OUTBREAK: ZERO is a semi post-apocalyptic pandemic roleplay set in the fictional city of Lethford, USA. Current season: Winter, 20/21.
March 2020. The world is in pandemonium as one month ago, GHNv-20 was confirmed, five months after the beginning of norovirus season. The number of the infected are in the higher hundred thousands, and the death toll is at an estimated 250,000, with about seventy percent of the rest of the population experiencing mild to moderate illnesses connected to the S. pyogenes bacteria.
The fear of the unknown has caused mass hysteria and panic.
In an attempt to provide a semblance of safety and control, military personnel patrol the streets, even here in Lethford City, and the police force is trying to keep up with the rising street violence, assault, and theft.
Welcome to OUTBREAK: zero. Will you survive?
HAYANA
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Hi! I'm Haya. I'm pretty much your girl for everything! If you have any questions regarding our plot, membergroups, etc. don't hesitate to ask me. I'm also in charge of coding, graphics, anything skin related, and advertising/affiliates.
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Hey! I'm Addi. Hit me up if you need help with anything. I'm always for plotting so don't be shy. I like coffee, booze, and working out. I'm back from a long hiatus the dead so if you need anything, best ask the others until I get back into the groove of things!
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outbreak
/ˈaʊtbreɪk/ zero /ˈzɪərəʊ/
a sudden occurrence of something unwelcome, such as war or disease. number, no quantity or number; nought; the figure 0.
It had been a long day and Dean had been out of the city to do some work for a small clinic out of town. His parents were watching the kids and he was eager to get home and see them, after a shower of course. It was always the very first thing he did when he got home as he didn't want to risk his kids getting the virus after he had been around patients all day who may or not have been exposed to it.
He wore a white N95 mask over his mouth and nose as he sat on the bus, having acknowledged the man across from him with a friendly but silent nod.
His heart dropped into his stomach as the bus started to spin out on the ice, the snow falling heavily outside, and he gripped the back of his seat to keep from falling out. As the bus crashed into a tree he was lurched forward towards the man across from him and scrambled up as quickly as he could, muttering apologies.
ABOUT Kieran Boyle
AGE
33
OCCUPATION
Thief
RANK / SECOND JOB
Criminal/Rebel/Medical supply thief
[attr="class","CONTENT"] “Hello darkness my old friend” Kieran said softly to himself as he made his way onto the bus. He wore his usually bandana across his face, the backpack on his back had a pretty good-sized amount of stolen medical supplies from the hospital. As he sat on the bus, he felt just how dang cold it was outside. He hoped the snow would one day quit. He missed the Spring.
He hoped to make it back to the neighborhood he was delivering the stolen medical supplies to before it got too dark, but he wasn’t sure that was going to happen. He hated maneuvering about the city at night. As the bus began to move, Kieran didn’t really pay attention to the guy sitting across from him. There were quite a number of people on the bus, and this only reminded the thief the reason he mostly preferred to never ride the bus. The paranoia and anxiety he felt that anything could happen when too many people were together.
He then realized the man across from him nodded, so as the bus began continued to move, Kieran nodded back. He then noticed the mask the man was wearing, well, wasn’t this interesting, he wondered if he worked at the hospital he just stole from, but he preferred to not make conversation with anyone, so he remained quiet.
Not too soon after he nodded to the guy across from him, the bus began to spin out of control. The heavy snow combined with ice perhaps is what did the trick. As the bus crashed into a tree, Kieran now realized he had to keep the medical supplies close to him. The man across from him fell into him; hearing him apologize and the sound of the metal hitting the tree and some other people screaming, Kieran grabbing whatever he could to not fly, now realized the bus wasn’t going anywhere and he needed to get home.
“Don’t worry about it, man” Kieran said to him as he saw the man was trying to get his balance pretty much like everyone else. “We have to get off this bus. Cold or not it could explode” He said calmly to the guy as he looked around, seeing that some of the people on the bus had already flown out, he hoped that not too many were hurt too badly. “Damnit” Kieran said pissed off now realizing he would have to walk home at night.
He reached into his pocket to look at his cell. No service? He scrambled through the wrecked bus as he stood near the door. “You can stay here or come with me” He simply said to whomever may listen, including the guy who was sitting across from him. “We need help. I will go, whoever wants to go with me can do the same. But I ain’t staying here and waiting to die” He said his Texas accent thick as he made his way off the bus and into the night, hoping someone will follow him.
Dean managed to push himself up and away from the other man without too much trouble and he was just glad that he didn't berated for the accident. He was definitely regretting his decision to take the bus in the first time and imagined he wouldn't do so again for a good, long while.
Dean took a look around and started to help a few people who had fallen down back to their feet. He didn't immediately imagine the bus exploding but the imagery of it was enough to start to gently encourage people to start moving to exit the vehicle. When the man he had been sitting across from him spoke about not wanting to wait here to die there was clear fear in the eyes of those around him.
"Come on, man, have a little bit of grace here. You're gonna cause a panic." He took a quick look at his phone only to also realize there was no signal here. He was torn between wanting to help those who might be injured and wanting to join the stranger out in the snow. A quick assessment of the situation gave him the information he needed. No one was injured with more than a few scrapes and bruises and it was more important to get these people a chance to get out of the cold before they froze.
"I'll come," he said to the other man while he assured other passengers they would be back soon with help as he told them to keep warm by any means necessary.
