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

exploring(ish)

[withinwires]

While Daryl's out on a supply run, he'll hear his walkie make that quiet beep that precedes an incoming message. Hester's voice, soft and calm and British, speaks over the channel he's been assigned for that run. "This is Base. Please confirm communication immediately. There's been an update."

[dirtyredneck]

Daryl keeps his walkie covered so the noise doesn't alert the walkers nearby and after the message plays through, he moves in to take the last two out, securing the building. It takes him another few minutes to finish checking that the doors aren't going to open any time soon or rattle from the wind and draw further attention, then he answers.

"This is Daryl. What's up?"

[withinwires]

On the other end, Hester breathes a sigh of relief at the quick response. She has no cameras, no way of knowing what's going on out there except for what is reported back to her, and because of the risk noise can cause for the runners, communications are limited only to what is absolutely necessary. "There's a group of the undead headed in your direction, estimated at about twenty. If you give me your current location, I can give you an alternate route to avoid them. That would be preferable over engaging."