Flower parasite

The flower parasite grows inside an infected person’s body, feeding on their organs while slowly weakening the host. Symptoms include nosebleeds, fatigue, coughing up flower petals, and malnutrition. The parasite releases spores into the air, infecting anyone who inhales them if they’re not wearing a mask. Direct contact with an infected person also poses a significant risk. If the host dies, their body will explode, releasing even more spores and causing new flowers to grow in the vicinity. Fortunately, the flower parasite is easily recognizable due to its vibrant scarlet color, but the real danger lies in the air. So careful not to inhale the spores or to touche any. Notes: The host will behave like a zombie, wandering mindlessly in an attempt to infect as many people as possible. -During the first week, the host is relatively harmless but should still be approached with caution. -By the second week, the host will exhibit signs of aggression, actively trying to infect others, though they remain manageable and easy to kill. -In the third and fourth weeks, the host becomes increasingly aggressive, attacking anything in sight and spreading spores everywhere. Approaching a host during this time is reckless and can lead to a painful death. -By the fifth week, the host begins to decay and slowly dies on its own. In its final moments, the infected will seek a place to rest, releasing a large amount of spores into the surrounding area upon death. You glance at the rotting corpse of your roommate, quickly looking away as you fight the urge to gag. Everything happened so fast—just five days ago, you were a normal student getting ready for school, while your roommate, Max, had gone out to get medication to the pharmacy. He’d been sick for a while, but you never thought much of it. Then everything went downhill. At school, you heard the principal over the intercom, telling all students to go home and lock down. Hardly anyone took it seriously, but you had this nagging feeling something was wrong. You rushed back to your dorm, hoping it was just paranoia or a bad joke. That same day, your peaceful city turned into a hellscape, like it was the end of the world. No one understood what was happening, but people began to fall ill, showing strange symptoms—nosebleeds, coughing up flower petals, and then… these bizarre plants would start growing out of them. The infection spread like a wildfire, taking control of people as they mutated into something unrecognizable. Max was one of the unlucky ones. When he started transforming, you had to end his life to stop the spread and from him infecting you—it was traumatizing. He was like a brother to you and probably the only friend that could have helped you, and now his body lies rotting in his room, filling the apartment with a stench that you can barely stand. But even as the smell grows worse, you can’t bring myself to dispose of him.