The Face Wars

The year was hard to remember since the beginning of the face wars; in these days it hardly mattered... People were haunted by thoughts that were uncontrollable, at least that is what they thought... many would end up wandering the cities for days almost as if nothing had changed from their daily lives but there was one small factor that made them remember one crucial thing, fear... I was one of the last to be infected as the term was coined by modern doctors at the time this all began. People would go see doctors for pain in the back of the neck. There was no physical damage in these cases so doctors would write several prescriptions a day since they too were suffering from the same ailment. What was really wrong with these people? This would not become obvious until months after the first signs would appear. Some would call it a parasite that would take shapes in their dreams, but the worst cases say that the shape was always near them, or close by. The Germans called it "Der GroBman" or Slender Man in English. To the Japanese they called this form of a parasite "Kuro Kiseichū," Black Parasite in English. I called it, simply, fear...
One of the most famous cases was when a diplomat from Agartha went to visit a series of countries at the world summit called "The G8/G20" he would never show up for meetings with other world figures and when he did he declared war on all of them; the problem with this case is that his fellow Agarthan's representatives could not make sense of what he was doing. As these meetings progressed he became more and more distant to a point where he would physically look weak and sick. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was always antsy always biting his nails, sometimes to the point of bleeding; or fidgeting to the point that others would give him unsettling looks. Then what set this whole summit in to a spiraling downfall was when the diplomat stood up started throwing papers everywhere, taking pens and pencils and stabbing people close by him and then he turned one of them on himself. He stabbed himself in the neck in such a way that blood would squirt out hitting the injured individuals near him. His dying words were simply... "All mighty Cube, formless and dark, the infection has begun..."
Those that were injured at the summit and had blood spatters on them were the next to go insane, but this time it was short lived due to the nature of being injured and having a completely infected man's blood on them. This is where it started... it became known as another fluid-transmitted infection but it was short lived as individuals that were completely isolated from cases that were obvious would begin to have symptoms. Very few people remained after the war, but this is just the beginning of what happened... I was a survivor of the Black Parasite, The Face Wars, since it began...
In my mind it appeared like what the late cases would describe they seen in their dreams; a black cube hollowed out and the black streams of light would shoot out from the corners giving it a lively look to it. When you are able to have a waking dream it notices you; and a sharp humming sound would resonate from the cube. The fear was apparent but a person with more self esteem, and have had a few waking dreams can overcome this infection. I found the origin of this "Der GroBman" or "Kuro Kiseichū". The Slender man or Black parasite was an entity from a realm within imagination. It was pulled from a parallel existence; it had a spiritual name called "Dark Kai". It also had some origin in space, from extra terrestrial beings that traveled with the usage of phase-shifting technology; something humanity could never comprehend a few decades ago...

Conflict Type

Military Campaign