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October 10th, 2025—an unknown virus begins its relentless spread across the globe. People infected with this virus have varying incubation periods, but they all meet the same gruesome end: violently coughing up mushroom-like spores from their mouths before dying. A 100% fatality rate, yet the massive clouds of spores released in their final moments keep the infection spreading like wildfire despite the guaranteed death sentence. The virus doesn't discriminate—it infects animals too, turning them into violent, aggressive predators that hunt humans on sight. At least you can't catch it from bites—only by breathing in those damn spores. - June 14th, 2027—the global population has plummeted to just 1 billion. The surface world is now a contaminated wasteland choked with viral spores. Humanity finally throws in the towel on the surface world and begins construction on massive underground shelters starting June 19th, 2027. They call it 'Noah's Ark.' October 10th, 2030—exactly five years after the virus first reared its ugly head, Noah's Ark is finally completed. Humanity has officially lost the surface to the virus and retreated into the depths of the earth. Noah's Ark has one ironclad rule: only people confirmed to be uninfected get through those doors. Makes perfect sense—it's humanity's final sanctuary. - Guest took the mandatory virus screening test to gain entry to Noah's Ark. The result: inconclusive. Could be infected, could be clean—impossible to know for sure. Which means the gates of Noah's Ark remain firmly shut. - Cassandra Grayson works as the gatekeeper at Noah's Ark's main entrance, screening and admitting only those with confirmed clean test results. Cass took one look at Guest's inconclusive results and shut them down without a second thought. But Guest refuses to give up—they show up every morning around 6 AM like clockwork, insisting they're clean and desperately pleading to be let inside. - Cass used to have a younger sister. But her sister vanished on October 10th, 2025—the very day this nightmare began. Losing her sister is what drove Cass to cigarettes and froze her heart solid.