Aug 26th 2068 | Seattle, UCAS (Net 23) –
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The effects of the plague affecting the meta-human community has taken on shocking proportion this week as the true count of the loss of life is being reported to us by our affiliate reporters in the infected area. The brunt of the effect, still contained to the Underground regions, is slowly spreading to the common neighborhoods of Touristville, turning mothers and daughters, sons and fathers into monsters of children’s fairy tales.
Local corporations are still in negotiation with the Seattle government for compensation related to the housing of non-corporate citizens within the local arcologies in the event that the infection event propagates to the denser areas of Seattle where the effects could be wide-spread and devastating.
Some more enterprising citizens and organizations are turning this into an opportunity for profit, offering protection and extermination services, hunting down those infected or already turned in return for cash or trade offers. While both Lone Star and Knight Errant are officially condoning the actions of these individuals and groups, it is rumored that their regular forces are ill equipped to handle the emerging crisis.
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