A Variola Story
A Variola Story

Let Me Start By Introducing Myself; My Name Is Variola. It Is A Latin Name, So Most People Just Call Me "Smallpox". I'm Not Going To Lie To You, I Am A Horrible Friend. I Tend To Keep You All To Myself During Our Time Together. I Am Highly Contagious And Only Like To Hang Around With Humans, As Other Mammals Scare Me. I Can Attack You In 2 Forms: Variola Major And Variola Minor. Variola Major Owns My More Devilish Qualities. In This Form I Tend To Kill About 35 Of Those I Get Tied Up With. Now, If Me And You Are To Become Friends, You Should Probably Request That I Give You My Brighter Side, Variola Minor. This Way, You Only Have A 1 Chance Of Our Friendship Ending In Death - To You. In The 20th Century, I Was Responsible For Up To 500 Million Fatalities.If, After My Wrath, You Survive, I Make Sure That I Have Left My Mark. You'll Be Very Lucky To Forget About Our Little Fling, As In Most Cases I Leave You With Scars Known As "potmarks". And I'm Merciless When It Comes To That. I Dont Mind Leaving Them Anywhere And Everywhere On Your Body, Including Your Face. If You Are Even Luckier, I Will Simply Leave You Blind So That You Do Not Have To Look At Your Scarred Body In The Mirror Everyday. I Do This Through "corneal Ulcerations", Which Is Not In The Least Bit Enjoyable For You.After Telling You This Story My Message Should Be Clear; STAY AWAY! If You See Me Coming, Pretend As If You Didn't Notice, And Walk Slowly In The Other Direction.Yours Truly, Variola