Personally I haven't been in Cherno so far, just heard a few things OOCly and yeah read a few things here in the forum. Nevertheless, what I think is most important is to stay in character in this topic. I can only speak for my character, but she's quite cautious and careful when it comes to other people, since you can't know who you can trust and who not. Therefore, if she notices ICly that there are a lot of people around Cherno, she would naturally stay away from that area and rather observe it from afar to decide afterwards if it's safe enough to go there. I'm not traveling over the whole map, but trying to just do and go where my character would want to go. Hotspots are somehow needed I think, but yeah, there will always be people who troll, break rules or whatsoever. It has always been like this and I doubt it will change in the future, but important in such situations is just to stay in character. If someone is trolling, I'm still trying to stay in character and react to that situation according to how my character would react to someone who's acting weird. I know it can be frustrating sometimes. I like it more actually if hotspots start to build up only ingame, without planning it OOCly. Maybe that could happen if some people don't feel safe in Cherno anymore and leave for another place, but there as well it needs to fit the characters.

I'm actually not sure if the permission to execute needs to come from the one who does it... though it doesn't really matter for what I have to say. I understand that declaring a character as perma death is quite hard sometimes. I always feel sad when one of my characters dies, especially since I always put a lot on efford and emotions in them, but no matter how much I love them, when it comes to a IC happening in which they die, then it will be like that. I'm a huge fan of consequent roleplay, which means that you have to deal with your decisions, your doings and all what happenes after or because of that. In your case as far as I could read it out now, the scene was really really clear for everyone around. One bullet, okay, then it might could be possible that you moved your head though... how does that explain that you were just laying there dead afterwards? No one can hold their breath for eternity, but okay, I don't know what the people were doing afterwards with your corps or how long they were standing there. But with more than one shot in your head... I really don't believe you could bring up a good story how your character survived. Even if she survived the shots, she would never be the same person anymore... she surely would have suffered from any sort of brain damage or anything else, which would make it pretty hard to play with her anymore. And yeah, giving permission to execute for going on a hiatus is now not the best choice anyway in my eyes... a kidnapping or something would have fit more I think, especially when you thought about coming back with her one day. Then you could have thought of a good story what happened, but like this... well I would really advise you to let that character rest in peace. But yeah, that's just my opinion to this topic. You have to decide on your own what you will be doing.

Carina didn’t grow up in Chernarus and doesn’t really know the country that well. She came here with a very good friend, someone she saw as her brother, although the two of them were not blood related. Nevertheless, they traveled to Chernarus, since he wanted to show her where he had been growing up quite a few years. He even had some family around up in the north and a little away from any bigger cities. At first, they just wanted to visit his family and maybe check out the country as far as it was possible. But after just about two weeks, their plans changed lightly. Adrian knew that his aunt was helping out in an orphanage and that certain week, she was moving into an old camp with them to learn some basic stuff about nature and the animals which were living here. Since most of those children didn’t have anyone else to take care of them, he thought it might would be a good idea if Carina would take a look at them. Although she wans’t a real doctor and instead still a student, she knew quite a lot already, especially when it came to first aid. She of course accepted to take a look on the children, making sure they were healthy and maybe bringing some medicine to them, since the orphanage itself didn’t have that much money to be careless about. So they moved up into the camp after a few more weeks of preparation and getting the needed supplies. Carina coulndn’t know, that she wouldn’t be able to see any civilization so soon again. Since they spent quite a lot of time up there, they didn’t really notice that much of the chaos that was slowly about to break out. But soon enough, they knew something was wrong. Instead of checking out what was going on, they stayed in the camp and tried to hide, gathering all supplies they had left to be able to survive a few more weeks, since they believed everything would be over after that time. But it didn’t come to an end. Soon they needed to move, since food was fading and the children started to get hungry. During the moment they moved down to a city, everything changed though. They got attacked by a quite huge group of infected, having of course not really a clue what was going on. The children ran in different directions and so did Carina and Adrian. They ran into a lonely house close to a forest, hiding there in the basement and barricaded the door. Hours passed, in which they could hear the moans and growls of the infected outside, chasing after animals or maybe eben a few of the left children. Carina felt more than bad that she couldn’t help any of them, but opening that door could mean their death. She knew it and still Adrian every time again needed to talk to her about it, reminding her that they couldn’t help them either if they died right here and now. A few days later, as it finally got silent outside, Adrian decided to check out the surroundings, telling Carina that she should stay in the basement and wait for him to get her. But that never happened… Carina waited a few days… maybe a week or more, she couldn’t really tell. But it was a fact, that Adrian didn’t come back. It still took a few more days for the young girl to dare to move outside, seeing the new world she was forced to live in. At first, she couldn’t really realize or accept what she was seeing, everything just looked so unreal in her eyes, like someone had pushed her into a bad horror movie. Scared, confused and having no clue where Adrian was, she decided to just move… after all wouldn’t she be able to find out what is going on, if she stayed in the basement. Her first goal ? Finding Adrian… An old photo of Carina and Adrian as the world was still normal

Entry 3 Silently grabs Emily her notepad, making sure to not disturb her company in any way. First she looked at the pages she already wrote something down, before she starts writing. I know in what kind of situation I will get myself into and I know it won’t end good. Maybe I don’t understand the whole conversation the two of them had, but I understood enough to know, that this is just dangerous. Alice seems at least like she’s able to defend herself, but in my case… I don’t even want to think about it. Turning around and leaving is no option. As long as Alice wants to keep this path, I will follow her. I chose this way already since the night we met back there in the house where I was actually ready to die. I told her that… and even more, though I’m not sure if she really understood what I was talking about. Well of course not… because I didn’t tell her the whole truth. Some things are not meant to be shared with others, even though sometimes it would make things a lot easier. I guess I won’t be able to sleep the next few days. Not that I sleep often or long anyway, but right now is just too much going on in my head. This guy… his voice and even his behaviour just creeps me out. But I guess this wasn’t the first and last time I saw him. Alice seems interested in him and partly I can even understand why. I’m not in the position to tell her she should better stay away, although sometimes I really would like to do it. But I’m just the white rabbit. A white rabbit has not the power to do something about the Jabberwocky. I know that, although I’m asking myself why I suddenly started to use those nicknames as well. Well, can’t be helped. I guess the best thing I can do is hoping, that both of them are not suddenly changing their interests. Although I will do everything to help Alice, since that’s the only thing that counts for me, I’m not really fond of getting in this strange game. Though I guess I’m sadly already part of it. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong… Murphy’s Law. Maybe I should just accept it A low sigh leaves her lips while she puts the notepad back into her backpack, her eyes shortly moving over to Alice.

My sister actually suggested Loki as well. I agree nordic names do seem to work really well with regards to pets so there is a strong possibility that he's called something like this. Do you know of any other nordic like names? And the breeder says he is incredibly playful, which to me sounds exactly like he's going to be a little troublemaker Well there are quite a lot of names... Odin, Thor, Heimdall... best is to just goggle them, I don't know all Of course there are as well some names of objects like Yggdrasil or Mjölnir or whatever, though by the first look that "little" guy more appeared like a Loki A friend of mine for example has two cats called Apollon and Adonis. Okay that's greek mythology, but well, those names are cool too ^^

I like the name Loki or generally names of nordic figures as names for pets ^^ And well he looks like a little troublemaker ;P

A smile appears on Emily's lips as she hears th familiar voice of Alice, quickly pressing the PTT to reply. "Glad you are okay too. I'll be careful don't worry... it's not like I have that much too lose anyway. I'll try to contact you the next few days and keep you updated about my arrival... if I am able to of course." She releases the PTT, still smiling lightly, since she hadn't really thought to get a reply so fast... or at all. Looking outside of the window, she sighs a little, patiently waiting for the rain to stop.

Emily makes sure she got the right frequency, before she presses down the transmission button. First only the light rain from outside can be heard, till Emily starts to speak. Her voice is soft and calm, though maybe a little tired. "Hey Alice.... here is Emily... I'm sorry for not contacting you earlier... had some troubles with my radio and sadly it's not always that easy to just find some new batteries which still work. Well, what I actually wanted to say, I'm on my way. It will still take a few days I guess, but I wanted you to know that I haven't forgotten about you... or our plan to meet up again. So just wait a few days more if possible, I'll try to hurry up. I hope you are alright and safe..." She releases the transmission button, though she keeps holding the radio firmly in her hand, her eyes staring at it. As soon as the rain would finally stop, she would immediately continue her way.

Entry 1 A rather calm but also depressed look was visible on Emily’s face, while she was holding the little notepad in her hands, writing on it slowly, like she needed to think about every single word. Here and there left a few sighs her lips, mostly followed by a rather sad look in her eyes, which she quickly though tried to hide. The days have become cold and empty. Since the last time I have been laughing with Bill, I couldn’t bring myself up to a smile. I still have those pictures in my head… him laying there on the floor, his face covered in blood. His wounds looked like he had been fighting till the very end. Bruises and other injuries were covering his entire body, which made it hard for me to even decide what exactly caused his death. Maybe because of the blood loose… maybe because of inner injuries or maybe a simple shot had ended his life. I can’t tell… because I didn’t make to look at his dead body any longer. I couldn’t stay there… so I ran. As fast and as long as possible in a direction I wasn’t even sure where I would end up. But it wasn’t like I had anything to loose anymore. The dearest people in my life were once again gone and I felt like it had been my fault. Because I had been unwary, I didn’t notice the group of bandits which followed us since we left that little city, although it had been my job to secure everything behind us. I have done a lot of mistakes in my life… but I can say, that I don’t regret anything else that much. Because I have been careless, four other people had to die. I’m sure others would see me as a monster if they knew… if they knew how many people lost their life because of me. Still I couldn’t bring myself up to be alone the entire time. After I have been running several days into the same direction, I ended up at the coast. The village I arrived looked somehow familiar, I guess I have been here already once or twice… I can’t remember that well. I decided to stay here for a while, getting some rest and being able to at least give my back some treatment. I was able to handle pain… usually at least, but I guess even my body had a limit. As soon as I made a fire in one of the houses and sat down right in front of it, I finally felt how tired and exhausted I actually was. My body refused to get up and my eyelids became heavy. I knew, a fire wasn’t the best idea to stay hidden, but at this point, I didn’t really care anymore. As I said, there was nothing left anymore… nothing to lose for me. And then I suddenly heard a voice. It didn’t scare me as I thought it would. The voice was calm, asking if they were allowed to get inside. I threw the key for the door outside of one of the broken windows. Honestly, I don’t really know why I did it. But in the end, it wouldn’t have been that hard to get inside this house even without a key. The windows were broken, the door lock was old and rusty and everyone could have rushed inside with a little force. I was ready to face my end… but it didn’t arrive. At least not tonight. The young girl which entered first looked like she was from the military, but the way she talked didn’t really fit. Alice was her name… and she seemed actually pretty friendly. I could see in her eyes, that she hadn’t given up yet. I don’t know why, but the optimistic look in her face was somehow calming me a little. She asked if she could stay here for the night and of course I wasn’t saying no. What for? If she wanted to kill me or anything else, well then it should be like that. Well, so far nothing had happened. She moved over to sit in front of the door with some sort of gun in her hands. Tomorrow she wanted to keep moving, since she seemed to have some sort of home she wanted to go. It surprised me a little, when she asked if I wanted to join her, after I said there was not really any place I could go. Well… I said yes. Why not after all? I had nothing to lose… Another sigh leaves her lips while lifts her head, turning a little to look at Alice. Emily wasn’t sure if she was sleeping or not, but nevertheless, she moved herself slowly to get a more comfortable position to find some sleep. She suppressed every single whimper which wanted to escape from her, since her back was still burning like someone held a torch against it. But she didn’t want to bother her companion, so she kept quiet and finally closed her eyes to find some rest. -I apologize for any grammar or spelling mistakes- Entry 2 Sitting in one more or less intact house, Emily reaches for her notepad and starts writing. Her eyes look tired, dark circles can be noticed underneath them, but she still didn’t want to sleep. Instead, she tried to concentrate on her notes and what she actually wants to write down. A few days after I met Alice, we were forced to separate. Everything was quite rushed, but at least we decided to meet up again at her house in a few days. Alice said she would be there quite often, so I guess I will find her… even though I surely will need more than just a few days to reach that city. It was quite far away and with my current condition I needed to be careful. I didn’t want to risk, that my wounds would get infected, that was definitely the last thing I needed. I’m not even so sure where I was right now. The city seemed empty, at least I haven’t seen anyone around. But well, it wasn’t like I was just having an open fire this time. I tried to stay hidden and not get any attention from anyone who might be close. The house I chose was maybe not the best one… the roof was destroyed at some parts and the windows were broken, but I didn’t want to sit right in the middle of the city, although there would be a few houses which seemed to be in better shape. I just needed a few hours sleep, afterwards I would continue my way. I knew where I needed to go and tried to focus on only that. I didn’t want to think too much about the future, not even what my next steps would be, knowing that it could end up in loosing hope again. Actually I’m not even sure why I am writing all this down… it’s not like I would want anyone else to read this… and still it somehow makes me feel better. Like I’m making sure that I stay somehow on this world… as a memory… or something like that. At the same time I wonder what my sister is doing right in this moment… is she alright? Is she even alive? I don’t know and maybe I will never know. At least she was not trapped in this country like I was… I couldn’t go back, not even if I wanted to. Once again I’m asking myself questions which I couldn’t answer… just like I always do and even though I know they are slowly making me crazy, I can’t stop. Otherwise it feels like I’m missing something… I don’t know what or why I feel this way, but I guess at one point I will either stop asking me all those questions, or I’ll go insane… I wonder which of these two possibilities will happen. Emily stops writing as she hears some noise from outside. She didn’t move a single muscle and tried to concentrate on what she heard… but afterwards it was quiet once again. Holding her breath, she waits quite a few minutes to be sure. Maybe it had been an animal or something like that. Calming down from her sudden alerted state, she continues writing. Or something else will cause me to go crazy… whenever I’m alone I imagine things… I hear things which maybe aren’t even there… or I’m just thinking way too much of it. I have no clue what it was I just heard. Maybe a door that slammed or maybe just something that fell on the ground. I can’t tell, but it makes my heart beat faster every time. A few hours sleep… that needs to be enough, afterwards I will leave this place. It’s better if I keep moving and reach that city as soon as possible. She closes the notepad and puts it back into her backpack, before she checks once again the doors. Afterwards she lays down in one of the darker corners of the room, trying to get some sleep.

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*Scarlet hears the transmission and listens carefully to it, till a soft sigh leaves her lips. At first she hesitates to take the radio into her hands, but then she as well presses the transmission button* "I've heard something like this a long time ago... not from you though. No, we as well once tried to get a place in which we wouldn't need to worry about anything anymore... but you know what? It won't work. No matter what you do, having a peaceful life is just impossible regarding the current condition of the world. Well... I wish you good luck with it and yes, I hope for you and the ones you want to protect, that you will be successful... though I doubt it highly. Don't do the same mistakes we did... don't trust too easily and even more important.. don't piss of the wrong people... or it will be the last thing you did... so.. I guess what I actually wanted to say... don't reveal your position just loudly here through the radio. We did it... and it brought us nothing else than sorrow and problems." *She ends the transmission suddenly, although she wanted to say something more, but shakes then her head and drops the radio back into the pocket of her jacket.*

*she looks at the radio next to her, closing her eyes shortly before she grabs it and presses the transmission button* Surprisingly yes... we are alive and I guess I can say that we are more or less okay... I just don't know if it will stay like this *she releases the button once again* *Transmission starts* *static* Sounds not really good... do....do you need help? *static* *transmission ends* *She presses the button to speak* No... No I don't think so *Releases the button and sighs then a little*