Pestilence

A small town in Kansas is where you began. [[Kansas<-continue]]

Council Grove unknown to the rest of the world, is where a mad scientist who lived to experiment with the wrong things. [[cancer<-continue]]

The scientist enjoyed experimenting with cancer cells to figure out how to make a master cell. Over time and many experiments later, he created you. You have the ability to turn yourself into any form of cancer depending on your host and the entry path. Once Council Grove discovered he created you, they wanted you and the scientists gone. [[the killing<-continue]]

They murdered him and buried him in the forest surrounding the town. [[the cancers revenge<-continue]]

You were left untamed in the scientist’s lab for over a year, you were left to do nothing but mutate further and you eventually formed a conscience. ####Now you want revenge. [[continued<-continue]]

# Choose your host ### (if: not $seenPlayer1)[ [[Player 1]] ] ### (if: not $seenPlayer2)[ [[Player 2]] ] ### (if: not $seenPlayer3)[ [[Player 3]] ] ### (if: not $seenPlayer4)[ [[Player 4]] ] ###(if: $seenPlayer1 and $seenPlayer2 and $seenPlayer3 and $seenPlayer4)[ [[The End]] ]

Zariah is getting ready for soccer practice and forgot to eat something so she grabs a granola bar... [[Attack Now]] [[Attack later]]

It is an unusually hot day and Matrice leaves the house without sunscreen to attend her daughter's soccer game. [[Attack now,]] [[Attack later,]]

Dave was put up for adoption at a young age. He hires a private investigator to find his birth parents. Once he discovers who his real parents are, he attempts to reach out to them. Both of them want nothing to do with him. Dave decides to show up at their house anyways. [[Attack, now]] [[Attack, later]]

Maverick wakes up to do his normal morning routine of having 2 eggs, black cup of coffee and cigarettes while he watches the news. He’s feeling positive on this day because he’s got a date that is coming up. He’s been smoking the same type of cigarettes for 5 years now. He feels a tickle in his throat and suddenly has a coughing attack and can't seem to catch his breath... [[Attack now>]] [[Attack later >]]

YOU LOSE On the way to practice Zariah feels really sick so she goes to the hospital. The doctor tells her they found bone cancer in her spine. They started treating her and they are able to catch the cancer before it spreads. [[Player 1<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

While riding in the car to get to soccer practice, Zariah begins to feel ill. So she goes to get a drink... [[Attack now.]] [[Attack later.]]

Now you have to kill the town one by one using the best means possible. Each character is different and will die from a different type of cancer. Choose wisely [[The next<-Begin]]

YOU LOSE After drinking some water to ease her sick feeling, she immediately throws up and begins to feel better. Zariah moves on to the soccer practice without any consequence. [[Player 1<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

While In practice running drills, Zariah sprains her ankle really bad, but keeps playing through the sprain... [[Attack now..]] [[Attack later..]]

YOU WIN! Zariah goes home after practice unable to run at all. The next day she goes to the hospital and the doctor tells her she needs an x-ray. They find the small sprain and send her home with a brace. She waits for the swelling and pain to go away but it never does. 6 months later she goes back to the hospital to see what’s wrong. The doctors find she has bone cancer. There is nothing they can do because the cancer has spread through her whole body. [[Who was Zariah?]]

YOU LOSE Zariah notices that her ankle is so swollen it's unrecognizable and she can barely walk. She leaves practice and heads to the hospital where they find she has a sprain in her ankle and bone marrow is leaking into her bloodstream. This could cause bone cancer so they admit her to surgery and correct her sprain. Zatiah completely heals in 3 months barely dodging a more serious illness. [[Player 1<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

YOU LOSE Matrice realises in the car ride to the game that her skin is feeling unusally dry and hot. She stops at a local store and gets some high strength sunscreen to use while at the soccer game. [[Player 2<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

During the second half in the soccer game Matrice notices an intense burning feeling on her shoulders. She touches her shoulders to find a cluster of blisters. [[.Attack now]] [[.Attack later]]

YOU WIN! Matrice has forgotten to put the sunscreen she bought earlier on. While at the game she becomes so sun burnt there are blisters all over her arms and legs. She thinks its just a really bad sunburn and pops them and puts cream on it. About 6 months later she goes to the hospital to find that the sunburn developed into skin cancer. She can't afford to buy the medicine to treat her illness. She dies 3 months later. [[Who was Matrice?]]

YOU LOSE Matrice applies sunscreen every 4 hours to prevent sunburn. [[Player 2<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

Matrice was a young women whom was 6 months pregnant when she died of skin cancer. Both of their deaths are in you hands. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/1RrQeM3.png"> (set: $seenPlayer2 to true) (set: $seenHereliesMatrice to true) [[The next<-Next Victim]]

Zariah was just 10 years old when she died of bone cancer. Her death is in your hands. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/udzqxt5.png"> (set: $seenPlayer1 to true) (set: $seenHereliesZariah to true) [[The next<-Next Victim]]

YOU LOSE Dave meets his real father, who is sick with prostate cancer. It has spread to the rest of his body. His father tells him that prostate cancer runs in the family and needs to start getting annual check ups. Dave then schedules an appointment for the following week, when the doctor finds prostate cancer in its early stages. Dave is treated and able to live a normal life. [[Player 3<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

Dave enjoys meeting his real parents. He goes home and is interested in learning more about his family’s history. Dave decides to sign up for ancestry.com and submit his DNA to the company. [[Attack. now]] [[Attack. later]]

YOU LOSE Dave learns that his family has a history of prostate cancer and goes to the Dr. The Dr finds prostate cancer and is able to treat it before it spreads to other parts of the body. [[Player 3<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

Dave learns that he is 85% German, 10% Irish, and 5% Polish. Dave heads to work the next day and shares the great news with his co-workers. His coworkers inform him that his work provides a free health screening. They insist that this health screening would be useful due to the recent discovery of his family’s history. [[Attack . now]] [[Attack . later]]

YOU WIN! Dave’s birth father gets very sick and goes to the hospital. Dave misses his health screening due to his father’s funeral and is unable to get this year’s screening. Dave takes a turn for the worst after your invasion, and dies. [[Who was Dave?]]

YOU LOSE Dave’s birth father gets very sick and goes to the hospital. Dave gets his health screening while visiting his father at the hospital and his Doctor finds the early stages of prostate cancer. He starts the treatment immediately. [[Player 3<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

Dave was the major of Council Grove when he died of prostate cancer. His death and the town's loss of a major is in our hands. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/AHe6Cg2.png"> (set: $seenPlayer3 to true) (set: $seenHereliesDave to true) [[The next<-Next Victim]]

(If: $seenHereliesZariah) [ Here lies Zariah<img src="https://i.imgur.com/u5ZHbc3.jpg"> ] (If: $seenHereliesMatrice) [ Here lies Matrice<img src="https://i.imgur.com/u5ZHbc3.jpg"> ] (If: $seenHereliesDave) [ Here lies Dave<img src="https://i.imgur.com/u5ZHbc3.jpg"> ] (IF: $seenHereliesMaverick) [ Here lies Maverick<img src="https://i.imgur.com/u5ZHbc3.jpg"> ] (link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)

Good Job! You have successfully murdered the whole town. They got what they deserved, right? [[The next<-Start over?]]

(set: $seenPlayer1 to false) (set: $seenPlayer2 to false) (set: $seenPlayer3 to false) (set: $seenPlayer4 to false) (set: $seenHereliesZariah to false) (set: $seenHereliesMatrice to false) (set: $seenHereliesDave to false) (set: $seenHereliesMaverick to false)

You Lose! Maverick rushes to the sink to drink some water. He chokes back the water and after a few minutes he is fine. This is the fourth time in two days he has barely been able to catch his breath while coughing. He does some research on how to deal with withdrawals before he quits cold turkey. He finds a good doctor a few towns over and makes an apointment. The doctor tells him after an examination that he is lucky to have come in so soon. There were massive amounts of tar on his lungs. He starts on medication immediately and within 9 months of no smoking combined with the medication he is tar and cigarette free! [[Player 4<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

Maverick starts work at the town's warehouse. He’s a forklift driver. Every day Maverick has two “mandatory” smoke breaks where he has a cigarette each time. During his second break, he talks to his coworkers about feeling sluggish lately. He falls asleep earlier and can't seem to understand why he’s winded all the time. He reaches for his pack of cigarettes and comes to find out he left them on the forklift. His friend gives him one of his but it's a different brand. His friend says this new brand is more potent and is a stronger more flavorful cigarette. Maverick doesn't have that much time to go back so he accepts the offer. [[Attack now ]] [[Attack later ]]

You Lose! Maverick has had enough and decided thats his last cigar and decides to take action to get away from them entirely. When he smoked the new cigarette it crossed his mind that he’s been smoking the same brand of cigarettes for 5 years smoking at least 3-5 a day. He feels he has to pursue a goal of getting healthy and right in life. [[Player 4<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

The new cigarette has Maverick in a very relaxed state. He spends the rest of his shift working peacefully. He’s only fifteen minutes away from clocking out for the weekend until he hears a loud bang from above. Maverick wasn't paying attention. The forklift tipped over a huge shipment of cleaning products all over the floor. Maverick panicked and started cleaning up everything with his hands and a towel he found. He's nervous because he’s on his last strike, and his boss wants a reason to fire him. [[>Attack Now]] [[>Attack Later]]

You Win! Maverick wasn’t wearing any protective gear when cleaning the chemicals Maverick’s cough became consistent and his breathing became more troublesome. Maverick ends up learning that he has lung cancer from inhaling all the toxins. This was due to two situations. Him smoking all those years had began interfering with his lungs but the chemicals triggered the cancerous cells that were there to spread at an excelerated pace. [[Who was Maverick?]]

You Lose! Maverick made it through the day with no calls from his boss so he is pretty relaxed. With the weekend upon him he smokes a cigarette to calm his nerves and prepare for his date. However, he wants to smell nice for his date so he decides to smoke less to smell better. This leads him to think about his choices to smoke in the first place. His date convinces him to take withdrawal pills to deal with the feeling of not smoking. It takes him 1 year and 6 months, but he finally beats smoking and is now cigarette free! [[Player 4<-Try agian?]] [[The next<-Start over?]]

Maverick was a 25 year old man from Council Grove when he died of lung cancer. No one knew too much about him. His death is in your hands. <img src="https://i.imgur.com/5bgilqs.png"> (set: $seenPlayer4 to true) (set: $seenHereliesMaverick to true) [[The next<-Next Victime]]

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