Stage 1: Victim begins twitching in certain places. Stage 2: Victim begins smiling widely. Stage 3: Victims eyes become bloodshot and they are unable to sleep. Stage 4: Victim can't stop smiling and laughing like a maniac. Stage 5: Victim may become extremely violent. Stage 6: Victim laughs nonstop and begs for it to stop. Also coughs up a little blood. Stage 7: Sanity drops to the negatives and Victim is laughing and screaming like crazy, smiling widely and no hesitation to kill, and coughing up a lot of blood. Stage 8: ...

You were in an insane asylum with your family, mainly to be tested to make sure you all didn't have the Trauma Smiles Disease.

Dianne(Mother): (Age: 44) (Stage: Safe) (Chess keeps her sane.) Jason(Father): (Age: 47) (Stage: 1) (Not really acting infected, just talking a lot) Michael(Brother): (Age: 19) (Stage: Safe) (Scared of Maria) David(Uncle): (Age: 45) (Stage: Safe) (Shares a cell with Dianne and Michael) Martha(Sister): (Age: 17) (Stage: Safe) (So confused as to what's happening) Mary(Aunt): (Age: 49) (Stage: Safe) (Scared for the rest of the family) Kris(Female Cousin): (Age: 24) (Stage 1) (Eyes have been twitching) Lincoln(Brother): *(Age: 19) (Stage 3) (Apparently, he is very sane, so moving to Stage 4 is less likely to happen for him) Maria(Sister): (Age: 26) (Stage: ?) (Has been showing signs of Stage 1 infection, but hasn't gone into the stage yet)

Disease can only spread through physical contact, at least if an infected touches a safe person. No one knows how the disease specifically happened, and there is currently no cure.