Outbreak ((OOC Thread))

Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:37 pm

Up to the author. However, I would highly prefer that everyone not make their characters immune. That dulls the intensity of the story.
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Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:58 pm

Indeed, that is why i wanted to clear that out.
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Ok, I haven't decided if I am or not. If I do, I'll explain it away as connected to the diabetes.

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Are you asking why our character is immune or why he would be?
Either way, I might have an explanation for mine either way, but I'll just hold that in case you say no characters are immune (my explanation for why he would be is in my bio, without me even realizing til now).
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Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:47 pm

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I think I'll pass on immunity, to make it more dramatic. Plus if I can con Thalros into it, it would be fun playing a zombie Mark till you guys take me down.

Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:59 am

The immunity is uncontrollable, anyways. It's an innate trait that is impossible to detect until after the person has been bitten.

@ANonyMouse: If you want to play zombie Mark, I don't think I have any complaints. Just remember you'd be completely mindless.
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Yeah I know. That would be the fun and challenge in it. :D

Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:58 pm

It is at this point I am officially granting everyone a secondary character to play. I was holding off to make sure the players wouldn't overpower their first ones. You've all proven you can play fair, so everyone can have a second character.

However, as a rule, I would request that, if you plan to keep your two characters together, one be strong and one be weak. For example, Mikhail is a powerhouse who's carrying a small arsenal in his coat. Olga (below) is completely unnarmed.

Name: Olga Gurlokavich

Age: 22

Race: Russian-American, Caucasian

Gender: Female

Looks: She is a young, beautiful woman that has pierced and tattoo'd numerous parts of her body (pierced ears, left eyebrow, lower lip, belly button, a red star and iron curtain on her left bicep, the word "FREEDOM" in Russian on her upper back, and a heart with a keyhole above her lady parts). She has black hair, tied back by a purple ribbon in a complete mess. Her bangs are dyed purple, and she's painted her fingernails black. She is pale from staying indoors far too much.

One of her more prominent features are her eyes, which are a cold, bright blue. Another, more obvious feature, is her large chest, which most men notice immediately.

Personality: Olga is rebellious, but kind and caring to those she knows well. However, if she doesn't know you, you can be damned sure she'll ignore or berate you.

She can be quite jealous at times when other women are around her male friends.

Occupation: Unnemployed College Graduate, daughter of a Russian mob boss

Clothing: She's wearing a black, sleeveless turtle-neck belly shirt, a pair of black arm warmers with purple strips stitched on the top, black and purple trip pants, with a black/purple kilt over it, and black, strappy biker boots.

Skills: Olga is quite brilliant, however she lacks motivation to use her intelligence. She majored in fine arts at the University of New Hope, and can paint on a professional level. Her only useful combat ability is her years of kickboxing training and recent fondness for yoga which has made her body a flexible weapon, of sorts.

On Hand Resources: Olga isn't carrying anything but her iPhone.

History: Olga was born in New Hope to mob don Yuri Gurlokavich. She was given practically everything she wanted from birth, and was treated like a princess. However, she never wanted this life, and from an early age acted quite rebellious towards her parents.

Her parents never approved, and forced her into home tutoring and kept her away from other girls her age. As such, she only managed to fulfill her social needs by hanging out with vicious, murderous mafia hitmen.

This all culminated on her 18th birthday when she left home and went off to college, making a life for herself, away from home. She managed to get through school, horribly in debt and barely making it by. She wasted her money, being far too used to getting all she wanted.

After four years of school, she was forced to return home and beg her father to help her. Yuri, being the kind old man he was, harbored absolutely no anger and immediately paid off her debts. She felt great guilt for her actions, but was unable to apologize, as the outbreak happened only a week after she returned home.

Interesting Facts: Olga has never had a real relationship, because most guys are terrified they'll get a price on their head.
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Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:29 pm

Name: Raymond Fakhiyyad

Age: 31

Race: Half-AngloSaxon, Half-Middle Eastern

Gender: Male

Looks: He stands at 5'10" with dark brown eyes and short cropped dark brown hair. He much like his sister has darker skin than most Europeans but lighter skin than most Middle Easterners. He is naturally thin, having an above average metabolism, and little musculature.

Personality: Unlike his sister, he is a very calm and calculated person, almost to the point of seeming cold to others. He has always been his sisters voice of reason, keeping her from becoming a threat to herself or others when there is a problem. However he also likes to spend, investing his money in several stocks and expensive things.

Occupation: Raymond works for the New Hope Public Works, being the chief adviser and designer of the subway system.

Clothing: At the time of the outbreak he was dressed for the job, in a gray three piece suit, he has a gold Rolex watch and a silver cross necklace.

Skills: He is a very skilled communicator and planner, having a very extensive knowledge of both the subway system and city streets they are below. He is able to quell almost any arguement he becomes a part of and is known in his family as the peacemaker.

He has little knowledge on combat skills, knowing only simple reversals to get out of his sisters roughhousing.

He is a good runner, having been in cross-country his whole life, and is able to run for miles at a time.

On Hand Resources: His cellphone, laptop, his keys(condo, car, sisters apartment). He also carries a set of keys for the subway system and well as his I.D and access card.

History: Born in the heart of London, Raymond was raised in a family of transportation tycoons. They ran bus systems, trains, etc, and designed most of the layouts of the transportation routes (ex. subways) in most newer cities. His younger sister Melanie was physically attacked and killed when he was in highschool. Her death had the opposite effect as it did on his sister. He became more calm and it was during this time that he gained good communicating and peacemaking skills, constantly calming and cheering up his sister and parents. He attended Cambridge and graduated with a degree in civil engineering, much like his parents. While there he also was on the debate and speech teams, bringing both to national competitions. He quickly followed in his parents footsteps, becoming a chief assistant in their companies before taking an offer to work for New Hope and develop their subway system. He chose to live there and continue working for the city when his sister moved to New Hope to be by him.

Interesting Facts: He can also hot wire cars, and is also capable of maintaining and repairing electric problems in transportation vehicles.
He has an access card to reach specific parts of the subway system as well as certain parts of city buildings.
Raymond has a great fear of heights.

Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:44 pm

Gonna be doing a fanfic of sorts on a possible ending to the rp. >.> prolly an alternate cause i doubt the rp will end in the same way. PM or somethin if you'd like to read it.

Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:17 pm

Name: Nathan Pierpont

Age: 34

Race: Canadian

Gender: Male

Looks: He is 5'7 and thin looking, almost scrawny, has messy brown hair, and uses square shaped glasses, altough he carries contacts for emergencies, he has a thin unshaved stubble in the chin.

He has an overall unkept appearance, and looks older than his age, like a 40 year old.

Personality: Nathan is a brilliant chemist, and has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and experimenting, as such, he has always been something of a lab rat, always behind his studies, he is well natured, but his lack of social skills has made him a bit clumsy and clueless, specially with his family, wihch he loves, but has made him question himself about being good enough for them.

He is usauly calm, and with a bit of a silly humor, but when stressed or under pressure he is always on edge, and very hiperactive, working his mind to find the best solution for his predicament.

Occupation: Partially employed Lab scientist, works in water treatment facillity, but only half - time, as his real devotion lies in his basement lab, in wich he is always experimenting in weird and unspoken substances.

Clothing: He wears a white and long lab Coat, Brown pants and a navy blue long sleeved shirt and Black shoes, and of course, his glasess.

Skills: Being a lab genius of sorts, Nate is quite knowledgeable about a variety of substances, he has always hidden it, but he specially loves experimenting with the volatile ones, wich has caused a few incidents in his own lab, but fortunatedly nothing mayor.

Apart from his Chemical knowledge, Nate is quite able with math and technology in general, he is no computer whiz tough, he can handle one, but is not able to hack it or something more advanced.

Phisically, he has good health, but not a great phisical condition, as he doesnt practice any kind of sport, as such, he has below average strength and stamina.

On Hand Resources: He usually carries some contact lenses, a pair of pens, his blackberry, a little box with aspirins, since he suffers from migraines sometimes, and has in his lab a varied assortment of chemical gear and substances.

History: Nathan was born in Toronto, Canada, he came from a high mid-class family, he had a sister, but she died from cancer at an early age, this caused Nate to grow up mostly alone, and he was not interested in making friends in school, as most of them bullied him for his scrawny and shy looks, and in return, Nate despised them and thought less of them, branding them as "idiots"

Despite his lack of social skills, nate had a brilliant mind and he also had a knack for science, which was later developed as love for chemistry, after he survived elementary and high school, he went to college to follow a degree in bio-chemistry, he adapted quite well in the college life, people there recognized his talent for chemistry and he even managed to make light friendship with his room-mate, Life was much better for him in college and he had no trouble graduating with honors in it.

After graduation, Nate went to the wedding of his room-mate, he went reluctantly only because he was made best-man and didnt really had a good excuse for not going, There his life was changed from the moment he met Laura, Beautyfull and high-spirited, he was instantly mesmerized by her, Nate was never sure how, but he managed to catch her attention, and then love ensued for two years until it culminated in his own wedding.

Nate was now a married man, and as such he could no longer afford to live as he did before, focusing only in his investigations, he now needed to get a steady job and try to be a responsible man, these were some of the reasons that convinced Nathan to leave canada in favor of Laura´s Hometown: New hope, The city had not much competition in the fields he was specialized, she was eager to return there, and since Nate was no longer very attached to his family, he decided That would be the best place to raise a family.

Upon his arrival to new hope, Nate quickly adapted in the place, since no one knew his old, shy and nerdy self, he was able to blend nicely in the society there, and landed a comfortable job in a water treatment plant, which paid well, but most importantly, it let him work less hours so he could still focus in his research of new chemicals substances, he also decided to finally raise a family now that he had a stable income.

The troubles in Nathan life started after he and Laura got his first kid, his interest in his work had never diminished, and he failed to put his part in takin care of the child and other things, wich frustrated her wife because she also wanted to work, and Nathan was the one that spent more time in the house, despite this, they had a second child two years later, instead of bringing them closer, the couple started to argue even more partly because nathan reluctance of giving up time of his work to take care of the kids.

Another year passed, and the couple had managed to somwhat ease the tension thanks to the love they still harbored for each other and the kids, things were looking up for Nathan, Until the breakout started...

Interesting Facts: - He might not look like it, but he is also a huge videogame nerd, he has always played games since pong appeared and his passion for them has never left, even if he has to hide many of his playing hours from his wife.

(He is not yet done, i will wait until DF post his "other half" to finish it.)
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Edited my char sheet a little, added a couple interesting facts.
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Subject: Re: Outbreak ((OOC Thread)) Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:59 am

Submitted for your approval:

Name: Edgar Fitzgerald

Age: 26

Race: He's a mut

Gender: Dude

Looks: Messy auburn hair. Gray eyes. Forgettably decent looking, as far as men go. The kind of face you either take note of and remember, or don't and forget. Average height. Athletic build.

Personality: Eccentric, nonchalant, and deliberate.

Occupation: PLC installation and maintenance/ amateur tinkerer.

Clothing: Well, at the time of the outbreak, he was wearing just a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Since that time, he's donned an under-armor shirt, a pair of khaki pants, and his hiking boots. Over this are a pair of thick rubber gloves, a military surplus chemical apron, knee high rubber boots, a respirator, and an old-school pair of rubber chemical goggles.

Skills: Has a way with mechanical things, Welding, soldering, can operate a wide range of industrial equipment and tools, and has a good deal of hiking experience.

On Hand Resources: Slingblade, a toolbelt with various tools, a hand-held mirror, a digital camera, a fanny-pack esque bag with some food and water, a small gas can, and a shield made from the business end of a lawnmower and a small engine.
Contents of toolbelt:
-Milwaukee 28v cordless hammer-drill with various bits(hooah)
-Extra 28v battery
-Stanley Fubar
-Small screwdrivers (philips and flathead)
-Standard socket-wrench and driver set (with a few common metric sockets)
-Electrician's pliers
-Adjustable pliers
-Allen wrench set
-Needle-nose pliers
-Wire strippers
-Utility knife
-Measuring tape
-Square
-Handheld multimeter
-Fluke handheld O-scope
-Super bright LED flashlight
-Butane soldering iron
-Solder (rosin core)
-Duct tape
-Electrical tape
-Pen
-Black Sharpie

History: Edgar's past has been fairly unremarkable. He had a loving family, did well in general education (particularly the sciences), went to college for for an Electrical Engineering degree, after which he also went for an Industrial Engineering degree.

He's always loved tinkering with things. When he was young he dreamed of being an inventor or some sort of designer, but the rigor and routine of daily life side-tracked these aspirations. Working in an industrial setting for a few years, however, has seemed to re-kindle his dream. He now holds patents to several nifty little gadgets that solve various problems he's come across in the industrial workplace. The royalties on his devices aren't terribly substantial, but it does nicely supplement his regular income. In other words, he's not rollin' in it, just fairly well off. Part of his funding has gone into some unusual items, as he's rather fond of esoteric knick-knackery.

Edgar's other main interest is with the outdoors: specifically hiking. He's just always been and outdoorsy guy. Nothing ever relaxes him more than a nice, leisurely through some nice, quite scenery, and hiking is really just taking that a step further. Usually every summer he makes one or two trips with his hiking buddies, which on average go for 80-100 miles. His crowning achievement thus-far is completing the "Super Black Death" hike at Philmont Scout Ranch. Though, he doesn't plan on doing anything like that again, as he prefers to take it slow, and take in the scenery.

Edgar moved to New Hope from his hometown for a change of scenery, and a chance to meet some new people.

As was already said, Edgar's life hasn't been remarkable....thus far. It would seem that the past 24 hours have changed that. The day it began, he didn't wake up until a bit past noon. He'd left his TV on, and as he slowly came out of his waking stupor, he could hear mention of zombies. Like any rational person, he assumed some zombie flick was playing. He stopped dead when he saw the face of the local anchor on the tube. Edgar rushed to his window, now fully alert, and....well I think we all know the kind of scene that greeted him there. It didn't take him long to come up with a general plan, and he began working on a weapon that ought to see him through the zombie apocalypse.

Interesting Facts: With all the weight he is carrying,he's carrying a shit-load of stuff (somewhere between 110 and 120 lbs, which is far more than most people could or should carry) and can't really move that fast; Edgar can move no faster than a fast walk/slow jog....well, as long as he keeps his shield, anyway. There'll also be other problems involved with this, but those will become apparent during the course of the RP.

Edgar jury-rigged the shield out of the cutting deck and blades of a riding lawnmower, which is roughly trapezoidal in shape. The contraption is powered by a small 17 horse engine, which is fed from a 4 gallon gas tank. Everything on the engine that was not necessary for it to run was removed (though a large muffler was added), and the mower blades had triangular notches cut (and sharpened) into the leading for better bone crunching ability. He usually wields it with two hands, but it's too heavy for him to actually hold unaided for any length of time, so there is a shoulder strap to help.

Assuming this gets the thumbs up, I'll go ahead and join about mid-morning of the second game-time day. Unless, of course, you guys spend the next 4 pages getting to sleep.