The doctors brought me in to help better identify characteristics and patterns associated with this epidemic. They’d only let me draw from memory though; they didn’t want me staying too close for too long. I wasn’t too worried as the virus has so far been proven to spread only through contact of bodily fluids.

This sorry fellow was estimated to be a little less than halfway from when the virus will eventually take over his whole body. I’m told that the first signs of physical change begin at the extremities: generally the toes and fingers, as well as the bridge and tip of the nose. The earliest known sign of infection is the blackening of fingernails and toenails, shortly followed by rapid growth. It’s apparent the virus is able to shift bone and muscle matter around to radically change the shape and size of the host, and the legs are often the first to change (it’s around this time when victims are distressed enough to be brought to the medical center). From here, the hips give way to a more robust tail section. On the face, the skin around the nose and mouth harden and lose their hair. (Goodbye mustaches.) Ears become less pronounced and shrink into the body. Bodily hair is replaced with thicker and heavier feathers. When this process starts, it’s said to be very painful for a day, with several victims reportedly scalping and skinning themselves with their newfound talons. Arms also go through a radical change, lengthening and gaining massive amounts of mass.

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