MLP LLSMP AU BUT INFECTION
HII so I have an LLSMP MLP Infection AU idea..
The disease is called Interitus Syndrome, and it’s caused by a microorganism that travels through the bloodstream until it reaches the central nervous system, resulting in behavior similar to chronic wasting disease, but also heightened aggression.
Symptoms are stuffy nose, fragile bones, slurred speech, difficulty concentrating, muscle spasms, blackened flesh, “animalistic” or “feral” behavior such as biting and scratching, and heightened aggression. Orange, white and black flowers sprout from the body and the victim appears to behave like a deer with chronic wasting disease, eventually collapsing. It is characterized by growing hunger for flesh upon infection, but does not progress until a pony that was infected bites another uninfected pony.
Name says it all. The pony is uninfected, but who knows if they’ll become infected.
Also known as “commenced”, when a pony is bitten, scratched, or encounters the actual cause of this disease, they are considered Inaugurated or Commenced. They appear to be a normal pony, other than the initial symptoms of this disease other than the flowers. Inauguration is also characterized by ribs slowly beginning to show. They tend to be a little bit more aggressive, but the infection does not progress further until the Commenced pony bites another uninfected pony. They often have a growing hunger for pony flesh.
When biting an uninfected pony, the Commenced pony finds that it cannot stop. It continues until the pony has killed the other. White flowers begin to sprout on Infected ponies at the Contaminated stage.
Cutie marks begin to..melt..off..the infected?
When an uninfected pony is attacked and killed by a Contaminated, they seem “dead”, but reanimation occurs around 1 hour after “death”.
When the infection reaches the Advanced stage, black and orange flowers begin to sprout. There is no going back. The pony continues attacking any non-infected it sees.
Symptoms similar to chronic wasting disease persist until the pony collapses. The flowers take over the body. But strange enough, they’re safe to pick from the bodies and hold. These flowers have been symbols of hope and are sometimes worn in uninfected ponies’ manes to fully spread that hope of a future without infection.