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2012: The year the world was supposed to end, many people expected some sort of natural disaster...Perhaps that is why no one suspected that the new 'scientific breakthrough' would be our undoing...Late in the year, scientists finally finished their research on Cybernetic Implants, as well as Xenotransplantation. Many tests were done, all turned up positive results, any history book today would say that this was one of the greatest achievements of mankind, but I guess that's because ever since the disaster, no one has bothered to write any history books...

2046: Cybernetic Implants have progressed passed the prototype models, and Xenotransplantation has been opened to a few hospitals. Commercialization of the two have begun, though currently only the very rich, the 'elite' can afford these things...

2063: Technology advancements in both feilds have decreased the cost of production enough, that now some members of the middle class can afford a few of these things too, mainly to replace a missing limb, or to help their sick children...Praise to the scientists who perfected this technology continues to grow, their children and grandchildren were rich and famous...Though after the plague began, most of them were either killed on sight, or became infected.

2070: The topic of Cybernetic Implants and Xenotransplantation has been a touchy subject for most religions, most are okay with it, due to the popularity, and a few say that they should only be used for emergancies, to replace what is missing, not what is already there. In other words: Use them if you need to, but don't replace a human arm with a robotic one just because it's 'cool'. A new church opens up in the middle of this year, more like a cult though nowadays. Not only does it say that both these things are an abomination, they say that anyone who has these implants, whether biological or technological, should be seperated from the rest of society, or killed.

2210: Prices are now low enough that almost anyone can afford a few of these implants, many members of the poor and lower class have joined the new church, mainly out of envy of those who can buy them. Surveys from businesses and the government show that most of the upper class is only one-third human, and the middle class one-half.

2257: Implants are now so common, almost everyone is at least one third non-human. The new church goes into hiding, due to unpopularity. The only remaining members are fanatics, their members are hard to find, but many people with implants have died, the only clues the church is involved come from the words written in the blood of their victims: "You have recieved your punishment for your crimes".

2260: New upgrades for cybernetic implants grow, these implants now look like a regular human part, and the ability to feel through them has also become a reality. Xenotransplantation has also gotten more advanced, and people commonly have implants from animals with better senses to enhance hearing, sight, smell, or something else.

2271: Cybernetic implants have transcended any other kind of technology besides those used for transportation. People now have their cellphones, their video games, and even the internet, all in their implants. Xenotransplantation has gotten creative enough that people are now almost half their favorite animal. People are now only one-sixth human. This reliance on implants have caused a major problem in babies, more babies are born with missing limbs, where generations of families always had a technological replacement for the same part of their body as some sort of 'tradition', and some babies are born with 'not quite human' organs. Rather than have this cause the downfall of both fields of research, this is labled as 'evolution' and continued at an alarming rate.

2309: A major virus has been created, people are unsure if this is a defected weapon for war or created by The Church, it causes the cybernetic implants in people to be unrecognized by the body's own immune system, causing a rejection of the robotic limbs. The only problem is that so much of people is cybernetic, that the body usually kills itself because of the effort of trying to destroy almost half of its own body. To make matters even worse, the virus is technological and sends out a signal that sends a copy of itself to anyone in a radius of up to one mile, allowing it to spread through populated areas quickly.

2316: A 'cure' for the techno virus has been created, it increases the strength of the human body's immune system, so that it can defeat the technological implants and keep itself alive. Because of this many people have been forced to give up their cybernetic implants all together, and communication has gone back to the old days of cell-phones and computers.

2318: Scientists found out they created a horrible error. The immune system has changed because of the cure, and now it attacks animal implants as well, only people with naturally born 'non-human' organs are spared from it. The virus has a different effect on the animal organs than the cybernetic implants, and causes the body to have rabies-like symptoms, they become sick and very violent, they gain increased strength, and foam at the mouth, scratches from these people do nothing, but those who are bitten are affected bythe 'cure' and will begin to reject their cybernetic implants while also developing the same rabies-like symptoms.

2322: The Church has come out of hiding, claiming that these two viruses are the world's punishment. The Church has no recorded name other than The Church, mainly because it is the only remaining church after the plague spread, and because its members wall themselves off from the rest of society, and no one outside of it has any contact with them, except when their members try to kill those with implants.

2325: No other cure has been made. The virus and cure have made a deadly cycle, for anyone infected with the virus must have the cure, and most of those given the cure become like zombies from a horror movie. Small camps have been made of people who aren't infected, and special domes are created over these camps to prevent any communication signals from those infected with the virus from coming through.

2342: The world has fallen into chaos, there is no government now, no society, the plague, as both the virus and 'cure' have been called, has spread like wildfire, there is very little communication between camps except for small communication signals from radio stations where only people with no cybernetic implants can control them, because of this those with only biological transplants, or born with 'non-human' organs, are very valuble(sp?) to these camps, while those with cybernetic implants help with construction of buildings and new devices to help find a cure. Trading between camps is very rare, for people are terrified to go outside. Though the numbers of infected people have decreased dramatically, they still outnumber those who aren't infected, and no one wants to risk joining their ranks.

2343: Communication between camps has stopped completely, no one here in Oita knows if there is even anyone else outside the camp anymore, except for the Church, which would kill us if we ever found a way to find their towns. We still have some people check for messages or signals, but for the most part it seems that we are doomed to die in our small camp. Our population is growing slowly, and the soil is getting worse because of too much farming for food, most people are vegetarians now because most animals have been killed by those with the cure, and the few in our camp are slowly dieing off.

2345: A miracle has occured! We received a signal from a distant camp: Aerion, they have found a cure! The curse is able to destroy traces of both parts of the plague, and is able to turn the animal organs into almost completely human copies. This would get rid of any external traces of Xenotransplantation, and get rid of the cybernetic implants while still keeping the body alive! This would allow us to be almost completely human again, and start over from the horrible mistake we've made all those years ago...The only problem is there is no way to get to the other camp without sending people outside to walk, and it is at least a week long journey on foot. We can disable any communication recievers on those with cybernetic implants, and we already have eight people willing to go out and try to get to the camp, the only problem is that the signal from Aerion sounds like a recording playing over and over, and I have a fear that this might be a trap, or that those who have developed a cure have died. Still we don't have any other choice...I am going to go over our plan today with them, and they should be leaving before the day is done...I wish them all the luck in the world...It is up to them to help us regain our humanity...

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