Original write up can be found by following this link. (CaptainKSYO is currently under construction as it changes ownership. The original story follows below.) This particular image posed the challenge of coming up with a zombie story that not only had a darker tone than the normally comic write ups that I would do for CaptainKYSO, but I also had to write a story that was engaging and compelling about subject matter, that of zombies, which I really do not care for.
Intro: Today’s zombie t
shirt has a character that has impromptu evening exercise session. The undead in this story can help you to
realize that you need to live life to the fullest, especially if it could end
at any second.
At
first, when the outbreak started, he felt alive and invigorated. For him, such moments prior to this were
fleeting at best. Yes, the world was
ravaged by zombies, but he always tried to put a positive spin on things, and
this time was no exception. He had
always planned on getting out and doing more to get his body in shape, now
thanks to the hoards of the undead that were everywhere, he finally was. Yet this notion quickly crumbled in his mind. They daily grind of mere survival wore him
down.
Sometimes
all he needed to do to survive a day in the urban wasteland was to sprint from
a nearby grocery store and back to the gym he had fortified over the months
since the beginning of the outbreak.
Compared to the other trials he had faced, he considered this a “light
jog.” The creatures were less active in
the day time, as if even in endless death they still had trouble getting up in
the morning. It had been simple for him
to develop that routine, and considerably less disastrous then when he lost his
house after a group of zombies had managed to trail him home. There was so much running and hiding that
night. He was sure his heart would give
out before the monsters could even find him.
He
was done though; this evening would be his last run. He could not recall the last time he had seen
another living soul. No rescue was
coming and for all his attempts to convince himself that he should keep holding
out hope that the nightmare would end and that someone would find him; the hellish
existence continued.
So
it was that he found himself lacing up a set of simple, brand new sneakers he
had always meant to wear when he got around to exercising. There at his old high school race track,
where as a teenager he had always seemed to fail; he was finally in shape
enough to run well. They were coming
now, a slow shuffling at first, but that wouldn’t last long once they caught sight
of him. He stood and stretched, poised
and ready. The tape he had strung
between two posts flapped slightly in the cool night breeze. There was a grunt of alarm. They had spotted him. So he ran one last race, one last time did he
find the motivation to keep going. But
as he felt the tape break against his chest, he also felt the grasping of a
clammy, rotting hand on his back. His
run was finally over.
Keep This T Shirt On If: You
believe you never feel quite as alive as the moment before you die.
Like
a t shirt with a good, healthy zombie chase?
Mark Florencio has a zombie sunset t
shirt that can really help you to
stay in peak physical condition as you run for your life.
Forget About This T Shirt If:
The end of the world is entirely un-motivating to you.
Like
t shirts that don’t pressure you when the end is at hand? Palitosci has a funny white doomsday t
shirt design that will help you kick
back, relax, and answer any lingering questions you might have about the
apocalypse.
Color: He crossed the long
Black finish line.
Artist Bio: Quiet you
fool! Don’t you hear that slow
shuffling, those sickening groans, and the unearthly cry for brains? It’s the terror of the night, the Alan Bao is
just outside the door, and he looks hungry!
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