Introduction:
When we think of zombie apocalypses, the cast that often pops into our heads is one that's smart, works well together, may have some problems but ultimately is just bad ass. We think of the cast from the movies and TV shows we watch, or the characters we play in video games. The leader is an all around kick ass guy that's big and handsome and is a crack shot, having companions who despite may argue and have their differences get the job done. Most of all, we think that we'll be that cast when the time comes.
Odds are though, we won't be. We all say we know what we'll do if an apocalypse happens but it's pretty obvious that when the apocalypse actually happens, no one will be prepared and half of you are going to crying in a corner. So when we read stories of those "perfect" survivors, we're reading lies.
When bad things happen, it's usually inconvenient, you're never prepared like you normally are and it's something you'd never imagine it'd be. So this isn't your typical zombie story about a group of teenagers who some how magical become adapt to their changing surroundings. This is a story of the not so lucky survivors in this disaster. This is the story of the unlikely survivors.
So I'm new to the whole Highschool Of The Dead SYOC thing so hello everyone. This is my first story ever on fanfiction so if you guys could go easy on me that'd be cool. I hope you guys have fun making your OC and please give my story a chance! I wanted to be a little different with the SYOC story, so I was wondering what a zombie story would be like if the cast wasn't all perfect and magically/conveniently prepared for the apocalypse, so this is basically a story about a group of high school students that seem unlikely to survive in a zombie apocalypse. So here are the rules and what not.
- Takes place in an imaginary town in the Northwest called Brier Field
- Rather than the outbreak starting when they're at school, it'll actually be during a school field trip (just to turn the tables around)
- The main cast will be seven people, but everyone's character will be used
- I'll have a cast list update on May 10
- Please don't review your OC, PM them
- If you could make your OC fit with the theme of being an unlikely survivor in the story then they'll probably have a higher chance of being chosen
MAIN INFORMATION
Name: (First, Last)
Nickname:
Age: (The lowest age you can go is seven)
Gender:
Birthday:
Nationality: (Whether they're American, Japanese, British, etc.)
Race: (If they're Caucasian, African-American, Asian, etc.)
Sexuality: (Heterosexual, Homosexual, Pan sexual, etc.)
Grade: (American system grading, from freshman to senior, if they're in high school)
Occupation: (Do they have a job?)
Religious View: (If they have one)
APPEARANCE/ACCESSORIES INFORMATION
Height/Weight: (In that order)
Skin Tone: (Fair, Olive, Pale, Dark, etc.)
Eye Color: (Unless it is contacts, no weird eye colors (such as pink) allowed)
Body Build Type: (Lean, Fit, Big, etc.)
Breast Size: (For Girls Only, unless you want to for your dude I guess)
Hairstyle: (Please be reasonable)
Hair Color: (Again, please be reasonable)
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings/Etc.:
First Set Of Clothing: (Worn when first brought in/When the zombie outbreak begins)
Second Set Of Clothing: (Worn later on in the story)
Alternative Set Of Clothing: (Just in case they need another outfit)
Do They Resemble Someone?: (Like a celebrity for example)
HISTORY/BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Personal Background: (They're history before the outbreak)
Personal Relationship With Their Family: (List who's in their family and they're relation)
Personal History With My OC: (Depending on if they know my OC)
Any Crime Related History?:
Any School Related History?:
Are They In A Clique Of Any Kind?:
PERSONALITY and PREFERENCES INFORMATION
Overall Personality:
Overall Traits: (At least four)
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Vices:
Fears/Phobias:
Secrets:
Mental/Medical Illnesses:
Likes:
Dislikes:
What They Look For In A Relationship: (Appearance and Personality wise)
Turn Ons:
Turn Offs:
The First Thing They Notice In A Stranger: (Like when they see a stranger or meet one for the first time, what's the first thing they notice about them)
Personal Opinion On My OC:
Strategies In The Outbreak: (Once the outbreak starts, what's your OC's strategies on what to do (i.e. what's the first thing they'd do once they gained their cool, where would they go and what would their overall game plan be?)
How Did They First React When The Outbreak Occurred?: (Please be realistic, think about how you'd truly react)
Other Information:
EXTRA
Can They Drive?: (If they can, what can they drive)
Do They Own Any Form of Transportation?: (If they do, please be realistic)
Starting Weapon: (If they're in the school, please don't give them a gun or a sword. If you do and I decide to include your character then I'll just make them unarmed)
Primary Weapon Selections: (Primary, Secondary, Melee)
Alternative Weapon: (If their primary is unavailable)
My (Unlikely to survive a zombie apocalypse in reality) OC
MAIN INFORMATION
Name: Dustin Debrowski
Nickname: Dusty, Browski
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Birthday: December 9
Nationality: American
Race: Caucasian
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Grade: Senior
Occupation: Ticket booth worker at the AMC theatres
Religious View: Not very religious, but does believe in a God
APPEARANCE/ACCESSORIES INFORMATION
Height/Weight: 6'3, 180lbs
Skin Tone: Fair Skinned
Eye Color: Hazel (nearly brownish green)
Body Build Type: Lean, somewhat skinny, fit
Breast Size: N/A
Hairstyle: Short and slightly ruffled
Hair Color: Dark brown with a somewhat red tint in it (not too heavy of a tint though)
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings/Etc.: Silver hoop, spider bite piercings, and a couple scraps and scars from past incidents
First Set Of Clothing: A black t-shirt with a big white cross on the front, dark gray jeans, black Adidas and a black zip up hoodie with the front open
Second Set Of Clothing: A long sleeve black shirt with the same dark gray jeans, some orangy tan combat boots, a zip up hoodie and a black beanie (or toboggan as some people refer to it) with a digital watch on his left hand
Alternative Set Of Clothing: Dark gray tank top, light blue jeans, a black beanie and black Adidas
Do They Resemble Someone?: I sort of based 80% his looks off of Alex Koehler from the music video "Sonnet of the Wretched". If you're curious, you could just type in Sonnet of the Wretched and go off of that either on Youtube or Google, it's up to you dudes
HISTORY/BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Personal Background: Dustin lived a pretty simple and unexciting life. He was born in Denver, Colorado before him and his parents moved to Brier Field when he was five. Growing up, Dustin didn't really talk much and rarely involved himself in school activities. Throughout middle school, all he ever did was come home and play video games or spend time in his room. He was picked on a few times for being quiet, but ultimately, the bullies just grew bored of him and left him alone for the most part. During middle school, his little sister Annie was born; around this time his parents began to argue a lot. The arguments usually weren't too bad, but Dustin often feared that his parents would divorce. By seventh grade, the feeling subsided though. One day in eight grade, a friend offered him drugs in which they sat outside of the school and did them the entire dance. Since then, Dustin would often do drugs with his friends, most people referring to them as stoners. This reputation would stay with him all throughout high school, but never did it cause any real problems with him and other students. To this day, his parents don't know he does drugs (even though is sister does), and he still hangs out with the burnouts and gets in trouble with the teachers.
Personal Relationship With Their Family: He lives with both his parents Joel and Casie Debrowski, and his 13 year old sister Annie. He has a good relationship with them and loves them all greatly. He'd do anything to make sure they were safe.
Any Crime Related History?: Though he doesn't count it much as a crime, he's been caught with drugs by the campus police a few times, but has never been arrested for it.
Any School Related History?: He has a bad reputation with the teachers who really don't like him and label him as a delinquent. At school he's known for getting suspended a lot or barely showing up to class due to often getting high during school. Despite the reputation of being some stoner, students never have a hard time talking to him because he's pretty chill and rarely talks to begin with, so he doesn't have a violent school history rather just a drug filled one.
Are They In A Clique Of Any Kind?: He usually just hangs out with the burnouts
PERSONALITY and PREFERENCES INFORMATION
Overall Personality: Dustin is a chill and laid back guy who doesn't really talk much. He's not shy though, which is what people often think, he's just the type of guy who doesn't speak unless spoken to. Towards his friends though he's very social and outgoing, often cracking jokes a seventh grader would laugh at being he's really immature. Despite his immaturity he's smart and actual contains a 3.7 grade average. Dustin is very open minded and easy to talk to if people ever felt like it, but he tends to make irresponsible choices and can be obnoxious and not taking things serious, especially when he's high. When he's high, anything that moves he'll start laughing at and will have the attention span of a baby. Around people he has a crush on, he'll try to act as smooth as possible, but will tend to fumble over his words. It takes a lot to piss him off but when you do you better watch out because you're practically dead to him after he hates you.
Overall Traits:
1.) Loner
2.) Laid Back
3.) Intelligent (even though he doesn't look like it)
4.) Observant
5.) Social
Strengths: Open to new ideas, is actually really smart when he tries, very observant and is very easy to talk to
Weaknesses: Is irresponsible at times, has an immature way of thinking about things which usually makes him look obnoxious, holds grudges when mad at someone, and does drugs
Vices: Does drugs (mainly weed)
Fears/Phobias: Losing his family, and really doesn't like bears
Secrets: Is really scared of bears
Mental/Medical Illnesses: Doesn't have the best stamina due to doing drugs
Likes: Heavy music, energy drinks, video games, social networking, weed, sleeping, coffee, animals of any kind (except bears), cloudy days and karaoke
Dislikes: Bears, most pop and rap music, headaches, whenever the weather is over 75 degrees, people who judge people and strict people
What They Look For In A Relationship: Dustin doesn't really have much of a preference when it comes to appearance, but likes girls of color if he had to choose, though girls with big eyes are a big up for him too. If they have an immature sense of humor like him then they'll get along fine, and if they're confident about themselves he'll probably end up getting a crush on them.
Turn Ons: Big eyes, dark hair, has a good sense of humor, confident, and have a bit of sassy attitude. They don't have to have all of these traits/features for him to like them though (he's very easily turned on)
Turn Offs: Girls who are conceited, act like a stick in the mud, have bland personalities and take everything too serious
The First Thing They Notice In A Stranger: The first thing he notices when he sees a stranger is their posture; he's not the most judgmental type but he can tell pretty quickly someone's personality just from their posture.
Strategies In The Outbreak: His outbreak strategy would be to take stock of whatever he has, gather as much information on what's going on as possible and head home and barricade his house until he has to go somewhere else.
How Did They First React When The Outbreak Occurred?: So many emotions came to him at once that he was frozen for awhile, not knowing how to react to everything. Once he gained his composure though, he will immediately began to make a strategy on what to do next until he feels safe again
Other Information: His voice often sounds hoarse, slightly deep and tired
EXTRA
Can They Drive?: He can't drive stick, but he can drive a manual, and has a licences
Do They Own Any Form of Transportation?: He owns a skateboard, but tends to drive his mom's silver 2003 Honda Accord, being he doesn't have a car himself.
Starting Weapon: A large monkey wrench
Primary Weapon Selections: A silence p90, a glock 42, and a small pocket knife
Alternative Weapon: Just a simple, metal baseball bat