Survival Story...With a Difference

[SickDaza]

Alright I'm new to these forums and I can already see that there is a plethora of survival stories that all seem to start the exact same way with some stupid bitch running around screaming outside.

Anyone I was thinking about giving one a try but instead of doing it from the human perspective, I was thinking of doing from the perspective of a hunter. So I will only do this if I get some people genuinely interested. I welcome criticism as well so if you guys have any ideas on a way the story could go or just general comments I would love to hear them.

So anyone that is interested let me know and I will get back to you guys with the beginning of the story and some general information and rules about this game/story, whatever you want to call it.

[UKMD Elmo]

Alright I'm new to these forums and I can already see that there is a plethora of survival stories that all seem to start the exact same way with some stupid bitch running around screaming outside.

Excuse me? I think my survival thread sequel was quite different... I don't take passive insults very kindly.

*Storms off*

[DethPenguin]

Excuse me? I think my survival thread sequel was quite different... I don't take passive insults very kindly.

*Storms off*

Mine neither.

*Head-On*

[SickDaza]

My apologies to you both as I have read them both and am quite enjoying them both but I just wanted to do something different, a bit like Deth is doing and I couldn't think to insult your survival games Elmo. You are the original writer of these survival threads.

[UKMD Elmo]

Nah its okay matey. Alright first thing first tell people when you're going to start and get all players in before that. If you get a few players interested ill jump in too.

[Nuttz]

Sound interesting, I've been thining of starting my own survival thread, I'm gonna wait till the current ones finish first.

[SickDaza]

Alright thanks elmo. I live in Australia so the update times might seem a little obscure to most people on here. But I think I will give it until maybe this coming Friday for people to join. So come few come all and I will start this shit up.

Hope you all enjoy :)

[Nuttz]

Alright thanks elmo. I live in Australia so the update times might seem a little obscure to most people on here. But I think I will give it until maybe this coming Friday for people to join. So come few come all and I will start this shit up.

Hope you all enjoy :)

There's actually a pretty big amount of Aussies on here, me, Gamerking and Steve Cloud are some :D

[SickDaza]

There's actually a pretty big amount of Aussies on here, me, Gamerking and Steve Cloud are some :D

Really I only knew about Gamerking and Steve Cloud. Good to know I'm not alone in this online world.

[DTard]

There's actually a pretty big amount of Aussies on here, me, Gamerking and Steve Cloud are some :D
Tyr is ALMOST Australian. He's from New Zealand.

[SickDaza]

Tyr is ALMOST Australian. He's from New Zealand.

Haha true but here in Australia saying that a New Zealander was even almost Australian is one of the greatest insults possible and vice versa lol.

However Tyr seems like a good guy.

So you in for the thread DTard?

[HimuraKenshee]

Alright thanks elmo. I live in Australia so the update times might seem a little obscure to most people on here. But I think I will give it until maybe this coming Friday for people to join. So come few come all and I will start this shit up.

Hope you all enjoy :)

._. i'll join !

and i'm from malaysia so i dont mind the update time XD

[OhComeOnNate]

I'd join in. But I'm not Australian. =/

[DTard]

Haha true but here in Australia saying that a New Zealander was even almost Australian is one of the greatest insults possible and vice versa lol.

However Tyr seems like a good guy.

So you in for the thread DTard?
I'm good, I don't need more reason to waste my life on the interwebz.

[Nuttz]

Tyr is ALMOST Australian.

He wishes! ;)

[SickDaza]

I'd join in. But I'm not Australian. =/

You don't have to be Australian I was just letting everyone know that I'm from Australia so the update times might seem a little obscure to people in the US. Your defiantly welcome to join.

[Nuttz]

Your defiantly welcome to join.

Wait... so, you want him to join, but it's against the rules of society...

WHAT THE FU...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

Sorry, couldn't help myself :P

[HimuraKenshee]

nuttz has gone nuttz? =P

[Nuttz]

nuttz has gone nuttz? =P

Mebeh.

<random text to take me above stupid character limit>

[SickDaza]

nuttz has gone nuttz? =P

There is no doubt in my mind that that is true. And there is no sanity in his mind :D

[Nuttz]

Do you even know what the word defiantly means? O_o

[GamerKing]

I'll join because when your name is posted twice YOU'RE A CELEBRITY!

[HimuraKenshee]

it has.. many meanings :D

[SickDaza]

Do you even know what the word defiantly means? O_o

Umm fuck no. Please insight me.

[Nuttz]

Umm fuck no. Please insight me.

It means resisting the social norm. For example if you were to break the law you would be defiant. "He defiantly refused to drop the weapon"

[GamerKing]

And his blood defiantly stained the carpet, its never ending maaaan!

[SA1NT]

I'll join.

[Chr0n1c]

instead of doing it from the human perspective, I was thinking of doing from the perspective of a hunter.
The problem with this logic is that a 'survival' thread is a story of survival from the perspective of someone (or a group) who is trying to survive a zombie-apocalypse type of scenario.

A survival thread from anyone other then a human's perspective will become too foreign to relate to. I imagine creating a story from this perspective would be difficult. The major challenge is to allow for the story construct to support your readers to use sound rational reasoning to arrive at the correct choice(s).

I suggest brainstorming a bit more if you really want to create a survival thread different (and better?) then the ones already presented.

[SickDaza]

Alright I will ask the people. And the way I was going to do it I was going to create this hunter to still have some human aspects like the ability to feel regret, fear etc.

Would you rather it from the perspective from a survivor or from a hunter. I CBF making a poll so just post your answer.

[UKMD Elmo]

A survivor would have a lot more for the average player to relate to. Just make sure it's done interestingly, regularly and completely to the end if you are wanting to get into it. Regular posting and keeping track of players etc etc as well as writing a half decent outcome for all the options takes one helluva lot longer than you first think.

Believe me...

[Milenkov]

I have an idea, something like the option to stay human and survive, or eat a piece of infected/special infected or something, and surviving/fighting off total infection, and as you get closer to full, you start to gain special abilities.

[SickDaza]

I have an idea, something like the option to stay human and survive, or eat a piece of infected/special infected or something, and surviving/fighting off total infection, and as you get closer to full, you start to gain special abilities.

That is a brilliant idea but I don't think I have the time or experience to keep up a story with that much depth yet but I would love to improve so if you don't use that idea in the near future I might put it into action.

[SickDaza]

Just a sneak peak at what this story will be like. The perspective for example and how it will role. This is a prequel of sorts and leads into the beginning of the story that will be posted soon.

You’re crawling around on all fours, slowly coming around the end of a semi-trailer. You see him running. Uneven pavement 12 feet in front of him. It’s dark he won’t be able to see it. In his panic he trips. You use this time to pounce causing both of you to sprawl along the ground. Before he has time to react you’re on top of him tearing out his throat, the feeling of the hunger ebbing away as you’re razor sharp teeth tear flesh straight from the bone. You rise from all fours looking down on your victim, bones and fat tissue left. A sick feeling reaches your stomach as realization of what you have just done reaches the parts of your brain that hasn’t been completely corrupted by the virus. You’ve killed again you realize, again you promise to yourself that this will be the last time but deep down you know that this is all but true, a hollow lie to try and keep some sanity within yourself.

[HimuraKenshee]

unless mayb... u do the story in the view of a hunter in the near END of the infection period. the virus has been blocked and no more people are being infected. the infected people are being reduced in numbers day after day as the surviving military ect are cleaning out the infected. so basically the hunter has to "survive" the apocalypse for zombies !!

[SickDaza]

unless mayb... u do the story in the view of a hunter in the near END of the infection period. the virus has been blocked and no more people are being infected. the infected people are being reduced in numbers day after day as the surviving military ect are cleaning out the infected. so basically the hunter has to "survive" the apocalypse for zombies !!

Might actually do this! Sounds like a good idea. I will take everything into consideration.
EDIT: However I have been spending the last 20 minutes thinking about how I could do this and I have realized that it would be pretty difficult so I think I might stick to the original idea however nothing is definite. I have thursday off from university so I will spend several hours about which way this story is going to go. Either way it goes I hope everyone still enjoys it.

[HimuraKenshee]

ok. looking forward to it XD

[yourbadmega]

*Head-On*

that's what she said
edit: why did you make a thread and not post a story to start with?

[SickDaza]

that's what she said
edit: why did you make a thread and not post a story to start with?

Because I have been strapped for time and I have just got some time off so I am writing it now so I am probably going to post the start tomorrow in about 24 hours.

[SickDaza]

Here's Part one guys.

Running you glance behind, a mile back you something leaping after you. You see the red steel door that is the safe house. You’re 20 feet away when feel the razor sharp claws dig rapidly into your back. With that you know your survival is over.

You rise from a stupor that you have come to realize resembles sleep for the creature you have become. You think about what you were dreaming about. It’s the last and only thing you remember still being a human. But now as you become more aware of your surroundings you notice the gutter you’re sleeping in, the trash that has become your rug. Your life is ruined. As the daze fully lifts you feel the aching hunger within your stomach, you know it’s going to happen again, you’re going to feed on what used to be your colleagues, neighbours or friends. A sickness rises in your stomach as you realize what you are going to be doing within minutes. So putting off the inevitable you begin running down the road as the hunger begins to rise to point of pain. You see a light flick on and then again off almost instantaneously, your next meal you realize is in that apartment building. The sky dark, as it always is now hides you as you sprint up the street. Running towards the dark run down building you glance sideways at the living dead standing in groups, you realize you’re not alone in this new world. You come to building that seems as if it has been inhabited for years, decades. You have the following options that will determine if you survive.
1) You bash open the front door and continue scratching open doors until you find your meal.
2) Do nothing
3) You scope out the building planning an attack.
4) Continue searching for a meal.

Choose one and I have decided that it won’t be a voting system and so some people will die and some people will survive.
Enjoy!

[HimuraKenshee]

1) You bash open the front door and continue scratching open doors until you find your meal.
2) Do nothing
3) You scope out the building planning an attack.
4) Continue searching for a meal.

i'll go with option 3. look for an opening then attack !

[DethPenguin]

Option 4

Its my OM NOM NOM and I want it nao!

[Crysalis]

Option 3. The meal will be mine, MIEN!!11

[HimuraKenshee]

seems like this has been forgotten o.o

[Zhadist]

I want option one...just so I can get blasted and go cartwheeling with the amazing physics of the game. =]

[SickDaza]

seems like this has been forgotten o.o

No no there will be an update in the next couple of days don't worry.

[HimuraKenshee]

tht's good to know :D

[SickDaza]

tht's good to know :D

Yer don't worry I won't just leave you out in the dark. I will let you know if I'm not going to stop doing updates.

[SickDaza]

UPDATE!!!

Option 1

Your hunger takes over and the only thing you can think about is food. When you saw the light flick on and off you knew that this was going to be your chance to get a feed for the first time in days. You reach the building and scratch open the front door. Their scent is coming from further upstairs, you lust for them. As you leap up the stairs going 6 or 7 at a time you let out a high pitched screech, a battle-cry you think of it. Ever since you became what you are it seems second nature to let out these screams.

You reach the 6th floor and realize that this is where they are. You run up the hall and turn left and are faced with three doors. One to the left, one to the right and one dead ahead. It is not known what is in each room and whether you can face what is in the rooms.
Option 1) Door ahead
Option 2) Door left
Option 3) Door right

Option 2

You refuse to feast on what used to be your friends so after finding the building you find a dark corner and faint. When you wake the hunger that before was a dull pain has now become an extreme pain eating away at your stomach. You still refuse to eat the people you once knew. The look in their eyes would be unbearable. As you continue to sit in the corner the pain increases, and then as if instinctive you bare your razor sharp teeth momentarily before digging them into the flesh just above the knee joint. You continue to feed upon yourself and as the pain in your stomach begins to subside you realize what you have done. The pain in your leg begins to rise and blood is spilling out at an alarming rate. You then realize that this is how your life is going to end and with that you close your eyes and allow the pain to take over your body and as you convulse slowly you continue to bleed out. Your life is over.

Option 3

You reach the building where you saw the light flick on for a just a minute. With the keen sense of sight you have received from being turned into this creature you know exactly which room it is. You crawl slowly around the building finding the best way to attack. You see a drain pipe leading up to a window that is about 3 rooms down from the one you want. You scale the pipe with ease and reach the 3 inch wide ledge. You crouch and leap towards the window that you want. You glide past the window. You misjudged the jump. It must be the hunger you think. However, you know it doesn’t matter. You creep to the edge of the window sill and just as you are about to look inside you feel vibrations, slowly getting greater. You back up about two feet and just as you stop moving the window slides up and rough looking man puts his head and shoulders out to inspect. He looks to his right, but doesn’t see anything. However he slowly begins to turn his towards you and you realize this is the only chance you will get. With a high pitched scream you leap digging your claws into the flesh just above his should blade and with your momentum you drag him out the window and fall onto a pile of trash in the alleyway to the side of the building. He opens his eyes and you see the fear there. The hunger is eating you apart but you don’t want to eat what used to be a fellow human.

1) Eat him as you meal
2) Let him go through guilt and find another meal

Option 4

You reach the building but you realize that the people in the building were once humans trying to escape just like you. So instead of trying to get a meal out of them you continue down the alley just to the left of the building. As you are running down the alley the hunger in your stomach begins to take over your judgement and you begin to consider running back to the apartment building. However just as the thought enters your head you see a stray dog that has given up the will to live and has crawled into a ball to die. You are on him in a second within the minute you have stripped all meat off of the poor animal. However the animal was extremely skinny and there was not much meat on there so you know that you will need to feed again within the hour. Luckily you see an abandoned supermarket at the end of the alleyway. Or you could return to the apartment block and have a real feed.

1) Investigate the supermarket

2) Return to the apartment block

[HimuraKenshee]

Option 3

You reach the building where you saw the light flick on for a just a minute. With the keen sense of sight you have received from being turned into this creature you know exactly which room it is. You crawl slowly around the building finding the best way to attack. You see a drain pipe leading up to a window that is about 3 rooms down from the one you want. You scale the pipe with ease and reach the 3 inch wide ledge. You crouch and leap towards the window that you want. You glide past the window. You misjudged the jump. It must be the hunger you think. However, you know it doesn’t matter. You creep to the edge of the window sill and just as you are about to look inside you feel vibrations, slowly getting greater. You back up about two feet and just as you stop moving the window slides up and rough looking man puts his head and shoulders out to inspect. He looks to his right, but doesn’t see anything. However he slowly begins to turn his towards you and you realize this is the only chance you will get. With a high pitched scream you leap digging your claws into the flesh just above his should blade and with your momentum you drag him out the window and fall onto a pile of trash in the alleyway to the side of the building. He opens his eyes and you see the fear there. The hunger is eating you apart but you don’t want to eat what used to be a fellow human.

1) Eat him as you meal
2) Let him go through guilt and find another meal


woot update !!

i'ma go with eat him as my meal.

[DethPenguin]

Option 4: Option 1.

[SickDaza]

I know this is pretty much dead but I have another update ready but I want the other people to choose their options.

[HimuraKenshee]

i'm waiting T_T

[Jesus123]

Oh noes you killed meh doggie!

[SickDaza]

What dog. Oh that dog yea he needed to die.