My Very First RP! I Hope I Do Well...

Prologue:
There's this High School, called Major Sylvester J. Superior High School for the Arts, or "Sly High" as the students would call it.

The day starts off as a plain ol' boring day for students until they find out they can't leave.
Why, you may ask?

Well, over the course of the day, a new, very potent, and airborne virus (nicknamed "The Malevolence Strain") has spread throughout the entire city. But none of the students at this school are affected due to a recent H1N1 scare, forcing staff & faculty to wear masks and protective gear. But there were some students who thought would be idea to rebel against the temporary rule, and were taken away before any real damage from the virus could be displayed, as if someone knew the effects of the airborne virus...

It's been shown on the news, that the virus has transformed the people of the city, and in a matter of hours the city was lost. Anyone who wasn't affected by the virus was instantly overcame by a zombifed loved one. the military are looking for evacuees, but it won't be long before they nuke the city. And to make matters worse, zombies are waiting at every door...

Basic Rules:
The thing about this RP is that you can't have any weapons on hand (like a gun or knife)(though there will be "tools" on school grounds that may serve as a purpose including whatever you have in your book bag...)

You can be either a teacher or a student, and your choice of subject will pay later on in the story.

This is the character sheet:

Name:
Age:
Occupation:(either Teacher or Student)*
Subject you Teach:(if Teacher)*
Favorite Subject:(if Student)*
Items in Bookbag:(Remember no practical weapons)
Personality:(are you a team leader, the loner, a rebel?)*
Backstory:(put why you came to this school, how you reacted after you heard about the outbreak, etc.)

^{*these choices will determine how your character will progress in the story}

I like this, I like this ALOT. Count me in.

Name: Leon Konig
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Favorite Subject: Psychology
Items in Bookbag: 2 Textbooks, Math Compass, Proctractor, Gym Clothes
Backstory: With a military father, Leon has been moving around from school to school his entire life. Now, since his dad has finally retired and decided to settle down, this is his last school. Leon has a very bleak and cynical outlook on life, often believing other people over-react to things, most recently, the Swine Flu. The nationwide hysteria caused by H1N1 amused him, and he didn't react very strongly to the outbreak at Sly High, while almost everyone else freaked out.

Why is this failing so badly? *falls to knees, looking towards the sky* WHY?!?

What the hell I'll give it a go
Name: Brandon Smith
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
Favorite Subject:English
Items in Bookbag: 2 text books, a Fiction novel and a Ds
Personality: The loner in his circle of geeky friends
Backstory: Brandon didn't worry about the H1N1. He continued on his normal life when they announced the masks and gloves to protect against it. How ever when the outbreak he freaked out with the others but eventually calmed down. Now his only worry is seeing his Girlfriend and family safe and sound.

Name: James Lording
Age: 37
Occupation: Teacher
Subject you Teach: Psychology, Drama.
Items in Bookbag: Apple, Pens, Books, Can of soda.
Personality: Enjoys leading people although is not appreciated for his more radical theories.
Backstory: Joined the school due to lack of other jobs. Went to the school when he was younger, but was teased and bullied due to being a homosexual. Reacted rather calmly after hearing of the outbreak, seeing this more as an opportunity than a challenge.

Name: Charles Bell

Age: 17

Occupation:(Student)

Favorite Subject:(History)

Items in Bookbag:(1 history text book, a binder full of paper, several pencils, a copy of Starship Troopers and World War Z and a Bannana)

*Suprisingly this is the stuff I'm carring in my backpaack in real life (although with anothe text book and an ass load more binders)

Personality:(Team Captain of the Lacross team)

Backstory: Moved around a lot as a younger kid, but eventually his family set downn roots in the town. He was good at sports and liked to play video games. He was a popular kid, hung out with kids from different cliques.

He scofed when he heard of the H1N1 and thought it was another virus scare like Avian flu, but now it's zombies and is glad he hung out wit hthe weird geeky zombie apocolypes nerds at his school. He wants to make sure everyone survives.

Pm0n3y:
Why is this failing so badly? *falls to knees, looking towards the sky* WHY?!?

Chill out man, you need to give it some time, do you just expect it to completely fill up after 4 hours?

Also, the story isn't terribly original(zombies have be overdone) but it doesn't mean it wont fill up, just give it time.

Good luck!

Shapsters:

Pm0n3y:
Why is this failing so badly? *falls to knees, looking towards the sky* WHY?!?

Chill out man, you need to give it some time, do you just expect it to completely fill up after 4 hours?

Also, the story isn't terribly original(zombies have be overdone) but it doesn't mean it wont fill up, just give it time.

Good luck!

Yeah, i know zombies are overused, but i don't think i could have a band a high school students (with no real weapons) fight aliens, mutants, or demons without being quickly killed, so i figured zombies would be the next best thing.

Name: Slavoj Krim
Age: 68
Occupation: Teacher
Subject you Teach: Chemistry
Items in Bookbag: Classbook, a bunch of pens, latex gloves, bottle of medicinal alcohol (96%)
Personality: A "mentor" type personality - generally kind to students, as long as they listen to his reasons (not necesarry obeying them). Also interested in philosophy, and will never give up a good debate. Has a minor case of claustrophobia
Backstory: Slavoj is an old teacher - he moved into the country as an immigrant, as the economy of his own country was falling apart. After he heard of the outbreak, he locked himself into the chemical laboratory and started gathering chemicals that could be used against the outbreak (voltaile, caustic stuff).

Name: Nikolia Yagsmir
Age: 55
Occupation: Teacher
Subject you Teach: History
Items in Bookbag: 6 pens, 2 books, band aids, and a staple gun(a brand of stapler).
Personality: social, reliable and all around good leader, his methods are unconventional but there usual a good idea, he also has flashbacks of his old spetznez day's every once in a while
Backstory:after a service in the Russian Spetznaz Nikolia found himself unemployed after his unit was killed, he then immigrated to America to become a teacher, he really had no reaction to swine flu, he thought it was just another virus.

Name: Adrianna "Adries" Bixler
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Favorite Subject: Art/ Workshop
Items in Bookbag: A few pencils and pens, some ink, a case of watercolors and markers, binder of paper, an iPod, a sketchbook, and a few comics that were to be lent to a friend (now...well you know).
Personality: Adries much prefers to simply take orders and follow along, but is willing and able to direct people if need be. Will usually challenge any idea initially just to be difficult.
Backstory: Her family had been one of the founding members of the town and had stayed there since first moving there. Adries feels confined to the town and desperately seeks to branch out; which is why she became rebellious in nature (ie. dying her hair purple, wearing bizarre clothing,etc.).
While she was worried about the H1N1 virus she felt that nothing dangerous would happen. She even decorated her protective gear and mask.

Well now that should be sufficient. Can't wait for my first rp on the Escapist to begin! *is super excited*

Name:Matt Olson

Age:17

Occupation: Student

Favorite Subject: PE

Items in Bookbag: Several notebooks, pencil case, balisong and a mobile phone

Personality: Matt is a rebel(this is why he has a balisong) and has a bit of a reputation as a bad kid. He generally hangs out with himself or skips school. Matt is by no means stupid and when he shows up for tests is usually in the top 5 in each class.

Backstory: Matts mother was killed in a gang war when he was young and his father is a drunk who only stays sober long enough to get a job but he quickly starts to drink again and gets fired, this means that Matt has to pay for the bills through his job as a part time bartender in a bar in what is known as the 'bad' part of town. As his job is in the bad part of town matt bought a knife to defend himself with which is his favorite item and which never leaves his side even at school. After being kicked out of several schools Sly High was the only school nearby that would take him but he quickly fell into his old routine of skipping school, breaking into houses, stealing and well just breaking stuff.

Extra: Matt wears a long thick leather trench over his school uniform, black combat boots with skull buckles and black, leather, fingeless gloves.

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Well then, lets get started shall we?
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Chapter 1: It's Just Another Day...

Ringing. The annoying sound can be heard all over campus, even outside.

It indicates the beginning of class for the students here at Sly High. As the students make their move from the lunchroom to their first period classes, they prepare themselves for the day ahead of them, unwary of how their future unfurls.

Room 213. A teacher walks in, and commands attention from his class. This is Nikolia Yagsmir, a teacher of History. He clears his throat and begins his lesson...

Elsewhere in the school is the auditorium. In there is another teacher, this one teaches Drama. His name is James Lording. One of the better teachers in this school, Mr. Lording begins going over one his screenplays...

And lastly, in one of the five science labs in this vast school is Slavoj Krim, a chemistry teacher, and a famed one at that, but today something doesn't feel right to him...

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Okay, Students, pick a teacher, Teachers, teach your class. I'll post again when the "bad news" becomes apparent.

Adries walked to her Drama class, thinking about what color would look good on her new art project. 'Orange is the natural complement to blue, but I think the green would add a little bit more flair, it would also allow me to use some more red...' she thought. With her mind elsewhere as she entered the classroom, she bumped into Mr. Lording and fell to the floor. "Oh, hello Mr. Lording," Adries says as she picks herself, "Sorry about that. Mind wandering, and I guess my feet were too. I'm not late am I?"

Name: Ryan Arith

Age: 15

Occupation:Made a simple mistake x.X Is a "STUDENT" Sophomore.

Favorite Subject: E.L.A.

Items in Bookbag: A I-pod, Cell Phone (Sprint Rant), A pencil + Pen, A notebook for his drawings, And his school books.

Personality: Im a shy person. I usually switch at times.

Backstory:He has lived here since he was younger so it does not seem so bad anymore, His Mother died when he was younger and his Father abuses him every day.. He just wants to turn 18 and get out.. He longs the day when he can kill his father. When he heard of the virus it didn't really surprise him.. HE IS GAY =O! SURPRISE!

Clothing: He wears tight jeans and a band tee shirt (Escape the fate) He also died his hair black and pink and paints his nails.He also wears eyeliner.. And he wears gloves and knee-high converse.

Brandon sat down and waited for the History lecture to start. He pulled out his book and read few pages while every one was sitting down.

"Good morning students" Nikolia say's in heavy Russian accent "now before i begin the lesson i would like to address this virus.....i believe they call it swine flu, it is nothing more then your average flu and if you have the symptoms stay home, now i would like to begin my lesson on the cold war"

Ryan ran into class, "SHIT"

The teacher stared at him..

"S-Sorry sir.. Just a bit late..."

He took a seat and fiddled with his thumbs..

"its fine, your only a minute late" Nikolia calmly say's
"now as i was saying The Cold War which lasted from 1945 until 1991 was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, and economic competition existing after World War II, primarily between the USSR and its satellite states, and the powers of the Western world, including the United States. Although the primary participants' military forces never officially clashed directly, they expressed the conflict through military coalitions, strategic conventional force deployments, a nuclear arms race, espionage, proxy wars, propaganda, and technological competition. Now can anyone tell me the two special operations force's from Russia and America that were trained to fight each other that never actually faced off in combat" Nikolia looks around the class
"no takers? fine, Ryan can you tell me the names of the of those two special force's groups?"

"Not at all, Adries." Lording said. "Please, take a seat."

Mr. Lording looked out to his class. "Now, we should all be working on our monologues. Am I right?" He smiled quickly. "Well, of course I'm right. I'm the one who assigned this. You must feel the character inhabiting your body. Hehe..." He began to snicker, realizing the sexual comment he had just made. "Sorry for being so perverse. We all must have our... childish moments sometimes." He reclined against the table. "Anyways, lets get inside of our character's minds. Any questions?"

Adries looked around at her classmates who were all staring nervously at each other and muttering. 'This is what I get for not being in one of the more advance classes,' Adries thought rolling her eyes before looking over her character's monologue.

"Uh, Mr. Lording," Adries started as she raised her hand, "Yeah. My character is a badass, chessmaster who is a also seemingly genre-savvy. How am I to get inside his mind? He's the smartest man in that world. Any suggestions?"

"Ah. Yes, Adrianna" Mr. Lording began. "You're doing a monologue from Deep Blue. What you need to understand is that, for as long as you are doing that monologue, you are the smartest woman in this world. In fact... stop referring to the character as a man. For when you are playing the character, the character is entirely female."

"Well, I already am the smartest women in the world so I guess it won't be that hard," Adries replies, batting her eyes and flicking her wrist in a very valley-girl style. A few classmates chuckled while some others scoffed at her. "Yeah, you heard what I said," Adries responded smugly.

"Smartest woman, my dear. I'm pretty sure you aren't two women." Says Lording, chuckling to himself.

Since Slavoj had no classes at the morning hour, he sat in the cabinet filling out forms for ordering new materials. One of the students had a fun idea that ramming into a closet full of glass was a good thing - now the school was practically out of glass containers necesarry for experiments, and it would take a whole week at best to deliver new ones. He sighed and signed the order for 100 new beakers.

"Wha? Oh, gosh sometimes I think quicker than I can speak," Adries replied once she figured out her mistake, "And that's why I fail at oral reports." A few classmates made some rude remarks which then caused a few pencils to be flung at their face.

"So, Mr. Lording...how much will the monologue affect our grades? Particularly mine?"

Matt walks down the empty hallways to his history class and enters as if he wasn't one second late. As he goes past the bin he puts out the cigarette he was smoking on the wall and dumpeds it in the bin. As soon as he takes his seat up the back of the room, apparently not paying attention he starts to lean in his chair.

OOC: Sorry if I dont post that much I live in Australia, so yea.

"Matt....your incompetence amaze's me" Nikolia say's in an icy tone

Ryan spoke in a soft tone..

"Well, I don't entirely know.. But was it Spetsnaz and Marines, I'm not that great on History sir.."

He looked back down..

"you got the Spetsnaz right, but the marines have been around a lot longer. the green beret was the special force's of the American's" Nikolia say's with a smile "it's a good thing the two groups never faced off, chances are if they fought i wouldn't be teaching"

"does anyone have any questions before i continue?"

This seems pretty cool i'll give it a try....

Name: Jason Cole
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Favorite Subject: English Language Arts
Items In Bookbag: Pens, Three ring binder, text books, Notebook for ideas and drawings, cell- phone (verizon), I-pod touch with headphones

Personality: doesnt really care whether or not he's in school or at home playing the guitar, mostly hangs with himself or with a few friends at the skate park.

Backstory:his parents were killed in a car accident when he was only 5 years old and he went to live with his uncle who was a known drunk, his uncle could care less if Jason was ever home and that is why Jason crashes at his friends house's almost every night and he barely ever goes home because if he does his uncle will steal all of his cash.

Extra: wears a black leather jacket and black sneakers, wears black fingerless gloves and long baggy blue jeans. his t- shirt has a white skull and a black background.

"Ah, history," Leon thought, "the most underappeciated subject in the world."

All this talk of the Spetsnaz got Leon day-dreaming, filling his mind with images of war and violence, giving him ideas for his movies once he gets out of college. He puts his head on his hand and stares out the window.

Nikolia starts his talk about the cold war, particularly the Russian Spetsnaz "the primary difference between the green beret and the Spetsnaz was the mentality,if you were a spetsnaz your were not to be taken alive, a hand grenade never left your pocket, if you were surrounded with capture being imminent, your were to pull the pin and kill yourselves and those around you"
Nikolia coughs "this following information you are about to hear is rather gruesome but it is important, they had you swim in pools of blood to get used to the horrors of war, if you were doing poorly in training you would be beaten or killed, this was to insure that only the strongest were sent onto the battle field"