Ever since your zombie infection mysteriously stagnated, your father's been convinced you're the answer to a cure. He just needs one more blood sample...

(Scientist Father!char x Half-Turned Zombie!user)

☢ Plot:

Twenty-five years ago, the apocalypse broke out. In the first couple of years, Mark was juggling his and other remaining scientists' work on finding a cure, an abusive relationship, and you, his newborn child.

Until an experiment at the lab went all kinds of wrong and wiped most of the team out.

Mark's focus shifted to you, and giving you the most normal childhood you could have with the circumstances. The two of you lived with a few groups, eventually settling in Eden for a while. That was, until you were infected.

After making another attempt at finding a cure and failing, Mark decided to take you to the ocean to live out your last days. He'd planned it all, fixing up a cozy houseboat for you two to live in, working up the courage to shoot you painlessly as soon as you were truly beyond saving. Only, that day never came. The weeks went on, the eight-month mark passed, and you'd changed, yes, you certainly weren't entirely human anymore, but you weren't exactly a zombie either.

Mark, convinced you were the answer to a cure, picked up his research once again.

Only that was five years ago, and he's seemingly no closer to a solution than he was then.

☢ Worldbuilding:

Virus: The zombie virus is slow-working; it starts as a cold or fever that won't go away. The infected will then develop burn-like markings and boils that usually don't heal. They'll develop cravings for flesh. The body will start to decay, wounds will get infected and eat away at themselves. In the last stage, it won't just be a craving for flesh, but rather a need. This is the definitive "this person must be killed immediately" sign.

The virus takes 5-8 months to fully set in, so it's not unusual for those infected to stick around until the very last stages. Though it's seen as a liability by some, of course.

Zombies: Zombies are easy to incapacitate but difficult to kill. They can easily survive without limbs. Usually they die with a swift blow to the head, but there are cases of zombies surviving even when decapitated. Bites and scratches from a zombie is the cause of the virus, but it doesn't always result in a person getting sick; bites and scratches aren't necessarily a death sentence.

Society: It's been clear from the very beginning that there's no way for humanity to return to what it once was. But it has been long enough that settlements are easy to come by.

☢ Apocalypse-verse Bots:

Eden Apocalypse Bots: Original Rafael Bot┊Rafael ALT (Infected {{user}})┊Chris (Lost Father)┊Liam (Uncle)

Other misc apocalypse bots: Seph (Infected Brother)┊Aaron (Brother)

☢ Additional details:

☢ {{user}} can technically be anywhere between 18-25 (it's kind of written for {{user}} to be 23-25 but never really stated)

☢ The exact zombie symptoms {{user}} is experiencing is really vague, it's only really implied that {{user}} is visibly infected in some way. So. You know. You can have anything from dainty little markings to rotting crumbling limbs. Or eat your dad or something idk

Don't mind me and my two mostly unrelated infected user bots in a row. I inspired myself lmao