Writer Discussion Thread: "Rebuild"

• This is a place to discuss the role play with the whole group.
• One to one discussion should be handled via PM.
• Please do not chat here.
• Examples of things to post here would include:
  • Characters you would like to see created to interact with your existing Character.
  • Plot ideas in which you would like to take part.
  • Questions, comments, and/or concerns you have about something that has happened.
  • Questions, comments, and/or concerns you have about where the role play is heading.
  • Questions or clarification about the statistics in the Update Thread.
  • And so much more.

• We need a pregnant woman, maybe 4-5 months along. Just about the time we are beginning to feel safe and secure and advancing in our efforts, here comes a baby! Woohoo, won't that be fun in a post apocalyptic world? Not! And to make matters worse, I don't think we should have a Mid-Wife, but by this point in time, we have discovered another group of Survivors living in another Campus building, and they do have a Mid-wife. Only problem is this: they will want something we don't want to give up for her to have permission to come to the Library for a few days.
• We need a man or woman with heart troubles. We will need to scavenge Meds from the Sacred Heart Medical Building about 2 blocks away.
• For Max, I would like a younger woman who initially takes to him as a grand fatherly figure, then -- after she discovers that he has a stash of resources -- becomes his "play thing" so that she doesn't have to work. It will be a passionate affair fraught with difficulties because he is falling in love with her, but she is only using him.
• I want to write a separate thread about a man and woman and possibly others, but all written by just us two writers. In this story, he is making her "service" him, in sexual and non-sexual way. He is domineering. When she discovers the library, she is desperate to flee this brutal man and live there in peace and safety.

• Sexual interactions:
  • Peter is a real Ladies Man and, despite the tragedy unfolding outside, won't stop trying to get laid at every opportunity. I'm looking for some sex partners AND some drama concerning love triangles, envy, and jealousy.
  • Max is an old grampa type, but he still likes women. It would be interesting to have a younger female character take to him as the grandfatherly type, then -- realizing that he is excited by her -- turn the friendship into something more.
  • Kip is a shy virgin who will want to lose his virginity before he gets eaten by a Zombie. Any older, experienced female character want to make a man of him?
  • I always wanted to write a hetero female character who, faced with danger, finds herself attracted to a bi or lesbian female character and begins a lust, then love affair. I know, I'm a guy. But I could try it.
• Non-sexual:
  • Our characters are going to have to go outside in the next day or two. I'm thinking that 2-4 PCs with 4-8 NPCs could make a run for Peter's home, where he is certain there are weapons, food, clothes, etc. This will be a dangerous mission and NPCs will surely die, and PCs could get hurt. I will create maps and hazard percentages. I want to write this in a separate thread so that we can post really short, fight and flight posts, then link it to the Story Thread.
  • I would like one of my PCs, yet to be created, to escort a PC -- female -- out of the library to her nearby Sorority or Dorm. They will face danger but survive ... and along the way get closer. Sex is a possibility, but I'm thinking that maybe that won't happen yet because either she or he or both are already taken and sex will only come later, if it comes at all.
  • Last but not least, I think we need to discover another group of people hiding and get them into the library. NPCs will be in danger, but no PCs will be harmed.

dutchrain said:

LetUsWrite said:

"Last but not least, I think we need to discover another group of people hiding and get them into the library. NPCs will be in danger, but no PCs will be harmed."

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One of the characters in the library could by phone discover a friend and some other people are hiding in a garage. No food except what they had on them, only water. Maybe it could even be one of Daniel's friends who made it out off the stadium.

Daniel, Cramer and some others could go rescue them. Or Daniel tells them they have to drive one of the cars in the garage to a meeting point because he won't announce the library being his save place. That would imply they first have to fix one of the cars. Maybe a mechanic (the garage owner?) is part of that group.

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• The maps at the link above are going to serve as the "blue print" for our adventure.
• However, there might be some differences between what has already been posted and what the maps seem to suggest.
• Don't worry about those inconsistencies.
• I am going to use Paint on my computer soon -- maybe tomorrow -- to recreate the maps to function for us. They will include labels identifying where people are sleeping, where Lookouts are typically stationed, and much more.
• It'll end up looking like a military fort and not a library. That'll be fun!
• For now, however, if the maps as is offer you some inspiration, use them.
• Just be aware that you aren't required to study the map before you post that your character did something somewhere. There will NOT be a Geography test or Fire Escape test at the end of class today.

• There are 28 people in the library, including 8 children.
• The list of characters already named is below.
• The "slots" still open are indicated below in red.
• These include NPC slots, which can also be upgraded to PCs if you wish to have a more involved character; and include some of my NPCs, which I am willing to give up if you want to write them.
• Until we discover and allow into the library more survivors, new NPCs or PCs must fill one of these slots.
• Of course, if you fill one of the Lookout/Scavenger slots listed under Peter, that slot moves under your name.
• To give everyone a chance to write and/or supervise NPCs or PCs, please do not "drop" anymore names of characters in the Story thread if you already more than 1 NPCs or PCs on the list below.

• Peter Lee: Eugene Local; Grad Student; "Self appointed" Leader of the Library Survivors.
  • (NPC): Kip; male, 18, High School Student; Lookout and Scavenger.
  • (NPC): Male; Lookout and/or Scavenger.
  • (NPC): Male; Lookout and/or Scavenger.
  • (NPC): Female; Lookout and/or Scavenger.
• Max Taylor: Eugene Local; Viet Nam Vet; Janitor, Knight Library.
  • (NPC) -- New assistant to Max.
• Cramer Grimes: 32 year old organic farmer, NPC who will become PC. (Introduced here.)
• Lola: NPC actually, available for adoption by another writer; Female, UO Student, Diabetic

• Ria van der Plas: Dutch tourist; Middle School History Teacher.
• John Mayers: Clothes designer (?) [Introduced here]
• Norah Mayers (John's sister by adoption): Was going to enter Engineering School. [Introduced here]
• Thomas Kowalski: 24, car seller, boy scout leader [Introduced here.]

• Daniel Campbell

• Cassandra Moore: Eugene Local, Stripper, UO Student.

• Lee Garner: Eugene Local; Army Vet; Paramedic and Part time Bartender.

• Alana (Derry) Brennan: Eugene Local; UO Biology Researcher.

• Sally Jones: Local (?), UO History Undergraduate; in wheelchair.

• NPC, male, Elementary School Teacher.
  • 4 students, ages 9-10.
• NPC, female, Elementary School Teacher.
  • 4 students, ages 9-10.

• It will be noted that there are basements, utility tunnels, and sewers that -- if someone knew how to get to them all -- could give a person access to a much greater portion of the campus -- and even the city beyond -- if only they could get to them.
• Problem is: none of them connect to the library.
• A mission to secure the court yard in front of the library will begin in the next day or two, game time.
• By building some kind of barricades (as spoken of in the Story thread -- we can create a relatively safe corridor to which ever building gains us access to these underground paths.
• And after that, exploring the city will be much easier.

• Concerning characters outside the library:
  • I've had some inquiries and -- while I initially resisted it -- I think that having characters outside the Library might be a doable idea.
  • As you already know, Iscaa and I are conducting a side story called "Zombies, Slave Masters, and Other Monsters" that coincides with our main story. (BTW, you are welcome to follow along if you wish but it is NOT a requirement. Nothing will be written in it that you HAVE to know to understand or participate in the main story. BTW, that thread is just for the two of us, so please do not post in it.)
  • So, there's no reason why some of you can't write in a totally separate thread either. (I wanted to start a side story so I had something to do while I waited for others to post in the main story, and there might be some of you that want the same thing.)
  • Here are some guidelines that will be important to writing in side stories. Please keep them in mind:
    • The main story thread is the LEAD thread. All writers will be reading it, but they might not be reading your side story, just as I am sure there are writers who are not ready the side story Iscaa and I are writing. (Which is perfectly fine: you are NOT required to read side stories in which you are not participating.)
    • Because the main story is the lead story, it's the one in which everyone will be reading and posting. New facts and information and events take place there that everyone will read and be a part.
    • If you post some important fact or story-changing event in a side story that others are not reading, they will not see it. Therefore, don't!
    • The side stories should build upon the facts and stats and such in the main thread and not create their own major, all-encompassing facts, twists, and plots on there own.
    • Does that make sense?
    • Good example: you post in your side story that the government doused Eugene with a zombie killing gas and 90% of the Zombies are dead. First off, you shouldn't be doing that: that's for the Host to decide. Second, if only half of the "Rebuild" writers/readers are reading your side story, that fact will not be known by all.
    • I think you understand.
• Concerning the Game Date:
  • As I said earlier, having the "real" date and the "game" date in the same year had been confusing me, so I changed the "game" date to 2017.
  • What I didn't do was consult the actual "real" calendar to see what Day of the week our Date was.
  • They didn't coincide, so I am changing out dates again!
  • So, for the record:
    • The Zombie Riots began on 9 Sept 2017, not 7 Sept 2017 or even 7 Sept 2013, as had previously been stated.
    • And the current "game" date is the next day, Sunday 10 Sept 2017.
  • This might sound petty to you, but with me wanting to keep track of such things as resource depletion, etc., I need to be able to refer to a "real" calendar for our "fake" dates.

• I am a big "The Book of Eli" fan.
• What about creating a location like the bar from that movie and having a "dictator" run a tavern/whore house/trading post?
• Just an idea.
• If it sounds fun to you, PM me. I'll put together some ideas and post another Discussion post here.

• OBVIOUSLY no sexually suggestive writing whatsoever, not even between the two adult teachers.
• Short posts are permissible, so long as you don't get ridiculous. (Some of us have instant notification, and we don't want our phones/tablets/laptops beeping at us every 5 seconds.
• The "facts" presented in this thread cannot usurp the facts in the main story, but they can follow the facts in the main story.
• And ... well, I'm sure I'll have more to say later, but for right now, I have to start getting to work.