NaNo 2022: Garden of Zombies

AceassinOfTheMoon · 2022-10-25T02:23:45Z

Twenty years ago, the first zombie popped up from their grave. A year later, hordes of them wandered the earth. A few months after that, people discovered how to neutralize them. Zombies are attracted to bad smells, so people began planting flowers in abundance around their cities to keep them away (and then immediately began work on a cure for pollen allergies). Then, someone discovered that planting flowers on a zombie made them docile and kept them from decaying, and thus the position of Gardener was born. Gardeners collect flocks of zombies by planting flowers on them and travelling from city to city collecting the recently dead. Being a Gardener is a highly respected profession-- but a dangerous one. Part of their responsibilities are searching for wild zombies and taming them, which has gotten many a Gardener killed. Melinöe Kairakou is a Gardener and has been ever since her older sister, Makaria, died seven years ago. She has a good life of wandering around the ruins of the old world, taming zombies and taking care of her little flock. Recently, though, she's heard a rumour: somewhere out there is a flower that, if planted on a zombie, will bring them back to some semblance of sentience. Melinöe doesn't know if it's true. It sounds too fantastical to be real. However, she's willing to travel to the furthest corners of the earth for a chance to get her sister back. Even if it's only a quiet shadow of who Makaria used to be, Melinöe would do anything to get her sister back.

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Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:27 am

AceassinOfTheMoon says... · Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:27 am

Day 21 complete!

Today's WC: 1273

Total WC: 26274/50000

Favourite line: “Ferals don’t have fangs,” Melinoë pointed out softly. “They’re just dead bodies, and humans don’t generally come with fangs.”

21 days in a row!!! that's more writing than I've done in a very long time!!!!!!!

this is Ace erasure and I won't stand for it— silv

I haven't really said anything about ace but that's cause I'm usually speechless with how awesome ace is— Harry

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Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:03 pm

Stringbean says... · Tue Nov 22, 2022 4:03 pm

You're doing so awesome!! The favorite lines you've been posting are honestly making me more curious hehe

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acethetic and paronoid
*waves leafy fronds*

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Wed Nov 23, 2022 6:37 am

AceassinOfTheMoon says... · Wed Nov 23, 2022 6:37 am

Day 22 complete!

Today's WC: 173

Total WC: 26447/50000

y'know that feeling when you're like "hey let's work on this project!" and your brain goes "we're hyperfixated on this other project, actually, so screw you!"
because
yeah

this is Ace erasure and I won't stand for it— silv

I haven't really said anything about ace but that's cause I'm usually speechless with how awesome ace is— Harry

Ace, you’re aggressively loved. Accept or perish.— Wist

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Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:53 am

AceassinOfTheMoon says... · Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:53 am

Day 23 complete

Today's WC: 11

Total WC: 26458

yeah. I have nothing to say for myself.

this is Ace erasure and I won't stand for it— silv

I haven't really said anything about ace but that's cause I'm usually speechless with how awesome ace is— Harry

Ace, you’re aggressively loved. Accept or perish.— Wist

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Fri Nov 25, 2022 6:06 am

AceassinOfTheMoon says... · Fri Nov 25, 2022 6:06 am

Today's WC: 8

Total WC: 26466

I think I can declare my motivation for this project well and truly dead at this point. *sigh*

this is Ace erasure and I won't stand for it— silv

I haven't really said anything about ace but that's cause I'm usually speechless with how awesome ace is— Harry

Ace, you’re aggressively loved. Accept or perish.— Wist

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Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:53 pm

Liminality says... · Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:53 pm

Hey Ace! Just wanted to let you know 25k+ words in a month is still super impressive!

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Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:39 am

AceassinOfTheMoon says... · Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:39 am

Today's WC: 28

Total WC: 26494

I'm going to write at least a line for this story every day until the end of November if it kills me. which it might. ADHD hellbrain is suffering.

thank you to everyone who's given me support throughout NaNo, y'all are the best <3

this is Ace erasure and I won't stand for it— silv

I haven't really said anything about ace but that's cause I'm usually speechless with how awesome ace is— Harry

Ace, you’re aggressively loved. Accept or perish.— Wist

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Sun Nov 27, 2022 6:46 am

AceassinOfTheMoon says... · Sun Nov 27, 2022 6:46 am

Today's WC: 40

Total WC: 26534

crawling my way to the finish line (and other projects)

this is Ace erasure and I won't stand for it— silv

I haven't really said anything about ace but that's cause I'm usually speechless with how awesome ace is— Harry

Ace, you’re aggressively loved. Accept or perish.— Wist

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