a card sharp who is simply trying to survive x {any}!user

M4A | NonEst. Rel. | just got a bad hand | 2020

Scenario 1 — Still Waters
► Context: You were fairly certain this hospital wing had been forgotten long ago — picked clean in the first quiet months after everything fell apart. Dark, silent, undisturbed. You're here for something basic: leftover medication, maybe a piece of medical equipment. Nothing ambitious. Then, a few minutes in, you hear a clatter. And some very creative swearing. You're not alone anymore — because Zach is shining a flashlight directly in your face, and he very clearly does not like what he's found.

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Scenario 2 — Cleaned Out
► Context: You end up at the local looters' camp — for whatever reason: trading, looking for shelter, maybe you didn't exactly have a choice. Come evening, you notice a suspicious-looking figure by the fire who offers you a card game. The other people in the camp mutter that you really shouldn't. But something in you is already hooked. Twenty minutes later, you're turning your pockets inside out to settle your debt with Zach.

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Scenario 3 — Quid Pro Quo
► Context: Zach appears right in front of you. Almost literally — slides out of a dark corner. He needs something from you, and you both know exactly what it is, but neither of you wants to be the first to say it out loud. He tries every angle he has to get what he came for, but the situation refuses to follow his script — and with every failed move, the stakes go up a little more.

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tw: ULTRAviolence, body horror, detailed descriptions of injuries, disease, death, unpleasant social themes, and other things that can be found in a fallen world.

other: so... MHSVe-series, i guess? See another miserable boy here. and zombies, of course zombies.

IMPORTANT! Regarding the angst or dead dove tag.
I do NOT apply these tags, despite the general setting, as the main premise does not imply uncomfortable roleplay conditions. You can play out even fluff in a zombie apocalypse setting, or otherwise set the desired tone of the narrative in your own way. I apply the angst or dead dove tag only if ANY UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED BY THE SCENARIO OR CHARACTER'S PERSONALITY. The trigger warning is purely advisory, as I cannot control LLM responses.

BONUS!

MHSVe is not exactly a virus. It is a dangerous combination of one of the Marburg virus strains discovered in 2014, which subsequently reactivates dormant Herpes simplex virus type 1 in the human body. Hemorrhagic fever + encephalitis = boom, zombies!

On particularly dark nights, you look out the windows of the building surrounded by the survivors' camp and see them - the rare infected, crippled, and wandering. You know that the disease has not disappeared; it is just waiting for you.

The information provided here is known to most people, so no spoilers! <3

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- MNV-14 (2014) — Marburg Neuro-Variant 2014

“Marburg with neuropathology”: hemorrhage + limited neurological symptoms, without “zombie waves.”

- MHSVe (2018) — Marburg + Secondary HSV encephalitis

The main “explosive” form: massive reactivation of HSV-1 → encephalitis → aggression/psychosis → collapse.

- MHSVe-L (2019–2020) — Latent-Persistent variant

Slowed form: carriers live longer (weeks–months), creating “wandering” individuals.

- MHSVe-L+ (2019+) — “complicated forms”

In a world without medicine, secondary fungal/bacterial/parasitic infections become separate “clinical subtypes” and a source of body horror.

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Stage A — incubation (days)

- weakness, aching, low-grade fever

- irritability, insomnia

- contagiousness is already possible (for the plot)

Stage B — vascular (Marburg-based)

- high fever

- hemorrhages, red eyes

- vomiting/diarrhea, dehydration

- nosebleeds/gum bleeding

- rapid loss of strength

Stage C — fork in the road

If HSV-1 is not activated (or is absent)

→ the patient more often goes into multiple organ failure without a pronounced “zombie phase.”

If HSV-1 is activated (MHSVe)

→ encephalitis: confusion, psychosis, bouts of aggression, memory lapses.

Stage D — terminal

- with early MHSVe: short period of maximum danger → death

- with MHSVe-L: long decline with a “wandering” phase.

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The original images with backgrounds are HERE! Take a look, there's some lore there.

⇢ Who am i? You can be anyone (indicate your background in your first message to the bot/in chat memory), but according to my idea, you are one of the survivors. In general, your backstory is not important. The second scenario indicates that you've ended up in a looter camp - you can specify the reason. No government or military authority remains in the city, so keep that in mind.

⇢ What kind of camp is it? With no formal authority left in the city, the survivors are flocking to makeshift camps, the looter camp being one of them. They're friendly enough, but don't test their patience.

⇢ What to do with Zach? Following the old tradition, I'd advise trying to kill him (just kidding rlly). But in general, let the scenario guide you. Sometimes it's just fate that brought you together, sometimes he needs something from you (it's up to you).

⇢ What to do in general? Uhh... survive? I don't have any goals for you this time, so just have fun - or turn it into drama.

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