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[i]”… is Annette Danes… oadcasting from 128 Diana Drive… not alone… peat, you…  ave food, shelter, medi… ocated at The… Towers. I repea…
[center]You are not alone.”[/center][/i]
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[center][indent]Welcome to the [i]Us, Redux[/i] RP, about a group of survivors trying to get by in a post-apocalyptic world.[/indent][/center] 
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[center][indent]If you're interested, we're able to take on two or three more people. So let us know, post a CS whenever you can and I'll have a look at it![/indent][/center] 
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[center][indent]If you have anything you'd like to add (locations, NPCs, additions to The Towers, bits of history, etc.), you're more than welcome to share it and contribute to the OOC and setting as well. I purposely left information about the city and (most of the) other residents open for additions for this reason. We're going to build and expand this world together, as a group. So let those ideas flow![/indent][/center]
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[center][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79210-us-redux/ooc]|Interest Check|[/url][/center]
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[center][url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SGmtdWjP6f0GEJkNiSG8IqiU0zGYVQgGn3QCt2fZgts/edit]|Group Google Doc|[/url][/center]
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[color=C0C0C0][center][h2][u]||K N O W N | H I S T O R Y||[/u][/h2][/center][/color]
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-	[*] [b]October 18th, 2013[/b]: first case of virus appears in South America. Varying accounts have cited either Brazil or Argentina as the originating sources. Initial accounts of virus are broadcasted over local news station;
-	[*] [b]October 19th, 2013[/b]: first few reports begin flooding news stations globally. Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela experience outbreaks. Early traces pop up in Costa Rica, Belize and Nicaragua. WHO makes public announcement regarding virus, insisting research is being conducted to further control virus; 
-	[*] [b]October 20th, 2013[/b]: majority of South American countries become unresponsive with very few posts over social media being only contact. Video footage from Central America portrays entire streets and buildings covered in bodies. WHO declares the virus – dubbed – as a full-blown pandemic; public service announcements in North America advise people remain indoors, avoid human contact. Panic in North America begins, reports of rioting, looting, rise in violence. Virus hits Mexico City, claiming thousands within hours;
-	[*] [b]October 21st, 2013[/b]: through social media, young woman from Brazil updates world she “has not seen another living human in days,” remains one of several sources of communication from South America. Contact with majority of Central America is lost. Entirety of Mexico falls overnight. By morning, virus spreads into Texas, New Mexico, Arizona; by nightfall it reached Virginia and New York. Crime rates are at a national all-time high across the United States. Many flee further north. WHO is absent from the press;    
-	[*] [b]October 22nd, 2013[/b]: virus claims millions as it spans across the United States. By the end of the fourth day, virus reached California and spanned northward to British Columbia. The combined populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba succumbed to the virus within half a day. Ontario and Quebec have sparse, unaffected activity.  
-	[*] [b]October 23rd, 2013[/b]: the last day contact came from anywhere in South America or Central America. The United States are in shambles. Virus appears in Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut;
-	[*] [b]October 25th, 2013[/b]:  Hawaii becomes infected, as does Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island. Their populations are demolished almost immediately;
-	[*] [b]February 15th, 2014[/b]: small pockets of civilization have begun forming in places of high population density. With no electricity to communicate with, it remains unknown what happened to the rest of the world. Former mayor of Rittendale, Annette Danes, meets Alexander J. McMurray and Amina Ali. They take up permanent residency in 128-136 Diana Drive, The Emerald Towers condominiums;  
-	[*] [b]February 22nd, 2014[/b]: group of six survivors find Annette Danes’s group. The nine begin stockpiling and scavenging supplies. Heavy snowfall and harsh winds brings overall temperature down to -38* C; 
-	[*] [b]February 29th, 2014[/b]: Marshal White of Annette Danes’s group jumps from East tower rooftop, dies upon impact. Group experiences frostbite, extreme cold temperatures;   
-	[*] [b]March 5th, 2014[/b]: group of three discovered while Annette Danes and Alexander J. McMurray search Woodrock Mall, group joins The Emerald Towers;
-	[*] [b]March 17th, 2014[/b]: lone survivor finds The Emerald Towers. 
-	[*] [b]March 21st, 2014[/b]: group of nine survivors found living in downtown mall, Annette convinces them to join her group. Residents Edward Wright and Nedine Rivera begin work on broadcasting location by radio to other survivors. Common cold begins circulating. Party room B of West tower converted to multi-faith center, open to all religious practices; 
-	[*] [b]March 28th, 2014[/b]: construction crew begins work on East tower rainwater collection system. Food supplies growing. Common cold has affected almost everyone. One elderly resident, Marjorie Lafond, becomes weak, previous illnesses worsened by cold. Amina Ali begins treating the ill, unofficially opens medical clinic;  
-	[*] [b]March 29th, 2014[/b]: radio broadcast attracts group of seven survivors, they arrive at The Emerald Towers, broadcasted simply as “The Towers”. Progress on East tower rainwater collector complete. Party room A of East tower becomes official meeting place – “Town Hall”. Small groups sent out daily to scout for supplies, survivors, and post papers detailing location of The Towers across city;  
-	[*] [b]April 1st, 2014[/b]: fire ravages buildings across the street, reducing them to ash and rubble. Construction begins on East tower rooftop garden. Large quantities of canned goods discovered to have vanished from main food stocks. No longer “take what you need” policy; fair amount handed out daily, food stocks monitored hourly. Annette officially voted in as leader of The Towers after enforcing new policy; 
-	[*] [b]April 5th, 2014[/b]: one survivor found while group out scavenging. Coffee shop reopened, bad-tasting coffee available. Ned Rivera begins converting backroom into library. While on food stocks watch duty near midnight, resident Naz is attacked, left unconscious, right arm fractured. Majority of food supplies taken, group of two flees The Towers in public transit bus;  
-	[*] [b]April 8th, 2014[/b]: construction complete on East tower rooftop garden. Building a chicken coop in courtyard becomes new construction goal. Marjorie Lafond succumbs to illnesses. Efforts to restore food stocks are main priority. Naz attempts to rally other residents into building walls, defenses, search for firearms, but her suggestion is denied;   
-	[*] [b]April 12th, 2014[/b]: two survivors arrive at The Towers. East tower rooftop garden complete. Food stocks near %15 of previous amount. Annette Danes prepares to send large group out to major supermarket for supplies; 
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[color=C0C0C0][center][h2][u]||K N O W N | S U R V I V O R S||[/u][/h2][/center][/color]
[color=C0C0C0][center][h3][u]||R E S I D E N T S | O F | T H E | T O W E R S||[/u][/h3][/center][/color]
[indent][color=C0C0C0][u]||R E S I D E N T | A P P L I C A T I O N | F O R M||[/u][/color][/indent]:
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Name:
Age:
Gender: 
Former Occupation:
Appearance: ([i]preferably a picture (no anime, please), but a  written description is welcome as well[/i])
Height:
Weight:
Scars/Tattoos/Other: 
Past Affiliates: ([i]any lost loved ones or anyone significant worth mentioning[/i])
Current Affiliates: ([i]is your character travelling/surviving with anyone?[/i]}
Skills: ([i]what can your character contribute? If nothing, that’s perfectly fine. Some characters will grow skills, others will start with them[/i])
Strengths: ([i]fairly self-explanatory. Keep it realistic, though. Don’t go overboard[/i]}
Weaknesses: ([i]same as above[/i])
History: ([i]doesn’t have to be long or impressive, just a rundown of who they were beforehand. It doesn’t need to be a full biography, either. An explanation of their life prior to the end of the world will suffice[/i]][/hider]
[indent][color=C0C0C0][u]||M A I N | R E S I D E N T S||[/u][/color][/indent]:
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[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79442-palindromatics-characters/ooc#post-2563259]||A N N E T T E | D A N E S ||[/url]
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79413-us-redux/ooc#post-2562646]||D A V I D | L E V I T S K I||[/url]
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79442-palindromatics-characters/ooc#post-2569280]||H A N N A H | P R I T C H A R D||[/url]
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79413-us-redux/ooc#post-2561458]||J U L I U S | C H A R L T O N||[/url]
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79413-us-redux/ooc#post-2562259]||L O R N A | C A R A S S C O||[/url]
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79413-us-redux/ooc#post-2562401]||M E L V I N | C A I N||[/url]
[*][url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79413-us-redux/ooc?page=3#post-2567069]||W A R R E N | A M E S||[/url]
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[indent][color=C0C0C0][u]||O T H E R | R E S I D E N T S||[/u][/color][/indent]:
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[list]
[*][b]Alexander J. McMurray[/b]: a fifty-seven-year-old man who had once been a security guard for The Towers before the outbreak. He had a wife and two adult daughters living in different cities, neither of whom ever responded to Alexander’s persistent calls and messages. Currently Alexander works as the head of construction and as Annette’s second-in-command; 
[*][b]Amina Ali[/b]: a twenty-six-year-old woman. Before the outbreak, Amina had been a nursing student at Rittendale University. Having moved to Canada for school by herself, Amina had no immediate family nearby; her parents and siblings lived back in Mumbai. To Amina’s knowledge, her father had been the only surviving member of her family. Contact had been lost when the power finally went out, and Amina has not found means to speak with him since. Amina currently works as one of The Towers's medical professionals;
[*][b]Maria Santos[/b]: a forty-two-year-old woman and a former stay-at-home mother. Maria had three children and a husband, all of which passed away. Suffering from depression, Maria often monitors the radios, though she was never assigned to;
[*][b]Edward Wright[/b]: a thirty-year-old man from South Essex, England, who had been backpacking across Canada by himself when the outbreak began. He had recently been employed as a radio talk show host and viral Youtube personality. As of late he works with Alexander’s construction group;    
[*][b]Nedine “Ned” Rivera[/b]: a thirty-seven-year-old woman, former manager of Books & Bargains, alleged countrywide chess tournament finalist, expert wordsmith. Having lived alone and with few friends, Ned didn’t experience loss like others. Perhaps it’s the reason why she’s talkative and upbeat, or perhaps it’s a coping mechanism as she’s afraid to face the truth. She works as a farmer at East Tower and manages a small library of scavenged books in the backroom of the former coffee shop;
[*][b]Naz[/b]: a forty-two-year-old woman who has yet to offer much in terms of a past-life. A defensive, wordless, skeptical and occasionally aggressive woman, Naz prefers scavenging nearby locations for food, water and necessities. She is one of the few residents who actively carries a firearm and advocates training others to use guns for fear of territorial disputes; 
[*][b]Sheila Carter[/b]: a sixty-one-year-old woman, and one of the more recent arrivals to The Towers, having traveled for days from the countryside further north. Though she may not say much, Sheila enjoys listening to others. A now-widowed farmer, Sheila prefers to tend to the rooftop gardens and balcony crops more than necessary; 
[*][b]Melissa Reynolds[/b]: a high school teacher from David’s original group, relatively young and suffering from neurotic fits of temperament. She taught literature to 10th grade students before the apocalypse came;
[*][b]Richard Levitski[/b]: an idealistic former police officer who has a habit of being the best of the people around him despite having a frail physique—not that his uncle cares anything about him at all. To Detective Levitski he is nothing but an naïve mouth-breather who shouldn’t even be in the same time zone as him, despite the fact he is family even before the epidemic the former detective cared nothing for his family as he saw them as relentless chores to deal with and that is without mentioning his particularly toxic relationship with his brother that sired the idiot nephew he so depressingly seems to be stuck with;
[*][b]Thomas Wilton[/b]: a retired folk singer who achieved minor fame some odd decades ago, he’s been with David since before the community was developed and despite his age strives to keep everybody’s spirits high through song and storytelling. Apparently worked as a plumber and general laborer after his music career failed him professionally;
[*][b]Mary-Ellen Cooper[/b]: a fifty-two-year-old former garbagewoman who had been in the midst of filing divorce papers from her loveless husband when the virus hit. Mary-Ellen's an affectionate gal, albeit in a rough, potty-mouthed kind of way. Protective, strong-willed and stubborn, Mary-Ellen's a reliable sidekick at best. She's good to have around for a laugh or two or if you want to watch someone show-off how much weight she can lift;  
[*][b]Elliot Rice[/b]: twenty-eight-years-old and a public transit bus driver, Elliot Rice had an okay life lacking in excitement or the change he wanted. Living alone and spending free time at bars or playing video games, he often felt he didn't have much to boast about but was never motivated to attempt to fix that. He's got a big heart, is laidback, finds enjoyment in talking to anyone, and trips on air. Once he met up with Hannah Pritchard and Charles Okeke, he formed an immediate bond with the two and often travels out on scavenging trips with them. What he lacked in the past life, Elliot's trying to make up for in the new one;
[*][b]Charles Okeke[/b]: prior to the apocalypse, Charles had been working full-time in retail. At nineteen all of his friends had been in college or university, but Charles never found his stride, something he fussed over for a long while. Working was the next best thing, despite the stigma attached to it. He rolled with it; he didn't have many other choices and was too driven and hard-working to sit at home lazily. Considering himself to be Alexander's assistant, Charles works on the construction projects, preferring to not venture out and ever see what became of the dead now that they're thawing;
[*][b]Gerry Tran[/b]: because of the language barrier and a lack of other Vietnamese folks around, not much is known about Gerry Tran. From his ID it's understood he's forty-five, and that's essentially it. Languages aside, Gerry doesn't interact much with others. He stares off at empty spaces a lot and spends most of his waking hours trying to sleep;
[*][b]Sarah[/b]: a five-year-old orphaned girl who arrived at The Towers alongside Thaddeus Hower. She is bright and compassionate, and has a close bond to Thaddeus
[*][b]"Father"[/b]: an elderly man and former priest who had taken the initiative of leading services in the new prayer room;  
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[color=C0C0C0][center][h3][u]||T H E | T O W E R S||[/u][/h3][/center][/color]
[indent][i]The Towers consist of two eighteen-floor condominiums connected by a row of shops, restaurants and offices; the main building in itself is only two floors high. There is an open courtyard on the rooftop of the connecting building, accessible from the fourth floor of either tower. An open park spanning across 50 yards is found behind The Towers; forestry is beyond that. Across from The Towers was a strip of office buildings that have since burned down. The Towers are a block away from the main intersection of Underbridge & King Street West in an up-and-coming middle-higher class area.
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There are currently thirty-two residents living at The Towers. A message is broadcasted hourly over the radio, inviting other survivors. Projects are constantly being undertaken to better the state of The Towers, and to make them more self-sustaining.[/i][/indent]
[color=C0C0C0][indent][u]||M A P | O F | T O W E R S | & | A R E A||[/u][/indent][/color]
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I'm still working on this one, okay? So maybe I procrastinated a bit. Get off my back, you'll have it soon.

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[color=C0C0C0][indent][u]||E A S T | T O W E R||[/u][/indent][/color]:
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-	[*]Rooftop garden A;
-	[*]Annette Danes’ office (apt. 718);
-	[*]Isolation Room/Jail (basement, former laundry room);
-	[*]Town Hall (party room A); 
-	[*]Rainwater collection system (rooftop);[/list][/hider] 
[color=C0C0C0][indent][u]||W E S T | T O W E R||[/u][/indent][/color]:
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-	[*]Rooftop garden B (under construction);
-	[*]Rainwater collection system (rooftop, under construction); 
-	[*]Cockroach farm (apt. 124); 
-	[*]Religious prayer room (party room B); 
-	[*]Main food stocks (basement, former laundry room);[/list][/hider]
[color=C0C0C0][indent][u]||M A I N | B U I L D I N G||[/u][/indent][/color]: 
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-	[*]Medical clinic (former optometrist’s office); 
-	[*]Medical supply room (former drug store);
-	[*]Community lounge (former coffee shop);
-	[*]Ned Rivera’s library (backroom of coffee shop);  
-	[*]Chicken coop (courtyard, under construction); 
-	[*]Convenient store (unused); 
-	[*]Sushi restaurant (unused); 
-	[*]Daycare (unused);  
-	[*]Courtyard (on rooftop of building);[/list][/hider]
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