WHAT ARE THEY:
although zombie-like, they are not actually zombies. Instead they are similar to a puppet, in which the victim’s body moves against their will, as they are trapped in their thoughts, forced to harm others, the only plus is that they can’t feel pain.
While the victim’s consciousness is unable to do anything, the infected creates a subconscious that carries an ant-like mentality. There are theories that they are a hive mind, but they have not been proven.
The infection spreads by getting into contact with the victim’s blood stream, and the change happens as soon as they lose consciousness.
NAMES:
leapfroggers: the common term used by the people of earth. They coined the name for bounding over each other while they run in groups.
The Depraved: the official name of the infected by universe standard after the creation of act 022-B. The name is because those infected by this infection are depraved of all emotions, but hate.
PUBLIC OPINIONS:
to the people of earth, they are a threat, and due to their similarities to zombies, many believe that once they turn the person dies, in reality that is not the case, but who’s to tell them they’re wrong. And since they are viewed as zombies, people are callous to kill them.
APPEARANCE:
physically: the infected look like they were when infected. Although many have new injuries from survivors. A large identifier is that their mouths froth like a rabid animal, and their eyes are constantly wide open.
posture: their posture is very similar to the jockeys and hunters of Left 4 dead, a very slouched body, that crawls and jumps on its hands and feet.
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NOISES:
these guys can be quiet, they just choose not to. Instead making strange noises simular to the zombies from black ops one zombies and the headcrab zombies from half-life 2.
It appears they can communicate to each other, but the language is indecipherable. They are unable to speak anything but their weird noises.
they usually make a ruckus when they move, but don’t have to, possibly they just enjoy being loud.
BEHAVIOR:
They hate and attack anything that isn’t infected, and will savagely attack at such. when not enraged try kinda just wander around aimlessly, doing nothing but trudging around like a lobotomite.
like the infected from many zombie games like last of us, and dying light, the infected have terrible vision, but are sensitive to noise. Loud noises creates a tunnel vision to the source. They similarly have tunnel vision when it comes to attacking something.
They also can sneak, but they don’t usually, due to being dumb as a brick.
WEAKNESSES:
they are as easy to kill as a normal human, no headshots needed. This plus not feeling pain gives them a huge weakness. Despite not feeling pain allowing them to keep moving after they are shot, or lose a limb, they can still bleed out.
This combination of the previous weaknesses plus another make them even more weak. This other weaknesses is that they are very unaware of their surroundings, and can bleed out without noticing or fall into traps.
they can be cured with procces967-05A, but killing them is way faster and easier. Those who are cured often suffer mental damage.
WHY HAVEN’T WE JUST NUKED EM YET:
we haven’t because of these events
the nuclear war of 2037 not only razed the earth, but led to the nuclear disarmament act of 2039
the economy is in shambles from the war and rebuilding
in 2057 the world ran out of natural fuel (if you’re curious while cars still exist and work is: electric cars baby!)
the economy is so bad that they cannot afford the alternatives strong enough to power a jet or plane.
the happenings destroyed many cities and military bases.
the lack of fuel means we are also land locked
plot
infected with powers keep them. (If the collision leader gets turned, we’re doomed lol)
what about the nearby survivors
and probably more than that
TL:DR
ha ha zombie leapfroggers go reeeee!