Roy Elliot: Asymptomatic Demise Syndrome

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As winter has ended, the zombies throughout the northern part of the nation have thawed out and dangers are greater than ever. Pre-war movie producer, Roy Elliot, recognized a problem that many Americans have lost hope in winning this war, a specific disorder called Asymptomatic Demise Syndrome, or Apocalyptic Despair Syndrome. He has taken it upon himself to fix said psychological problem. Elliot has made multiple movies depicting true American spirit, never giving up, even when times get tough. The responses of the various war scenes in the first movie did not show to be successful. However, word got to Roy Elliot two weeks later of a showing in Los Angeles, the number of cases dropped five percent. After a fourth movie was released there

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