Mercy

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Drama Science Fiction Building City XYZZY Awards 1997 Finalist - Best Setting, Best Story

Mercy
Author(s)	Chris Klimas
Publisher(s)	n/a
Release date(s)	30-Aug-1997
Authoring system	Inform 6
Platform(s)	Z-code
Language(s)	English
License(s)	Freeware
Multimedia
Color	none
Graphics	none
Sound/Music	none
Ratings
Cruelty scale	Merciful

Mercy: a short story by Chris Klimas.

Contents 1 How It Begins 2 Notable Features 3 Versions 3.1 Original version 3.2 Version 2 4 Links

How It Begins

You see, when the scientists had thought that the only smallpox around was in a very very small box kept securely closed, they were wrong.

When Dr. Peter Basham comes into the clinic, seven more people have died from a prevalent smallpox epidemic. According to his identification card, Dr. Basham is a euthanization specialist, and his primary job is to bring mercy to the stream of smallpox victims.

Dr. Basham has just euthanized another patient; two nurses come in and carry the naked dead body away.

Notable Features

• Mercy is heavily story-oriented and entirely puzzleless.
• Mercy contains a scripted scene mimicking a computer interface.

Versions

Original version

• Mercy (Chris Klimas; 30-Aug-1997; Z-code).
  • Note: Finalist for Best Setting and Best Story, XYZZY Awards 1997.

Version 2

• Mercy (Chris Klimas; 17-Feb-1998; Z-code).
  • Files: Mercy.z5 (96 KB; story file; download).

Links

• Mercy - at Baf's Guide.
• Mercy - at SPAG - reviewed by Steve Bernard.