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Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

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In only a few months the world was reduced to ruins thanks to the zombies. Now a group of men and women will begin searching for survivors so that they can properly begin to rebuild society.

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Introduction

Fort Grace, somewhere along the Kansas/Missouri state line

Spring of 2013

They said the world would end in the winter of 2012, and in someways it did. No one knows exactly how it got started, but in the winter of 2012 something got to us, maybe it was a superbug, maybe it was man made, or maybe God just got fed up with us, but for whatever reason, the dead stopped being dead. The people who were dead or dying in the hospital suddenly turned into, well, zombies, for lack of a better word. Soon the hospitals were overrun with them, then the cities, and within a couple of months entire states were virtually gone.

If you were lucky, or some would say unlucky, enough to survive, it meant that you either ran away, which most of us did, or you stayed put and fortified your home or some other building. It's thanks to a group of men and women who didn't run away that we have Fort Grace to call home now. It began as a fortified super-store, then spread to include an entire city block, and now we have a small city to call home. Walls were put up, guns passed around. Within the walls of Fort Grace, you're safe, for the most part. Occasionally the dead get in and cause some trouble, but they're quickly taken care of. People passing by can come inside, but if they've been bitten, or are very sick, they're either killed or left outside.

This is the law of the land now.

Eventually the mayor of Fort Grace, which is to say the man who started it all, got his people together and made a few plans. Now we have electricity, if only in meager amounts, and thanks to this we have a radio station working, and we're calling out to other survivors. Not many people have showed up though. And now the mayor and his men have a new idea. They've decided to send out groups of people in armored vehicles to look for survivors, as well as supplies.

“We have farms for food,” the mayor said in a speech, “We have the means to keep our home going for some time yet, but there are not that many of us, truth be told. We need help, we need hope. And so, I am asking for those who are willing and able to volunteer for a little mission...”

And this is where we come in. You and I, we're some of the people who volunteered for this crazy mission. We've been given a 'tank,' a school bus that's been heavily modified. Armor, guns, a more powerful engine, tires that will work even if they go flat, the works. We're heading west, to try and find survivors, and to try and survive ourselves...
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Alright, so basically this is a zombie survival roleplay, set something like four months after the zombies came around. These zombies are the classic Romero kind, slow, stupid, but there are an endless number of them. But of course, aside from zombies there are other humans to worry about as well, bandits and such.
Should you join, you'll become a member of a small group of men and women selected to go out looking for supplies and survivors, which is the basic plot of this roleplay. Along the way the group might make a few interesting discovers, and their lives will be threatened many times.
If you're interested, just fill out the character sheet below-

Name: (name of your character)
Nickname: (any other name your character might be called)
Age: (age of your character)
Time in Fort Grace: (have they been there a few days, weeks, a month maybe?)
Appearance: (pics are fine, but please at a little description as well. Real or anime, doesn't matter)
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Equipment: (you can have just about whatever basic weapons you want, but your character will have to carry them around, so think about them carefully)
Skills: (was your character once a medic, or a school teacher? If they have any useful skills or knowledge, list it here)
History: (who was your character just a few months ago? How have they survived? What are their plans? And anything else you'd like to put here)
Other: (anything else you'd like to add about your character)

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Cursing and romance are fine, but in moderation, please
Please post at least 1 decent paragraph per post
If you will be unable to continue posting after you join, or if you just won't be able to post for some time, please let us know somehow

If you have any questions or comments feel free to speak your mind either in the OOC or via PM.

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As soon as the bus stopped in an instant Hood nearly slipped, luckily being able to hold onto one of the seats that we next to him. Don't tell me everyone here is going to get angry. Ugh, I'm not really the type to sit down in a bus where all everyone can do is be angry at every little thing. He collected himself from the surprised bus stop and turned back as everyone else was scolding Goth for her actions. He just remained silent, watching the event unfold himself into what Hood thought was actually his fault. He gave a quick glare as Goth mentioned leaving the bus for real.

"C'mon, everyone is taking this way too heavy. Yes, she pointed a gun, and yes she should learn to control her emotions. But the fact is that she didn't shoot, let's just drop it and continue this damned mission." Hood dropped himself on his seat, glaring at Spike. "Just calm down, relax. We have enough trouble as it is." He pointed with his hand at the door, a zombie slamming at it wanting flesh, blood. Hood closed his eyes, once more letting his head drop on the side of the bus.

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Mariah was rather glad when Spike finally stepped in, the fighting was starting to make her mad, being in a bus while people were fighting wasn't her idea of a good time. She folded her arms over her chest and she looked back at the others; though, when Luke started speaking to the other female, telling her basically that she could go shoot some zombies or if she continued he'd kill her she couldn't help but smirk to herself, as strange as it would sound to anyone else, she wouldn't mind seeing that happen. Though, that part of him talking was the only part she heard besides what he had said to Spike, the part about their children had completely went in one ear and out the other, she chose to keep it like that as much as possible, when she wanted to remember them, she would just look at her wrist, but she thought now was not the time to do so.

She hadn't liked the fact that the bus had stopped though, she waited until the arguing had seemed to stop for the most part before she stated, "are we just gonna get out here, or are we gonna get going from this spot?" Though she then saw Goth go up to the door and she sighed a mumbled something under her breath thinking, "well i guess we're not leaving then," though she was hoping they were. If they weren't exactly at their place yet, why the hell would they need to get out, they could just run over whatever zombies was outside the bus, easy and fast.

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"If Goth's going, so am I." Ghost says as he packs up what little stuff he has, and grabs an M16A1 out of his crate. He walks up next to Goth, and waits for the door. "Don't worry, you're not going alone. Besides, I have enough Wilderness survival training to keep us alive indefinitely." he whispers to her as they wait for the door.

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Now that he had let off a little steam, Spike was feeling better. Well, no, really he felt worse, because he didn't like to get mad. Calm. That was the word he was thinking of, he felt more calm for what he'd done. The zombies all around him only bothered him because the smell of their rotting flesh upset his stomach. All the words around him seemed to slow down now as he watched Goth pick up the two large guns and head towards him. If he were going to die, he'd rather it be done by human hands, living hands, than the teeth of the flesh hungry undead just outside.

But this wasn't the case, as it turned out. She wanted off the bus, she was actually going to take on the world by herself, it seemed. Now he was hearing that the others wanted to go, they were ready to leave because of the undead all around him.

"...strike one." Spike says quietly.

Quickly, too quickly for a simple chef, his revolver is in his hand and he fires off a shot at the entrance. The bullet punches a small hole, first through the thick plastic window of the bus door, then through the head of the zombie outside. It falls backwards, but before it even hits the ground Spike has his revolver holstered and has turned back to his seat. He glaces back at Goth, then takes the keys and gets the engine going again. A moment later they are plowing through the dozen or so zombies that had surrounded them, but he just keeps looking forward as they begin to gain speed. He'd been moving slowly at first, getting a feel for the tank, but now he was letting the leash out a bit.

"Ten minutes and we'll be at the pharmacy." He announces, in a loud voice, so that everyone can hear him.

(if anyone wants to speed it up and get us to the pharmacy in the next few posts be my guest, otherwise i'll get us there in my next one)

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"The only reason I want off is because I'm more of a liability than an asset." Ghost sighs, standing by the entrance with the SKS slung over his back and the M16 in his hands. "I left for this mission just because should the Government find me, they will kill me on sight." He looks out the window. "There's the pharmacy, and I see gunfire." He says as shots ring out and kill some zombies. Oan grabs the door open lever from Spike, and opens it up. "Aw hell yeah, let's see if they can catch a Ghost." He says as he runs towards the pharmacy, his M16 ringing off shots and hitting its mark. He jumps over a car, and sees a small horde make it's way towards the pharmacy. "I think I know why the Mayor gave me this..." He says as he activates the M203 GL on the M16 and fires off two 'Nades. They explode, decimating the zombie horde. However, the explosions only cause more zombies to arrive. "Uh guys! Little help here!" Ghost yells back to the bus and he slings the M16 over his shoulder, and takes out his machete.

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The Pharmacy was in sight, and before long Ghost was off on his own. "Careless.." He mumbled to himself as he watched him race off on his own. He slowly made his way out of the doors of the bus curb stomping a crawling corpse and aimming his rifle at a mobile one moving on towards Ghost. He pulled the bolt launching a round from the chamber and pulling the strap of the rifle over his shoulder making his way slowly to Ghosts side. He had both of his dirks in hand, cutting through several of the corpses in his way without flinching whatsoever. "you are a fool...Ghost" He stated calmly, he put his dirks away drawing his rifle once more and firing off two rounds piercing two zombies in the skull. "Keep up the support watch my back and i'll pick off any out of range.." He stated calmly, firing off another few rounds to three closing zombies.

He wasn't quite sure why he was helping ghost, the boy was obviously handy on his own. Then again, losing a member of the team now would be a waste. He cleared his mind of these thoughts slamming the butt of the rifle into the face of a zombie before shoving the barrel into another ones eye socket and pulling the trigger going straight through the back of it's skull into the forehead of another. His training was being put to the test now, never had he really had to work at killing something, but with the growing amount of zombies he figured he'd have to be more then just range support.

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Ghost grunts as Lucas helps him. "Shouldn't be too hard." He smiles evilly as the machete chops another zombie to ribbons, while his pistol is out and ripping through the undeads' flesh with its bullets. "Ah screw it." He says as he puts away his machete and the pistol, than switches for the M16 and sets the dial for 'Full auto' and pulls the trigger. The gun kicks like a pissed off mule as rounds fly out at staggering speeds, ripping the zombies to shreds with no problem at all. As a zombie runs/drags its way towards Ghost, he takes a frag from his belt. As the zombie opens its mouth to attack, Ghost stuffs the 'Nade inside, and kicks the zombie back towards its bretheren. "Kaboom." He grins evilly, the pin of the grenade on his finger as the M2 frag explodes in the zombie, ripping it and the small horde behind it to ribbons.

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While the seeming chaos was going on outside, Spike took his time and parked the tank in the best spot he could, in the best position he could to ensure that they got the hell out of Dodge when the time came. With this done he looks to the others, stands, and heads out the door as well, closing it behind him. In his left hand is the sawed off shotgun, in the right his revolver. Two zed come at him from the left and he raises the shotgun and pulls both triggers. A deer slug rips through the head of one zombie, then a second. The bird shot from the second barrel rips another zed clean, well, actually it was a rather messy sight...in two.

"I'm heading inside. whatever you do, don't let them," Spike pauses for a moment to fire off the remaining six shots of his revolver, taking out one zombie per shot, "get on the tank." in the next moment both his guns went away, back into their holsters, and he had his trusty machete in his hand. With every step he either took down another zombie or had to not trip over one of them left in the wake of Luke and Ghost.

Soon he was at the door of the pharmacy. The glass was broken and all that was left was the metal framework of the door, which was a bad sign. It was easy enough for him to reach through to the other side and unlock, then he was inside. It was at once clear that they had not been the first to look at this place for supplies. If he had to guess, he'd say that the people of Fort Grace had already worked the place over. But then, why would the Mayor try and make sure we came by here? Spike wonders to himself, as he begins to look around, senses alert, Maybe he left something behind? But what are the chances that it would still be here?

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Wow, first they want me to leave, and then they don’t. Hypocrites... Goth thought to herself, then smiling at Ghost, at least someone would help her, out of these people. She then went back to her seat, trying to ignore everyone; she then put the assault rifles back. “Ehh, not my type of weapon, I won’t use it.” She said to herself, then keeping a watch out the back port, that she had made earlier, then she saw the pharmacy, but before she could get up, Ghost was already out the door.

Before Goth could get off, Spike parked the bus, even the E brake was on Parking while in a zombie apocalypse, real smart Spike She thought to herself, then getting off after Spike and running through the crowd of zombies, and into the pharmacy after Spike, leaving Ghost and Luke to have fun on their own. “So Spike, why the hell are we here again, this place I stripped dry, maybe we could fine one or two pain pills laying on the floor, but that’s probably all.” Goth said, before going more into the pharmacy, and checking the aisles for anything left, or zombies to kill.

Goth went into one of the bathrooms, just to check even if the first aid kit was in their, and it was. “Sweet…” As she picked the first aid kit up, it seemed like that triggered the zombies, but they were already coming after her. As she turned around, a zombie was right behind her, all she did was just punch it knocking it down, and then stomped on its neck, but more kept coming. “Fuck!” She yelled out, as she grabbed one of her pistols, only being able to grab on because of how close the zombies were. By now, zombies were coming into the pharmacy from everywhere, Spike could probably get out easily, but Kurami would have to fight to get out of here alive.

By now, Goth had fired off a couple shots, each one getting a kill each, her pistols werent just regular, she had modified them to have more firepower, but they made a shit load of noise, that even if you were outide of the pharmacy, you would hear the gunshots.

[OOC: Sorry it took me so long to post, i was waiting for the others.]

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Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Oh wow, sorry to hear about that. I hope your grandfather gets better, I know what that's like. Don't be in any hurry, take your time with posting, we're in no hurry here...well, I'm not anyway.

Also, I'll be starting back with school tomorrow. I doubt it'll affect this much, but if I don't show up for a day then it's cause I came hope from school and passed out, lol.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Sorry I've been pretty busy with the holiday and all that not to mention my family's kinda having a hard time my grandfather's in the hopsital and was in critcal condition (last we heard) so I've been unable to think of a decent post..I'm working on one right now though.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

I'm in no hurry, it's just that it's been a few days and no one else has posted...

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

If you give me some time I will come up with a post.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

So, anyone else gonna post? If not then I'll have Spike move the bus into the 'run the hell away' position then get out and start killing stuff.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Fine, I'll make it work. I'll kick the bloody door down, and start shooting. Any Questions? No? Good, lets get to work.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

I don't have anything to post, aside from the obvious 'Hey we've arrived!' thing.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

uuuh don't really know how to post to be honest kinda at a wtf in the moment XD

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Crazy goth girl that cant control emotions is back. ANd i would post, but i want others to post before me (Luke, Hood, Riah

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

You got that right, Ghost is completely crushing on Goth if you haven't realized it yet.

Another thing, when is anyone else going to post?

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Ok he edited it. Im im guessing Ghost has a crush on Goth, ill go with it. Also, im a drama artist, i come up with ideas for drama, so when you want drama just pm me, or if u want me to tone down the drama tell me in OOC or OCC whatever this is called.

EDIT: Im going to be gone Today (Sunday) Tommorow (Monday) and Tuesday (Day After Monday)

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

I'm not sure he's going to change his post. I'll PM him about it, but go ahead and just ignore it for now I guess. I have no intention of taking the plot in that direction...that direction wouldn't make it a zombie rp, but a run from the law rp...

So, yeah, go ahead and post and ignore that last one.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Can i post, or should i wait for him to change his post?

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Alright, Commisar_Gaunt, I'm gonna have to ask you to edit your post...you can't just destroy a town for no reason without my say so, alright?

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

ATTENTION PEOPLES! I forgot to emntion, Kurami has multiple personalities so yeah, just remind yall

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

First post up, feel free to post whenever you get the time.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Alright, everyone's character looks good, everyone is approved. ^_^ I'll get the rp going here in just a little while.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Same here, submitted! Hope SHE'S ok. Yes its a girl, who said girls cant kill zombie.

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Well I've also placed up mine ^^ hope he's okay

Re: [OOC] Looking for Hope: A Zombie Survival Story

Okay, submitted a character. Hope he's okay... If not, well PM me or just state it in the OOC.