The Infamction AU

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|-|Brief Explanation=
=Brief Explanation=
==The Infamction AU==
The Infamction AU, also known as Famvirus by some (alt name made by Hippie), is an AU in which the characters of the AACU's Fam Chat's 3rd Gen exist in a world in which the zombie apocalypse plays out.
It is based off of those MLP infection AUs that were all over the internet in January 2024.
The idea for this AU was created on the night of 1/29/24, when AppleFries' roleplayer jokingly said in a conversation "famchat infection au when", afterwards, Phoenix (Shark's roleplayer) and I teamed up to write a plot for our own iteration of a Fam Chat infection AU. 
Yes, I said iteration; Like the idol AU concept, the infection AU also exists as more than one AU. The other infection AU is titled as "the Sassy Apple Apocalypse/Applocalypse AU."
==The Plot:==
[WIP]
==AU Artworks, Edits, and Other Stuff:==
File:Infamction AU Concept Art -1 (Ft. Gelloo, TP, and Obxi).webp|Infamction AU Concept Art #1 (Ft. Gelloo, TP, and Obxi)
File:Infamction AU Concept Art -2 (Ft. Hippie, Vin-Kin, and Panik).webp|Infamction AU Concept Art #2 (Ft. Hippie, Vin-Kin, and Panik)
File:Infamction AU Concept Art -3 (Ft. Apple, Akira, and Shark).webp|Infamction AU Concept Art #3 (Ft. Apple, Akira, and Shark)
|-|Infection Stages=
=Infection Stages=
== Stages of the Infection: ==
The infection spreads like any other zombie virus would, by being bitten, getting zombie blood in open wounds, or consuming the infected.
Like most of the MLP infection AU viruses I've seen, the infection in this Fam Chat AU has exactly 5 stages. Here's what happens to the infected those stages:
=== Stage 1: ===
Entering stage 1 of the infection, hosts who've consumed the infected will start having major stomach cramps, while those who just got bitten or got infected blood in their wounds will be "fine" at first. 
They'll display all the signs of insomnia even if they do sleep and will occasionally vomit black bile filled with dismembered parts of insects (wings, antennas, ECT.) 
Some additional symptoms that rarely appear but do exist in some cases of the infected are horrific hallucinations and/or limping. 
Those who were bitten and are still in this stage can be cured via amputating the body part with the bite on it. 
- (Credits to Phoenix for most of the info in this stage!!)
=== Stage 2: ===
Entering stage 2, the infected will start having frequent nosebleeds and start vomiting bile even more. 
The signs of insomnia would have gotten worse at that point. At best, their eye bags would look like they're wearing awesome goth eyeshadow. At worst, the eye bags would give the illusion that you can see into the host's skull's eye sockets.
The host will also start showing signs of hypothermia, having ice cold bodies yet not feeling chilly themselves.
At this point, hosts are beyond saving, but they can still hide the fact that they are infected and chill with the survivors, well..as long as they suppress their newfound craving for human flesh..
=== Stage 3: ===
Entering stage 3, the infected's skin will either become really tight, making the host's bones visible through it, or it'll become really loose, making it sag off their bodies in a disgustingly uncanny manner.
Those with tight skin will start growing claw like features on their hands while those with loose skin's jaws will start dislocating at will so they can consume mass amounts of flesh.
They will also obtain a random superhuman ability, as in super strength, super speed, super hearing, stretchy limbs, ECT.
Their eyes will also now be dislodged in another uncanny manner.
They can no longer suppress the craving for longer than 5 minutes. 
They still have their human conscience and feelings but cannot control their bodies like they used to. At this point, they are just puppets on strings, only being able to move on their own when the virus isn't in full control.
=== Stage 4: ===
Entering stage 4, they are no longer human.
The virus may trick you into thinking the host is still there and can be saved, however that is not the case and the monster is just using the host's memories and voice to manipulate others. 
The host is dead and in a better place now. May they rest in peace.
The host's skin will become even more tight or even more loose. For those with tighter skin, they are pretty much just skin and bones, with some bones ACTUALLY sticking out of the body in open wounds. For those with looser skin, their skin will start looking like it's melting off of their bodies. 
Those with claws will have fully grown claws at this point. Those with dislocated jaws will no longer be able to control the jaws at will; They are now permanently dislocated.
No matter what state their skin is at, the bile has started to melt through their stomachs.
=== Stage 5: ===
At stage 5, the host’s body has deteriorated to the point of no return.
Its limbs will start falling apart like a Roblox character resetting. 
At this point, the infected can no longer hurt you, but touching those in stage 5 without proper hand coverage can lead to a 4th way to obtain the virus.
=== The infection as shown in the "slime mold": ===
Those who are already hosts of the canon G3 "slime mold", or are the "slime mold" themselves, have semi-immunity to the virus, and if infected, will seem completely like a human survivor.
They won't have any of the traits the other infected have, except for a random superhuman ability and the insatiable hunger for f l e s h, however, with enough self control, they can suppress the hunger, survive on normal food, and get along with human survivors like normal.
Those who cannot suppress the hunger are now unstable individuals who cannot be trusted around survivors, because maybe one day, they'd turn on them too..
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=Characters=
==The Characters:==
=== "Gelloo Asdfghjkl": ===
The Infamction AU version of Gelloo.
Status: Infected, Stage 4
The source of the infection/the "patient #0" type deal since he literally is a zombie in G3 canon.
As mentioned in the main Gen 3 wiki page, he rose from the dead with the help of a special witchcraft infused bracelet (to that one friend who I went to the 5th grade with, yes this is a bit of a reference to that one show >:3) In the Infamction AU, he basically crafts the bracelet wrongly and the negative side affects only started kicking in 14 years after the positive affects kicked in...and uh..y'all already know what happened..
=== ""The Hostage"": ===
The Infamction AU version of the hostage from the "secret" characters page.
Status: Infected, Stage 4
The second holder of the disease. They obtained it after being bitten by Gelloo once he couldn't contain himself. 
If it weren't for their weak, unfit, tied up state and composure, the infection wouldn't have developed that fast and they'd be at around stage 2.
Has an abnormally strong sense of hearing...I mean..at least it's still tied up ig so it won't be that much of a bother...right..?
It got out.
=== Pc: ===
The Infamction AU version of Pickled Shrek/Pc.
Status: Dead, Died Before Outbreak
Still died back in September 2006 and came back as a ghost; Tries desperately to help survivors by possessing them so their skills are enhanced for easier survival.
=== Jojo: ===
The Infamction AU version of Jojo.
Status: Dead, Died Before Outbreak
Died only a few weeks before the outbreak; Does the same as Pc and tries to help survivors but is really bad at it since HE'S LITERALLY 6 YEARS OLD..
=== Hippie Queen: ===
The Infamction AU version of Hippie.
Status: Immune, They're an Angel
Immediately tried contacting the heavens to put a stop to the chaos but was left with no response. 
Since she didn’t want to sit around and do nothing so she repurposed her candy shop in Detroit AND her Target into a base for survivors. 
She still has her teleportation and flight abilities and uses them to get resources for those staying at the candy shop base (due to a lack of anything that isn't candy) and to also scavenge for more survivors to save.
She doesn’t know that her special overpowered angel abilities can reverse the infection effects yet so she’s doing the best she thinks she can do.
=== Vinny Kinnie: ===
The Infamction AU version of Vin-Kin.
Status: Alive
Scavenges for resources and survivors whenever Hippie’s too tired to teleport and fly.
Wields his father's axe as his weapon of choice.
Finally obtained a prosthetic arm after TP accidentally chopped it off a few days before the outbreak.
=== Panik Kalm: ===
The Infamction AU version of Panik.
Status: Alive
Scavenges for resources and survivors whenever Hippie’s too tired to teleport and fly.
Wields explosives and matches; Pretty much an arsonist on the "battlefield."
=== Akira: ===
The Infamction AU version of Akira.
Status: Infected, Stage 1
Obtained the infection after the two physically middle aged walking corpses escaped into the neighborhood and started infecting everyone else in sight, with those bitten more than once becoming aggressive stage 3-4 infectees right away, and one of those freshly aggressive freaks attacked her.
She keeps her health status a secret out of fear of being kicked out of the base and left to rot because, at the time, no one knew amputating a stage 1 host could cure them.
She was bitten on her inner thigh so whenever people ask why she's bleeding there, she uses her period as an excuse 💀 (I only added this info because irl Akira would probably do this exact thing if the zombie pandemic ever happened-)
Has the horrifying hallucination side affect and suffers greatly from it. No one knows that this is a trait of certain hosts yet so they think she just started having sleep deprived hallucinations or some shit (also an "explanation for the eyebags.")
=== Shark: ===
The Infamction AU version of Shark.
Status: Alive
Despite having altered DNA, they are still capable of becoming infected.
They saw Akira get bitten and is the only one who knows she’s infected and keeping it a secret.
They’ve tried to tell the others but no one has time to pay attention to sign language and notes during the apocalypse so they’re ignored. 
Despite typically being a gentle giant, they started using their size for good use and pummels through the infected like ants during group scavenging trips they're invited to.
=== Karina (Littlevega): ===
The Infamction AU version of Karina.
Status: Alive..For Now..
Met up with Akira for the first time in years in the Target "safe" base. 
Tries to spend every waking hour of the rest of her life with her childhood bestie due to missing her for so long...She really doesn't want to lose her friend again.
=== Orang: ===
The Infamction AU version of Orang.
Status: Alive
Resides safely in the Target "safe" base with all the family's pets (except for Colleen for obvious reasons), whether it be the canon pets or the semi-canon pets (those only exist in certain timelines of this AU.)
=== Obxi: ===
The Infamction AU version of the basement creature/Obxi.
Status: Immune, They're a Literal God
Could hypothetically put an end to the infection/reverse its effects, but then the infection would just pop up in a different timeline and/or AU in the multiverse, so it'd just be pointless in the grand scheme of things. 
Is only helping the survivors due to a guilty conscience that formed after the sins of the past finally caught up to them again.
Wears sunglasses and cloak/cape/shawl whenever they’re near survivors so they don’t get mistaken for one of them…;Cloak is because their tentacles are now constantly out just in case they need to be used.
Was given a clothing redesign in this AU just for the sake of having new drip for the new AU but now UNINTENTIONALLY resembles the fucking "get in the van!!" guy from Zombieland Saga, an anime that I have yet to watch whilst typing this btw.
Is actually VERY interested in how the events of the AU will play out, which is their other reasoning for proceeding to reside there.
=== Toxic Pineapple: ===
The Infamction AU version of TP.
Status: Infected, Semi-Immune, Is "Slime Mold"
Was infected after zombie blood got into his eyeless socket after the eye was scratched out.
Is suppressing the flesh craving very well, probably because Obxi's giving him little pep talks like "Humans are friends, not food!! /ref" and whatever-
EXTREMELY injured. Has tons of bruises and scrapes + his earrings are gradually being ripped out over time.
Occasionally goes on group scavenging trips with Obxi and the gang™.
=== AppleFries: ===
The Infamction AU version of Apple.
Status: Infected, Semi-Immune, Is "Slime Mold"
Was bitten during a scavenging expedition as they were looting an abandoned building for warm clothes (they did actually obtain a cute kids sweater with a little star pattern because haha reference.)
Unlike TP, she's actively indulging in the flesh craving because she frankly doesn't care about a couple'a strangers. 
At nights, she occasionally makes trips out of the base and comes back full and covered with blood; For some reason, no one bats an eye.
=== Emilia (Chit's RNAs Chan): ===
The Infamction AU version of Chit's.
Status: Alive
Ran into what she thought was an abandoned building when the virus spread near her residency; Accidentally stumbled into a full on Mafia base ran by Reza. Eventually teamed up with Reza and his posse when she realized she wouldn't be able to survive on her own.
=== (Uncle) Reza: ===
The Infamction AU version of Reza.
Status: Alive
Surviving alongside his fellow Mafia members and Chit's RNAs during the apocalypse by residing in the Mafia base and shooting through zombie hoards to locate and obtain food.
=== Quinn Ingram: ===
The Infamction AU version of Quinn.
Status: Alive
Put a hold on her mission to bring her brother back and is now trying to help find a cure for the infection.
She is gradually going insane because she believes the virus is her fault for playing with the concept of life and death before with the creation of AppleFries.
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