Parallels: Growing Up

It had to happen.

From "The Tribe" year-1 to 5, the people we knew developed, changed, grew.

And so it goes. Some of our characters have been inside KTDARPG for almost 3 years. And our game has put more distance between life & the Virus than "The Tribe" ever did. We've gone beyond. All new territory. We're into the years that our tv-inspiration never got to.

The kids are growing up.

Warriors? Ah, those rebellious young teens are now tired, scarred, broody almost-adults. They've seen or participated in war, rape, torture, death ... a bellyful of it. Many would just as soon retire from battle 'n be left alone to find their way forward.

Precocious young girls are now mothers if they're lucky. If not? Maybe something much worse. The smallest 'n most innocent among us are not so innocent anymore. They know how to steal to survive, to find 'n use a weapon if they have to.

Some of our characters have found their way. Whether tribe or trade or family, they're moving forward & building lives.

Some are even more lost than they were when the Virus took the Old World. Lost in their minds, lost in their bodies.

I really, really wish "The Tribe" had survived and taken us a few more years into that Tribe-world future. Would've been nice to have a map to follow as we develop our own game-plan now. What would Bray do? Or Amber? Or Slade?

Anybody out there?

-Chyna

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