The Dead Never Die [sign-up and discussion]

chocolatechip • 3 October 2015 at 11:47 PM

About a year ago, some brilliant scientist found a way to achieve immortality. Slight glitch, though. The scientist was an idiot and his 'path to immortality' only half worked. You still die, but the rest of you walks around as if it were still alive. And? It's contagious if bitten. Welcome to the zombie apocalypse.

You are a new member of Hillside, a small town centered around a small farm. Two layers protect the inhabitants, with a barbed wire fence for the outside layer and a stone wall for the inside. The fence occasionally breaks, but the wall hasn't...yet. The only way in or out is a monstrous gate, and two guards are positioned there at all times. Supplies aren't plentiful, but no one has died from lack of one thing or another, unless you count lack of Cure.

Zombies: Some are slower than molasses, but others are just as fast as the living. The Disease starts with a cough, then comes the inability to speak, followed by moans. Once the person if unable to speak it becomes contagious, but the person doesn't officially become a zombie until they moan. Known methods of sending the dead back to their graves include a shot to the heart, battered brains, and complete decapitation.

Everyone at Hillside has a job to ensure everything runs as smooth as possible.

Runners: These are probably the most important people, but they have an equally terrifying job; to go outside. They gather supplies and trade with nearby towns and survivors.

Guards: There are plenty of these guys, and two are always positioned at the gate. Every guard has a replacement to allow time for food and sleep. (Replacements will be non-players.) On the bright side, you get a gun and ammo! Use it wisely.

Medics: Your job is to keep people alive as long as possible, unless they have the Disease. Then it's your job to ensure they die as soon as possible in the most humane way possible.

Farmers: Amber and her family can handle the farm alright, but a little help doesn't hurt. (Amber and family are non-player.)

Repair: Gate stuck? Fence broken? Gun jammed? Guess what? It's your job to fix it!

Rules:
1) EC rules. Look them up if you can't recite them.
2) This is a zombie rp, but try to keep the blood and gore to a minimum.
3) No god-modding. Leaders of each job are only meant to keep things moving.
4) Semi-literate. Use grammar and punctuation. It's fine if it's not perfect.
5) 2-4 characters per person at a time. At least one of them must be a runner.
6) You can only kill off 1 character every two weeks unless you are quitting.
7) Try to be active. I know school and work get in the way, but try to put aside enough time to reply at least once a week.
8) If you read and agree to all the rules, put the brand name of the shoes your characters wear under appearance.
9) Backstories should include an inside to who they were Before, and why they have come to Hillside. Short and sweet preferred.
10) Reply with at least three sentences to keep the rp moving.
11) If a character is designated non-player, anyone can control them. Just make sure nothing contradicts.
12) In the form, gun means the character prefers guns, blade means they prefer knives or axes or something bladed, and blunt means baseball bats or frying pans or rolling pins, etc.
13) Have fun and kick some undead behind!

Form:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Job:
Gun, blade, or blunt:
Backstory:

Character list:

Mayor:
[taken]

Runners:
Leader - [taken]
#1 - Alyss Ravenhallow
#2 -
#3 -
#4 -
#5 -

Guards:
Leader - [taken]
#1 (Gate) -
#2 (Gate) -
#3 -
#4 -
#5 -

Medics:
Leader - [taken]
#1 -
#2 -
#3 -

Farmers:
Leader - Amber (non-player, don't kill her)
#1 - Cole Ravenhallow
#2 -
#3 -

Repair:
Leader -
#1 -
#2 -
#3 -

[taken] will be me, but I want to see how many people are interested, and eventually I will pass the leader titles off to other people. I want this to be run by people other than just me, but I need to get it started before passing on the reigns.

1st come, 1st serve. Willing to add more runners.

Happy Halloween!

featherstar_stormclan • 4 October 2015 at 12:42 AM

@chocolatechip Signing-up.

Name: Alyss Ravenhallow
Age: 18 Years
Gender: Female
Appearance: Alyss is six foot four, she has short thickly curly dirty blonde hair and blue-gray eyes. Her skin is very pale and covered in freckles.
She usually wears a black shirt and athletic like pants as well as knock off Converse shoes. Around her neck she wears a short chained black necklace with a double ouroboros on it.
She in mute, and speaks with Sign-Language.
Job: Runner
Gun, blade, or blunt: Blade
Backstory: Alyss was living a happy life with her brother, going to college and everything when the out break happened. She and her brother left the campus and soon found their way to Hillside, but were unable to find their parents after everything.

Name: Cole Ravenhallow
Age: 18 Years
Gender: Male
Appearance: Cole is five foot nine with close cropped light brown hair. He has light green eyes and freckles on his face.
He wears a jacket, simple shirt and pants as well as old boots of which he doesn't know the brand name.
Job: Farmer
Gun, blade, or blunt: Blunt
Backstory: Cole was living a happy life with his sister Alyss, they were going to college and he was excelling in his studies. But then everything changed when the scientists tried to get people to live forever. After that he and his sister went out and after being unable to find their parents, eventually found Hillside where they reside now.

phoenixlover108 • 4 October 2015 at 12:50 AM

Name: Yellow Stone
Age:18
Gender:Female
Appearance:Short blue hair,pale skin and chocolate brown eyes,she usually wears a red jacket with a black undershirt and black trousers along with black boots and pink lips
Job:Runnere
Gun,blade or blunt:Axe
Backstory:I don't really have one for her yet

Ummm I read the rules

chocolatechip • 4 October 2015 at 11:18 AM

@featherstar_stormclan - accepted
@phoenixlover108 - ok, you've read the rules...but now you need to follow them.

phoenixlover108 • 4 October 2015 at 2:55 PM

I will! *salutes Attack on Titan style*

chocolatechip • 4 October 2015 at 6:23 PM

@phoenixlover108 - I mean you need to go back and change your form to fit the rules *salutes back*