#ZF doc frank

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-counting songs-…ah Banjo Bloodbath by Appalachian Anarchy!

This has unlocked The Ancient Lore...cast your mind to the far years of 2002 to 2004...I had recently discovered zombies existed, and had a little notebook to doodle in...22 chapters and just as many drawings were made before I lost interest...but this song, with its cover art of a zombie playing the banjo, made me think of The Thems and dig out the little notebook...the Zombie Fighters...

Ezekiel Hunter, our main character, is an amnesiac zombie(?) with a heart of gold and a love of guns and leather jackets. He was found in a pond by the reclusive religious Titus, who named and nursed Ezekiel back to health. They resided in an gigantic old monastery with ample food, water, and a small farm, but Ezekiel kept venturing out to look for survivors. Which is where Ezekiel met Officer Grey, Doc Frank, and their 19 survivors. After a short standoff and squealing over Officer Grey's Desert Eagle, Ezekiel led the survivors to the monastery and safety. But Officer Grey was missing his twin sons, who had been in the care of his partner Officer Alex. So Grey, Frank, and Ezekiel went back out, found the trio and some other survivors, and brought them back to Titus' home. It stops right after Frank finds a daisy, the first flower, and implied first new growth outside of the monastery, and Grey stays back with his sons, and the new trio going out to find more survivors, like Frank's mother.

Now some character details and changes!

Ezekiel has changed very little - still a zombie, still has a partly split face, and still has the same outfit save the shoes and shirt color; originally described as "black leather jacket with silver spikes running from shoulder to wrist. White wifebeater with a large red and black cross. Black jeans with a grey patch on the left knee. Grey sneakers with mud splattered all over them." His shirt is now black, and he wears big ol boots. I also gave him Strabismus, because it deserves more rep - my current head teacher has it, and so does an internet friend! (@ me I genuinely can't remember RN I think it's Cham). The daisy represents the daisy that Frank found. The anime bangs are altered from his old one-lock anime look.

Titus has changed little - bald Asian monk-like man with strong faith, wearing a turtleneck. I'm thinking Korean or Filipino, but I'm undecided there. I am changing his hermetic life - the monastery has more people (farmers, monks, visitors that got stuck) living in it, and it's accessible through one tunnel that the zombies get trapped in and are dispatched. Titus got his scar before joining the monastery commune, and will not talk about it, or why he always wears long sleeves.

Officer Grey was a spiky haired skinny guy, which I had to remedy. He's now a dad-bodied man with angst-face and freckles. He misses his kids so much, and the survivor group being half kids has not helped much. Grey (is that his first or last name? I Do Not Know) was the only one with any protective training or gear (Kevlar works surprisingly well against zombies) and is just So Tired. He was considering leaving the force to spend more time with his kids when the Zombies Happened, and getting them back and having a safe place to rest has given him the chance to rest. His kids are named Jay and Marco, and there's never any mention of their mom.

Frank has changed quite a bit - young me did not know how to respectfully represent Native American culture so I'm throwing his original last name Red Deer out the window. He's still Native American, and still a medical professional, but now he's a coroner! Much funnier that he's in charge of patching everyone up this way. He's extremely close to his mother, and not knowing if she's safe has affected him greatly. In the old story, he kept having nightmares about a mystery figure, and I think I'll keep that going...

Alex! The only woman on the team (fixing that), and an honorary aunt to Jay and Marco. No romance involved with Officer Grey, they've been partners for years, and Alex was emergency babysitting when everything started. She gathered some survivors and hunkered down, and was beyond overjoyed to see Grey again. In the OG story, she was a man - do with that info what you will...

Anyway, if you're interested in the old story, flaws and all, let me know!