#blooming dead

Zombies are docile when adorned with flowers.

Settlements overgrown with herbs and flora.

Barely any banditry; everyone is focused on farming and gathering.

Different human factions and towns named after flowers like Lilies, Orchids, Roses, etc.

The world ended last week.

Not really, of course. The planet was still around, humanity was still surviving, but everything you'd ever known was gone. The government had dissolved, taken down by it's own incompetence and machinations. The internet, and the mega-corperations that existed on it, were crumbling to dust.

The dead rose from the streets and walked again. Zombies, the shambling undead, attacked the living under the red moon. Power and water was being shut down all over the country. Many had died.

But not you.

You're not special, you know that. If the zombies got you, you were as good as dead. No immunity for you. But when you heard the news, you ran to the library.

My username is Pansychic 🌸

I finished 14 attacks! I was trying to focus on quality, so I’m surprised that I was able to finish pretty much the same amount as last year. I feel like this really shows how last year helped me improve my overall speed, and the attacks themselves show how my art has grown! I’m pretty proud of myself. Here are my top ten attacks!

Reagan (by Midn1ghtFen0x) and Keres (by concertinaballerinaa) @concertinaballerinaa

Zoe (by shinymushrooms)

Splits (by Strgtszz)

Aurora (by snomonabench)

Vina (by DewbieDraws)

Juniper (by AhriCross)

Gris (by cayvvie) and Care (by me, Pansychic)

Seren (by -ratking-) @ratkingsys

Καλλιόπη (by Lemoneymango)

You are in a zombie apocalpyse and a group of survivors is trapped. The only way to save everyone is to walk out through a horde of zombie completely naked.

You have to be completely naked because there are no clean smelling clothes that don't have blood on them, and you have limited resources. You use what little water you have left to clean yourself. When you face the undead, your only protection is the lavendar scented oil you mixed with water and covered yourself in.

But you can choose to walk out with Crocs on or go bearfoot. What do you choose?

Tag or comment why you chose your answer.

I choose to wear crocs because it would be extremely funny if I died and strangers see my undead corpse naked except for some lime green crocs. Like what would you even make of that? I want to be a clown even in death. Even better if I could put a red nose on.

I've a boy I'd like you to meet;

His name is Pierre (the Bard). He is a travelling musicians. Like a Merchant without the merch. A silly little entertainer.

He's an associate to Orchid (who you've probs seen from @youokaymilo). He's your typical Charismatic Bard but he's....

Man's just has anxiety bro,,,

-settlements that have been around for a while are surrounded by walls, usually covered in plants that climb walls and surrounded by flowerbeds filled with extremely fragrant flora. in these protected cities, things like meat that would normally be taboo tend to be more freely used closer to the city centers due to the walls covering up the scent.

-maybe not as much later in the apocalypse, but at least earlier on bikes are a popular movement option, due to being quicker than walking, but not producing exhaust.

-Some large Florist guilds will cover regions and even aid guilds of other professions, as well as having training programs for new Florists.

-main types of settlements:

    ~farms, generally have a perimeter of extremely fragrant plants, with buildings and pastures for animals further in. they have a low population of a few dozen people at best but usually have a couple Florists on stand-by. most of their population is farmers as well as Artisans. Wanderers and travelers tend to pass through/stop at the farms and very frequently will travel between farms and other settlements. (More info on Artisans and Wanderers below)

    ~villages, one of the most common types of settlement. they tend to have a couple hundred people and a few gardens. very frequently has their own food supply going, but heavily supplemented by the farms

    ~towns, the other most common type of settlement, tend to have a couple thousand people, tends to be self-reliant in terms of food but will still import items from farms. they’re common because villages tend to just kinda grow into them over time, but the world makes it difficult to have large populations together.

    ~cities, tend to be of the aforementioned walled type, but sometimes there’s just a patrol, fence, or watchtowers. often gets their own dedicated fields. other settlements pop up around cities.

-job types in addition to Florists:

    ~Artisans: the crafters of the world. although there are many different trades, in this world Artisans tend to either be more general-purpose, or they get together in groups of Artisans with different specialties. like Florists, they tend to have their own guilds and will travel. however, they are much more organized than Florists. a lone traveling Florist isn’t unusual, a lone Artisan is. they tend to only travel in the very early parts of the year, often settling on a location for the rest. even then, traveling Artisans tend to stick to a particular region. some Artisans live in the towns and cities, selling their goods directly to the townsfolk. this is much more common for Artisans that aren’t living in a group. groups tend to live on farms, with some of the members doing farmwork on any particular day in exchange for cheaper supplies. the group’s work usually gets bought by passersby, imported into the towns, or the group brings their work into town and sells it there themselves.

    ~Wanderers: people whose work specifically involves traveling. they do not have the training to more directly maintain and interact with the undead, but they do tend to know how to evade or fire fragrant items with a slingshot. Wanderers include traveling merchants, couriers/messengers, path maintenance workers (idk what to call it basically the people that help maintain paths between settlements), traveling artists, etc. Artisans that travel and Florists aren’t generally considered Wanderers, because although both of those jobs involve traveling, traveling isn’t considered a major aspect of the job.

-ok also i thought of a zombie type so basically if a Bloomer grows a medicinal herb than it can slow the decay of zombies around it or smth like that.