BELIAL.
wanna bewitch you in the moonlight
DYING LIGHT
a zombie / the thing from another world horror rp
a zombie / the thing from another world horror rp
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- Dylan Thomas
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
- Dylan Thomas
The world has already ended. In the year 2012, it did not go out with a bang, but a whimper. Contagion of the most lethal kind, undead abominations rose from their half-dug graves, spreading their infection by tearing throats out by the masses. Its origins are still disputed, but one thing is for certain: the world, as it was known, would never be the same again.
Yet, with the unadulterated spirit of survival, man could not be deterred. As society crumbled, and establishment found itself reduced to anarchy in the face of military unification, and totalitarianism in the face of resistance, it sought to renew itself again. Some years after the end of 'everything', things began to look up. While no cure could be found, and many had been tested, reclaiming cities became less and less hard to do. Those who were already lost to the wastes did not return, but to those who were keen to live under the thumb of government and military, where it was safe and resources were bountiful, it was the restart needed.
Life began to normalize. The undead insurgence, Z-Day as many call it, became a blip in the past. Humanity became stronger together, even if pocket groups of rebellions still persisted. A new golden era, though tainted by blood and death, brought forth an increase in intellectual pursuits. Children who grew up fearing what could happen if they left the vigilant eyes of their parents were able to learn again, safely, and jobs were less saturated toward survival and more toward personal interest.
Despite the zombies still scratching to get in, there was a chance to reclaim time lost.
Twenty years have passed since Z-Day. While most would like to move on and forget the horrible things that had occurred, a pocket of researchers out of the CDC, in a joint effort with the California Institute of Technology and their students, stumbled upon a revolutionary discovery. Their research revealed that, in fact, a prehistoric corpse uncovered from Antarctica housed a type of fungus in its system that, when exposed to the tainted zombie blood, completely eradicated the traces of infection. While the sample size was too small for mass production found within the ice mummy, the potential existed-- and thus, they sought to find more of it.
Pairing with the Australian government, a group of ten unfortunates from all walks were granted the privilege to travel to Antarctica to perform a proper excavation and analysis of the nearby area where said ice mummy was found. In hopes of finding something bigger than a single corpse, this quiet research effort is doused under red tape from all angles.
Isolated and tasked with a mission that could define the course of humanity's future, it is up to these scientists to uncover the truth. By any means necessary.
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