User:NovaCiv

NovaCiv

	Dual Nature
	This User or Group supports the Dual Nature Policy & believes that the citizens of Malton should embrace their two-fold nature.

	Sacred Ground Policy Supporter
	This user or group supports the Sacred Ground Policy and acknowledges that all Cemeteries in the city of Malton are considered Revivification Points.

	Centers Of Learning Policy Supporter
	This user or group supports the Centers of Learning Policy & acknowledges that all libraries, schools, zoos, and museums in the city of Malton are considered safe places. No survivor in one of these locations may be killed for any reason unless that survivor is a specified enemy of this user or group.

Description

A short woman with blonde hair tied into a loose bun and honey-brown eyes. She seems oddly peppy and energetic given the circumstances. She has a Yang ☯️陽 tattoo on the back of her right hand.

A gaunt zombie with long, tangled brown hair. Its eyes are gently closed and it's strangely tranquil. It seems like it's patiently waiting to be revived. There is a Yin ☯️陰 tattoo on the back of its left hand.

2023 Journal

24 July

• • Survivor's log:
  • I hadn't expected to be alive when I woke up. I spent the night after my last entry feeling myself begin to turn. My breathing was weak, my thoughts slowed to a shamble, and I had lost all feeling in my arms and legs. I drifted off into a dreamless sleep as my heart slowed, like so many times before.
  • I awoke feeling much better. Not just good, but as good as ever. I was hours from death.. maybe less. A survivor at Coram patched me up. Their name was Sattano, and they did a magnificent job. They must've spent a long time tending to my injuries. I've never felt better. I told them I would repay their kindness and I intend to keep my word.
  • After thanking them, I set out for St. Eligius's Church, hoping to find Dophi alive. I wasn't too hopeful, but I grabbed a single first aid kit on my way. I'm glad I did, because I found her huddled in a corner, looking as bad as I had felt the night before. She was asleep so I didn't wake her, but I treated her infected wounds and patched her up as best I could.
  • That night, I made it to Ackland Mall. There were about a dozen survivors there, and it was extremely well barricaded. I felt so relieved to have a secure place to sleep for the night. I even had time and energy to change the old bloody nurse's outfit I'd been wearing. What a joy it is to have clean clothes. I didn't know they had clothes like this anywhere in Malton! Dressing like it's still 2005 really brought me back- time stands still here within the Border. I guess I'm a Mall Goth once more. :p Big black platform boots, a skirt covered in chains, and a necklace with a grinning skull. Nostalgia, comfort be thy name. I found a cute pink blouse too, as well as a white apron and one of those clear raincoats I've always wanted. I want to keep my new clothes clean for as long as possible!
  • I slept in the Mall. Slept really well, actually. I slept in a bit (what a luxury!) and found a coffee chain here that had some (expired but edible) ground coffee! No idea how it's lasted this long, but I'm not about to turn down coffee in the apocalypse.The survivors here in the mall had figured out some way to boil water using some mirrors and the skylight here in the Mall. I made pour-over coffee! Real coffee! and savoured it. It was wonderful. It made me feel happy. A jar of hot coffee, clean new clothes- I was even able to wash up in a fountain they'd turned into a shower. Maybe the apocalypse isn't so bad.
  • After washing up, I just wandered around the mall, taking it in. I came by a sporting goods store. It didn't have anything more combat viable than an axe, but I saw a small section of protective equipment for fencing. You know, like swords. Not the slashy kind, but the thrusting, stabbing kind. I've always wanted to learn fencing. Dear Reader, I spent the whole afternoon picking through that store, knowing that my chances were not good. Who would leave behind a sword? I must be extra lucky this week, because underneath the dusty boxes and cobwebs, in the back storage area, I found one. In the package, unopened, a fencing foil. I momentarily forgot about everything else and shouted in joy and triumph. I unwrapped it and gave it a swish-swish, then a couple practice pokes in the air. Goth clothes and a sword- what more could a girl want?
  • I'm amazed at this mall, it's almost like a little town here. It reminds me of before the outbreak. A beacon of hope and stability in the chaos of the wider city. I'll admit I thought about staying here, but I know better than to stay in one place for too long, no matter how safe it seems. I've lost too many people in the last fifteen years. Dophi and I are the only ones left from our original survivor group. So I got to the roof of the mail and moved a few blocks north. I'm writing this from Ephrem General Hospital. I'm gonna try to find some medical supplies and find Dophi tomorrow. After that... maybe I'll head to The Herman Building...?
  • Talk to you soon,
  • Nova

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22 July

• • Survivor's log:
  • As if awakening from a deep sleep, I am filled with vague memories of another life. I cannot remember the details but am filled with a sense of bittersweet nostalgia. I have taken inventory both mentally and physically, and I have come to accept that my life is not one from a decade ago. What a blessing to be allowed immortality. Whether my heart is beating or not affects only my set of capabilities. Wherever I am, in whatever condition, I am me, whether Human or Zombie. My mind is my own.
  • I Am Here Now In This.
  • Nova

• Addendum
  • I'm inside The Coram Building, and barricades are good. I asked Dophi to go to the East and check hospitals for First Aid Kits. Her run was... unsuccessful. The hospitals were overbarricaded.. She's inexperienced and can't climb well enough to get inside. She's at St Eligius, infected and nearly dead already. I'm just trying to wait the infection out. Um, my hazy memories from earlier are a little clearer... at least from the last couple weeks. I don't have much to do besides wait so...
  • I was far West, in Grigg Heights. I saw the border wall... overgrown with plants but still as sturdy as ever. I guess i was hoping that since it's been almost 20 years since the outbreak that the military would... oh well. uhm, i was doing okay for a while- staying indoors, tagging buildings. met some other humans.. i hope someone comes and heals me soon... i found an old flyer from the Malton Taoist Temple. it kinda.. spoke to me, i guess. who knows how outdated the info was, but they used to have a rooftop meditation garden over in Darvall Heights. So that's where I'm headed. im not expecting to find anything there but... I've gotta know. maybe I'll find some answers? some guidance? i don't know. i feel uh.. its getting harder to think. i feel numb in my fingers and toes... eyes are having trouble focusing.. im gonna try to get some sleep.
  • Nova

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2007 Journal

• 13 December, 2007
  • The writing is smudged and illegible.

• 15 October, 2007
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• 14 October, 2007
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• 12 October, 2007
  • The writing is smudged and illegible.