tw murder, mentions of blood, mentions of meat, virus, mention of sh, mention of death
The angi-a virus that isn’t necessarily dangerous and both mental and physical. At first, there is almost no symptoms, but slowly, a love eating raw meat begins to emerge. They begin to start avoiding anything but raw meat, and anything but meat makes them vomit or tastes horrible or like nothing. Blood begins to taste wonderful to them, and start replacing the role of water. The sufferer begins to be irritated by the smell of blood, and also an elevated sense of smell. Especially to blood. The irritation experienced is similar to hangriness, and if the sufferer hadnt eaten in a while, more hungry than anrgy. Soon, meat bought from the supermarket isnt enough, and they need it fresh or decently fresh, and looking at quality butchers markets sometimes slips minds very easily. They will hunt down and eat people, and usually leave the organs left behind, because the meat is their priority. Eventually, the hunger starts to be overwhelming, causing them to need to constantly kill to eat.
At this point, the virus has made their body somewhat ideal for hunting. Sufferers who have gotten to this point are 3 feet taller than they originally are, stronger, faster, and almost silent walkers, and have retractable claws. The virus causes skin irritation too, making sufferers be very itchy, and constantly scratch themself. ( not in a sh way. ) When the virus is most severe, and full recovery is not in the question anymore, they will have lost almost all of their original personality and be bloodlustful and violent, and constantly need blood and raw meat, and most likely, be part Angifolium-A. It’s unknown how the virus produces the mutating proteins that Bluerberries do, but it can.
After all this, the host starts rotting away while alive and one day drops dead, and the carcass is eaten by animals, and decaying hosts are said to try and get near barns or hunting sites. Herbivores, like cows and pigs, will still eat the carcass and it’s unknown why.
It’s not transmitted easily, and only through consumption of infected meat or physical contact with an infected. Meat can have the virus cooked out of it, but anything below well done could be dangerous. Being bitten can also spread it.
Gems can get this virus, but it progresses much slower because of how their bodies work, and some physical changes such as the growth don’t happen.
