Zombie Apocalypse (Role-play)

((OOC: I was told to control Zandorf's character.))

Kris came into the room warning us about... those black things... in this ship!? I felt a slight chill to my spine and I slowly got up from the bed after Satoru let go of me, after I was told to stay in between the two men, I did as they said.

As Kris opened the door a zombie tried rushing in with it's jaws wide open; lunging forward, I groan slightly out of surprise and the zombie seems to shook up at my voice, I may have imagined it though. Kris and Satoru skillfully slays the dead with their weaponry while I avert my eyes away. After they're killed, blood sprayed to my cloths and I felt... weird. My eyes wide open, I look at the corpses of the fallen creatures and I hold myself back from making any reaction.

So many things are going on in my mind, so many questions, and so many first-experiences. My stained attire, is like proof of the cold reality I am experiencing.

"I wonder, those people, those cloths they're wearing. Who they were, how they were bitten, how they lived before being killed, and mostly importantly, what they were trying to do before their death? Because, those sailor uniforms... they may have been important people working here... " I spoke in a weird tone as I questioned while entering a phase of reverie, as if questioning myself and my ever-grown-encyclopedia of knowledge that my brain contained, but the information from the books I... ate, didn't give me any viable answer, other than 'they probably did some maintenance works, or transferred food to passengers, etc.' they answers weren't satisfying. I feel that I hear voices of the two speaking but my mind is too busy assessing of all these.

And then suddenly, the haunting feeling came back to me once again, my nightmare dawned back to my mind, the scene of them trying to maul me alive. I felt that the books have turned into vicious enemies, once again. A slim strand of tear falls from my right eye as blood splattered from the zombie mixed with it and went down together with the salty tear.

I rub it frantically and try to move along with the two gentleman.

"Wait, what? What are we going to do now? Where did all these... zombies, came from in this ship? How would they get on aboard? Do you think the others here are safe?" even at this situation, I still hold my gall to inquire relentlessly.

((OOC: Not sure if I played out the character right. But hooray for me using common sense in this type of a situation!))

"Of course not, it's a broad sword, over-sized one, though. A swing is enough to cut a being in half. As you say, it can slow me down, but don't worry. I can still deal with the zombies usually. However, in this situation, the corridor is kind of narrow, hence I cannot wield this around properly. I'll be cautionsly making my moves. So I'll be depending on your weapon for now, you have more freedom of space with that small weapon.

After I spoke, we kept walking, and I see a line of black. Zombies all lined up, following one another, walking towards us as they groan. I lost focus of perception while speaking to Iteyui. Damn it! But well, we still have a chance here, even if the road is blocked, we can still slay them down and work out way to the cockpit.

"Alright, listen up... this is how we deal with this situation. You take down whatever zombies that tries to attack from the front, I'll be guarding out backs and will also cut down whatever zombies that goes past your attacks. Stay calm, and try attack them to their heads. I'm not sure what can exactly kill them, but I assume that if their brain is heavily damaged, or their heads are severed; they'll be dead for good, I whisper our plan and information that I have in me.

((OCC : This is a joint post between Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))

"Uther take the lead, Its pointless if I stay in front. I'll guard the back and you take care of the front." Kotori said as stepped behind Uther.

Shouldn't the smaller one in front, that way I could see and protect you at the same time. That what Uther thought but didn't said a thing, he just nodded as he took the lead. "Tell me if you see something on the back."

"Understood" Kotori said as she started looking through her bag and took out a bag of beef jerky she had found at the hospital and started eating some.

Something smells familiar. Is that, beef jerky? Uther sniffs around and peeked behind. He saw Kotori eating. Oh.. Uther continued to walk forward while letting her eat. Uther checked his pockets and found a lolipop. This will do, I guess. Uther then opens the wrapper and begins to lick on the lolipop in his mouth.

"Don't look back keep your eyes straight." Kotori said as she continue eating some.

"Ahaha, enjoy your meal then." Uther continued his licks on the strawberry lolipop while keeping an eye out on the front. The other rooms are somehow closed. There are only 2 explanation, 1. Survivors are inside, 2. It's just empty. An open room is another thing. It could be those black figures inside them or remnants of people running in chaos. Strangely, he didn't see anyone running out of the rooms. "Hey Kotori, don't you think the plane is somehow, empty? I don't see any of the staff nor the passengers." Uther asked in confusion.

"Don't worry about that right now, our mission right now is to make it to the cockpit. If the pilots are zombies we would be in a lot of trouble." Kotori said as she put her food away.

Uther stops and whispered at Kotori, "Hey Kotori, up front, It's them." As Uther pointed at the 2 black figures up front near an open room. "Do you think we should kill them from here?, it's quite safe in the room beside us. If we failed to kill them, we could run and hide in that room." Uther suggested to Kotori.

Kotori move to the side to have a better look "So you have a pyshical weapon to kill them with you?" Kotori asked as she aimed at the zombies with her sniper.

"I don't have any sharp stuff, maybe we could lure them in to the room by throwing something in there." Uther gave another suggestion.

When Kotori heard that she walked a bit more up ahead "Uther you better be ready to run back quickly and hope we are lucky. Lets see if this zombies are like the ones from that show." Kotori said as she took out a can from her bag.

"Ready when you are." Uther took a running stance, ready for closing the doors. Zombies could not pull anything. That's what he learned from watching The Walking Dead.

As soon as Kotori saw this she threw the can as hard as she could into the room hoping the sound would attract them. She then ran back hoping it work.

As I try to position myself while preparing for the approach, I steadily aim at the zombies.

"Right. The head."

Before I try to shoot, I realize they're too close for comfort, and my gun rejects me for doing any fast reloading to take out the line of zombies. Instead I let down my weapon and brought it up again.

"Here I go, Hilda...."

I dash forward, ready to down my sword, and I hope for the best.

((OOC: This is a joint post between Sanada-Kun and Xninebreaker))

As Christine threw the empty water bottles, the zombies seemed to be briefly distracted as they turned their attention. Christine and Cliff immediately both made for a run down the stairs and into the corridors of the ship, as the zombies were coming from the room above that the two were just in. The two of them ran as fast as they could, but suddenly Cliff felt a sharp pain in his left ankle.

"Ah!!" Cliff let out a short outburst before dropping onto one knee, but cupping his mouth to avoid making any more noise. This... cannot be happening! Both Christine and Cliff could hear the noises of feet dragging across the metallic floor of the ship.

"Cliff!!" Christine lifted up Cliff and supported his body. "We have no choice but to kill them first. Should I?" Christine took her handgun and aimed the zombies.

"Wait!" Cliff said while trying to mask the pain he was already feeling. I don't think we can get away given... the situation so we'll have to fight probably, Cliff thought. Cliff drew his bow from his back once again and clicked a button on his quiver, which dispensed an arrow to his hand. "Don't use your gun... Not until they are extremely close. Remember, we know they use sound. With a small corridor, I can land an arrow or two," Cliff said while entering an archer's stance and readying his bow and arrow.

"Okay, I'm counting on you Cliff... " Christine replied to Cliff while worrying about his physical condition.

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GM notes:

Xminebreaker: Attempts an archer's stance as he's about to shoot arrows to the zombies. As his left leg is in pain, a dice is to be rolled to test if he can maintain the stance for enough time, 5 is required.

Dice result: 1

1 + 1 = 2

(Your character is unable to take the stance probably and groans as he falls down yet again from the pain. Another test will be done in the next attempt to run to see if the pain subsides, until then, he'll limp as he walks, and can only walk slowly.)

((OOC: This is a join post between: Applesauce,Zandorf, and TheLoneGentleman))

Kris looked back at Kahori covered in blood. He was sorry that she had to go through all this at such a young age. He had had his fair share of bloody situations. And for the situation in which he was nicknamed probably set him up for the rest of his career. But that was a story best shared when they were finally in a safe room. This ship was going to go to hell quickly, and hopefully there was still enough to work with. Stopping behind a corner he found the time to answer the curious mind in their party.

"There were probably a few people able to hide that they were bitten long enough to get on board. It was a last minute security checkpoint. There was a lot of room for error," answered Kris peering around a corner.

"Well that was a stupid careless response to the situation.", Kahori said as she trailed behind Kris. "Even if there isn't someone on the bridge that knows this ship in and out, I can at least help work the ship.", Kahori said as they waited for Satoru.

Satoru was careful to not draw to much attention to the back of the group. It would be hard to hold off a large number of them with just his sword. If things went south they wanted most of the horde on the front. And it was Satoru's job to make sure they had an escape route if necessary. "Is the front looking good Kris?" asked Satoru with his blade at he ready. Kris stepped out from covered after seeing there was nothing down the hallway yet. Waving them over he started up the stairs. "Walk softly" whispered Kris. Suddenly there was a woman screaming at the top of the stairs. She ran past instead of going down. And trailing behind her were about three zombies. But with how fast they were going and how much noise she was making she was as good as dead. He knew that Kahori would feel bad about it, but that was just the distraction they needed. "Let's keep going" said Kris now that the woman and her attackers were out of view.

Continuing down the hallway the three stick close and walk quietly as not to draw anymore attention. The woman had done a good job of distracting the zombie on the floor, but that was no reason to let their guard down. Looking down the corridor there were many paths that could lead just about anywhere. Kris didn’t see a map anywhere so they would have to be careful and pick and choose where to go. Walking up to the nearest room Kris cracked it open peering inside. There was a light on in the room, but beyond that he needed to open it more to see what room he had stumbled upon.

GM notes:

TheLoneGentleman, Zandorf & applesauce: As the woman passed and the three: Bloody Kris, Kahori and Samurai passed through the stairs. The three found themselves in a round hallway, with several doors leading to many different types of rooms. In one of the rooms, there is an eighteen year old high school woman, draped in blood with three dead corpses around her. The three must now find and enter that room, which also contains not just a woman, but a steering for driving the ship as well.

(Dices will be rolled to see if the three characters can enter the correct room upon attempt. The other rooms are: A large dinner hall. Sets of washing rooms. A corridor to more passenger rooms (untouched by zombies).)

TheLoneGentleman, Zandorf & applesauce: A dice is to be rolled to check if the three enters the correct room.

Dice result: 2

The three enters a room and they come across a room where white light is covering the tiles. It was a large washroom, two templates could be seen in a distance "Male" and" Female". It seemed to be clear of zombies.

Katsucha: Kotori attempts to throw her can as hard as she could in order to catch the attention of the zombies, 4 is required.

Dice result: 5

2 + 5 = 7

(The can is thrown properly and it lands behind the zombies, they look back and start to turn around and walking in that direction. They move according to the sound with their ears, this fact is discovered.)

Hanasaku: Iteyui attempts to use the knife part of her weapon to cut the zombies. A dice is to be rolled for her Strength to test if she succeeds in doing so, 5 is required.

Dice result: 3

2 + 3 = 5

(Your character is able to slice at the neck of a zombie, but she doesn't know if she really killed that zombie off (half of it's neck was cut, it's not dead yet), and then she closed her eyes and frantically swung it around, making random attacks.)

Cinia Pacifica: Hilda makes an attempt to cut down the zombies in Iteyui's stead, a dice is to be rolled to test her Strength, 5 is required.

Dice results: 3, 3, 4.

4 + 3 = 7

4 + 3 = 7

4 + 4 = 8

(Your character slashes the zombie's neck from the left, driving it to the wall to the right and severing it's head off.)

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Blood drapes Iteyui after she tried plunging her knife-portion of her weapon into a zombie, who's cloths showed clearly, that she was an air hostess, formerly. I stare at her back with a composed expression as the zombie is hit and groans, attempting to bite her for real. Blood is going to be all over us from now on, we live in such a world now. I can no longer worry about staining my dresses in the battlefield. Bloody dresses may very well be the next trend! As if... but, I get to enjoy my ball, at least. Time to dance. I pull my blade out from behind Iteyui's back, it sneaks out as it's steel sings out it's song while slicing through air itself. After which I had it cut into the neck from the left, then pulled my sword to the right and slashing it's head off. That should be good enough to take care of it. There are a few more of the dead in front of us, and I think Iteyui may not be in the best mental condition for this.

So I decide to wield my weapon again, I move in front of Iteyui and muster my strength to carry my weapon. And make slashes, one from below, other from above. Simple moves like that are enough to beat these creatures because they don't really have the mind to perceive every moves, I make and accordingly dodge or block them. The first was an air hostess, but the other two are men, they don't look like pilots though, so I felt a small amount of relief washing over my mind and thinking process. My simple and terse moves were enough to kill the zombies. I sigh and look back at Iteyui, I see blood draped on her cloths as if it was the original design. Then I look at my eyes, oh dear, what a mess. Cutting heads off is kinda annoying.

I sigh once again, "Alright, not bad for first time. Now, let's do it like this. We run straight to the cockpit. I'll take the lead, and will knock off any zombies that comes our way. Don't get bitten. Keep your guard up!" as I say this, I start to run my way to the cockpit, I may not know how many infected people came abroad this plane and how many got bitten, other than these three I just took down. But there must be some more... I'd think the passengers, some of them would definitely be infected and turned into zombies. Tch, if it happened before the take off, it may had been easier for me.

... Oh wow, I was mistaken. There're no zombies in the kitchen. As I peered inside, I only found two dismembered bodies that, due to their severe conditions, were not returned back as living undeads. Well, that's good, but better take precaution. I beheaded those corpses with a butcher knife nearby. Now, it's gonna be fine.

The kitchen doesn't look so out of ordinary at first glance. There are foods that ready to be served, some are still in the stoves, while few are in a mess because of bloods from those two dead chefs. I take a slice of yummy-looking bread that is not covered in blood and taste it. Ah... it's so delicious! I munch it down while continue my searching. Next, I take a bite of delicious black pepper chicken and a sip of imported coffe. Haaa... really nice.

Now that I have eat, better to keep going. There are no other doors except to a freezing room, so I go back to the corridor where I came before. Several zombies are already creeping on the corner of it, so I must take another detour again. Now where am I gonna ended up next?

((OCC : This is a joint post between Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))

"Uther lets go" Kotori told Uther as she tried to keep her voice quiet as possible.

"Roger." Uther nodded and began sneaking to the room and closed the door. "We should get away from this room right away." Uther whispered.

"Understood" Kotori said as she tried to hurry along as quiet as possible since it seem the zombies where attracted by noise.

"It looks like those 2 were the only zombies in this section of the plane, I hope." Uther said as he looked around for anymore zombies. "Also the zombies are like in those movies, attracted to noise. Maybe they will also get attracted to the smell of blood." Uther continued.

"Let's hope not." Kotori said as they where able to avoid the zombies. "I believe the cockpit should be up ahead."

"Right after that left turn. We should peek first." Uther runs to the intersection and peeks to see what was in front of the door. One, two, three, oh my, it's those things again. RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR! Damnit! Uther made a stop sign with his hand and whispered, "There are 5 or maybe more, 2 on the door and 3 on the hall way. "

((This is a joint post between:Applesauce,Zandorf, and TheLoneGentleman))

Kris opened the door fully and stepped inside seeing no zombies, he looked around the room cautiously anyways. Keeping his weapon steady Kris walked further into the room waving the others in. Closing the door behind he hoped they were at least making some progress. Looking at Kahori he saw a little blood on her. "Let's clear this room and get that washed off." said Kris. Raising his weapon to eye level Kris walked into the men's side first. Checking each stall they were all empty aside from a few pieces of trash scatter among the floor, Obviously when this chaos started no one was thinking about hiding out in the bathroom.

Seeing nothing that would aide them was disappointing, but not running into one of them was a pleasant surprise. "Alright lets check the other side." said Kris. Kahori was sticking close to them like she was supposed to. Kris thought about all the stubborn ones that would run off on their own, and thanked fate that Kahori wasn't like them. Satoru watched the door to make sure we didn't have any surprised and looked back to make sure everything was alright. "Is everything alright back there?" asked Satoru. Kahori nodded. "Just have to check the ladies room..." she answered. Kris was glad that his face mask was still on or you could see the humor on his face. Even in this situation Kris seemed to enjoy the small things.

Stepping into to women's side Kris saw that a few of the women's stalls were closed. Underneath the last one was a puddle of blood that flowed a little outside the stall. Opening the first stall he found nothingness, and the same was said of the second door. But what was behind door number three? Taking out a pistol Kris brough the blade back into a stabbing position with the pistol steadied over his forearm. "Kahori I'm going to need to you open this door. After that stay clear." ordered Kris. Kahori was nervous about this but she needed to do her part if she wanted them all to get out alive. Nervously reaching for the handle she waited on Kris and Soturu to give the order.

Satoru drew his blade and put his sheath in the opposite hand, he motioned to Kris with the standard door breach countdown hand signs, you high, me low, 3, 2, 1, "Now."

Opening the door Kris finally stopped holding his breath. But the scene inside was less than lovely. A woman had escaped into the stall and shot herself in the head. Her blood decorating the stall in a darkish brown. Kris didn't know if they needed comeplete brain function to work. Or if she had even been bitten. But they were better safe then sorry. Suddenly the woman began convulse.

Satoru scanned the stall, he had seen this scene dozens of times when he was dealing. There was something out of place, the woman had a look of absolute terror on her face. When the woman began to move he ran her through with his blade, drew it back out of her body and slashed her neck. He motioned to Kris, "Worth taking her gun?"

"Yes everything can help..." said Kris. He had hesitated slightly, but Satoru had got the job done and the gun might be worth it. "Good work. But no we'll leave it. It has a bad vibe." he said. "Let's hurry and get her cleaned up so we can start moving." Kahori was glad to finally get the nasty blood off of her and held her arms up to be cleaned. "You expect...?" Kris asked. "Fine but I scrub. No whining." Taking some water and soap he washed all of the blood off of her arms. Her clothes would have to wait for another time. Suddenly there was another loud scream that could be heard even in the bathroom. Kahori looked at Kris. "Can we please help her?" she asked looking and Kris and Satoru.

Kris sighed silently. But Kahori was adamant in wanting to help whoever it was. "I guess we can't get by if we let go of all our humanity." said Kris. "This had better not bite me in the ass later..." thought Kris. Getting their weapons ready the three stacked up at the door. Looking outside to check that the coast was clear they. Snuck out following the sounds of the screams and gunshots...Looks like someone was ready to fight back.

((OOC: This is a joint post between Sanada-Kun and Xninebreaker))

Cliff attempted to pull back the string of the bow, but just as he began, the pain in his ankle seemed to flare in intensity. He couldn't keep the stance and staggered in pain. God, this is embarrassing. He crouched down, writhing in pain. Christine tried to lift him up and support his body.

"We need to hide in a room. Now! Come on Cliff!" Christine rushed to his side and threw one of his arms over her shoulders and wrapped one of her arms around Cliff attempting to support him as the two of them attempted to walk away from the zombies. They moved slower than before, maybe in few moments the zombies could catch up with them. The groans of the zombies were getting ever closer as Christine and Cliff slowly made their way down the corridor. There seemed to be a set of doors on either side towards the of the hall, but... it seemed much too far especially at the rate at which Christine and Cliff were walking.

Cliff looked towards Christine with a weak smile on his face.. "You know... we could die here right?" Cliff locked with Christine in a gaze and said, "Just leave me."

Christine ignored Cliff's words and dragged him towards the nearest door. "Almost there, just calm down!" Finally the two almost reached the nearest room but the zombies almost reached Cliff and Christine. ...Sorry, Cliff... Christine pulled out her handgun, and aimed towards the two zombies. "You, try to open that door... I'll shoot them now."Christine lets her left arm go from Cliff and took a better aiming stance. Their distance was about 10 meters. Christine realized she couldn't hit them right at the head, so she waited until they reached 5 meters away from her.

She's serious about this, Cliff thought as Christine released him from her support. The pain in his ankle was immense, but nonetheless, as Cliff crashed his body onto the nearby wall using it as support by leaning on it slightly, Cliff endured and slowly made his way to the door just several steps off, "Alright then... Go get 'em Christine!" Cliff threw words of encouragement regardless of whether or not it would help. Cliff looked behind him; the zombies were already so close. 10 meters, 8 meters, 6 meters The zombies moved faster as they almost reached Christine. ... Christine stood her ground waiting for the moment she knew she could land a shot.

"...I failed." Christine didn't manage to kill them, and only slowed them down. She turned around and saw that Cliff had successfully been able to open the door but... Christine didn't enter the room, instead she took a step back and then turned to Cliff. The zombie's target is me, not Cliff anymore, Christine thought. "Hey Christine, we can-" But Cliff was cut off as Christine made a sudden break towards Cliff. She suddenly pushed him into the room and slammed the door shut, throwing Cliff both off balance and knocking him back.

Now, I've pay my debt for you, Cliff... and sorry.

Cliff suddenly felt an immense pressure on his back just as he was turning to talk to Christine. Cliff feared that it was a zombie, but was shocked to see that it was actually Christine pushing him. It was far too late for him to react and he was thrust into the room with the door slammed with great force which knocked him onto the floor. "Why...." Cliff wheezed, barely understanding the situation.

Christine ran away from the zombies as quick as possible, leaving Cliff in safe place.

"Somebody, HELP ME!!" Christine screamed as loud as possible while running away from the zombies. She couldn't rely on Cliff anymore. She also gave a warning shot from her handgun once, and kept repeating her scream. "Nana! Anyone! Please... Somebody help me!!"

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Sanada-kun: Christine attempts to shoot down the zombies with her gun, her aim is to shoot in the forehead. A dice is to be rolled with her Perception attribute to figure out whether she succeeds, 5 is required.

Dice result: 2

1 + 2 = 3

(Your character does not succeed in shooting the forehead, perhaps her hands trembles? Some of her shots missed and some of her shots hits the shoulders, or chests of the coming zombies.)

As I walking on the dark corridor once more, I hear different noises this time. An echo, to be exact.... Faint gunshots... and...

Someone... a female, is screaming... She's probably in the same floor as me, too...

I hasten my steps while gripping SILVANUS more firmly. I'll use the echo to pinpoints her place. Hope I can do so in time, though.


((Calling GM for dice rolling...))

AzelleFans: Sophia starts to run in order to save the owner of the female voice. She sprints her way to the direction the sound came from. A dice is to be rolled if she can make it in time, 5 is required.

Dice result: 1

4 + 1 = 5

(As your character was running, she may have been running too fast. Hence, she tripped right after she entered the scene involving Christine about to be mauled alive. Not looking very professional - as your character gets up, she realizes that the zombies looks towards her after the dramatic fall to the floor.)

((This is, and has always been, a joint post between Cinia Pacifica and Hanasaku.))


Panting hard, Iteyui looked at the scene that presented itself before her: Hilda slashing and hacking the zombies to oblivion, where she could barely even manage to kill a single one. Looks like she's not ready for this yet, it seems....

"Amazing...." she breathed those words as she watched Hilda work her way through the black beings, she sighed as blood is spilled on her clothing whilst stoning at the sight.

The heads roll one by one on the carpeted floor, until one reaches by Iteyui's feet. Their faces could not explain the horror or pain one would have gone through the conversion process. They seem to shout out broken sentences of 'Help me' and some other moan which cannot be deciphered. She looks directly at one with sympathy. "Must be hard being a zombie...."

Deciding not to let herself nor Hilda down, Iteyui seemed to puff her chest up in confidence, as she tried to follow Hilda on.

"Follow me," Hilda said in a confident tone, now that she has heard the sounds of the zombies before us, busy munching, she runs her way towards them. The fun part about this situation is that the sounds from the jet engines of the plane, makes it harder for them to find preys, albeit they seem to manage to bite people regardless. Another good part is that the red carpets with the golden lion pattern makes nulls the stomping noises to a minimum, hence running is risky because the sounds will not attract them. How does she know that zombies reacts with sounds? It's special information from Jacob.

However, she is not certain as to how reliable Jacob's information is. As she ran with Iteyui, the sounds of the dead became imminent, even Iteyui could tell that the black-skinned being lay a small distance before the duo. The two walks cautiously. Hilda's ragged breath could be heard by Iteyui; she's a bit tired due to her weapon's weight. This is obvious because of how big the thing is. Hilda slightly raises her left hand, showing it's back to Iteyui's view, signalling her to stay back. She then made a sudden dash - her running making the zombies look back at her - her blade went past the heads of the dead. However, it was only half of those heads. Even if it wasn't perfect, their brains were slightly visible. Bloody yet messy. Glossy with light; blood spattered on Hilda's top as she stuck her blade on a zombie and moved it from the middle of the path slowly yet steadily with somewhat ease.

Hilda turned her bloody face towards the other girl - with a somewhat bloodlust written all over her eyes; "Tch, not good enough. I thought I could cut the heads in half with a single blow... " Hilda then started walking towards the cockpit. It seemed to be in vicinity.

"I couldn't even cut one." Iteyui sighed in disappointment. "Anyway, you should clean yourself up. I hear their blood can be infectious." Iteyui tried to keep up as it seemed she would be no match for even someone younger than her. She then lowered her guard.

"You'll get better though, I think," Hilda said in monotone, "As for the blood... mnm, not quite. But the information as to why this blood won't infect me, is classified. While there is a chance generally, it won't apply to me," her tone, unchanged, as she cups some of the blood from her creamy white cheeks and fans it off to the white walls.

"The keyword here is think," Iteyui sighed. "There's no saying I will get better." Iteyui lowered her head in shame.

[b]"Umm, your point is? Everything we say is upon thinking with our brains, anyway. And I doubt there is or was anyone in this world with a gloomy face, who got better while thinking that he or she wouldn't be able to get better at something, including killing. This is killing we're talking about, no one can get better really quickly, it takes time..."

"I should just let you do all the hacking and slashing," Iteyui seemed to give up. I'm no good at this compared to the master.." It didn't take much logic to figure out her words. Ridiculous. I'm getting life counselled by someone who's 5 years younger than me. Maybe I'm just that pathetic.

Just tell me if you need to shoot." She then lowered her weapon. "That's the only thing you can't do right now that I can, I guess."

"Giving up won't get you anywhere. There was a time when I couldn't even swing this thing right. Now, it's like my best partner ever. Watching a veteran swords-woman fight may be completely demotivating - I wouldn't have done it if not for the situation - but you need to know that there's plenty of room for improvement... at least that's what I think. You tried to kill something for the first time, and your weapon cut it's skin. Isn't that great enough? Cowards wouldn't be able to even swing that thing you're holding, or a normal knife for a matter, but well.... whatever, I give up on this," Hilda stopped, her current expression wasn't the consoling type, one single bit. But she said whatever she could to have her spirit returned regardless of that.

Splat, smack, squish. These were probably the only sounds heard throughout the plane other than the faint screams of people, only muffled by the sound of the engine. As the sounds of the human beings got less, they were only replaced by more groaning and moaning from the Zombies. Or Half-zombies. It was hard to tell if their minds were still sane or not. The smell of ammonia hit the air conditioners and soon spread throughout the plane. Rotting flesh were soon a common smell throughout this place.

Iteyui seemed relieved. Nevertheless, she continued running, with her mind shrouded by unknown thoughts only she herself could experience.

Outside the windows the night was still black, splattered white by stars. It sure was no time to look at the scenery outside, but soon below the plane, the city of Fakku shut down it's lights one street by another. the wings of the plane spread out across the air, almost fluttering at the mere touch of wind. In this plane, a chaos of a thousand nights came to life as Hilda and Iteyui ran from one end of the hangar to the other. The night has started to dim it's shade of black.

The door was knocked: "W-Who's there!? a trembling, frightened voice came through. Fear sure has shook this person up well, that's what went through Hilda's thought process upon hearing the sentence.

"Open the door, it's the vice president of Fakku city. Don't be afraid, we've taken care of the other zombies close to this door, Hilda uttered with a tone of authority after announcing the death of the dead ones.

The door slowly opened, after five seconds. In these seconds which seemed to take an eternity to pass; the lock was being opened. They must have been desperate to set so many locks. Hilda and Iteyui walks in, the sight that beheld the two was terrifying. One of the pilots was bitten. This was made obvious with the injury in the arm of the man, sitting in the left, the one in the right seemed to the owner of the trembling voice, a terrified man.

Hilda speaks so as to correct her notion of the situation, "Allow me to make an assumption: some politicians boarded the ship who were infected. They didn't get any check up because they were... important people. They then transformed and took a bite of some people, including the air hosts and hostesses, and that guy?"

"H-He was only going to the toilet... that's when it all began. He came back running with that injury, and the others were confused about the whole thing, and were suddenly attacked from behind, I shut the door up as soon as I saw those... things after he got in here... !!"

He was way too panicked, the three in the room excluding the one giving out explanations seemed to have well understood the fact. Hilda grabbed his neck with both hands, "Sorry about this, but can you shut up and pipe down? We don't want you to attract the zombies now of all times, she gave a grim look with her eyes looking down on his ever shaking pupils. It seemed as though he nodded slightly and then, Hilda let go of the man. Right after this, the other male coughs blood, and breathes ragged breaths. His transfiguration is unavoidable. No matter how much one may pray for a miracle.

"I'm sorry but... you do know that you're about to turn into one of... them, right?" Hilda looked down on this man, too. This person that she spoke to seemed to be rather mature regardless of all that had happened in this terrifying, mind-rending situation. He simply stated, "Of course... I'd like to request of any of you in here; please end my life right here and now, before I turn into one of them. It's for the best... please... "

At this, it seemed to be that Hilda's eyes sparkled in amusement. A mere human saying that? Incredible! she thought. Never had she thought that a human would give up just like that. "Well, who's going to do it?"

"Do you... want to?" Iteyui looked at Hilda. She seemed unsure. Looking at the people, they were in no shape to execute one of their fellow aircrew. And it is obvious that Iteyui wasn't so completely confident that she could have fully kill the guy. "I can let you do it. Since most probably I can't anyway."

The man was groaning in pain all the while. It seemed that he was going through an excruciating change of body. It certainly seemed so to all of the people who was witnessing the scene. Iteyui then looked at the man. "Death by sword... or gun?"

"Just make it quick....and fast... I don't want to be a burden anymore... not now..."

Both are equally quick and fast, although I'm not so sure... Iteyui then looked at Hilda. "Your call, I guess."

"Hurry..." The man's will was weakening by the second.

Hilda's left hand sways to Iteyui as she lowers her weapon on her other hand, "My weapon is too big, I don't want to mistakenly break anything important here. Would you please hand me your weapon? It seems that you people... just wouldn't do it."

"Then blood shall not be stained on you."

Iteyui then raised her weapon, the tip of the blade at the man's temple, trembling with it, as the muttered the words: "Close your eyes. It'll be over before you'll realise it," she said, "And Hilda, I suggest you look away..." as she readies herself. Hilda pretends to look away. But who knew that her eyes peered through her golden glossy hair in excitement?

"Thank you..." the man said in retrospect.
...
Bang.

With the shot, it was certain the more zombies would come, though the door is locked, so this would provide somewhat safety to the other passengers, but at least they would not have to bear the sight of a transformation, not at least for the aircrew. The plane went into a howling, deafening, silence. Blood, in colors both red and black, formed a miasma of twisted art behind the wall the man was leaning on. Flesh, that was twitching and squirming for the time that the man had still been alive, broke into chunks that exploded into a flurry of mass gore. The remains of what was left of his skull, lay in the floor of the aftermath. at the end of the grotesque mess, the body devoid of life sputtered blood like a drinking fountain meant for vampires. It flopped to the ground with a sound thud. The spectators of the execution were speechless except for the duo. With blood dotting her face, Iteyui murmured the words such that only she could hear them: "Peace to a good man." She then wiped her face with her shirt, having to choice, then turned to Hilda.

"Okay, you can look back now.....now what do we do?"

"No other choice but to get to Japan regardless of what had happened. Going back is no good choice, nor is landing in an inappropriate location," Hilda stated while folding her arms over her chest.

"Huh... haven't been to Japan in a long time. I'd like to see it soon, whether apocalypse or not.

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GM notes:

Cinia Pacifica: Hilda decides to run to the cockpit with Iteyui, a dice will be rolled how long how legs can handle running all the way to the cockpit, 5 is required.

Dice result: 4

1 + 4 = 5

(Your character is able to run properly, but she is getting tired really fast. At this rate, her sword wielding may be slower due to it's heaviness.)

A dice is to be rolled to test if Hilda's perception is good enough to hear the groans, limping walking and sense their presence from afar, 7 is required.

Dice result: 6

4 + 6 = 10

(Your character is able to hear groans and moans of the zombies, and crunching sounds of flesh. They're most likely eating meat of a passenger aboard this plane, or a staff member, even. Your character estimates that there are a few. Bonus: From the sounds, your character can tell that there aren't any zombies on the way, all the way to the cockpit after these.)

Hilda makes an attempt to attack the zombies who are busy munching on meat, she wanted to slash the heads in half, as she believed that her blade was capable of this, but is her Strength attribute good enough for that? A dice will be rolled to find the answer out, 6 is required.

Dice result: 4

4 + 4 = 8

(Your character is able to slightly cut the heads of the zombies, she could have fully cut past the brains if not for her lack of stamina at this moment, as she used some of them up carrying the board sword in her own palms. She has not rested enough it seems. But she puts enough strength to kill her preys. Just not with absolute perfection.)

Kris grimaced as he heard the screams. She was going to draw zombies from all over the ship with that, but its also the only way to get any help. Kris didn't know why he didn't try to talk Kahori out of helping her. It wasn't something as simple as sympathy. Perhaps a form of hatred. Hatred for being too weak to help his men at the bank. He needed to tell someone what he had done. Keeping it a secret was an insult to them. After this situation was over...if they were still alive. He would tell this new team of theirs everything. They deserved to know who they were fighting along side.

Kahori looked up at Kris, and was wondering what he was thinking. All she knew is that as long as she was able to get to the bridge, she'd be able to tell Kris and Satoru how to drive the vessel, even if it is infested with the undead. But every time she saw someone that turned, or sees someone dead, she is reminded about her nightmares earlier that night, and how her fears might make her lose her knowledge in critical times of need. She knew that she wasn't alone right now, but she was afraid of losing anyone else, and was determined to not let it happen.

"Hey Kris, do you remember where the sound came from? I don't think I remember where.", Kahori said, as she grew increasinly worried over the woman that screamed earlier.

"Ya it came from over there. Straight ahead and down the stairs." answered Kris. "Watch out as we get closer, there are sure to be even more undead." Kris kept his eyes ahead because he knew that Satoru would have the back. That freedom gave him the ability to focus on one direction. Which gave him a deadly edge. Suddenly two undead ran down the stairs right infront of them. But luckily their attention was towards the screams away from them. Dashing forward Kris pulled his blade holding it with two hands. Making sure Kahori was clear he stepped hard and swung in a wide arc starting the saw early. With timing he would decapitate both in one swing.

Blood flared all over him as the two monsters slumped to the ground. Chuckling a bit he wiped the blood off his face mask, but everything was still a slight shade of red. Smiling he began to take on a slightly different attitude. "Let's get all of them. Why stop at just two?" he said starting towards where the screaming originated. They were close. One set of stairs down and they would be in the same hall. Satoru had a few close calls in the rear, but they passed by without noticing. Seeing the change in Kris he began to get nervous. "You alright there Kris?" asked Satoru. "Never better. Let's get this over with and get to the bridge." answered Kris moving up. The three breezed by to the stairs and charged down.

The scene was worse than Satoru thought. She was close to being overwhelmed. Right now it wasn't so bad, but when the horde made their way over, things were going to get impossible. As he looked past the zombies he saw another girl who had oh so gracefully lost balance infront of the horde. "How hopeless." said Kris chuckling as Satoru took point. Satoru turned to the few Zombies that were to the right coming to join the ones closest to the woman. "Kris I'll handle these guys you get to her and clear a route." he shouted readying his blade and taking a deep breath before striking. Kris turned to the ones going after the woman and sheathed his blade drawing his first pistol. Bringing it up, he walked forward taking aim for the closest head. There were about five closing in on her. Yanking the metal back he fed the first bullet in. "Stay down you two!" Kris yelled before unloading on the crowd of walking corpses.

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TheLoneGentleman: Kris attemtpts to attack the two zombies with his blade.

(Your character succeeds in killing them. Note: 4 is the requirement, your character has 4 Strength attribute. Dice roll is not required.)

Kris attempts to shoot the zombies in vicinity, a dice is to be rolled to find out if they hit properly, 5 is required.

Dice result: 5

3 + 5 = 8

(Your character shoots all the zombies in their foreheads properly, before SILVANUS is used, at all.)

As I advance, the voice grows louder. I might be in the right direction, after all. Now soo--

BRAAAKKKK!!!

Ouch... I tripped. Didn't see that one over there... Must be because I was too focused to reach the voice... ouch.

I was trying to get up when I come to realize that I've arrived in my destination: there stood Christine, well she's on her knees already, and a horde of zombies. She's been badly cornered. But looks like the zombies' attentions are shifted toward me now. Good chance. I'll draw them onto me while letting Christine to escape.

"Stay down you two!", a shout came off. My instinct is ringing fast, halting my body to move up anymore. Sound of gunshots comes forth rapidly. Oh wow, nice timing. Now I don't need to use SILVANUS to clear the zombies... Well, except if they manage to come near me or Christine, at least. I still can't see our saviors because my line of vision mostly being blocked by the horde. Well, I'll just wait until it's done...

With great difficulty, Cliff attempted to stand up; not only was his ankle flaring up in pain, but the impact from both the door and Christine's push seemed to take a toll on his body as well. Cliff leaned against a nearby wall for support as he got up. Heh, it was only a matter of time before an old man got left behind. I was only holding Christine back anyways.., Cliff thought as let out a scoff, mocking himself for being as useless as he was.

Cliff, now slightly conscious and aware of his surroundings, took a look around the room he was in. The lights were on and it illuminated what seemed to be a fairly nice passenger room. There was a small bed packed into the very corner and there was a desk against the wall. The room was punctuated with paintings of landscapes. "Well, at least it's nice here..."

If I were to do something stupid like waltz out the door, there would only be death waiting; the zombies should be right there. If I even try to help, I could put Christine in more danger. Cliff continued to think, closing his eyes and entering a deep state of thought. Maybe I can blow my way out of here... but I only have my high impact explosives, and it could very well sink the ship. Surprisingly, the room was fairly well built as Cliff assumed he would've been able to hear the zombies pass by, but instead, he was left alone in silence. From the wall he was leaning on, he made his way to the chair by the desk and sat down.

Realizing his evident thirst, Cliff took out the sports drink Christine gave him from his satchel. As he stared it for a bit, he could only remember what little time he spent with Christine. He briefly let out a weak smile before opening it and downing the entire bottle quickly. Cliff quickly shook his thoughts about Christine and began to give thought about what was going on. If there are 'zombies' on this ship, then perhaps there are other methods to transfer the... 'condition'. Obviously, this ship is isolated and the only people who got through were already human... Could it be something that someone is spreading intentionally...? The thought shocked Cliff briefly, but he knew it was a possibility, especially now.

What if- Cliff's thoughts were interrupted by a series of gunshots and other faint sounds that seemed to penetrate the walls that separated the room and corridor. What was that? Is someone else here? Is Christine alive?! Suddenly, Cliff tried to jolt towards the door, but just as he got up from his chair and applied pressure on his left ankle, he immediately dropped back down into the chair. "Ah, fuck!!" Cliff yelled out in pain, though likely not loud enough to penetrate the walls. Cliff had almost forgotten that his ankle was injured. The pain was slowly subsiding, but if he tried to move, it would only increase the pain. Christine... I hope you're safe...

((OCC : This is a joint post between Gahald_Mills and Katsucha.))

Uther heard slashing noises coming from the center hall way, where he saw zombies there. There was only bodies of the dead on the floor. Whoa. This is a supprise. I wonder who did it?[/i] Uther returned to Kotori and continued "Someone killed all the zombies on the hall way, and I think I heard a gun shot in the cockpit. Let's hurry and get in there."

"Understood" Kotori said as she started to hurry along.

Uther rushed to the door and knocked it. "Hey! We're human! Let us in!" Uther tried to shout with a softer voice, so that the zombies wouldn't notice if there was any around.

"Uther we got company not far from us" Kotori pointed towards the passage in the middle, a few zombies could be seen heading their way, it seem the gunshot from earlier had attracted them to the cockpit.

"Oh shit. Let's see, 1, 2, 3..." Uther began counting the zombies. [i]It seems that there are only a few of them left and I know that 1 zombie. It's the room service that I called. Too bad, she was hot too. Uther chuckled and took out his guns. "Shall we kill them all, My dear Kotori?"

"I would love nothing better, but at this current moment it would be best we convince them to open the door before we become surrounded by more zombies." Kotori said as she ready her sniper. "Will only shoot right now if they get any closer."

"Sure thing, I'll knock the door with my gun and convince them to open it up while you shoot the close ones." Uther began to knock on the door using the handle of his gun.

((another of these joint-thingies with Cinia Pacifica and Hanasaku.))

The other man is operating the plane, albeit not in not in his best conditions. Hilda and Iteyui watched the professional working on the controls. Hilda is amused, the sheer will to get everyone to safety so that no more dies sure is something, she thought, she wondered how Iteyui felt; the feeling of killing someone, for someone's sake... she wanted to know if she felt any guilt. As her rosy pink lips stretched; she smiled as she look at the passing clouds before her sight, after which she hid her smile.

Hilda mused as her view was fixed on the clouds. And then, groans. "Stay sharp, while I think this door can't be broken down, we should be alert," Hilda whispered to Iteyui, so as to not make the pilot's mentality worse than it is currently.

However, in truth, Iteyui didn't mind about killing if it was for somebody else. She'd prefer doing things out of other's requests.
"How do we go about preparing?" Iteyui asked in a decisive tone. "Do we stay here, or do we clear the things outside first?"

"Hmm... no, there's too much to handle, especially in the corridors of this plane, it's a little hard for me to fight. I can't fight properly. We'd need different types of weapons, err... smaller, knives for that. Like yours maybe. Though I'm not willing to take on a huge group of them on my own just yet. Maybe if we had more people willing to fight these things..." Hilda folded her arms over her chest once again, pondering about things.

"True...us two can't versus so many of those things at once... with me incabable of decimation..." Iteyui looked at the door emotionlessly.

"I guess we'll have to wait."

Christine ran as fast as possible. 2-3 minutes has passed since she left Cliff alone. She stopped screaming because she couldn't waste more energy. Besides, there was more zombies behind her, attracted to her noise.

I need to find a way out... Towards the deck. But, can I make it?

Christine was almost near her limit. Her running speed slowed down and her lungs barely get oxygen. Christine had no choice but to fight them again with her gun, although it will attract more of them.

"Stay down you two!"

Christine heard a weird voice coming nearby. Cliff? No... this is somebody else. Another survivor?

Just before Christine tried to react or answer, gunshots can be heard. "Kyaaa!!" Christine covered her ears while crouching down at the floor. She was trembling in fear, fearing the zombies might catch up with her.