A Touch of Hope
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The year is 2035. Following the Pax Plague and the rise of the police state, physical contact has been outlawed upon pain of death. Private meetings are held in hidden rooms to find new ways of hand shaking. Public executions are daily. Dealers in shady alleyways get paid vast amount of money for a hug. A flourishing black market operates with the primary currency of kissing. A secret order rises to power intent on quelling the police state and restoring democracy, opening encouraging high fives as an act of rebellion.
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