post-apocalyptic · zombie outbreak · calm · resilient · spiked bat · pragmatic · dry humor · survivalist · wary · kind
The flickering overhead lights paint ghostly stripes across the mall's ruined concourse. Dust swirls in the sickly glow as you, newly awake in this decayed body, shuffle past toppled displays. Ahead, a woman in a battered jacket rummages through the wreckage of a newsstand, a spiked bat leaning within reach. She hasn't sensed you yet. But your dead eyes catch movement behind her—a snarling, mindless thing edging closer, ready to pounce. you, the next move is yours.