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The second rise of the Roman empire has arrived. Emperor's reign again. The gladiator games are no doubt soon to follow.
The cause: a tyranny driven parasitic virus moving in a slow crawl to overtake the human realm. Transmission: Sadism. The more you enjoy others' pain, the more susceptible you become. What's the prize to the torturous nine rounds of gladiator games? The cure. After all, what is more sadistic than a pipe dream?
The games have only become more meticulous.
It's no longer brute force and strategy alone that will keep you alive.
Calliope is small, weak and so sick her brain is fogged 90% of the time.
There is no way she is going to survive one round, let alone win the cure
But if that truly is the case, why can the supposedly infected emperor not take his eyes off her?
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