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The Ruins (RP)
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Posted: Sun, 26/10/2014 01:44 (10 Years ago)
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New Beginning: This is a rather
large town and very populated. Most people chose to live here
because of the secure walls it has. At each corner of the walls is
a guard tower. Near the center of New Beginning is the town hall,
then surrounding it is all the shack houses and shops. In the upper
most Northwest corner inside the walls is a small hangout area for
most children called The Puddle. There is little forestry inside
the walls but there is a few scattered trees besides what is near
The Puddle.
--The Puddle: This is a small pond that is surrounded by the forestry that New Beginning has inside the walls. Most children enjoy coming here to play and hang out.
Greenville: Being a rather small town with few people, they are surrounded by trees and are very big traders and scavengers. They are almost defenseless to any roaming zombies as they have no protective barriers, they only have weapons and hiding as their safety.
Plaza: THe Plaza is a town built in the center of a destroyed city. Most of the people who live here live either underground in the basements and tunnel systems or on top of the large buildings that are connected with platforms. They do a lot of trading.
Traveler's Den: Being a carved out area of a mountainous terrain, the Traveler's Den is the nest most protected area in the Ruins. There are not many people there but they are willing to help anyone they come across. Most of the traders that go through the towns stay here. They have many natural resources.
The District: This is nothing but a city of rubble. No one with a beating heart lives here unless they are completely crazy. It is extremely dangerous inside the District and most people try to avoid it. It is overrun with zombies. No one lives here. It is a danger zone.
Green is forestry, Brown is mountainous terrain, the sandy color is where land is dried out and dead, and each town is placed around where it is. Blue is water
Black lines are major paths, Grey lines are minor paths that are less known or used.
--The Puddle: This is a small pond that is surrounded by the forestry that New Beginning has inside the walls. Most children enjoy coming here to play and hang out.
Greenville: Being a rather small town with few people, they are surrounded by trees and are very big traders and scavengers. They are almost defenseless to any roaming zombies as they have no protective barriers, they only have weapons and hiding as their safety.
Plaza: THe Plaza is a town built in the center of a destroyed city. Most of the people who live here live either underground in the basements and tunnel systems or on top of the large buildings that are connected with platforms. They do a lot of trading.
Traveler's Den: Being a carved out area of a mountainous terrain, the Traveler's Den is the nest most protected area in the Ruins. There are not many people there but they are willing to help anyone they come across. Most of the traders that go through the towns stay here. They have many natural resources.
The District: This is nothing but a city of rubble. No one with a beating heart lives here unless they are completely crazy. It is extremely dangerous inside the District and most people try to avoid it. It is overrun with zombies. No one lives here. It is a danger zone.
Green is forestry, Brown is mountainous terrain, the sandy color is where land is dried out and dead, and each town is placed around where it is. Blue is water
Black lines are major paths, Grey lines are minor paths that are less known or used.
Traveling
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New Beginning to Greenville = 2 1/2
Days
New Beginning to Traveler's Den = 2 Days
New Beginning to Plaza = 3 Days
New Beginning to District = 2 1/2 Days
Greenville to Traveler's Den = 1 Day
Greenville to Plaza = 4 Days
Greenville to District = 6 Days
Traveler's Den to Plaza = 1 1/2 Days
Traveler's Den to District = 3 Days
Plaza to District = 1 Day
All traveling days must span over half the amount of days is to pages (3 days = 1 1/2 pages, 1 day = at least half a page to a full page, etc.)
New Beginning to Traveler's Den = 2 Days
New Beginning to Plaza = 3 Days
New Beginning to District = 2 1/2 Days
Greenville to Traveler's Den = 1 Day
Greenville to Plaza = 4 Days
Greenville to District = 6 Days
Traveler's Den to Plaza = 1 1/2 Days
Traveler's Den to District = 3 Days
Plaza to District = 1 Day
All traveling days must span over half the amount of days is to pages (3 days = 1 1/2 pages, 1 day = at least half a page to a full page, etc.)
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*All characters ages 15 and up must
work to provide for their town
*All children under 15 get 30 food rations a week, while 15 and older get 21 a week plus whatever they earn through work
*Curfew is nightfall
*No one leaves without permission from town
*Bounties may be found at the Community Building and it's bulletin board
*There is no electricity. There are generators but only used for major towns New Beginning, Traveler's Den, Greenville, and the Plaza)
*All children under 15 get 30 food rations a week, while 15 and older get 21 a week plus whatever they earn through work
*Curfew is nightfall
*No one leaves without permission from town
*Bounties may be found at the Community Building and it's bulletin board
*There is no electricity. There are generators but only used for major towns New Beginning, Traveler's Den, Greenville, and the Plaza)
Aurabelle yawned, it was early noon by the time she had awoken. Seeing the sun beating in through her window, she noticed it was quiet outside. Well, quiet for a normal day in New Beginning. As she got up and changed into her clothes, she heard Tobie and Missi arguing in the kitchen about what they could eat for breakfast. Opening her door, she yelled out to them, "Stop the bickering and please just choose something. Maybe cereal or Missi, you make some eggs."
"But Aura! That's not fair! I don't want to make eggs for him! He can eat cereal!" Missi groaned, annoyed that she was stuck making food for her little brother.
Having grown up in an orphanage right in the heart of the District, Aura was used to being alone. But when the End started to happen, she saved a few of the children and protected them the best she could. Tobie and Missi are all the "family" as she calls it, that she has left.
Posted: Sun, 26/10/2014 04:25 (10 Years ago)
"Shoot, A horde! Looks small though. Hmmm..."
Blix jumped from tree to tree, landing on one of the thicker branches on a tree above the small horde. The zombies surrounded the tree, clawing at the bark in attempt to reach their prey, but Blix was too high up for them to reach.
She stomped on a lower branch, which was thick, but also about to break off of the tree. The branch fell, pinning majority of the zombies under the huge chunk of wood. Blix moved to a different tree as the rest of the zombies followed her movements.
She leaned against the trunk of the tree, resting for a second before reloading her twin pistols, pulling on her backpack. She took aim and dispatched the small group of zombies. Blix sighed as she jumped from tree to tree, approaching the eastern gate.
Posted: Sun, 26/10/2014 13:49 (10 Years ago)
The young man had helped someone he barely knew with planting their crops the previous evening and it had taken them quite long to get the job done. Farming wasn't a job he usually did but his help had been asked and saying no hadn't even crossed his mind. Which had been the case on that morning as well.
Sean hadn't really gotten much sleep and frankly, he looked like one of the living dead as he dragged himself into the northeast guard tower. It wasn't the first time he had done a bit extra work and gone with little sleep but that didn't mean he liked it. However, he was glad to know his help was needed even though it meant he got to sleep a little less than usually so he never complained about it.
Resting his head against the window frame, the young man kept his half lidded eyes on the dull scenery before him. He had done guard duty in the past but the forestry never become even an ounce more interesting to watch as time passed.
Sighing, Sean closed his eyes for a second and as he opened them again, he spotted movement further away in the trees. Someone was playing a monkey again. However the male had to admit using the trees was a way safer way to move around than walking on the ground even if it was a bit more troublesome and slower.
The man squinted his eyes as he tried to see if he could recognize the person but they were a bit too far away for that. Well, he could tell it was a girl if the figure and long hair was anything to go by. She was most likely headed to the gate as far as he could tell. Sean briefly wondered why she had been outside all by herself before returning his focus on the task at hand, keeping an eye on the dull forest.
Man, he was tired.
Posted: Sun, 26/10/2014 15:07 (10 Years ago)
"Ey! Blix!"
"Hi Jonathan."
"How ya been doin? I 'avent seen you for a while! How are things outside of the guards?"
"Good."
"Ey, could ya do me a favor? We got someone standing in for Eric, he fell ill. Poor sod's half asleep. Could ya wake 'im up for me? I'm off for guard duty at the south gate."
"Okay."
Blix walked up the stairs into the guard tower, walking behind the stand-in guard.
"Hey, you awake there?"
Posted: Sun, 26/10/2014 19:14 (10 Years ago)
"What time is it...?" she mumbled to herself as she crawled across the room to get her watch from the dresser. The hour hand was somewhere around the seven from what Jano saw with her foggy vision, and she didn't even bother with the minute hand. After a good eye rubbing, she got dressed and ready for the day.
On her way out, she put on her favorite gloves before grabbing an apple and her weapons and walking out the door. Her mind wandered to her horse as she walked, and before she knew it, she was already at the gate.
To her surprise, a guard stopped her as she tried to leave the town.
"No one goes out without permission," he said. Jano blinked.
"I've got permission," she said.
"Mind if I see it?"
"I, uh, don't have it with me right now." Jano remembered that rainy day, about two weeks ago, when she had tripped into a large puddle in the road. In truth it had been more of a pond. Everything in her bag had fallen out and gotten soaked, including the note that gave her permission to leave. But you'd think they'd remember me, I leave almost every day to feed Snip. She never had a problem with it until today, but now that she thought about it, he didn't look that familiar. He was probably a new recruit, along with the other man she'd seen walking toward the northeast tower.
i have fists for hands and fire for fists
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 00:18 (10 Years ago)
"Hey, you awake there?"
Dammit!
The young man got onto his feet quickly and spun around to face the owner of the voice. Everything that went through his head during those few seconds were his worries of being yelled at for sleeping during guard duty, even though he hadn't really been sleeping. Yet.
"Yes, of course! I'm wide awake and-"
Stopping mid-sentence, Sean realized the one standing in front of him was just a teenage girl, not a scary superior who could kick his behind just because they wanted to. Upon closer inspection, he suspected she might be the same girl he had spotted outside just a while ago.
What did she want with him?
"Uh... Can I help you miss?"
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 00:55 (10 Years ago)
"She's with me, sir. Right here's my permission." Flashing her card as she spoke, she stared at the guard. He was a younger man who seemed to be a complete rule follower.
Looking at her, the guard nodded to Aura and Jano before opening the door. Aura looked at the girl, smiled, and nodded her to follow.
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 01:12 (10 Years ago)
"Teach me how to hunt!" Mitch asked,
"You're not even 13." Matt replied, "Plus, why would you want to use a bow?"
"It's cool. And I need to defend myself in case you end up like Mom and-" Mitch was stopped.
"I got it." Matt replied and took Mitch to his training area.
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 02:11 (10 Years ago)
"Well, you see, uh," as it turns out, she needn't explain any further. A younger brunette girl approached the group.
"She's with me, sir. Right here's my permission," the girl said as she flashed a card. That seemed to be enough for both of them, as the guard quickly opened the way for the two girls.
"Oh, sorry. I'm fine now, thanks. I was just trying to get through." Jano gave the friendly guard a wave, and ran to catch up with the mysterious girl.
When they were safely outside, she asked the girl a question, "Thanks for helping me out. What's your name, anyways? And if I may ask, what's a kid like you doing around here? It looks like you're a regular to the outside world, to me."
i have fists for hands and fire for fists
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 02:28 (10 Years ago)
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 17:42 (10 Years ago)
"I wasn't..."
Sighing, the young male stopped himself before saying anything else, starting an argument on whether he had been sleeping or not with this girl wasn't exactly what he should be doing at the moment.
However, the girl's claim of clearing a herd of the walking corpses on her own, had the male frowning at her. She didn't appear to be helpless in the least but she was still just a young girl in the end.
"Kids your age shouldn't really go around killing the dead on their own, you know. Going solo is never a wise decision."
He didn't really intend to come off as patronizing or arrogant but he may have failed on that. Sean simply didn't like children having anything to do with the gruesome creatures, at least not on their own, and he worried.
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 19:29 (10 Years ago)
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 21:00 (10 Years ago)
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 22:27 (10 Years ago)
"Already learned it! Now let me try!" Mitch said, he launched an arrow. "Move!" Matt yelled, pushing Mitch. The arrow nearly killed Mitch. "Go home, I'll go hunt."
"But I still need practice-" Mitch said
"I said go home, you're lucky I saved you. Now I'll walk you home." Matt replied.
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 23:33 (10 Years ago)
"You may be considered responsible enough to have a job after you turn 15, but I still consider you a kid until you're 18," she said, and took a first bite out of her apple.
"The name's Jano, by the way. Pleased to meet'chya," she said after swallowing. "I'm just headed to that farm over there." She pointed to a farm that had come within their eyesight. "I keep my horse there. His name's Snip, and I try to visit him every day to take care of him and such. The undead don't seem to bother animals, or at least not as much as humans, so I keep him out where he's got space to roam." She took another bite of the apple.
"You said you're a bounty hunter, yeah? Seems like it keeps you quite busy. I'm a hunter, mainly." She fingered the the string of her bow at the word hunter. "Although that doesn't mean I don't take care of any zombies I happen to run into while travelling," she said, with a slightly mischievous grin. Usually when she got back to town, she would see if any of the zombies she'd killed matched up with a bounty, and collect the reward, if any.
i have fists for hands and fire for fists
Posted: Mon, 27/10/2014 23:50 (10 Years ago)
Looking to her left, Aura saw a straggler coming closer, pulling out her knife, she walked over to it, stabbing her blade through the side of its head. Watching it drop to the ground, she turned and walked back over to Jano. She put her knife away, sliding it back into its holster on her side.
Remembering that she had to go a little east of here, she thought it wouldn't take long to just walk over and see the horse Jano had. He had to be a beauty.
Posted: Fri, 31/10/2014 16:03 (10 Years ago)
Sean frowned slightly as he looked at the girl before him. In this world, childhood was short and it was an undeniable fact. However, the young man still didn't have to like it. Letting his shoulders hunch slightly, Sean shifted a bit on his feet as he spoke again.
"Right... I'm Sean Jones but you can call me Mr. Jones kid."
The man smirked mischievously as he added the last part. He had no desire to be called mister or anything of the sorts but he couldn't help joking about the obvious age gap between himself and the girl.
{Gah, I'm so sorry it took me so long to reply. I'll do my best not to let this happen again. Dx}
Posted: Fri, 31/10/2014 17:52 (10 Years ago)
Blix held out her hand for a handshake.
"My name's Blix, ex-captain of the Eastern Guard. Nice to meet you Jones."
Posted: Mon, 03/11/2014 23:53 (10 Years ago)
"Ex-captain of the Eastern Guard? Are you messing with me?"
Because of Blix's age, the older male wasn't wrong to doubt her word, was he? The dark haired female did seem experienced but Sean wasn't quite sure whether to believe her or not even though he saw no reason for her to lie in the first place.
Posted: Tue, 04/11/2014 00:48 (10 Years ago)
Blix dug around in her satchel, pulling out a shiny silver captain's badge, emblazoned with the symbol of the Eastern guard.
"I kept it as a little souvenir." She said with a little smile, as if reminiscing her past. She blinked and looked up.
"So Jones, I hear you're filling in for Eric?"