Peng-Virus

The Peng-Virus (full name Penguinian-Virus, scientific name Penguiniox Virusius Terriblus) is a terrible disease that has an a cure only at the third phase. Cures for all other phases are currently unknown, and it can be spread very easily. This virus has 7 phases, and also has 2 different types. It is known for its peculiar effects, and is one of the only viruses to have a myth behind it.

Type I
Like other germs, the germ cell can only be seen through a microscope. The germ cell looks like a pink McDoodles burger, with hair on the top. When the germ enters the penguin's body, it changes and begins to look like a cylinder made of cheese. By phase 5, the germ will have duplicated to over five million cells, and they will begin to look like bouncing puffles. Before the penguin explodes into a pile of fur, the germs will have been duplicated to approximately seven million, and the germs will collide into each other, crushing the germs into powder. The powder is thought to be what causes the explosion, and has often been compared with gunpowder.

Type II
Unlike other germs, this type of germ can be seen with a powerful lens, or with ultraviolet light. This germ looks like a friendly waving penguin (what?), and is green. When it is phase 2, the germs look like hungry Orange Puffles, combined with orange fur and white buck teeth. Then, the germ begins to devour the fat inside the penguin like an orange puffle, which causes the victim to become skinny. When 1 week passes, the germs begin to try and (unsuccessfully) eat the water, and end up biting themselves. Again, they are crushed into powder and sometimes cause an explosion of puffle fur. Poor, poor victim!

History
The virus's first germs were probably created in 450 AD Antarctica, when a type of germ of Viking origin was spread to a small Antarctican village. According to stone carvings (that were rescued from a fire that completely destroyed the remains of the village), penguins who were already sick were struck first, and when a healthy penguin touched the sick they caught a virus no other villager had seen before.

(Scientists have worked out from the carvings that the penguins who were already ill were more likely to be struck by the germs, and since the Viking germs had mixed in with the virus a terrible disease was created. According to analyzing, there were traces of germs that caused colds, fevers and runny noses as well as unique germs.)

Soon, the germ spread all across the village and struck fifty-five penguins, when a myth was created as an explanation to why there was a new disease. However, a penguin named by scientists as " ӐӍБҼԄ СԒӒӲѮ " (Amber Clays) discovered a (now-extinct) new type of berry that made whoever that ate it immune to the new disease. Soon, everypenguin in the village ate the new berry and the disease was over. It was unheard of for many years, until the beginning of the 16th century, when the virus began to strike red puffles, spreading it to penguins all over Antarctica. The virus kept striking for 25 years, when the number of stray red puffles mysteriously decreased and the virus began to strike less, slowly making it to be unknown once again.

(According to a close study of remains of boxes, the virus had seemingly harboured into boxes, and orange puffles love eating boxes. Amateur scientists made a conclusion stating - "When an orange puffle ate a box, their fur turned red and began sneezing, spreading it to other boxes, repeating this cycle until their immune system got better, fighting off the germs then stopping the constant spread of germs." This is likely to be true, as Type II has germs that look like orange puffles. However, the theory is probably full of holes.)

Suddenly, in 1855, an important penguin named Penguinus Virus Fantasticus I was struck by a then unknown virus, which caused him to go and visit his doctor. His doctor stated that it was an unknown virus, but didn't know that Virus was one of many penguins struck by the return of the disease. Nobody made the connection that the factories had more infected penguins than any other place, and the houses of the workers were near polluted water. In 1880, a 20-year-old Penguinwoofpads made the connection with the factories and polluted water, and made a campaign to try and clean the factories properly. Once the factories were cleaner and the disease was mostly vanquished, Penguinwoofpads went back to the subject he was most interested in - the psychology of Mwa Mwa Penguins.

(Scientists believe that the disease returned due to the new factories, after all, the disease is now found commonly in polluted water.)

In recent years, the virus has made a comeback, and was as common as fevers. Luckily, thanks to modern science, more penguins are now surviving the disease and both types have been filed and named. However, nobody has found a cure to the other stages of "Type I", due to the (surprisingly) complex system of the Type I germ cell. Happily, in 2010, a cure for phase 3 was discovered thanks to the discovery that the germ cell got fragile by that stage, and the number of infected penguins decreased. The virus managed to survive however, but is not as common as it used to be. Today, you can get infected usually by polluted water or, rarely, by touching an infected penguin.

Type I

 * Phase 1: When a penguin touches or drinks water infected with coughs and sneezes or was polluted, that penguin gets it. It is (rarely) also spread if a normal, healthy penguin touches an infected penguin, usually by mistake. The penguin doesn't notice, and by the next day the victim's belly grows an inch and begins to hurt slightly.


 * Phase 2: Like the dreaded Fat, the penguin gets fatter every 30 minutes, and begins selling their items only for burgers, chips and ice cream. The pains stop, and this stage is often mistaken with phase I and II of Fat. (Scientists are investigating why the consequences are so similar, but are currently unsuccessful.)


 * Phase 3: This is the beginning of the weirdest phase. The penguin stops becoming fat, but then the feet and flippers shorten.


 * Cure - Thankfully, this phase can be cured by forcing the victim to eat homemade carrot and broccoli smoothies for 5 days. Over time, the penguin will lose fat, the feet and flippers will grow back to normal size and will now be immune to the virus. Thank goodness!


 * Phase 4: Then, the penguin will suddenly begin to shrink and will begin talking like a dreaded Pookie (such as "WELP!", "wewo", etc.). The next day, the penguin will find that they have transformed into a round ball with feet, beak and flippers.


 * Phase 5: The beak becomes tiny, and the eyes turn into little full stops, or rather tiny dots. Hair begins to grow around them, while their flippers and feet have seemingly disappeared, and they begin to grow.


 * Phase 6: They become into a large furry ball. They can roll, but when they do, they cause destruction. Very few have been lucky enough to stay as balls forever, who are then classified as "oversized puffles".


 * Phase 7: It is all over for the victim. They swell and grow, and when they are at least 8 inches high, they burst into a large cloud of smoke and hair. Poor victim!

Type II
This type is rare, and if you have a good immune system you can survive without using a cure. It also has only 3 phases, and it is curable at all stages.


 * Phase 1: The penguin visits a penguin with type I of the Peng-virus, and becomes infected. They are infected only when they are there for an hour or more. The penguin notices nothing.


 * Phase 2: The penguin notices his sudden love for chips and other things that cause the dreaded Fat, but thinks that the victim can lose fat and acts like it's nothing. Due to the strangeness of the germ, the germ devours the fat and the victim begins to shrink.


 * Phase 3: The penguin becomes very skinny, and only begins to drink water. If the victim has a good immune system, they can sometimes live like this, but many have failed and exploded into piles of fur. Luckily, a lot of penguins had the sense to visit their doctor on why they are suddenly so skinny.


 * Cure - Phase 1 - The penguin should not visit the infected penguin in the first place, and if they did they should have a bath as soon as they get home. Phase 2 - The penguin should try and harbour his new fondness of fatty and salty food and instead eat healthier food, as the germs will soon crush themselves into an in-explosive powder. Phase 3 - Eat as much fat as possible, and as soon as the penguin has reduced to her/his normal size, they should harbour their passion for the fatty food and eat healthier food.

Trivia

 * It is suspected that the virus was named after Penguinus Virus Fantasticus I, who was one of the first penguins to ever catch the virus during the 18th century.
 * Leetle Penguinpuff drew a picture of at penguin at phase 6 of type I, not knowing why the poor penguin ended up like that.