ZR Headcanon: Runner Culture
So (possibly because of my sociology and anthropology classes) I’ve been thinking a lot about Runner Culture. Little things that only runners do because no one else know what it’s like. We get some of it in S2M25, but imagine:
Runners creating a hand sign that at once means: “Stay safe, be careful, come home”
Runner field signs to tell of food and weapon caches, zombies, or where one of their own fell
Runners wearing black bands with fallen runner’s numbers
Runners seeing other township runners with the black bands and saluting in respect, because you might not be allies, but you know what the other is going through
Runners being protective of their own: “Three ran through a zombie invested grocery store so you better be thankful for that spam” or “Sam saved my life, lay off” (because Sam is one of theirs and only they’re allowed to heckle him)
Runners have rituals before going on a big run, or after someone comes home from one
Runners retiring a fallen runner’s shoes because yes, good shoes are hard to come by, but those were their shoes
A runner’s number becoming their name, because in the field that’s all that matters
Runners having inside jokes, like always getting Eight ammo as presents or leaving Sam Curly Wurlys after a hard run
Runners developing their own lingo and hand signs because sometimes common words can’t express what they’ve been through
Runners recognizing the signs of PTSD in others before anyone else because they’ve been there too
Runner superstitions, like leaving shoes facing their bed so they’ll always come back.
Runner culture, because when one group of people are constantly risking their lives, they learn to survive together. (Please feel free to add any ideas of your own)
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