☣ RAGE ☣
Context
A new virus, nicknamed the rage virus, has devastated the United Kingdom. It started in Cambridge with the release of infected chimpanzees at a testing facility, and rapidly spread throughout the surrounding areas, police forces unable to stop the bloodbath that was occurring. Once infected with the virus through a bite or any infected bodily fluids, an infected person will begin convulsing and fitting almost instantly. Internal haemorrhaging causes bleeding from the eyes, nose, mouth and any other bodily orifices as well as vomiting blood. A person will start frothing at the mouth and screaming in pain, and in 20-30 seconds they will be consumed with constant, adrenaline fuelled hatred and rage. They will kill and infect anything in any way they can, whether that be biting, scratching, gouging out eyes or beating a person to death. Due to the incredibly quick time it takes for an infected person to become a rage induced monster, one of the greatest superpowers on earth was completely destroyed in 28 days and completely quarantined by the rest of the world.
This is the world in which RAGE will take place in.
Hello! Welcome to my interest check for RAGE. I'm quite new to this site, but not new to role playing, so don't worry. I have a couple of different idea's for the general story of the RP, and then whoever is interested can decide on which one we would all like to play. These are inspired by the films 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, and so we will be using the setting and the virus from those films (sick people, not dead zombies) as opposed to a regular zombie virus.
In this, your characters can (and some probably will) die. The infected aren't slow and shuffling, they are fast and agile. They will stop at nothing to kill you.
The infected: 28dayslater.wikia.com/wiki/The_Infected
The RAGE virus: 28dayslater.wikia.com/wiki/Rage_Virus
1) The first idea takes place fifteen days after the first outbreak starts, when the major evacuations have just started. This means that while the nation is still in shock, people are beginning to understand what is going on. Major cities up and down the UK are rife with fighting, looting and the infected. The military is starting to shoot anybody escaping major cities that aren't part of the official evacuation to slow the spread of the virus. Our characters will be from a city of our choice, trying to survive and escape in the madness.
2) The second idea takes place forty days after the first outbreak. Society, as well as the UK, has completely broken down. The infected roam the streets, and everyday more and more survivors meet their end. Our characters will be a part of one or two groups fighting for survival against the infected and possibly each other
3) The third idea can start just before or just after the collapse of district one, an american led NATO safe zone established six months after the first outbreak, following the infected dying of starvation. District one had 20,000 rehoused British people before a second outbreak of the rage virus caused its collapse. Our characters would have escaped after the district fell and all somehow met up. The end goal is to reach the coast, where the scattered and beaten american forces are regrouping to evacuate.
