In the Shadow of the Valley

[snarkingscribe]

Who: OPEN
Where: Outskirts of the City
Summary: Veronica discover a slice of home out on the outer areas of the city.


Not too far off from Central Park, there is a fenced-in sandy area. The only noteworthy things here are some bunkers and vents, and a lot of graffiti on the bunker walls. The sand has footprints - ones that look a bit hurried, actually - that lead to one structure. The door is open - as is the second door inside, which leads to a long staircase, leading into an obviously military installation - quite abandoned, from the looks of things, save for the periodic sound of footsteps and clicking nails on the metal floors and grates.

There's someone here, that's for sure.

Comments

[snarkingscribe]

"Yeah. For one, there's tech everywhere already. Even if we anted to go confiscating, we're obscenely outnumbered. That, and given how much more civilized things seem here compared to home, I'd like to think it's in capable hands," Veronica comments. "It wouldn't hurt to keep an eye out, though. What they have here outclasses anything we ever had, so there's a lot more potential for bad stuff to go down because of it. If I can track down whoever's in charge of tech stuff around here, I can see about getting involved in their departments."

She frowns, though - a rather sad one, really. "I don't want to be suspicious, especially after I said all that about us needing to adapt, but this is a really different situation than the Wasteland. Gotta get to know these people more."

She nods. "Yeah...Lily seemed to be an odd one out from what I've seen out of Super Mutants, distinguishing herself like that." A pause. "Then again, I don't know if I ever actually saw or met any other female super mutants."

[first_of_steel]

"We were trying to reclaim the old tech before it could hurt anyone," Roger says. "This stuff- this was never ours to begin with, so reclamation wouldn't even be in the cards to begin with. Familiarizing ourselves with, getting to know, getting to understand, that's another story. We can't just let this stuff go unknown. Not when any chance of a future we might have might depend on it."

His mouth twitches. "Understand, I've never exactly been on the research and development side of the line. Field testing and evaluation, sure, but- I think we're gonna have to depend on you to get your hands dirty first, if we're ever going to have a prayer of knowing what we're working with. I sure as hell hope you're up to it, Scribe."

[snarkingscribe]

As Roger says that, the realization of just what all this entails hits her.

She's...grinning, actually. Being able to do research without getting chased out of the building (hopefully)? Sign her up.

"I...will certainly do my best, sir."