Dead Silence

"Because I could not stop for Death
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality"

Emily Dickinson.

When mentioned, immortality is associated with happiness.
Unfortunately, with happiness comes sadness.

But we try not to think about the bad times.
Clinging to any ounce of happiness we have.

For me, it's harder than that.
Partly because while I'm clinging to happiness, a walker is clinging to my arm.

Super.
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Elliot Hemings is your typical socially awkward 18 year old girl. Spending her time reading and obsessing over tv shows.

The only time she really gets out of the house is when she's working at the local coffee shop, and even then, she would only talk when completely necessary.

But what happens when a man infected with a mysterious virus, comes into her shop and attacks her co-workers?

She does what any rational person would.

She hides.

That is until, she finally gets up enough courage to do something extraordinary.

To be someone extraordinary.

Elliot faces problems she only ever read about.
Making decisions that will make or break her.
Losing friends that trusted her.

And being haunted by the dead silence that followers her.

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Walker (noun) singular.
Also known as zombie, roamers, lurkers and the infected.

Walker: The reanimated corpse of a human being that has regained limited function and mobility, as well as developed an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

Overview
Reanimated human beings, while not immortal, will not "die" under typical conditions that would ordinarily cause the death of a living person. They do not appear to feel or respond to pain, can survive even the most brutal injuries, and despite their bottomless appetite for flesh, they do not need food, water, or sleep to survive.

They show no other bodily function that relates to a human, showing no signs of self-healing or response to extreme temperatures. The brain maintains limited abilities of the body, allowing for movement of the limbs (provided that they are not decomposed to the point where the bones are not strong enough to bend without breaking), jaws, neck, and even the use of its sensory systems. While the walkers are notoriously weaker than humans, the only way to kill one is to destroy the brain. Despite severely weakened frames, they will continue to hunt for living animals to consume. Even when decapitated, the head will remain active, even though it would be practically harmless at such point.