Meeting the Team
(Check the Characters spoiler for Bonuses and Items.)The survivors meandered around without any real direction for a while, many were still in shock over just having been ousted from their safe, warm vault dwelling into the terrifying unknown outside. The Inferno could still be seen in the distance, its flames surging out of the entryway to where the vault once was.
While all of the survivors in the group had their own position in the community, (even if that position wasn't very prestigious), among them now are a few people of note:
Kyle Johnson, who started his own Bar down in the shelter. It was a non-essential but very appreciated location where he did the best that he could with the limited supply of alcohol. Always kept a sawed-off shotgun behind the bar, and while he brandished it a few times over the year, it was never fired.
Lilith Vironne, who was at best treated with indifference and at worst seen as a leech on supplies like food and water that more productive citizens could have had. She is best known for her borderline-fetishistic obsession with Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Jim Henson, overseer of order. A hero to some, a power-tripper to others.
Sam "Beans" Smith, who could get you everything from batteries to beets, for a price of course. Has the record for most time spent in the vault jail cell.
George Cadwell, amateur radio enthusiast turned children's teacher. Affably nerdy.
"Whatever", who never went by any other name. Gold Medal winner in the shelter Olympic games, which he easily won thanks to being the only professional acrobat around.
Joshua Ashwood, who came from being a mall cop, but more importantly he's really directly descended from John Ashwood. Yeah,
that John Ashwood. Really.
Owen Stevenson, lived a life of rich privilege of sport and game until today. Is likely orphaned now that his parents are nowhere to be seen. Most likely candidate to become Batman.
Lilly Tiygr, token biker girl. Likes motorcycles, fighting, racing, drinking, smoking, fucking and crossdressing.
Noah Osborn, who talked with the Elder Ones who have told him to be the one to lead humanity to salvation. Went through many psychological evaluations.
Dale Henderson, janitor, blue-collar worker. Unsuspecting and unappreciated.
Gain control over the situation. Try to organize everyone, calm them, and figure out who survived.
Jim Henson ushers everyone to calm down and be quiet, telling them that panic would only make the situation worse. (3) He is not reassuring, he is bombarded by wailing and cries over lost family members and the hopelessness of the general situation. The hectic search for family reminds him that he has not seen his wife since he had escaped the fire. He walks through the crowd, looking for any trace of her chestnut hair or plaid skirt that she had been wearing. At the moment, there's no sign of her. He does his best to stifle his panic by remembering that he has a job to do.
See if any frequent customers made it out of the vault. Determine if they have anything useful to trade for.
Beans shrugs off the mental stress of the situation, he didn't have any family or many friends, this was just another day for someone in his profession. He resumed work with haste, looking for regulars among the crowd. He approached them, and when he offered up business they only responded with tears, pleas for him to look for their family, or silence. Just what he needed, a stunned audience.
Propose that we work as a team for our survival. Set up the radio and listen in for any transmissions.
"Maybe there are some organized groups out there, we could at least try to contact them."
George, who was able to lug his radio system out of the vault, begins to set it up on the ground. As he does this, he draws a crowd, mostly made up of his students but also of other survivors who notice that for the first time, someone is beginning to act in some way. [10] "...mmpwer.....mmp.....pphmmm..." He picks up the sound of what is clearly a human voice, though the words are intelligible. From the readings on the radio, the signal is coming from somewhere south, somewhere between 60 and 80 miles away.
Follow the others. Be inconspicuous.
Inconspicuousness achieved.
Make sure order is upheld. Quell the panic, if any.
Joshua, lacking any family to drive him into desperation or sadness, makes sure that order and safety are being maintained among the people. Order does not seem to be the problem, but rousing these people into moving and doing work and action will be hard, at least for the moment with their shock. Joshua spots Beans walking around and talking to various survivors; he could just be chatting, but it wouldn't be unlike him to take advantage of a situation.
Try and remember what types of berries are poisonous or not.
Dale tries to remember what types of berries have poison and which don't. [9] Sitting on a tree stump, he thinks long and hard before the memories of camping in his youthful days rushed back with him. 'Black and blew makes a stew, black and yellow kills a fellow', this childish mnemonic would actually be useful for once, instead of just a silly chant.
I forgot to say before, but in addition to your posted actions, you can also PM me if you want to perform a secret action(s), unknown to anyone else. If you do this, you must go through a Stealth roll for each action(s), if you fail, you will be discovered!
For anyone that didn't get to post a character yet, you can do it whenever, there's no rush to jump in. Name: Kyle Johnson (kj1225)
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Occupation: Bartender (+2 Charisma; +1 Dexterity)
Brief Biography:
Inventory: Sawed-Off Shotgun (2/2), 2 Bottle of Vodka, 1 Bottle of Whiskey, 1 Case of Cigarettes, Lighter
Health: Normal
Name: Lilith Vironne (Sentient Bowtie)
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Occupation: Playing Fire Emblem: Awakening, mostly. She had other games too, but Awakening was always her favorite. (+2 Combat Strategy, +1 Logistics)
Brief Biography: What do you do while stuck in a fallout shelter for several years with your favorite DS game and a charger? Play the hell out of it, of course. Lilith learned the ins and outs of the game, from almost exact hit likeliness to when and where to put someone to kill that last enemy on a level. Now she is very, very good at virtual strategy but not very good at almost anything else.
Inventory: A blue Nintendo 3DS XL, with a copy of Fire Emblem: Awakening inside. [Battery Level: -[|||] (A little less than full)], Hoodie, Sweatpants, Journel of Fire Emblem Yaoi Fanfiction
Health: [Normal]
Name: Jim Henson (Playergamer)
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Occupation: Security Officer (+2 Close-quarters Combat, +1 Intimidation)
Brief Biography: Former police officer Jim Henson was recruited by the Chief before the shelter was sealed to work security, and came here with his wife. He was working by the gate when the Inferno started, and doesn't know where his wife was.
Inventory: Pistol (8/8), Metal Baton, Pepper Spray, Handcuffs
Health: Normal
Name: Sam "Beans" Smith (Nunzillor)
Age: 21
Occupation: Illicit goods trader (+2 Trade, +1 Stealth)
Brief biography: Sam began his post-apocalypse career by buying rations (primarily beans) when food was plentiful in the vault, and selling them when times were tough. Though he eventually moved on to trading other, more frowned-upon commodities, the nickname "Beans" followed Sam through all his black market dealings. His contacts within the vault now either dead or worthless, Sam is currently preparing to restart his business in the great unknown.
Inventory: Bag of Assorted Drugs (25 Joints of Marijuana, 12 Bags of Meth, 8 Ecstasy Pills), Trenchcoat, Pocketknife
Health: Normal
Name: George Caldwell (akkudakku)
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Occupation: Teacher / Electronics nerd (+2 Electronics, +1 Teaching)
Brief Biography: Before shit hit the fan he was studying electronics. After the alarms started and he got to the shelter he became a teacher.
Inventory: Ham Radio Set, Book: How to Ham: A Guide to Amateur Radio, Laser Pointer
Health: Normal
Name: "Whatever" (Salsacookies)
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Occupation: Olympic-Level Athlete. Specialized in acrobatics. (+2 Agility, +1 Stamina)
Brief Biography: An athlete of done sort, he was in a coma after after an accident, and forgot who he was. He has a voice in his head, called "G", who acts as his coach. Only he know of him.
Inventory: Track Suit, Gym Bag, Towel, 2 Dumbbells
Health: Normal
Name: Joshua Ashwood (Hawk132)
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Occupation: Security Guard/Officer (+2 Close-quarters Combat, +1 Intimidation)
Brief Biography: He was working security in a local mall before nukes came. After he managed to get into the Shelter he also started working security. Go figure. He's a descendant of the legendary Wild West bounty hunter John Ashwood.
Inventory: Family Heirloom Hunting Knife, Metal Baton, Pepper Spray, Handcuffs
Health: Normal
Name: Owen Stevenson (Gamedragon)
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Occupation: Recreational Archer (+2 Archery, +1 Perception)
Brief Biography: Being a child to two quite wealthy parents, he never really had to do much work in the shelter. Instead, his friends and him played games and sports for most of their days although his favourite was always archery.
Inventory: Compound Bow, Quiver (18 Arrows), Gold Watch
Health: Normal
Name: Lilly Tiygr (Funk)
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Occupation: motorcycle express courier (+2 Motorcycles, +1 Street-fighting)
Brief Biography: Before the bomb fell she was young motorcycle enthusiast, fond of MMA and street racing.
Inventory: Trench Knife, Tire Iron, 1 Pack of Cigarettes
Health: Normal
Name: Noah Osborn (Prophet)
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Occupation: Cultist (+2 Proselytizing, +1 Stealth)
Brief Biography: Noah was one of the outcasts of the shelter. He was often avoided by others because of his insane rambling about made up gods and his ritual sacrifices of rats to his gods. He often avoided contact with others preferring to spend his time performing horrid experiments and rituals.
Inventory: Trench Knife, Black Robes, 8 Candles, Tome: N'iagwenoi Pwe?ushn G**wea Luywngxiz
Health: Normal
Name: Dale Henderson (LORD GOAT THE 120524TH)
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Occupation: Janitor (+2 Maintenance, +1 Tenacity)
Brief Biography: Dale was more or less that guy you always forget exists. He always was a Janitor for his adult life and worked at a faceless office building before Armageddon. Now, in the vault he always thought 'Well, I guess Janitors are important after all'. As Dale woke up one morning to the crackling of flames, as he ran outside, his only thoughts were 'What just happened?'
Inventory: Broom, Janitor's Uniform, Bucket, Mop
Health: Normal
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