History
Day -30: Plague source is released.
Day -27: First animal infections.
Day -25: First infections in humans.
Day -15: Plague shows up on the news as Bubonic Plague II: Electric Boogaloo. Animal attacks become common. People disappear.
Day -12: Hospitals are on triage all week. They close today because there are no longer any healthy staff. They begin to burn the bodies. Packs of feral humans are attacking lone people at night.
Day -8: Plague is spreading quickly. Airports stop commercial flights. Packs of feral humans begin attacking openly at night.
Day -7: Countries begin to quarantine. Highway roadblocks are erected, but are manned only by demoralized National Guard who quickly abandon their posts to look after their families.
Day -6: The City is experiencing brownouts. Power typically fluctuates on and off, full power or none, throughout the day. Just before it goes out, the lights flicker. But sometimes the lights flicker and come right back on.
Day -5: Zombies are now shambling around during the night at random, often having nothing to attack. They hang out in the shadows during the day but seem to have no strong aversion to sunlight. Cell reception goes down.
Day -4: Healthy humans are found in The City, though still under quarantine. On all radio stations the military broadcasts a notice to stay indoors as they build an army barricade around the city. They note January 1 as "zero day", the world has ended and it is time to rebuild.
It's currently December 28th at midnight. The weather has been hot and very dry. On the night of the 27th, high winds off in the badlands bring in sand and dirt, leaving a coat of grime on everything. The military in the area have begun to quarantine the city from the rest of the world in an attempt to create a safe haven to rebuild. They are failing.Your character decided to hole up in his house or apartment, for reasons you decide, up until you hear the message. You cannot start together, but you can know each other if you like. There can have been no plans made between characters in advance.
Turns take place every day. You can post one turn of action per day, though conversation is free.
Healing is problematic; there are no magical medkits. Characters with medical skill can set bones and such, but during the gameplay period wounds typically won't heal enough to make a difference. If you are stabbed in the leg and it hinders your movement, you'll pretty much be stuck like that for a few days at least.
For your character, post the following:
Name:
Age:
Short Physical Description:
Job:
Up to three positive descriptors:
An equal number of negative descriptors:
Possessions:
Positive descriptors include:
Agile
Dextrous
Strong
Tough
Skilled (Choose one)
Good Sense (Choose one of the five)
Charismatic
Healthy
Smart
Negative descriptors include:
Clumsy
Weak
Inept (Choose one skill)
Weak Sense (Choose one of the five)
Obnoxious
Sickly
Dumb
Skill suggestions include:
Firearms
Melee combat
Athletics (running, jumping, swimming, climbing)
Driving
Mechanics
Electrician
Computers
Lockpicking
Medicine
Your possessions include things you've already looted from nearby in the days before play begins. You can have whatever would be in a regular apartment or house - guns not included. In addition, you can pick two of the following:
a pistol and 20 bullets,
a shotgun and 10 shells,
a motorcycle or quad bike and a full tank of gas,
two cans of gas
If you use up both choices on one thing, you get one of the following instead:
pistol with 50 bullets
shotgun with 30 shells
car, truck, or van with a full tank of gas
five cans of gas
(One gas can fills a motorcycle, two fills a car, truck, or van).
This is an aerial view of the city:
And this is a view with the appropriate locations labeled:
You may notice that this map is decidedly smaller scale-wise than Leo's, and somewhat less detailed. This is a fact I hope to make up with creative RP and the like. (don't hurt me!)
You all already know the rules for the most part, so I won't bother putting them here. (Unless you want me to!)
Suppose I should have mentioned...: Starting Zones: Far East is the University. Central is the "City". NW is the Suburbs, and West, with all the big white buildings is Downtown.
IMPORTANT FIRST POST INFO FOR PEOPLE:
Where do you want to start (Suburbs (NW), Downtown(W), City(Center), University(E))
What you want to do, where you want to go.
What your goal is (looting, finding other survivors, just moving, hunting zombies)
How you're going to approach your goal (stealthy/no risks, as quickly as possible while being quiet, or full on LETS DO THIS)
At the end of the day, once everyone has posted their actions (that is, by midnight of that day), I'll put up a single results post under spoilers. Both for sparing everyone the Giant Wall of Text but also so you can avoid learning what everyone else was doing if roleplaying strikes your fancy.
One turn represents a few hours. This way we kind of keep everyone together temporally.
