The Rules
"The Rules" are a list of zombie movie clichés that play an important role in Zombies Calling. These are the ones mentioned in the story:
- Rule One - When confronted with zombies, an ordinary person will transform into a strong and wild fighter, regardless of occupation, personality, or athletic ability.
- Rule Two - One of the survivors will sacrifice him or herself to distract the zombies, so that the other survivors can escape. Usually, it's the story's protagonist.
The remaining Rules are not numbered:
- The best way to wait out a zombie plague is to barricade yourself inside a mall (however, in this story it's a college dormitory), and you should never leave.
- The survivors always fight the zombies.
- Guns will suddenly become readily available (however, they never do in this story).
- No one ever refers to the zombies as "zombies". The main characters, however, do it frequently, since they're aware of the Rules.
- The phone lines will always be dead.
- No one ever rescues the survivors.
Read more about this topic: Zombies Calling
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