"We are all just maggots on the carcass of a dying earth, a parasite feeding off the scraps and ruins of a vanishing human race." On the first day of the New Year, 2014, a great struggle for power began. A revolution in Brazil, a great war between two determined factions. Word spread like a wildfire. Within days, media outlets around the world were constantly reporting their versions of the war to the masses. And the people of the world gobbled it up. It was intriguing and easy to discuss, but also far enough away for people to turn an eye to atrocities. For the first few months, it seemed that the two factions were locked in a stalemate. The revolutionaries would seize a city from the nationals, who would in turn take it back. The battles lasted for days, many died. As families were torn apart by the horrors of war, the world turned a blind eye. This would change however, in the spring. An American news cast came in during the early morning hours. It was a rainy, insignificant Monday, but it would be remembered. CNN had managed to finagle their way into Brazil, and with them brought a reporter and his five man crew. Their journey through Brazil would take them from the inner city, a relative safe-zone, to the revolutionary controlled jungles, and back through the war-torn cities. The task given to them was to report the truth about the war. This was a task that was cut short. Via a live feed, international viewers were able to watch a few brief moments of a firefight that took the life of three crew members and the reporter. Afterwards, CNN lost all contact with the remaining crew. A very large controversy spilled across the United States. Universal outrage led to the President officially addressing the chance of military intervention in Brazil. "As a country we need to stand strong. We need to pray for those cameramen who are still in Brazil, and for the people of that country. However, at this time there is no need for direct military action". Three days later a video depicting the beheading of the crew members was released. It went viral. Left with no other choice but to act, the President (backed by all facets of the Government) signed off on the deployment of armed forces in Brazil. In an effort to try and keep the number of American casualties low, the President was holding back the mass of the armed forces, instead he deployed only a thousand men and women. United States forces only occupied Brazil for a few days, they only needed enough time to deliver a killing blow to the revolutionary leadership. They severed the head from the snake, and within a few weeks of their departure, the body died. The war and murder of the CNN news team was one of the most important events of the time, but it would soon be overshadowed by an ever looming threat. Among the souvenirs, scars, and trauma brought back by the soldiers, was a disease. The virus did not reveal itself immediately, but rather began to creep over the population in the summer of 2014. The final chapter of mankind and it's civilization was discretely coming to a close. Reports started piling into hospitals, which flooded days later. Men, women, children, elderly, all manner of people were catching some new strain of the flu. At first it seemed harmless, but then it claimed it's first victims. Many of those first infected died, their rotting corpses still resting in hospital morgues. The second wave of victims were the ones that exhibited the mysterious final stage of the virus. It took place in one day. Law Enforcement, Military, and the CDC were unequipped and unable to thwart the final stages of the virus. On that fateful day, the second wave of victims passed into comas. It was midday in the United States when it began, night, evening, and morning in other places. The parts of the world that were experiencing night, had gone completely dark. Scarce reports of mass rioting and murder came in, but were dismissed as rumor. Then night fell and the comatose awoke. Though many of the victims retained their features, all of them exhibited a few similar traits. Skin tone paled, gums bleed, nails fell from the fingers and toes, hair thinned and fell from the body. Three things startled doctors. The first was the heart rate, or the fact that there was none. The second was the lack of complex brain activity. At first they were confused when they rose from their comas, but that soon turned to rage and violence. The third trait that startled doctors were the vitals on the victims, they all appeared dead. An hour before waking up, the vital signs on all comatose victims showed that they were dead. But they still rose. By morning, the sun rose on a horrible new world. That was two years ago. Since then, things have changed majorly. A shift in world population occurred. The human race has dwindled to about 10% (estimated) of it's original strength. The infected, their numbers exceed ten times that. Now the human race is locked in a battle for survival, but the tides of war are always changing. Reports say that bands of survivors are joining together. The UN, though weaker, has begun to try and make a push to reclaim parts of the world. The United States Military, now back on it's feet, has begun setting up refugee camps, but these camps are still vulnerable. That is where our survivors find themselves, a refugee camp on the outskirts of Orlando, Florida. Afterword Days Gone By is a zombie survival Roleplay that takes place in Florida (and eventually other parts of the United States). The characters, though from different walks of life and though they have survived for two years, have all ended up in the same United States Army Refugee Camp near Orlando, Florida. The zombies are slow shufflers but they are very dangerous when in larger groups. In the beginning of this, all characters will be living in the Refugee Camp for at least 2 months. This will not take place only in the camp because that would be dreadfully boring, we will take our characters to other places. The Refugee Camp is filled with RVs, Tents, Shacks, Shanty houses, and all kinds of other buildings. I'll include some visual links so people have something to reference. A Map of the Refugee Camp First reference. Second visual reference. Name: Age: Gender: Ethnicity: Description: (Can be a picture or written) Biography: Pre-Infection Career: Other:

Name: Jack Sullam Age: 34 Gender: Male Ethnicity: Caucasian Description: Jack is a well-built man, standing at 5 foot 11 inches he is not very tall though. His shoulders very broad and his stomach and chest are flat, not toned though. He also has prominent muscles on his arms and legs but not to the point of being incredibly strong. Naturally he is stronger than he is quick and it shows in the way he stands and walks. His skin itself is quite dry and his hands and legs are covered in small scars and calluses. On his head Jack has closely shaved black stubble which he cuts himself with the large clip folder knife he carries on his belt. His beard he has allowed to grow out and falls prominently for a good 4 or 5 inches off of his face, well defined jawline and chin. Again he uses his knife to keep the black facial hair in check as well. His face is also broad, like his shoulders, and holds deeply set green eyes, a slightly large and misshapen nose that holds the scars of a number of breaks. His lips are quite thin and are a light pink. Biography: Jack is actually a Brit born and bred, born in East London he grew up on an estate, having been kicked out of school, and spent his time in small time looting and small time mugging. Before he could be caught for any of his ‘minor offenses’ he was sent to America by his parents, where he then lived with distant relatives. Whilst the family tried to set him straight Jack continued to ditch his school and mess around. When final grades came around Jack was less than surprised that he had not one passing grade. He took up an apprenticeship as a handyman with a friend’s dad. It was a dead end job with a dead end pay. By the time Jack was 25 he had a small apartment, a decent TV and some camping gear. Jack was almost looking for an excuse to break free from his boring hole of a life. He couldn't hold down a relationship and worked for some of the worst families in the Florida area. Eventually slipping into slight alcoholism. The only thing keeping Jack from abandoning his life now was the fun he had camping. He wasn't an outdoors nut but enjoyed the time he spent outdoors, alone and in the calm. After the outbreak Jack found it terrifying and then, oddly, calming. He decided to go camping as his escaping of the hordes and violence. For a time he was happy, but despite his enjoyment of being alone, he started to go a little stir crazy on his own. That was when he made his way to the Refugee camp. Pre-Infection Career: Jack was a handyman, or jack of all trades, and so has a number of maintenance skills. However he is certainly no expert, so don't ask him to perform open heart surgery. Other: Jack wears skinny blue jeans, mustard Timberland boots, a checked cotton shirt and a slightly large leather bomber jacket. He also has a large rucksack full of equipment, such as a Zippo lighter, most of a carton of cigarettes, a full bottle Jack Daniels, a couple of tins of beans, a spare pairs of jeans, a spare shirt and a pair of wellington boots. He also has a canvas tent however he donated that to the camp to help others.

That sounds good.

Would you prefer I post a CS in the OOC or characters tab?

Basic CS up, please feel free to comment.

Either or would be fine. I would prefer the character tab so I can keep a list. I will, eventually, be posting all of the characters there.

You still open for new people (like me?) :)

Yes I am still accepting!

Character will be up sometime tomorrow.

Moved to character bin area.

I have a few ideas for a character. The last (good) Zombie RP I was in died because the GM had real life crises. These ideas were considered in that last Zombie RP, and also in one or two that aren't as good. Anyway, here they are: The Wild Child (Approved and used): This was the one I used back then. A 10 years old girl who had been through things that even a soldier shouldn't go through. Family picked apart one by one by zombies, losing friends one after the other, forced to fend for herself, turned to robbery and other vices to stay alive... By the end of it, she'd lost most of her humanity but is consequently a surprisingly good survivalist and fighter. The Astronaut (Was once approved and used when it was a bird alien that landed on a fantasy planet. I'm not kidding.): After spending as much time as possible in orbit, he and his fellow astronauts were forced to land due to lack of supplies. What they found after that was nothing like they could imagine, something straight out of science fiction. He would likely be equipped with state of the art, space-age equipment, at least initially. EDIT: I'm not sure what profession he'd be. Engineer or biologist, he'd still be invaluable. The UN Protector (Approved and used but I left the RP because of bigotry): A foreign soldier who probably came in to scout ahead of an upcoming mission. His unit was lost to either zombies or people or both. But he stayed true to the mission, acting as mediator and voice of reason to resolve tensions wherever, and performing one-man humanitarian missions, rescues and such. I imagine this incarnation of him to be a Japanese national who came from a Japan that was devastated, but still functioning 'properly', as in having farming and manufacturing capacity, government. He would likely be part of a military unit specially trained and equipped towards putting down zombies, something like a mix of soldier, riot police and samurai. His equipment will be state of the art at first. EDIT: To 'balance' him out, I'm thinking of making him a medical officer, and someone who was 'forced' by his clan to join the military before the outbreak, and as such is not exactly the best soldier there is. But he would be an excellent traditional warrior (because he finds solace in art), surgeon, general practitioner and... pediatrician (he was first those three before he was a soldier). Which do you guys think is best for this RP?

I would approve the Wild Child and the UN Protector. Pavlov and Jack are accepted.

Thank you for accepting!

Hmm... So it's between the Wild Child and the UN Protector huh? I guess I'll work on the latter. I've played the former more than the latter and more recently, so yeah. He's probably going to come with some NPCs whose roles will range from supporting characters to extras, in literary/film terms. Once I'm done, I'll post it up. EDIT: Here's the thing though. Is it absolutely mandatory that our characters start out as a regular denizen of the camp, or can they start on the outside as 'new' people? I need to know my options.

Name: Tanya Roberts Age: 20 Gender: Female Ethnicity: Caucasian Description: Biography: Born in a small family Tanya grew up in the city of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, both of her parents owned a high end restaurant down by the waterfront in the city. She also has a younger sister who she is very close to Tanya had a rather average high school life, she was never popular or put in with the outcasts. Tanya was apart of her high school choir which was where she eventually fell in love with music, and started to sing in clubs and other places. When she finished high school Tanya got a job at her parents restaurant, she enjoyed working with her coworkers and also enjoyed talking with her regular customers. When the disease finally started to sweep through, Tanya heard word that her father had fallen ill somehow. Tanya and her sister Alexis visited their father every day, when he fell into a coma they started to get worried. When word came back that he came out of the coma Tanya her mother and sister quickly went to see him, but when they did the hospital was in chaos. When the police told them that they weren't allowed to go in they turned back to head back home, Tanya and her family spent the next few months going from camp to camp at one camp Tanya's mother ended up getting bit by someone who was infected. Doing the only humane thing Tanya ended up killing her mother still do this day she is still haunted by it, protecting the only family she has left Tanya headed further south hearing that there was a safe zone just outside of Orlando. Pre-Infection Career(s): During the day Tanya used to work as a waitress at a high end restaurant, the pay was always good enough for her to live stably on her own with, she was well liked by her coworkers. Usually on her days off or at night Tanya would be singing in bars and other clubs around Pittsburgh. Other:

Yup, everyone starts in the camp. Accepted Nallore.

Name: (Family Name) Ishida (Given Name) Hisashi Age: 45 Gender: Male Ethnicity: Asian, Japanese Description: Hisashi is not a very tall man, standing at the average height of 1.78m. As he had been practising in the traditional arts of Kenjutsu, Iajitsu and various other armed and unarmed sports, he is toned and hardy, though not to the point of excess that could only be gained through bodybuilding. He found solace in such tradition, but regarded them more as art and fitness regime than anything. His eyes are a dark shade of brown that they appear black in less than bright settings, and as such can be hard to read at times. His hair is simply black, as it would be for asians. Being a soldier, and being traditional, he doesn't dye it. However, as he is more civilian in attitude than military, he did not adopt the standard short, spiky hair, but has let it grow a little bit longer right to the edge of military requirement. He thought it would put his patients at ease. As a regular soldier with the JSDF and UN, he is always found in the uniform of his service, in whatever standard required of his operation. As he has been sent into the United States with the 2nd Kyonshikirapeitai Company (In other words, the Zombie-Killer Military Unit), he is equipped like any other in the unit. Over a light kevlar vest, he wears a suit of riot gear custom designed and made for the fight against the infection. In addition to hardplates that could withstand stabs and blunt trauma, whatever openings there are is covered with leather or PVC to reduce the chance of scratches and bites breaking the skin. The suit covers the function of knee and elbow pads, so those aren't included in his kit. Instead of a normal M88 ballistic helmet, the Kyonshikirapeitai helmet, like riot gear, has a clear visor that could be locked in closed position, preventing trauma to the face. This is not perfect however, as the throat is still exposed via a thin slit of opening. As he is part of the UN, his helmet is covered in blue cloth. Beyond that, his gear consists also of some state-of-the-art borderline space age stuff, parts of Japan's own future warrior programme that was rushed into service when the dead began to rise. Only a small percentage of the programme was implemented, namely a forearm mounted PDA, which gives access to GPS, a messaging system, and in Hisashi's case, a doctor's assistant program. It is also connected to a RCF system on his rifle, which enables him to use it to peek around corners without exposing himself. A camera is mounted on his helmet so that soldiers of the same unit could patch into his line of sight. All of this, however, would be useless without power, and power could be gained from tiny solar panels built into the gadgets, as well as a larger one on his backpack. On his uniform and zombie gear would be clearly indicated his national flag, UN affiliation, the red cross, his rank, as well as his prestigious unit badge: Two katana crossed at the bottom of a tori gate with the rising sun in the horizon. As a medical officer, he is also required to carry an extra large military fieldpack filled with not just his personal gear but also medical equipment, supplies and drugs. As a Kyonshikirapeitai, he is required to carry a wealth of weapons with him adapted for combat against zombies, tweaked according to his profession (different kinds of soldiers in the unit carry different assortments of weapons). His primary weapon (though in the Kyonshikirapeitai doctrine, what is the primary weapon is fluid) is the Howa Type 89-F rifle, carbined for extra manueverability when being swarmed or in tight spaces. The folding stock adds to that agility. It has an attached bayonet, which is equally important. Sidearm consists of the Sig Sauer P226. But what truly makes a soldier with the Kyonshikirapeitai is his return to the military roots of Japan: the Samurai. Indoctrinated in the old ways, he is also armed with modern katana made of alloy steel and a wakizashi as backup and contingency for tight corners. He has 2 fragmentary grenades. Biography: Hisashi was born into a traditionalist samurai family, the kind that did not acknowledge the atrocities of World War 2, the kind that spat at the circumstances leading up to the disbandment of the Samurai. As such, he is brought up this way, and has been practicing the traditional arts required of the Samurai ever since he was able to walk and speak. This traditionalist streak changed, however, when the time came for him to make his decision for further studies. In addition to being traditionalist, everything anyone had ever done in the family is done in the name of joining the military and climbing the ranks there, to fight wars, bring honour to family and country. Instead, he had an interest in medicine, through his study of herbs, and through his friends, who were hoping to get into medical school as well. So he joined them, and flew to a neighbouring province to study in a medical school. His family and clan began to suspect his intentions, but thought it fine as medics are soldiers too. In university, Hisashi had made alot of likeminded friends, including foreigners, and it was there that he learnt more about the atrocities of WW2. He was further encouraged to go down a more pacifistic path, much to the chagrin of his kin. Upon graduation when he was 22, he defied clan orders to join the military, and instead worked in a hospital as a surgeon. After numerous high profile surgeries and 6 years later, he decided to kick back and relax, and promptly became a general practitioner with his own clinic and staff. He got married, and had children five years later. He found out after that that he could relate well to children and their innocence - many of his best patients were children, and so he began specialising as a pediatrician, seeing that they were some of those in most need of medical care. Paradise did not last. It was only a few years later when he was 36 when he clan began to act against his wishes, out of frustration and shame. The ultimatum: join the military or be disowned and abandoned. He gave in, and reluctantly joined the military as an officer. Due to his education, he was offered the position of medical officer, which he took immediately, finding it to be the only escape he has from his circumstances. But he was a reluctant soldier; he was never serious in his exercises and training, and could barely pass his fitness tests and marksmanship package. When the outbreaks began, he was immediately put on the frontlines on account of his skills in medicine, which was sorely needed as casualty rates were high in the early days, and doctors were needed to research the pathogen that caused the dead the rise. He was kept back on most occasions in military operations to tend to the wounded and assist in disease research, but had his scrapes with the dead. The dead were piling up high before the war stabilised in Japan. By luck (or ill-luck, or perhaps politics), he was put on a ship bound for the US, as part of a reconnaissance mission going ahead of a UN operation to reestablish communications with the US. Upon landfall, a base camp was set up in Florida, and overran. The 2nd Kyonshikirapeitai was decimated after putting up a fierce last stand (they were outnumbered 60:1. 90 soldiers were killed but so were about 3000 zombies) and its commander killed, forcing Hisashi, who was next in command, to lead what remained of the unit deeper into Florida, where they found what they were looking for; what remained of the US government in the form of a United States Army Refugee Camp. As they were bringing two truckloads of supplies and 10 hardened Japanese zombie hunters into their fold, they were welcomed with open arms, and celebration, inasmuch as half-starved refugees could celebrate. Hisashi had set up a practice in the refugee camp since then, looking after the people and children there, as well as providing much-needed defence and morale boosts. Pre-Infection Career: He became a surgeon for 6 years before settling as a general practitioner. This does not mean that he stopped doing surgery completely however, as some cases required him to perform operations. 5 years as a general practitioner in addition to those 6 years before had helped him decide on a pediatrician specialisation. He was then forced into the military ever since, and took the vocation of a medical officer readily. However, he had never been promoted past the rank of Captain, which was where he'd remain for the rest of his life. Other:

Accepted.

Alright, I'll move it to the Characters section.

Man, I've been looking for a good zombie RP for a while now. I'll get working on a character.