Surphobia: Fear of Survival

Subject: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:20 pm

"I didn't know they were comin'. If you think about it, we all shoulda' known, accordin' to how many people talk about the Apocalypse upon us and all that shit. But when you really think about it, did we all know it was gonna happen? Nah. Not me, anyway."

"It's a good thing I was a city bus driver or I woulda been in a bad way. It's also a good thing I had a shot gun. Got to blow me at least one head off and some other's stomach is lying somewhere near Miss Kathy's precious little poodle's water bowl. Oh, Miss Kathy is dead, by the way. And her poodle. It was an annoyin' little shit anyway."

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"It's a damn shame I had to shoot those guys because before all this bs went down, I'm guessin' they had lives and stuff. Oh well. They were tryna eat me, so I guess I had a good enough excuse to blow their brains out. Sucks because I only had those two rounds and now I'm completely out. It's just me and my bus. Oh, and these other people. They lucky to have stopped me because when I'm gone, I'm gone. There ain't no coming back."

"Everytime I look behind me, I'm thinking, f@#k. What the hell am I supposed to do with these people? How the pig's @ss are we supposed to survive some zombies? They barely got anything useful on them. Nothin' at all. They all see me with this big @ss gun, but I ain't bout to tell 'em that there's no bullets in it. If we're gonna die, we're gonna die."

"Well, lemme tell ya, I ain't dyin'. If these guys wanna go out there and get their stomachs eaten out, so be it. There's no such thing as family no more. There's no such thing as civilization neither. We gotta do what we gotta do to survive."

"I wonder how long that'll be."

-Oliver

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:46 pm

SURPHOBIA is an apocalyptic survival role play. Each of you are set in a city that were overrun by zombies not even 72 hours ago. There is no more civilization. Everyone (or mostly everyone) you once knew are either dead, missing, or have left the city in search of refuge. Of course, refuge does not come easy when zombies are sprouting up everywhere. You as a survivor are forced to keep yourself alive by any means necessary now that the old world that you knew is gone.

The purpose of this rp is not to be a "shoot 'em up, bash 'em up" crazy, zombie killer type deal. It will have a far more suspenseful, dangerous, perilous kind of feel. You are challenged to survive the horde by working together with your other partners with what little resources you have (and it will be little). Each of you will have different traits and downfalls that will make for more grappling issues and dangerous scenarios of survival.

You all will have to be putting your lives on the line against the horde of zombies who used to be human beings just like you.

This is a Mature role play, meaning there will be blood, violence, gore, cursing, all that. If you can't handle it, then don't try to. >=)

As explained above, this is not a shoot every zombie and see how many headshots you can acclaim in the end. It is a witty, tactical survival role play in which you must work together with you and your partners to maintain your... well... lives.

And now, The Rules!

There will be no OOC comments in this RP. It must go in the designated section or be an ACTUAL OOC comment. Do not post in the Roleplay Thread saying ((Brb cats on fire lol)) or any of that nonsense.

The GM's authority is first. If the GM (me) says you ran into a bucket, you ran into a bucket.

Guns in this role play are not plentiful. You cannot start off with a guns and you can not say "Oh look, I found a 9mm! Very Happy

" You won't randomly find things like that in the streets of your neighborhood, so keep it realistic.

This will not be a one-liner role play. You must post 2-3 paragraphs (2 being the minimum).

There WILL be an assigned posting order to give your other players time to catch up. Don't advance the story just because they weren't online for an hour and do NOT turn it into a 1v1. You must follow your posting order

Your character is YOURS. Do NOT control anyone elses. At all. Ever.

Have fun!

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:50 pm

Name: (Who are you?)

Age: (How old?)

Job/Occupation: (What did you do before the Apocalypse?)

Appearance: (Pictures are accepted and appreciated.)

Strengths: (What are you good at? What do you excel in? You may pick up to 3.)

Weaknesses: (What hinders you? What are you not so good at? You may pick up to 3.)

Personality: (How does your character act, both outwardly and inwardly?)

Items/Equipment: (What items do you have in your possession at the moment? No guns are allowed.)

Short Bio: (Tell us a little about you before the zombies showed up.)

Meeting Oliver: (How did you happen to get aboard his bus?)

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:04 pm

This needs to happen.

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:40 pm

Alright. I will try to make a sheet sometime today or tomorrow. I could also see if Luna wants to get in too if you want?

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Tue Apr 29, 2014 5:19 pm

Name: Lillian Jones, but goes by the name Lilly

Age: 18

Job/Occupation: B average senior student with a part time job at a watch store

Appearance:

Appearance:

Strengths: Making makeshift tools and items, Making strategies and ideas, Getting the job done without argument

Weaknesses: Conveying ideas, Running, Her inability to lead a group

Personality: Generally cold to everyone around her, Lilly will open up only if people meet her on the level that she's on- a jewelry type level. She greets most attempts to chat with silence, and prefers to rely on herself when in a tight situation. However, if someone aggravates her enough, she will try to 'snarkily reply' to the aggravator and, if the situation is stressful enough and she's already stressed out, she will snap.

Items/Equipment: Round-nosed jewelry pliers, Wire cutters, Nail filer, Keys to her house on a keychain (Also has a small chain with a gear on the end and a black pocketknife on the end), leather shoulder-bag with a skull on it.

Short Bio: Lilly has always been relatively distanced from her parents. In her mind, they are there to give her a roof and food; nothing else. When she was fourteen, she took an internship at a small watch shop because she felt like she could support herself. She was hired as an employee at the shop the year after.
She doesn't have many friends, and those she does are more school-groupies then anything else. The only person she would compare to a friend would be the owner of the watch shop, Joe. Even though she still has her parents and still lives in their house, Lilly considers Joe her father, and is very passionate about his life and his shop.
She is a decent student, but would much rather spend her time tinkering away than spending time in a classroom.

Meeting Oliver: Lilly missed her bus to work so had to take one an hour later. This bus was the one Oliver was on.

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Mon May 05, 2014 5:11 pm

Yesssssss.... All the fresh blood... >=)

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Thu May 15, 2014 1:11 pm

Name: Drew Been

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Occupation: Usher for a movie theater.

Strengths/Skills:

-One, Two...: A natural mathematician. He's good with numbers so far to the point that if he can see something, he can put it into numbers. He's that kid that can count the beans in the jar by looking at them and get damn near close to the accurate number. Comes in handy when trying to portion things.

-Pyromaniac: He loves explosions. All kinds. He is your natural dynamite expert with the kind of attitude that is usually found in risk takers. He may not know it will blow up at a designated time or distance, but why not try it the hell out? If there are two wires, he'll make sparks. Sparks start things and things that start can blow up as well. It can be something simple from trailing intricate lines of gasoline to make a beautiful fire show, or rigging a building.

-We Got This: Drew is the supposed comic relief in a bad problem. He explodes optimism, but not in that childish boy type way. He is the couch that well call you dirty and weak and a coward only to get you to try the drill again. He rarely takes no for an answer and dives head first into situations just to get the upper hand in it. If anyone is down, he's a shoulder slugger and some corny, stupid ass one liner that will ultimately piss everyone off, but its much needed, eh?

Failings/Weaknesses:

-In Denial: He never looks at everything as a whole. He can never see the bigger picture so he will formulate a bigger picture in his head. He does not like believing 'the worst has yet to come' and definitely does not enjoy apologizing for anything, even if he was the one in the wrong. It's a pride kind of thing.

-Watch Out for That Gravity: He fails at standing straight. Gravity kicks him in the ass so many times its ridiculous. He is clumsy, tripping over thin air if its there. Running is not his forte for he would trip down a cliff if it came to it. He just can't seem to grip on the foot-to-ground-ratio everyone else has. He's what you would cal an "Kiss the Ground" boy.

Outward Personality: "Don't worry, guys! Those bastards won't know what the fuck hit them!" Always outwardly positive and ready to get the show on the road. Drew comes off as being laid back and ready for anything, confident enough to know that he and everyone else are going to come out victorious. He will go so far as to make up makeshift facts about how they can not possibly be killed. All in good spirit.

Inward Personality: Scared shitless. He's 19 and his life has not even kicked off yet. Working at the movies, he's seen a lot of films about these certain types of situations, and he never thought he'd be in one himself. He is a panicker in the inside, latching onto the first idea in his head and blurting it out without even thinking clearly on it. Drew doesn't want everyone to know he's really a soft piece of tissue in the inside, so he bonds as one of the bro's outwardly, showing everyone he has the nuts to do this.

General History: His life was pretty much the life of the average teen. He went to all levels of school, eventually graduating a year and a half ago. Since his lack of stability kept him from doing anything athletic, Drew decided to pursue something more on the lines of being a teacher. His friends, the neighborhood jocks, did not agree with him on that area of expertise. To them, Drew was one of the bros. He had the look, the attitude, and did not look to appear like some smart ass math whiz. He was chill and relaxed all the time so they figured he should get a steady hourly paying job,

Drew, of course, disagreed. It'd be dumb to waste his 'good talents' on being something stupid like a burger flipper or any other part time occupation. Unfortunately for him, his stamina and optimism didn't keep his parents from getting that divorce and tearing the family apart. It was some family: mother father, and drew. Drew had no siblings and no close friends to tag along with. He wanted what any other son wanted, to be noticed by his father. And he was: noticed as a complete waste of air and space. Drew stooped lower than low, doing everything he could to please his dad, even dropping his dream of going to the bigger college across town because of what a 'pinch' it would give to his dad's pocket.

He settled with working at the theater. And for what? For them to get that divorce regardless? Leaving him with his mother and with a burning hatred of all people who represent the perfect big brother or father. Drew was broken with nothing to show for his math skills but counting popcorn on the floor.

Spoiler:

Subject: Re: Surphobia: Fear of Survival Fri May 16, 2014 1:11 pm

Illiana wrote:: He is the couch...

Took me a second to see what you meant there...