[OOC] Fallout, Tales of the Wastes [Need 3-5 Characters, can be Wastelanders]

[RangingWolf]

okay thanks

[RangingWolf]

another question does the pipboy have communication abilities. Like can it be apart of chat groups for like school and other similar stuff.

[Earnest Evans]

There doesn't seem to be any evidence for two-way communication in canon. It acts as a radio receiver, but unless its wearer is willing to cart around thirty pounds of radio equipment, it can't be used to send out messages.

[RangingWolf]

makes sense.

[Dirty Dan]

Lol, no one really seems affected by the death and destruction. With that being said, I'll get a post up. I'm gonna just say that Jackdaw escaped the elevator when the creature came in and began slicing everyone to bits. At least, that's what I think happened.

More mental jading, yay!

Edit: Also, doesn't Elijah literally looting everything sorta take the whole...'stuck out-side with nothing and not knowing anything' bit out?

[EWillden]

Osaki will take in everything once she is out of the vault. There will be plenty of crying and break downs when she aint running for her life.

[Xenonia]

Jerry doesn't exactly have the mental capacity to realize just how dire this situation is. He barely understands the concept of death.

[Dirty Dan]

It's cool. That was just something I observed.

[Xenonia]

Also,
What with the wishing to see a retarded guy killed brutally by a giant monster...
Jackdaw is not a good guy, is he?

[Dirty Dan]

At this point, he highly dislikes the other security guards. Other than that, he doesn't know that Jerry is mentally handicapped;; he didn't really try to personally get to know/recognize the guy in a cramped elevator filled with dead bodies and a giant monster. I'm going off of the thought that Jerry is in his security guard garb, or something similar, so Jack just saw another guard - albeit larger than the others.

Other than that, eh, Jack isn't necessarily good, but he isn't bad. He's more of a neutral character, with a penchant for doing good things, and doing bad things when it's necessary.

[Earnest Evans]

Yeah, I'll be honest, a good portion of these characters are more violently amoral than what you'd find in even Caesar's Legion. This whole sadism thing is honestly kinda creepy.

I'm sure as hell not gonna take any action against this stuff, just putting my opinion out there. If the party is this evil inside the Vault, the stuff outside is gonna be more fun than a barrel of bonobos!

[Dirty Dan]

Worse than Caesar's legion is quite an overstatement, but I guess violently amoral, in general, is understandable. Although, truthfully, the only sadistic thing I've witnessed so far was Jackdaw leaving Jerry in the elevator;; Everything else was the whole rebellion thing, and that in general was fucked up, like most rebellions in history.

As for the stuff outside, I guess I'm ready for that. It's also gonna be fun to RP about Jackdaw after everything is done, and he goes to sleep for the first time after this hellish day. Nightmares and moralistic, mental arguments 4days.

[Earnest Evans]

Considering how Jack went from "nearly murdering two bullies" to "eagerly and enthusiastically partaking in a violent and bloody revolution", I'd say that covers sadism quite well. Jack very comfortably fits a rainbow of violent thug tropes, and is showing little to no remorse for his actions. In fact, he's fully prepared to commit more crimes against his fellow man on principle, purely out of spite for the security force that dared to be overly-violent to him for his violent actions.

Jack's a fucked up boy, m8. Always has been, and always will. You could totally run with this shit. I'd call it a start of darkness, but his character profile kinda demonstrates that his story was plenty dark beforehand.

[Dirty Dan]

We'll see. I have some future plans for him, which I've thought of before I posted in the IC, but we'll see. I'm thinking that he'll be more of a merciless bounty hunter type. I dropped hints as to why he 'eagerly and enthusiastically partook in a violent and bloody revolution', but you're right in some cases - maybe he was a bit too unbothered by it. But, that's just because I'm not very good at writing out human emotional trauma;; I tried to hint at it, but I guess I failed in that aspect. He acted out of instinct and the hate he had been feeling for seeing his two last surrogate family members murdered in front of him, whilst he was handcuffed and helpless. The full effect of all he has done this day will hit him full-force once he gets in a quiet, safe place. As for him nearly murdering two bullies...that description was badly written, as well. They weren't nearly murdered, just in pain and groaning on the floor. The worst they had gotten was a busted lip and some bruises. I probably should have described the self-defense scene rather than skipping over it. So, right now, I wouldn't call him fucked up, considering the majority of his 'fucked-up moments' was just shitty writing by me, but I see some potential in what you're writing. He definitely won't be a goody-two-shoes by the end of it, and he never was in the start. I think that your thoughts on his character has solidified my own thoughts on what Jack will become as the RP progresses, so thanks on that I guess.

Sorry for writing a full paragraph on that, it was 25 percent rant, 25 percent explanation, and 50 percent notes, for my brain. Feel free to not read through it if you don't want to.

Edit: With that being said, would the 'Ranger Sequioia' be in this RP world? Jack's main weapon will probably be one or two revolvers, which he'll upgrade and replace as the roleplay progresses, and I've been wondering.

[Earnest Evans]

I'm sorry for sounding so incensed in these last two posts, I made (faulty) conclusions, and very brusquely decided that this what what you were going for with Jack. I've got a big problem with drawing the wrong conclusions from other people and arbitrarily deciding that my way is the right way. If you ever feel angered or offended by anything that I say, I will not fault you for disregarding my opinion. I actively encourage it, in fact! After all, the best way for criticism to be constructive is if it's in an acceptable form!

Your "shitty writing" is not "shitty" at all, it's just the way I interpreted it! I took a conclusion from it that you didn't intend to, and that is entirely my fault.

I'm very interested in seeing Jack's character arc, especially considering the plot Vertical has set up for you guys. I'm sure his anti-authoritarian tendencies will blossom beautifully when the big shit-kickers of the Colorado wasteland decide to turn and face the party. Should make for some great RPing!

[Xenonia]

I'm not sure what will become of Jerry, honestly.

[Dirty Dan]

Lol yeah, it's cool man. I was slightly worried that you were gonna start roasting me, so I wanted to explain myself fully. Anyways, yeah, can't wait for this plot to get started, officially. I have an overview of how I want Jack to develop, so you'll definitely see quite a few risky plans and ruthless, merciless action going on by him. Like I said, he will definitely not be a good guy, but not specifically a bad guy. We'll see.

Ahemahem, do you think that you can spare some of your insight on the future plo-

Shit, Vert's here. Uh, nevermind. Carry on.

____

Jerry's going to marry a female Super Mutant and be the King of the Mutant Half-Breeds.

Called it.

[RangingWolf]

yo dirty dan sorry for not responding sooner. Was playing sunless sea. I understand what you mean about stuck outside with nothing. I was going to have it so most people would be able to get a 10mm pistol or some type of knife/blunt object at most nothing better then 10mm pistol. So at best when we leave the vault we are still highly disadvantaged, we just have a better survival chance with a few of us being armed with weak weapons.
If that makes sense.

[Xenonia]

You been to Whither yet? Best place to go. I'd retire there.

[RangingWolf]

made a quick stop there for the port report and fuel other then that no. I think it would be fun to retire in the iron republic or in the Khans heart