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Definitions

affiliate

a "member" of Licentia. most affliates have an ID card and live in a commune, but this isn't required.

Ap Anish

Licentia-affliated commune in Central California that produces much of Taqfleck's food

AthPro

the "athletics program" of Licentia supposedly developed to address the unique health needs of infected. in practice, AthPro is the means by which Licentia trains a standing army. affliates of Licentia are asked to participate in AthPro a minimum of once every two years.

bloodbag

a non-cachaemite (usually completely non-infected) who actively seeks out cacheamites in hopes of being fed from

cachaemite

someone infected with the C-virus

from cachaemia, archaic medical term for poisoned blood, itself from Greek kakos bad and haima blood

carrier

a zeitgabber who is generally fully conscious, but can spread the z-virus. this is a bit of a misnomer as almost all "carriers" will fall into a RAASC if sufficiently pushed.

Citylyne Explosion

a mass causality event which occurred around 10 AM on January 23rd, 2019 at a building known as Citylyne Offices. CCTV footage of Daoirse placing packages in a corridor lead to Zero's arrest for the crime. later forensic analysis noted that the bombing could not have been caused by conventional explosives in that location. the actual culprit was Síle, who wanted Daoirse to think she was responsible (to further isolate her from anyone who might help her escape her Síle's abuse) and for Zero to take the fall (so that she becomes imprisoned and cannot meddle with Síle's plans).

Contramort

brand name for the c-virus genedrug, marketed for suicidal ideation

Latin contra, against, and Old French mort, death; eg "against death"

cycler

a zeitgabber who cycles through periods of having greater or lesser susceptibility to falling into a RAASC. this is the most common form of zeitgabber.

drain

to feed off someone's else's blood until they pass out. assuming the one drinking the blood is a cachaemite (and not just a particularly strange non-infected) and the one being drained isn't, this process will generally result in a pleasurable high for both parties. as one might imagine, this is a dangerous practice.

drooler

(somewhat derogatory) a zeitgabber

enlightened

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feral

a Romero who endlessly hunts for non-infected flesh. typically permazonked, in which case they also cannot speak beyond basic shouts, but this term also applies to more "intelligent" serial killers.

fleshie

(derogatory) a non-infected

Founders

aka: the Ten Thousand

the Ten Thousand Founders were the first settlers of Taqfleck, then called Los Caídos Commune. they were gathered by Zero moving through the city on foot, "shepherding" any infected she could find. Zero was only expecting about 1000 people to be in the city, and thusly accidentally created an emergency situation. the first few months of Taqfleck's founding were extremely difficult, made even more so due to deadly attacks from non-infected extremists. the Founders are now very respected and hardened group of people. they include, but are not limited to: Dr. Lioncaster, Firebrand, Kelly, "Shithead," and Tackle.

strictly speaking, a little less than ten thousand people followed Zero from Licentia. however, a few hundred specialists (such as Dr. Mendoza) came of their own volition once the crisis became apparent. the people who came to help and ended up staying in Taqfleck are considered part of the Founders and why the number is said to be Ten Thousand.

genedrug

a class of gene therapy drugs designed to be administered gradually under medical supervision. well-known genedrugs include Contramort and Rumase.

hemocleave

a widely used genedrug which turns one's blood type into the Bombay phenotype, essentially making the patient able to donate blood to almost anyone. this is one of the few genedrugs that is effectively open-source.

horde

  1. a group of zeitgabber, esp. Romeros
  2. a general term for all zeitgabber everywhere

hyperruemia

ruemia, but more so. a patient with hyperruemia is, on average, significantly more infectious than a zeitgabber with normal levels, but may be more prone to rumaleptic seizure. hyperruemia can be further classified by how long it lasts (acute vs chronic vs cyclic) and symptom severity (baseline, borderline, or hyperrumaleptic). for example, Zero has chronic baseline hyperruemia.

infected

technically means anyone with a genedrug, but in practice usually just the z, t, and/or c viruses.

Licentia

the largest community of infected in the United States, made up primarily of zeitgabberim

Los Caídos

large city on the coast of Southern California. one of its suburb communities is called Los Laterales.

mainstream society

non-infected society, eg getting a job, buying a house, and having 2.5 children

meld

to combine two or more parts of organic tissue into one, for example reattaching someone else's fingers to a stump on your own hand. trifected are capable of this.

Millbrae Massacre

an event in winter of 2014 which occurred at SFO airport. a violent clash between a horde of zeitgabberim, airport security, a handful of non-zeitgabber infected, and non-infected broke out. lead to strict crackdowns and infectious control measures across the United States and gave zeitgabber their grim reputation, and Zero her throat scar.

Although SFO airport is named "San Francisco Airport," the airport is actually in the city of Millbrae.

non-infected/noninfected

someone who does not have a viral genedrug in their body.

Playground, the

the parts of the San Francisco Bay Area which have fallen into a low-intensity civil war between infected and non-infected factions

permazonked

a zeitgabber permamently stuck in a RAASC, often due to serious injury. not synonymous with Romero.

post-human

a term used by people from Daoirse's timeline to describe infected, cyborgs, or other similarly "advanced" humans

predator

an arguably sensationalized term for someone infected with at least one of the predator syndromes. the context of this term was the sudden influx of disruption and violence spurred on by Z-virus outbreaks combined with longstanding issues with the C-virus and T-virus coming to the attention of the mainstream media.

predator syndromes

the T-virus, C-virus, and Z-virus. considered derogatory among most people who actually have them.

proto-Licentia

a general word for the community Zero built before officially founding Licentia.

RAASC

a semi-conscious state a zeitgabber can fall into, usually triggered by stress, surprise, panic, or hunger. in this state a zeitgabber tends to either freeze in place, mill about aimlessly, or focus entirely on a single task. a zeitgabber in a RAASC may be unresponsive to pain and often loses the ability to read, speak, and comprehend spoken language.

stands for "Rumase-Associated Altered State of Consciousness"

Romero

a zeitgabber whose "natural state" is a RAASC, although most can be coaxed out of it with training, social interaction, and/or medication. their RAASC state is usually slightly higher-functioning than those of untrained cyclers or carriers. not to be confused with permazonked or feral.

George Romero directed several zombie films, and they typically featured slow, shambling zombies. This type of zombie became known as "Romero zombies" in popular culture.

ruemia

roo - ee - me - ah
the state of having the Z-virus (Rumase in one's blood. all zeigabbers have this, but some have the more advanced hyperruemia.

rumaleptic seizure

a brutal seizure caused by hyperruemia. generally lasts 10 minutes, and during this time the patient is aware that they are having a seizure. a [cachaemite] having this kind of seizure often ends up seriously injured due to losing control of their strength.

Rumase

pronounced roo-mase (rhymes with face)

brand name of the Z-virus genedrug developed for the treatment of panic disorders

serotype

the diseases a patient has in their blood or bone marrow. for example, Jang-mi's serotype could be described as C+, Z+, and HIV+. serotype does not account for symptoms or actual viral level (for example, Jang-mi's HIV is undetectable due to being well-controlled by medication).

skeeter

(derogatory) a cachaemite

Taqfleck

a commune in the outskirts of Los Caídos, on a piece of land on the California coast originally developed as a beachside resort. Taqfleck predates the founding of Licentia; Licentia sprang forth from Taqfleck, not the other way around.

thrall

a non-cachaemite who has become psychologically dependent upon a particular cachaemite who regularly feeds from them. does not necessarily imply a romantic or sexual relationship, nor does it imply codependency. depending on how much blood is drawn, this could eventually kill the thrall.

trifected

someone infected by the Z-virus, C-virus, and T-virus.

turning point

a rumaleptic seizure, especially the first one someone ever has

unincorperated

infected who are not affliated with Licentia. reasons for this include disagreements with Licentia's political ideology, rejoining mainstream society, or previously being affliated but getting exiled

Wally Weasel

the mascot of Taqfleck's "national" basketball team, which has thus far only played against Cuba

xenoexpression

the expressing of foreign (often animal) genetic information by an infected

zed / zee

  1. synonym for zeitgabber
  2. nickname for Zero

Americans tend to use "zee" while those more influenced by British English use "zed"

zeitgabber (plural: zeitgabberim)

someone infected by the z-virus

from German zeit, time, to describe the cyclic nature of the virus, and Dutch gabber from Yiddish חבֿר, friend/comrade. usually pronounced with a hard-g, but /t͡saɪ̯t.xɑ.bər/ is how Zero says it.

zonk out

to have a RAASC