Enter Damian Smith, AKA "himadsaint". During a visit in Ohio with some family friends, he begins to develop a bad cough that won't seem to pass, and dead animals begin to pop up around the place he's staying at. Returning home it seems to pass, but... oh no... now it's back. Doing some research over the net, he begins to narrow down what may be causing these symptoms. Strangely, the one thing that catches his eye is an article on something called The Operator. From that point it all goes downhill.