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

[hakuho]

[ he's quiet for a moment. ]

If you come with me, you're responsible for your own safety.

[witwanton]

[Merlin lets out a short laugh.] No worries, if there's one thing I'm good at, it's running and hiding. Anyone from back home would tell you that.

[That's a big fat lie but acting the fool is second nature and a defense mechanism.] Oh, right, I'm also a medic, so short of someone getting bit, I can handle most wounds a person might get out there. Again, not implying anything, just, y'know. Sharing relevant information.

[hakuho]

Oh?

[ thats actually relevant info. he doesn't take offense. ]

Are you working with Akiyama-san?

[witwanton]

I am. [He certainly doesn't look medically trained, young as he is, but it's a needed skill in short supply around here.

He is generally self-sufficient so long as he has a chance to avoid any altercations, but maybe make sure if something out of the ordinary does happen, the settlement doesn't lose a field medic.] I'm learning how to handle more general maladies, my brain's about to leak out my ears reading over all of Kei's medical texts every single night. But I've loads of practical experience with injuries, so I'm the one gets sent on runs.

[hakuho]

Are you certain that's a good idea? That knowledge makes you an asset.

[ although he's voicing his concern, he at least sounds more amenable to the idea that merlin will be joining him. it's more that he wants to make sure theyve both thought it through. ]

[witwanton]

[Merlin shrugs.] They want me going out on the runs where a medic's liable to be needed. If I'm going to do that, I've got to know what I'm doing out here, don't I?

[What was that you were saying about being a coward that runs and hides Merlin you freakin liar] It'll be easier for me to travel out to where I'm needed if I've done some runs myself. Maybe I'll stumble on some medicinal plants on the way, too.

[hakuho]

[ mine nods. ]

Fair enough. We'll go together, then.