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Introduction
The Future is always more fun when placed within the hands of madmen, Welcome to VIRUS. My own personal storybook of you will, the only difference being that it is told from the perspective of many different people within this universe. Below will be story details and how you can register if you want to. We only accept Semi-lit or better, so be sure to show me a sample of your rping ability before filling out our Skeleton.

Thank you for your Time

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In the year 2033, The world was behaving as it normally would, an era of peace and prosperity swept over the land, the economy boomed to an amazing height, and means of alternative energy were finally being used. Earth enjoyed its days of peace and prosperity, always alert for hidden activities that might ruin this era of peace. Unfortunately... After a calm... Always comes a storm.

A hidden group within Western Germany stationed near Magdeburg. A small group of German Scientists began their work. Fresh with the ideals of old Germany in their head, they referred to themselves as the New Neo-Nazis, reviving the ideals of the Third Reich and Hitler. Their goal, similar to that of the former dictator, was to slay every Jewish man and woman they could come across. But they added their own wishes to this, feeling that Hitler still despised the countries that defied his will during World War Two, they had plans to release this new toxin into the former alliance that opposed the Axis. Research of this project began 10 years earlier on this horrible nightmare they planned to unleash into the world. But their plans backfired... Spelling what seemed to be the end of the world.

On a faitful day on March 23rd, 2033, This group began their tests on a group of collected Jewish men, the first one to be tested being William Walshiem. William was placed into a cell, and injected with a large amount of biotoxin, injected until eventually they began to see a mutation. William roared loudly, an unhuman roar. He began to grow in size, his hair hardening into a helmet-like shell, his eyes glowing a deep and dark red, and his size increasing until he was around 6'8". He broke his way out of the holding cell, killing several individuals on the way out. There were no survivors.

After 3 days of wandering in the woods for civilization, he came upon a college campus. He found himself with an overwhelming lust, animalistic instincts quickly taking him over, he began to shake and desire overwhelmed his natural thought, he became the beast....

Quickly, he snagged hold of a student. 23 year old Sylvia Ornest, an Itallian Exchange student, from under the noses of the faculty and staff. He dragged her into the woods, quickly shoving her to the ground and sinking his teeth into her neck. Her eyes went dull and gray for a moment, feeling the toxins suddenly overtake her, no blood being drained out of her neck. A massive mental pulse escaped her, covering the entire campus. Suddenly, people all over the campus began changing into similar beasts, their hair hardening and their size growing. But oddly, most, if not all, of the females started to die, as if the mental pulse had a different adverse effect on them.

After the man pulled away, the woman looked up to him with a smile upon her face. Her eyes were now glowing a deep red along with his, although her hair remained unchanged. She seemed to grow, although in selective areas, her attraction level becoming massive. After about three seconds of looking at each other, the woman simply released another pulse, as if gaining control of it, causing the man to lerch back from the mental power of her. William roared in agony, "What was that!?" Sylvia stepped forth and grabbed his neck with a commanding look, "... You belong to me now.... Along with everything else...."

The toxin was quick to sweep over the land, certain areas foreseeing this, but it was too late for the majority of the world. Areas who survived simply sealed off their borders, not even letting survivors through, for fear of infection. Areas that were not infected include Canada, The United Kingdom, Western Europe, Madagascar, Aulstralia, Greenland, Iceland, Antartica, The North Pole, Alaska, Hawaii, and Japan.

Although most everyone within the human race in those areas has been infected, many people remain, forming their own group known as the Resistance. The Resistance has several well versed scientist that work to find a cure to end this nightmare. But many have only created things to prevent them, as they have yet to find a sample of the original toxin. Their search continues though, saving as many people with the military they have obtained, obtaining much military surplus from WW2 stocked up by Germany.

The creatures have defined themselves as the Schmerz for some reason, Or Pain In German.

The Current Date is 2035, 2 years after the "Mass Transformation". I will not supply months, please do not make reference to them.... That much detail would be very taxing on me.

Current Areas Available
Western Germany
Resistance Outpost
-A small outpost has been established in Western Germany for research and defensive purposes.
Schmerz HQ
-The Schmerz HQ is a powerful stronghold where Sylvia is said to rest. The entirety of activities are discussed here. SCHMERZ ONLY
Unknown Laboratories
-Western Germany contains the Nazi Laboratory used for horrific research and experiences, they have yet to find out which Laboratory it was, as there are many established in Western Germany, each for their own purposes.
Berlin
-The battleground where most people seek to find refuge from the Schmerz, but unfortunately find themselves hunted when arriving here. The Resistance attempts to save them any way they can. Area where most of the rping will take place.
Eastern Germany
Resistance HQ
-The Resistance Headquarters is a powerhouse of German Military power. They contain mostly WW2 surplus as it is a heavily fortified base. RESISTANCE ONLY
Schmerz HQ
-The Scherz has greater power and numbers, so a second base has been established in this area. SCHMERZ ONLY
Scattered Cities
-Mostly rubble remais of Eastern Germany, But a few small but scattered cities still remain.

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Rules

-Do onto others as they would do onto you, Your rp character can be a jerk, but don't be a jerk in OOC-

-Do not play god, controlling other characters, giving yourself abnormal amounts of power, and hitting other characters without saying you are about to. That is not allowed-
-Keep it PG-13, be sure to read the forum rules and guidelines-
-There is a character limit of 3, you can have characters on multiple sides if you choose-
-Do not monopolize the rp, allow others to include their own storyline-
-Remember this is 'our' world. No magic or abnormal powers, this includes no futuristic items, pretend we are in current days, only weapons like rifles, and ancient weapons only if you have a reason for them (Although they won't seem too effective in this environment.... they are not godly.... they will not do a lot of damage against the schmerz)-
-The Schmerz has greater physical strength, but lacks the ability to use firearms. the "pulse" from the storyline cannot be used by anybody-
-Romance is encouraged<3-
-Include the name of your class selection in your pm subject, so I know you read the rules-

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Other Humans:

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Schmerz:

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Humans

Username: Tiamos Loren
Character Name: Thomas
Gender: Male
Occupation before pandemic: Hobbyist, specialising in tabletop strategy games.
Character Age: 46
Appearance: Averaging about 6 foot and with a good physical build, semi-pale white skin with brown eyes. Hair closer to black than it is brown, brushing over his shoulders, clean-shaven. Wears very casual clothing - rich blue jeans, loose white t-shirt, dusty white trainers.
Equipment: Some pointy staff with two blades on either end (Ref Pic), a few supplies for himself (10 pineapple ring tins and 4x 2 litre bottles of water, I never was the most resourceful on the go) sealed in a backpack.
Bio:

He always had dreams of being something more than some wannabe, but as he was becoming older he began to settle into the mundane and everyday, all his love for the imagination wearing thin every time he looked back. It was one of these mundane days that he heard about the epidemic on the news.

Something inside him told him he had to do something. The next two years were spent preparing, finding out what he could about these creatures after filtering out the news reports and eventually coming to a conclusion: This fighting has to stop. Taking the ideas from drawings he made as a teen, he created Grand Edge and set off for Berlin, the epicenter of the problem.

He had to admit to himself that he wasn't the best at these things and that he was probably foolish for doing this, but he knew that inside of him he couldn't let things slide anymore. As was his nature though, he didn't choose sides - he wanted to know about both sides first before he ever made such a choice.

Resistance

Username: xsakurahanax

Character Name:Marissa Hitomiya

Gender: Female

How Long Has He Been A Member?: 1 year

Occupation within Resistance?: Researcher

Character Age: 18

Appearance: Marissa

Equipment: She simply just carries needles with her.

Bio: A young child scientist protege, Marissa is half German and half Japanese. Her father was Japanese, while her mother is German. She lived with her mother, until the infection came. Her mother was taken by the virus, and she joined the Resistance group. She's quiet but very hot tempered when provoked, thus making her a hard person to get along with.

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Username: Flower of the Battlefield
Character Name: Logan Pierce
Gender: Male
How Long Has He Been A Member?: 1 and 1/2 years
Occupation within Resistance?: Medical Expert
Character Age: 22
Appearance: [x]
Equipment: Often is seen carrying a pistol with him. Otherwise a First Aid Kit is always in his backpack along with enough supplies to last him a week out in the wild
Bio: Logan was a young boy who was studying at the very collage that was the target for the first Schmerz, upon the day of the pulse, Logan did not change into a Schmerz like all of his friends and family, his eyes and hair simply changing to odd colors (see picture). The Resistance was quickly enticed by this when they heard of this rumor, wanting to find out what made him immune to this.... They ran several tests, at the same time trying to keep it so he was still treated like a human. Today, he works with the resistance, and is an expert in the medical field.

Schmerz

Username: Flower of the Battlefield

Character Name: Cain Ushka

Gender: Male

Date of Transformation: March 30th 2033

How S/he was transformed?:Willingly changing into the Schmerz, seeing the demise of the human race.

Character Age: Human Ages around 27

Physical Limitations:The ability to lift things up to 200 lbs

Appearance: [X]

Bio: Cain is a very violent person, he can sometimes be possessive, but he had a big heart, and is often moved by simple things.

Cain was once a very popular body builder in his own time, despite his normally lean body, he was able to lift an abnormal amount of weight. During the invasion, he was in Berlin for a competition, running quickly as he knew they had great physical prowess. After 6 days, he gave himself willingly in Berlin's square, but only if they gently bit him on the neck, they complied and he gave himself, maintaining his personality through all of this.

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Username: Shinara

Character Name: Shinara Kyuuketsuki

Gender: Female

Date of Transformation: September of 2033

How S/he was transformed?: She was visiting her grandmother in Western Germany when a group of Schemers lured her in and bit her causing the poison to change her instead of killing her (luckily)

Character Age: 19

Physical Limitations: She seems to have gained more leg strength than arm strenth, and is able to run extreamly fast (even compaired to most other Schmerz) due to this. She also has the arm strength of an averge human male.

Appearance: x

Equipment: She carries around a staff that was a family airloom when she was human though she has many times tried to rid herself of it something seems to force her to keep it.

Bio: Shinara had recently finished her 11th year of school in Japan and came to see her grandmother before going back for her last year. She was an average studen, she claimed that the only reason she wasn't getting better grades was due to the fact that school simply bored her.

General Facts about the Schmerz!
-A Schmerz can revert back to their old hairstyle out of the heat of battle, the helmet-like hair is simply for protection.
-Females of this race are generally more dominate than males... Although some males are known to be rebellious and more intelligent.
-Female members of the Schmerz are generally rare, as most of the time the toxin reacts badly with their bloodstreams.
-Schmerz are often seen traveling in packs
-Schmerz is the German word for Pain!
-Schmerz react more to the emotion of lust rather than love. Most males understand this more.
-Schmerz often are known to have a dominate female and male in the pack
-When a Schmerz bites you on the neck, there is a 80% chance of the toxin taking effect
-Schmerz of lesser intellegence often show more emotion
-A crossbreed is incredibly rare
-A Schmerz is more likely to keep his emotions if he or she willingly gives his or her own life to them.
-A Schmerz is more likely to keep the emotions through his career if he or she remains loyal.


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Shinara, after fighting over who is dominant with another female of the group she travels with, finds herself wandering around in a small wooded area in Western Germany thinking of her past life and her grandmother.
She drifts off thinking paying little attention to where she is going as she glides effortlessly through the under grown trees.
"Dang it", she mutters as she pokes at some small scrapes that are left from the fight, "Should have never played around with her. I would have had her if I had just finished it." She continues to mumble things to herself as she drifts into a small open field.

(Yay I started :3 I hope this works ok for a beginning, I don't realy know how I should start it :sweat:)

[yeah, its a good beggining for really going off of nothing...]

In a far off field somewhere South East of Berlin, a man was standing in the middle of this field, he was obviously a Schmerz, seeing that his eyes had the familiar red tint. He was doing something out of character for a Shmerz, holding a log in front of him and starting to carve into it, he looked straight down at it, focusing entirely.

He seemed to have more emotion, as when he gave himself willingly to the Schmerz, he kept his emotion as long as he would keep that loyalty strong. He sighed, although not liking the group structure, placed at the bottom as though he were an animal... He would fight to the top.... But the thing was that he would be forced to be a mate with the alpha female.... He was the furthest thing from an animal... and the only way he could do that.... was if he was truly in love with the head...... He didn't see that as an option.

So Cain continued to shave the wood away, his eyes focused..... unmoving....

Noticing herself becoming outraged she begins to run as hard and fast as she can make herself go
"I'm never going back to that wretched group!" she feels like she wants to scream as she pushes herself to hard then closes her eyes forgetting she was running, "Why do I let my stupid human emotions get in the way? Even if I shouldn't I don't care what the others think about it." she begins to run out of energy and screams out of rage, and falls over a tree stump that she didn't see in her burst of outrage.
Panting now from over exerting herself, "It's not fair," she mumbles trying to regain her breath. "I should be the strongest. I'm the oldest female so why am I so weak now?" She regains her breath now but just lays on the ground and stares out realizing she's become completely lost. "Crap." She mutters.

Cain heard a thump from the distance, his acute senses causing him to easily catch hold of it being another Schmerz without question. He turned toward the noise, running quickly toward it and seeing a female, a member of another group, obviously tired of her own. Cain gently walked over to her, kneeling down to her, "It is not wise to travel alone in these parts... and you look tired.... here..." he held out his hand with a kind look in his eyes, something that most Schmerz did not do, "... Let me help you..."

Jumping at the sound of another offering to help her she tries to jump back but exhaustion holds her hard to the ground. Reluctantly she lifts her hand and takes his. "Thanks." She mumbles refusing to look at who's helping her mainly out of embarrassment. She decides to look around to gain her barrings but see's nothing she knows.
She manages to get up with his help and then tries to walk but finds it difficult.
Muttering to herself she wonders, "How far did I run?"

Cain knew she was reluctant, a proud person, someone who felt as though they had to rely on themselves for everything, it was respectable, but Cain felt bad for her anyway. He helped her up, careful to stay by her side just in case she fell, his eyes meeting with hers, "Well.... I honestly don't know.... it looks about..." he glanced around her shoulder, following her tracks all of the way up and then looking back at her. "You probably walked about 30 miles.... and from the way that you were hoofing it.... you have lost track of your group..." he looked at her again for a moment, "You have great running speed... I can see it in the ground.... I'm impressed..." he paused, turning toward his wood carving, or what was left of it as he saw it get blown away by the wind, he sighed, discouraged, but now focusing upon her. "So... Why did you leave your group?"

When he had finally made her look at him she noticed something, well, different than the others. She saw kindness, and now that she actually thought about it he had displayed a strange amount of it to her.
then realizing he asked her a question she focused and remembers. Through her gritting teeth she responded, "I'm sick of their animalistic ways... and I'm weak, running is just about all I have for me... I've been doing it for a while now..." she lets her mind drift back to when she was first changed and how scared she was of them. That was when she found out how fast she was compared to the rest of them. But how weak her other strength was. Even with the lack of strength she's found many ways of using her speed to be beneficial to her. Then it hit her, "Wait, why are you here alone?" She asked as she glanced around looking for more who might be threatening her.

He looked down to her as she spoke, noting how she spoke, simply, he placed a hand on her shoulder and sighs, "... Listen here..... weak in the arms means nothing... I know i'm a big brute... and probably it seems out of character..." he sighed, "But that is what i believe... you could even beat me.... if you used it correctly... although i'm not too great at fighting..." he smiled, noting her other words and responding slowly, "... I'm.... new.... to this group... so I have to find my place... although the easy way to do that would be to kick the alpha male in the teeth.... the alpha female... well... I would need to be in love with her to do that..." he sighed, "... My emotions often get in the way of things.... but I'm happy I still have them..."

seeing no others in site she calmed herself and eased herself down to sit on the ground a little bit to hard but as smoothly as she could due to her energy loss.
"Yea I suppose you right, I have beaten quite a few others just using my speed to set them off..." she spoke in a thoughtful tone. "I do agree with you about being glad about having emotions still... but they get in the way. Also others think that we're weak and learn just where to pry at them..." She cringes at the memory of being caught off guard due to being reminded of her dear grandmother who most likely is dead by now. "I don't seem to stay in one place long," she looks back at her ravaged trail from running, "but this is the first time I have totally freaked out and exhausted my self when leaving." Laughing subtly to her self she added, "Guess I got carried away."
Looking back at him, "I never asked, I guess I just got a little nervous being so tired and alone and by the fact that you... nicer. What is your name?" She questions herself about asking but decides she might as well ask seeing how he's not likely to get mad at her for asking pointless questions.

Cain walked around her as she spoke, finding a comfortable spot, sitting in his original seat in front of her and smiling as she spoke, listening with an understanding face, although he seemed a bit worried at how she randomly cringed, he ignored it, thinking it was none of his business. "I see...." he said as she finished her first words, "Well... I don't know how much it means.... but.... You can stay with me for as long as you need to..... it is best to travel in groups.... Mine is still.... conversing among their own little group..." He said, sighing out of annoyance.

He paused, listening to her speak, not responding on how she mentioned him to be nicer, but responding to the name, "My name.... is Cain...." he paused for a moment, smiling, "Can I have your name....?" He questioned with a kind smile.

She watched him as he walked around and sat down, then watched and listened to him as he spoke. realizing that he was smiling she couldn't help but smile a little herself remembering a time when smiling was a good thing. Listen to him till he finished and noting his sigh at the end curious of it but didn't speak of it she thought for a while and then responded wearily to his offer.
She nods and replies, "Thanks, I just hope I don't cause you any trouble." she paused and then remembered he asked for her name also. "My name is Shinara." She smiled, a little bigger this time, at the use of her name again. In her old group they often chose to ignore others names and just called them by pointing. realizing how big her smile had gotten she quickly tried to hide it and went back to her default forced emotionless face.

He shook his head, "No trouble at all.... trust me..." he paused, "I enjoy the company anyway..." He spoke again, looking up to see her face, he mentioned nothing about it and focused on her name, "I love your name.... it has a beautiful ring to it..." he said honestly, "And... You seem rather happy..... Don't try to hide it... happiness is a wonderful feeling...." he said, smiling as big as she was and looking at her, trying to improve the mood that seemed to be not as great as he would have liked.

She smiled slightly again like he said to but still controlled it a little. "Thanks I really appreciate it." She tried to call upon her old self that had been mostly hidden for so long and found it surprising how easy it was to.
"I like your name also" smiling again, more this time while trying to remember how it was to smile kindly "I've never been good at remembering names so your name being short is good for me!" She laughed at the memory of her old friends joking about her difficulty with names.

Cain laughed, "It is no problem..." he said as he crossed his arms to warm himself from the coldness of the wind. He smiled at the compliment, "Thank you.... It simple...." he said with a smile laugh, a larger laugh coming afterwords, "Well.... Then you will have no problem remembering mine...." he said sighing as he turned toward one of his friends stepping out of the brush, "She in the group...? Did you invite her?" Cain nodded, "Yes.... why do you ask?" the other smiled, "... I'm just wondering... Will she be fighting for the position of alpha female...?" Cain looked at her, wondering for a moment as he looked at her, "Is that what you want?"

She jumped slightly as the newcomer joined them but settled seeing it was a friend. She stooped and thought about it for a little. remembering how close she came in the last battle for alpha if it wasn't for the others knowledge and abuse of her past. She sighs and the decision she is about to make but answers, "I... I guess... but I may very well decide to not win..." then remembering how tired she was suddenly. " But I think I'm going to need a lot of rest." she wiggled herself to a standing position, though still a little shaky, she spoke slightly stronger now, "Bring it on!" She smiles confidently at the thought of fighting fairly with others

The newcomer smiled as she spoke... "Oh.... And Cain will never try unless he convinces someone else to do it with him...." Cain nodded as he said this, "Yes.... we have discussed this many times..." the man smiled a bit, "... Ah... maybe you can convince her to do it with you?" Cain laughed, "We've just met.... love does not come so quickly for me...." The newcomer laughed, "Love.... such emotion doesn't exist..." he turned around, walking back into the brush, Cain seemed rather distressed, but smiled as soon as she said bring it on, "You know.... you will become Brutus's mate if you beat the previous leader..... Brutus... can be rather violent...." he paused, "Barely a lover.... all a fighter... he beats his other..." he paused, obviously not liking that at all..


[i have to go for tonight... cya another time^^]

Listening to Cain describe him Shinara made a disgusted face. "Hmmm... I forgot about that... I guess I got excited about the idea that I could fight others merely based on my skill with no distractions... " She sat thinking for a while then replied with a sigh, " I suppose I could not fight for it, though I don't like other females to control me, I'd rather not be forced to be a mate to someone like that. I don't blame you for not trying without some one, I seem to really let me get ahead of myself and don't think about it." She grunted a little as her muscles started to hurt finally like they had just managed to catch up with her and the pain was like a smack in the face. Cringing though the pain that she was hoping would never catch up with her she said, "Looks like I'm going to need some serious resting time anyways I really ran way harder than I should have." She pulled her legs up to herself on held onto them as though they might now fall off of her body.

[night :3 I think I will go to bed now also seeing how it is 12 am now XD cya tomorrow!^,.,^]