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Okayyyyyy! Rewriting this post because I just got home and now I have time to properly introduce this roleplay!
Basically no one knows who initiated it, but some super secret, super big, super powerful terrorist group somewhere was mad into biological warfare, and devised a plan to infect the entire human population with a virus they'd been working on. This virus chemically alters the brain (I never said this was realistic, and science fiction is not my thing) into craving human flesh and general bloodlust, although there are various stages in which the victim's brain continues to deteriorate, until they are nothing but a mindless "zombie". In order to spread this virus across such a massive target population, this terrorist group, under the guise of various rivalling companies, infected everything they were selling. They also hijacked pest control trucks, planes, hospital pharmacies and anything else they could get their hands on in order to spread their virus. When they'd infected as much as they could, they killed themselves. Of course, this is all according to rumors and half-pieced together theories that the uninfected came up with, and in fact may just be God getting bored of watching his creations go about their previously mundane lives.
Anyways, the stages of the infected are described below:
Stage 1 - At this point the infected will know what they are. Some kill themselves. Most, however, believe they can resist the urge, which at this point isn't very strong. Human food still satisfies them to an extent, but meat more so. Previously vegetarians or vegans will begin to eat meat in an attempt to dull the cravings, and those who previously had an allergy or health condition concerning meat will seem miraculously cured. The longer an infected goes without satisfying the crave, the more and more irritable they get (for some, a complete switch in personality), until they finally snap and transition to Stage 2. (This stage lasts anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks.)
Stage 2 - At this point the urge to kill and devour is nigh irresistible. There may be the strong-willed who try to resist, those who manage to kill themselves before they turn on their friends, but nearly all are beyond that kind of moral reasoning by this stage. The infected still thinks and talks like a human, and is capable of pretending to be clean. They wait for the opportune moment. In addition, their pain receptors begin to dull, meaning they aren't as affected by pain. This is the most dangerous stage, as the virus has begun to eat away at the infected person's humanity. Insanity begins to take root. (This stage lasts anywhere from a couple weeks to a couple months.)
Stage 3 - At this point, the infected is no longer human. They will do anything and everything to satisfy their craving, anything for a bite, and they no longer possess the ability to act like a human. This stage is the easiest to dispose of, thanks to the lack of survival instinct and complete human mortality, but this stage is also the most plentiful. Their numbers are deadly. Thy feel no pain in this stage, and it's also the only stage whose bite is contagious and will spread the virus to anyone not immune. (This stage lasts until the infected dies.)
A few other points:
- Only about 8% of the remaining human population is uninfected.
- Of the 8% that's left, about 30% are immune. The rest are lucky… If you can call it that.
- Since the collapse of society, no one is left to run, well, society. Tech isn't exactly hard to come by, but cell service and Internet are all but nonexistent.
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Alright, now that basic plot is out of the way!! Rules!
- There will be gore and cussing in this roleplay, in all likelihood. If that isn't your thing, I'd highly recommend looking somewhere else.
- Please just don't be a jerk. This is meant to be fun and entertaining, so if something doesn't please you, you can DM me! If I see any hate outside of the roleplay, I will ask you to remove yourself.
- Please try to be active at least once a day. If not, you may be left behind. If your inactivity continues through the entire week (real time), your characters will be presumed dead in the roleplay, and you will have either a very difficult cover story to come up with, or have to create entirely new characters altogether. I understand stuff happens, though, so DM me!
- Nothing sexually explicit here, please. There are young ones on this website. If you have your heart set on it, do it in a DM. Thank you!
- LGBT+ More than welcomed!!!!
Now the fun rules!!
- You are allowed a max of two characters at a time. If one of yours die, you can
replace themadd another! - You can choose if your character is immune, uninfected, or infected at either Stage 1 or Stage 2… Catch is, you can't tell us which your character is. We get to guess! Fun, right? Right! Keep in mind if you have an infected character, that character's goal is either to survive without letting anyone know they're infected, or find a way to kill and/or eat someone else's characters.
- That said, don't be too heartbroken if your character is killed or eaten or infected. I'll try to do the same. :)
That's all I can think of in terms of rules for now, but I will update if anything else comes to my attention!
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Character Chart (note, you don't have to go into as much detail as I did)
Name:
Nickname(s)/Alias:
Age:
Sex & Gender: (list one if sex and gender are the same, list both if character is trans, nonbinary, genderfluid or anything I missed!)
Sexuality:
Nationality:
Appearance:
Clothing/Outfit:
Personality Pre-Collapse:
Gear:
Other: (optional)
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