Prologue:
Seven years ago, an unknown disease erupted in China, later gaining the name of Requiem Disease or "Req" for short. The whole world was unaware of the disease. Most were just living their lives like normal when it struck; when it did, no one noticed. Doctors assumed it was just your everyday illness as did the patients; and because no one was dying from it no one was worrying about it. That's when things grew worse.
Soon, the strange news reports started, along with a couple of rather random incidents. Though it was rare at the time, that certain rareness began to become more and more common until it was practically natural to see someone randomly pass out during your day. It all turned into a wild fire soon after that. People started dying and getting infected; it wasn't long before it was completely unsafe to even be outside. The infection had plagued the earth.
By the third year, the human race had become outnumbered. All seemed hopeless. People were out there fighting to survive not just against the infected but against themselves as well. It was an all out war. Luckily, a lot of the bases managed to withstand the chaos and anarchy, taking in a lot of people and sheltering them away from the Armageddon beyond their walls. The future became a little brighter after that.
Seven years later and there still isn't much hope that the world will last much longer. Survivors are slowly running out of places to stay and things to raid, and people are slowly growing insane in the process. Lately though, there's been talk that somewhere out there someone's making a cure in hopes of stopping this once and for all. They actually believe they can save the last of the human race. But you know how the story goes for rumors like that...
Hi guys, so while I'm still working on my other story "Evolve: The Story of the Unlikely Survivors", which should be updated by the next couple of days now (I'm so lazy, I'm sorry), I've decided to start up a different story which I've actually been thinking about for awhile now before I typed the other one. Though the idea of starting a zombie apocalypse story a few years after the outbreak is no longer original, I feel like I can find a way to put that thought of originality back into it (plus the concept of it seems fun). Thus this story was born. I was sort of inspired by "The Last of Us" video game so yep, that's about all I really have to say about it. I'll be working on this story and the other story, and since it's summer break now, it won't be much of a problem. So without any further ado, here's the stuff you need to know. :)
- The story takes place near McChord AFB/Fort Lewis (due to myself having a rather advance knowledge of Washington and like no other state in the US besides California, Oregon and Nevada which isn't much :P)
- It's seven years after the outbreak
- There is no specific number for the main cast, it's kind of just a random choosing of who fits in during what time and such, so in a way, everyone's a main character in some form, so yep, there isn't a specific number of OCs I'm accepting, everyone's being used (unless your OC is hella awful, which usually I'll still use them regardless)
- The date is August 27, so keep that in mind when you make your OC's outfits
- I'm a realist and am really big on realism in stories, so please make your OCs as realistic as possible. They can be special, but a helpful tip for making your OC could be that if there isn't anyone of this world that can relate to your OC, then you might of done too much for them
- Please PM your OC (format is on my profile if you can't copy/paste it from here)
- Be as creative as possible while being practical :D
- When you PM, please in some way put "Anarchy" in the title so I don't mix your OC up with someone else from my other SYOC story
- List will be updated on June 21, 2014
Name:
Nickname(s):
Age: (Since this is seven years after the outbreak, your OC can't be any younger than eighteen years old (So they have to be 18+)
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.)
Religious View Before The Outbreak: (If they have one)
Religious View After The Outbreak:
Occupation: (Soldier, Scavenger (*someone who goes out to looks for rations and supplies for the base, usually with a group of four or so people at a time), Medic, Raider (*Raiders aren't on base, they usually stay to a group who like to terrorize people who aren't them) (If they don't work for anyone specifically, please put "Solo")
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: (Keep in mind that it's seven years after the outbreak and summer time in Washington)
Second Set Of Clothing:
Alternative Set Of Clothing: (Just in case they need another outfit)
Pajamas:
Winter Wear:
Do They Resemble Someone?: (Like a celebrity for example)
HISTORY/BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Personal Background: (They're history before the outbreak and what they did within those seven years of the outbreak)
Personal Relationship With Their Family: (List who's in their family and they're relation, also whether or not they're alive)
Personal History With My OC: (Depending on if they know my OC)
Any Crime Related History: (Both before the outbreak and during the seven years of the outbreak)
PERSONALITY and PREFERENCES INFORMATION
Overall Personality: (As of after the outbreak)
Overall Traits: (At least four, as of after the outbreak)
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)
How Do They React To Death?:
How Do They React To Injuries (i.e. being hurt, seeing blood or seeing others hurt)?:
How Do They Act Under Pressure?:
How Do They Act When Angry?:
Personal Opinion On My OC:
Skills: (What skills did they pick up during the outbreak, only can list four)
EXTRA
Do They Own Any Form of Transportation?: (If they do, please be realistic)
Beginning Weapons:
Midway Weapons: (once they get different weapons)
Other Information:
Suggestions For Zombies: (If you have any)
So for my OC I decided to make a girl because you don't really see girl leading roles for zombie apocalypses and I thought it could be cool. I based some of her information on myself (being it'd be easier to type than making up a completely different person altogether) but don't worry, she's not like a mary sue or anything. So here's my OC :)
MAIN INFORMATION
Name: Alison Rhodes
Nickname(s): Ali, Rhodes
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Birthday: December 24
Nationality: American
Race: African American
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Religious View Before The Outbreak: Catholic
Religious View After The Outbreak: Though she denies believing in God anymore, a small part of her will always believe that there is a God
Occupation: Scavenger
APPEARANCE/ACCESSORIES INFORMATION
Height/Weight: 5'6, 117 lbs
Skin Tone: A light shade of dark skin that looks like a faded caramel color
Eye Color: Dark brown, nearly black
Body Build Type: Slim and slightly lean, barely having a pear shaped figure. She has light muscle definition and is fit from seven years of survival
Breast Size: B32
Hairstyle: Somewhat short, going to the end of her neck and having slightly choppy ends, also having slightly messy box bangs that she usually clips up, but the ends of it reaching right to her eyelid.
Hair Color: Black
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings/Etc.: She has the "Anarchy" symbol tattood on her left shoulder and multiple scraps and scars on her legs and forearms.
First Set Of Clothing: A black spaghetti string tank top with a black tactical vest over it with matching black cargo pants with the ends stuffed into black combat boots. Under the black tactical vest is a bullet proof vest that has a hood sewed onto it by her. She has a pistol holster around her waist and another holster across her chest, also wearing silver dog tags with her name on it, stuffed under the vest. Lastly she has black fingerless gloves on both hands.
Second Set Of Clothing: The exact same outfit except without the bullet proof or tactical vest, just leaving her in the tank top and the rest of the gear
Alternative Set Of Clothing: A black, tight fitting crew neck with dark, bluish gray short jean shorts and her black combat boots, wearing white tube socks that reach a bit past her knees.
Pajamas: Usually she just sleeps in her uniform, but when she has the time, she'll just sleep in her tank top and underwear
Winter Wear: The same outfit as the first set, just replace the tank top with her crew neck.
Do They Resemble Someone?: No one in particular
HISTORY/BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Personal Background:
Alison was born in Lansing, Michigan to her two parents Jane and Donovan Rhodes, having an older brother named Matt Rhodes who was seven by the time she was born. They had a simple life growing up and never had many complications in life that the average person didn't deal with. Alison never was the ambitious type, so she never asked for much in life and overall was a good child to be with. She didn't cause problems and minded her business. Alison and her brother Matt always had a close relationship growing up, being he was often protective of her and Alison just liked him in her company. They never argued much in life and were just happy to have each other around whenever their parents were at work. Around the time that Alison was in seventh grade, her family moved to Washington. She had to leave a lot of her friends behind; she didn't really care though. Alison's always had a hard time clarifying who is and isn't her friend, so she often sees everyone as acquaintances rather than people to care about. She kept a small group of friends and she liked it like that. From then on things were simple, she made decent grades and once again just minded her own business. Then the outbreak happened. Alison was only fourteen when it happened and was still in eight grade. She was at home with her brother when things started getting bad. Her parents were out at the time too, and since that day, her brother and her have yet to find their parents. When things got crazy, her brother took care of her for the most part, and refused to go anywhere without her. It didn't take long for the military from Fort Lewis to start sweeping through the towns and bringing none infected people onto base for shelter. They were lucky enough to make it there and not have to deal with the infected. Once Alison turned fifteen, others her age had to go through self defense classes and other classes that would help her survive out there. By then it was clear that this infection wouldn't be going away for awhile, so people were slowly growing use to this new life by the second year of it. Both her and her brother became scavengers for the base, going out in squads to look for supplies to bring back in hopes of getting rations for themselves. Around this time, Alison and Matt began to argue a lot about stupid things. She felt she could take care of herself and that he shouldn't be so protective of her. Matt thought otherwise though. Although Alison knew that Matt just wanted her to be safe, she felt smothered by how much he kept trying to make sure she was OK and not letting her do what she wants. Their relationship became foul after that. Insults after insults came from the two as they couldn't even sleep in the same barrack anymore. One day, Matt felt the need to apologize to his younger sister for everything, but being her stubborn self she wouldn't listen. She was unaware of how much she'd hurt his feelings from doing that. That day he went out on a scavenging mission and was killed by a group of raiders who'd ambushed them. Alison felt awful upon hearing the news. She blamed herself for his death even though there was nothing she could do about it. If anything, she would just want to see him again and tell him sorry for how she treated him and that she forgave him and hoped he'd forgive her. She honestly wanted to kill herself once she heard the news, but knew her brother wouldn't want that, so she decided to keep tugging along. With no one left in her family due to her parents being missing and her brother being dead, Alison feels she has nothing to lose, and sevens years later she still thinks this way.
Personal Relationship With Their Family:
- Her mother's name is Jane Rhodes. Alison has always seen her mom as someone who is emotional and uses their children more for bragging rights than anything. At the same time, she knows that her mother loves and cares for her though, as Alison loves her the same. To this day, Alison does not know if her mother is alive or not, and even if she hides it, she knows that she deeply misses her mother and wants to see her again. Unknown Status
- Her father's name is Donovan Rhodes. Alison used to argue with her father about anything, making their relationship sour due to her stubbornness and his dogmatic nature. She's spent the most time with him though, and loves him greatly as he does the same. She hopes he's still alive (though she'll deny it), and wishes to see him once again. Unknown Status
- Her older brother's name is Matt Rhodes. Alison used to have a really close relationship with her older brother and they were inseparable during the beginning of the outbreak. But as the years went on, they became more distant and began to argue a lot about things she'd think are stupid now. When he died, she didn't really know how to react to it, so she shrugged it off like it was nothing when in fact she was dying inside and blames his death on herself. Deceased Status
Any Crime Related History: Was busted a few times for trying to steal rations from the military during scavenging mission. She didn't receive any serious punishment for it.
PERSONALITY and PREFERENCES INFORMATION
Overall Personality: Alison is a witty and sarcastic girl with a crude sense of humor and a short temper to match it, despite the grim scenario she's been around for the past seven years. She's not very social and only ever talks when she feels like it, though most mistake it for her being shy. She's actually very confident and brave, never being afraid to stand her ground against anyone. She's grown trust issues though, due to being stabbed in the back a couple of times by people she thought she could depend on during the outbreak, and generally won't be surprised if someone tries to betray her. Her lack of surprise won't keep her from getting angry though, being she's very easy to piss off and is not afraid to let someone know that she doesn't like them. Her bluntly honest personality tends to rub off on people the wrong way, and her being stubborn about everything usually makes it worse. During these seven years she's made a lot of enemies because of it. Alison doesn't care though, she'd rather fend for herself anyway because she believes she can only trust herself. However, though she doesn't trust others easily, people tend to trust her because they know she can hold her own and keep a secret. Every now and then Alison can be arrogant when people doubt her, and sadly, she usually fails to deliver whenever her arrogance begins to flare out. People tend to see her as apathetic, but she actually really cares about those around her and has a hard time showing it. When trying to be affectionate, she's very awkward and never knows what to say, which is why she'll tend to not say anything at all. She'd rather show her affection in actions rather than words because it's always been easy for her. However when she likes someone, she's pretty flirty with them and tends to be blunt about it. When she doesn't like someone though, she is also blunt and may even tell them that she doesn't like them, being she isn't one to keep secrets from people. Some people think she's a mystery, but she thinks she's an open book.
Overall Traits: Witty, sarcastic, crude, short tempered, pessimistic, somewhat anti social, bluntly honest, stubborn, caring, arrogant, awkward and flirty
Strengths:
-Has good leadership skills: She's able to lead a small group of people and is capable of making smart decisions
-Trustworthy: People can trust her with not only their lives but any secrets they're comfortable with sharing to her
-Crack Shot: Is practically a natural when it comes to operating a gun of any sort
-Easy To Get Along With: She's easy to work with in a team and easy to talk to once you get to know her
Weaknesses:
-Impulsive/Reckless: Has an impulsive behavior that causes her at times to rushes into a situation without taking the consequences into consideration
-Arrogant: Isn't always arrogant, but tends to think highly of herself
-Short Tempered: She's pretty easy to irritate
-Stubborn: Once her mind is set on something, it's really hard to change it
-Independent: Has the mentality that "What you're going through is your problem and what I'm going through is my problem" way of thinking
Vices: Is slowly growing a drinking habit for Scotch
Fears/Phobias: Finding her family dead, and is slightly afraid of being in the woods
Secrets: N/A
Mental/Medical Illnesses: Slowly becoming an alcoholic and has acute insomnia
Likes: Rock and metal of any kind (especially Nirvana and Job For A Cowboy), daydreaming, writing, coffee, energy drinks of any kind, scotch, practicing in the shooting range, beings surrounded by friends, hamsters, German Shepherds, Huskies, old mustangs, mystery/suspense novels, romance novels (preferably trashy novels), horror novels, horror movies (like Scream, 28 Days Later, Quarantine, and Insidious), playing guitar, being random, and chess
Dislikes: The woods (something about it just makes her uncomfortable), people who act like they're better than everyone, people who try to boss her around, spiders, being alone, boredom, people who doubt her, flies/mosquitoes, weather over 75 degrees, girls who think they're all that, people who are impatient, and who get everything handed to them and still complain
What They Look For In A Relationship: She isn't one to look at appearance, but she tends to go for people who are of the opposite nationality of her (i.e. Caucasian or Hispanic). She likes men who are confident and know what they're doing, and tend to have the upper hand in things, but not in a manipulative way. She likes men who can make things exciting and have a good sense of humor and aren't completely emotionless. She would really just want someone she can depend on though.
Turn Ons: Caucasians/Hispanics, short and slightly messy hair, men who are fit/muscular and over 6'1, blue/hazel/green eyes, confidence, intelligence, and a sense of humor
Turn Offs: Boys who are short, rude, sore losers, dependent of others, whiny, can't hold their own and are sexist
The First Thing They Notice In A Stranger: Alison isn't the most observant person in the world, but one thing she does notice first in strangers is how they talk. It's easy for her to get a bit of a background check on someone through their voice whether it's because of their accents, speech impingement or things of that nature.
How Do They React To Death?: Death no longer phases Alison on the outside mostly, being she's surrounded by it; she just tends to shrug it off and keep moving forward. Every now and then though, someone's death might phase her and make her stop and think for a moment about her choices and her relationship with them. She might even get emotional about it at times, but will keep it to herself being as it rarely happens for her to show emotion about someone's death to begin with.
How Do They React To Injuries?: Even before the outbreak, Alison was never phased by gore and actually enjoyed things such as movies and video games that had it, so she's pretty apathetic when people are hurt. When she's hurt, she'll complain about it and might even become angry about it. She has a high pain tolerance though, so when she's in pain, it's really bad pain and she'll
How Do They Act Under Pressure?: She gets angry and somewhat impatient with people, but can still think under pressure, her temper is just much shorter than when she's not under pressure.
How Do They Act When Angry?: She becomes foul mouthed, impulsive and aggressive. She won't be afraid to step over any borders or boundaries people set up and will tell it how it is. So overall, she just becomes a very bluntfully honest.
Skills:
-Leadership Skills
-Navigation Skills
-Team Work Skills
EXTRA
Do They Own Any Form of Transportation?: A black, 2004 Chevy SS Truck
Beginning Weapons: A G36c silenced, a .357 magnum and an Ontario Spec Plus USN-1 Survival Knife QN-SP24N (I'm really big on the Ontario knives thing, love them)
Midway Weapons: 5.56 Hunting Rifle scoped, and her USN-1 Survival Knife
Other Information: N/A