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The Schwan Laboratories Industrial Line

When researcher and colleague Sigmund Amenhauser approached Dr. Schwan about a new product based on his travels, the doctor was excited to hear of it; however, discovering that it was an industrial solvent for use in clearing roadways, he could not help but hesitate, picturing the Heather propaganda depicting Henry Kissinger ogling flamboyantly dressed construction workers. As Amenhauser explained the process by which this invention could aid the restoration effort, these reservations began to vanish only to be replaced by profound appreciation for the creative application of rot research and the significant way that this discovery could improve the lives of Malton’s construction teams. Reasoning finally that the puerile jabs of his mentally deficient aggressors should not stay the hand of progress, he signed off on the product and launched the Schwan Laboratories Industrial Line: helping those who help Malton…through science!

Corpse-B-Gone Road Salt

Developed by D.S. R&D researcher Sigmund Amenhauser

While on his travels in Western Malton, Sigmund Amenhauser encountered a group of individuals called the Locketteside Valkyries. As he observed, he noticed that a heated discussion seemed ongoing between a man named Cipherace, who appeared to have undergone some form of genetic manipulation augmenting his strength and size, and a man by the name of Doc Harmanz. Sigmund, not wishing to appear rude yet extremely curious about their conversation, busied himself with treating some of the assembled survivors near enough to these two so that he could overhear. As he listened, he learned that his original assumption was correct: Cipherace had been the subject of genetic manipulation that had apparently created an instability in his genetic code. The passionate dialogue that had attracted Mr. Amenhauser to them in the first place was aimed at finding a cure to this terminal condition before the victim broke down into a puddle of cellular remnants. Sigmund came to the conclusion that this had to be related to rot virus infection and offered to assist. He extracted a DNA sample, with the permission of Cipherace, and left to examine it in a lab as the hospital facilities were not up to the task. His findings were interesting. The genetic manipulation had caused the body of the subject to secrete an enzyme that bolstered the immune system by attacking foreign cells. At some point, most probably during a stint of zombification, the glands that produced this enzyme became zombified themselves. Not being part of the standard revivification process, this modified gland did not experience revivification with the rest of the body, causing the enzyme it produced to cannibalize other cells. Over the years, the augmented healing shared by Maltonians balanced out this effect, but as time went on, the scales began to tip in favor of the zombified gland. With the help of Dr. Schwan and his other colleagues Sigmund isolated the enzyme and produced a special Necrotech needle to revive the gland. Unfortunately, that needle was destroyed along with the data used to produce it when an organization of retro fashion-challenged clones calling itself the Heathers, attacked and destroyed the building at the behest of the local zombies. What became of Cipherace himself is still unknown, but what did survive was a sample of the enzyme itself and the technology to reproduce it.

Sigmund was able to adjust it to target only inert cells so that it was a threat to neither zombies nor humans. After extensive testing he determined that the substance was now harmless to anything save completely dead tissue. But how to use this to improve Malton? As he paced the streets, the answer struck him hard on the toes of his left foot as he tripped over one of the many corpses that line the streets of Malton. As a public health issue, they had been treated with a preservative by Necrotech scientists years before to eliminate the fetor and disease associated with the fact that that they cannot be properly disposed of. Hopping on one foot, he cursed at the preserved corpse and poured some of the solution on it. It promptly deteriorated into a thin film covering the street on which it had lain. And with that, the idea for Schwan industries’ newest product, Corpse-B-Gone Road Salt was conceived.

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