Having seen what is going on, you've chosen to stay indoors...

It doesn't matter how many atrocious things are going on outside. There are police and probably the armed forces already working on this. What do you seriously think that you are going to do?  You are no hero, and the radio said to stay, so you are going to stay and hope that tomorrow there is a vaccine that maybe fixes the problem. A voice in the back of your head informs you that a vaccine is not going to put that poor girl's intestine back in her gut, but you promptly ignore it.

You turn to anything that will keep your mind off of the world outside. Television, video games, music, books, alphabetizing your spice rack, making a list of food that you have, just in case this happens to last a little longer. Everything and anything that keeps that open window to the crazy world out of your head is precisely what you decide to do instead of thinking of the grey skin, the yellowed gnashing teeth, the... STOP THAT!

The day drones into night, and you turn on the radio, but the message hasn't changed. The state officials still think you should stay inside. So you will. You make yourself a TV dinner and settle in to watch another episode of that show you're finally getting around to watching in an all day long marathon.

You almost let out an audible yelp when there is a pounding knock on the door.

Are you home?
ANSWER IT - Turn to 105
STAY QUIET! - Turn to 42

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