Kryptic66

Today, two members of the NYPD have arrested a black-cloaked offender for vandalizing the wall of a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper. Upon dragging them to the police station, they discovered that the person was genderless and used the hood of the cloak to conceal a rather troubling lack of skin, meat, eyes or nose on an otherwise lively skull. "We realized," officer Jobson says, "that this was not your ordinary criminal - I mean, most of the people we bring over have some identifying features and while I suppose that having a skull for a head is identifying, it's just... Troubling. What do you write in the 'skin colour' or 'eye colour' boxes, y

Dead Roses lie scattered on the rocky overgrown path Black Orchids wither at my gentle touch I stroll onwards toward my Scarlet Beauty The flower of the richest hues A deep and trembling black As black as my heart or my precious Hollyhocks The Single Black sways in the nonexistent breeze Black Alder come hither Listen to the stories that only the Velvet and Lace know The story is always of my time Of my needs Only one has ever come to fruition My darkening garden is all I want A garden filled with deadening night In the twilight I find you as quick as a hummingbird A hummingbird you are not I call out to you my lovely Blackbir

*This part is for newbies. Skip down to the dashes if you already know this stuff.* Okay, so first of all, a zombie is a reanimated corpse that lurches around looking for human flesh. Different breeds may be reasoned with, or even "cured" back to the original personality. However, the most typical zombies: -Are incoherent. They will not be reasoned with or threatened. -They don't sleep. -They seem to like brains, but most will settle for a nice hunk of your flesh. -The come in different speeds, from crawling to shambling to running. Most are shambling along at a slow slow walk. -They do not drown or asphyxiate. -Some will burn easily w