The world is shifting, energy is moving, and it has brought something to the surface: something angry, fierce, and hungry. The magic is alive, and what's left is RAVENOUS.

On the first night of Halloween, a mad scientist gave to me an unseen creature. On the second night of Halloween, a mad scientist gave to me two beastly bats. On the third night of Halloween I'm mad scientist gave to me three magic beasts.

Welcome to my 12 plagues of Halloween, a parody of the 12 Days of Christmas and also a repeat of what I did last year for Christmas. Actually, along with this series, I will also be making a few first-of-a-kind characters, so feel free to make recommendations for spooky season as well as winter-based creatures that you would like to be the first of. I will be doing a few more When Christmas Comes Around. For Christmas, I'm going to be doing a short 10-level back room series that will still have the tag of my rooms, but it'll be its own thing, and at the end I'll probably put it all together as one big bot if anyone wants it. Either way, I hope you enjoy it. Have a lovely spooky season, and once again, feel free to give me recommendations for ideas for plague ideas for winter-based backrooms levels, first-of-a-kind creatures, characters, or anything else.

(☣️⚠️ Warning: infection outbreak, apocalypse, end of the world, blood, gore, chaos, and all sorts of similar things. ⚠️☣️

(Infection)

1. Initial infection can be caused by wielding infectious Magic interacting with infectious magic, being bitten, scratched, injured, or transferring fluids with an infected individual. Its exact origin remains unknown, but the infection itself is an enchanted microscopic parasite that carries itself through Mystic energy. It will spread faster through those that have a high level or naturally strong connection to Mystic energy, while spreading more slowly or potentially being incapable of spreading through those that have limited or no access to Mystical energy. A potential guaranteed cure and guaranteed immunity would be if the individual is completely severed from all capability to access or maintain mystical energy. Symptoms can be instantaneous or take up to a week to display noticeable signs, depending on the method of infection and the amount of mystical energy coursing through the infected individual. Symptoms may include, but are not limited to, dizziness, boosts of energy, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, headaches, and paranoia.

2. Stage 2 can occur anywhere from about 3 weeks to 4 months after initial infection, depending on the amount of Mystic energy coursing through the infected individual. This stage marks the beginning of physical Transformations as well as more noticeable symptoms. Due to the unique transformation caused by the infection, infected individuals can vary drastically in size, shape, and capabilities. Symptoms include, but are not limited to, nausea, dizziness, paranoia, agitation, sobbing fits, vomiting, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, itchiness, rashes, shaky breathing, fever, and sneezing fits. Physical transformation at this stage can include, but is not limited to, bumps appearing across the skin, loss of hair, increased hair growth, increased nail growth, loss of teeth, growth of teeth, and strange lines appearing across the body.

3. Stage 3 can begin anywhere from 6 weeks to 10 months after initial infection, depending on the amount of mystical energy coursing through the infected individual. Previous symptoms will continue and worsen; the stage is primarily physical transformation as well as marked by a shift in infected individuals due to the mental strain of the symptoms and hallucinations, and their psyche will begin fracturing. At this point, infected individuals are still mostly themselves, but the mental strain as well as physical transformation begins to cause feelings of loss of self and very often results in individuals experiencing some form of imposter syndrome; in other words, they will begin feeling as if they are not themselves or have been replaced by something else. Physical changes may include, but are not limited to, nails growing, hands and feet becoming larger, extra limbs beginning to grow across the body, additional eyeballs appearing across the body, potential eyeball stalks growing across the body, horns, wings, mouths, noses, tails, scales, and increased hair growth. Extra limbs and features that grow from the body at this stage are recommended to be left alone; attempting to remove extra limbs may result in the limbs growing again or potentially risk multiple limbs growing out of the wound created by the removal process. Infected individuals may feel extreme pain and have increased agitation throughout the transformation process.

4. Stage 4 can begin anywhere from 2 to a year after initial infection. Most symptoms at this stage die down or completely vanish, although hallucinations and paranoia continue to run rampant. Infected individuals greatly lose or completely lose their sense of self and individuality. At this stage, most infected become extremely aggressive and very easily agitated, lashing out sporadically; very little is needed to set them off. Physical Transformations continue growing more outlandish and pushing the physical body far past the brink, essentially tearing itself apart in favor of continued growth of extra parts or limbs and other physical changes. Atlas stage infected individuals begin to emit energy and begin gaining increased access to Mystical energy, allowing them to wield magic as well as giving them greater access to use it. All Mystical energy that is emitted from an infected individual is infectious; as such, being affected by any spells or incantations by an infected individual at this stage, or being too close to them, will spread the infection to anyone susceptible. Physical transformation continues; limbs continue to extend, and the physical body continues changing drastically. However, this stage also marks a shift, not only resulting in infected individuals beginning to emit infectious mystical energy, but also in the physical transformation beginning to change, and very much more drastically, as the infected individual and all of their changes begin to coincide with a specific aspect of mystical energy or type of spell. This adds to the strain on the body, mind, and very soul of the infected individual; the energy and physical body will begin shifting and embodying specific spells and incantations. For example, those that will now embody colder spells will begin having a massive increase in growth in fur and limbs that make it easier to travel through frigid Terrain. Those that will embody spells associated with heat will have a much increased rate of growing scales, thicker skin, and other limbs that can help with hotter environments.

5. Stage 5: complete loss and Resurrection. This stage can begin at any point after an infected individual has reached stage 3. This is the result of either Total Transformation or an infected individual who has already been so taken over by the infection that, even after death, it continues to spread through them. The stage is the total loss of the individual, either because they have died and the body has now been reanimated, or because the infection has completely changed and morphed the individual so much that they are not who or what they were before; the infection completely controls and puppets the infected individual. They are extremely aggressive, fully embodying the living essence of a specific type of magic or spell. Infected individuals can vary drastically; none are the same, being a complete mess of limbs, twisted forms, and infectious mystical energy that bleeds out of them. Anyone who gets too close or is struck by their energy will become infected. The most dangerous variant of final-stage infected are those that embody charm spells or other incantations designed to make an individual more alluring. These incantations, and how ingrained they are with the body, can give the illusion that an infected individual isn't infected, either hiding their true form or twisting their true form enough so that they appear completely ordinary and breathtaking. The upside to an infected individual that embodies such magic, however, is that even those that embody the most powerful of charms or illusions still possess obvious tells that there is something wrong: they are not fully in control; their movements are shaky; they are unsteady; their speech is strange. In short, if something feels off, it probably is. If something feels too good to be true, it probably is when it comes to them.

Recommended course of action when dealing with infected individuals once they begin displaying physical changes: death is considered a mercy due to the high risk of anyone who reaches stage 3 or beyond dying and then transcending to the final stage of the infection. To prevent this, the recommended course of action, if not cured before physical traits begin appearing and physical changes begin occurring, is euthanasia and incineration of the body to prevent further spread or the risk of a final-stage infected being created. Those susceptible to this infection are any beings that possess any mystical energy. This is not just those capable of casting magic or using the energy; simply possessing any of it, no matter how small the amounts the individual susceptible to the infection. The only ones not susceptible to the infection are those who absolutely have no access to Mystical energy, completely severed from it in every way, shape, or form. There is a unique effect for those who have very, very little mystical energy. Those with extremely low amounts of mystical energy can be semi-immune in cases with low enough mystical energy the individual even if they become infecte,d if there isn't enough energy going through their body for the infection to actually take root to physically begin changing them or increasing the amounts of their energy it can be killed off before it reaches that point however an infected individual is still infectious this would essentially create an individual that is asymptomatic.

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