Mataglap is a condition unique to the Sazashi and Therianthropes. It occurs when they are driven beyond the limits of their sanity, and is the result of their Sazakraht mind overriding all reason to send them into a feral state. Mataglap is divided into two types: Episodic and Everlasting. Episodic Mataglap is a one-off occurence that will abate with light treatment or of its own accord, everlasting Mataglap represents a permanant and irreperable break in the faculties of the affected. Unfortunately, each time a Sazashi experiences episodic Mataglap, they have an increasing risk of it happening again in the future. After so many times they may enter everlasting Mataglap.Astenu's head whipped around, face the very visage of wrath. Blood rained from the matted fur of his jowls—ichor robbed fresh from the veins of the poor vagrant still twitching in his grasp.
By the lamplight of the hall I saw a sharp blue light reflected in his yawning pupils, and knew my friend was gone.
Condition
Symptoms
In both episodic and everlasting Mataglap, the Sazashi becomes entirely animalistic. While there still remains a good amount of reasoning skills and potentially even some communication skills, it's the core atavistic drives such as hunting, breeding, and safety which drives their actions. Their eyes also dilate noticeably, becoming large, black circles with very little iris, this makes them rather light-sensitive.Treatment
For episodic Mataglap, sedation and a cocktail of various mood-altering drugs or spells are required to quell the ferality of the Sazakraht mind long enough for higher intelligence to take back control of the Sazashi's faculties. For everlasting Mataglap the neural pathways of the Sazashi are so inclined towards Mataglap that there is no return without Neural Reconfiguration—this is such an expensive and often inaccurate treatment that only high profile cases usually even turn to it.Really the best treatment is to just euthanize them. You save them and yourself a lot of pain that way.
I know that sounds horrible but I lost my brother to Mataglap after he came back from the war and Stokanai and it was just awful. He ate our pets, pissed on everything, terrorized the neighborhood, and brought shame to our family. The last straw was when he attacked an officer and got himself shot. Now I have a dead brother and all I can remember of him is those horrible final years.
Social Ramifications
- Rage
- Seizures
- Insomnia
- Sweating
- Tachycardia
- Incontinence
- Hyperarousal
- Hypersalivation
- Hypervigilance
- Difficulty speaking
Absolutely love the snippet of trivia in the sidebar! Everlasting Mataglap sounds horrifying to experience, do they ever get periods of rest with all that adrenaline, or is medication the only way?
Within the episodes, no. If you're having an episode you either have to ride it out until it subsides or you just go until you hyperventilate and pass out. For the everlasting they don't experience such constant levels of hypervigilance so they get breathers! They're just prone to quickly flying right off the handle again later. Thank you for reading!
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