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Post by reap on Jun 7, 2008 21:36:06 GMT -5
so I was thinking and, what happened to planet earth or wherever they will live in?
So here's my thoughts:
In 2012, a very few world known scientists created a "perfect cure", that can cure anything, the name of the cure is "god's touch", it's a virus that attack the body's disease, and after it destroys what's wrong with the person, the person's immune system just destroys it, it's a very weak virus.
But some people have weak immune systems (study a bit of biology and you'll know about it) and they could not destroy that virus on their own, the dumb scientists were dumb and did not think about this. The "perfect cure" side effects were unpredictable.The person turns into a zombie.
The virus in the infected body spreads all over it and is much bigger than the ones used on the cure and even now, the person wit a normal immune system can get infected and turn into a zombie, you know how they infect each other right? I'm not going to explain that.
Now, many years later, after all that started, only a few are still out there, doing what they can to survive (that's us).
so, that's about it. any questions?
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Post by Latch on Jun 8, 2008 9:06:18 GMT -5
PANADA.
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Post by dirges on Jun 8, 2008 14:14:50 GMT -5
I like your idea of zombies, although it is rather I Am Legend inspired, isn't it?
I'm more of a fan of 28 Days Later and Serenity, so include elements of the Rage Virus and G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate (and disproportionately adjust the reaction percentages) (perhaps in the same virus, or as separate factions of zombies), and it would pwn all.
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Post by Latch on Jun 8, 2008 17:19:49 GMT -5
I like your idea of zombies, although it is rather I Am Legend inspired, isn't it? I'm more of a fan of 28 Days Later and Serenity, so include elements of the Rage Virus and G-23 Paxilon Hydrochlorate (and disproportionately adjust the reaction percentages) (perhaps in the same virus, or as separate factions of zombies), and it would pwn all. Hm... yes... but does it have to always be a virus? It could be a [glow=green,2,300]genetic mutation[/glow] spread by biting. |
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Post by arg on Jun 8, 2008 20:26:19 GMT -5
... Aren't Zombies reanimated bodies of the dead?..
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Post by dirges on Jun 8, 2008 20:55:04 GMT -5
... Aren't Zombies reanimated bodies of the dead?.. Yes and no. Technically speaking zombies are the reanimated bodies of the dead (though those reanimated by necromancy or whatnot can not spread zombification, although the remains of those they kill may be animated by the zombie's controller: the necromancer). But more often, things which are not zombies are labeled as zombies (such as the infected in 28 Days Later aren't zombies because they don't reanimate because they aren't dead; similarly, anything mindcontrolled is not a zombie, but is labeled as such). For the sake of discussion I think we should safely lump them all under the broad category of zombies (due to the way they act), and then have subcategories of how they're brought about and such. |
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Post by dirges on Jun 8, 2008 20:57:20 GMT -5
Hm... yes... but does it have to always be a virus? It could be a [glow=green,2,300]genetic mutation[/glow] spread by biting. It would have to be a virus, a bacterium, or something similar, because genetic mutations cannot be spread between nonrelated organisms (things that aren't related genetically, like in the same family). In I Am Legend, the "genetic mutation" was actually a modified bacteria or virus which "cured" cancer or AIDS or something I forget, but later turned out to cause horrible mutations. |
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Post by arg on Jun 8, 2008 22:20:38 GMT -5
... Aren't Zombies reanimated bodies of the dead?.. Yes and no. Technically speaking zombies are the reanimated bodies of the dead (though those reanimated by necromancy or whatnot can not spread zombification, although the remains of those they kill may be animated by the zombie's controller: the necromancer). But more often, things which are not zombies are labeled as zombies (such as the infected in 28 Days Later aren't zombies because they don't reanimate because they aren't dead; similarly, anything mindcontrolled is not a zombie, but is labeled as such). For the sake of discussion I think we should safely lump them all under the broad category of zombies (due to the way they act), and then have subcategories of how they're brought about and such. |
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Post by arg on Jun 8, 2008 22:21:47 GMT -5
*points at last post* shit I don't know how to forum XD.
Well does that mean we're disqualifying the "raised from the dead" zombies? Because Arg's story revolves pretty strongly on that.
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Post by dirges on Jun 8, 2008 22:32:38 GMT -5
*points at last post* shit I don't know how to forum XD. Well does that mean we're disqualifying the "raised from the dead" zombies? Because Arg's story revolves pretty strongly on that. Zombies raised by necromancy could possibly be another faction of zombies, separate from the typical "virus" zombies. If you have a specific villain in mind, please share it with us. We're all in the habit off keeping things secret until the perfect moment of unveiling them, but as we're working on this together, that might not be the best idea. Also, it would help us structure our story together if we knew a bit more of Arg's background maybe. c: |
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Post by Latch on Jun 9, 2008 21:27:29 GMT -5
Zombies: Ragers, Viral- Mutated, Necromanced
How would they be brought about if they were Necromanced? Who'd be the necromancer?
Nicholas could hire some if you don't have any idea for some.
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Post by dirges on Jun 9, 2008 21:52:01 GMT -5
For the necromanced zombies we can say there was a clan of some sort that foresaw the apocalypse and tried to prevent it by raising an army of invincible soldiers, but instead a power-hungry monarch seized control and brought about the apocalypse.
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Post by dirges on Jun 9, 2008 21:53:58 GMT -5
By the way, Odds's species of dragons foresaw the apocalypse eons before, which was why their calendar (set in years D.E., for Dragon Era) counts backwards. Zero is the apocalypse, and years after that are known as Z.E., or Zombie Era.
But since the dragons had little contact with humans to give them this knowledge the title of Zombie Era remained relatively unknown until years following, when the last remaining dragons where forced to work with men.
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Post by Latch on Jun 9, 2008 22:08:40 GMT -5
For the necromanced zombies we can say there was a clan of some sort that foresaw the apocalypse and tried to prevent it by raising an army of invincible soldiers, but instead a power-hungry monarch seized control and brought about the apocalypse. Who is this monarch? |
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Post by dirges on Jun 9, 2008 23:29:16 GMT -5
For the necromanced zombies we can say there was a clan of some sort that foresaw the apocalypse and tried to prevent it by raising an army of invincible soldiers, but instead a power-hungry monarch seized control and brought about the apocalypse. Who is this monarch? I don't know, make something up. Maybe I'll use the old, dead name of a villain from an old series of mine...Drowlden. It's a lame anagram of "Endworld," their word for the apocalypse, but the story never came together. |
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