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Fallout: The Tiger's Gaze

Lara watched out through the windows, as the wind began to batter the glass. She watched as the group of strangers, who had arrived on the same day as her, began to make their way to the saloon. 'Getting bad out there, would be much safer at home..' She thought to herself. She moved her gaze to her arms, and ran a finger over the marks on one arm. She was here for a reason, she had to remember that. If they were weakened, and if the town was weakened, it may prove to help her.

Lara hated the sounds of the sirens. They were loud and disruptive, and gave her a headache if they were particularly loud ones. The noise carried on, and on, until many of the townsfolk had made their way inside. The sounds lessened somewhat, but the noise was still there, pounding at her head. Lara closed her eyes and clenched her fist, hoping the sound would stop. A new sound came, the sound of breaking glass. The glass in her hand had shattered from her clenching her hand; pieces of glass were suck in the skin of her hand, and the dirty booze that had been in it formed a puddle around her hand.

Fallout: The Tiger's Gaze

I've just put up an event, have been busy lately looking for work but settled at the moment. :)

Fallout: The Tiger's Gaze

EVENT
Alarms blared around the walls of Megaton, a warning from the watchtowers. A storm was brewing outside the city; loose sand and small stones were being picked up by a strong wind outside the city. The citizens of the town were frantically trying to get home and protect themselves.
The storm brewed and a strong wind picked up the remaining debris and thrust it at the town. A wall of red sand and rocks, scrap pieces of metal and the remains of hold wanders smashed against the town walls and engulfed the small metal town in a cloud of red sand.

After the initial hit, the town was hit by continuous strong winds of sand. The storm damaged one home and a water pipe, and will be to be repaired. Has the town survivd well through the storm, have our wanderers made it?

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Lara busied herself as she measured a small amount of a green serum and filled a number of bottles with it, and slowly filled each bottle with almost clear water. The water was green before fading back to clear after a few seconds, and Lara grinned behind the mask. These people couldn't, and never did resist water.
She left her room and began to leave the bottles in the other empty rooms, and one of the bathrooms. Perfect, the test drugs were out and now all she had to do was wait. She left her bag in her room, closed the door and walked down to the bar.

The new faces all seemed to have gathered here, Lara rolled her eyes and sat in a booth seat towards the back and watched the people. Maybe one of them would be a test subject... A glass of some kind of booze was placed down in front of her, and she nodded at the person. She unclicked the mouth guard of the mask and placed it beside the glass, the liquid vibrating from the movement. She hadn't had booze in some time, and was quite pleased to have some in front of her. She began to take small sips, savoring the harsh bitter flavour of the drink, as she watched the crowd.

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Lara grew tired of the store, and left. It's going to get dark soon and she hated the nights of the Wasteland, so she thought about renting a room. It would be good, sleeping there without paying would give her a criminal status, which she'd prefer to avoid. She could go the Saloon, a drink would be good as well. She readjusted her bag on her shoulder and made her way to Moriarty's Saloon. As she made her way there she eyed two newcomers; a female, possibly ghoul and a man who was ragged, but in a well traveled way.

She pushed the door of the Saloon open and stepped into the dank, warm air of the Saloon. The metal walls trapped the heat of the Wasteland's sun, making the Saloon uncomfortably sticky. 'Disgusting little place, too damn warm' Lara thought to herself. There was no one behind the counter, so she left a handful of bottlecaps on the table and made her way upstairs. There were 3 bedrooms that seemed empty, so she chose one with a large desk but smaller bed. The room was dirty, with a layer of grime covering even the pillow on the bed.

Lara began to organise her vials; placing them neatly on the desk and placing a large notebook on the table beside them. She had 3 new vials that needed testing, but she doubted these people would do it for free. Maybe... paid testing. Would that work? She'd have to go about it subtlety, though her appearance wouldn't help her cause.

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Lara's mind wandered as she scanned the items on the shelf. Her eyes took everything in, but her mind registered none of what her eyes did.The town of Megaton clouded her thoughts; it was a small town but it still felt vast, there were dozens of nooks and crannies in the city and she would eventually have to fill all of them. She knew no one would trust her face to face, due to her bizarre appearance, the wounds on her body; the deep carvings and bizarre runic symbols they were made up of, made her unapproachable to most sane people of the wasteland.

She stepped from the shelf and stood in front of one of the grimy, cracked windows of the store. She faced out and stared at the city of Megaton. It was a disgusting place, the city hadn't changed much in the past years and the buildings had barely been repaired or extended. traders disliked the town due to it's low wealth and the state of the food and water. The towns water was often radiated by the warhead in the center of the town, and the cultists that loved the bomb put many people off. How could people love something so dangerous, and want other people to as well? Lara grinned behind her mask, she knew fairly well how and why people thought like that, she caused many people to. Her drugs were perfected through trial and error, and many silly and desperate people were her guinea pigs. No one was allowed in the vault after testing, she hated the stench that corpses lingered in the air, and it was worsened by her drugs eating at the flesh.

Lara watched the townsfolk and thought to herself as she stood there, 'You're all perfect, disgustingly beautiful little test subjects. You'll be fantastic.' Lara felt her eyes warm slightly, and knew they had become darker. She grinned, the skin around her lips splitting. She was ready for the town, even if it wasn't ready for her.

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Lara continued through the store, and saw a bottle of a reddish liquid on a shelf. The bottle was glass, and only the length of Lara's thumb, it was quite thin as well. Her eyes continued as she held the bottle, and grinned. Someone had restored an old watercooler. The machine no longer cooled water, but rather filtered what water filled the top with water that fell through a pipe in the roof, most likely from a drain pipe. Rain often fell in some areas of the wasteland now, though it was fairly radioactive and was undrinkable without refining.

Lara's eyes fell on the other girl in the store. The woman had been looking at her, but turned to face a shelf. Lara adjusted her bag and approached the shelf herself. Medical supplies were common, though was rarely in good condition. The shelf had a variety of items; almost clean bandages, a small dosage bottle of morphine and some large vials with lids among other items and bits. She placed down the bottle of red liquid, and began to inspect the clean vials on the shelf. The exposed skin on her arm was noticeable pale, and the carved in marks vividly red against the paleness.

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The heat of the wasteland surrounded the figure walking over the red earth. Red dust blew along the ground and small rocks bounced back off of the persons legs, flinging back onto the ground. A black, sleek gas mask was sat upon the person's face. Lara never took the mask off, it was her identity in the wasteland. A heavy bag hung off of her shoulder, the black material contrasting harshly against her pale skin. Lara never had enjoyed travelling from the vault she had been living in, however, today was important. She had planned to travel to megaton and begin distributing a batch of her newest drug. her bag held the vials she had filled with the emerald coloured liquid, a total of 35 vials as opposed to the regular 6 or 7 she normally carried.

Her eyes looked through the glass of her gas mask and saw the metal mess of a town on the horizon; Megaton. The town of Megaton had managed to avoid her influence so far, though she knew a few of the townsfolk had searched out for her in the past. The town was on the poorer side, and Lara wasn't sure how they would pay her. They always found a way though, they knew the consequences.

Lara entered the city, and as she passed the atomic bomb that sat in a puddle of contaminated water, she ran her hand along the metallic surface. The metal was hot from the sun pounding it, and the heat radiated though her skin. The heat was a change from the cold, dampness of her home in Vault 11. She took in the sight of the town and scowled at the dirty, half built town that she saw. It had been years since the world really settled after the war, she knew the history and how the world had been altered so severely. She made her way to the general goods store, and began to browse. How would she set up her operation? Laced water? Food perhaps, no that woould be far too expensive.

She would have to plan further.

Fallout: The Tiger's Gaze

Ah well :P s'all good