Dead Inside | Post-Apocalyptic Co-Write

Everything sounds good so far. I think I prefer the second one just because my knowledge of the first one is really limited and I'm pretty sure in Last of Us they have like different levels of zombies right? Like, eventually zombies become pretty easy to kill? And I wanted it to be like there's no hope for things going back to normal. Unless I'm getting that totally confused with something.

It starts out there just kind of crazy people running around. They're really hard to hide from but about normal level to kill. Ten there's the clickers which are blind but their hearing is really good so they're easier to sneak around but if they catch you you're pretty much fucked. Then there's the bloaters which are these giant zombies that take forever to kill. They have these spores that leak like poisonous fumes, etc.

But yes. Rabies.

Yeah, I think the rabies thing will be easier. I'm going to have something productive to say, just give me a second.

@ silk tea.
So like the zombies are kind of feral and animalistic in nature? That would make sense with the way they can detect human flesh and meat just by smell. It could be an interesting take.

@ hephaestus
Yeah. Maybe like their eyes are yellow and have that kind of animalistic pupil? They're like these drooling, hunched over monsters?

@ silk tea.
Yeah, that could be really awesome. Is there a cure or vaccination/prevention? Like should they find one or will we leave that left to the imagination?

@ hephaestus
I think that'd be too easy. Maybe there's something that can slow the process down? Like how some treatments are supposed to like subdue shit and give people more time? But I don't see how our characters would have that yet since they're kind of just living in the fucking wilderness. Umm, also to keep with monroe's silent thing maybe they only making the animal noises when they're eating?

Yeah, the noisy eating sounds good to me. I like the idea of the eyes and stuff. As for the cure, I kind of imagined a more open ending where they're not reunited or cured but just surviving still or even dead.

@ silk tea.
Yeah, I didn't mean that our characters find any cure or anything, just wondering if there's any holes to this virus. And yeah, the animal noises when they eat is a great idea. I like the silence and stealth they have when they're stalking their prey.

@monroe

Maybe they should just reunite in the end, y'know? Or not, even. I don't know if I want a necessarily happy ending where they solve the world epidemic and life will be okay. I kind of want an ending where it may be okay for them, but the problem still exists. In fact, is it okay if I end up killing my character off in the end? I love main character deaths. They always throw people through loops.

Okay…do they start off separated? Or do they start off together? Also will we have them meet people along the way? Like maybe my girl could run into a group of guys who are like "WOMAAAAN." and she has to fend them off? lmfao. Just an idea.

Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it kind of spread like wildfire and there wasn't really time to develop anything to prevent it?

I think starting out separated would be better for the story. They could have been separated for months at this point. I kind of want my character on his own for awhile but he ends up fighting with this guy over supplies he needs, so he kills the guy, only to realize that guy was trying to help his kids. So he left two kids defenseless and fatherless, so he pretty much kidnaps them and tries to protect them.

Yeah, I thought that they'd start out separated and flashback to getting seperated through their thoughts. If that makes sense. Also, I thought they'd be upsed to living how they do like maybe it started just under a year ago and their father got sick almost right away.

As for meeting people along the way, that'll be good. And I thought they'd never reunite but maybe there could be reference to them coming across the same places and stuff?

And you can kill him off if you want to.

Yeah, I like that. It's ironic.

Okay cool. Now is this something where you want absolutely no romance? Because I thought it'd be kind of cool to have like a bit of it with my character but obviously it's not the main point and it wouldn't happen until probably half way through the story. Also what about the mother? What's going on with her?

I actually plan on killing the mother off pretty soon in the story. But maybe she could've died in front of all of the children when they got attacked if you wanted your characters to be in the know about her death.

Romance is totally fine, whatever you want to do with your characters is fine by me.

I think for my character at least I don't want her to see it but she just assumes they're all dead. Like she starts off looking for them, but realizes it's fruitless and just tries to move on? I do think for hephaustus' character it would be good for him to see the mom die. Maybe it'll kind of tie in to why he's so messed up?

I'm okay with them knowing about it and also them not knowing, like they're searching for a lost cause? I mean, I don't want people to think the reason he's messed up is because he saw her death because in my head, he'd been messed up for a pretty long time.

I think it would be good for one of our characters to at least have a little romance. Mine will mainly focus on emotional torment and tug at heart strings with him taking the kids and kind of raising them.

Also, I think I might post like a more detailed character outline here in a little bit.

Post everything you want, detailed is always good.

Okay then, she can die during the beginning of the story instead of the attack then. I think they'll be hints at romance in mine, but nothing will actually happen. I know I want my character to not give up for a long while - like it ends with him knowing that he'll probably never see his brother and sister again but just hoping that they're out there somewhere and are okay.

I probably won't have a super detailed description thing for my character. I tend to develop character traits as I write I'm weird like that. >.< But I'm a very visual person and so I like to have face claims for my character so I'm thinking this will be her.



I was thinking of naming her Lucy. Also what is the family name?

I'm just posting some stuff here so that way I can reference it, as well as you guys if you reflect on their lives before hand. yeah, what is the family name?