Thane

Fallout

If it took place somewhere that hasn't yet been explored in the canon universe we can create our own creatures, factions (though preferably just as part of the universe, not to actually play) and various other things. That would be cool. Although since it'll apparently be very early on we'd be pretty free with that stuff anyone. A lot can change in two centuries after all.

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@Thane wait are you british or american?

@carla6677

I'm British, but currently live in the U.S.

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Home to Homeroom

Thomas opened his eyes with a weary sigh. Yet another nearly sleepless night. He’d been laid there listening to the background noise of the TV for what felt like hours but checking his phone told him it’d only been about forty five minutes. He didn’t want to go to school today. He didn’t want to go to school ever again but what else was he going to do? He could try getting a job in some shop but he had his doubts about whether or not even that was plausible for him. He’d be deathly bored. Almost certainly even more so than he often was at school. Besides that he’d probably find it hard to keep from being fired. He just didn’t have it in him to act what he wasn’t feeling and since he was almost constantly in a somber, slightly pissed off, restless mood he had a lot of doubts about his customer service potential. It didn’t help that they apparently valued that crock of shit even more than they did back in the U.K.

Despite his reservations it didn’t take him too long to drag himself out of bed, wake Kas up, get a shower, brush his teeth, get dressed and smelling right, eat breakfast and chat casually to his mum for a few minutes. By the time he’d done all that Kas was ready as well, so they hit the road. Or the sides of the roads at least. One good thing about living in Arrowsmith is that they were never really far from anything. School was really close, being maybe a ten minute walk. With them being Londoners, the walk took maybe five minutes.

So there they sat in their homeroom, both of them having swaggered in with a mumbled greeting of morning towards their new tutor and both having picked seats near the back. Neither of them were all too happy about being there. Kas seemed to perk up a little bit at finding out their tutor was in his words “reasonably peng”, but even that wasn’t enough to put his usually easy-grin on his face. When asked to draw they both got down to it, though Thomas did so begrudgingly, still not quite ready to face the start of the schooling day. Kas covered his in elaborate graffiti like designs, his name being written in various styles, as well as a piece for the last gang he’d been in back in England. Finally he drew a rather detailed combat knife, a kind of finish to his grand design. He smiled at it’s completion. Thomas on the other hand basically just scribbled his name and spent a few minutes doing various patterns. Nothing too elaborate, just lines to pass the time. When the order came to tear the paper up he did so without feeling anything but frustration, annoyed that’d he’d been drawn into such a thing for such a simple lesson, one he felt like he’d learned many years ago. To be fair, he had. One benefit of being raised by an extremely damaged woman and an extremely damaging man, he learned how easy it was to hurt people, and how many ways there were to. If you were kind that meant you became aware of how not to hurt, or at least wary of all the ways you could.

Kas on the other hand had the opposite reaction, screwing his face up at the order, muttering “fuck that” under his breath and folding his doodle page neatly in half. Slipping it into his pocket apparently unnoticed he smiled, not that it would matter much if anyone had seen. No one was making him destroy anything he cared about. Not on his or their life.

Over the next several minutes they both watched as people played the two truths, one lie game. When it came to Amelia's turn they both had exactly the same reaction and that was bewilderment. Her openness about her damage was alien to them. In England you kept that sort of shit pretty damn close. People generally didn’t want to know and you for the most part didn’t want to tell them. Good for her they both figured, one secret off her chest was likely to help her in the long run.

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I just started watching Shameless (US). Weirded me out at first because the start was word-for-word the same as the British one which I remember watching with my mum when I was about 11, so major freaking nostalgia trip.

Post is about to be up.

Fallout

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How about a pre-fallout 1 RP, where a group of vault dwellers leave the safety of the vault for some mcguffin and discover a fledgling human race. Maybe we could focus more on survival and character interaction than combat?

@tech

I'd be down for that.

The 30-Day Song Challenge

Day 8 - A Song I liked when I was a kid.

Eminem - The Way I Am

I loved Eminem when I was a kid, I remember listening to this song repeatedly. I think I generally just loved angry or funny/sarcastic stuff.

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Sorry for my absence guys. My stale ass life suddenly got uncharacteristically busy. I tried writing a post up earlier but environmental factors made me get distracted and rush, so the post sucked butt and I deleted it. I'm still around though and a post will be up just as soon as I have a few hours to myself where I can focus and be creative. Still loving the various personalities.

The 30-Day Song Challenge

Day 7 - Guilty Pleasure

Melanie Martinez - Alphabet Boy

I dunno, this creepy shit is relaxing.

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I just realized Kas' face claim is from one of Thomas' listed favorite rappers. Hopefully that doesn't cause an issue. xD Anyway, since both face claims are from English rappers and both characters are from England, I figured I can just use their voices as examples for what they sound like/their accents for ya'll, since it's what I've been imagining anyway. Only if you're interested in that, it's obviously not necessary. Explicit lyrics in both cases.

Kas

Thomas

The 30-Day Song Challenge

I technically failed the challenge by missing a day but I'm going to keep going anyway (unless ya'll vote me out/protest like some big brother craziness) since I'm having fun and I need something to do in the late ass nights where boredom strikes and I can't be bothered to do anything but listen to music.

Day 5 - Meaning Changing

Akala - Fire in the Booth 1

It's not so much that the intended meaning of the lyrics have changed in any way, it's that over the years I've been listening to this I've become far more knowledgeable on the various topics he touches on, so over time the song has become more and more expansive and far reaching in my mind. The 16-17 year old me who listened to this and thought "shit, this is real as hell, I wish I knew what the hell he was referencing in a lot of this" has turned into the 21 year old me who's mind races down memories of the books and articles I've read and the research I've done trying to understand more. It's a pretty great way of reminding myself how much I've learned over the years, actually.

Day 6 - Forever Relate Song

Mic Righteous - Crack a Smile

As a somber but consistently optimistic lad who's had a relatively shit life and grew up smothered by the negativity of a very dysfunctional family and environment, I relate.