A little bit of dark backstory on how we got to where we are now. ;)

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Pt. 1 Front Article:

"[V]IRUS EFFECTS ADULTS

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does seem to be the case,” Chief of Path-

-ology Dr.Jay Redmond continued, “that

those infected by MR2N1 are almost

exclusivly over the age of 18.”

Since its appearance nearly a month

ago, the new disease, known to the public

as Morphic Field Flu, has been spreading

rapidly. Symptoms include an initial fear

of light, especially sunlight, and growth

and mutation when kept in darkness.

In the later stages, there have been

unconfirmed reports of a complete loss

of the infected’s original personality

and delusions of, to quote one teenage

witness (identity withheld in respect to

underage status), “a un-human (sic) self,

history, and being [...] almost as though

[they] became a door for something else

to come in through.” Similar reports are

becoming more common by the day.

“The disease” Dr. Redmond adds

“seems similar parisitoidal fungi, known

to compel carpenter ants to act to in the

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-Part 2: Back Article

"ALLEGED ATTACKS CONT[INUE]

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city grows increasingly desperate as

the reports of strange, “monster

-like”, animal attacks increase.

The chief of Police has come forward

to say that these attacks are nothing

but gangs and young miscreants turning

“an animal escape from the Roosen Park Zoo”

into cover for pranks and vandalism.

She adds that “there is no reason to believe

the city has come ‘under the thrall’ of ‘ monsters.”

The Chief declined further comment while recovering

from the flu."