Fallout, City of London (IC)

[Neo-Angland]

Turning her head towards Mitar, Tara stands up and smiles, gesturing to the fallen raiders.

"Mitar, these are the attackers who learned the hard way: Regicide will be punished by death."

Tara replays the holotape message "This is Comm- Overseer Miles. There was an accident when we were evacuating the old Overseer, and he... he is gone now. So, we will need all of you to arm yourselves with weapons we will distribute and I will send a few of you, those who volunteer and two of our guards on a scouting mission. We need to see that there are other people then those sick sadists who tried to kill us. If not we will need to return to the vault. Forever. We will allow this expedition a year. If they don't return by then, they will be assumed dead and we will close the vault. We meet tomorrow morning at 11:00, for now, try to sleep in."

With the end of the message, Tara puts her hands on her hips, and looks to both Jodin and Mitar. "I for one, will volunteer for the scouting party. Gentlemen, let's take what we can from the dead. It's no use to them now."

Indicating the pouch full of bottle-caps she collected, Tara adds "I'd assume they are currency, they make too much noise, and are carried in too great a quantity for mere 'junk'."

[Alouite]

Overseer Miles walks onto the outside with four guards and regards the vault citizens looting the corpses. He says "What the bloody hell, your already striping them down like their animals. Well, they may as well be. I see you guys can handle yourselves or you'd be with the majority of the dwellers hiding in the living quarters. Since you do seem to have some bravery, I will offer some armoured vault armor in return for you guys going on a long term scouting trip. Your job will be to send back a list of any un-hostile or at least negotiable group out there. Then send it back to me and we'll be ready to send out diplomats, well diplomats and spies who will infiltrate and work to externally help the royal people of this vault. But for no reason what-so-ever may you mention the existence of this vault or anyone that is not yourself or you may as well kill us all. So, with those guidelines, are you in. I'll have Ellis and Prince (the vault sniper) accompany you the rest of us will begin conscription of three new guards and better fortifying and concealing the residents here.

[Neo-Angland]

Tara turns around on hearing the new Overseer's Voice.

Listening to the overseer, she nods "I'm not sure about the lads, but I'm game. Also, What Vault?"

Taking a deep breath, Tara says "Firstly, I wish to congratulate you on your promotion, it's a shame it happened under such... unfortunate circumstances. Secondly, is there a prepared story we are to tell people when asked where we are from or got the armor from? Just asking so we can all keep the story straight."

Stepping over the corpses towards the overseer, Tara looks up and says "That would make only 5 of us, are there a few more people you can spare for the Expedition? Pwease?" before looking up with a pout and doe-eyes.

[Kargos]

Looking at the new Overseer, he turns to him, with a sort of perplexed look. " I am in, but is it alright if we can make a little detour, to the Central Buisness District? don't know much about it, but it looks like the best place with people...civilized people. the only problem is that it is on the other side of the city, so it may take a week or two, but I promise its worth it!"

[Alouite]

"Don't try to persuade me, the best I could do Is devote one protectron, it is fully upgraded but a bit old. A bit being two-hundred years and counting. But that is all I can do, it is a generic one so it is nameless, just call it guard. Finally, I give you several powers as royal scouts, to kill anyone who prevents you from finishing your scouting trip. I give you the right to confiscate any goods needed to complete this expedition without their knowledge or by force, and finally the right to use evidence to persuade other major factions to sway toward aligning in our favor. Any news of you doing this will be justified in my speech tomorrow so the normal penalties that you would get here for outside behavior will be ignored. So, you may begin as soon as you assemble by the gate so we can quickly seal it behind you. Just call in on the pip-boy if you need to get in." With that Prince (who's actual name is Aaron) headed to the gate with his Royal Sniper Rifle.

[Neo-Angland]

Tara continues to look up at the Overseer, "It doesn't seem fair that we are getting rewarded with a new suit and an adventure outside, because we disobeyed orders...? Are you sure there are no other dwellers who deserve that reward ... privilege as well?" while continuing to look up with doe-eyes. and a pout.

Taking a deep breath, Tara allows her zipper to slip down, as she whispers into the Overseer's ears. "Is there any way I could make you reconsider your lack of support? I mean, you have over a hundred men and women whom can be trained into an effective militia... and an entire automaton army at your command?" as she twirls her hair between her fingertips.

With a playful wink, she adds "I can make it worth your while..."

[Alouite]

Tara continues to look up at the Overseer, "It doesn't seem fair that we are getting rewarded with a new suit and an adventure outside, because we disobeyed orders...? Are you sure there are no other dwellers who deserve that reward ... privilege as well?" while continuing to look up with doe-eyes. and a pout.

Taking a deep breath, Tara forces her zipper to slip down, and she continues to try and persuade the Overseer. "Is there any way I could make you reconsider? I mean, you have over a hundred men and women whom can be trained into an effective militia..." as she twirls her hair between her fingertips.

"We need people here and the scouting party to be light, surely you understand? Look, I would help more if I could, you can ask around if you wan't to find others to go with you. And this is not a punishment but rather an offer because you seemingly have the will to go out there. If not I can cancel that and we can stay holed up in the bunker for all eternity though, slowly digging deeper under the vault perimeter to accommodate new residents and one day all dying of some rare virus that forms on its own in the vault. Again, I would love to help you guys out, but we need to keep light and not bring too much attention." With that he looked at Jodin "You can go there, but try to find a civilized people on a safe route first, the raiders came from the northeast and the... "Things from the South East so I would go West, perhaps Southwest toward the Thames. But don't take risks that will get you killed, we are relying on you guys to make it back within a year."

[Boomhaueristan]

"Wait a second, cousin, hold on."

Ellis grumbled, coming within view. His Springfield was hanging from the sling around his right shoulder,yet in his left hand he was casually holding the laser rifle. The suits helmet dangled from his waist, while the pristine M1911 sat in its holster near the knife sheath. His face gave a signal of annoyance for a well prepared man, yet he chomped on his cigar nonetheless. Ellis needed to shave, but he had no intention of doing so.

"Science girls comin' with Aaron an I? An these tinkerers? Ya see how they killed your predecessor an ol' rusty and them, another one of those gangs..."

Ellis stopped himself, he remembered Taras tears over his attitude. He sighed, offering the laser rifle to his cousin. Officer Miles patted Commander Miles on the back, calmly speaking.

"Maybe one of these scouts can use this. Hold the fort down, when I come back we'll celebrate for real."

He glanced over the others,grunting his disapproval, before walking to Aaron. Ellis had changed, the doctors diagnosis and the violence put a lot of fuel and his flame.

[Neo-Angland]

Looking disappointed at the news, but understanding the Overseer's reasoning. The vault would be effectively locked down after they left, and the Overseer's doubts that even a militia and automated army can hold back the Wasteland's Horrors.

Turning to Jodin "We'll try to get there... but for now, we are ordered to scout towards the West."

Hearing Ellis' beginning to wind up, Tara says simply "Someone has to remember where you left your pack..."

Nodding in acceptance to the overseer, she accepts the tasks given; "By your orders, Overseer. Is there anything more, or I dismissed?"

[Kargos]

"Good! where I want IS west!, in fact... We should probably go to the Big Ben first, to get a perfect overlay of everything!" he said to Tara and the others "Agreed? we should probably go to Big Ben First?" he turns back to Tara, "look, if others want to join us, than they just do it!" he paused.
"I also heard you have a bag of Strawberries?"

[Neo-Angland]

Realizing that she is still holding the Packs for Jodin, she says "Catch" before throwing them his way.

Crouching down, Tara reaches into her pack, pulling out a few Trail Mix bags for Mitar. "Rations until we can find food out there... I have enough for Aaron and Ellis as well."

Pulling up the pre-war map on her pip-boy, her heart visibly sank "but... West is through the Gardens, the opposite direction of Big Ben and the Former Japanese Embassy..."

Trying to recompose herself, Tara says "Ellis and Aaron are the superior officers, so It will be their call on what direction we head 1st I suppose."

Forcing a smile, and putting her pack back on, Tara simply says "Are you joining me outside lads?" before starting towards the doorway.

[The Revolutionary Fighters of Intel]

Jake awoke, startled. He had never heard the sound of loud chimes from a clock. He was surprised at first but he then realised that it was the "Big Ben", the clock that is apart of the Palace of Westminster. Jake rubbed his eyes and made his way down stairs. Men and woman alike, were searching the dead bodies raiders. About five minutes had passed since Jake fell asleep, leaving him slightly sleepy. He was about to begin a conversation with a group of about two or three men and a woman, when the new Overseer had begun to approach them. He addressed the Vault dwellers that were outside and he offered them a position in the scouting party. The conversation bounced back and forth between the Overseer and the members of the group until it moved onto a new topic of conversation. They had begun to discuss where the scouting party was to travel when someone proposed going to the "Big Ben".

"I agree, we should travel to the Palace of Westminster. That way we can see if there are any settlements and from the pictures of the Old World, it looks like a suitable place to stay. Of course we could alway go to Her Majesty's Fortress or in other words, the Tower of London. An ideal place to find a settlement." Jake replied.

[Dukats]

Quietly listening to others Mitar takes out his sword and says

"I dont care where we go I will simply follow.But first lets go to Big Ben.If we climb it we would get a good look of our surrounding.Oh by the way I ain't wearing no armour."

[Alouite]

"I'd advise against that, you remember those things we saw yesterday?" Aaron asked in his, as usual very elegant but yet respectable voice. "While I watched the raiders flee they ran from the Wana-things or whatever they called em' due Southeast, the direction the Big Ben was when I scoped the city on the morning patrol, but worse, from what I saw there is a small group of the Wana-things down that way too, and if they could take out that group of... raiders then they wouldn't have a hard time killing us off. So I say we listen to the overseer and go west we can hook around and then get a view of the side of London across the Thames once we recruit some outsiders strictly for this mission, hell if they do good maybe I can convince the Overseer that they should be allowed in for their good deeds to the scouting party of our vault."

[Boomhaueristan]

"Right then we're goin' west, I am not going to die for no clock tower."

Ellis lowered his rifle from his sling, equipping it. He could think of better scouts, even Rusty could shoot straight. Ellis figured him and Aaron could do this themselves, but he wasn't going to push it any longer.

"We got ground to cover lads an' lady, we're not here to see the sights an' take pictures."

[Dukats]

Mitar raises his sword and says

"Onward (points to the Vault door with his sword) to GLORY!!!!!!!"

[Dubrovka]

As Miles steps out of the Vault Entrance he feels a slight uneasiness in the air, He doesn't know what it is but he feels worry some about something. As he steps into the ruins of what was once London, he hears a gun shot then a scream from the other side of the city. His task today was to scout around an old pub near the London Eye formally used as a Vault Tec Research Site, He was looking for HEPA-242 Cartridges to replace the ones currently in the Air Vents. As Miles walks past the River Thames he notices something in the water floating. He squints his eyes to see what looks like a Milelurk, but it was different somehow. Miles fished it out of the water and turned it over. It just so happened to be a Scavenger wearing some the strangest armour Miles had ever seen, Mirelurk armour with a flag across the back of the exoskeleton, It read "New London Republic, For the Queen!". Miles shrugged, stripped him of what he had and dumped him back in the radioactive river. Miles had no idea what he just stumbled into...

[Neo-Angland]

"Right then we're goin' west, I am not going to die for no clock tower."

Ellis lowered his rifle from his sling, equipping it. He could think of better scouts, even Rusty could shoot straight. Ellis figured him and Aaron could do this themselves, but he wasn't going to push it any longer.

"We got ground to cover lads an' lady, we're not here to see the sights an' take pictures."

Stiffing a giggle, Tara tries to maintain her composure as she looks to Ellis and zips up the Armored Royal Vault-Suit... "Me... a Lady?"

Drawing her Shotgun, and lowering the goggles over her eyes, Tara nods as Aaron and Ellis announce the route. looking at Mitar and Jake "You heard them Lads... Westward bound!"

With that, Tara starts off after Ellis and Prince.

[The Revolutionary Fighters of Intel]

Stiffing a giggle, Tara tries to maintain her composure as she looks to Ellis and zips up the Armored Royal Vault-Suit... "Me... a Lady?"

"I believe he was talking about me." Jake replied, jokingly.

Jake began to look around at the group as he stepped into the armoured suit. It didn't look like the metal suits of the Old World but it did look like a fairly strong armour. Which in turn made him feel safe and well protected. "Forward Unto Dawn" He called out as he began to travel with the group. He pulled out his .33 Magnum and twirled it around his figure before putting it back. He checked if his rifle was in condition, he checked the mechanism and the trigger. Everything seemed to be in working order and so he continued the long walk to wherever the hell they were going.

[Reddogkeno101]

Valin Turon had been busy that day chatting to many other vault dwellers. While talking to one, he heard of an expedition outside. "I've always wanted to see the outside. I don't intend on dying in here, so let's go." Valin thought. Ten minutes later after gathering everything he'd need for the outside. Wearing his best clothes handed down from his great-great-great Grandfather down the line down to him. He also brought with him a 'Boom Box' that he had brought from a shady merchant years earlier. He had figured out it needed batteries to work, something that were very rare in the vault. Hopefully he'd find some batteries outside. Inside there was a disc with the words 'Complete Eighties' on the front. He had no idea what they were referring to.
Valin now walked outside, hoping that everyone else had taken their weapons with them because he had none. However, he could be proficient with a melee weapon considering he had done gym and weights in the Vault. He saw many people gathered, ready to head outside. "I heard you guys were heading outside and I figured that I might as well join in." Valin said "I hope you don't mind."

[Neo-Angland]

Tara looks at Jake "Wasn't going to say anything but..." before winking.

Walking further, Tara takes in the sights and sounds of the road, cracked and broken with over 200 years of neglect. The Iron fences around both gardens had numerous signs of breakages, despite being built to last.

Hearing extra footsteps behind her, Tara turns to see who it was.

Great, it's Valin she thought as she groans... "Are you armed, or should I just shoot you now to save rations?" She hadn't planned on this many extra tag-alongs when she was doing the trail mixes, and the Vault only provided rations for a 5 person scouting party.

Only 9 bags of Trail Mix remained, 3 for herself, and 3 each for Ellis and Aaron. Remembering how Valin had disrupted classes, and dicked around instead of learning anything benificial, she didn't want him to screw the entire monarchy because he wanted to leave the vault on a whim...

[Reddogkeno101]

Tara looks at Jake "Wasn't going to say anything but..." before winking.

Walking further, Tara takes in the sights and sounds of the road, cracked and broken with over 200 years of neglect. The Iron fences around both gardens had numerous signs of breakages, despite being built to last.

Hearing extra footsteps behind her, Tara turns to see who it was.

Great, it's Valin she thought as she groans... "Are you armed, or should I just shoot you now to save rations?" She hadn't planned on this many extra tag-alongs when she was doing the trail mixes, and the Vault only provided rations for a 5 person scouting party.

Only 9 bags of Trail Mix remained, 3 for herself, and 3 each for Ellis and Aaron. Remembering how Valin had disrupted classes, and dicked around instead of learning anything benificial, she didn't want him to screw the entire monarchy because he wanted to leave the vault on a whim...

"Unfortunately, I don't have any weapons."Valin said "I didn't expect to find any trouble, but by the presence of those bodies over there, I assume that we are not alone out here, either meaning some people survived on the surface or people from other Vaults have got out earlier than us. Hopefully there are some peaceful people other than ourselves, but that seems unlikely."

[Kargos]

As Jodin followed the other scouts, he kept hearing a weird clinking sound, he put away his pack of strawberries. "You, Irish guy with fancy combat skills, do you know what that sound is? Or if there is any sort of high ground west?" he hears the sound again, and thinks its all in his head, but just in case, he asks the other people "Do you hear that weird sound? like a bunch of metal hitting each other? Or it could be just me?"

[Neo-Angland]

Tara calls back to Jodin "You sure it's not 'Guard' following us? Maybe your ammo, or your brain rattlin' around your noggin??"

Trudging forward, feeling a bit exhausted, but still mobile, Tara takes a momentary pause to catch her breath and think.

"Did you keep the pretty bottle-caps too?"

A few meters down the road, Tara has an ides: she found 2 Jimmy Hats on the person of the female attacker with the warts she looted...

Turning around, she grabs a Jimmy Hat packet out of her pocket and hands it to Jodin. "Here, stack any caps you have in one of these, and hopefully it might deaden the rattle? Would that maybe worth a shot?"

Scans her immediate surroundings quickly, Tara spotting nothing more alarming then the rest of the scenery, she continues forward trying not to let anyone see her fatigue.

[Alouite]

Aaron looks in his scope to survey the area and sees a campfire burning with a few people in full view he says in a quiet voice "Get to the side of the road now there are people up ahead!". He and the Guard immediately move to the road's edge where he lies down and takes a better look. Little do they know that the raiders have them surrounded but in even numbers. (No I will not allow one of you to spot them.)