MikkishtheLeprechaun

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After a brief look around, Mikkish concluded.

"Well fuck this, I'm going to go look at the city." He said, thinking that Japanese kid had the right idea. Double checking to make sure his gun was loaded, he holstered it and moved on. Maybe there were no Pests, but the events bringing him to this island made him not so trusting of other people. Evan, of course, hardly noticed. He was perfectly content reading his book. [i]Dark Tower[i], a hard book to put down.

Meanwhile, on a city sidewalk...
@Gentlemanvaultboy@Mariana Collie

"Eh Will." The tall, lanky British dude said, snapping his finger at his mate who had spaced out.

"It's William." William corrected.

"Right, ok. Ready to do it again?" His friend asked, referring to something they had been doing all weekend. Until recently, they just dealt drugs to whoever would buy, but it seemed straight up robbery was more lucrative.

He glanced at a couple women and a dog headed their way. William noticed one girl was crying. The two approached.

"Hey, are you alright? Cute dog." He said "I have something that might cheer you up." He dispensed a pipe for smoking weed "Wanna smoke with us?"

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@duskshine749

I will let the players choose, since yall know your characters better. We won't actually know any magic for the next few days in-game.

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@Gentlemanvaultboy@Camey@Default@duskshine749@Mariana Collie

Following the brief interaction, the guy and his girl walked away and Mikkish started making his way to the dorms.

"I dunno. If they take my shit for some hazing ritual I'm gonna beat someone's ass." Mikkish hadn't considered how they would keep their stuff safe until Maddox remarked about the key situation. He wondered how early the schedule was going to wake them up. Mikkish was NOT a morning person, especially having lived with roommates the past year and a half.

From the outside, the dorm looked like a fancy hotel patroned by degenerates. Some college aged people were smoking outside. One window was open and had a number of empty beer bottles sitting in the window. One window on the third floor was open so everyone could hear a girl screaming at someone over the phone. It didn't make Mikkish wonder what kind of beer they had here, or who could be running cell phone towers out here. No, it reminded him of the apartment complex he came from.

When he got to the dorm room...Richard lied! Or maybe not. Maybe the average dorm room was smaller than this, but that wasn't saying much. The two bunk beds took up the majority of space in the room, leaving a narrow slit of space between them. They were pushed against the wall with a window, leaving enough room for a desk/dresser squeezed in next to the door. One. For four people.

Evan was already there, sitting on the bed, reading a book. His bag shoved under the bed, and Mikkish decided to shove his under the other.

"Bigger dorms my ass" He mumbled. But the girls had it worse. Their room was directly beneath this one!

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@Camey

You could burn the food, if you like it that way.

And certainly burn down a forest. Gotta be careful, which Maniacles is not.

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This will be explained later in the rp when it happens, but its a brutal death to be killed by a laser rifle. Concentrated heat. Cooks you alive, inside out.

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Laser rifles look something like this:



Another example of what power armor resembles:



So more like Mass Effect than Fallout, but no kinetic barrier.

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Just hope everybody sees that, actually. Wanted to give everyone a better idea of how the world was.

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Mikkish spotted another thing he didn't expect. There were students still chilling outside. Some strolling, some sitting and chatting, some were throwing a ball despite it being dark.

A couple walked around the curve of the fountain. The guy appeared to be lighting a cigarette, but Mikkish wasn't paying attention too much. He was looking more at the girl. Just his type. Thick and blonde.

"Do you want to go ask them?" Mikkish heard the girl ask the guy, before he approached.

"Hey, you guys are with the Maniacles program, right?" He asked.

"Yeah." Mikkish replied

"Want a light?" The guy asked with a mischievous grin, before sticking up his thumb and unleashing a steady flame, much like a lighter, but from his thumb.

Mikkish paused a moment, wondering if it was just a lighter trick.

"Not too impressed?" The guy asked, disappointed "Well I'd light something else on fire but I'd get in trouble."

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@Camey

BTW the HQ on the island isn't Maniacles' main HQ XD

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@Camey

Giving the players a chance to flesh out their characters is what I was going for.

Anyways, the buildings are kind of a mix between old and new. So there are new, modern skyscrapers and housing, as well as some older buildings that are kind of colonial in style. There is a town called Alexandria, VA that sort of fits the description. Here are a few pics:









These pics are from Virginia, but if you have ever visited New York City there are a fair share of old buildings there as well.

As for technology, it is a lot like our modern day. Smartphones are not much different. Video games have made small advancements toward motion sense and VR. Most of the important tech advancements are due to Maniacles, however. There are cures for various diseases, most that nobody knows about because Maniacles won't let word out, or too expensive for most people. Weapons and power armor are much the same way. The power armor is less bulky/ more compact than Fallout, honestly. As for the laser weapons, I am basing the idea of them off actual laser cannons. The US Navy has them.

youtube.com/watch?v=eVWYIIvVWu4

Kind of like that, but a rifle. So many soldiers or mercenaries may carry them.

Power armor resembles this: