Of Good Intentions and Mechanical Men

[snarkingscribe]

_{[This is backdated to shortly after the Fauxbellion, and ties into this channel post.]}

[Hidden Valley Bunker - Dummy Entrance]

Inside the false entrance to the bunker installation, Veronica's set up what looks like an office of sorts for herself. A desk and chair, a few boxes of broken parts she'd gathered up sometime after her arrival, and a few tools. Stuff to make her look busy, if someone came prying. Should someone enter, though, she's poking at her Omnicomm. Rex is lying on the floor nearby. The door to the outside is open, letting some of the natural light from the city in.

[Lucky 38 - Casino Floor]

Entering here, one will see a potentially spooky sight - a casino and bars, devoid of life. Some of the machines are running, and the lights are on, but it's still a place that's oddly quiet. There's an elevator in the middle of the room, and a few robots lying on the floor, or propped against tables or railings. They're roughly seven feet high, and have enough weight to strain someone a bit, even if they're dragging them on their wheel. Veronica's currently hauling one out of the elevator, and is clad in her power armor, sans helmet.

[Hidden Valley Bunker - Laboratory]

Some time after getting the few Securitrons moved to the bunker, Veronica's gotten down to work - be it on devising just how to make a reader for the Platinum Chip, tinkering with the programming Mr. House left on it, or testing out said tinkered programming, she's a busy bee.

The Securitrons are propped against the wall in a row, and a few crates are nearby, loaded with ammunition confiscated from them. After all, if the programming turns out bad, it's better for them to not be able to shoot the place up.

Comments

[youvegotsuckersluck]

Doug was nervous beyond all belief when he approached the location listed in the post. He thought that he would never want to science or anything attached to it again but here he was shuffling carefully. Scurrying from hiding place to hiding place. It was amazing how stealthy he had learned to become after so long running from GLADOS.

Why was he coming back to science?

Because it's all you know.

The constant commentary of his companion cube cut through his thoughts as silently as any other.

[snarkingscribe]

Once Doug got close enough, there wouldn't be much sound coming from inside the bunker, save for the periodic shuffling noise that came with Veronica adjusting in her chair. There was a periodic metallic clicking as well, as Rex moved about the bunker.

[youvegotsuckersluck]

And Doug...was finding his courage failing him. He crept as close as he dared without leaving his cover and squinted to see if he could better suss out what she was working on, or what made that dog function as it did.

Human interaction had always been so intimidating for him, even before he had been overtaken by his illness. Now it seemed an insurmountable task.

TURRETS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

Doug let out a yelp of fear and dove out from his cover scrambling around to the other side shaking and curled up into a ball waiting for the inevitable explosion of machine gun fire that came with the turrets.

Nothing...he had been tricked into revealing himself by his own cube.

[snarkingscribe]

That got the attention of both Rex and Veronica - and both moved to the doorway after Doug dove past it. Veronica stopped just inside to peer out, while Rex went on ahead, sniffing at the man.

"Hey, you okay?"

[youvegotsuckersluck]

He continued to lay there for a moment and his hand rose offering itself to Rex to sniff.

"No...no on a number of levels, but that's alright." He was honest and then lied because he wasn't convinced that he would ever be alright. But he hated making it so obvious.

[snarkingscribe]

Rex sniffs the hand, and seems contented with the result, and prods the hand with his snout. Veronica steps out, then stoops down. "You need to go to medical, or something?" He admitted to not being okay, so...