TEST DRIVE MEME #1.

[therunning]

OPTIONS: WAKING UP You wake up in a studio in an apartment building that's got windows all boarded up. You remember being sick, you remember dying, and you probably can't believe this is the afterlife. If you head out into the hall you'll see that others are heading out too, looking just as confused as you are. All of you died, most of you of the same thing. If you head down to the front office, you'll meet a native resident who will explain in brief that you're in Aqora, a settlement living among the undead and that people like you show up every so often. You'll be given an informational pamphlet, a shitty cell phone, and a walkie. Then you'll be expected to figure it out. No one has time to hold your hand. EXPLORING Miscellaneous things here: shops and restaurants turned into places to live, apartments full of people living day to day, the main focus (the library) being the hub where people come to learn and children go to school. Because school never ends, even in the apocalypse. Feel free to buddy up with other newcomers to figure out what the hell is going on. OR, say you've been here a while. It's time to figure out how to get more supplies! Let's go on a supply run. You'll just be heading out past the barricades to start, and you'll have to dig through buildings to try and find things. If you're lucky, maybe you'll hit a cache. If you're unlucky, you'll find too many undead to fight. No one goes out alone though, so hopefully your partner can help. "NETWORK" Someone has set up a rudimentary network using the nearest cell towers. You can communicate with others in the area but only via voice and text. Anything further out is voice only via walkies. You can have a username or leave it blank. Have fun, campers.

Comments

[choosetruth]

Georgia would rather not use her gun either, but she's not optimistic enough to believe that's going to be an option. Things never go as well as you want them to go.

Only a few Infected. Nothing she hasn't faced before. But that was with full body armor, a few more guns than they have available, and most importantly, Shaun. Still shouldn't be a problem--Shaun did always say she went overboard with safety--but she doesn't want to take any chances.

Her nose wrinkles under her sunglasses. "Yes," she says. "A few times. It's not any better when there's a living human population." She keeps her hand on her gun, but she doesn't move to shoot. They're too far away, and she doesn't have the bullets to waste on fights she doesn't meed to have. "Arguably it was worse, honestly."

[choosetruth]

"You don't sound very sure about that."

Usually it's not a question. It sounds like a lie, though she knows the usual tells aren't always reliable, especially when you get scared.

"If you are, I can help you." By shooting him, of course, but what other help is there?

network;

[choosetruth]

It wasn't on purpose where I'm from, but it was still people. People with good intentions and not enough safety measures.

Either way, pretty fucked.

TDM INVITE

[therunning]

Hello friend! Since we're not sure if you have an invitation or not and you've showed a lot of interest through the TDM, we'd like to confirm you have one! If you have one then don't worry about it, but if you don't then please consider this an official invite! You can simply put "TDM Invite" in the invitation slot on the application if you decide to apply.

TDM INVITE

[therunning]

Hello friend! Since we're not sure if you have an invitation or not and you've showed a lot of interest through the TDM, we'd like to confirm you have one! If you have one then don't worry about it, but if you don't then please consider this an official invite! You can simply put "TDM Invite" in the invitation slot on the application if you decide to apply.

network.

[choosetruth]

[There's only one person Georgia trusts. Without him here, well, yeah. She has no one.]

Anyone who disagrees is probably part of the problem, honestly.

[choosetruth]

Yeah, well, dying once is more than enough for most people. [She checks the safety, then shoves her gun into her waistband.] Georgia Mason, by the way. Let's get moving. We're burning daylight, and that's a problem for most people.

[ballroombro]

Hey, thanks! I didn't have one, so that's much appreciated.

TDM INVITE

[therunning]

Hello friend! Since we're not sure if you have an invitation or not and you've showed a lot of interest through the TDM, we'd like to confirm you have one! If you have one then don't worry about it, but if you don't then please consider this an official invite! You can simply put "TDM Invite" in the invitation slot on the application if you decide to apply.

[superstringtheory]

Iunno, I could kick somebody's ass with half a wooden spoon.

[She shrugs a little. Yeah: nothing useful yet. She nudges a fragment of rebar towards Mine with her toe.]

You don't mind getting your fancy suit dirty? [Not that she cares.]

[superstringtheory]

Why do I want crackers and batteries.

[Sort-of-not-really a question to clarify the question. That's probably not what he was asking about, Jolyne, but that's fine.]

I wanna be able to eat and power a flashlight?

del taco is delicious and the best fast food

[volumeone]

jags, got it. sure, i'm down for checking them out.

didn't think so, figured they'd really stand out. thanks though

[superstringtheory]

I'm not American. I'm from Florida. Not even the same thing.

[Which is true. While Florida isn't quite as separate a place as Texas, it's definitely not America as such. Really, though, what she's doing is dodging the question. If she has to deal with the zombie apocalypse, she's not dealing with Joestar bullshit anymore. That's where she draws the fucking line.]

And I know Jolyne's a stupid name. My dad named me after a Dolly fucking Parton song.

[superstringtheory]

at least you're working out your quads.

i don't really do passive aggressive so much as aggressive but i guess if that's your thing. i'd just hand somebody a bouquet of poison ivy and be done with it.

[superstringtheory]

fuck SHIT now i'm hungry

[tojoclan]

[ It's cool, he's got Tons of patience. ]

Why do you want me to carry those for you? I'd be happy to, it just didn't seem related to digging around.

[notlucky]

Because they need you too. It's a system of reciprocity, essentially.

That's all we can ask.

exploring;

[isthecontext]

[ It's her again. Kevin had been in a less then ideal mood upon waking up--though who wouldn't when your world suddenly doesn't make sense, your stomach being pulled out underneath you like the rest of the world immediately in two swift, jerky motions. For Kevin, who is all at once and not at all accustomed to being thrown in with cattle in such a manner memorizes her face.

She's a native, and he supposes she'd be pretty if he cared. More importantly, she's useful. Most people find some way to be useful, Kevin figuring he might as well blend in on that front, but she's--Morna, is it?--more of a key figure than anyone else. She's on Kevin's radar, and he's yet to sort out of it's a good or a bad thing for her. Right now, it just is, and right now, she's currently handing him a few arrows for his quiver.

Patrick looks at her hand, and then at her, and his face is calm and impassive despite his annoyance. ]

I'm gonna need more, you know.

[ He isn't, but pushing buttons never hurt. ]

u lil shit

[notlucky]

[ morna is used to this from newcomers. people that just don't get it. maybe she's not privy to the fact that he's just trying to push her buttons but for all intents and purposes she looks pretty surprisingly unruffled.

her free hand lifts to run fingers through her hair and she smiles, shrugging apologetically. ] That's all we've got to spare, so that's all you're getting. Your partner is good with stealth. Match him and you'll be fine.

[ aka: sorry but no dice, kid. not much to be done for it. then, surprisingly, she grins. ] Besides, the best thing about arrows is the fact they can be recycled.

[hakuho]

A fair amount of responsibility and a fair amount of trouble, I'm sure.

[hakuho]

Yoshitaka Mine.

[ he bows his head slightly and then nods. they should head out now. ]

is there anything in specific you want to search for?

[tojoclan]

[ Ah, that makes him chuckle. ]

The two do tend to go hand in hand.

[ He would know... ]

[hakuho]

Surely not as much as the Tojo Clan presents.

[ fucking tojo clan ]

[tojoclan]

I would certainly hope not.

[ That's Daigo's life story. ]

tulip o'hare | preacher

[buildabazooka]

WAKING UP

[Yeah, dying? Not the most fun thing Tulip's ever done. She at least had the sense to do it somewhere Jesse couldn't see, because he didn't need that weighing on his shoulders. Now he really can't say Tulip's never done nothing for him. Soon as she started coughing up blood, she knew she had to wander off somewhere to take care of herself.

So it wasn't the fastest, but it coulda been slower. And hey, maybe she can say hi to that deformed kid in Hell.

Only she doesn't see Eugene. She sees a bunch of damn zombies. Yeah, that's new. She pores over the shitty pamphlet she was handed, turns it over in her hands, and scoffs and turns to address the people around her with a clearly Texan twang.]

Anyone else think Hell was gonna be more, I dunno, fire and brimstone, for one? I feel lied to, frankly. What else you think the holy book was misleadin' about?

[She knows a bit more about that, but she'll keep her info about God close to her chest for now.]

EXPLORING

[As soon as it became clear what she was up against, Tulip set to work. Arts and crafts it is. They're on a lack of firepower, clearly, so it's time to set up her own personal answer to Build-A-Bear. She grabs some nails and screws, a tin can, duct tape, and various other random shit that no one seems to be actually using and sets to work building a pressurized shrapnel bomb out of pure scraps as easily as if she'd done this before.

Which, yeah, she kinda has.]

Hey, you.

[She addresses a random person.]

Wanna learn how to build a bazooka from almost nothin'? Grab a can opener 'n get to work.

NETWORK

[This mass text sent to all y'all from a simple username: "tulip".]

any of u doctor types wanna look at sumthin and tell me if its contagious
its not a bite promise i just stepped in somethin n now i got some typa reaction
im not gonna get all zombified am i

[I mean, probably not, but who knows how zombies work here. Maybe it's spread through itchy plants. But apparently there's stinging nettle around here, and Tulip is high key Suffering.]