The Splot

Creature 29a, also known as "The Splot" is a highly dangerous virus that spreads through water.

### Habitat

The creature lives in wet and damp areas throughout most of the Voidclusters. It is easily transmittable through wet substances and can't be spread via skin to skin contact.

## Appreance

Altough the creature (which is a virus) can't be seen through the naked eye, it is revealed by the use of a microscope. It has charcertistics that are completely different from viruses found in The Backrooms or The Voidclusters. For example it possess an ability to expand or contract to a certain size in a blink of an eye.

The virus also appears to be blinding white which troubled researchers because many of them were left blind afterwards. New microscope lenses have been developed however, that lessens the effects of the brightness of this creature/virus.

## Transmission

Getting in more detail of how it spreads, it is usually spread through contaminated water that looks crystal clear like the image on the right---). When a human, or another creature has been infected by the Splot, they are usually contagious between stages 2-4 (rare cases of 5 and 6 being contagious have also been reported).

Like the Sweating Sickness which halved populations in towns in England in the 15th and 16th century, you do not get immunity from the disease. You can live through the disease several times and then die at a random point. A vaccine has been developed, but it only works 70% of the time and will have to be retaken every year or two.

### Epidemics

These are all of the recorded epidemics that have happened since the year 2000.

#### The level zero plague (Nov 23-December ~15 2002)

A small puddle in a base of Fort Residential was contaminated and a new member accidentally slipped, landing directly on the puddle. The epidemic spread like wildfire. The most recent records of the Splot were from the 1950s and people didn't really even trust the source, so nobody knew there was an epidemic around before it was (usually) too late.

Death toll: 373

#### The duo-level wipeout (Jan 23-Apr 5~ 2005)

We still do not know the original source of this plague but we know a group of wanderers were infected and then the rest was history. This is called the duo-level wipeout because the epidemic was mostly in two levels: Level 1 and 2. This was a slower paced epidemic than the previous level 0 plague, but gradually got almost twice the amount of kills.

Death toll: 763

#### Darkness flu (Feb 6- Feb 12 2015)

A brief plague struck Level 51 and killed 90% of the people in said level. Nobody knows the true cause of this epidemic, but it is likely due to an entity in the level. It took Level 51 3.5 years to get back to the level of people it had before the epidemic hit.

Death toll: 72

#### The 2nd plague (nov 2- nov ~25 2017)

Another plague hit Level 0 and partially in Level 0.1 due to a malfunction in the water filter both levels provide on for their entire water supply, but people were much more prepared this time. Many had started getting water from other levels and vaccines to give to the people so they wouldn't experience above stage 2 symptoms. Still, it was a massive blow to the population of Level 0 and 0.1.

Death toll: 298

#### The incident of 82 (March 5th - December 31st 2021)

This epidemic was the most brutal The Voidclusters has seen yet. Nobody was there to help due to Level 82's properties, and the entire population, creatures included, died during the pandemic. In all of The Voidclusters history, this was the longest recorded pandemic to ever occur in a level affected by Meinyou.

Death toll: 123,671,909

## Stages

### Stage 1

4 hours after exposure of the virus, the incubation period begins. The first stage of the Splot may suggest to people who are infected that they are just sick from a cold and it is not a big deal (which is the whole point of this stage). The Splot can be stopped right in it's tracks if the proper treatment is taken like Pepsi-Ultra or the Splot Vaccine.

#### Stage 1 symptoms

Stage one symptoms include:

* Runny nose
* Thirst
* Slightly whifhered skin
* Sore throat

### Stage 2

4-10 hours of the incubation of the disease, the host of the Splot will start have transmission-related symptoms like coughing or sneezing. In this stage, a person will usually start noticing something is off because their skin would be more withered than before. Pepsi-Ultra and the Splot Vaccine still work in this stage, but slightly inefficient.

#### Stage 2 symptoms

* Runny nose
* (more) thirst
* Noticeabley whiter skin
* Very sore throat
* Coughing
* Sneezing

### Stage 3

10-16 hours after the incubation of the Splot, symptoms will worsen and the skin will now be chalk white. Pepsi-Ultra will no longer work but the Splot Vaccine will still work aganist the disease. Scurvy will also appear as an after-disease which causes **all** of your old wounds to open up if it's severe at all. (only minor Scurvy for now, small things open up like paper cuts).

#### Stage 3 symptoms

* Minor scurvy
* Extreme thirst
* Chalk white skin
* Very sore throat
* Coughing
* Sneezing
* (sometimes) vomiting

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### Stage 4

16-24 hours after the incubation of the Splot, this is the stage where things go for the worst. Brain cells will start to be taken over by the Splot which will rework the brain into worshiping the Splot and also targeting other humans. No treatment can work aganist this stage because nobody has figured out how to stop the Splot from taking over the brain. You also may feel lightheadedness while your brain is being reworked.

#### Stage 4 symptoms

* Biting people uncontrollably
* Scury (bigger wounds open up, like bites/attacks from creatures)
* Light headedness (while the brain is being reworked)
* Insomnia
* Chalk white skin
* Very sore throat
* Excessive coughing
* Excessive sneezing

### Stage 5

After 24-32 hours of the incubation of the disease, because of your brain being taken over (or mostly) by the Splot your body will not cough or sneeze to repel the disease. Creatures or humans carrying this disease in this stage will now be known as creature 29b, also known as the Splotmen. Scurvy will also be extremely bad here as the Splot causes the body to use all of its Vitamin C to fuel the Splot to the point where all wounds open up. People in this stage can be cured by mixing Paint Nectar into the Splot Vaccine. The object will increase the vaccines ability to cure the virus and allow for transmission onto other living beings.

#### Stage 5 symptoms

* Biting people unctronablly
* Extreme scurvy (all wounds open)
* Insomnia
* Chalk white skin
* Very sore throat
* Blood clots

#### Stage 6

32-48 hours after the incubation of the disease, all symptoms go away as your skin falls off to reveal a new member of the Splotmen. The first 16 hours without human skin is usually the time where the Splotmen are not contagious. After the 16 hour process, the creature will become contagious, and can transmit the virus via skin to skin. The human skin is replaced with a white, thick skin of a Splotmen.

### Known cures

Pepsi-Ultra can only cure stages 1 and 2 of The Splot. The Splot Vaccine is the main cure the virus. It only has a 70% success rate unless mixed in with Paint Nectar. Nobody knows why the success rate increases when the 2 objects mix, but people say it has to do with the Insomnia symptom of stage 4.

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