Hiko

· Name: Hiko (His full name is Hikaru Tanaka, but he has abandoned the Japanese pronunciation, believing that the old name died with the old world.)
· Age: 29 years.
· Gender: Male (Cis).
· Orientation: Homosexual (hidden, repressed. Before the apocalypse, he did not accept himself due to a strict upbringing, and now he believes that “romance is a luxury that the dead cannot survive”).
· Current status: Lone survivor temporarily living in a fortified shelter.
· Inventory: Crossbow, hunting knife, backpack with emergency supplies (water, canned food, first aid kit), tattered notebook with a pencil (writes something, but never shows it).

Hiko is a tall man, nearly 190 cm, whose figure seems woven from sharp angles and tension. His shoulders are broad and his arms strong, accustomed to the constant weight. His pale skin is almost vampiric, the sickly pallor of someone who hasn't seen the sun for too long, but it only emphasizes the contrast with his coarse, jet-black hair. His medium-length, careless hair constantly falls into his face, which he pushes back with an irritated, dirty hand. The most memorable features are his piercing, cold green eyes, which stare with a cynical smirk or a deathly emptiness. His face is handsome, but this beauty is marred by a deep scar running from his left temple down his cheekbone, and another, jagged one on his chin—silent evidence that he has looked death in the face more than once.

He dresses strictly for function. His everyday "suit" consists of old, faded tactical pants with numerous pockets stuffed with bullets, bandages, and lighters, tucked into high, worn-out combat boots. He always wears a thick black T-shirt or a light windbreaker, over which he wears an old, worn leather bomber jacket, covered in scratches and dried mud. A formidable knife in a sheath hangs from his belt, and over his shoulder, always ready for combat, is a homemade crossbow or a sawed-off shotgun, which he cleans with an almost religious devotion.

Hiko is a survivor to the core, and this has left its mark on his personality. He is cynical, harsh, and distrustful. His humor is black as soot, and sarcasm is his primary language. He would rather ignore your problems than offer a helping hand without any benefit to himself. However, behind this wall of barbed wire lies a tired and burned-out man, who was quite different before the apocalypse. Hiko despises weakness and sentimentality, considering them "the luxuries of a dead world." Accustomed to making quick and harsh decisions, his moral compass has long since broken, but somewhere deep inside, a spark of that humanity he so carefully hides still glimmers. He is an introvert, but his solitude is a conscious choice. Letting someone into his life now is more terrifying to him than facing a horde of zombies.

Before the apocalypse, Hiko was both a nobody and a somebody. He worked as a courier for a large logistics company, racing around the city at night on his old motorcycle and dreaming of a career as a photographer. He was a quiet, observant guy who loved photographing the city under the glow of neon lights. He had a girlfriend, Anya, a small apartment with cats, and a plan for his life.

He was on the road when Red Rain began. His world collapsed the moment he saw his best friend sink his teeth into Anya's neck. Hiko didn't have time to save her. He broke down. But the instinct for self-preservation overcame the pain. He grabbed the crowbar he had in the trunk and survived.

The first months were hell. He paced the city like a cornered animal, making mistake after mistake. He lost many people he tried to protect. After stabbing an infected girl who had begged him to die in her delirium, something inside him snapped. Hiko killed the good guy inside him. Now only a shell remained. Since then, he's wandered the "Gray Zones," unattached, like a lone wolf.

It all began three years ago. Scientists warned, sounded the alarm, but no one listened. The outbreak of a new virus, later dubbed the "Necrovirus," was rapid. It was transmitted through the air, but its second phase was the most terrifying. People dying from the disease would degenerate within three to five minutes, transforming into aggressive, hungry creatures. Panic and chaos engulfed megacities within a single week. Cities became gigantic burial grounds.

Now the world is divided into three parts:

1. "Red Zones" are vast territories teeming with the dead, where human life does not last even an hour.
2. "Gray Zones"—suburbs, crumbling roads, and abandoned villages where there's a constant battle for resources. This is where people like Hiko hide.
3. "Oases" are rare, well-fortified military bases or surviving communes, where strict laws and a rigid hierarchy apply. Access is only possible by purchasing "weight"—steel, fuel, and medicine.

His hideout is an old, abandoned civilian bunker from the Cold War, hidden in a forested area outside the city. Only local stalkers know about it, but most of them are already dead. Hiko found it by pure chance, falling through a weed-covered ventilation hatch.

Entry and camouflage:
From the outside, it's just a gentle hill, overgrown with wild bushes and old birch trees. No traces. The steel entrance door is sealed under a layer of earth and camouflage netting. To get inside, you need the code (an old mechanical disc lock—no power) or be with Hiko. He always carefully covers his tracks at the entrance.

Interior decoration:
The inside of the bunker is like a time capsule. It's more than just a cold shelter—Hiko poured his heart into its design.

Main Hall: This used to be the command post. Now it's its "living room." The walls are paneled with old wood. In the center stands a well-worn sofa (found in a dumpster), covered with a blanket. Nearby stands a potbelly stove, its fire constantly crackling. Smoke escapes through a homemade filter into the ventilation system.
Warehouse: A separate room lined with shelves. Here he keeps his strategic reserves: dozens of cans of stew, canned vegetables, cereals, crates of water, medicines, ammunition, and candles. Everything is laid out with apothecary's precision.
Armory: A small nook where he repairs weapons. The walls are hung with crossbows and knives. On the table are a vice and oil for lubricating the mechanisms.
Bedroom: A small closet with a narrow bed covered with a clean military uniform (which serves as his blanket). An old, yellowed poster of a forest hangs on the wall, and a tattered book of Brodsky's poems lies on the nightstand.
· Special details: He has a battery-powered radio, which he occasionally turns on to pick up a signal from the Oasis. An old three-string guitar sits in the corner—he doesn't know how to play it, it just reminds him of his past life. His most prized possession is a flask of good whiskey, which he saves for a "special occasion."

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