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Once upon a time there was a Spark. He believed that people hated him and wished to Show Them All, so he constructed a flower. This flower would grow in the lungs of his enemies and slowly suffocate them with his own hate. Unfortunately, he was right about people hating him and the flower grew in his lungs first. His attempts at a cure killed him before he could learn that they were not as deadly as he planned. The flower scattered spores across Europa, and as it spread, it was discovered that loyalty was the only cure. People to their leaders, Sparks to their Minions, only those with solid ties of devotion were spared.
Mechanicsburg had never reported a single case of Hanahaki disease. Every resident and Heterodyne had been linked in perpetual immunity since the Hanahaki spark had released the first spores upon Euorpa. Until there was no Heterodyne residing in Mechanicsburg. Until even his brother left them to go adventuring. Until the Heterodynes disappeared and not even the Castle could protect them.