[OOC] Dead Cruise

[EnergyWhale]

Dead Cruise

Holidaying on a luxury world class cruise liner, the Hippo’s Destiny, seemed like the vacation of a life time. With each ticket costing a whopping $45,000, getting yourself on the ship was nothing short of bank breaking – unless you were from the more fortunate backgrounds, of course. Still though, it was worth it right? The Hippo’s Destiny is just one giant floating city with a 24/7 night life. Designed with young people in mind, the ship boasts plenty of bars, clubs, takeaway outlets, swimming pools, sports grounds and everything else these kinds of liners tend to lack. With the drinks flowing, the dance floors heaving and the DJs spinning, you prepared yourself for 4 whole weeks of partying bliss as the big white mammoth of a ship traversed itself slowly around the Mediterranean. That was, until everything turned into a horror freak show. Some kind of illness spread amongst the passengers and crew – a harsh fever, which rapidly turned its victims violent with rage. Before you had time to sink your second JD and coke of the night, these sick people spewed into whatever premise you happened to be occupying, and began attacking everyone. Not really knowing how you escaped, you’ve managed to reach a secure place and have bolted the door shut, but now what? The screams have stopped, but there’s no alarms, no call for evacuation, and that constant banging going on in the corridor is certainly not one of the ship’s crew trying to wake someone up. It’s time to arm yourself, hatch a plan of escape, and get off this luxury nightmare of feverish horror.

Rules

- Posts to be no more than 300 words in length (though I won’t be draconian with this). If you can’t advance your character’s story in 300 words, then you need to stop describing that beautiful biscuit tin over there on the counter. - There are no guns on this ship. - There are no war veterans on the ship. I know, crazy right? - There are no 14yo anime chicks on this ship either, keep your Eastern perversions to the- I’m joking. This is a non-serious RP, in that I do not really care what shape it takes. I’m more eager to just write something, more than anything. Do what you want, be what you want. - The sick people are just people. They’re a little giddy, and very angry, but they’re not totally stupid. They can open doors, press buttons and cook a microwave dinner. They can also use weapons, such as pool cues, broken glasses and tools! - The survivors, about ¼ of the passengers and crew, are immune. Therefore, the sick people will try to kill them rather than transmute the infection.

Character Sheet

Post directly into the character tab! Name: Sex: Obligatory yes please. Age: Appearance: Occupation: Crew or Passenger: Crew are more likely to know their way around the ship! Improvised Weapon: Can be anything strong enough to kill or maim. For example, a chair leg? A sharpened tooth brush? A chair leg WITH a sharpened tooth brush strapped to it!? Good God the horror! Equipment of Note: Phones, keys, um… mirrors? They might be handy. But yeah, anything that may serve some kind of purpose. Character’s Starting Location: I haven’t got a map for the cruise liner, and I don’t want one. We’ll design it as we go. Just state your character’s location at the start of the RP. An example would be “his cabin, Deck 3A”

[nerminator]

does this happen before the Apocalypse starts or like when its halfway through

[EnergyWhale]

does this happen before the Apocalypse starts or like when its halfway through

@nerminator

You were on a cruise ship, just chilling out or partying, you know, cruise-ship stuff, then suddenly everyone starts going bat shit crazy. You managed to get away to a safe place, but then realise you're stuck on a cruise ship and aren't really certain if help is coming or not. So then you decide you gotta escape. That is essentially all there is to know. So your character, unless they've been asleep all night, would be fully aware that the cruise ship is surging with angry, feverish holiday goers that want to murder them.

[Nuttynad]

This seems fun :D

[Nuttynad]

Can I say that my character won a trip there?

[EnergyWhale]

Can I say that my character won a trip there?

@Nuttynad

Of course! How you happened to be on the Hippo's Destiny is entirely up to you. Whether you're just a rich bastard and could afford tickets outright, or whether you've stolen someone's place/money, or won a ticket in a competition - anything really. So long as its semi-credible.

[CallaLily]

I may just join this...

[Ves]

Devon had to deliver a 'package' to someone on the Cruise, and after sneaking on, he basically decided to chill here for a while. Wasn't expecting this, though, heh.

[Nuttynad]

A 'package' :3 I wonder what's inside

[Ves]

He doesn't dwell on that~

[Nuttynad]

aww why not~?

[nerminator]

<Snipped quote by nerminator> You were on a cruise ship, just chilling out or partying, you know, cruise-ship stuff, then suddenly everyone starts going bat shit crazy. You managed to get away to a safe place, but then realise you're stuck on a cruise ship and aren't really certain if help is coming or not. So then you decide you gotta escape. That is essentially all there is to know. So your character, unless they've been asleep all night, would be fully aware that the cruise ship is surging with angry, feverish holiday goers that want to murder them.

@EnergyWhale

alrighty thank you

[EnergyWhale]

Accepted so far: Nick Green Devon Ashton Nadia Nut Sierra D. Saunders Diana Eichel ... I think that's more than enough to get us under way. I'll kick things off an in an hour or so. Currently trying to cook a roast and failing miserably because of all the multi-tasking involved.

[Fillet]

omg yes. Hang on, wait for me. Will get a CS in a day or two. I'll just do one now.

[EnergyWhale]

omg yes. Hang on, wait for me. Will get a CS in a day or two. I'll just do one now.

@Fillet

Haha, odd how no one gave a flying monkey's knickers about this when it was in the interest check phase. Welcome aboard! Oh and um Stevie Ripeoffa is accepted. Nice character btw, I'm liking his starting weapon.

[Fillet]

lol, this is the first time I've come into the Free section. It's lucky I clicked on a good one. :D Posted mine, btw. And this hits close to heart in an evil delicious way because I work in the hospitality industry. FUN TIMES!

[EnergyWhale]

The hot chick running wild in my imagination has been accepted. If I were you though, I'd of made her improvised weapon a set of garden sprinklers, so she could run through them when getting chased. Okay, I'll write my post in a moment, then it's green light and everyone can go crazy!

[Fillet]

If you're wondering where she's carrying all those stuff in her tight little black dress and heels, as required by management as her uniform, they're all in her bra, that amazing place. EDIT: You're right, I should have made her starting area in the pool.

[EnergyWhale]

If you're wondering where she's carrying all those stuff in her tight little black dress and heels, as required by management as her uniform, they're all in her bra, that amazing place. EDIT: You're right, I should have made her starting area in the pool.

@Fillet

Hahaha! And the IC is officially a go.

[Bob]

Hey, can I get a general description and/or picture of what a typical first class cabin on this ship would look like? Or if I have Stevie look around, the IC Host will describe it for me?