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"Oh, this is all wrong!" the princess cried, casting aside an ominously fizzing beaker.

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ooc; lyrics/title from Blinded by Third Eye Blind because it's my Bubbline song. ♥
just an old friend; private

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It was dark, and it was cold.
That was the first thing I remembered.

The heat that naturally radiated from my body was strangely absent, and it almost felt as though an ominous chill had lodged itself between the vertebrae of my spine, turning my blood to ice and cooling me from the inside out. Instinctively, I reached for my blanket, searching for something - anything - that would serve as a source of heat. My hands grasped in vain at empty air and, as I erratically tossed and turned, I came to realize that I was in a void of some sort. There was nothing supporting me from below, nothing to my right or my left; the nothingness was everywhere.

Panic bubbled up inside of me, escaping through my lips in the form of a high pitched scream. My eyes snapped open, and I stared straight up at the ceiling for a few moments as I tried to compose myself. What a nightmare that had been.

Finally rousing fully, I sat upright in what I had thought to be my own bed and found myself - in a hospital room? The anxiety I'd felt before waking returned with a vengeance, intensifying and reaching its peak as I realized that I had not left that horrible cold, empty feeling behind in the realm of my dreams. I still couldn't feel the sheets that covered me, or the flowers that lay on the tiny chest of drawers beside me as I desperately reached out to touch them. Now nearly in a frenzy, I lurched forward, my movements hasty and fumbling.

[font=times new roman][size=10]we accept the reality of the world with which we are presented

swallowed my own eyes to see what was inside

quickens your heartbeat, beats me straight into the ground

I was never scared of ghosts until you left, but now I see you everywhere

boy, I just wanna save you while there's still something left to save

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I've felt the damage and burn from the F A L L O U T; sign-ups
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In the year 2077, a nuclear war broke out. The world's remaining supply of fossil fuel was swiftly depleting, and all efforts to switch to a more efficient energy source proved to be unsuccessful. The fight for resources continued to escalate until the Great War, which began and ended on October 23rd, when every nuclear-capable nation fired their weapons on one other. Though the war lasted only two hours, the destruction was massive, and resulted in the fall of most human civilization.

When the bombs were launched, a lucky few were safely sealed away in government owned shelters, known as the Vaults. Scattered across the continental United States, each underground Vault could hold up to a thousand inhabitants. The shelters were designed to sustain life until the global fallout subsided, but not enough of them had been constructed to save even a fraction of the population and, as time went on, it became clear that they would not serve as a permanent solution.

About two hundred years after the war had ended, people began to venture out of the Vaults. Some simply grew curious about what had become of the outside world, while others were forced to evacuate their shelters due to system malfunctions or even radiation leaks. As humanity returned to the surface, they had no choice but to learn to adapt to the harsh new world, making a living however they could and, eventually, attempting to recreate some form of order and civilization.[/fancypost]

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It is the year 2282. We are the descendants of those who lived through the Great War. Some of us have left our comfortable Vault lives behind, and some of us have never known anything but life in the wasteland. Whatever your situation, you're on your own now. There are no heroes, only survivors.

This roleplay will take place in the Mojave Desert, in and around New Vegas, the post-apocalyptic revival of the infamous Sin City. Several small towns, camps, and settlements have sprung up in the surrounding area, but civilization is few and far between and the condition of the land is rather inhospitable, to say the least. Most bodies of water have been contaminated by radiation, rendering them dangerous or even lethal to be near, let alone consumed. Mutants outnumber human beings by at least ten to one, and hardship often causes even the humans to pose a serious threat to one another.
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This is where I will list all of the accepted characters and their roleplayers.
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With danger lurking within every dilapidated building and behind every cactus, you must be able to fend for yourself one way or another. Keep in mind that you can only use whatever you can carry on your own back; characters are limited to two weapons at a time. You may change your combat style at any time, depending on what you can scavenge from the desert, but no one can pick up and master a brand new weapon within a day, and ammunition isn't always easy to come by.
Each weapon heading is a link to the corresponding wiki page, which includes a list of weapons (near the bottom, under affected weapons) if you're in need of some ideas. Of course, these are only vague guidelines, and you have full creative freedom in deciding what weapons your character uses.
Combat styles include:

GUNS
◇ Self explanatory, most commonly found and used weapons
◇ ex: revolvers, pistols, rifles, shotguns

ENERGY WEAPONS
◇ Scientific weapons of the future, can be difficult to find appropriate ammo (energy cells)
◇ ex: plasma rifles, laser pistols, pulse guns

EXPLOSIVES
◇ Once again, self explanatory; stuff that blows up. Very limited due to single use ammunition
◇ ex: mines, grenades, missile launchers

UNARMED
◇ Fighting with hands and/or feet. Every character has the option to fight unarmed at any time, for obvious reasons. Bare fists do not count as one of the two allotted weapons.
◇ ex: brass knuckles, boxing gloves, gauntlets

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◇ Weapons for close combat, frequently fashioned out of scraps from the wasteland
◇ ex: knives, bats, clubs, spears, hammers
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1. All WCRPG rules apply. No sexually explicit material, whatsoever. Romance, violence, and cussing are all allowed and encouraged, to an extent. Just keep it reasonable, guys. We're wastelanders, not savages.

2. This is to be an advanced, literate roleplay. I assume that you all know what that means by now. Proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure are necessary. I'd like to strive for 3+ paragraphs per post, but I understand low muse or a temporary lull in the roleplay. I will not tolerate any less than a good paragraph.

3. You must make your own form in a separate thread and link me to it. I don't mind if they're simple in appearance, but your bio must be advanced. Be sure to include all of the basics, as well as strengths, weaknesses, chosen combat style, at least a brief history of how they came to live in the wasteland, and a human faceclaim. No more than two characters per person. Please try to keep the genders somewhat even, and the ages 18 and above. I reserve the right to accept or reject your bio; it's nothing personal.

4. Please don't plagiarize, spam, or argue with me or anyone else in the thread. Feel free to pm me any questions, suggestions, ideas, etc.
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If it's not obvious by now, this roleplay was inspired by and is loosely based on the universe of Bethesda's Fallout series. I wanted to make it so that anyone who isn't familiar with the games could easily participate, but if you've played them or have any other knowledge that I haven't covered in this thread, please feel free to use that in the roleplay. In fact, if there's anything that I haven't included but you think I should, speak up! I'm incredibly open to suggestions and feedback.

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