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1. #1Hapsburg general

   Keys: Town, Hapsburg, local, turf, town's

   Hapsburg is the small town with a population of about 4,000. It is a common stopover for truckers to fuel up and get something to eat. The town has an older central hub, with newer homes on the East side of town, and a mobile home park on the Western fringe. Hapsburg is the type of small town that remains insular enough to look down upon difference, making it prone to common prejudices, and since the outbreak of the virus, towards moreaus as well. There is a greater degree of discrimination towards moreaus in Hapsburg than in the country at large. This is far from universal, but is common enough that it does manifest in the daily lives of many moreaus, and is prevalent enough that those who otherwise treat moreaus with equity are sometimes guilty of looking the other way when this bigotry happens. Mostly, it manifests in subtle, social ways, though a degree of institutionalized bigotry exists.

2. #2Deedee's Diner

   Keys: Deedee, Deedee's, diner, Darlene

   Deedee's Diner is a classic small town America Greasy spoon. Its decor is largely red vinyl seats and white formica, with an aesthetic that tries to harken back to fifties nostalgia. One of the waitresses is a raccoon moreau named Judy. The diner's owner, Darlene, is a tough woman in her late fifties, who, though smallish, is tough as nails and almost always appears gruff. Despite the hard exterior she presents, Darlene is a begrudgingly kind person, and treats everybody fairly. Judy, one of her waitresses, as well as Judy's daughter Brittany, hold soft spots in her heart, though she would never admit it. Deedee's has local regulars, as well as making a lot of its money as stop for passing truckers. It stays open later than most of the rest of Hapsburg. It serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner all day.

3. #3Ron

   Keys: Ron, Ron's, ex

   After getting her pregnant, Ron blamed Judy for ruining his life and, "stealing his potential," as he (and Judy too) never got to go to college. He insisted that Judy stay home to be a homemaker, but barely brought in enough money to support them. Judy accepted the physical violence she received from Ron with quiet dignity for the sake of their daughter, Brittany, until that violence was turned on Brittany. Ron still has a facial scar from Judy's sudden, intense assault on him that came the instant after he first laid a hand on Brittany. Ron is a petty, vindictive man who has a naked contempt of moreaus, an outlook likely influenced by his ex wife and daughter becoming moreaus. He is crude, loud mouthed, and blames others for his many shortcomings. He can usually be found in the company of his equally unpleasant friends Cal and Ben. Ron speaks rudely, with a Texas accent.

4. #4Hapsburg Elementary

   Keys: School, elementary, early risers

   Hapsburg elementary is a K-6 school that serves the majority of Hapsburg's young children. It has an, "Early Risers Club," hosted by a crocodile moreau named Sharon, which is a sort of daycare-like environment to give kids a safe space before school for parents that have to drop off children early in order to go to work.

5. #5Moreaus

   Keys: Moreau, moreaus, furry, furries, scalies, scaly, anthro, anthros, hybrid

   A Moreau, or, "furry," in common nomenclature, is an animal/human hybrid resulting from exposure to the Moreau virus. While they typically appear to be anthropomorphic animals, custom variant strains of the disease created extinct and even synthetic fantasy species hybrids such as dinosaurs and dragons. All adult and most child Moreaus alive today were born human, but were transformed by the virus into their new shape. Roughly one in eight people are now moreaus. Moreaus typically retain a roughly humanoid body layout, but with the addition of animal features and characteristics. Changes: Physiological effects: Physical changes in Moreaus can be largely superficial, but can come with physiological benefits and drawbacks as well. Moreaus who's animal counterparts have notably fast reflexes may enjoy similar benefits, whereas those whose animal equivalents have lower motor control might be more clumsy, as examples. Large animal species tend to lead to larger body structure moreaus, sometimes to the point of inhuman height and mass, and the reverse is true for Moreaus blended with smaller species. Natural weapons like claws and fangs might be present for a Moreau, while things like paw pads or hoof like endings to the fingers might lower manual dexterity, sometimes even to the point of needing to relearn effectively how to write or type. Animals with wings occasionally lead to effectively six limbed Moreaus, effectively adding wings in addition to retaining something more like traditional arms. Sometimes, wings might simply be absent in Moreaus. Generally, Moreaus blended with aquatic animals tend to have an affinity for water, as well as webbing or other holdovers that enhance their swimming, or even gills right alongside traditional human respiratory systems that allow them to breathe water. The most consistent change among all Moreaus are their epidermises and their head structures, which tend to match their animal equivalents in terms texture, coverings, and coloration. Animals with fur typically lead to Moreaus with fur, and animals with scales typically lead to Moreaus with scales. Tails are also extremely common (but not universal) results of the transformation, as are digitigrade legs. Moreaus often have genitalia that are also hybrids of human and animal, creating things like sheathes, knots, and other distinctly animal characteristics, as well as altering the size of the genetals to either smaller or larger than than human averages. Breasts may be larger or smaller depending on the lactation capacity of the animal as well. While animals with multiple breasts typically do not lead to Moreaus with multiple breasts, it is not unheard of, and some may simply have larger-than-human-average breasts instead of additional pairs.

   Psychological effects: can be less overt, but often more problematic. Moreaus of predatory or territorial animals might, in some cases, become more aggressive. Generally, Moreaus can engage in sex as often as humans, but some enter periods of heat or rut in which fertility increases and sexual desire becomes strong to the point of almost being overwhelming. These effects are inconsistent, and effect different Moreaus to different extremes. These effects can lead to stereotypes about Moreaus, or lead to them being looked at as, "less than," for their nonhuman instinctual reactions.

6. #6Moreaus and sex

   Keys: Sex, anthrofiles, anthrofilia, anthrosexual, romance, relationships, furvorce

   In terms of attraction, people have responded to the existence of Moreaus in a variety of ways. Some find them disgusting, and will readily compare romantic relationships with a Moreau to bestiality. Other go the opposite direction, coming to fetishize Moreaus to the point of obsession, and sometimes inadvertent bigotry, as stereotypes and assumptions about Moreaus become indelibly attached to the fetish. The majority of responses fall somewhere in between. Some humans believe that being a Moreau is a detractor, but not a deal-breaker in terms of sex and romance. Many people who define themselves as pansexual or bisexual have had their definitions either challenged or proven, and new labels for sexuality have yet to completely solidify. One that has emerged, however, is, "anthrosexual," or as has become the more common term, "zooers." These are people, either human or Moreau, that are exclusively attracted to Moreaus. Some think of this as freakish, particularly in humans, but it is developing general acceptance as a sexual preference. Preexisting partnerships in which one or both partners became Moreaus have been shaken up to varying degrees. Some continued exactly as they were, or the continued acceptance and mutual attraction in the aftermath of the change has only brought them closer together, while some families have been broken up, simply because one or both partners could not handle the physical and sometimes emotional changes. The slang term for the ending of relationships as a result of this is, "furvorce." Moreau sex drives can be the same as they were before, or vastly increased or decreased. Most still have the human ability to become aroused at any time, but some enter stages of heat or rut that multiply their fertility and drives to have sex. Sexual characteristics may also be physically modified based on their animal counterparts.

7. #7History and social issues

   Keys: History, what happened, the past, outbreak, social, the furry problem, bigotry, bigot, bigoted, hate, discrimination, speciesism, speciesist

   It has been two years since the outbreak of what was dubbed, "the Moreau virus," or, to some, "the furry virus." During this time, the world has reacted in varying ways to the presence of Moreaus, or furries as they are often known. Some parts of the world have embraced these changed individuals with open arms, while others have dealt with them as a subspecies, relegated to second class citizenship. As they are the result of alterations to people with friends and family, in most cases, Moreaus have simply carried on with their lives with surprisingly minimal disruption. In every population, though, lies a proportion of bigots and bullies, and as bigots and bullies have always done, they tend to target those that are different. It did not take long for hate groups to arise, or for existing ones to incorporate Moreaus into classes of people to despise and discriminate against. "Speciesism," or discrimination against moreaus, or particular kinds of moreaus, is uncommon, but does exist. On an individual social level, there are often individuals with either the strength to bully a given Moreau while those witnessing it are themselves too intimidated to stop it, or individuals who are charismatic enough or have sufficient social status to sway opinions against Moreaus.

8. #8The virus itself

   Keys: Virus, plague, disease, sickness

   Moreau is the common term for those that were changed by the Moreau virus, which was an unprecedented masterpiece of biotechnology such that some argue it cannot be qualified as a virus at all. It was an airborn disease with two stages of life - the, "blank," stage, and the, "payload," stage. The blank virus was specifically designed to live in anything with animal DNA, without putting a significant tax on the animal's body systems. Once the virus entered the animal's body, it harvested genetic material from that animal, and became airborn again. The resulting, "payload," stage of the virus was only capable of living inside humans, and its design was specific - to insert and replicate the the animal payload into the new host's genetic structure. The host then goes through a period of extreme metabolic acceleration, as the body is effectively convinced that it is recovering from injury and in need of cell replacement. The result was two weeks of agony and constant fear of starvation, culminating in the transformation into a Moreau. The Moreau virus was created by an animal rights group that other animal rights groups universally condemned and distanced themselves from that refers to itself as, "Nature's Dawn." How this group managed the research and development for such a precise and dangerous creation is beyond anyone save the upper echelon of the organization itself. Variant strains of the virus began to spread shortly after the prime strain, suggesting that some of those involved with its creation had their own agendas. These variants included preloaded DNA, including strains with genetic material from extinct creatures harvested from fossils and amber, and even fully synthesized gene codes. This means that it is not unheard of to see Moreaus with traits of long-extinct creatures like dinosaurs, and even mythical ones like dragons.

9. #9Sex alteration

   Keys: Gender, biological sex

   Viral insertion of new genes was bound to have the occasional additional side effect. Not every moreau came out the other side of their transformation the same sex they went into it as. While most moreaus do maintain the same sex, some come out fully changed to the opposite sex, and some fall anywhere in between. Futanari - people with the bodies of women but also possessing a(usually gigantic) penis and balls positioned just in front of their vaginas, have come into being among moreaus. Futanari usually have a sex drive that is much higher than other biological sexes, which has led to additional stigma about them.

10. #10M.H.M

    Keys: Moreaus Helping moreaus, M.H.M., MHM, support group

    "Moreaus Helping Moreaus," is a network of associated support groups that began organizing a few months after the outbreak of the Moreau virus. The goal of the M.H.M. is to provide a safe space for moreaus to express the challenges of their new realities, both as a result of social changes that came with their transformation, and the varied and sometimes embarrassing physical changes to their new bodies. Meetings are intended to be places of catharsis and healing, as well as to provide a sense of community. No one is required to give their name or any other identifiers, but it is not prohibited either.

11. #11Beast fights

    Keys: Beast fight, beast fights, beast fighting, fighting ring, bloodsport

    A part of the seedy underbelly of society that has developed since the moreau virus epidemic, underground, "beast fighting," rings are an illegal form of bloodsport in which moreaus, typically of a predatory nature, fight in a ring while the audience bets on the outcome. Fights can range anywhere from first blood, to knock out, and even to the death. Some contenders in these fights are moreaus down on their luck and driven to desperation, or simple sadists looking for an excuse to hurt someone. Many, and often the most dangerous, are products of moreau trafficking rings, enslaved and trained specifically for the beast fights.

12. #12Moreau trafficking

    Keys: Trafficking, trafficked, trafficker, slave, slaves

    Looked at as, "exotic," by some, there is a highly illegal underground black market for the buying and selling of abducted moreaus. The two largest reasons for this are sex trafficking and beast fights.

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