Penguin

After the End

Adelaide

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Adelaide shot awake with watering, red eyes. She had woken up to black fog and the choking odor of scorched wood. She was blinded by the combination of smoke and her own tears. A thick, acrid aroma drifted through the one-roomed cabin like incense, surrounding the young woman in its heavy clouds. "For fuck's sake." She mumbled as she struggled to untangle herself from the blanket. Her head felt as heavy as the smoke around her and every instinct inside her was telling her to bolt out of there. She waved the billowing smoke out of her face as the sound of crackling flames reached her ears. She could make out the sight of smoldering flames through her squinted eyes, hungrily sweeping across the wooden logs that held up the cabin. Common sense finally clicked in and she hauled her backpack, which had a crossbow attached to it, and a rifle over her shoulder. She gazed around the room, coughing hysterically.

The door hadn't been overcome by flames yet fortunately. She ran outside and leaned her palms on her knees, panting as her lungs got a taste of oxygen. Once she had caught her breath, she turned to look upon the one-room abandoned cabin she had been residing in. Dark smoke billowed into the morning sky, which was a beautiful mix of pink and orange as the sun rose over the horizon. Adelaide could only get a glimpse of it between the trunks of the trees unfortunately. She wiped dirt off her jacket as she watched it begin to crumble. "What an alarm clock."She muttered under her breath.

It was starting to register to her that this fire did not happen on accident. Someone had been either been bored and felt like burning someone to death, or they had been trying to force her out of the house out into the open. She did a quick scope of the area, stepping backward as silently as she could out of the open area. There was a forest surroundings the area and she had plenty of room to hide. Adelaide knew she wouldn't have the upper hand in a fight with whoever could have done this. They clearly had time to plan and were waiting somewhere to attack. Adelaide turned and made the split decision to make a run for it.

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@Sanctus Spooki
Yeah, I was pretty doubtful about it as well but it actually works pretty well. I just have the free version but it catches stuff that I miss sometimes and I'm a freaking grammar nazi. It just underlines in red and you click and it gives you suggestions to fix it. It's not always correct, especially for things on here but its still pretty helpful.

@Bleu Flacon

LOL Yeah I used to use it for my essays in high school. It's pretty good!

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Name: Kira

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Nomadic or sedentary: Tends to pick a place and settle for as long as possible

Weapons(A reasonable amount: 1-3 though some are probably more scarce than others): Hunting knife, sawed off shotgun.

Skills: Kira can pick most locks, and has great physical attributes. Decent strength, fast, and good stamina. Kira has good leadership skills and can usually rally his allies around him in the most dire of situations.
Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?: none.
Appearance:
Brief Personality: Kira tends to be serious most of the time, quick thinking and quick to act, but sometimes he can let a slip of sarcasm slip.
Background(Please reveal your current location): Kira is not this mans real name, but the name he chose when he became someone in this world. He was a child when everything went to hell, and twenty years later he turned what was a tragic event into an opportunity. The road was long, his family is gone, and for a long time he was alone. But now, he is leader of The Hunters, an up and coming gang of people who are tired of being crushed by those who claim strength but lack compassion. Right now Kira is travelling along a dusty road.
Alone or with someone?: with someone

@penguin

@dabombjk

Could you put a tad more work into your personality? Just a head's up if when you create your IC posts, it would be appreciated if you could grammar check. If you need help with that, I'm here. :) Great job so far though. You're accepted

Kira is not this man's real name, but the name he chose when he became someone in this world. He was a child when everything went to hell;twenty years later, he turned what was a tragic event into an opportunity. The road was long, his family [color=red][b]was[/color][/b] gone, and for a long time, he was alone. But now, he is leader of The Hunters which are an up and coming gang of people who are tired of being crushed by those who claim strength but lack compassion. Right now, Kira is traveling along a dusty road.

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@Penguin

Either seems useful, although it seems like Discord would be the easiest.

@thewizardguy

Okay if everyone wants a discord I'll make one :)

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Yay! I'm excited to start.

Would Skype work? I have a few groups on there so it would work well for me.

@Kirra

Skype is fine with me but I can just whip up a chatzy link so everyone has easy access

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@Potter@Penguin
Are you guys going to start a discord server for this or anything? It might help and it would give us all something to do while we wait.

@Bleu Flacon

Haha probably not. I'm not much into discord but I can make a chat room of sorts if it interests you. I'll start the IC probably tomorrow so you won't have too long a wait.

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Name: Aaron

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Nomadic or sedentary: Nomadic

Weapons:
A DRD Paratus semi-automatic rifle, complete with scope and bipod attachments. A metal baseball bat, well-worn. Always carries a molotov cocktail, and can produce more if he has the necessary supplies.
Skills: basic engineering, Chemistry, and trap design. Fairly skilled shot, but mostly untrained in melee. Knows the city quite well, and can move more quietly than most.

Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?:
Aaron's entire skin is pale and splotchy. It's highly sensitive to sunlight and pressure, and the top layer peels often. For this reason Aaron usually wears clothing that covers as much skin as possible. He can see better than humans in the dark but is nearly blind during the day, comparable to an owl. His hearing is far better than normal, allowing him to easily hear people moving even from a distance, and even track people by their heartbeat. His teeth are misshapen and sharp, making it difficult for him to speak without cutting his lips, and causing him discomfort when eating. His nose is flattened and broken, although this is a result of repeat injury rather than mutation. And unfortunate element of the mutation is the corruption of his lungs, which reduces his stamina and makes him prone to wheezing. It also means his breath can rattle if he isn't careful, and he can have coughing fits.

Appearance:
A figure wearing a gas mask, as well as thick leather and cloth coverings, usually coloured black or grey. Almost no skin is visible. He's of slightly above average height but usually moves in a crouched, hunched stance, rarely standing at full height. Were his face visible it would be a frightening sight indeed, with grey peeling skin pulled back to reveal hollow black eyes, thin lips barely covering long and oddly angled fangs. His hair is black, often meticulously cut and washed, so far as the apocalypse allows. His broken nose and habit of short, twitchy movements does nothing to humanise this monstrous appearance.

Brief Personality:
Aaron is incredibly shy about his mutations, and therefore often avoids human contact. He tells himself he prefers this state of isolation, but in truth he's a very socially oriented person, and craves attention. Sometimes he'll sneak into compounds just so he can listen to other people's conversations. He feels like he isn't 'proper' anymore. He's sad and on the whole not very violent, although he is prone to violent outbursts when angered (a difficult feat to achieve). Aaron quite likes animals, and likes reading, often scavenging the books that others leave behind. He's also a big fan of decoration, often using flowers, and tries (usually in vain) to keep his temporary lodgings clean.

Background(Please reveal your current location):
A soldier for most of his life, Aaron was expelled from the group he had been living with when his mutations became more apparent. These people believed that such mutations were infectious, and none wanted to end up looking like Aaron. This was when he became a Nomad, wandering the world in solitude. Most recently he's found himself in New York, where he's stayed for a while, although moving from area to area. The sheer size of the city means there are areas that haven't been scavenged yet. Often camps that ran afoul of the wildlife that pushes ever deeper into the city.

Alone or with someone?: Alone
Other:

@thewizardguy

Great! Accepted

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I have another character on the way (do you have a limit?) but that will have to wait until tomorrow or Wednesday. I just need to find a picture for Tia but she is done.

Name: Tia
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Nomadic or sedentary: Nomadic
Weapons(A reasonable amount: 1-3 though some are probably more scarce than others): Collapsible stun gun baton (built by Tia), small dagger
Skills: A knack for inventions and repairing anything electronic or mechanical, reading and writing
Any unusual traits? Does it show physically?: Tia is able to see in the dark. Since this change her eyes are now a light grey color and on the rare occasion that it is sunny, it is painful for her.
Appearance:

Brief Personality: Friendliness comes easy to Tia but gaining her trust is rarely done. She is cunning, selfish and doesn't hesitate to lie to keep herself safe. She avoids fighting both physically and argumentatively but will lash out if backed into a corner as a last resort. She knows she is at a disadvantage due to her age and size and will often use that to her advantage to appear nonthreatening or gain sympathy and protection from those who still are capable of showing it.

Background(Please reveal your current location): All Tia knows of the world is the aftermath of the war with her earliest memories revolving around the small university that both her parents were a professor of before the collapse of humanity. She was the youngest child of three with her twin brothers being ten years older than her. The university was shut down early in the war after the first bomb landed on US soil and while most students and faculty left for safety or to find family, a small group of around fifteen remained on the campus. Tia was raised within this tight knit group which to her became family which quickly closed itself off to the rest of the world for the sake of survival. Compared to most children her age she was sheltered from the horrors of the decaying world and was brought up learning a lot about technology, engineering and anything else the bored scholars could shove into her brain. However the period of peace Tia grew up in didn't last forever. It is unknown what illness ran rampant within the confines of the university but it killed off three people and left many weak and vulnerable. This was when the Wolves discovered the University and the people within. Due to the quick thinking of one of her brothers, the two were able to hide but were left with no way of helping their family and friends as they listened to them being tortured and killed.

The university wasn't safe anymore and the two were forced to set out into the world and find a way to survive. Knowledge that the two gain was helpful but it didn't make up for the skills and experience they missed out. They've ran into a few dangerous groups of people along the way and learned the hard way that trusting people is dangerous which cost Tia's brother his life. It has been a year since her home was taken from her, six months since her brother was killed.

Alone or with someone?: Alone (Unless someone wants to already meet up with Tia before the start of the roleplay)

Other: She has very little combat skills but makes up for this with the knowledge she has gained. However if there is ever a point someone could teach her to defend herself, there is a need for that.

@Kirra

Great as always! Accepted. No limit.

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Sanctus you are accepted

Empowered!!! (Closed)!

COLLAB WITH PARAGONX

"Summer 16! Free Bands O.V.O. DJ ESCO! Talking Duffel Talk! Hunnid Bands bussing out the rapper, Hunnid racks bussing out the wrapper, And I..I got 100 racks bussin out the rapper...Hunnid Racks bussing out the wrapper.." Tamara was singing the lyrics to 100
Racks by Future now sitting in the passenger seat. Luke wished he was in the drivers seat, but Tamara insisted on driving even if he was the professional. He didn't want to persuade her seeing as how he was injured anyway but he did compel her to make an "emergency" stop to get a quarter of bud. "Now this the type of medicine I need Tam," Luke said, happy to have some weed

Tamara rolled her eyes, "Luke I mean I know I said I'd smoke with you, but you do gotta stop being such a damn fiend, I mean eveyday all day, you ain't trapping no more what's the excuse."

"Excuse? Listen like 2 Chainz says " I smoke a joint in the interview -"

"OH SHIT!!!!" Luke didn't even get to sing any more of the song when Tamara hadn't noticed a car speeding around the corner and Luke quickly mustered up a telekinetic field to lessen the damage of the impact as both cars collided and Tamara was thrust forward hitting the wheel getting knocked out and Luke was jerked forward too but his shield gave him more protection but the car was damaged. "FUCK!!!!" He yelled in pain first the beating, then the giant bullets, and now a car accident. "Fuck " He looked over at the other car and saw his shield had shaved off some damage but it was fucked up. "Ah Fuck..fuck..fuckk and we got weed on us fuck" Luke opened up the glove compartment and put the weed in there then limped out the car. "HEY you okay hey.." Luke said before his eyes widened seeing who it was. "Lucy?!

Lucy hadn't seen the other car until it was too late. She had just rounded the corner when a car collided fast and hard into the front of her vehicle, throwing her body forward roughly and painfully. Her head slammed into the steering wheel and glass shattered everywhere. It had not even crossed her mind to wear a seatbelt due to the fact she had been running for her life. Pain wracked her head as she leaned it on the steering wheel, shutting her eyes and blacking out for a few seconds.

A distant-sounding voice made her slowly open her eyes. Warm blood was dripping down from her head and down her face, reddening her vision. Her entire body was aching and she felt like she was going to black out again at any second. "Luke...? I thought you were ..." She struggled to form a coherent thought with her head painfully pounding. Slowly, she lifted her head up off the wheel to stare at the damage. There was a huge crack on the window and little shards of glass all over the dashboard. "Oh fuck..."

Today was not going his way at all, and he was in a lot of pain. If it wasn't for his shields, he was sure his bones would be broken. Hell, he'd have probably been disintegrated. He was saddened when he saw Lucy's appearance; she was beat up pretty bad. His shield had done more for Tamara. "Ah shit.." He used his power to brush glass off the dash board, open Lucy's door, and gently lift her out of the car. He then felt warm blood on her forehead but he ignored it. He then set her down against the car and knelt down. "Fuck! Fuck! I'm just glad you're okay..damn....three near death experiences in one day.."

"Three?"She repeated, leaning against the car. "How come you're not in the hospital? Weren't you in a fight with that Jace dude? "She asked quietly. She knew this would make two counting the fight. What was the third? Her eyes traveled to his car, spotting an unconscious woman in the front seat. She kinda resembled Jace a bit. "Is she okay?"

"Three..how the fuck did you not here about..." Luke was about to mention the hospital when two things struck out to him: first, she knew Jace's name which he hadn't told her, and second, he saw in her head she'd went to go confront him. "God damn it! Lucy are you crazy?! The last thing I texted you was don't go after Jace, he's fucking nuts.." Luke groaned. This was getting worst and worst now wonder she was driving so fast. "I'm not in the hospital because the hospital is barely standing..out of nowhere..half the building got torn up, a Mcdonalds got fucked up, traffic in front of the hospital was destroyed, giant bullets like the size of boulders and semi trucks appeared out of thin air and tore everything in that area up. I couldn't even risk reading minds so many people are dead, many more are injured..bodies, and destruction everywhere...like..I thought Jace was bad..whoever did that is evil." Luke shuddered all the crying, and panic and last thoughts he heard had scarred him. "Yeah she's okay..better then you..I managed to use my powers to save her from my damage cause she was right next to me..but damn this is a mess..the whole city is going to shit.."

"I know but before you texted me I came across this house and there were dead bodies everywhere. It was so horrible. There was a dead child inside-..."Lucy drew off as the dog hopped out of the car unharmed and came to her side to lick her cheek. She scratched his ear and then looked back at Luke. "Then you texted me and some woman called me and told me she needed me to stop him and I figured if I have the power to stand a chance against him I probably should... All those people shouldn't have died and you shouldn't have had to get hurt so bad. I'm sorry."

"Dead bodies." Luke had glimpsed into her mind and seen it and shuddered. He'd seen so much death and destruction today, experienced so much pain and suffering. He suspected the brutal murders were done by someone with powers but knowing it was Jace hit close to home. "A woman called you..I mean..okay..you don't know who she is..I'm not saying we shouldn't do anything but we don't know everything going on either." Luke shook his head as Lucy spoke. "You shouldn't have had to get hurt but what happened right infront of my eyes. I saw a giant bullet tear through the building if I had been one room over I'd be dead, imagine being able to read people's minds..to hear their thoughts..their dreams...their aspirations..their fears..their worries, being in a hospital a place people come to get better and then all of sudden...it goes blank..eveyone went blank..all the voices in my head."

Luke was visibly shaken, and a tear came down his eye. He wasn't usually emotional, but the things he heard and felt shook the core of his being." In an instant..so many people died.. I heard so many people wishing..for help, wondering why this happened to them..begging for someone for GOD! Then the silence was LOUD I heard everyone in the hospital, everyone in the streets, I heard so many people die, children, mothers, fathers, good people, bad people, but no one deserving the cruel deaths it was.." Luke shook and accidentally tapped into the newest aspect of his powers allowing Lucy to see Luke's memories from his perspective and also experience what he went through as if she was him..as the hospital was destroyed all around him and heard all the people's voices. As he talked he suddenly noticed he'd pushed his memory into Lucy and stopped." Fuck I'm sorry..this has to stop..sure..I ain't been using my powers to save the world..but some of these people are monsters...fucking demons..they have to be stopped."

Lucy at first hugged him when she had first saw him getting emotional and let him talk without interrupting. However the more he spoke, the more she started to see exactly what he was describing. It was as if the scene in front of her was melting away and vividly being replaced with his description. She covered her mouth in horror. "Oh my God..." Her eyes had widenend and she was shaking in fear. Once the memory had stopped, she began to calm down and she finally looked at him. She nodded in agreement, her own eyes tearing up. "I ... I don't want to be the one to stop them. I don't care about being the hero or anything I just want to get away from this but I know we can't now. If we don't help stop them, who will..."

Luke didn't like this at all; he didn't want to be a hero. He wasn't a killer either, he just wanted to get rich and famous. The same things he wanted before his powers, fame, fortune, and fun but now he had other obligations to deal with. "Yeah well we've got these powers me..it's my mind..I can use it to do things with thoughts or with the world, you've got the weather, I have no idea what power fucked up the hospital, but that person is the number one priority..the death tolls..god I can't even imagine...but Jace too..I" Luke's voice trailed off he might as well tell the truth. "That girl in the car me and her use to be real close, we use to date..she's Jace's older sister, me and Jace go way back..our families are close..I don't wanna have to kill Jace..He's my homie..my bro...I peeked into his mind today so much rage, so much violence..but during our fight I saw a side of him I never saw before half the reason I took such a beating is I spent half the fight saving people he almost killed in his rage...I have to find Jace and stop him...I don't wanna kill him..Lucy I really don't but..if there's no other way..to..end this then I have no choice either way he has to stop or he has to die.." Luke's voice was solemn. It started off with games and now he was coming to the terms that he might have to kill one of his friends.

"Hopefully it won't come down to killing him. I'm sorry but I'm not sure if the Jace you were friends with is the same Jace he is now. He clearly has no issue killing you." Lucy told him quietly. "Let's just focus on the other person. It seems like they're way more powerful than Jace anyway. But for now, we probably need to get help somehow. " She glanced around, looking for people but this road was empty.

"Yeah hopefully you're right...hopefully." Luke didn't know he still had a slimmer of hope Jace had something wrong with his head, but he also was ready to pummel him into the ground for the beating he gave him. "Yeah only problem is I can find Jace, I know what I'm dealing. With this other person, I don't even know who they are, what power they have, and why they're so fucked up in the head..but we gotta get over here let's head to my..." Luke stopped and groaned realizing he didn't have a place anymore. Using his powers, he pushed Tamara's car back; it was less messed up then Lucy's. "Alright..you and the dog come on..I guess Tamara's having company..tonight." Luke sighed this was gonna be hard to explain on so many levels.