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    This doesn't mean it's cancelled. We fully intend to run Ties That Bind: What Lies Beneath and Ties That Bind: City of Angels eventually. But to do so, we need to take a step back. In the meantime, we'll be working on smaller, invite-only projects.

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Derrick Mourey | NitroZombies

NitroZombies

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Messages
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Character Name
Derrick Mourey

I Agree
Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No

Age
24

Blood Type
A Neg

Personality
Derrick primarily looks out for himself, but if you truly mean something to him it's ride or die. Typically Derrick is more of a shoot first think later person. He doesn't stop to think of the big picture. Not because he doesn't care to, but because he's more focused on his survival at that point in time. He is never one to turn down a drink, or a smoke sesh, as escaping from the shit that is life is his one solace at this point, however he isn't one for hard drugs unless he's really mentally hurt.

Character Motivations
His only motivation as of right now is survival. He has nobody to look after, and nobody to look after him. He figures the least he can do for his mother is try his absolute best to keep himself alive, and at this point he's willing to do whatever it takes.

Physical Appearance
Derrick stands at around 5’11, with a slightly muscular, and skinny build. He is Caucasian, has mid length brown hair, and dark, blue eyes. He seems (at least at the beginning of the lore) to be distant, and In his head quite often. He is currently dressed in a red hoodie, jeans, and a black beanie. He has a few tattoos, his first being a small pot leaf on the underside of his left thumb. Many more lie beneath his shirt. He has a few scars, one being a long scar along the length his right forearm from a car accident, and the others are very old, mostly faded self harm marks on his thighs and wrists. He also has 2 relatively recent gunshot wounds. One being on his left thigh, and the other from being grazed on the neck.

Character Image Link
https://images.immediate.co.uk/prod...d-jesse-11b6c49.jpg?quality=45&resize=620,413

Mechanical Occupation
Criminal (can change if needed. just seemed the most fitting)

In-Character Occupation
Construction

Biography
Derrick Mourey was born in Medina, Ohio on March 9th to a devoted loving mother, but the same could not be said for his father. He would cheat on Derrick's mother, and beat the both of them. One evening the fighting was louder than usual, and the sound of a vase breaking could be heard. Derrick left his bed and ran to his parent's room, upon slamming the door open he saw his father straddled on his mother's waist, wailing on her face. The 15-year-old child at the time did the first thing he could think of, which was to save his mother. He grabbed the small baseball bat his parents kept by the door in case an intruder were ever to break in, and swung it into the back of his father's head with all the force he could muster. He didn't stop swinging until his father stopped moving. He had killed his first man at just the young age of 15 years old. He faced no charges, as the crime was classified as self-defense. Nobody blamed him except for himself. He had lost his innocence. Even though he knew his father was a horrible man he still thought about it every day for years. Beating in somebody's head with a bat has the tendency to do that. The guilt caused him to cut himself multiple times over the next 2 years.

After his father's demise, they moved to the slums in Cleveland as it was all they could afford. His father was the main breadwinner, and his mother couldn't keep a job for the life of her. At the age of 18, Derrick fresh out of high school worked for a contracting company, not building but destroying. They would go into old buildings downtown and level the insides for a redesign. Derrick moved out, but still sent nearly half of his monthly salary to his mom. A year later, Derrick started smoking marijuana and realized that between buying weed and giving his hard-earned cash away to his mom he was going broke. He started working for his dealer, keeping 25% of what he made.

Derrick started working for himself at 23, after the trap house they were set up in got raided by a SWAT team. He started selling weed, LSD, and Percocet out of his car. He was making more money than he ever did in construction as he was moving very large amounts of substances at a time. He quit working with the union and stuck to his "entrepreneurship". Around 2 weeks before the Corto Virus outbreak spread to the Americas, he was helping his mother move into a new house in a better neighborhood when an attempt on his life was made. 4 men in a black SUV performed a drive by with automatic weapons, his best friend, and a dealer working for him were killed. He whipped the nickel-plated M1911 from his waistband and opened fire on the SUV, but they had sped away before he could get a good shot. The death of his right hand man was the least of his worries. His mother had also been shot up and met her demise. Derrick knew he couldn't just stick around and wait for the police, or he'd go down for the large amounts of drugs in his possession. He grabbed the casings from the bullets he fired out of his illegal handgun, hopped In his Oldsmobile and sped off. He got stitched up by an under the table doctor he had on his payroll, and left town.

The death of his mother destroyed him. He had been taking care of her since he was a teenager and now she was just gone. He didn't know how to go on with life without her. He decided it was for the best to leave the state, so he drove to Kentucky, and rented a motel room. He sold mostly all of what he had with him to pay for the room except for a few tabs of LSD, and a couple ounces of weed. He holed up in the motel for a few weeks, paying close attention to the news of this spreading violence. Once the evacuation order was given he drove over to the stadium and hoped for the best.

Would you like your character to start with any items?
A .45 pistol, with 2 full mags, and that's about it. I'll use notes for my other possessions that aren't mechanically in the game, for example i'd like to start him off with a few grams of "note" weed.

Would you like to be placed in a random group at the start of the lore?
No

Is your character a member of a group application?
No
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Heya, NitroZombies! I've reviewed your application and it's accepted!

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Username: Derrick Mourey
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