About the Hazed, do they start out alive or do normal human functions stop somewhere in the transition? Because obviously if the Hazed are alive at any point, they would die of dehydration, no?
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To sum it up:
Infected don't need food or water.
Food helps their physical attributes and well fed ones are faster and deadlier.
Water makes them slightly smarter, doing such things as avoiding hazards and flanking.
They don't use the bathroom, but rather throw up when too full.
The Green Haze virus basically strips people from their humanity. Simple human functions like walking and climbing are retained,while more complex ones tend to be forgotten, such as using weaponry and driving. Hydrated ones show minor signs of intelligence. Food is used as a fuel source for the infected, so if their well feed they act more feral. Running, climbing, and attacking faster. If they over eat they will throw up a green paste rather than crapping it out. If an infected person fails to eat for some time, they move at a much slower pace, limited to stumbling and crawling.
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Ill be adding more information on the Hazed and the Virus itself once I get the characters accepted and my characters made. For now the information in the Info Dump is very basic knowledge.
Or maybe even have a small window for reversal of the infection if the right antibiotics were invented sometime in the future?
I was toying with the idea that people could ward off the infection if caught in time, but there is no miracle drug that stops the infection. What do y'all think?
Here is what I had in mind:
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Stage one is similar to a cold, its hard to tell if you are infected or not. Keeping well fed and hydrated can stop the infection before it becomes worse. Your body can help fight it off.
Stage two you start to feel better despite a mild fever. If advanced to this stage, staying well fed and hydrated, along with the use of antibiotics give a chance for the person to feel better. Rest is highly recommended. As long as you don't exert yourself, keep taking medicine, and stay hydrated you can prevent the infection from worsening.
Stage three severe fever, throwing up, and skin color starts to change. Very hard to ward off infection, but possible. By this time its a game of chance.
Once you hit
stage four the virus spreads from your lungs to your brain. You are unconscious, and die during the time. There is no cure.[/spoili]
How's technology in this stage of the storms? How long after the first storm hit their area does the RP start? Because if it's still early, wouldn't cell phones still work, along with their being able to connect to the internet and use computers in libraries? Maybe being able to charge phones in abandoned homes or anywhere there's a electrical socket?
The storms are just like normal storms, some worse than others. Ill have more information about the start up of the RP the closer we get to starting up.
As for electronics, most of the power has been out for a while, generators can still be ran to provide power, but can draw infected to them. Phones can be charged by running generators, but phone lines are busted so texting/phone calls/ anything that uses data isn't usable.
In theory the internet could still be working, but the servers would likely be off due to no one staying around to run them, and if any big storms would come around shutting off power that would make matters worse.