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nolandspam2020-04-04 04:35 pm
TEST DRIVE MEME 1
IF BOTH CHARACTERS APP IN AND AGREE, THREADS USING PROMPT 1 CAN BE COUNTED AS GAME CANON.
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You awake laying on your back in an, admittedly comfortable, pod. You can't move anything but your eyes, can't even feel your body yet. How you got here or why is a blank. You may have been in the middle of your day, asleep, or even- for what you remember- should be dead. Then a screen directly in front of your face flickers to life and in crisp, black and white displays: DON'T PANIC. The following video then plays:
The screen flickers again and reads: CONGRATULATIONS ON PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE! WELCOME TO VAULT LIFE, CITIZEN. WELCOME TO YEAR: [ERROR]. YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS ARE LOCATED IN [FILE CORRUPTED. SEE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR]. ENJOY YOUR STAY AND THANK YOU FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT VAULT-TEC.
The pod then unseals and you are able to, unstably at first, climb out of the pod. Your body may feel foreign for a moment- perhaps entirely foreign if you suddenly find yourself a human, ghoul, or super mutant for the first time. But whatever your form, you have two items on: a bright blue jumpsuit with the number 66 in yellow on the back, and a mechanical device known as a Pip-boy sealed onto your arm. If you click on the buttons it takes you to an instruction screen.
You look around to find yourself in a room of other pods. Some are just opening, other people looking as confused as you climbing out. Others remain closed with the status of 'STASIS' on the screens attached to the pods. The rest of the room is less than impressive. Computer systems that seem out of place compared to the technology level of the pods are scattered across the room, apparently running the chambers. Trying to access them, even for the most talented hacker, will simply result in SEE OVERSEER being displayed. There is large metal door leading to the rest of the vault, a lever on the wall next to it that will cause it to open.
Welcome, dweller, to vault 66.
The living quarters of the vault leave something to be desired. Like non-moldy bedding or fewer skeletons and less blood on the walls. It's clear that whatever happened to the last occupants of the vault, whoever they were, it wasn't exactly a peaceful end. The medical wing has some of the worst blood splatter...but that at least you can pretend was from needed medical interventions. Right?
At the moment, the entire vault is run only on emergency generators, creating dull, flickering light throughout the underground base. None of the computers are working yet, and what appear to be three robots are powered-down in various corners of the vault. There's only you and the people that woke up with you now.
Despite this, there's some hope. There's clean, if very mineral tasting, water in the sinks, toilets, and showers. There's a pool table if someone can relax enough for a game and doesn't mind the fact it looks like a pool cue shoved in the eye socket may have caused the death of a couple of the skeletons laying around. Further, on exploring the kitchen there's even some food! It's all pre-apocalypse, hyper preserved canned goods and sugary cereals that somehow haven't gone bad yet, but it's something.
Those willing to explore a little more will find they are not alone in the vault. In the shadows created by the flickering lights or outside of the range of the light of your pip-boy, there is skittering. The noise isn't noticeable when there are groups of people, but get down to three or two and it's impossible to ignore. If you don't run away, you'll eventually come across groups of foot long radroaches, gigantic cockroaches that are ready for some fresh food for once. And it looks like you're on the menu. Hopefully you've got one of those pool cues or found a wrench or some other weapon, because it's gonna take more than a stomp to take these guys out.
It's been a few days since everyone got out of the pods and started settling in. Louis, the 'Mr. Handy' robot in charge of cooking, can power up for whole hours at a time now. While he's recharging again now, he did make quite a feast beforehand. A whole cake, some tasty cola, and even grilled meat (if you helped kill the radroaches, you know where that meat came from). He even found some old party decorations that, once upon a time, were supposed to be used when the vault was unsealed and everyone allowed to leave. Everyone waking up is close enough, the robot had claimed, and hung the streamers and balloons throughout the rec area. There are even party hats, for the particularly festive.
The party lasts a good hour before the price for relaxing is paid: the emergency power flickers once, twice, then shuts down. Worse, the constant hum of the air vents you hadn't even really notice until now stops, leaving the vault in total silence and darkness. Only the pod room has any energy left, and all of that must be used to keep those still in stasis alive.
Repairs are going to have to be made.
((OOC: feel free to make assumptions and go wild with repairing the reactor or the emergency power supply. It's a TDM, mod approval not needed for anything)).
Post text or audio messages to the pip-boy network to get to know your fellow dwellers!
I NEVER WANT TO HEAR THAT SONG AGAIN
Sure, I'll just call them up on my phone. You want me to ask them to send us home while I'm at it?
No luck on that, I'm afraid. I'm nice enough to share but not nice enough not to indulge first if I find anything.
Looked through the medical area. Pretty useless, full of bullshit medicine without dates on them with names like "Cat Eye," though. Not sure if I want to swap that, though.
okay but if you're not listening to GNR, what are you doing
This kind of initiative is how you climb the corporate ladder, Valentine.
No one's asking you to share. I don't take you for an idiot.
Find me a decent conditioner and I'd make it worth your while.
Grabbed a few things from there, too, but it was mostly picked clean by whoever came before us. Found some syringes wrapped up tight, Stimpaks? Only a handful.
listening to mr. new vegas who loves me, naturally
I was denied basic things for a long time. I'm going to share and you're going to like it.
Hm. How curious. Color me intrigued.
Wasn't going to go for syringes, myself. Too sketchy. Grabbed a few empty ones that were still sealed, though.
acceptable
Still not too sure about them. Gotta find a willing test subject to see their effects.
Dandy Boys for a trial-and-error session?
whew i was worried there, team nv all the way
Sure. :)
[ Sucker. Jill won't reveal that she can't become ill and her body will fight off anything foreign that may harm her with gusto. That's something that can be dangerous to reveal.
And she wants those apples. Not as much as the eggs, though. ]
but 76...
( Not exactly. Slade will kill anyone if the pay is right. At times, those anyones extend into anythings, but it's not often that Slade is contracted for inhuman creatures. Solomon Grundy withstanding. )
We can meet in the medbay this time. If something happens, there's probably something in there we can use to bring you back to life.
I've never used those zappy chest-paddles before.
First time for everything.
i had some p decent adventures on the beta but that's still a good joke
[ Same difference to a zombie, really. But zombies are just the cheapest to manufacture and spread. There's always worse. ]
"Zappy chest paddles," really inspires confidence! :)
On my way.
i didn't get far before bailing. gotta admire your dedication.
( Jill of all people could probably use a vacation.
He stops responding after that and makes his way to Point B. The Pip-Boy tells him it's evening time, but without any sunlight it's hard to tell how true that is. His body clocks says it's about right, though, and that's rarely wrong.
He's leaning against the wall beside the medbay when Jill joins him. )
It's a little soon to be doubting my zappy chest paddle skills, don't you think?
Give a guy a chance.
been thinking about it now that it's on steam but lmao that price tag. just replaying nv instead...
Jill cants her head in greeting this time, like they're already friends. ]
I don't think it's ever too soon to doubt that kind of skill. [ She brushes on past him and gets back to looking around, waiting to see if he has something to offer or if she'll have to provide. ] So, what were you thinking? Might still say "no," depending.
yeah i still have it for console, i just haven't touched it....
( It's not his worst idea. He's had far worst. But there's so much room for error there that it'd be difficult to see how anyone could agree. It might be a good time to bring up the pros. )
Think of all the good you'd be doing for the sake of the... uh... Vault.
( Still an unfamiliar term. What the Hell is a Vault, exactly, anyway? )
a great investment for both of us
[ Honestly, it's not bad but only because she knows she'll be fine. She settles a hand on her hip and looks at him expectantly, shoulders rising and falling when she sighs. ]
You're just curious. Either way, I was pulling your leg. I know I'll be fine. Anyway, better to go with something labeled or that can be found otherwise. No real point if the things in syringes all look different. Could be something we'll never see again for all we know.
[ She hops up onto an operating table and crosses her legs. ]
You know how to find a vein?