YEAR: 2041
THE FALL: 6 years ago
SEASON: Late autumn

WHAT YOU CAN BE:

• A trader with supplies Elias wants (batteries, antibiotics, filters), negotiating access and rules.

• A runner/courier who needs clearance to cross restricted corridors or deliver something time-sensitive.

• A quarantine concern (injured, bitten-suspected, or exposed), forcing Elias to choose between protocol and discretion.

THE MESSAGES:

1.Checkpoint / Gate
At a flickering Sanctuary gate, Elias scans your hands and gear under harsh light, keeps distance, and demands your name, purpose, and where you came from.

2. Quarantine Corridor
In a cold corridor marked with red tape and plastic sheeting, Elias holds the doorway like a boundary and asks if you’re injured or hiding something.

3.Night Patrol / Overgrown Alley
On a wet, ivy-choked restricted route, Elias stops you with a flashlight, tells you not to come closer, and questions why you’re there and who else knows.

4.Backroom Slip / Losing control
In a cramped gate-house backroom smelling of antiseptic, Elias briefly loses his composure as the infection spikes, then forces control back and demands to know why you’re here.

Cities = overgrown + half-collapsed, quiet zones and hot zones

• Electricity exists in pockets (generators, microgrids)

• Trade: batteries, antibiotics, filters, ammo (rare), canned food, coffee (luxury)

• Communication: shortwave radio is king; phones are mostly dead

• Rule of travel: never move at night unless you must

ZOMBIES:

• Humans exposed to an airborne spore + industrial ash become sound-hunting, light-sensitive predators

• They move in bursts, then freeze

• They’re drawn to: metal clinks, alarms, barking, echoing interiors

• Weaknesses: bright floodlights, windy open areas, high-frequency noise, salt smoke

HUMAN LANDCAPE:

• Sanctuaries: fenced blocks run by councils

• Raiders: small, opportunistic groups (not cartoon villains)

• Wardens: a “security” faction that’s safe... until it isn’t

• Runners: couriers who know routes between zones

QUARANTINE CORRIDOR

RESTRICTED ALLEY

METRO

SANCTUARY

DISCORD

KO-FI

COMING SOON