“Axel, Lukas!!” Jessica called out for them. She finally found them, running towards them. “I was getting worried for a second, I didn’t want to lose you guys.” Jesse added. Lukas sat up. “I just wanted to thank you for coming to save me.” Lukas smiled.
“Welcome, but I think I owe you an apology.” Jessica replied. Axel stood up, listening to the conversation fully as Jessica apologized. “I appreciate it, but I’ll have to give it a bit of time.” Lukas answered honestly.
“Understandable.” Jessica chuckled. “I’m assuming you guys were looking for these?” Lukas asked, pulling out some old note paper. Jessica picked them up, seeing Ivor’s signature on them.
“There are notes on Ivor’s infection for that whole time after he killed Maya and before he got fully infected.” Lukas added gleefully.
“I didn’t expect you to keep them on you.” Jessica chuckled. “Well, what does it say?” Axel questioned. “Read it. You’ll find it useful.” Lukas smiled.
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Week 1
I’ve gotten the damn sickness. I probably gotten it from those fucking infected I killed. I have locked myself away from the other nitwits. I have noticed physical changes. Some of the changes are:
Wheezing
Nausea
Forgetfulness
Pale skin
Headaches
Raspy voice
It wasn’t bad at first, but then it proceeded to get worse. The headaches progressed into migraines. I started wheezing and my skin got paler, along with me feeling dizzy daily. I started to forget things way more easily. The purple mark on my arm is growing by the day. I will keep track of my condition for anyone who wants to attempt to make a cure.
-Ivor Reubens
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Week 2
The nausea has gotten even worse. I’ve thrown up multiple times. I have gotten even more forgetful, even forgetting my name and other important things in the past like memories, ideas, etc. I’ve gotten paler and my eyes are starting to turn red-ish purple. Normally, the infected turns purple, or all black.
I don’t know the reasoning for this. I’m assuming it doesn’t do much. The migraines are getting to the point I want to tear my own skin off and make me more aggressive. This explains the infecteds aggressive and impulsive behavior. The purple spot has grown even bigger and is spreading rapidly, along with other purple spots, purple veins started to form too. That’s all on my report for week 2. I’ll update more soon on this.
-Ivor Reubens
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Week 3
The purple spots have become even brighter, along with the main one. My body is covered in purple veins, becoming more noticeable. I feel like I’m getting amnesia, I keep forgetting so many things. It’s to the point where it isn’t forgetful. My eyes are becoming more of a red-hot pink. I feel like I want to rip my skin off even more, my head starts itching too. It’s not like on the outside. It’s inside my head. I want to tear my head open more. I want to tear my flesh off. That’s it for week 3.
-Ivor Reubens
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Week 4
Black splotches have formed on my skin too, one covering one of my eyes, growing rapidly. The one covered is turning purple now. I don’t know what this means. I’ve started to be more hostile and aggressive when anything happens. My amnesia has grown stronger, like I’m slowly getting brainwashed into forgetting myself.
My wheezing has grown to sound horrible. My voice is even more raspy than any of the other weeks. I’ve been coughing up dark red blood. I don’t know what this means, but the urge to itch is even more violent. That’s my report for week 4.
-Ivor Reubens
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Week 5
My amnesia has gotten to the point it’s severe. It feels like my organs are withering away. I found something to ease the pain, glowing vines, or lichen. It soothes the pain for a bit. I’ve made multiple holes in the wall and ripped off some of my skin successfully. I shouldn’t be around anyone. I’ve nearly ripped this paper. MY bloods’ now pure black, it got darker after week 4. I somehow remembered to write this, even though I only feel rage now. That’s it for week 5.
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Week 6
I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN. I DON’T LIKE MY SKIN.
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“Damn.” Axel replied, shocked. “He seemed to have gone insane.” Jessica answered under her breath. “Yeah... it seemed so.” Lukas added. “It said that glowing vines, or lichen, can ease the pain.” Jessica replied, looking through it again.” “Maybe those will be useful for the cure.” Axel insisted.
“Do you know anything else that can help?” Jessica asked, turning her attention to Lukas. “Well...” Lukas began. “I saw there were some glow berries in the lab while I was stuck there.” Lukas continued. “Where can you even FIND glow berries?” Axel asked.
“In a cave under an azula tree. It’s a rare sighting, though. We’d have better luck finding them in trading.” Lukas added. “One, people don’t normally GET or sell those berries, and two, almost everyone’s infected except you, me, Axel, and Olivia.” Jessica argued.
“I mean, it doesn’t hurt to try?” Lukas suggested. “Aren’t they where you said where you were stuck in?” Axel pitched in. Lukas nodded. “We can just go there then. We’re not too far, plus it would help us.” Jessica smiled.
“Well who’s going to get them? Axel sure as hell can’t go, he’s been through enough.” Lukas replied. “That’s nice, but I can get them if needed.” Axel added. “Well... we need someone to make sure any infected doesn’t come.” Jessica answered.
It got silent. “I’ll go.” Lukas insisted. “Lukas, we JUST found you, Plus, you can die if you go alone!” Jessica added. “It would be the same if one person was waiting outside.” Lukas argued. “I’ll just go with Lukas.” Axel shrugged.
“Axel, you’ve sacrificed your life for ours enough. It’s time we’d repay you -""I’m coming with you, I’m not losing anyone else due to selfishness for myself.” Axel demanded. “Okay, so you two will go while I wait outside,” Jesse added. “Okay.” Lukas shrugged, feeling bad.
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