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Haha it's a simple, well-used idea but I'm not against it or anything. xD
If it isn't too much perhaps the Shadow King guy wants to take over this world, etc. etc. That kind of thing is used a lot of course but ya, kinda stumped on ideas atm. ^^;;
So how about the thing that changes is that, at first, there are a lot more monsters that are stronger. Like more "Boss" type monsters start popping up, and the difficulty of staying alive increases. Suddenly a lot more kids are being "killed" and even more start being put into the Game. And then because those new kids don't really know how to deal with the situation usually they are killed really fast. Non-players start to notice the vast amount of kids who are falling into comas and there would be news about that.
Our characters could all run into each other soon because of the increased difficulty and they have to group up to keep each other alive. Maybe we could bring in some minor characters there as well, other Players who also group up with our main characters. Because it seems like if they don't try to stop the Game themselves they'll be killed within a matter of weeks or days the Players actually start to take action. Try to figure out how to stop it and what is really going on.
Does all of that sound decent? xD;
I think that's a good basis to get going at a good pace again...
Oh ya, and about where Shannon and Robyn are talking, I thought I should point out that when Shannon was getting beat up, that was AFTER school. :I
And you had Robyn going TO school when she walked by and saw him... so I was kinda wondering about that. xD;;;

Revenge works, and I think I could have my character be a bit influenced by that, but it doesn't really consume her as the main reason, like you said one of your characters is. Her family would have been killed off by the demons and she's only around like 20-21-ish so she would have been young when it happened of course.
How many "safe" areas would there be? Like the areas that are guarded and what-not. I picture it like the world is mostly a wasteland with the demons roaming about wherever they please, feeding on whoever is stupid enough to walk around in the wasteland. There aren't so many of the safe towns/cities, and there aren't a ton of survivors so there wouldn't be a need to have a lot of them anyways.
Is that how you picture it more or less? Or different?

EDIT :: Ah, time to go kill some Nazi zombies. xDD
I don't think I'll be on anymore tonight but we can continue discussing it tomorrow hopefully. ^^