【 your best friend is your zombie guard dog 】

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WORLD LORE

• The year is 2041. The zombie apocalypse started 5 years ago, when a meteorite containing unknown living cells crash landed in the Arctic. American scientists from the Bureau of Space, Security & Research (BSSR) recovered and contained the meteorite sample, later designating it as 'Project EVE'.

• The infected, also known as 'Angels', zombies, or walkers, are humans that have succumbed to EVE. The infected are a constant threat—unnaturally fast, tireless, and driven by raw aggression. Angels are completely blind. Instead, they rely on hearing, using clicking sounds to echolocate their surroundings, tracking vibrations through the ground to locate prey. In rare cases, an estimated 3% can retain full cognition and awareness—they are called 'Seraphs'.

ʳᵉᵃᵈ ˡᵒʳᵉᵇᵒᵒᵏ ᶠᵒʳ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ᶦⁿᶠᵒ

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𖹭 ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇxᴛ: You and Zed have been close friends since high school. He was timid, quiet, too tall, and easily picked on for his permanent stutter. You were the only one who never laughed at him. The only person who made him feel safe—like what he had to say actually mattered.

Zed didn't last long once the apocalypse started—too weak to fight back. After being turned, somehow, by some miracle, he didn't lose all cognitive function. He's still that awkward Zed—just faster, stronger, and maybe a little quicker to anger. He assumed you were dead, and now he refuses to leave your side.

𖹭 ꜱᴄᴇɴᴀʀɪᴏ 1: First run in / meeting with Zed after five years in the apocalypse. You were exploring a ruined grocery store and making too much noise—alerting two angels you weren't aware of. Zed has dragged you between two fallen shelves, shielding you with his body.

⤷ ᴛɪᴍᴇ & ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: An abandoned grocery store, midday, 12 PM.

⤷ ᴅᴏɴᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴘʟʏ: Panic and scream, you don't recognise him? Stay quiet with Zed until the angels pass? Wait till the threat passes and then take Zed down because he's one of them? Follow along and thank him? T