The Story:
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Black Orchard, North Carolina - August 12th, 20XX a.d.
It was a normal day in the not-so-distant future. All was well up until a few days ago. It started off with few missing persons cases. Standard protocol was used: Search teams were assembled, checkpoints were made, and all seemed to be going well. Then, one of the local search parties went missing. Most of them were found dead by local authorities, cause of death unknown.
The next day, a sudden influx of people with bite marks were admitted to hospitals and emergency rooms, then reported dead hours later. It was blamed on rabies. An acute, deadly, yet undiscovered strand of the rabies virus. All but the most skeptic were satisfied with this explanation. A handful of people claimed it was media suppression; that there was something much larger behind these unexplained events. They were ignored, but they couldn't have been closer to the truth.
Then suddenly, everything stopped. The missing persons cases, the rabid emergency room patients... All traces of anything suspicious just disappeared from the air. Had the authorities succeeded in stopping this new disease, or had they completely lost control...? Sadly, and horrifyingly, the latter of these proved to be true. No one was sure why. Did they think maybe if they ignored it, it would just go away? Or did they simply think that the absence of media would prevent another outbreak: one of mass hysteria and paranoia...?
Whatever their intentions, whatever their motives, an outbreak was inevitable. One that few would escape from, or live to tell about...
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I've been planning this RP for quite some time now. As this is my first time GMing anything, I only hope that you guys'll take it easy on me. I might be accepting a co-GM. Although I'm a little wary of this concept, If you guys take to the story well enough, I'm game.
I'm afraid that this RP is going to deviate a little from most of the RPs on this forum. In those RPs, your character is allowed to have superpowers. You know, shooting lasers from your eyes, manipulating shadows, even being invulnerable to certain things. For this RP, that just can't happen. It's out.
*a thousand gasps of horror*
No, seriously. For this RP to work anything like I want it to, your character can't have inhuman superpowers. You know how much of a threat a zombie would be to, say, superman? He mashes those things brains out by the dozens! Plus, here's the flipside: If you had superpowers, and you got zombified... You know how much of a threat you would be? Not just to your fellow RPers, but the zombie hoard as well!
So, in place of superpowers, you'll have to make do with your character's history. Ex-military, Techno-wizard, lame nerd who just knows his way around zombies, etc. Be creative! In the face of a zombie outbreak, your best weapon is YOU!
Speaking of technology, remember that the story is set in relatively recent times. Keep the it basic by today's standards. You can get a little frilly, but DON'T OVERDO IT. It might not matter for too long, anyway.
So, now that I've stripped away all of your fun, and all your characters of their power, I give you the opportunity to join up.
All you gotta do is post your character, bio and all, and wait for me to make revisions/accept it. Actually, I won't make any revisions. Sometimes it's easy to get carried away, but in those cases, I'll only make suggestions that would help your character fit in better with the storyline. 
Also, as you may have gathered by now, this story centers around our group of characters, residing in the fictional city of Black Orchard, NC. (Not that I have anything against North Carolinians, you guys just happened to be there. No hard feelings?
) They don't have to be from there originally, just as long as they're from somewhere on earth. That gives us a little to work with there, doesn't it? 
In closing, I leave you with this bit of advice:
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If you have any questions about the zombies, just ask. I'm using a kinda' custom model, but if you're familiar with "them" from HotD, you'll have a pretty close idea.
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Here's my character. Be as detailed/undetailed as you wish, but try to give your character a blood type. I have something in mind for later in the story that might rely on this.
Name: Alex "Snafu" Whittmore
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 145 lbs
Build: Slim, tall, slightly athletic.
Blood Type: AB
Hair: Short, medium brown
Eyes: Green
Clothing: Loose fitting deep purple t-shirt with text "P|-|33R T3|-| 1337" in fluorescent green stencil lettering on chest, Blue jeans. Black and gray tennis shoes.
Personality: Shy and quiet unless provoked, has violent tendencies, good natured, bit of a neat-freak/OCD.
Personal Abilities: Good with computers, fast runner, slow yet very accurate with most projectiles, expert knowledge of zombies.
Background: Alex has been around computers for most of his life; so he knows his way around them pretty well. He uses the internet alias "Snafu" as an inside joke on his uncanny ability to screw up delicate situations. This nickname has spilled over into real life recently, but is only used on a regular basis by close friends. He took an interest in zombies several years ago, and has studied them relentlessly ever since.
