Crk Infection AU

STAGES OF THE INFECTION

STAGE ONE If the infected got the infection through an injury or wound that broke skin, the surrounding skin will be severely infected, and will turn a slight rotting green color. This is the earliest sign of infection, and it is of high importance that you look out for any wounds on yourself or group members, as it can be easy to overlook. It is found that even a scrape that breaks one layer of skin can be enough to cause infection (though if it does not break skin to the point of bleeding, it will be a much more slow (and therefor painful) process). The infected will start to suffer minor headaches coming from the back of their head to the nape of their neck. It will not be too severe, but it can cause disorientation. No physical changes will occur at this stage, but the infected may become more hostile or have a stronger hunger that they can't quite shake. At this stage, most do not know they are infected, making this one of the most dangerous stages

STAGE TWO The infected will start to get a slight itching feeling behind their eyes, in their throat and in the tips of their fingers. While this is little more than an annoyance, some instances have been reported clawing our their own eyes or biting off their own fingers, trying to get rid of the itch. It should also be noted that an infected, at this stage, will start to become more and more hungry and violent, even lashing out at friends or loved ones. Additionally, the infected will start to cough frequently (which can be annoying, but can also alert nearby infected of your presence). With these coughing fits, the infected will cough up an acidic substance that is sickly forest green in color and can be a prime way to spread the infection if it gets ingested or in a wound. Dispose of any of this substance you find, but make sure to never come in direct contact with it, as it can easily spread. If you were to see these signs in a group member, either keep your distance or kill them. Curing is not an option. There is no cure.

ADDITIONAL: STAGE 0.5 It should be noted that if someone gets infected through ingesting the acidic substance spewing out of an infected's mouth, then they will not become infected. The acid will eat at their organs and slowly kill them in a painful and harsh way, leaving behind little to no remains. You will know if you ingested the substance, as you will experience painful headaches that are different to the ones in stage one. You will feel the acid eating at your organs like a parasite, but you can't do anything about it.

STAGE THREE Most infected will start to experience bone growth at this point. It may come earlier or later, but 9 times out of 10, it is at stage three. The bone growth will result in the skin snapping and cracking, or the bones doing the same. Whichever comes first. When their bones start to grow, their jaw will break and go limp, removing their ability to speak in any way. They can still make distorted groans and moans (if their vocal cords are not entirely mutilated, of course) Additionally, some cases have been reported to experience a strange and painful instance where their dough or fur or skin or whatever it may be will start to melt slightly. Not entirely, but enough for their bones to become visible to some extent. Then afterwards, a sickly green dough-like substance will start to slowly "build up" the skin again, turning the infected into a mutilated thing that is roughly the same shape, but is nothing like who they once were. This is the stage where they are in most pain, and are less likely to attack, since they can hardly move themselves.

STAGE FOUR If the infected had any extra limbs, wings, tails or ears, they will be nothing more than thin bones that act as either support for the infected's walking or as a new means to attack. Sometimes this will happen with bones that are not from any extra limbs, and are a result of the rapid bone growth that occurs. An infected's eyes will melt out of their heads, and will hang from their blank and empty sockets. Most infected also grow much sharper teeth, and sometimes those teeth will grow to the point where they pierce through the infected's chin or chest. It should be noted that, in place of their eyes, new ones sprout out. There can be one eye in each socket, or several crammed into one socket. It means that the infected have much better sight, and it is speculated that they can even see in the dark. The infected's throat will have holes melted into them from coughing up the acidic substance, which will (if this has not already happened) remove any way for them to speak or make noise that isn't a strange clicking sound or the scraping sound they make as they walk. They are most violent at this point, and have little to no humanity anymore.

STAGE FIVE It is not itself. It is no longer aware. Family and friends mean nothing to it. It is hungry. If you see it, it sees you. If it sees you, there is no hope. Run.

HOW THE INFECTION SPREADS While it is unclear how this infection spreads or where it started, it is speculated that it originated somewhere in Beast-Yeast, leading cookies to believe that it was a product of the Beasts. It should be noted that water can easily be contaminated, so it is advised to clean any water before drinking it. Should you come into contact with an infected, and it manages to scratch or bite or injure you in a way that breaks the skin, either cut off the limb or treat ASAP (although any attempts at treating usually fail), as these are very easy to lead to infection. If you ingest any of the acid that they cough up, there is no hope (refer to "ADDITIONAL: STAGE 0.5") It should be noted that there is no way for an infected to infect someone through means like eye contact, being too close to one, or magic. They have lost any and all abilities they may have had previously. No-one has tried this, as this would be asking for death, but there are no ways to confirm nor deny if eating the flesh of an infected would yield negative and painful results. It can be assumed that this would be the case, of course.

HOW IT STARTED The infection started in the year of XXXX when Head Scientist Butter Roll Cookie attempted to "Create the perfect cookie" (A cookie who would not crumble, go soggy, become frail or age) This resulted in a highly dangerous infection being created. Butter Roll Cookie is still alive and uninfected, and he is trying to make a cure to the infection, fueled by guilt and a hunger for research on what he created. The first instance was on a cookie known as Elder Faerie Cookie, who had crumbled trying to fight Shadow Milk Cookie in an event that is not relevant. Butter Roll Cookie managed to, for lack of a better term, take Elder Faerie's body and run his experiments on it, where he journaled everything that happened to the cookie. It was capable of reviving Elder Faerie Cookie, but he quickly became dangerous and unpredictable, and broke out of his containment, before trying to attack the scientist. Luckily, Butter Roll Cookie managed to hide and survive. It is currently unknown where Elder Faerie Cookie (Or "Subject 0" as it is called).

COOKIES OF THE PURE-HAVEN (THE VANILLA KINGDOM)

PURE VANILLA COOKIE Gender: Male (He/Him) Status: Uninfected Health: 98% Abilities/Weapons: Healing, the ability to tell truth from lies, encouragement, can see how infected someone is with his eyes. He doesn't really use weapons, and he instead heals his teammates. Though he is good with a knife if he needs to. Appearance: Tanned skin, one yellow eye and one blue eye, short-ish blonde hair that is somewhat messy now, a star shape on his forehead, pointed ears. Wears a dark grey cloak that has golden wafer patterns on it and a hood that he usually pulls over his face. He has several pouches and a satchel, which he usually keeps any healing items he has and a spare medkit. Since his eyes are sensitive to light, he covers them with bandages. He can still see through them, it's just so he doesn't get his eyes hurt. He has bandages wrapped around his arms as well, that don't serve much of a purpose. Personality: Pure Vanilla is a kind soul who believes that everyone has a seed of purity and good in them. He often seeks out the peaceful option, especially when it comes to dealing with an infected. Of course, he is still more than capable of putting down any infected if he needs to. Pure Vanilla always tries to lift the children's (Strawberry Crepe, Cream Puff) spirits, telling them stories to keep them distracted from what is going on

VANILLA EXTRACT COOKIE Gender: Female (She/Her) Status: Uninfected Health: 89% Abilities/Weapons: Minor Healing, Minor Regeneration. Her main weapon is a knife. Appearance: Pale skin, pale blue eyes, short blond hair that was recently cut, freckles. She wears a grey hoodie and has a bag with various supplies and items in it. She just wears regular trousers and boots that are easy to run in. She also has fingerless gloves. Personality: Vanilla Extract is similar to Pure Vanilla in personality, but she is less trusting of people, and a lot of the time won't open up unless she thinks they are trustworthy enough. She is also more pessimistic because of the infection, and doesn't think it's ever going to be cured.

STRAWBERRY CREPE COOKIE Gender: Nonbinary (They/Them) Status: Uninfected Health: 67% Abilities/Weapons: Control over machinery, engineering, agility. They don't really use weapons, but they can make robots using various materials they find in the Pure-Haven to help them Appearance: Pinkish pale skin, ocean blue eyes, fluffy short pink hair. They wear a pair of headphones that are what they use to control machinery, a white shirt with puffy long-ish sleeves, red trousers and boots. They also have a pale coloured cloak that they sometimes wear, which has a shiny red brooch. Personality: Strawberry Crepe can be quite chaotic, but they are also struggling quite a lot, since they got injured very slightly by an infected. They're not infected, and are showing no signs of being infected, but they think they're going to get infected. They like to have fun, even if they can't really have it anymore, and enjoy Pure Vanilla's stories.

GOLDEN CHEESE COOKIE Gender: Female (She/Her) Status: Uninfected Health: 58% Abilities/Weapons: agility, strength, small scale flight Appearance: Dark skin, golden eyes, Personality:

SEAWEED COOKIE Gender: Female (She/It) Status: Uninfected Health: 99% Abilities/Weapons: Surprising agility. Her main weapon is a shovel which was sharpened so it can hit and stab Appearance: greyish skin, grey eyes with a darker grey eyeshadow, and old scar on the bottom of her left cheek to just above her left eye, seaweed green hair that is quite long and covers her right eye. She recently started tying her hair up into a short ponytail, or braiding it. Wears a dark grey shawl that has a hood attached to it, which is always pulled over her head, a lighter grey shirt with dark jeans and black boots. She also has a holder on her back that she keeps her shovel on. Personality: Seaweed cookie is quite monotone and blunt, and doesn't really have the most interesting personality. She tends to keep to herself and doesn't lie talking to many people other than Espresso Cookie. Though despite this, she knows a lot about survival, since she used to grow up in the "slums of the Creme Republic". She also used to be self employed to bury any fallen cookies, so even the unnamed could get rest, so she is more than used to the sight and concept of dead cookies.

ESPRESSO COOKIE Gender: Male (He/Him) Status: Uninfected Health: 89% Abilities/Weapons: Appearance: Personality:

CREAM PUFF COOKIE Gender: Female (She/Her) Status: Unninfected Health: 88% Abilities/Weapons: Appearance: Personality:

LATTE COOKIE Gender: Female (She/Her) Status: Uninfected Health: 47% Abilities/Weapons: Appearance: Personality:

PRUNE JUICE COOKIE Gender: Male (He/They) Status: Uninfected Health: 83% Abilities/Weapons: Appearance: Personality:

BLACK RAISIN COOKIE Gender: Female (She/Her) Status: Uninfected Health: 98% Abilities/Weapons: Appearance: Personality:

CARAMEL ARROW COOKIE Gender: Female (She/Her) Status: Uninfected (though she has a few injuries and is expected to be infected soon) Health: 32% Abilities/Weapons: Appearance: Personality: