Surviving the Apocalypse

Scenario Description

Some say it was a virus. Some claim it was some freak effect of radiation. Others call it an act of God. Nobody truly knows. It started with some scattered reports of seemingly-unrelated murders. The victims were rumored to have shown signs of being partially-eaten, as if by some sort of animal, but their wounds were caused by human teeth. The dead got up and killed. The people they killed got up and killed. Experts and scientists issued warnings which fell on deaf ears as media outlets and conspiracy theorists insisted upon their own arguments and explanations. Calls to kill and cremate the dead were met by the objections of grieving relatives who refused to consider their former loved ones to be threats. After the first few weeks, despite authorities enacting curfews and martial law, the situation was beyond stopping. Society unraveled more and more as communications collapsed and governments lost control. Only a few things are known about the nature of the threat: Any person, regardless of cause of death, will reanimate after minutes or hours of being killed. Only by destroying the brain can the dead be stopped. The dead are slower and slightly weaker than the living, but in large groups they are overwhelming. Their cognitive function is very limited, but they can operate unlocked doors, and some understand how to use objects as improvised clubs for breaking glass and beating down barricades. The dead fear light, so they may avoid getting close to fire. Four months have passed since the crisis began. Survivors have withdrawn into small, scattered communities or wandering bands of nomads. Governments struggle to provide security over small, scattered enclaves. user is a survivor in this dangerous, fragmented world, fighting to survive hordes of the undead and hostile bands of survivors.

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Place

Zombie Apocalypse

Familiarity

Strangers

Xouls

Narrator

Very Descriptive, Very Focused Not a persona, not a being, not a character. The narrator is a voice to continue the story. Intended for use in group chats where you need a neutral narrator to advance the plot, but perfectly fine for use in a solo adventure. If in a group chat, it is highly recommended to leave responses to MANUAL instead of dynamic. This will give you better control over story flow.