Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 23:02:02 GMT -5
Virus:
Nobody knows for certain how the virus came to be, some people claimed it was a result of the new fuel in some of the ships that was in the testing phase. Some of the medicines or drugs being combined together. Chemical waste being wrongly disposed of. Or a weapon created by terrorists. The list of the virus's origin goes on and on, no one is certain and no matter what they do. They struggle to find anything out without getting infected or dying. What the virus does exactly is a strange mystery, some don't show the side effects until it is too late to do anything for them and so far the effects of the virus aren't reversible. Though some medicines have been created that do seem to help the infected manage the infection. Sadly these medicines are new, untested, so expensive, and they usually make the virus mutate and therefore worse. It could even increase the rate you go through the stages. Only the truly desperate and wealthy take these medicines.
Stage 1:
The virus at first makes the person ill, resembling the flu in every way and thus people don't think much of it until they get to the second stage. There is no way to tell even with a check up or in a lab that a person is infected.
Stage 2:
In the second stage, the flu like symptoms go away. Their strength, stamina, sight, hearing, smell, or all of the above will increase slowly or suddenly depending on the person. Also other changes will take hold like eye color, hair having a faster growth length, height increase or decrease, canine teeth become sharper, fingernails elongate, or anything really can start to show. Though these changers will increase near the end of Stage 2. If the change is something that only appears if in a state of danger, rage, or fear then the person is usually able to make them go away and appear to be normal once they calm back down. People will often be confused by this and might catch on, but some don't.
Stage 3:
This is when the infection becomes more noticeable and dangerous. The control they seemed to have previously is fading away and more changes start to occur that they might not be able to hide for very long since being able to control is going away. As Stage 3 continues more and more changes start happening that makes blending in hard. For example, if someone had increased strength in stage 2, as stage 3 goes along they end up getting stronger and therefor their muscle mass will begin to show it much more. If they had the strength of a ox, they could end up growing a pair of horns. While control and hiding the sudden changes is hard through stage 3, it might be possible depending on what the change is. Changes in mood will also happen. Some people have been infected by those of this stage but is rare and really the person might've died from wounds rather than be infected.
Stage 4:
This is probably the most painful. Whatever changes occurred throughout all of stage 3 will no longer be hidden and thus you will be stuck showing them; showing everyone even further that they are infected. The changes in mood or personality will be much stronger now, usually turning the person into a brute or savage. Wanting to only destroy, eat, or spread the virus. Only a very grave few keep a shred of their intelligence however the Government usually get's their hands on them and whatever experiments they do to them, destroys what they were able to keep. As Stage 4 goes on, the body normally mutates to look like nothing of a human or creature known to man. At this stage they are capable of infecting another with the virus with a higher success rate.
Stage 5:
It's rare for someone who was infected to survive this long. Usually they either destroy themselves, the Government destroys them, or their body can't handle the stress and strain of the massive changes and they die from it. It is hard to say just what happens to those who make it to this point. And the Government never manages to keep a subject alive for very long at this stage. Whoever the mutated creature was is most likely no more, revealing a terrible beast that is capable of spreading the virus in it's own way. As each person who was infected was different, so is each beast and how they spread the virus. Some spread it through bite in their saliva, others breath smoke or mist that contains it, and there are many other possible ways. Fully capable of infecting others with a 100% success.
Nobody knows for certain how the virus came to be, some people claimed it was a result of the new fuel in some of the ships that was in the testing phase. Some of the medicines or drugs being combined together. Chemical waste being wrongly disposed of. Or a weapon created by terrorists. The list of the virus's origin goes on and on, no one is certain and no matter what they do. They struggle to find anything out without getting infected or dying. What the virus does exactly is a strange mystery, some don't show the side effects until it is too late to do anything for them and so far the effects of the virus aren't reversible. Though some medicines have been created that do seem to help the infected manage the infection. Sadly these medicines are new, untested, so expensive, and they usually make the virus mutate and therefore worse. It could even increase the rate you go through the stages. Only the truly desperate and wealthy take these medicines.
Stage 1:
The virus at first makes the person ill, resembling the flu in every way and thus people don't think much of it until they get to the second stage. There is no way to tell even with a check up or in a lab that a person is infected.
Stage 2:
In the second stage, the flu like symptoms go away. Their strength, stamina, sight, hearing, smell, or all of the above will increase slowly or suddenly depending on the person. Also other changes will take hold like eye color, hair having a faster growth length, height increase or decrease, canine teeth become sharper, fingernails elongate, or anything really can start to show. Though these changers will increase near the end of Stage 2. If the change is something that only appears if in a state of danger, rage, or fear then the person is usually able to make them go away and appear to be normal once they calm back down. People will often be confused by this and might catch on, but some don't.
Stage 3:
This is when the infection becomes more noticeable and dangerous. The control they seemed to have previously is fading away and more changes start to occur that they might not be able to hide for very long since being able to control is going away. As Stage 3 continues more and more changes start happening that makes blending in hard. For example, if someone had increased strength in stage 2, as stage 3 goes along they end up getting stronger and therefor their muscle mass will begin to show it much more. If they had the strength of a ox, they could end up growing a pair of horns. While control and hiding the sudden changes is hard through stage 3, it might be possible depending on what the change is. Changes in mood will also happen. Some people have been infected by those of this stage but is rare and really the person might've died from wounds rather than be infected.
Stage 4:
This is probably the most painful. Whatever changes occurred throughout all of stage 3 will no longer be hidden and thus you will be stuck showing them; showing everyone even further that they are infected. The changes in mood or personality will be much stronger now, usually turning the person into a brute or savage. Wanting to only destroy, eat, or spread the virus. Only a very grave few keep a shred of their intelligence however the Government usually get's their hands on them and whatever experiments they do to them, destroys what they were able to keep. As Stage 4 goes on, the body normally mutates to look like nothing of a human or creature known to man. At this stage they are capable of infecting another with the virus with a higher success rate.
Stage 5:
It's rare for someone who was infected to survive this long. Usually they either destroy themselves, the Government destroys them, or their body can't handle the stress and strain of the massive changes and they die from it. It is hard to say just what happens to those who make it to this point. And the Government never manages to keep a subject alive for very long at this stage. Whoever the mutated creature was is most likely no more, revealing a terrible beast that is capable of spreading the virus in it's own way. As each person who was infected was different, so is each beast and how they spread the virus. Some spread it through bite in their saliva, others breath smoke or mist that contains it, and there are many other possible ways. Fully capable of infecting others with a 100% success.