Necropolis Discussion Thread

Derrik's Motives:

1. Work out what's going on.
2. Escape/defend hotel (even so, zombies should already be inside)
3. Recover from hangover

To TNcowgirl: Vernon and I'll take care of Keri. Don't worry!

DarkLight

Adara's motives:

1. Stay alive
2. TRY to be a little bit brave so that others stop worrying
3. Feel safe to use the self defence skills that she has ever again instead of just running away.

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Yes I want to stay alive, School's almost over and I'll be all Necropolis then!!!

Mev's goals (in order of priority)

1. Stay near someone who can defend him, and thus stay alive.
2. Get a new girlfriend.
3. Act generally unfazed.

I've got some questions about the zombies.

1. Do they have any enhanced senses? (Smelling, hearing, etc.)
Need to know how easily Lilliah could sneak past them.
2. What are the ways they can actually be disposed of?
Will a bullet to the brain work? Setting them on fire? Decapitation?
3. What are the ways to prevent someone that's been bitten from being reanimated?
Probably the same as 2, but just checking.

Okay, Lilliah's logic:

1. Get weapons. Either do not be detected or kill any zombies or potential zombies on the way.
2. Treat any survivors she finds politely. Do not form attachments to them. Determine if they will be useful or simply zombie bait. Help the former, kill the latter. Can't take any chances.
3. Find a safehouse. Either do not be detected or kill any zombies or potential zombies on the way. Should have lots of food and very few windows/doors. Preferably underground.
4. Wait until the zombies decide there's no food left in this town and go somewhere else.
5. Work on mental health. All this will surely be traumatic, and given her already fragile state of mind...

I never answered this? Apologies!

1. No enhanced senses, just different ones. Humans use eye sight more than any other sense, so it's much more relied upon. Zombies, however, use all their senses at maximum efficiency for a human being. So yes, they're better than humans, but NOT superhuman. Make ANY sort of sense?

2. Only way of KILLING them is destroying the brain. You can disable the body by severing the spinal cord, but the head will keep biting.

3. You can't prevent it short of dismembering the limb infected.


Now that everyone has their priorities, I suggest we talk amongst ourselves to figure out how we meet up, and how we're gettign through this.

Sounds like a good idea. Maybe they all try to head out of town but the roads have been blocked by the government to prevent the outbreak spreading? That way our characters could all head for the entrance to the town and meet there?

Good idea, except that there is no one set entrance to town. Perhaps everyone heads for the interstate highway?

Sieg and I were talking about uniting our two groups via car crash--that way neither groups have a car, and both groups meet up and have to travel back to the city on foot, through zombies.

IF your group heads to the interstate, and you want to write it, here's the set-up:

the Government has set up roadblocks around the city. Each roadblock consists of a wall, ten soldiers, and a heavy machine gun. The guards shout out two warnings, one at five hundred feet and one at three hundred feet, then open fire, killing anything within two hundred and fifty feet of the roadblock.

There are likely many corpses of zombies, humans, and the smoldering hulls of cars in the area.

The soldiers are dressed in full military armor, including face masks and fdully automatic weapons. The heavy machine gun is posted in the center of the block, with two men manning it.

Questions?

Okay, so I got in a bit late, but I'll try to get in some motives for Jamie.

1. Try to meet up with some of the others.

2. Contact his sister, who lives back at home.

3. Protect Anne (or Anne's motive may be to protect him, he seems a little dazed).

That's all I can offer, but I'll try to think up something soon.

Rieda, I hope what I did in my post with Adara is okay with you. If not, either ignore my post and I can delete it, or have Mev be completely over-reacting.

lol, I was perfectly fine with it. I like the action.

So. What now? YWS going down sort of put a stop to things... Where is everyone's character right now, at least mentally?

Joanna is about to have a panic attack. Whether she does or not is up to what happens next, but she feels like she's about to lose all control and just break down. Family is a very bad subject for her right now, and she's pissed at Kevin for the little stunt he just pulled. Still, she doesn't have the energy to reprimand him for it, and instead is just trying to concentrate on calming everyone down so they can come up with a plan and get the hell out of there. She's not very forgiving at the moment, so I apologize in advance for her if she snaps a little.

The Issues

Are the three criminals going to join up with the larger group? If so, how?

Are there any stragglers that need to be integrated into the party? If so, please say so and think of a way to do so.

What are we going to do about the blockade on the outskirts of the city? The characters all want to get out, but if they approach, they will be shot.

The Immediate Future

I think the blockade is the way to go. The sooner that issue is resolved, the better.

Then, it will be Kevin's priority to get to his work for more ammo and guns, then to the large Costco type superstore in town to make defenses.

Sound off if you're still here, and if you're quitting, tell me as well so I can kill you off.

I'm still here but my character is rather seperate at the moment...

*sounds the Derrik trumpet*

Yeah, my character's still here and already joined up with group. I reckon Dave (written by Siegfried who's away at camp) is still with us and I'll continue writing for him. I agree that towards the outposts is the right way to go but the issue of getting past them is the problem.

I'll think about it!

DarkLight

Past them is really not the problem--we aren't supposed to be able to get past them.

The problem is getting to them an realizing we can't pass without killing off one of our characters to prove it.