"Joe lived a normal and happy life, until the apocalypse came. His home and everything he owned was taken from him. He decided to try to avoid all the conflict that was ensuing from the other few survivors and began to wonder. He became lost and grew thirsty until one day he discovered what he thought to be the source of this horrific disaster. Joe moved toward the crater and discovered puddles that looked to be filled with Mtn.Doom-his favorite drink. He stored some in his pack and took it along with him on his journey. After a few bottles he had realized that what he had ingested was not a carbonated beverage, but in fact was radioactive sludge. To his surprise, Joe was not dying. He was, however, becoming a part of the reason why this apocalypse was spreading so fast. The liquid he had ingested was soaking into his beard and the beverage he so innocently drank became a trail of death for anyone that walked across it. The fact that Joe still had his life was a miracle, but after the harm he would cause he would wish he had never been born."

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