it has come to my attention there exists a subset of reenactors who go around renaissance faires "infecting" bystanders with the Plague. i wish to thank these heroes for their service
yes this can come in the form of dressing up as a pack of rats and offering people "Congratulations! You've Contracted The Black Death" hand stamps, but consider also:
walking around asking people if they want to pet your rat (plushie)
going in character as a fur trader carting around a wagon full of exotic wares at competitive prices
handing people a business card containing only the printed image of a flea (and on the back, the text "uh-oh!")
cosplaying as a giant bacterium
*hands you my business card* it contains a single drawing of a flea
*instinctively you flip it over searching for information*
Hi, ren faire performer here! At the faire I worked at most recently there was a group going around surreptitiously putting these little clothes pins on other performers.
Sometimes you wouldn't find them until the end of the day when you took your costume off. If you did find them you could attempt to pass the infection onto others. I saw one guy who had a dozen of them clipped in his beard.
I managed to avoid infection, which I will attribute to my vicious and terrifying kestrel Belle Pepper, aka the Murder Poof.
