Busy, busy, busy. 

Sorry for the hold ups. 

Okay, let's see what we have.

> First off, I'd like to declare my interest.
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> Second, if an animal is butchered before it has a chance to reanimate, is it safe to eat?

So, the idea here is: anything that dies, comes back with evil intent. There is no virus, no transmission. Science does not apply to the dead rising. They are simply coming back, and attacking the living. The only loose scientific fact is that removing limbs from a host's body renders them lifeless, suggesting that whatever drives them is located in the torso. 

Anyway, getting back on track with the animal thing. IF you're in the forest, and you shoot a deer, it's going to get back up in one to four hours and come back for revenge. However, if you were to hastily butcher the animal, severing its head and limbs, within that one to four hour time frame, then rest assured that your dinner isn't going to get up off the table to attack you. 

Vegetation is not affected by the bizarre happenings, so vegetables are safe and hassle free food. 

If you were to eat a "revived" animal, then the usual rules apply to raw meat. If it's been out in the sun for a couple of hours, it's probably rancid, right? But if its been kept cool, and quite well preserved, then ya know, have at it. There are no drawbacks outside of contracting food poisoning.

> Interesting. I will keeping an eye on this.
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> Edit: 
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> > If someone dies, whether from a bullet to the head, or a heart attack, they will arise as one of these. As a zombie rots, it eventually becomes a skeletal form.
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> So is the virus dormant in mankind and animals that if they die, they turn into the infected dead?
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Not a virus. Scientists prior to the "fuck science, lets kill these bitches" approach taken by the world at large, could find nothing that would explain the happenings. All that we know, is if something dies, it comes back, and it is angry and it wants to murder you. 

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Am sorry for the RP's slowed development. I'll take a run and jump at it tomorrow, in an attempt to screw down the framework.