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First Annual Pod Day
WHERE: Vault 66
WHEN: ???? - Day 1
WHAT: The first pods open
WARNINGS:TBD
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.
Outside of the pod room, the rest of the vault is limping along on an emergency power supply. The air is stale from lackluster recycling and deep shadows occupy the corners of rooms and edges of hallways as only the pale maintenance lighting flickers from the ceiling. The pip-boy flashlight helps, but can still only light up a small area, casting anything outside of it into even darker shadows.
In those shadows there is skittering. The noise isn't too noticeable when there are groups of people, but get down to one or two and it's impossible to ignore. Venture into an empty room and you’ll spot a small number, maybe even just one, loitering in what, until today, had more or less been their sole domain: radroaches. Giant, mutated cockroaches that have a hunger for fresh food (like say, new vault dwellers) when it’s available.
The majority of roaches, however, seem to have a destination in mind, mostly ignoring characters unless blocked or directly bothered. This hoard, gathering from all over the vault, all move through the shadows and vents to the kitchen. If a character is unthreatening enough, they can follow the trail unmolested by the creatures.
In the kitchen itself is a whole different matter. Even from down the hall, characters can hear a masculine, slightly French-accented voice exclaim:
“Mais! Get out, out you nasty things!”
After a moment, a burst of flame can be seen through the door, followed by the new yet distinctive sound of mandibles ripping at metal. Those that decide to enter will see over a dozen roaches trying to take down a lone, floating robot. Despite the robot occasionally hitting them with a blast of fire from a small flame-throwing on one of its arms, the roaches appear to be winning.
The source of the fight can be seen behind the robot: a counter full of various kinds of packaged foods, some of them newly opened. One roach has managed to make it to the prize, ripping into a things of what seems to be apples with its mandibles.
OOC NOTES
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"Well, now that's a horse of a different color. It'll be a nice change to have some decent voices in this place. But I gotta few things that could be done, if you're asking."
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"Well, I'll see what I can do, if you're willing to let me help," Look! She'll even act super adorable and friendly and lean forward a little as she smiles over towards him. "I mean, I'd imagine the sooner this place gets spruced up the more livable it would be for those of us not made out of metal. So if anything, my helping would be mutually beneficial, right?"
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He is going over to that trashcan he gestured towards earlier. Just because he's thrown out previous complaints doesn't mean they were totally destroyed. Louis loved making his to do lists.
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Her world had little to no technology. Everything had been run by magic and what wasn't was still controlled by the upper classes. What did most of these metal doohickeys even do!?
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Not in desperate need of repair, no, that would mean Nick had failed. Just a little touch up.
"Should take care of that."
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"Um, what exactly is a reactor again? Ahahahah."
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"The thing that turns the lights on. That reactor."
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"It stopped working."
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"Right. It stopped, and making it go would make the lights come back," Putting it in laymen's terms made it sound simple enough at least. But really, it would certainly help if she even knew what a 'reactor' was. "Any advice? Like, is it not working because a piece needs to be replaced? Or did you not even take the time to see what was wrong with it?"
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Like, say, nothing. But Nick will still be offended.
"It needs tools and junk- humans made it. You can figure it out."
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Said without a trace of irony.
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"Well all right then Mr.Nick! You better start getting a to-do list together, because I'm going to be coming back for more once I get all this fixed up. Just remember not to take all the credit for yourself once I get these lights up and going, 'mmkay? ♥"
Look! She'll even toss you a little wink before she goes to look over this supposed 'reactor'-thing!