Let's Pretend: If It's Not a Virus, What Else Could It Be?

**Eviebae** · Mar 31st, 2011, 06:27 PM

Let's get creative...

What if Radon Labs (or someone nearby) was in possession of an alien (duh duh duuuuuuh!). They were running tests on the tissue and someone in the lab was contaminated. The alien blood/tissue could have acted like a virus. A pretty nifty defense--if you bite me, I colonize you.

**itsallgoodie** · Mar 31st, 2011, 06:29 PM

Nanobots!!!

**Eviebae** · Mar 31st, 2011, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by itsallgoodie

Nanobots!!!

Yes! Who, what, why, how?

**jamman39** · Mar 31st, 2011, 07:06 PM

Its not that crazy of an idea, We're Alive has been anything but predictable so far and there have been a couple of things that have made me think 'not virus' along the way. Like for instance, behemoths, that's not something a virus could do. At least not any virus I've ever heard of

**itsallgoodie** · Mar 31st, 2011, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Eviebae

Yes! Who, what, why, how?

who: government
what: Nanobots!
why: attempt at a new weapon gone terribly wrong
how: no idea...gets put in bottled water ment for shipment to troops in the middle east???

**Eviebae** · Mar 31st, 2011, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by jamman39

Its not that crazy of an idea, We're Alive has been anything but predictable so far and there have been a couple of things that have made me think 'not virus' along the way. Like for instance, behemoths, that's not something a virus could do. At least not any virus I've ever heard of

I have to agree I've never caught a cold that turned me into a rampaging zombie. :P

What made you think 'not virus' and what else could do what is being done?

I think it would be fun to just spew some alternatives

**wooly** · Mar 31st, 2011, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by jamman39

Like for instance, behemoths, that's not something a virus could do. At least not any virus I've ever heard of

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Zombies we all understand, but the behemoths have me puzzled as well. It's a nice twist.

Viruses don't turn a man-sized creature into a hulking giant wall-smashing carnivore.
I like the nanobot idea. Rebuilding the tissue on a cellular level to turn you into something else. Very creative.

**Eviebae** · Mar 31st, 2011, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by wooly

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I don't recognize.

**wooly** · Mar 31st, 2011, 07:24 PM

that's what happens when you think you are replying to the post above you but three other posts jump in before you stop typing

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**rolsskk** · Mar 31st, 2011, 07:25 PM

I think the Aliens or Captured Aliens line of thought should be avoided at all costs, as it's been done to death before, and really doesn't work all that well. That being said, I could go for an alien microbe - ie Andromeda Strain, or some mutagenic plague/bacterium.