Post by RJ Alden Lackie on Sept 27, 2012 18:18:48 GMT
DEAD CITY BLUES
A webisode series from Alden Caele...
Three years ago, the world fell apart all at once.
Scientists confirmed the existence of the supernatural, after a domino effect of six separate incidents that were impossible to suppress. In some areas, the more 'unnatural' elements of the world took the unmasking relatively well, making its populous more multicultural, but ultimately stable.
For the residents of The City, things didn't work out so well.
First came the vampires. Two districts of the city were literally invaded by the bloodsucking undead, who demanded respect and person status even as they ripped through the city's populace.
Then came the zombies. Though a handful of metropolitan areas were hit with waves of attacks after the unveiling, the City was devastated by the attacks, to the point where humans and vampires bonded over their shared quest to survive. Vampires, after all, still have working brains. Food's still food. In the wake of the attack, violent deaths - and thus, spectral visitations - skyrocketed. And the lack of human residents appealed to all manners of beasts, who hitchhiked across the continent to stake their claim in the city.
Ultimately, the world came together to help deal with the problem... by walling up the city and keeping all of its terrors inside. Unfortunately, the supernatural weren't all that remained.
These are the stories of those left in the dead city... and the lives they've made for themselves.