FALLOUTVERSE - Capital Wasteland into Vault 106 - DAY THREE

[bitchprince]

For a moment, it seemed almost like a rustic scene: a herd of calm, two-headed cows ambled idly past Fandom's camping spot, and took up a position to graze off what little grass managed to wrestle itself loose from the ruined soil, just a few feet away.

But overnight, the cracks had increased in size, cutting through the sky. Looking upwards now, it was almost as if whatever location they were pulled towards had a halo, a small ring of friendly skies from which the blackness shot out in several directions.

Furthermore, though, this was Radscorpion country, and the people who travelled here now would do best to watch their steps...

And after that, it was on to a small hidden door in the middle of nowhere - behind which hid Vault 106.

[[ wait for the ocd up! ]]

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Capital Wasteland

[bitchprince]

Another day, another dollar. Time to break up camp, forage for more supplies out in the wild, and get going. Overnight, the amount of gaps in the world seem to have increased, but at least now it's become more and more obvious where they're leading.

As always, watch out for radscorpions, mirelurks, or worse.

[[ make your own ocd, as always. here's your last chance to poke around the wasteland! ]]

Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[bitchprince]

Gather what little breakfast you can, make sure nobody got eaten during the night.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[endsthegame]

Ender hadn't slept much last night, but that, he imagined, was not a problem here: the more eyes open, the more they were capable of making sure nothing invaded and destroyed their camp.

He'd had vaguely distorted dreams of Mirelurks when he did dream, anyway; he'd rather not return to that.

He got up, taking his small collection of Mirelurk cakes and Iguana meat with him, and went to distribute it to anyone who looked hungry.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

Quinn wasn't sure when or how she'd fallen asleep, but she had -- head conked back against the rock, tire iron slipping from her grasp, and she was pretty sure the sticky stuff matting her hair was drool.

At least, she hoped it was only drool.

She got to her feet carefully and (leaving the tire iron where it was for the moment) started going through some calisthenics. If today was another day of walking and hitting things with a tire iron -- which was exactly her idea of fun, no lie -- she didn't want her muscles to seize up on her.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex hadn't gotten eaten overnight, a fact that he was very grateful for. His shoulder continued to throb and ache but he refused to show it. He just wouldn't use it.

He could feel exhausted to his bones but he couldn't deal with that now. He'd seen Mirelurks last night, dealt with a few of them with the help of the stolen gun and was now seeing them behind his eyes.

Great. More fodder for nightmares. Nonetheless, he was awake.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[raspberryturk]

Reno hadn't gotten a hell of a lot of sleep last night, no. But then, Reno was used to not getting a hell of a lot of sleep. He was greeting the day with a bottle of water and a smirk on his face, pacing around the camp and keeping an eye out for anybody who still hadn't managed to get their hands on a real weapon, or who wouldn't mind a nice, big knife to supplement what they had.

And, you know, he was killing anything big and ugly that got too close to the camp, but that was more like a happy little afterthought. Monsters!

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[icecoldfrost]

Emma...hadn't ever fallen asleep. And she felt just fine.

She'd spent the night occasionally wandering around the perimeter of the camp, and sometimes watching her classmates sleep. It was boring, but it passed the time.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

Puck woke up with a stiff back, clutching his chainsaw like -- well, not like a teddy bear, exactly, but like someone who was not as macho as they pretended to be, perhaps.

His first task, this morning, was to carefully extract tiny rocks from his skin, from where they'd dug into him in his sleep.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[dontvotemeout]

Jason, like the others, hadn't slept very well. At the moment, he was studying the cracks, and trying to figure out how far away they were from where they seemingly needed to be. It seemed like most of the people from Fandom were capable of handling themselves - they might be able to make it safely if everyone's aim was good.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex woke up, having gotten only a little bit of sleep last night and immediately reached for her bat. It was more to reassure herself than anything.

She stretched a bit, in an attempt to get rid of the stiff feeling in her arms. She hadn't slept in the most comfortable of positions. Ow.

Re: Wake Up and Break Up Camp

[momslilassassin]

Ben was on night two of "meditation is the same as sleep, no really," and it was starting to show a bit in his eyes if you knew him well enough to notice. He was sipping carefully from his water, trying to keep hydrated, and feeling weird about missing those protein bars his father always insisted on stuffing into the X-Wing cockpit.

The Wasteland Proper

[bitchprince]

Keep on walking, go on a last scavenging run, just make sure you don't get killed by a radscorpion.

The Entrance to Vault 106

[bitchprince]

The cracks stop near a large rockface. Searching the area will finally bring you to a small, ruined wooden door.

Behind it is a large cave... and at the end, the large, open, coglike door of a Vault.

Vault 106

[bitchprince]

The trail of gaps leads here. The large vault door has rolled away several years ago, leaving the complex open for exploration. It’s a large steel complex with low ceilings and a very retro-futuristic, utilitarian interior.

Unfortunately, there is something in the air... so be careful: your best friend might suddenly start looking like that bully that tried to beat you up in fourth grade, or that really evil bad guy that tried to have you executed in public... the last thing we need is a bloody end.

The last person to come through here didn’t do a very bang-up job of clean-up, either. So nevermind your own head: you have to be wary of any insane vault dwellers that might want to try to attack you with a lead pipe or a sledgehammer.

[[ hallucinations can go as far as you’d like: your character can just hallucinate the walls being clean, or they can start seeing relatives, or imagining they’re being attacked by clones of a friend. Hallucinations only last a minute or two, the frequency is up to you ]]

Vault 106 - Living Quarters

[bitchprince]

This area is full of clutter and dirt. Here and there, you can find niches with beds that have been abandoned for a long while. It’s quiet - except for the occasional murmuring of an insane vault dweller... who might attack you at any moment. There is no more clear path, but it’s obvious that whatever it is you’re looking for, it’s further ahead.

Vault 106 - Science Labs

[bitchprince]

About as cluttered as the living quarters, the science labs are distinguished by all the medical equipment lying around. And the computer terminals. Anyone curious enough to take a poke at them might find out about the grisly past of this vault: unsuspecting people who sought shelter in this vault, only to be dosed with psychoactives by their leaders.

There are a lot of twisting turns and stairs here, but slowly but surely, the only available paths wind up leading down, down...

Past a few more insane survivors, who might be lurking where you least expect it.

[[ detailed description on the files on the computers by request, if you want your character to take a poke at it. ]]

Vaul 106 - Winding Hallways

[bitchprince]

And the further down you go, the more mazelike the vault becomes, the more plentiful the insane survivors, too. At the end of these hallways is a large boiler room, and behind it, a cave holding the big prize.

But you have to make it through without losing it or getting your brains bashed out with a lead pipe, first.

A Cave Behind Vault 106

[bitchprince]

The air becomes less thick the further anyone comes to the cave. There's something unnatural in there, something that doesn't belong on this Earth. Stuffed into the nooks and crannies of the rocks are things that look an awful lot like human remains, but the most obvious item is pressed into the boulder at the back of the cave.

It's metal, rounded and jagged, and humming with some unnatural power--

And once anyone from Fandom approaches, they might find themselves suddenly somewhere altogether more familiar.

[[ First person to tag in can touch the item; the rest of you can ping here to react to being pulled home ]]

Re: A Cave Behind Vault 106

[raspberryturk]

Human remains, Reno was good with. Thin air? Sure.

Glowing things that were crammed into the rock walls, like some sort of otherworldly beacon calling them home?

Hey, Reno was down with that.

And so, nodding a little to himself as though he'd just committed himself to picking up the Holy Grail, Reno took a breath, stepped forward, and reached out his hand toward the missing piece. He'd had a good time this weekend, overall, but it was time to go home.


[I don't want to step on any toes, but this post has been up for 13 hours, so I figure it's okay to snag by now.]

OOC 1

[bitchprince]

For NPCs, questions, comments, options, and no tim- or tomfoolery. Bring it on.

Re: OOC 1

[icecoldfrost]

QUESTION! Since I have never played Fallout!

Since Emma does not breathe right now, would she be unaffected (and therefore tempted to smack the hallucinating people) by the air in the Vault? Or would it permeate even her self-contained system?

OOC 2

[bitchprince]

For OOC communication and tim- and tom-foolery. But watch those puns.

Also, anyone who's curious can get a better look at what the inside of Vault 106 is like here. Warning, though. That place scares the hell out of me. Or you can hit up the Vault 106 entry on the Fallout: High Octane Nightmare Fuel page at TV tropes. (I know, a different kind of horror; also, be warned that this can be a very creepy game in a slightly different way than SH and Bioshock, so 'nightmare fuel' means nightmare fuel)

And in case it helps: IG, the hallucinations the main character has involve being attacked by childhood friends, seeing everything in a purple light, doubles and triples of friends and family, rooms being upside down, visions of the vault before it got ruined - clean walls, tables being upright, all that - and messages to himself on the computer terminal.

Re: OOC 2

[stayingfrosty.livejournal.com]

I booted up Fallout 3 yesterday just to go do Vault 106. Oh man. So freaky.

Re: OOC 2

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of regretting watching the Vault 106 video(s). Creepy doesn't even begin to cover it.

I've never actually played Fallout before. And... I'm not sure I'm going to now. ><;

Re: OOC 2

[stayingfrosty.livejournal.com]

if anyone is interested in saving Mr. Gruff Old Man trying to be the big BAMF, he's under attack here (http://community.livejournal.com/fh_adventures/3895.html?thread=614711#t614711)...