Thread:DatAsymptote/@comment-11163511-20150810045107/@comment-3991308-20150811085614

Ooo, that all sounds really interesting! I had a think about it, and tried my best to come up with a scenario that makes sense.

I feel like the starter could go something like this:

– The Evil Queen spell has negative effects on the bacteria in the Wonder Water, causing them to mutate at high rates. This bacteria becomes infectious, causing (typical zombie effects) in people in Ever After.

– Since these effects might start off minor, people don't notice at first. Since Wonder Water fuels the magic in Ever After, many people get infected.

– The effects start off slow, so people would have transmitted the bacteria onto a dozen other people before noticing (think measles).

– When Ever After scientists get hold of this, they start to develop antibiotics to help stop the bacteria. However, instead of eradicating the infection, they end up creating a new strain of bacteria with antibiotic-resistance.

– More and more people start falling suspectible for the disease and start to fail body-wise and mind-wise.

– This gets to the point where the Storybook of Legends is destroyed in an accidental fire or flood or electricity breakdown or something.

– People start worrying, and want to help save Ever After by finding the left over copies of fairytales, such as those by Grimm, Andersen, Perrault, d'Aulnoy, and all the Andrew Lang books + more.

– However, how can they ever be successful in this task, stop the zombie outbreak AND deal with their slow and deadly degeneration within themselves?

Well, that's what I got out of it! I'm not all that familiar with Once Upon A Zombie, but I hope what I wrote makes some sort of sense. I'm not sure how to work in the other points (like the Devil Tree part), but maybe the bacteria affected them as well, but not in the same way OR another strain of bacteria developed. I'm not sure.