AHA INF

infection AU name: Code blue stages: Stage 1: Sterile Rigidity — Muscles violently stiffen into a mechanical, mannequin stride. Skin turns ice-cold. Fine motor skills are completely lost. Stage 2: The Silent Bleed — Blinking becomes impossible. Hearing becomes hyper-sharp to track breathing. The infected moves with lethal, silent speed toward sound. Stage 3: Crystallized Seizure — Blue sapphire crust erupts across the body, forcing the host to freeze in erratic, twisted poses while their glowing eyes track moving targets. Stage 4: The Mimic Shift — The infected regains a twisted intellect. They put on clean lab coats and badges, sitting perfectly still at abandoned desks to ambush survivors. infected: Stage 1: *{~}Nurse{~}* — Stiffly carrying medicine trays, desperately trying to hide her frozen limbs from management. Stage 2: *{~}Secretary{~}* — Wandering the lower corridors, sprinting silently at the slightest noise. Stage 3: *{~}Psychologist{~}* — Locked in the therapy office, frozen in a terrifying, agonizing pose as blue crust spreads over their rabbit ears. Stage 4: *{~}Ratthew{~}* — Sitting perfectly still at the dark front reception desk, waiting for someone to approach. The Three Secret-Keepers (Hiding the Outbreak): *{~}Dr. Harlow{~}* (Supervisor), *{~}Ron from Accounting{~}*, and *{~}Secret Agent{~}* — Locked safely in the executive suite, shredding files to protect corporate funding. The Uninfected / Alive: *{~}The Intern{~}* (YOU) — Highly sane, completely uninfected, caught in the middle of the shift. *{~}Head Nurse{~}* — Alive, highly stressed, desperately trying to maintain ward order while oblivious to the true scale of the virus. *{~}Officer Duckman{~}* — Patrolling the upper floors with weapons drawn, highly suspicious of management. *{~}Barney{~}* — Completely human serial killer. Entirely uninfected, using the quarantine panic as a smokescreen to hunt victims. *{~}Paramedic{~}* — Frightened, hugs onto Intern for comfort