FEET OF RETIRED MORTICIAN 'HENRY ANDERSON' WHO RESIDES DEEP INSIDE THE YELLOW ZONE.  ALONG WITH HIS COLEAGUE DR. FITZPATRICK, HE COLLECTS PATHOGENS, SAMPLES FROM THE INFECTED AND DEAD, AND USES THEM TO TRIAL LIVE VACCINES.   THESE SAMPLES HAVE LED THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE CLOSE TO A CURE. 

UNFORTUNATELY, CONTACT WAS LIMITED TO A WEEKLY PICK UP FROM A DESIGNATED POINT AND FOR THE LAST MONTH, THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTACT FROM HENRY.   A TEAM WAS SENT OUT TO CHECK ON HENRY AND HIS FAMILY (WIFE MARY AND DAUGHTER HAZEL), BUT THEY DID NOT RETURN. 

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT WILL ENTER THE YELLOW ZONE AND ATTEMPT TO BRING BACK ANY SAMPLES, MEDICATIONS OR VACCINES THAT MAY STILL BE AT THEHOUSE.  

WE ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO THE STATUS OF THE FAMILY.

WE ARE UNCERTAIN AS TO THE STATUS OF THE LAST RESCUE TEAM.

WELCOME TO THE YELLOW ZONE