Ground Zero
"Alright Nina, we'll do it your way." You put your pistol away and take Nina back to your room for the rest of the day.
Time goes by and Nina gets voted out. The position of shelter leader is eliminated and a council is formed instead. They begin to implement some changes. Nina's idea of having people live on the surface is squashed, the idiots in charge claim that everything will be all right and only in cases of extreme punishment will people be sent to the surface. The other change is that you are to work less on the computer system.
And so it begins, they're trying to faze you out, so they don't need you anymore. And if they don't need you anymore they can kick you out of the shelter. (It looks like you are going to be the only people deemed "criminal" enough to be exiled to the surface) You saw this coming.
That's the second time you anticipated events and did nothing, you could kick yourself.
However there's still the question of them trying to MAKE you leave, you are the one that owns the gun after all and not one person has ever dared to try to take it from you. You decide to start working out on a regular basis just in case.
That day comes soon, when a couple people attempt to wrestle it from you, fortunately you've been expecting that, you end up shooting them both dead. People are really starting to hate you now, threats are being made that if you and your family don't leave, then not you, but Nina and Jack are going to suffer the consequences.
You respond with a similar threat of your own that if anything happens to either of them that you're going on a postal shooting spree starting with everyone's kids and won't stop until you're out of bullets, and then you'll fuck up the central computer that powers everything in the shelter. Given your past, people believe you too. People stop harassing you and Nina, but they still "shun" you 99 percent of the time.
It doesn't matter though since as more years go by there's even less room in the shelter, and less supplies, now you're not even charge of the computer system anymore and it's barely being run properly by Todd and Charles. Things are starting to break down again. You're seriously starting to think about leaving the shelter voluntarily.
"Nina, let's leave. Surely there's gotta be something better out there. I mean staying here is like waiting to die. We gotta get out of this place."
"But what about Jack? I mean we're going into unknown territory here. Things could be dangerous up there."
"It probably will be dangerous, but what the hell we've been living in an enclosed space with a bunch of people who hate us for years, and both experienced death attempts. Its not like we're strangers to it."
"Well shouldn't we at least stay until the very end?"
"If we stay until the very end, we might not be getting outta here because by the time everyone's crammed in so tight with no more supplies or properly functioning equipment, everyone's going to be panicking and rioting. No, we need to leave while the getting is good. You and Jack start packing up all your vital stuff. I'll be loading up on some supplies that we might need. We still need to travel light, but make sure you and Jack bring as much water as you can carry."
Soon you, Nina and Jack are ready to go. Everyone's wondering what you're doing and then all eyes are on you when you open the elevator door. You take a moment to address the huddled masses.
"Well we're leaving now, I'm sure you're all as glad about it as we will be. Before we leave though I'd just like to say a few things. If any of you fucktards have a lick of sense you'll abandon this over priced coffin, and coffin is definitely an accurate term with how cramped it's getting in here. Hell the place is even starting to smell like one, with all the shower break downs. Its like watching something slowly die hmm I think I saw that show already, when the world got blown to shit years ago. Don't need to see it again and the first time was more interesting anyway, so enjoy your downward spiral experience losers!"
And with that you and your family leave the shelter.
As you look out before the wilderness in front of you, you can only hope there's something else out there, but even if there isn't you know you'll make it somehow.
You and your family begin to walk
Time goes by and Nina gets voted out. The position of shelter leader is eliminated and a council is formed instead. They begin to implement some changes. Nina's idea of having people live on the surface is squashed, the idiots in charge claim that everything will be all right and only in cases of extreme punishment will people be sent to the surface. The other change is that you are to work less on the computer system.
And so it begins, they're trying to faze you out, so they don't need you anymore. And if they don't need you anymore they can kick you out of the shelter. (It looks like you are going to be the only people deemed "criminal" enough to be exiled to the surface) You saw this coming.
That's the second time you anticipated events and did nothing, you could kick yourself.
However there's still the question of them trying to MAKE you leave, you are the one that owns the gun after all and not one person has ever dared to try to take it from you. You decide to start working out on a regular basis just in case.
That day comes soon, when a couple people attempt to wrestle it from you, fortunately you've been expecting that, you end up shooting them both dead. People are really starting to hate you now, threats are being made that if you and your family don't leave, then not you, but Nina and Jack are going to suffer the consequences.
You respond with a similar threat of your own that if anything happens to either of them that you're going on a postal shooting spree starting with everyone's kids and won't stop until you're out of bullets, and then you'll fuck up the central computer that powers everything in the shelter. Given your past, people believe you too. People stop harassing you and Nina, but they still "shun" you 99 percent of the time.
It doesn't matter though since as more years go by there's even less room in the shelter, and less supplies, now you're not even charge of the computer system anymore and it's barely being run properly by Todd and Charles. Things are starting to break down again. You're seriously starting to think about leaving the shelter voluntarily.
"Nina, let's leave. Surely there's gotta be something better out there. I mean staying here is like waiting to die. We gotta get out of this place."
"But what about Jack? I mean we're going into unknown territory here. Things could be dangerous up there."
"It probably will be dangerous, but what the hell we've been living in an enclosed space with a bunch of people who hate us for years, and both experienced death attempts. Its not like we're strangers to it."
"Well shouldn't we at least stay until the very end?"
"If we stay until the very end, we might not be getting outta here because by the time everyone's crammed in so tight with no more supplies or properly functioning equipment, everyone's going to be panicking and rioting. No, we need to leave while the getting is good. You and Jack start packing up all your vital stuff. I'll be loading up on some supplies that we might need. We still need to travel light, but make sure you and Jack bring as much water as you can carry."
Soon you, Nina and Jack are ready to go. Everyone's wondering what you're doing and then all eyes are on you when you open the elevator door. You take a moment to address the huddled masses.
"Well we're leaving now, I'm sure you're all as glad about it as we will be. Before we leave though I'd just like to say a few things. If any of you fucktards have a lick of sense you'll abandon this over priced coffin, and coffin is definitely an accurate term with how cramped it's getting in here. Hell the place is even starting to smell like one, with all the shower break downs. Its like watching something slowly die hmm I think I saw that show already, when the world got blown to shit years ago. Don't need to see it again and the first time was more interesting anyway, so enjoy your downward spiral experience losers!"
And with that you and your family leave the shelter.
As you look out before the wilderness in front of you, you can only hope there's something else out there, but even if there isn't you know you'll make it somehow.
You and your family begin to walk
