Walking Dead RP OOC (for Halloween)

Sorry for the long gap between posts...tried to make up for it by giving a bit more insight into Nick's inner workings on this last post. Thought it turned out pretty well...hope ya'll like it.

It was an awesome post. Glad your back and hope your daughter is better.
 
From experience I know some people who join in these RP's lose interest and just stop posting. Because of this I would like to suggest a rule that anyone who doesn't post for a agreed period of time, without posting in this thread that they will be gone, gets eaten by a walker and one of us finds their remains. My questions are should we have this rule and how long before we kill off a character.

You can vote in a poll in this thread
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1113307
 
Wow

Um didn't we discuss this already. I know that I mentioned it before. I made a mistake in jumping forward too much , rookie mistake. I stated I would come back when it was morning time. Boy I didn't know there was gonna be that much of a wait. But I'm sure you're not pinpointing just me. I been reading and staying on track. I know others have not been on for whatever reasons so since we are bringing it up I'd like to say yes it seems to fit with the story being we are at war with zombies and evil doers. I think we need some kind of system.
 
Um didn't we discuss this already. I know that I mentioned it before. I made a mistake in jumping forward too much , rookie mistake. I stated I would come back when it was morning time. Boy I didn't know there was gonna be that much of a wait. But I'm sure you're not pinpointing just me. I been reading and staying on track. I know others have not been on for whatever reasons so since we are bringing it up I'd like to say yes it seems to fit with the story being we are at war with zombies and evil doers. I think we need some kind of system.

Not pointing out anyone Scott. Hell if my life changes it could be me getting eaten and not in a good way. :eek:

Just a fact on sites like this people come and go without warning. I just don't want to have 20 or 30 characters who can suddenly rejoin the RP at any time after being away for so long that new people don't know who they are.
 
Not pointing out anyone Scott. Hell if my life changes it could be me getting eaten and not in a good way. :eek:

Just a fact on sites like this people come and go without warning. I just don't want to have 20 or 30 characters who can suddenly rejoin the RP at any time after being away for so long that new people don't know who they are.

I agree. My view is this...if someone stops posting in the story, without any explanation in this OOC thread, after a week at most, the story should move forward and others should act as if the character was separated somehow (supply run, scouting ahead, etc). If the character doesn't post again sometime between two weeks and a month, assuming that character is fair game to be eaten in our storyline. If someone wants to return thereafter, it should be with a new character, with the profile to again be added here.

Just my 2 cents worth...if you disagree, feel free to post and argue your case.
 
I agree. My view is this...if someone stops posting in the story, without any explanation in this OOC thread, after a week at most, the story should move forward and others should act as if the character was separated somehow (supply run, scouting ahead, etc). If the character doesn't post again sometime between two weeks and a month, assuming that character is fair game to be eaten in our storyline. If someone wants to return thereafter, it should be with a new character, with the profile to again be added here.

Just my 2 cents worth...if you disagree, feel free to post and argue your case.

Since a month in real time could easily be just two days in role-play-time this seems a fair solution to me.

But the character sheets would be all over the place in this thread, which would make it difficult to check. Which makes me to come back on what I asked you earlier: Could you link them all into the very first post of this thread, Wyld?
 
Since a month in real time could easily be just two days in role-play-time this seems a fair solution to me.

But the character sheets would be all over the place in this thread, which would make it difficult to check. Which makes me to come back on what I asked you earlier: Could you link them all into the very first post of this thread, Wyld?

Added all character profiles, linked in the first post per request.

Also, on the first post near the bottom, I added the policy of what happens to characters of writers that are inactive that we discussed above, beings I did not see any disagreement on how to handle that scenario.


~ Wyld
 
Added all character profiles, linked in the first post per request.

Also, on the first post near the bottom, I added the policy of what happens to characters of writers that are inactive that we discussed above, beings I did not see any disagreement on how to handle that scenario.


~ Wyld

Wonderful, Wyld.
 
Hi, I hope that you all are still taking characters.. this thread is actually the main reason I signed up for an account rather than just lurking (is that kind of sad? lol) Anyway, I have some experience in rp'ing on different sites. Here's my character, let me know if it's okay?

Character Bio:

Name: Jessa Parker

Age: 25

Appearance: Jessa is half Italian (on her dad's side) and so she has a slightly olive tone to her skin. She has medium length dark brown hair (almost black) that she usually wears up in a ponytail and light brown/hazel eyes. She is roughly 5'4 in height and weighs about 125 lbs. Basically she's pretty averagely built with a slightly large chest that she tries to minimize with her dressing style. She's pretty athletic with good muscle tone from years of martial arts and kickboxing classes. Clothes wise, she's a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. She prefers clothes that she can move around in over clothes that draw attention (in fact, she prefers to not draw attention to herself). Currently she's wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and a thin jacket.

Background: Jessa is originally from East Tennessee (yep, far from home). She grew up as an only child in a slightly dysfunctional home. Her father came and went as he pleased, and rather than resent him for disappearing, she chose to enjoy his company while he was there to give it. This meant that she spent a lot of time with him in the garage where he worked on cars. Because of this, Jessa became quite the mechanic.

Her father left for good when she was 13, which left Jessa and her mother to fend for themselves. Her mother did well enough, but Jessa felt like she had to become more independent to prevent herself from becoming a burden to her mother.

Through out high school, Jessa was a bit of a loner.. preferring books to most socializing situations.. don't get me wrong, she is friendly and even warm toward those that she's close to.. she's just a little shy and difficult to get to know at first. After high school she went to a community college, but wasn't sure exactly what she wanted to do. She eventually earned degrees in auto mechanics and the culinary arts.

A year before the "zombie break-out" Jessa's mother was diagnosed with cancer and was told that the best treatment for her would be found up north. That is what brought Jessa and her mother so far from home. Once settled in after the move, Jessa decided to go back to school once more, but this time she was going to take CNA classes so that she could help take care of her mother. By the time that the "zombie break" her mother was doing better, but she was still weak. They had to move toward the outside of the city when things started going bad, and were actually able to find a pretty decent house that was empty.

The only thing it lacked was supplies, so Jessa would often have to leave her mother in the house to travel closer to the city to get food and whatever else they needed. Eventually Jessa and her mother began taking in survivors, her mother always insisted on helping anyone that needed it. Eventually the house became a little over crowded since it was a two bedroom house and there was now five people living there: Jessa, her mother, and two other women and a man (all quite a few years older than Jessa), but they made it work. They managed to survive like this for a few months.

One day though, things took a turn for the worse. It began like any other day, Jessa had to make a run to town to pick up some supplies (and medicine). She left early that morning after kissing her mom and telling her that she'd see her in a few hours... and a few hours later she returned just as she promised. Only.. she wasn't prepared for what she found. The door of the house was open, which sent off red flags. Jessa's grip tightened on the dagger that she was holding and her heart sank. She wanted to rush through the house but knew that would be a mistake. She forced herself to proceed with caution even though every inch of her being was screaming at her to move faster.

Just inside the door she could see the foot of one of the women that lived with her. She inched in further and saw two walkers feeding off of the woman. A quick glance around the room showed that there was no one else inside the living room. Jessa took out another dagger from her pocket and threw the two knives across the room, hitting both of the walkers in the head. Jessa was grateful that the years of throwing knives in her martial arts classes paid off. She quickly (but carefully) walked over to the fallen friend and quickly thrust one of the knives that she recovered through the woman's skull. She only spent a second remembering who the woman was before she was reduced to nothing but feed for those creatures.

Leaving the living room, Jessa began making her way toward the room that she slept in with her mother. In order to get there, she had to walk through the kitchen, which is where she found the man that had lived with them. He had faced the same fate as the woman in the living room, and without much hesitation, Jessa repeated the ritual of the knife through the skull. She told herself that she'd give herself time to mourn their loss later, once she saw that her mother was okay. She knew that it wasn't likely that her mother was safe, but she pushed those thoughts out of her head as fast as they could appear. There was no way to deny it though once she did make it to the bedroom and saw one of those monsters standing over her mother's bed and heard the gnashing of it's teeth. She saw her mother attempting to fight it as best she could, but it appeared to be a losing battle.

Jessa rushed forward without even thinking, and thrust the knife into the walker's head and threw it to the side. She fell to her knees in front of her mother ... who was still alive, just barely... and took her hand. Jessa wasn't sure how long she spent holding her mother's hand, whispering words of comfort to her mother.. to the one person who was the center of her universe.. until she took her final breath. Many times tears had threatened to break free, but Jessa wouldn't allow herself to cry.. not yet. When her mother took her last breath, Jessa kissed her hand, then leaned up and kissed her mother's forehead while doing to her mother what she had done to so many other beings up to this point.

Once that was done, and her mother was safe from ever becoming one of the undead, Jessa couldn't keep it together any longer. The sorrow and frustration broke free, the dam of tears that she had managed to keep back up to this point broke. She wasn't sure how long she sat there, next to her mother's body.. she would have stayed there longer if it hadn't been for a walker coming into the bedroom, this walker was the other woman that had lived with them. Without mercy or hesitation, Jessa killed her old housemate. After that, with nothing more keeping Jessa tied to this house.. Jessa decided to leave. She didn't know what she'd find, and she didn't really care.

Weapons: Four throwing knives, two larger daggers, and a modified baseball bat (retrieved from her old housemates).
 
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Yikes, I just saw how long that was, and I am so sorry. I guess I got carried away with the detail and/or storytelling.
 
You are definitely welcome to join in...I'll link your character profile. As a side note, have to say, it's flattering that you decided to make a profile here on Lit just to join in and write with us. Feel free to jump on in! :)

Yikes, I just saw how long that was, and I am so sorry. I guess I got carried away with the detail and/or storytelling.

I'd rather posts be long, actually...very short posts tend to be written by either someone with not a lot to say, or someone who makes shortcuts in their writing. I could see the characters of Jessa and Nick getting along well once getting to know each other, given the similarly common tragic past histories. The level of detail was very good as well, especially for someone new to Lit. Good character bio overall. Nice work.
 
I think they would get along pretty well too. I had used Jessa for a short time in another walking dead rp.. and I was a little worried when I read Nick's bio because of their similar history. I'm glad you don't seem to mind too much.

I'm about to make my first post in the thread, I'm excited! :)
 
I think they would get along pretty well too. I had used Jessa for a short time in another walking dead rp.. and I was a little worried when I read Nick's bio because of their similar history. I'm glad you don't seem to mind too much.

I'm about to make my first post in the thread, I'm excited! :)

Actually, it makes sense having similar backgrounds...am sure most people in a zombie apocalypse would have fairly similar stories...losing loved ones, adapting to survival, etc. The main differences would be in their past histories. This is what would define how they would react once things went crazy.

In Nick's case, after the tragedy of losing his family, he was borderline suicidal before running into the party we have now...every day putting a gun to his head but not quite able to pull the trigger. It took not being alone anymore, and then getting a good look at what he'd become in the motel room mirror to snap him out of it. He's going to have a major change in behavior, as he throws himself fully in group dynamic mode, no longer content to walk the fringe and remain silent.
 
Ok...just wanted to discuss story direction.

Figuring it is going to take some time for all the characters we have here to get to know each other. This small town with the motel as the base has been made relatively safe, it seems, and assuming most of the people in the group have been out on the road, a place of relative safety...even a temporary one...have probably been fairly rare. Thinking the characters may need to stay here for awhile.

So, figure this setting will be a good base to have the characters get to know one another, get rest, fortify, re-supply, coordinate plans, etc. After all, the characters were all abruptly thrust together all in one evening...they would not automatically trust one another. They need to become a group, rather than a bunch of individuals. Of course, once the aspect of sex begins, this will draw certain members closer to one another as they pair off (or group up, if that should happen).

Eventually we'll have to discuss the next step...once they finally do leave the motel. It'll have to happen eventually...supplies will dwindle and run out. The longer they stay, the more likely walkers or other less well meaning survivors might come upon them. The motel is, at best, a temporary safe haven. At that point, the group would need a common goal in order to actually band together and stay together, rather than set off their separate ways.

Know I mentioned earlier that due to Nikki's character bio stating having a place of safety to the west with her parents...one that could keep the group safe for a long term...that might be a good way to go moving forward, as long as Nikki begins to trust the others, and offers them a place there.

Another option might be that Jack may know of a place where there is a military presence that could help. *shrugs*

Any other ideas? Would like to explore options anyone would like to contribute after the exodus from the motel. Just trying to plan ahead.
 
The motel for a few days seems great to me. After that, a road trip. Maybe to Nikki's place (or she could just subtly direct the group roughly in that way) or simply to a next place which promises provisions and shelter.
 
I think that staying in the hotel for a little while, allowing people to rest up and maybe search for supplies is a great idea. That would provide people with a chance to get to know each other and figure out the dynamic. If they are planning on joining up and travel together, they need a chance to solidify.

I was wondering if anyone has thought about making a second character when the time comes.. a character that could be more of an antagonist. Everyone is always mentioning ill-intentioned survivors... it may be fun to have one thrown into the mix at some point. Every story needs at least one bad guy.
 
Maybe we should stop finding any kind of food in the motel rooms. "Aaron" would have checked them all, I think ...
 
Maybe we should stop finding any kind of food in the motel rooms. "Aaron" would have checked them all, I think ...

Good point...actually, if he's been here all winter, Aaron would probably scavenged any stores in the small town, so not much else would be found except at the motel.

The only thing I could say that might explain what Nick found would be if Aaron had been at that room before and had stocked supplies there. It would explain this, the fact that hygiene supplies were neatly by the sink, and water was still in the sink. Nick just assumed that it meant someone left in a hurry, but Nick may have unintentionally stole items Aaron had accumulated. Could make for an interesting roleplay opportunity. I am certain that Aaron would not be happy with people taking his supplies, but given the way of the world doubt that the person finding them would be willing to give them back either...which only leaves two options for Aaron. Either fight to regain his things, or grudgingly join with the group to survive.

If Aaron spread supplies out to multiple rooms, could explain why it was there, but I'll admit that logically, that would be less likely...unless he decided to stockpile supplies in hidden locales all over town in case of emergency. *shrugs*
 
My thoughts on the finding supplies in some of the rooms was that there could have been other survivors that came after Aaron made his camp for the winter. It's perfectly possible for other survivors to set up camp in the hotel for a day or even a week.. and maybe something happened when they went out to go hunt for other things or other people and they just never made it back.
 
Good point...actually, if he's been here all winter, Aaron would probably scavenged any stores in the small town, so not much else would be found except at the motel.

The only thing I could say that might explain what Nick found would be if Aaron had been at that room before and had stocked supplies there. It would explain this, the fact that hygiene supplies were neatly by the sink, and water was still in the sink. Nick just assumed that it meant someone left in a hurry, but Nick may have unintentionally stole items Aaron had accumulated. Could make for an interesting roleplay opportunity. I am certain that Aaron would not be happy with people taking his supplies, but given the way of the world doubt that the person finding them would be willing to give them back either...which only leaves two options for Aaron. Either fight to regain his things, or grudgingly join with the group to survive.

If Aaron spread supplies out to multiple rooms, could explain why it was there, but I'll admit that logically, that would be less likely...unless he decided to stockpile supplies in hidden locales all over town in case of emergency. *shrugs*

My thoughts on the finding supplies in some of the rooms was that there could have been other survivors that came after Aaron made his camp for the winter. It's perfectly possible for other survivors to set up camp in the hotel for a day or even a week.. and maybe something happened when they went out to go hunt for other things or other people and they just never made it back.

I get these two reasons, but Wyld, like you said above, it is small town, Aaron has scavenged there, others will have passed through and took what they wanted/needed too. Aaron is leaving because he is running out off supplies, so it wouldn't be logical to assume he (Aaron) didn't look into rooms of people who went hunting and never came back.

Now if he stocked some food in a room (and forgot about it) that is something completely else.
 
I was wondering if anyone has thought about making a second character when the time comes.. a character that could be more of an antagonist. Everyone is always mentioning ill-intentioned survivors... it may be fun to have one thrown into the mix at some point. Every story needs at least one bad guy.

Actually, I have been thinking about doing this. I was actually going to write something similar...a character bio for an antagonist...although I wasn't going to introduce the character in the IC thread until we get our group dynamic set. Guess since it has been discussed, I may as well place the Bio today. We' d all get bored with just walker killing eventually. We need real villians as well.

Given the firepower our group here has, we would need a large, well armed group in order to make this a challenge...with an extremely ruthless and immoral leader. Also, inactive characters could also be killed by this group OR walkers, depending how we want to write it.
 
If you need more than one bad guy (or need a group member) I'm game for it... once you get a good idea of my style and you believe I'm able... I don't want to jump right in and try to take over or make waves.
 
I get these two reasons, but Wyld, like you said above, it is small town, Aaron has scavenged there, others will have passed through and took what they wanted/needed too. Aaron is leaving because he is running out off supplies, so it wouldn't be logical to assume he (Aaron) didn't look into rooms of people who went hunting and never came back.

Now if he stocked some food in a room (and forgot about it) that is something completely else.

Any used/opened supplies left by stragglers during the winter Aaron would have left alone, however I do believe having a few backup supplies stored in other rooms, or a couple of places in town, would be logical in case of emergency. They would be well hidden in order to keep them away from stragglers however. As for supplies in town, I think it would be possible that perhaps Aaron came across a good amount of supplies at the town grocery or a church storage (since some do keep a supply of dry and canned goods for those in need) and he hadn't ventured everywhere in town, so there could still be places with supplies, including personal homes. Wouldn't want to stray too far from the home base in a strange place in case of getting turned around.

As for someone being a possible antagonist, I think there are a couple of us who, with our characters now, could become antagonists given our characters personalities. If Nikki thought there were too many people to have come with her to her parents she could become a slight antagonist by people fighting over who goes and who stays. Aaron could be an antagonist because he will be a "logical" person, always prepping for an escape plan, and always planning for an "eventual" need to cut ties, one way or another. Nick and Jessa could become antagonists if they find themselves fighting between trust and mistrust considering the experiences they have had and "snap". However if we come to a time where we need "random thug #1" to come in, I will gladly help.
 
I'm not sure if Jessa would be a very good antagonist.. she may have her moments where she snaps a little.. but usually she's pretty grounded and logical.

I was thinking that we may want to have another group, like what Wyld mentioned.. to really wreak havoc at some point. But I do like the idea of someone within the group completely losing it too.. maybe not losing it, but causing issues. It wouldn't be good for the group to become to um.. cozy? it could be dangerous.
 
When I was using the radio in the earlier thread I was hoping someone would see me or catch me using it and the group would demand an explanation or at least watch me closely, then if I tried to steer the group toward my family shelter questions would come up about the possibility of me being a spy or scout for another group who steals from other survivors. Alas no one did.

I thought that would add a bit of tension. Nikkis plans are to rest at the motel for a week or so letting Clip Clop rest up not to mention herself. Then she is going to try and get the group to go west telling them about a safe heaven, (If you know the walking dead comics, think Alexandria). Then when she gets close she will abondon them and head for the shelter...

Of course depending on the group dynamics and interactions, she may not abondon everyone. We shall see.
 
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