Imagine, if you will, a world in which a drug has become extremely popular. This drug is called "The Drip" among other names. It is a powerful, injected hallucinogen that is said to be relatively "safe" unlike other injected drugs. In fact, many have said that they can take a single shot and not feel the need to take another again. It's simply a fun experience.
Due to the seeming lack of adverse side-effects, the drug has been made legal in some states. Some clubs are made specifically for the mass-usage of it. In rare cases, there are some stores that sell The Drip, named "Ponds" on the streets in certain cities.
Thousands of people in a given area could be using The Drip. Office workers, mailmen, farmers, garbage truck drivers, even some police enjoy it when they're not on duty.
Nobody thought that it would bring such horror to our lives.
Two years after The Drip had been legalized, seemingly random cases of violence had sprung up at surprisingly rapid rates. People getting sick. Not much of a problem, one would think. Probably just a strain of the flu.
But it gets worse.
Hundreds of people get this disease. Then thousands. It soon is made clear that people who never took The Drip were unaffected by the disease. Taking it would only stop the disease from worsening for a little while, but its demand skyrocketed.
How would we make it after this? All the farmers who grew our food who took The Drip got sick and died. Half or more of your police force is bedridden, their blood literally blackening in their veins.
Of course, we'd try to survive, but it's very difficult. For you see, those who were not killed by the disease were driven insane by the effects of it. They wander the streets now, covered in painful, dry, cracked sores that leak dark blood. Dark lines all over their body are actually black blood filling the veins within their body.
Most simply act out their hallucination-filled thoughts until they inevitably kill themselves by accident, or simply die of dehydration. However, those alive afterward are hungry. They hunted down dogs, cats, rats, anything they could catch. Once that was depleted in the cities, the only things left for them to eat...
Were us.
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The Overdose Incident is an Apocalyptic RP meant for 4-5 players at any given time. It is set in a fictional city in the U.S. , on an island somewhere off the southeastern coast, mostly tropical.
There was one bridge leading to the mainland, but those who attempt to cross it do not come back.
The setting of the roleplay is Kolana; the city upon the island. It is fairly large, with its population last numbering at about 10,000. It lacks many agricultural areas, except for some small-scale tropical farms. It was a tourist attraction at heart, with many people coming to see the many once-famous attractions, like theme parks, theaters, and night clubs.
The Player Characters will have been hiding in an apartment building to start, having locked themselves in once the disease was found to be spreading. They may be a Drip addict, or not. That is the choice of the player.
While players are expected to have a character that has at least a small chance of surviving, they are not all expected to be experienced fighters. We're not trying to make a story about some military badasses trying to reclaim Kolana. These are civilians, at least most of them, and they simply were just people forced from ordinary life into a nightmarish situation.
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THE ADDICTS:
The Addicts are the primary antagonists of The Overdose Incident. Having been affected by a mysterious disease, they are now mostly inhuman, having given in to their hallucinations. Some are harmless, doing simple actions like banging a rock on a car or walking in circles while nodding their head until they eventually give out.
Most of them, however, are dangerous. While mad, they are still aware of their needs to some degree, especially that of eating. Not maintaining the intellect to open cans or cook meals, they mostly hunted animals in Kolana, like pets, or rats and other rodents. When the animals began growing thin, they began to prey upon others. Sometimes Addicts will feed on other Addicts, but they tend to attack in unorganized groups, some carrying makeshift weapons. Very, very few retain the cognitive ability to effectively use a firearm, or even a throwing weapon.
They are not zombies. They do not rot, they do not shuffle and moan. They will die from blood-loss, starvation, exhaustion, poisoning, and even disease are all still threats to them. Their bite does not spread their affliction. They are simply humans addicted to a drug that has made them vulnerable to this disease.
They will attack unaffected people who have taken The Drip more often then they will non-addicts, as if they are able to sense the drug in their veins..
Though most refer to them as Addicts; what they're called varies depending on where you go.
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CHARACTER SHEET:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: (Pictures work, but description is fine. Both is even better!)
Skills:
Weakness:
Fears:
Occupation:
Is your character a Drip user?:
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All my cards are laid out, now! Let me know if you have any questions, if you're interested, etc. Thanks for reading! :D
Due to the seeming lack of adverse side-effects, the drug has been made legal in some states. Some clubs are made specifically for the mass-usage of it. In rare cases, there are some stores that sell The Drip, named "Ponds" on the streets in certain cities.
Thousands of people in a given area could be using The Drip. Office workers, mailmen, farmers, garbage truck drivers, even some police enjoy it when they're not on duty.
Nobody thought that it would bring such horror to our lives.
Two years after The Drip had been legalized, seemingly random cases of violence had sprung up at surprisingly rapid rates. People getting sick. Not much of a problem, one would think. Probably just a strain of the flu.
But it gets worse.
Hundreds of people get this disease. Then thousands. It soon is made clear that people who never took The Drip were unaffected by the disease. Taking it would only stop the disease from worsening for a little while, but its demand skyrocketed.
How would we make it after this? All the farmers who grew our food who took The Drip got sick and died. Half or more of your police force is bedridden, their blood literally blackening in their veins.
Of course, we'd try to survive, but it's very difficult. For you see, those who were not killed by the disease were driven insane by the effects of it. They wander the streets now, covered in painful, dry, cracked sores that leak dark blood. Dark lines all over their body are actually black blood filling the veins within their body.
Most simply act out their hallucination-filled thoughts until they inevitably kill themselves by accident, or simply die of dehydration. However, those alive afterward are hungry. They hunted down dogs, cats, rats, anything they could catch. Once that was depleted in the cities, the only things left for them to eat...
Were us.
-
The Overdose Incident is an Apocalyptic RP meant for 4-5 players at any given time. It is set in a fictional city in the U.S. , on an island somewhere off the southeastern coast, mostly tropical.
There was one bridge leading to the mainland, but those who attempt to cross it do not come back.
The setting of the roleplay is Kolana; the city upon the island. It is fairly large, with its population last numbering at about 10,000. It lacks many agricultural areas, except for some small-scale tropical farms. It was a tourist attraction at heart, with many people coming to see the many once-famous attractions, like theme parks, theaters, and night clubs.
The Player Characters will have been hiding in an apartment building to start, having locked themselves in once the disease was found to be spreading. They may be a Drip addict, or not. That is the choice of the player.
While players are expected to have a character that has at least a small chance of surviving, they are not all expected to be experienced fighters. We're not trying to make a story about some military badasses trying to reclaim Kolana. These are civilians, at least most of them, and they simply were just people forced from ordinary life into a nightmarish situation.
---
THE ADDICTS:
The Addicts are the primary antagonists of The Overdose Incident. Having been affected by a mysterious disease, they are now mostly inhuman, having given in to their hallucinations. Some are harmless, doing simple actions like banging a rock on a car or walking in circles while nodding their head until they eventually give out.
Most of them, however, are dangerous. While mad, they are still aware of their needs to some degree, especially that of eating. Not maintaining the intellect to open cans or cook meals, they mostly hunted animals in Kolana, like pets, or rats and other rodents. When the animals began growing thin, they began to prey upon others. Sometimes Addicts will feed on other Addicts, but they tend to attack in unorganized groups, some carrying makeshift weapons. Very, very few retain the cognitive ability to effectively use a firearm, or even a throwing weapon.
They are not zombies. They do not rot, they do not shuffle and moan. They will die from blood-loss, starvation, exhaustion, poisoning, and even disease are all still threats to them. Their bite does not spread their affliction. They are simply humans addicted to a drug that has made them vulnerable to this disease.
They will attack unaffected people who have taken The Drip more often then they will non-addicts, as if they are able to sense the drug in their veins..
Though most refer to them as Addicts; what they're called varies depending on where you go.
-
CHARACTER SHEET:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance: (Pictures work, but description is fine. Both is even better!)
Skills:
Weakness:
Fears:
Occupation:
Is your character a Drip user?:
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All my cards are laid out, now! Let me know if you have any questions, if you're interested, etc. Thanks for reading! :D
