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"I am a... Partially Deceased Syndrome sufferer
and what I did— in my untreated state... was not my fault."

content warnings: suicide / teenage suicide ; zombieism ; zombie-related cannibalism

Kieren Walker of Roarton, Lancashire — was a talented art student, living at home with his parents and younger sister, Jem. Shy, socially awkward but deeply kind and caring. He was eighteen when he killed himself. He felt relief.

Less than a month later, in an event which became known as The Rising, Kieren and many other dead returned to the land of the living. It was a one-off event. In that time, the undead terrorised the living — killing and devouring all that they came across, held back mostly by the living who banded together to create the Human Volunteer Force.

Halperin & Weston, a drug company, were able to create the drug Neurotriptyline. It could rebuild brain cells in the dead. Through the capture and treatment of the undead — they were rehabilitated and released back into society, to their families — hereby referred to as Partially Deceased Syndrome or PDS sufferers.

Only not everyone is so pleased to see people like Kieren return — including Kieren himself.

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"I don't feel ready. But that's why they say I am ready... because I'm feeling.

name: kieren 'ren' walker.
canon: in the flesh.
age: eighteen, forever.
location: roarton, lancashire, uk.
status: partially deceased syndrome sufferer — treated.

kieren is taking his daily treatment of neurotriptyline — a drug which rebuilds brain cells in the dead, administered through an injection site at his neck. through this, he is able to retain his thoughts, memories and everything that made him much of who he was while living. without it, he will revert back to a more feral state.

appearance: 6'0" in height, very much your typical scrawny-looking teenage boy. strawberry blonde hair. kieren's natural appearance is one of incredibly pale and veiny skin, with darkened lips and eyelids and white-blue eyes, due to his undead state. he wears a specially designed cover-up mousse and brown contact lenses to hide his appearance but there's still something somewhat unsettling/unnatural if one looks too closely.

health: fine, physically. if harmed, however, kieren cannot heal. mentally, kieren experiences extreme guilt over his actions in his untreated state. he also suffers from anxiety and depression and is very claustrophobic. also as a side effect of his medication, he also suffers from hallucinations and flashbacks from his time as a rabid.

personality: shy and withdrawn; sensitive; artistic; pessimistic; guilt-ridden; deadpan snarker;

themes: mental/emotional health issues, identity struggles, homophobia, suicide, problematic family dynamics, religious undertones which borders into religious fanaticism, zombie-related racism/othering, medical/body horror, zombie-related horror.

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in character
physical contact: he's a little stand-offish at times, trying to conceal the fact he's undead due to his now cooler body temperature. that being said, he's not opposed to being affectionately manhandled by others. he's just quite bemused by it.
flirting: why would you want to he's fairly shy and awkward, likely to laugh it off but unlikely to flirt back.
romance: this will require a great deal of cr building, especially if partner is living. slow burn is ideal.
fighting: he's a pacifist by nature, but is willing to fight back against being attacked first.
injury/death: kieren can now only be killed via a head/brain injury. he can be injured elsewhere, but no longer feels pain and now cannot heal. discussions are preferred for injuries / death is no-go unless that's the nature of the thread.

triggers: enclosed spaces make him incredibly scared/anxious; his neurotriptyline can also induce vivid hallucinations/flashbacks to the time in his untreated state - something which greatly distresses him; being outed as PDS-sufferer

out of character
player: cheryl
contact: chaoticasphyxia
timezone: gmt
backtagging: yes.
threadjacking: ask!

triggers: nothing comes to mind, but i will let you know if something comes up that i'm uncomfortable with.

faqs

does kieren eat/drink? kieren cannot consume regular human food of drink. his body no longer works as it should and anything ingested is now toxic. should he eat/drink something, he will either be physically sick or it will go straight through him - which is very unpleasant. that being said, kieren can ingest brains.

does kieren bleed? yes and no. his body still has some kind of blood within it - but it's black in colour.

can kieren turn my character if he bites them? no. this isn't the zombie you're looking for. in kieren's canon, zombieism isn't treated like a virus - more of a freakish act of nature. the only ones who returned were those already dead, and it was a one time event.

what happens if kieren doesn't have his neurotriptyline? he returns to his untreated, rabid state - meaning he loses all sense of who he is and is simply driven by the desire to consume.