Thread: Concept for a Survival Horror Based World

Hallo there! I'm totally in on this roleplay. Ecstatic to join in, I should say. I'm thinking that in this world, while the degrees of infection may vary, they are divided into three categories The Infected, the Immune, and the Carriers. Later on, we may create subcategories within these three. The Infected These are the people that have the full blown virus, and are beyond hope. They carry the symptoms of well, the Infected. Have we decided on the symptoms? In this category, there, again, can be varying degrees. I was thinking that the Virus can mutate the longer a person is Infected. So those who were Infected first the astronauts, maybe? might be a lot more mutated than those freshly Infected. Intelligence rises as the mutations progress, and they climb in the hierarchical system of the zombies. At this point, the astronauts would be fully-fledged leaders of whatever hive they control. They would probably have a huge hive of zombies at this point, and would have manipulative powers along with other sorts of powers, as well as capable of intelligent thought and communication. They would not, however, be able to regain compassion, emotion, and memories, although they can pretend to. These are highly mutated Infected, and it should take a while before they can reach this stage. Tier 4 infection. And Sano, since you've mentioned that eventually the Virus terminates the person, then the next smartest Infected would have taken the astronauts' places. Mutants will naturally joinstart a hive as the Virus develops within them. Freshly Infected persons will be independent, until they gain enough smarts to realize there is safety in numbers. They will also be at the bottom of the hive hierarchy, until they mutate even more. The Carriers The Carriers would be the main reason as to why the Virus was spread so quickly. This is the beginning of the Virus. Just like HIV, the Virus can only be transmitted by exchange of bodily fluids ejaculate, blood, saliva, mucus, breast milk, etc. Carriers are like ticking time bombs. They can be asymptomatic at first, and later on as the Virus mutates within them they will start to show symptoms. Eyes change first, but then they can still go about their daily activities, and they would be mistaken for the Immune. Later on, the Carriers will begin to exhibit almost animalistic behaviors. Depending on the human and their immune system, as well as how much the Virus is present within them, it may take hours, days, weeks, months, or even years before they are fully Infected. This explains the danger of Carriers, and again, why the Virus was spread like wildfire. The Immune These are the 2 of the world's population that are completely virus-free. That does not mean to say, however, that they are not afflicted in one way or another. Those Immune are forever scarred with eyes resembling Carriers and freshly Infected, however they will not exhibit any more symptoms beyond that. Eyes remain the same because they are scars left by the virus. They are only Virus-free because their white blood cells have adapted well enough to kill the Virus within them. So the pattern is as follows Virus is in system, then immune system goes to kill it. No matter how fast the white blood cells eradicate the Virus, the Immune will always have eyes scarred to a certain degree. But once the Virus is killed, they cannot be infected by it again, unless they come in contact with another mutation of the Virus. It's up to the human whether or not they can develop a resistance to it and kill it again, or whether they become Carriers. Once again, these are newborn ideas that are badly in need of further development. Any bits of feedback and constructive criticism are warmly welcomed. EDIT Just a suggestion... The smartest infected can be part of a Council. Whenever someone actually dies from the Virus, the next smartest can take their place.