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Hey, everyone! Spider-Man here — AKA your favorite Peter! Sorry to all the other Peters, but them's just the breaks. I've worked too hard the last three years around here to not get top-billed spot as Peter! ... Alright, alright, maybe I'll share with Peter Graham. But only because he's as old and tired as me. We're like a thousand years old in spirit, right? Right. The Peter Pack old boys.

Anyway, I used to give people informational packets, back when we lived in, uh... Deerington. You know, in Maine? You remember that old chestnut? Yeah, me too. Lucky me, my house and lab came with me! A little less furbished, but I do what I can. I'll be starting up my new job as a teacher here at the school soon, because old habits die hard, but I suppose I don't mind doing some teaching outside of the school, too, sooooo...

If you wanna know anything about the world that existed before Trench, I can answer questions as best I can. You guys all deserve that. And, uh. If it helps — I've attached a copy of the PPPP(S). Yup, that's right! The original! The O.G., as the hip kids call it.

[FILE ATTACHED.]

Super sorry if anything's confusing; I can fill out any of the weird blanks or things that don't quite make sense. And for everyone who doesn't need this info because they swam their little squid tuckuses behind me.... Hey! How's it going! Tell me a good joke, if you've got one. Let me know how you're settling while you're at it. I've been pretty good, personally. Lots of fighting, y'know. Creepy monsters away from the outskirts of town.

So basically nothing's changed.

Well, nothing other than the month, I guess! Wow, wait, is it already a new month? Can't believe...

[He trails off, and seems to realize, belatedly, loudly, and with great concern:]

OH NO, NOT OCTOBER!

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Aw, yeah, that's rough. Never fun to have zombies from your usual world.

I guess I should be apologizing right about now, because I have a feeling you'll have to deal with them plenty here, too. Places like Deerington or Trench just love to put us through the zombie wringer.

If there's any consolation, the outbreaks were largely contained. However, the next one was always a mere dropped or thrown vial away.

No need to apologize, though I appreciate the thought behind it. If anything, the experience has given me an immunity to their presence. Their presence bothers me, but I'm well equipped to deal with them. if not better than a number of Sleepers.

Well, I hate to be That Scientist, but they really should put those vials into some proper holding containers.

I guess they're, uh

good rodent control???

It's one thing to lock away the vials, of which my world is doing a better job. They won't drop themselves. It's another thing to find and lock away the ones who'd willingly drop them.

I'm trying to work out a one liner involving plague rats, but nothing's coming that would sound good outside of my head.

Though I remembered one from an intern I worked with, and it fits worlds with normal Halloweens.

What's the best way to decorate your house when you live on a dead end?

Zombies.

Weeeell, if it's all the same to you I think I'll skip on the walking dead.

You had people willingly kickstarting undead hoards?

I'll stay with carving jack o' lanterns, especially going the Druidic route and hollowing out turnips.

Mostly through negligence as an unintended side effect, though some did it intentionally, terrorizing or controlling the local populace. There was even a cult who deliberately infected themselves, embracing it as a form of enlightenment. Yes, you read that right.

Honestly???

The cult thing is the most realistic part in all of this.

I think they've done crazier than turn themselves into zombies.

People will grasp at anything to make themselves feel stronger or less vulnerable, or both, don't they? Even things that tear their own worlds down or their selves apart.

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