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MONTH 2 LOG

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Vault 66
WHEN: ???? – Day 1, Month 2
WHAT: The second wave of pods open
WARNINGS:Reference to suicide, TBD

AWAKENING



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 VAULT EXPANDED

In the month following the first pods opening, Jiro and Elizabeth DeWitt enlisted the help of the Mr. Handy ‘Louis’ the clear the debris and create a stable passageway to the rest of the testing area. Slightly smaller than the rest of the hallway, there is still plenty of room for people to move in and out of the area without discomfort.



This portion of the vault, if possible, is even dirtier and more decrepit than the rest, having been cut off from even the most basic maintenance for an untold period of time. The emergency lighting has been cut off to this area, leaving the whole zone in the dark besides what little light comes through the newly formed passage.

Those willing to venture into the area will find this isolation has allowed a handful of more intimidating creatures than radroaches to establish a home (though there are still roaches, just fewer than are found in the rest of the vault). Several breaches in the metal walls along the hallways open into small tunnels, which the occasional mole rat will venture out of. Though usually only appearing alone or in pairs, these creatures are even hungrier for fresh meat than the radroaches and will attack with their huge, sharp, pointy teeth. If killed, they could supply a decent (if slightly irradiated) source of meat for a while, along with hide to make more reinforced clothing. But taking one down without proper weapons will likely require some teamwork.

There are several important (and often concerning) areas to find in this zone. First are two firmly sealed doors, one at the upper corner of the new area and one at the lower middle. Each door has a very helpful (currently unlit) sign over it: ENTRANCE and OVERSEER, respectively. Next to each is another of the computer terminals characters have grown used to seeing around the vault.

Next are Testing Areas 1, 2, and 3. Each of these testing areas has an observation room with a smaller containment chamber attached to it. The doors to the observation areas can be pulled open with enough effort, allowing entrance to the small room filled with chemistry glassware, lockers, and tables covered in long since rotten scraps of paper and books. The doors to the containment chambers, for the moment, remain sealed shut with yet more computer terminals next to them. These doors look weaker than the ones sealing off the entrance and overseer area, and can possibly be broken down with time and effort. But characters will want to think long and hard before doing that. Each observation room has a bullet proof, reinforced one-way window that allows characters to look into the containment chamber without whatever is in the chamber being able to see them. And the chambers are occupied.

Testing Chamber 1 (WARNING: SUICIDE) contains the corpse of a super mutant splayed on the ground. The walls around it are dented, and its head caked in long dried blood. Anyone with passing medical knowledge can observe the super mutant apparently killed itself through repeated blunt force trauma, banging its own head against the walls and door until death.

Approaching Testing Chamber 2 causes character’s pip-boys to start crackling a warning of increased radiation. Standing in the observation chamber the levels are low enough that it isn’t healthy, but no one is going to die without prolonged exposure. The source of the radiation is clear, inside the chamber is a corroded barrel of radioactive waste. Along with it, a grotesque creature that is very clearly alive, moving around and around its small, enclosed space.

Testing Chamber 3 also crackles with radiation, though the source of this isn’t a barrel. Rather, a walking, emaciated corpse shambles about the containment chamber. Other than the walking corpse bit, there’s two characteristics which stand out: the corpse is glowing an eerie yellow-green with an inner light that pulses as it walks and it’s wearing the torn remains of what is very clearly the same blue and yellow jumpsuit all characters arrived in.

GENERAL EXPLORING

Whether you venture into the new area of the vault or not, the rest of the vault awaits. This includes the three Mr. Handy’s floating around, as well as more radroaches wandering around the many corpses/blood splatter patterns.

OOC NOTES

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If you have any OOC questions, please leave a comment here!

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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-10 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh come now, must you always be such a stick in the mud?" For the first time since they had woken up Chocolat had decided to drop what Jiro had said and simply kept dancing. Twirling around with a small kick before going back to swaying her hips. "Just because we're stuck in here doesn't mean we can't have a little fun every now and again right? And this thing is working despite what little power we have! Oh! Maybe we can have a party or something to liven the mood!"

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-10 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"A party, huh?"

He tries to make it sound scathing, but... he's never been to a party. What does one do there?

"Is there alcohol around here?"

Drink. People drink.
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-10 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pft, I wish," And yet, despite her own words, she curiously eyed the falling apart bar on the far corner of the Rec Area.

There was no way there was anything there... And surely not anything drinkable, right?

"Hold on," And with that she's off! Scampering her way over to the bar only to hop over it and start rummaging through the back cabinets.

Why had she never actually thought to look over here yet?

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-10 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
While she's looking through the cabinets, Jiro examines the jukebox. Nothing on the labels is familiar, which is to be expected. A relic from so long ago, or what he assumes is so long ago; the time displacement still seems weird and it's hard to believe they're all from different years.

"There should be something, you'd think."

Not that he knows how long people keep liquor and whiskey in cabinets.
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-12 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
As he was digging through the the currently available soundtrack clanging could be heard behind the bar while Chocolat flailed around. And then there was quiet, followed by a small bit of snickering.

And it wasn't long before her snickering turned into an out-right triumphant wail.

"EEeeeee! Ehehehe! Jaaaaackpot,!" Standing up, Chocolat grinned out as she held what appeared to be a decent amount of unopened bottles in her arms. "Oh hell yeah! I really didn't think this would be here! Ah!"

Now it was a real party.

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-12 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Jiro eyes the bottles, and now it's time for him to pretend he knows what they are.

"Fuck yeah! Let's get this party started!"

He grabs the vodka from her, wondering what it's going to taste like.
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-13 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Ahah! With what little food was left I thought there would be no way something like this would still be here!," And so she opens one of the whiskey bottles without much, if any, hesitation. "What do you say? Count of three we both take as big a swig as we can muster?"

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-13 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
He snorts at the word 'muster'. Holy shit.

"You're on."

Because it's a competition now, and he won't lose.
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-13 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ohoho, a man with good faith in his stamina huh? It's on ♥" Her voice took on a playfully affectionate tone with that. Lifting her bottle up in salute to her new found drinking-buddy before taking a hard gulping swig directly from the bottle.

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-13 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
He smirks, because he can outdo that. He downs a quarter of the vodka in one go, but immediately wants to throw it back up. It tastes like... nothing, but also maybe watered down milk and has a gross citrus aftertaste.

"That's disgusting!"

How do people drink this shit?
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-14 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
She had to admit, she was amazed with how much of that bottle he was able to take down in a single swig. But his response took her more off-guard than the actual drinking.

"Jeez! You're gonna hurl it all back up if you freak out like that afterward!" None the less she was grinning. Sighing out as she felt that initial warmth spread through her. "Immean, it's not like people drink this stuff for the taste. Not initially at least. That part of drinking is more of an acquired thing."

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-14 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
He takes that grin as a mocking expression, and doesn't wait for anything to take effect before drinking more of the vodka out of spite or some show of bravado.

"I'm not freaking out!"

He narrows his eyes. If he throws up, he's aiming for her.
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-15 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eheheh, all right, all right, if'ya say so," She still remained grinning though, taking another swig from her own bottle before sighing out and crawling back over to the same side of the bar as him. "So? It tastes like shit but otherwise how izzit?"

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-15 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
He can't stop himself from visibly tensing as she gets closer. He sets the bottle down loudly to compensate and distract her.

"Kinda makes things numb."

Like his tongue. And the room somehow, like it's in a fog.
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-18 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah! So then it's working! Good good!" It was cute, watching someone enjoy the feelings that came with their first drink. Oh yes, she was going to have a lot of fun getting him to try and loosen up tonight. "It get's you all tingly right? I like the warm feeling it gives. Like you're all nice filled with heat in the pit of your stomach. It's also an amazing relaxant!"

As if to prove her point did she wrap her arms around herself in a hug. Humming out softly before continuing.

"Drinks like this, it helps people relax when they're stressed. It also makes it easier to express thing that you'd otherwise have a hard time talkin' about. I think that's why so many people enjoy it."

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-18 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eh.."

That tingly warm feeling is just making him hot and itchy. His heartbeat is too loud in his ears, but at least that's confirmation he still has a heart. He did wonder.

"It's... it's very stressful," he hadn't meant to say that aloud. "Down here. The... yeah."
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-21 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"This hell of a vault!" She practically sighs the word out in exasperation, her head tilting back as she decided to take a seat besides him. Letting her arms rest upon the counter as she took a moment to dazedly stare up at the ceiling. "This old crumbling shithole that there seems to be no way out of! And that's not including the shitty old food and the bad gross atmosphere!"

She then took a moment to gulp down another bit of the mostly full bottle in her hands. If anything she certainly needed it, considering the current topic.

"Speaking of. Guess I gotta give thanks where thanks's due."

She then turned to look at him, her expression oddly blank and matching with the hazy look in her eyes.

"Ya did pretty good. Opening up the halls like that."

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-21 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
"It fucking sucks!"

He is in complete agreement on the topic of the vault; scowling at the bottle of vodka as if it were personally responsible for bringing them here. The scowl becomes a smirk, because he's being acknowledged.

"Right!? I kicked that cave-in's ass!"

What?
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-25 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Damn straight you did! I've been... I've been trying right? But every time I did clean around there it would just cave in more. Was so dang tricky," She sighed, leaning forward, her elbows resting on the table. "What y'do to keep the ceiling from crumbling more when you dug it all up? That was where I was having a hard time."

Okay, she may have been starting to feel a little light headed. Truthfully it felt kind of nice considering all the stress she had been dealing with these past couple of weeks.

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-25 01:10 pm (UTC)(link)
That... was Elizabeth. Even after a lot of vodka, Jiro still won't take credit for it.

"Elizabeth made... um." Somehow the word is lost for a moment. "Braces! For the walls with... stuff. Some of the bunks! That... that was my idea, the bunks, but hers to... support the... thing."
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-28 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Elizabeth huh? Don't think I've actually spoke to her yet. Should fix that," Especially if she helped them all. "Though good on you! You actually worked along side someone an' got something productive done! Better than anything the rest'f us did and y'certainly exceeded my expec-- my expectation! Ahahah."

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-28 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you mocking me!?

[She's laughing, so it's the only assumption he can make right now. He points at her, but it's unsteady and not as threatening as he intended.]
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-06-30 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pfft! No no! It's a compliment you dingus! I'm just amused is all," She was grinning, but she at least seemed to settle down a little. "I won't lie, th'majority of the stuff you do goes completely past me. But you still surpassed my expectations y'know?"

And just to prove that she was still being amiable she poured a little more liquor into his glass for him.

"You ever end up trapped in a place like this before? You walk around most of the time like being in this situation is no big deal for you."

[personal profile] cicadashell 2020-06-30 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fuck your expectations!"

That makes no sense, and he'll have more to drink while he tries to process her next question.

"No big deal!? It's a big fucking deal!"

He slams the now-empty glass down.

"I just don't talk about it!"
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[personal profile] loveyoudarling 2020-07-05 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Why not? Wouldn't it be good to get some of that stress out of your system? It can't be any good for you," Seriously, she's had plenty of conversations with you at this point Jiro and in her professional medical opinion you are the most pent up person she had ever met. "Like, which part of all this is the worst for you? I think fer me it's definitely the shitty old rations we're stuck with. I'm surprised none of us have hurled from eatin' any of it yet."

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