Thread:Kaffe4200/@comment-4105222-20130120225054

Hey Kaffe. I've been really sick lately so I was inactive for a few days. I'm feeling better today though, so... here's the extended backstory for Kerri as promised.

''"When Kerri was hired to be a web designer for a wealthy company, she thought she was set  for life. She signed the contract and got to work, thinking about all of the money she'll receive. But as a week passed, her job already grew dull. Constantly behind a cubicle, barely interacting with her co-workers, the monotony slowly grew on Kerri. Afraid that she herself will turn dull, Kerri hoped to quit her job. But since she rashly made the decision to live on her own, her income was not enough to meet her demands. And so, she made the painful decision to stay at her job.

Months passed. She just couldn't take it anymore. Kerri decided to quit, half way through her goal. She just couldn't wrap her head around working here for one more year. And so, she planned her leave a week from now, where her third and last paycheck would be given. She couldn't wait to change her scenery, visualizing all of the possibilities that could power her excitement. But her expectations were cut short, when that week turned for the worse...

Many businesses closed. People were dying left and right. Kerri was nothing but confused. She had no knowledge of the apocalypse slowly grasping her life...

Eventually, Kerri was thrown out of her apartment, onto the street. It wasn't because of her lack of rent, which she would've ran out of a week into her future. There were living corpses forcing their way inside her house, forcing to kill her. By this time, she knew what type of danger she was getting herself into; food for everybody else. To quickly adapt to her current situation, Kerri looked at surviving for her life as her "new job". It wasn't too bad, since it was actually "pretty exciting," as she told herself. For a while, the thought of dying in a blink didn't linger in her mind.

A week into the apocalypse, Kerri was pushed to her limit. She hasn't killed a single "biter" the week prior.... but in a single hour, she's already killed three. The rush she felt was different, different from just running away and sneaking past the biters. With this newfound excitement, Kerri didn't hesitate to defend herself when any biter was nearby.

Even though her combat prowess was terrible (she had no prior experience whatsoever), she tried her best to kill the biters the quickest way possible. Every biter she killed was like a slow training course for her, learning whatever she could as time went by. As she killed her hundredth (she actually lost count) walker, she questioned why she felt joy. Was she becoming a psychopath? She ignored the feeling, and went on with surviving.

After a long time into the apocalypse, she thought she's been through all of the hardships. But when she chose to stick with a small group for a while, she thought wrong. The group, promising that they had a bigger group waiting for them, convinced Kerri to help them. After paving their way through the biters, the group finally arrived at their destination. It turns out that their "camp" was a small alley, with a male survivor waiting inside it. The three others, who were all male, cornered Kerri. They told her she's the first woman they've found in months. She felt powerless at first, intimidated by the men surrounding her. But as they got too close for comfort, something awoke inside Kerri.

Everything turned hazy. All she could remember was arriving at the camp, and walking away from it. All four men were dead. Blood was on her hands, and on her face. Kerri didn't want to believe that she killed those men.

She became angry, but couldn't tell why. She became more aggressive, killing biters that came her way. She couldn't trust another human being for a while. Is it because they're so much easier to kill than the biters? As much as she didn't want to think this way, she kept it in mind.

She has since transformed, from a woman looking for excitement to a woman who would defend herself, no matter what the cost. A woman who finds killing so easy. The boundary between her conscience and her bloodlust was slowly fading.''

Sorry for it being a little long. You know me, I like detail. Anyway, I haven't actually read your story, so there might be some conflicts with her story and your universe. Just let me know of the changes.

And also, I'm a little more settled with her being played by Marion Cotillard, minus the French accent. Hope you consider, and hope to get feedback from you soon. 