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3	''[[http://mrsticky005.blogspot.com/2011/02/counting-page-1.html Counting]]'' is a 7 page {{webcomic}} written by Mr Sticky 005 It is about a suspicious man in the small town of Thirston. Despite its relatively short length, the comic is complete.
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5	Counting can be read ''[[http://www.mrsticky005.com/Counting.html here]]''.
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8	!!Tropes used include:
9	* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Not just anyone... everyone.]]
10	* AssholeVictim: The kids who beat the stranger for no reason other than that he looked at them.
11	* BloodFromTheMouth: The Police Officer and others cough up blood [[spoiler: from drinking the contaminated water]].
12	* DownerEnding: The Colonel gets away with it, and [[spoiler:everyone in the town is dead]].
13	* TheFarmerAndTheViper: The young woman who takes the Colonel into her house out of concern for him after she sees him in the aftermath of his beating. [[spoiler:He does nothing to save her from dying with the rest of the town.]]
14	* HazardousWater: Thirston's entire water supply [[spoiler: is poisoned by the Colonel acting as a Sanitation Engineer]].
15	* KillItWithWater: The Colonel kills [[spoiler:everyone in the town]] with the town's [[spoiler: poisoned]] water supply.
16	* MeaningfulName: Thirston. The story has quite a bit to do with water or being thirsty.
17	* NamelessNarrative: No character in the story is given a name- the closest we get is the protagonist being addressed by a title at the end.
18	* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: The town of Thirston.
19	* NoNameGiven: None of the characters are named. The main character is at one point called "Colonel" but Colonel isn't an actual name but rather a rank in the military. Aside from that only the town itself has a name--- Thirston.
20	* VillainProtagonist: The Colonel. [[spoiler: He poisons an entire town of people]].
21	* WaterSourceTampering: A newspaper article reads that [[spoiler: deadly bacteria]] was found missing from a [[spoiler: military research lab]]. Later the town of Thirston [[spoiler: is poisoned]] by a mysterious man [[spoiler: acting as]] Sanitation Engineer working on the water tower. A cop later says that the man is [[spoiler: a Colonel]], showing that there may be a connection between the missing [[spoiler: bacteria]] and the [[spoiler: fake]] Sanitation Engineer.

Context Webcomic / Counting