It's worse than I could have imagined. Much much worse... :(

Up until now, I've only been faced with Plague Bearers in the Real World. Sure, every night for the past couple, they've been trying to break into my house and do unspeakable things to me. Sure, they're trying (as I write) to smash in my front door, which is reinforced with all the lovely solid boards I bought yesterday. Sure, the chanting and lack of sleep is slowly driving me insane. I can cope with all of that.

What I've just experienced has shaken me quite a bit. During the day, I've been able to concentrate on work, and all those mundane sort of things. I've resigned myself to the fact that during the night, I have to barricade myself in my own home to protect myself from the Azeroth Plague. I've taken solace in the fact that I can distract myself by wandering far and wide on the 'Net in the evenings. Until tonight...

Let me share with you a conversation I just had:

Cantal: hey, how ya doing?

WerePaladin: Not too shabby. How about yaself?

Cantal: good. whatcha do?

WerePaladin: For work? Erm, I'm a Trainer. I teach First Aid to members of the public. You?

Cantal: play games. been playing an AWESOME game recently

WerePaladin: Kewl, which one?

Cantal: World of Warcraft. WoW is wow...

WerePaladin: Erm, yeah. Listen, not really interested in getting infected with the Plague, cheers.

Cantal: Joiiiinnnnn usssssss.... WoW is wow... Wow is WOW

At which point I terminated the chat with this Cantal person...

It must be getting bad out there when I can't even spend some time surfing the 'Net without being pursued by Plague Bearers. At least I'm safe (I think?) from getting infected while there's some distance between us. Not sure where Cantal was, but I don't think he was one of the Bearers that have been assaulting my house. I think they're evolving, but into what I don't know...