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Banned for bringing up old wounds D:

Ban The User Above You

Banned because you remind me of John C. Calhoun
(Sorry)

what the actual fuck

mdk said I wasn't mad until the part about government agencies' discrimination being codified into law.

That's just about where I stand as well. It's one thing to allow individuals in the private sector to express their own beliefs. It's another entirely for the government to alienate a certain group from within it's citizens. Religion or no religion, government employees have a duty to take care of all citizens - the moment the line between Church and State becomes blurred.. We're fucked.

BrobyDDark said Can we just... burn down Kansas?

I'm down. Or just eject them from the union. I can think of one or two other states I wouldn't mind doing the same to.

And while we're at it, let's give Puerto Rico a star. Those poor guys have been batting in the Minors forever

The Walking Dead - Northwards

Foster said
IIRC, the story started with a traffic-jam. Shamblers gaining from the rear, some ditched their cars and ran, other went off-road, a few tried shunting the abandoned lunks of steel out of the way.The cast first really meets-up at a gas-station, to wipe bloodstains off their windshields and fuel-up. Names were swapped and a place to stay was offered. Sounded safe enough... Heck, they even found a survivor holed-up in the stroreroom...Then along comes a cop... the sort... Well, a mild commotion started, a survivor got bit... and then shots were fired... then it became a bit of an ambulance-ride from hell to a deserted cabin where a makeshift ER was made to amputate a poor girl's arm.The noise had gained the attention of a sprinter from the traffic-jam, who also happened to lead the horde upon them... we lost the police officer in the skirmish... He knew he wasn't well-liked...Then we happened across a nifty ghost-town... I forget its name (I think it had 'nighthawk' in its name), but we had that shit plotted on Google-Earth down to the crap-shacks... Here things settled down as we happened across a stranded group of 'special' students on a field-trip. Some uneasy friendships were quickly formed mostly out of necessity, but as things seemed less desprate, they continued to stay together.Well... 'Ol Demitri had the idea to gather some better guns from an abandoned military-base... turns-out it wasn't so abandoned... and they don't take too kindly to looters...-A bunch of characters died, old 'D got bit in the shin by his new zombie-girlfriend, and they ran to Shan's school somewhere in the process of de-taching D's leg.-Meanshile, the police-officer waltzed back into everyone's lives, much to D's ire... but a student put him out of his misery, so no more loose witnesses...

Aye, that's definitely the most detailed description of the first half of the RP i've heard yet!

The second half was more or less a political version musical chairs, with power shifting from Emily (the group's doctor and really reluctant leader) to Minori (some badass biker chick), to Desmond (a lawyer) who had Shelton as his 2nd in Command. Meanwhile, a guy named Elias (who for whatever reason I wanna say was a stripper - Foster, correct me if I'm wrong) had his own control over a section of the camp, and followed the general rules while also just doing his own thing.

Then the school was attacked by a huge horde, and Desmond asked Shelton to escort all of the non-fighters and children to a train station a mile down the road that was safe. Meanwhile, the rest of the group made a last stand on the roof of the school. However when it became clear that they were to be overwhelmed, Desmond ordered an evacuation, getting just over half of the group to safety, while some of Shelton's soldiers stayed on the roof and blew it up or something.

Everything after that has pretty much been covered by Shelton, as by then he was quite firmly in the RP. Though I suppose I could give a few seconds for each character from the old RP that may be referenced by some of the alums, so that the newbies aren't lost.

Emily: Doctor, two children and a dog. Pretty sure the dog got eaten. Basically one of the leaders of the group, even though she didn't want to be.
Demitri: Foster's character - he can go into more detail about him lol
Elias: same as above
Laurel: Psychiatrist.. Or therapist.. Or something. I feel like I should remember that. Anywho, she was another survivor and ended up dating Desmond. She had two adopted children, Olive and Anwell. More on them later.
Minori: Cool biker chick. Was dating Elias. Got pregnant and handed the torch over to Desmond.
Rusty: science teacher at the high school the group lived in and fortified. Basically the "Dale" of the group. Played some mean guitar.
Izzy: ImmortalComplex's character - he can elaborate more if he wants :P
Phillip: An actor, generally pretty influential within the group and advised all the leaders, but never actually took power.
Jamie: Young soldier, ended up working under Shelton a lot. Originally stayed at the school to fight, but had to leave when he found a young girl still inside, and escorted her to Shelton's group.
Jackson: Leader of a large group of outlaws who at some point came across a large stash of military weaponry. Generally a major douche and primary antagonist toward the end of the series.
Olive: 13-ish year old girl, semi-insane (she went through some major shit post-outbreak), good with a gun.
Anwell: 8-ish year old boy, dual personality.

Ancestry

Highlights from what I/My-Family has found from our ancestral searches:

On my Dad's (Irish, English, a dash of French and German) Side:
- Two U.S. Presidents
- One U.S. Revolutionary

On my Mom's (Italian, Irish, English) Side:

- The British Royal Family (as things stand, my grandma is like.. 200 and something spots away from the Crown. So basically, she's ashooin' to get it)
- A leading member of the group that founded and colonized the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- A Privateer who worked for the British, generally being a minor hassle to Spanish colonies in the southeast continental U.S.

The Walking Dead - Northwards

No problem! It's not like I actually know the area, i just google earth extensively and then follow up with wiki searches ;)

Also, random question to either AnnaBeth or Shelton (since I didn't see it in the recap), did the two groups from the last RP (the Desmond group and the Shelton group) ever meet up like they were trying to? Or was the last time they saw eachother at the the School before the horde attack? Because according to NewGuild Desmond Williams Lore, he left the group to have some time away from being leader and built a safehouse inside an abandoned apartment building for a couple weeks. After surviving on his own, he got bitten somehow and locked himself in the room, writing his last words and advice in his notebook before shooting himself in the head to avoid turning (which I suppose he did with an automatic rifle, because.. Jamie kinda stole his Beretta. And then gave it away to Shelton. How rude! :P)

Anywho, my question is, would Desmond have seen Shelton and the others and know they were alive prior to leaving? Or did the two groups never find eachother?

The Walking Dead - Northwards

Hmm, well if your goal is to make it to Cougar Rock (since I'm not really sure where the other guys are :P), it seems like Ashford is the closest town. It's a small town of about 300, southwest of Cougar Rock - Jack's headed there as he heard that the smaller towns in the area may have fared better, but I figure he'll probably be stopped at Cougar Rock by finding some other character, yours, Shan or Shelton, before even making it there.

Just a thought though :)

The Walking Dead - Northwards

Oh yeah, I'm definitely not saying a 50+ character is useless (i mean, look at Dale or Hershel from the show!), however it is interesting to note how not many actually have older characters. Personally, I find myself most comfortable playing characters about 10 or so years older than I am, though I wouldn't mind trying to write as an older character at some point.

The Walking Dead - Northwards

Hmm.. Nero is 50, aye that is pretty old, as far as this RP's history goes :P I think Rusty was in his fifties, and Dmitry was oldish.. Not many others though

Random Super Power Game

Anachronism (lame knockoff of time-travel?)

High-Tech Exoskeleton

So apparently I'm Steel Suit Guy, the poor beggar turned superhero from the 22nd century who is 84 but actually looks 17 and happens to be living in 1813 London