We Were Children | Survival RP | OOC | Open

[The Federation of Democratic Regions]

Your lack of specifics may get you killed... and burned... and maybe eaten.

OP sends the huge horde to Kensington palace. RIP.

I'll throw fish oil bombs at them. Instant win.

[Quensatango]

Basic Information
Name: Zachariah Lopez
Age:14
Sex: Male
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Nevada, United States
Appearance:
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Skills:
~Decent enough fighter to last more than 2 minutes
~Athletic enough to outrun most dangers
~Is an amateur scavenger
~Good at navigating around the city*

Weakness:
~Has a hard time remembering things
~Is addicted to cigarettes
~Can be quite indecisive at times

Biography:
For the most part Zachariah lived a rather normal life before the outbreak. He was born in a small town in the middle Nevada where his father worked for the postal service and his mother in the medical field. This allowed him and his older sister, and younger brother to live a relatively comfortable life, although the occasional sibling fight was always present.

Life was pretty normal for Zacharia for prior to the outbreak, he hadn’t developed any real skills due to his lack of motivation to do anything. Weather he was depressed or not, he doesn’t even know. It was just an ever lingering mentality of ‘What’s the point’. Of course this also made him a very boring person to be with. He was never as adventurous as his older sister and never really managed to make many friends other than a small group of people who were willing to put up with him. The most remarkable part of his life prior to the Sickness was probably his addiction to tobacco. It wasn’t smoking that got him but the aroma of the cigarettes. There is nothing he loves better than the smell of a burning cigarette or cigar. Of course curiosity got the better of him and soon enough he began smoking. Granted beyond this he was never really a bad kid so to say, and he did all he could to try and hide his addiction. Having strict parents can do that especially when those parents weren’t afraid to go ballistic at the slightest hint of bad behavior from their children.

Of course that all end eventually. Although no one thought much of the Washington video at first, when other videos began popping up around the internet it was cause for concern and when the outbreak did hit the US, chaos ensued. In an attempt to escape the sickness and soon to come anarchy the family fled first to Spain in April, hoping to take refugee with some extended-family members and believing it would be better there. Unfortunately for them they were wrong. In mid-May they along with thousands of others fled across into France, where the situation was supposedly better.

To some extent it was, however not willing to take any chances the French authorities, or at least those who Zachariah’s family had come across, turned down anyone showing symptoms of the Sickness, a mere cough that sounded suspicious or if you felt just a tad too warm you were refused entry. This is how Zachariah and his siblings were separated from their parents of whom their mother was showing symptoms and their father was too stubborn to leave behind his beloved. Promising to find another way the kids now being led by their older sister were admitted into a temporary refugee camp in southern France before being moved across different safe-zones. Eventually they arrived at a new camp near Calais, where it was hoped the British would admit some refugees, unfortunately the UK, dealing with their own problems and taking its own safety into consideration, were stubborn in refusing, closing off their end of Channel Tunnel, leaving it to the infected.

Desperation however is a powerful thing, with the crumbling of the French government; smuggling rings were established willing to take those who could afford it to the UK through the tunnel. Of course when the UK said ‘no’ they meant NO, as it turns out the high prices for these trips were to compensate smugglers for risking their lives not just from the infected but also from the UK patrols who were indiscriminate in who they stopped, as orders were orders. Zachariah and his older sister were able to raise enough money doing a variety of jobs around the refugee camp, some honest and some not so much. The problem was they were only able to cover the cost of two people; someone would have to stay behind. Despite their protests Zachariah’s sister remained behind like their parents before promising she would find another way. She never did.

Zachariah and his younger brother, despite a few close calls, made it along with a small group of others into the UK. Zachariah naively thought that, having finally reached the UK, he and his younger brother their worries would be over. However his hopes were soon diminished. The Sickness catches up to everything and stops for no one, not even the UK. When they arrived the UK outside of its safe zones was in complete anarchy. From here Zachariah and his younger brother would meet up with a group of other survivors, who were heading to London a supposed safe zone. They had arrived but shortly after the Government fell and soon thereafter the adults in their group either died or turned. It was a small group originally only thirteen people, minus the adults though; it was no more than six who were below 18. What came after was the same story that others had, the remaining six tried their best to survive, running from both gangs and infected adults alike. However they couldn’t run forever and soon enough their group was ambushed by a group from the Stamford Boys. Their group was split as Zachariah and two others, being the oldest, attempted to fend off the attackers hoping to give enough time for the younger three, one of whom was Zachariah’s younger brother, to escape.

It was a doomed fight to begin with, Zachariah’s group was outnumbered and out skilled. Surprisingly the gang “offered” there three opponents a chance to join them. Knowing all too well what the consequence of refusing would be Zachariah reluctantly accepted, having to kill his once fellow group members who refused the offer, as a sort of initiation and proving of his loyalty.

Now Zachariah is running around the streets of London in the ranks of the various gangs roaming around, his main job being a looter, scout, and if the need arises cannon fodder. Granted he doesn’t necessarily enjoy it but it’s not like he really has a choice in the matter. Only time will tell what happens, all Zachariah hopes is that he will get a chance to see his younger brother one last time before the end, whenever that may be.
Personality:
achariah at first is a seemingly normal kid. For the most part he can be ‘civilized’ or at least in comparison to his fellow Stamford Boys companions. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t had his fair share of moments of depravity. Morally he is just as corrupt and wicked as another gang member out here the only things that really separate him from being a total monster is his efforts of subduing his primitive urges, which for the most part does decent enough job of controlling, and the hopes that he he’ll one day see his younger brother again.

Zachariah is terrified at the thought of dying and will always try to escape it if he can. This can include betraying others, or risking their lives, either intentionally or not, if it ensures his survival. His addiction to tobacco can also cause him to go into a huge panic and become extremely anxious if not addressed.

Socially Zachariah is not at all shy or timid around others, and can be quite friendly to whoever he might come across, he also tries to be as polite as he can but sometimes that’s just hard to keep up. Granted this doesn’t mean he gets attached to people easily, one minute Zachariah could be telling you his hopes and dreams and the next he could be trying to kill you or leave you for dead, it’s all just a matter of what the current situation is.

His mentality at this point is a mixture of Ces’t la Vie and making sure he stays alive regardless of what it might cost others. Although he is willing to help others if they request it, of course before he commits to anything he’ll weigh the pros and cons and their survival over his own.
Equipment:
~ Hatchet
~ Lighter
~ Pack of Cigarettes
~ Small bag with a water bottle two cans of food and a map of London.

Extra
RP Example: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopi ... #p26565982
Theme Song:

[The Landfish Colonies]

Basic Information
Name:Meriadoc Af Kernow
[b]Age:16

Alright, but if it is possible could you add a bit more detail on what he did before the sickness? Like school, clubs, that sort of thing. Thanks

Basic Information
Name: Zachariah Lopez
Age:14

Accepted

Basic Information
Name: Casper Greensworth
Age:12

Accepted. I imagine you'd be interested in meeting with our other boy scouts.

Basic Information
Name: Dawn Croidheagan
Age: 16

Accepted. Also, I plan to TG you an idea for you to think over.

My latest IC post has ended with a cliffhanger. There are three things it could have opened the door. I have decided to put it to a vote. All players (except for me) have 3 days to vote.

A. It was a sicko that had broken free of the restraints that kept it tied to the bed while its family was still alive.
B. It was the cowardly nephew of the sleazy landlord*, locking himself in the master bedroom while the tenants went sicko and killed their children, living off the food he managed to steal from the pantry while the sickos were too busy chowing down on looters* to notice.
C. It was a draft coming from the broken window, the door hinges starting to fall off as nature began to retake the building.

C is rather boring, so either A or B. Personally, I'd choose A, but going with B might build your character a little more.

[Castle Crashers]

Basic Information
Name:Meriadoc Af Kernow
[b]Age:16

Alright, but if it is possible could you add a bit more detail on what he did before the sickness? Like school, clubs, that sort of thing. Thanks

Basic Information
Name: Zachariah Lopez
Age:14

Accepted

Basic Information
Name: Casper Greensworth
Age:12

Accepted. I imagine you'd be interested in meeting with our other boy scouts.

Basic Information
Name: Dawn Croidheagan
Age: 16

Accepted. Also, I plan to TG you an idea for you to think over.

My latest IC post has ended with a cliffhanger. There are three things it could have opened the door. I have decided to put it to a vote. All players (except for me) have 3 days to vote.

A. It was a sicko that had broken free of the restraints that kept it tied to the bed while its family was still alive.
B. It was the cowardly nephew of the sleazy landlord*, locking himself in the master bedroom while the tenants went sicko and killed their children, living off the food he managed to steal from the pantry while the sickos were too busy chowing down on looters* to notice.
C. It was a draft coming from the broken window, the door hinges starting to fall off as nature began to retake the building.

C is rather boring, so either A or B. Personally, I'd choose A, but going with B might build your character a little more.

Indeed. I'll try to work on a post soon.

[Altito Asmoro]

App is done.

Anyway, I have a proposal. Does anyone here want to play her boyfriend? Either making a new character or not, doesn't matter entirely (Though preferably you haven't started posting yet if so). I would prefer NOT to play him personally, so this is why I'm asking out of curiosity.

If not, I guess I will either make him an NPC, or say he died or something (And make appropriate edits if so)

Basic Information
Name: Dawn Croidheagan
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Gender: Cisgender
Birthplace: Caerphily, Wales
Appearance:

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Skills:1.Good at school? Effectively not so useful right now, though her good grades may be beneficial at times
2.Seems to have a good memory, most likely from being good at school.
3.Charismatic

Really isn't that good at anything else. At least, nothing in a noteworthy way. She's just too...normal and hasn't really gone out of the way to learn anything specifically noteworthy.
Weakness:1.Pregnant
2.Rather slow (DUe to the above), so is an easy target for the infected unless she is heavily defended, because she can not move very quickly.
3.Can't fight very well at all (With or without being pregnant)
4.Lack of energy (From pregnancy especially, but isn't in good shape anyway)
Personality: As far as personality goes, she seems to be a pretty normal teenage girl. She has her moody, broody teenager moments, and other times, she seems to be rather nice and kind. She's also quite focused when it comes to actually getting her school work done, with the occasional rebellious streak against being productive. But for the most part, she's kept a solid grade level. While she is usually rather well behaved, she's had even more rebellious streaks a couple of times, and got caught up in the party life, though that didn't last long. Then she went to swooning over boys, and eventually got herself into a relationship. So generally she is nice, but can be rather moody and all over the place, pretty much making her just your average day teenage girl displayed in television and movies.
Biography: Dawn was generally an every day teenage girl, going to school, doing her classes, having a boyfriend, hanging with friends, and various other cliche things. She wasn't really overly nice or overly mean or anything like that, she was just her, there, a person a part of the world, not being a standout or anything like that. She was usually a fairly well behaved teenage girl, though occasionally she ended up going out partying, and had been drunk on a couple of occasions, though that seemed to blow over quickly and she decided it was a bad idea after not finding being rather drunk and wasted to be remotely appealing. It was just more of one of those experimental phases in her life, trying something new. And not finding it that exciting, and deciding to go back to trying to behave as well as possible, and just do her schoolwork and try for good grades.

Of course, however, in typical teenage, and human fashion in general, she managed to make more mistakes, and this time, it was a rather major one. And it was that she ended up getting herself in a relationship with a boy, and probably about 6 months into their relationship, they ended up making a mistake together. It was after a nice date with each other, and they came back to her house and her family was all asleep. In the heat of the moment of the rather romantic night out, they ended up letting their hormones get the best of them, and ended up sleeping with each other, and from that, she got herself pregnant. Now that was where it became the mistake, not playing it safe, and getting herself knocked up. Or him knocking her up, whatever you want to call it. After a long decision, for some reason or other, they ended up deciding to keep it, even after her parents seeming disappointment. She wasn't entirely ready for the idea of having children, but nonetheless, they ended up agreeing to keep it, and to try and find a way to raise it the two of them, even though neither of them had any jobs yet...

Of course, this ended up becoming a complete and utter mistake as soon as the apocalypse started, as it would be hard enough for them to take care of a child as is, and then you add the apocalypse on top of it? Yup, not great. To make matters worse, she was already at 38 weeks (Current time), so she was very pregnant, and due in about a week or two, in the apocalypse. There were a fair amount of things that they had to make sure were right, like to make sure that as soon as she was giving birth, she wasn't going to bleed out and die or something. It was going to be rather fun for boyfriend and girlfriend, and for that matter, her and her little brother, Casey. But they would figure out how to make it work nonetheless (Plot line of where they are all at at the moment will be figured out in the background)
Equipment: She isn't carrying much, due to already carrying a substantial amount of weight, but she is still doing her own part nonetheless.
1.Some of their food
2.Most likely a small weapon of some sort, like most people taking knives from their kitchens for defense, but she isn't really in a situation to actually fight much.
3.Various other small, not so noteworthy things...really, I can't think of much for her to carry.
4.A pointless cellphone she held onto (Memorabilia of the old world?)

Extra
RP Example: Refer to previous app
Theme Song: Um...I found this?

I'll make something.

Her boyfriend will be with her at the start of the RP or not?

[Corrian]

I'll make something.

Her boyfriend will be with her at the start of the RP or not?

I think the OP has something in the works now.

[The Landfish Colonies]

I'll make something.

Her boyfriend will be with her at the start of the RP or not?

I think the OP has something in the works now.

It's alright. I haven't started on anything yet, just ideas, and none of which I'v actually stated fleshing out. You can go ahead if you have something

[Altito Asmoro]

I think the OP has something in the works now.

It's alright. I haven't started on anything yet, just ideas, and none of which I'v actually stated fleshing out. You can go ahead if you have something

Oh, sorry then. I will back off and turn mine into another character.

[Relikai]

Second Favourite type of Character after Soldier -

Boy Scout.

[Corrian]

Second Favourite type of Character after Soldier -

Boy Scout.

There are a lot of boy scouts, aren't there?

[Relikai]

Second Favourite type of Character after Soldier -

Boy Scout.

There are a lot of boy scouts, aren't there?

Where all the Girl Guides go?

[Corrian]

There are a lot of boy scouts, aren't there?

Where all the Girl Guides go?

Who knows...

[The Vekta-Helghast Empire]

There are a lot of boy scouts, aren't there?

Where all the Girl Guides go?

Girl's Brigade is where it's at in the UK.

[Relikai]

Where all the Girl Guides go?

Girl's Brigade is where it's at in the UK.

We call them Guides from 13 - 16, and we have a Boy's Brigade and Girl's Brigade camp here too

Wait, Scouts beyond the age of 16 should be Venturers by now...

[Corrian]

If this character doesn't work for any specific reason, it's not that big of a deal, because this was me pretty much going into a completely different route with the kid than I was going with previously. A more interesting route, but I could understand if it for some reason didn't work.

Also, last character for now.

Character Three
Basic Information
Name: Alexandria Brissette
Age: 9
Sex: Female
Gender: Cisgender
Birthplace: London, England
Appearance:

Skills: 1.Strong survival instincts and a will to survive, so just because she's a child, doesn't entirely mean she's a helpless person. However, she's not a particularly strong fighter, either, so overall she's probably still considered a "Helpless survivor"
2.Seems to have rather good stealth skills, due to sneaking in and stealing stuff before. Her small size makes her go undetected easier.
3.Strong for her age, but only goes so far with her size.
Weakness:1.While her size is also a benefit, in other ways, it is also a hindrance. Specifically involving strength against anything bigger than her, or trying to reach up anywhere too high.
2.Not remotely an expert fighter, though she has defended herself a couple of times.
3.Can't swim
Personality: Alexandria seems to be a rather innocent little girl, though she is made rather tough by the environment that she found herself growing up in, and even more so now. She seems to be sweet and innocent, but she knows that she needs to be tough in a survival situation and can stand on her own more than you may expect. She's rather mellow for a kid of her age, not seeming very upbeat, but that may be a bit due to her depression at being in the situation that she was in. She seems to have strong survival instincts, but that doesn't mean that she is particularly that happy with her life right now. She's just very ready to defend herself, doesn't mean that there is anything to be happy about. She isn't super depressed, there's just little reason to be happy, either. But overall, she seems to be sweet and kind, just troubled about her whole life situation. And, you know, the apocalypse.
Biography: Alexandria, before the outbreak, had been an orphaned child. And not the sort of type that was grabbed up and put in an orphanage. She was the type that was living on the street, by herself, at a way too young of an age. It's unclear how she exactly got to this point, but nonetheless, she did, and nobody had ended up taking her in or anything, and she just lived off of what she could scavenge, stealing food from big grocery stores to survive, and stealing clothes as well when she needed. Somehow, she had never been caught in the act of stealing anything, or at least not enough to get caught and in trouble. She did have one time she got spotted and just ran off. And she did this for about a year now, just wandering the streets of London, living in back alleys and scavenging for whatever she could find to survive.

This of course led to her rather rough looking appearance, that it looked like she hadn't had a clean shower or a clean pair of clothes in forever. This also continued on into the apocalypse, and her scavenging for survival almost became easier if anything. Besides the infected, of course, but she didn't have to deal with buildings being protected and people flowing in and out of them constantly to loot places. Life seemed almost normal to her, just tweaked a bit. Of course, her life being normal was a rather depressing one, and she was not particularly a happy child. She would most likely give anything to still be picked up by someone instead of being stuck out here in this new, scary world all alone. Because while it didn't feel a lot different, it was still scary for her nonetheless.
Equipment:1.Backpack
2.Small amounts Food
3.Medical supplies she stole before the apocalypse fully went into swing.
4.Blanket for warmth.
5.Sweater for warmth.
6.Jacket for rainy weather.
7.Small tent (Still trying to find a sleeping bag to go with it)
8.A bowie knife she stole for protection

Extra
RP Example: Refer to previous app
Theme Song: Anathema - The Lost Child (More for song name, since I couldn't think of anything better)

[The Vekta-Helghast Empire]

Interesting character, any plans for her?

[Corrian]

Interesting character, any plans for her?

I pretty much figure she will go about her life the same way that she has for about a year now, until someone/some group snatches her up, good or bad, and go from there with however her story ends up going. Preferably a good person/group, but doesn't really matter to me that much.

[Russian people of america]

Eh, i spent the day working, i'll have a post up in just a bit. Sorry for the wait.

[Flarbinia]

I saw the latest IC post. It was very disappointing.

[The Vekta-Helghast Empire]

Sylvannia's character sounds like a Class A psychopath.

[The Federation of Democratic Regions]

Sylvannia's character sounds like a Class A psychopath.

If he kills everything on the way there, he's going to run out of ammo pretty much immediately.

[Sylvaniaa]

Sylvannia's character sounds like a Class A psychopath.

If he kills everything on the way there, he's going to run out of ammo pretty much immediately.

has a sword too you know

[The Federation of Democratic Regions]

If he kills everything on the way there, he's going to run out of ammo pretty much immediately.

has a sword too you know

Which will totally work against a dozen flesh eating adults trying to violently murder him.

[Relikai]

has a sword too you know

Which will totally work against a dozen flesh eating adults trying to violently murder him.

Same goes for all those who think that melee mastery to save ammo could make their chars invincible.

[Sylvaniaa]

has a sword too you know

Which will totally work against a dozen flesh eating adults trying to violently murder him.

i dont think there would be many wondering around hyde park it has a fence and a gate so i think maybe a few but rember the man is on a mission he has the willpower to push past it plus host says that they will run away if wounded/attacked a few times.