Infected Student

The Infected Student is an enemy appearing in ObsCure, generated by genetic mutation of the Mortifilia.

Characteristics
The Infected Student represent the first of stage of the Mortifilia's contamination. The mutation type 1 is listed by Herbert Friedman and is the basis for the subsequent developments.

They are captured students who are infected with the spores of the plant. They have not been exposed to excessive amounts of light.

Biology
Their skin is covered with many melanomas and exposure to light it generates micro-tumors that cells fight using specific proteins.

However, the treatment stops the creation of such proteins by doing so develop many skin cancers that reactivate the properties of mutagens. When these cancers become general often they cause the onset of all other types of mutation (type 2, type 3, type 4).

The brain of the Infected Student regress to a vegetative state while the motor functions remain fully active. The Infected Student generally roams the school trying to interact with objects which at one time they used (their view, in fact, causes in them a sort of reasoning principle which however are not capable of focusing) or remain in walls resting or sitting on chairs.

Combat
They tend to ignore the Leafmore Survivors as long as these are not close enough or, at other times, they implore their help, but if they are illuminated with a flashlight, the light causes the immediate reaction of Mortifilia present in their blood by activating a great aggressiveness.

But the others, those in the dormitory, don't attack in any case, remaining motionless and impassive to any type of stimulus.

When they attack they do so in a manner quite similar, although less harmful, to the Evolved Infected. They are protected by a thin layer of spores and occasionally armed with small sharp objects.

Tactics
Fighting the active infected students is not a difficult task, any firearm will be enough to force them to stop, or, alternatively, a melee weapon will be a viable option. Exposing them to sunlight by breaking a windows will be a great way to save energy, but it will take a few seconds for the lights permanently kill the Infected Student.

However you can safely avoid several clashes with them by avoiding flashing them with your flashlight and leaving them in their vegetable state.

Known Cases
Herbert Friedman experimented with the missing students, it's unknown the real amount of subjects that were turn into an Infected Student.

There is a chance that Alan Gardener was mutated into one and evolved into the 2nd Form Infected, until 2003 when the Leafmore Survivors find his note and encounter their first ArbolTrebol.

Trivia

 * There are 5 textures for the Infected Students in the game's files, however, only 4 of these are used. The 3rd texture is never seen in the game, and it depicts a student with a tattoo (which is reminiscent of the character Matt in ObsCure 2, who still has his tattoo after mutating into a Runner), several stitch marks and stethoscopes, and some strange green stains and what seem to be scabs. While in context these may make sense, if one thinks about it, no other enemies present these wounds, not even the Stage 2 infected students or the ArbolTrebols. This may be a hint towards there being a different story in the beta, where perhaps the students were never experimented by Herbert, and it was all instead a parasitic infection, and the stethoscopes may indicate that the students were being treated in a hospital or the infiminary. This is all speculation, however, and should only be taken as what it is, a fan theory. What can be confirmed however, is that the model was probably scrapped a while before the game was finished, since its texture is more basic than the rest of the textures and lacks detail, and it doesn't fit perfectly with the model (this is most easily noticeable in the feet of the model).