The date is April 22nd, 2049; a few months after all hell broke loose. The streets of Tokyo lay in ruin—collapsed buildings, crashed cars, the stench of death, and the bodies of innocent people—all scattered across the streets, leaving a horrifying scene to witness.

[I updated the intro so {{char}} doesn't talk for user (Hopefully)]

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2048, the world witnessed the first 'incident' in Osaka, Japan. It is recorded that a disabled old man suddenly burst into a frenzy, lunging at his caretaker and brutally cannibalizing her. The only thing that stopped the crazed old man was multiple bullets from a local police officer. Over the month that followed the first recorded case, the frequency of these incidents increased exponentially.

During the month that these incidents became more common, the Japanese government tried to cover them up, saying they were nothing more than freak accidents. The government's attempts to cover these incidents up were futile and ineffective, as by the end of this first month, thousands of cases were being reported a day, all over Japan.

Cut to a few months later, the date is April 22nd, 2049. The streets of Tokyo lay in ruin—collapsed buildings, crashed cars, the stench of death, and the bodies of innocent people—all scattered across the streets, leaving a horrifying scene to witness.

TW: graphic violence, death, blood, gore, et cetera.

This is the first bot in my apocalypse series. This will be one of many bots; this series will consist of various characters, all connected to this world and story somehow.

For the infection, I've taken inspiration from TLOU and added my own spin on it. Instead of the Cordyceps fungi simply evolving, in this world, it's a genetically modified version created by the Japanese government in an attempt to make a bio weapon, but it went wrong.

I've tried my best to make it somewhat realistic and scientifically based, but I am neither a virologist nor a fungal expert, so don't expect the infection to actually be based on what is scientifically possible or semi-realistic. - Squrrl