thebreathing | TEST DRIVE MEME #1.

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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

oh fuck off, like no one knows you're sick of staying here in one spot. all i hear from you is you want to go further and further out, safety be damned. you're good at your job but you're reckless and we can't have that. it's not safe for anyone.

i know people need to do things right but fuck if i'm not happy they're back at all. we lose too many goddamn people to risk any more than we already do. i'm not going to patronize you by asking if you've forgotten what happened two months ago because i know you haven't.

my point is no matter your jurisdiction you need to keep from being so fucking abrasive that everyone bucks against you on purpose because that's what's going to happen. spite. someone's going to think they're the big man on campus and try to square up against you and i don't want to pick up the goddamn pieces afterward so tone it the fuck down.

the kids like you, your crew likes you. i know you don't give a shit about a popularity contest but having the contentment of the people you're taking care of as a priority is important. we're a community and we need to act like it.

bc stayin inside a lil safety bubble for the rest of our lives is the better option? we're in the middle of a bleedin zombie apocalypse if you haven't noticed kei. things can turn into a total shitefest at any sec. it's our responsibility to know how bad it is out there and be prepared for any changes. we can't know that if we stay in one fuckin spot forever. we have no clue what's happenin out there. we don't know if there are other survivors and settlements for us to connect with and we will continue to be in the goddamn dark if you keep bein so fuckin repellent to the idea of takin risks and explorin areas outside of the bloody green zones.

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fuck you akiyama
don't you fuckin talk to me about what happened two months ago
you don't have the bloody right you flyin son of a cockend

i was there i remember every single detail of what happened i remember every single fuckin name and face and you have the fuckin audacity to sit there on your high horse and use this in defense of a couple of shiteheads?

go fuck yourself off that pedestal of yours w a lead pipe mate

[ YOU'RE SO LUCKY YOU ARE NOT IN THE ROOM OR ELSE YOU WOULD BE GETTING CLOCKED IN THE FACE RIGHT NOW ]

you're not the only one who cares about what's best for everyone around here so don't you fuckin accuse me of not prioritizin people's safety and well-being. just bc i don't fuckin coddle and pamper them at every turn and keep them bundle up in protective wrap 24/7 doesn't mean i don't give a flippin shite.

[ and it sure as hell doesn't mean what happens to the lives' lost on his watch don't impact him on a personal level ]

you know that's not what i'm suggesting. we need longer planning, more training, more short runs to prepare. it's not to be taken lightly. it's also our responsibility to make sure there are survivors here to still be around when we do find new ones. fuck's sake. it's not that i'm afraid of taking any risks at all, i don't want to take unnecessary ones when the green zones are still killing people.

[ there's a pause because there's kind of a loss of context in the translation here because using someone's dad in an insult is way different in japan ummm ]

don't fucking bring my father into an insult in this you fucking prick. it's not my fault you took it the way you did but i was trying to say we both fucked up. we both made mistakes because neither of us are perfect and we both need to fucking make changes. you think i forgot them? any of them? fuck you if you think i'm on a pedestal. i don't want it. i never did in the first place.

fucking hell jags is it so fucking unconscionable to talk to me like a normal human being rather than a rabid dog trying to rip my throat out?

and you think i'm takin it lightly?
piss off man

[ he's not even going to comment on the "father" thing because talk about reading too much into an insult ]

if you want me to talk to you like a normal human bein then why don't you quit breathin down my neck about the decisions i make every chance you get

you don't see me raggin on you about how you do your job but hey i can always start now

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