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The hot, unsurviveable nature of the australian outback would be the least of your worries, were you to venture into the northern regions. What may await you is a fatal, microscopic parasite, transmitted near instantly from carrier to victim, nicknamed the 'Cigar'. To recognize where this parasite is present, you would have to look at the local wildlife. The most noteable carriers, and most common, are the snarks. Ones affected by the parasite are usually grey in colour, with only a hint of red remaining on their outer shell.
The grey colouring occurs because of an effect during infestation, which is the main factor that is responsible for the 100% death rate. The parasite spreads itself to the skin of it's victim if not transferred through the skin. It then begins to carbonize the victim's skin, working from the most outer part down to the flesh. It is unknown how it performs this, and is even more threathening if it's considered that through any physical contact it is near always transferred onto the victim.
Unlike humans, snarks have more of a crust than skin. The parasite because of that is unable to properly attack it's shell, and would lead to the snark surviving for a considerably longer amount of time if compared to an infested human. However, if compared to the average, maximum age of a normal snark, it's lifetime is very limited.
The snarks in this region are mostly found near any form of water source, such as small lakes, plants containing water, or where it usually rains, due to them always dying if they were to venture out too far away without being hydrated regularily.
Happily for anyone near this infested region, there is a way to easily stop it from reaching their skin. Any clothing that is thick enough to not be bit through by a snark should prove itself more than sufficient at stopping the spread of this parasite. However, wearing a thick garment in the outback especially would cause heatstrokes and the form, due to the life threathening heat that anyone in it's land is subjected to.
However, in the end, the northern outback is the only known spot to contain this parasite, even in comparison to other worlds inhabited by the combine. It's highly unlikely that anyone would reach this spot on accident, but if anyone were to be subjected to this damning land, they may never come out alive.
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