vault113 | WEEK 1 MINGLE

'cuz it's a sin to tell a lie.

Week 1

As you sleep, you find your mind plagued with strange dreams. You’re still trapped, of course, there’s no way to avoid that, even in the comfort of your own mind, but you’re alone. Utterly alone. The radios and jukeboxes scattered around the place all spring to life, as if they’re speaking to you directly. On the other end, you see people talk about you. From your own perspective, it can’t have been more than… 48 hours since you were taken. From the perspectives of those on the outside, the times don’t match up nearly so well. It might have been days. It might have been weeks. It might have been months.

The voices discuss you. They discuss the way things have changed. They talk about how you just suddenly disappeared without a trace. Maybe they’re glad, glad that you weren’t around to see what happened without you. Or maybe they’re angry. Maybe they know that it was your fault. If only you’d been there, none of this would have happened. If you’d met up with that friend, they wouldn’t have died. If you’d been there to save her, things would have been different. If you had apologized, maybe… or if you hadn’t abandoned your responsibilities…

You don’t get the specifics either way. Your dream - or vision, it leaves your imagination to do all the work. But there’s one thing you can be absolutely sure of.

You are running out of time.

Well, what’s there to be glum about? The vault is your home now, lovingly prepared by Vault-Tec™! Who cares what some ghosts from the past have to say about you, eh? It’s not like you’ll ever see them again.

And no matter how deeply you were sleeping, The Overseer’s voice sounds out on the intercom and seems to wake you immediately.

“Hello, lovelies. We’ve decided to be extra generous to all of you, so we bring some good news for a change. I’m sure in the last few days, you’ve gotten pretty sick of that walled off little cellblock you’re cramped in, so you’ll be positively giddy to learn that we’ve prepared and unlocked the rest of the first level for you all to explore to your heart’s content. If you’ve given up on ever getting out of here, make yourself at home. If you haven’t, well, there’s plenty of fun and interesting tools to integrate into your work whenever you decide to take advantage the former group’s complete lack of initiative or willpower.

Oh, and before I forget… check the common room before you go.”

With that particularly nasty announcement, you will find that the doors that locked the rest of this floor off to you have all been opened up. And in addition to that, the profiles have been made public, joining the rules as framed pictures in the common room.

And if you wish to contact your Overseer or her robotic assistant, you are free to stop for a chat.

NAVIGATION

Vault 113: a short-run murdergame

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That's...what Atlantis was, right?

Atlantis is underwater. Not underground.

[ ...... ]

No, I think that's Journey to the Center of the Earth... Atlantis is in the Bermuda Triangle, right? It's underwater.

Oh... that one came out on DVD recently. I haven't watched it.

You're thinking of Agartha I think.

I might.

Oh, I remember that from the plot of So I Drowned In A Freak Accident And Was Reincarnated As A Dragon King But It Turns Out My Sister Was Ruling The Underseas Kingdom The Whole Time And Now I’m The Pretender To The Throne But She Secretly Wants to Marry Me?!

... I was forced to watch it.

[........................]

Would you even need to watch it with a title like that? You basically know everything about the plot.

I think there’s usually a twist or something? Supposedly, the titles are usually the hooks, but things can turn out completely different. I usually sleep through some of it, so the title ends up being the only part that makes sense.

I think there were definitely aliens, though.

[ ..... ]

Was it good?

Leviathan is really into it, but I napped after the part where it turned out he and his sisters were triplets, so I’m not sure how well it turned out.

He also insists stuff like this is the pinnacle of sibling relationships in fiction, but he’s totally wrong there.

If...that's what he likes...

[ listen, sigma's 'siblings' were all orphans trained for war. who's he to judge ]

That's your brother, right?

[Sibling relationships: Timeless Demons vs. Child Soldiers, everyone is normal here.]

Mmhm, that's Levi. He's the one into all this stuff and drags the rest of us into it -- some of it is interesting, but most of it doesn't make any sense, so as long as we know what series he's generally into and can figure out what to get him for his birthday it's good enough.

I guess that's a good thing.

[ wait. ]

You still remember your birthdays?

Of course. Demons are always down for an excuse to celebrate.

[What else would they do with their endless free time, Sigma!!11]

Oh. That makes sense.

[ DOES IT? ]

Do you ever run out of ideas?

Yeah, but that's what naps and forcing other people to give you their ideas is for. If you've got enough pillows and people, you never run out.

[Everything makes sense here.]

Ah, I understand. Sleeping is important for creating new ideas.

[ finally, someone that understands how important sleep is! ]

A good pillow is essential, isn't it?

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... What's he like, then, if that's the kind of stuff he likes?

He's a shut-in who only wants to game and watch anime. Wouldn't leave his room if you paid him, sometimes we have to break his door down because he's been in there for two weeks straight.

[RIP Levi's image, which to be fair doesn't exist.]

Come to think of it, I don't know if this would be a vacation for him or not...

[ if only i was playing 45 so she can be like 'oh, so g11, got it' ]

Haha, for a demon he doesn't sound so scary then!

[The experience of otaku siblings is truly universal....... minus Sopmod, apparently.]

He really isn't all that scary. He's probably more scared of most people than they are of him. [half-smile] Just don't mess with his fan pride, or something.

[ nope, no otakus in her familial circle here. ]

Aww, poor guy. Did someone mess with his collectibles or merch at some point or something?

What do you think? There's some of us who only think about money, and what could be sold for money... and others who stick their noses in where they don't belong...

There was even a quiz show one time because he was mad the exchange student was claiming to be a bigger fan of his favorite series. Well, I only heard about it secondhand, I'm just glad I didn't get stuck in another twelve-hour marathon.

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