Okay, a few updates for the RP.

The Invetory System

Yup, I'm going to be doing away with the inventory pool. Reasons being because new characters are joining, old characters are leaving, and some are separate from the main group.

So for those reasons, it's becoming a bit impractical to maintain, so I'm going to remove it and trust you all to keep track of what your character has - and doesn't. Of course I'll keep my eye on this too, to prevent any bs moves being pulled.

AFK Protection Period

Increasing this to 72 hours (3 days). If there's no IC post from that character, in that time frame, without prior warning of absence then I'll be eliminating them. No arguments, whining, discussions or otherwise.

Animals and You

After much thought, I've decided that animals cannot be infected, but are actively targeted by the shamblers. Whatever is causing the dead to rise might move on to animals at a later date, but for the time being, members of the Homininae family are the only ones capable of reanimating. This includes chimps and gorillas... though I doubt we'll see too many of those around.

So am I in?

@SgtEasy

"He found a camp in a gymnasium and who would've thought, some assholes barged in his camp! It was kinda bullshit! Of course, Miguel didn't notice and just kept cleaning his Carbine, uncaring of the outside. He's not the smartest of fellows, but he did get a PHD for.... what was it? Nuclear Physics or something? I dunno. And then BAM! We're here."

So wait, he's still in the gymnasium?

EDIT: I mean, he was in the gy- yeah let's get rid of that. I can get him in, shortly. I need the whole sniper scenario to resolve itself before I can do so, though. Will keep you posted.

@SgtEasy

"He found a camp in a gymnasium and who would've thought, some assholes barged in his camp! It was kinda bullshit! Of course, Miguel didn't notice and just kept cleaning his Carbine, uncaring of the outside. He's not the smartest of fellows, but he did get a PHD for.... what was it? Nuclear Physics or something? I dunno. And then BAM! We're here."

So wait, he's still in the gymnasium?

Yeah. :P I can change that if you want.

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Yeah. :P I can change that if you want.

Leave it to me, I'll just ignore that last part and plonk him where I think would be best. Like I say, I can't get another guy in right at the minute, because there's too many things going on. Once the sniper situation is dealt with, I'll get you going.

Seems like the ball is in my court i shall make you wait no longer fellow role players of hopelessness.

Made my post.

Jesus-bleedin'-Christ.

Yey, I pusted purdy wurds ern de kompeutaa!

Gah! Moral decisions, moral decisions. You guys don't let up.

Gah! Moral decisions, moral decisions. You guys don't let up.

Haha intense situation rarely let up

I'll wait a little while before posting again.

Hey guys, glad to see everything is going explosively well. I've been busy today, because it's my MOFO'in birthday. Got tomorrow off work though, so I'll murder/spare everyone then.

Hope you lot are having as much fun playing, as I am when reading the posts. Glad the way this is shaping up.

Will post by tomorrow.

Will post in a bit possibly. That new post gives me more material to use.

Hi guys. So ever since I've made a come back a few weeks ago, I somehow managed to join 3 zombie RPs, all in casual. Currently, one of them kinda died before it could even start, and the other two died recently.

Would it be possible for me to import my character here?

Here he is: http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/77858-island-in-a-sea-of-death/char#post-2471829

He's one of several versions, and this one should be the most developed.

Did not see that coming I will admit. Your a nice guy Tome haha. For a second though while reading i thought they were gonna shoot at Roland. Renegade soldiers xD

Hi guys. So ever since I've made a come back a few weeks ago, I somehow managed to join 3 zombie RPs, all in casual. Currently, one of them kinda died before it could even start, and the other two died recently.

Would it be possible for me to import my character here?

Here he is: http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/77858-island-in-a-sea-of-death/char#post-2471829

He's one of several versions, and this one should be the most developed.

It all looks good, though my understanding of Japanese traditional culture in modern times is a big fat nil... so I'ma just gonna have to trust you on all of that fluff.

However, in this RP, without ruining too much of the RP's story, the U.S Government is still functional, and the U.S Army is (as has just been seen) still fighting the good fight. Therefore, a U.N presence in the U.S on the grounds of establishing communications wouldn't fit. They're still communicating with the outside world, it's just at the moment things look pretty bleak.

Hmhmhmhmhmhhmhm, how can I fit a member of the JSDF into this? ... That's a tough one, because Japan would be fighting its own crisis, and I doubt they'd be sending away precious soldiers to help someone else. Washington DC also puts the setting thousands of miles away from Japan's seaborne interests.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmm.

Couldn't he just be an American national of Japanese descent? Serving in the National Guard? I could imagine a Japanese family living in America, preserving their traditional roots. Wouldn't be too far beyond the realms of reason, would it?

If not, I'm happy to hear your ideas.

Did not see that coming I will admit. Your a nice guy Tome haha. For a second though while reading i thought they were gonna shoot at Roland. Renegade soldiers xD

I thought about it ;) But no, that'd of been too easy and too unfair. It's not like you can actively prepare yourself against 4 helicopters coming out of no where with orders to shoot everything.

If not, I'm happy to hear your ideas.

Or maybe his background could change a little. Maybe he's been dispatched to the US as part of an exchange. Japan needs something for its fight and the US needed something for it. I'm thinking since there's plenty of US troops in Japan, maybe Japan decided to take them for its own purposes, and in exchange provide successfully tried and tested specialist ground troops (Kyonshikirapeitai, or zombie killer unit) and support in the UN for a grand scheme involving liberating the US of zombies before she sends troop all over the world to save the world? It's not a bad deal, considering that the US military in Japanese waters and soil would have powerful air force and navy, which would be an awesome asset. Whether it helped or even lasted, however, I'm sure is up to you.

Then of course, things didn't go as planned in the US when they made landfall. While they were unequaled in sending the dead back to their grave, there's simply too many of them. Eventually, like everyone else, they were overwhelmed and forced to scatter and mount resistance in small enclaves.

Zombie killer units sound ridiculous. The world hasn't gone full cartoon, just because the dead are rising. Most militaries are still employing traditional, albeit slightly modified, tactics against the situation.

Alright, after doing some reading on the United State's military relationship with Japan, I've stumbled upon a lifeline for you.

Seems the U.S has forces in Japan, owing to the whole World War Two thing, but they do not train the Japanese on U.S soil. However, I believe it could be argued that with the country falling apart, the Government would have pulled back everything from foreign bases to combat the rising threat of the dead. It could also be argued that they'd of probably been dealing with the dead in foreign lands, prior to the emergence of the shamblers on home soil.

So with all that in mind, a U.S Naval Task Force sets sail from the Pacific, linking up with other U.S elements on the way, some NATO ones too. With them, they also bring a couple of JSDF destroyers - a symbol of international solidarity, given that the JSDF seldom deploys in foreign lands, as opposed to a full scale commitment.

The Task Force arrives in Africa during the early days, and begins operations in pacifying the mysterious disaster that is felling African states left and right. A few weeks into these, and it is quickly understood that the situation is beyond the Task Force's capabilities. Furthermore, the U.S starts reporting its own disturbances. So, it is ordered back the U.S. The NATO ships go their own way, to deal with problems in their own countries, but only one of the JSDF destroyers leaves - the other staying as a sign of solidarity with the U.S. At this point, no one probably thought the crisis would bring the West to its knees, so what's one destroyer?

The Task Force arrives on the East Coast, and is ordered to reinforce beleaguered bases and units. One such base is Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington. The JSDF destroyer deploys its marines there, along with waves of U.S reinforcements, and places them under local U.S control.

Fast forward to the present day, and Fort Lesley J. McNair has fallen to the shamblers. The UH-60's the survivors see were bugging out of there, and so it would assumed that the remaining JSDF troops tried to make it back to their destroyer - or another designated safe haven. However, their helicopter suffered an onboard outbreak, which resulted in panicked close-quarters firing. The American pilot is accidentally shot, and the helicopter crashes.

The survivors can then come across the crash scene, and hey presto you're in.

Christ, that took some doing. Thoughts?

Was that my intro? Or is my intro later?