Indigo light disease

The Indigo light disease, often shortened to ILD, is a disease of unknown origin and cause. ILD causes it's victim, referred to as "vessels", to become violent and irrational, before entering a state of homicide and forced "transformation". It is the most mysterious of diseases recorded by health organizations globally, and since 1875, when cases were first recorded, 137 people have been infected, either from contact with the infected, or just suddenly with no warning.
==Stages==
===Early stage===
ILD starts in a "vessel" through an undetermined transmission to the heart, and will usually remain undetected for up to 2 weeks. It lays dormant in the blood cells, flowing through the vessel's veins, passing white blood cells under the guise that it is a red blood cell.
===Signs of infection===
After two weeks, the virus suddenly weakens the immune system and enters the brain, and the first signs of infection begin to show. A vessel is likely to contain the disease if three of the following criteria are met:
*Light headaches occur.
*Eyesight is sometimes blurry, on rare occasions even causing seizures.
*They may not respond to human dialogue.
*Blood noses occur every few days (roughly 4-9 days).
*Their pupils are starting to appear a shade of red, notably Turkey red or Rose vale.
*Their interests fade, and interest towards trees, bushes, and other types of nature begin to develop.
*They begin to have hallucinations.
If any, or if all, of these symptoms are detected, they must be treated within a time frame of at least 19 and a half days.
===Light stage===
Once a vessel passes the Early stage, it enters the light stage. The light stage usually begins when the vessel becomes unconscious and faints. If a vessel is still breathing, it is likely the early stage is not yet over, and the disease can still be treated, albeit with varying success.
When a vessel enters the light stage, the disease becomes untreatable. The vessel will deny they even have or had the disease to begin with. Their eyes may be grey or black, with discoloured pupils, often with a hint of red. Vessels can become violent very suddenly, and will suffer from high emotion levels, likely due to memory manipulation. Vessels will tend to isolate themselves from other people, often running several kilometres away.
===Dark stage===
The dark stage is reached once the vessel has spent at least thirty full hours in the light stage. Information on the dark stage is scarce, as most infected with ILD tend to disappear after running off, and will usually become "lost". Data of an observation of an isolated case at a laboratory in Jonathia leaked in 2020 reveals that the dark stage causes skin to convert to a dark purple colour, for unknown reasons. Their pupils will turn a brighter shade of purple, and any understanding of human speech, behaviour, and emotion are lost. They become extremely violent, unable to control their anger.
Vessels in the dark stage cannot be killed using conventional methods, instead the latter must be killed using a yellow gas known as Fluorine lilacium, which is only available to the militaries of Jonathia and Canadia. It is unknown what happens past the dark stage.
=== Purple stage ===
The purple stage is the most mysterious stage of this virus. This stage has only been identified by reports from people unaware of the disease. From what is known so far, the vessel begins displaying some form of melting, or a water-like material sweating from their bodies. The melting then reversing, making the vessel become a different lifeform. What this lifeform looks like varies depending on source, from a deer-like creature with cone feet, to a creature similar to a "daghabben", the spider-like species featured heavily in the 4NET horror series High Jubilee.
==Isolated case==
Only one isolated case has been known to exist - a teenager at age 14 with dark brown hair up to their shoulders and brown eyes infected with the disease was captured and put into isolation at the Britford Point Research Center in Adestone, St. Gelta, Jonathia. The infected individual attempted escaping multiple times. Three isolated cases also existed, however two were killed through blood loss following a stabbing in the light stage, and one was euthanized.
The isolated case helped scientists gather information on the disease, and helped kickstart the development of a cure. As of 2021, information on an existing cure is yet to be released to the general public.
==Other cases==
Out of the 137 known cases, these are the known statistics, ordered by country. Jonathian cases have been listed by province.
Country	Cases	Killed	Lost
 	81 	1 	80
 	22 	0 	22
 	12 	0 	12
 	8 	1 	7
 	6 	0 	6
 	5 	2 	3
 	2 	2 	0
 	1 	0 	1
== Public reaction to the virus ==
=== World governments ===
No world government has ever given a straight answer as to their opinion on the virus.
=== Catholic church ===
Catholic churches have often denied the existence of ILD, calling it a hoax.
=== Reaction from the public ===
Initial reaction from the public regarding ILD caused slight panic. Some took to DiarPin and Chatspace, calling for the rounding-up of the vessels for execution. Others began panic buying, with several stores in Jonathia and Lyvena reporting spikes in sales. Eventually, panic died down, as the public turned their focus to the COVID-19 pandemic, although some, especially infamous DiarPin blogger Chloe Montcourt, still seem paranoid of the virus.
== See also ==
* COVID-19
* Health
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