Jacob Simmerlock's Story

Mi Ru looked at Jacob, sensing his nervousness... perhaps it was how she got the strength to open up a bit. However just when she was about to speak the overseer made his speech. She blinked when he was done, her initial thought about this being dangerous was correct... or more like... Max was going to be their best guide out there.

The door opened slowly, it was bright. She covered her eyes from the blinding light, when the vault was finally fully open she uncovered her eyes. It took some time for her eyes to adjust but they did... 'new home' he said...

She glances at Jacob and smiles, "guess we better get going..."

Daedrin looked back as the last person, Genesis, rejoined their group with a new hair cut. The kid had always made Daedrin laugh but she seemed ready to leave the Vault. It almost made him smile at the drastic change her expressions showed. He held out his fist for a bump in her direction. "Welcome to the party kid, let's have some fun out there."

As the door opened Daedrin stepped past the group and wasted no time as he went towards the light at the end of the tunnel. His eyes, like everyone else's were blinded, especially when he finally pushed all the way outside and took a look around. He had to wait for his eyes to adjust to the light, and when they did he gasped at the world outside. The first thing he took notice off outside the cave entrance was the wide open space and felt a little too exposed without the tight walls of the Vault around him. But he shrugged it off and did a full 360 to take in the lay of the land.

He looked straight up and saw an overly bright light set in a blue... something above him. He also experienced clouds for the first time, and was in awe. As the other's approached he snapped out of it and turned to face them. "Area seems safe for the moment. We should probably make for that town... what was it called again Max? You should lead the way and ah... do the talking."

Max began walking ahead " Oxn " he said not looking back, his eyes a little stunned by the natural light, he took a deep breath of the wasteland air filled with death, excitement and bit of hope and despair. As he took another step again his visions came to hunt him, taunting him if he was ready to let more people die if he was going to repeat the process, if he was coming back to madness that the wasteland was. Max shrugged off the visions walking away from every face that scream at him for his failures first his wife, then his settlement, another group of slaves one from which he had become involved with romantically pregnant from her old master max gave her hope and they hope to bring the child in this hopeless world, however his dreams was cut short after a running with raiders, he sighed coming back to reality, lamp light you helped lamp light he reminded himself, others can't save anyone, you have to save yourself. He got out of the cave and waited for the others to catch up.

Outside was a huge expanse of brown dirt, sand and ruins. Reminents of a residential area was down hill from the vault itsself. But if you were to just leave the screen door of the cave, it would be a almost hellish scene. Vallies rolled to hills, hills to mountains. Ruins of old twisted scyscrapers hung in the distance. Oxn would be a bout a two day walk. The residential area were filled with old broken cars beyond repair for most mechanics. They were nuclear powered by the looks of the cars. Most of the houses didnt even have walls. With the dust sollowing entire ruins of some the houses. Food out here, or at least edible food would be rare. Nonradiated water, more so. The residential area was littered with skelingtons of the past, charred and mangled. Some by there cars. Some, just outside. Some were in the husks of the cars. This wasnt a nice place. And things looked safe for the momnent. But the best situation would be to head to the closest town, Oxn, and keep away from other people. But curiosity is also a cercern. There was a house at the end of the suburban area, completely intact, with little damage don. There was also a locked garage. This could get you more resources. Maybe new weopons, maybe more gear. You could travel onwards, or search the building.

Jacob Smiled back at Mi and walked out of the door, then kinda looked back at her just to make sure she was following.

My god what was i thinking! Its sand, nothing green or lush anywhere near. He was demorilized but still encouraged to find such scientific wonders that could ever possibily Contribute to the Cause. He looked at the last house with such Curiosity. It was intact, a remnant of the past. Representing an age almost none survived to retell.

His eyes widened at not just the sight of the Wasteland, but of just the Skyscrapers in the distance. Who wouldve thought theyd have been so sturdy to ressist the fateful events that drove our ancestors into the vault one day long ago. Of Course, as Much as he hated to Believe, Max was correct, the dangers out here could be more than lethal, Having studied ghouls who's Endocrin system's had stopped fighting Radiation, and began emitting radiation themselves, he knew the effects of it. Plus, what if the Radiation did similiar things to the other inhabitants? Things like, Black Bears, Cougars, And such. Seeing a proper settlement would be nice, but he wouldnt bet on finding one anytime soon.

The Skeletons, everywhere, old Memories, wounds that scar the planet. Jacob Reached down and looked at one. It was almost charred, and picked away at by the scavengers. After a quick glance to the burned out walls behind him and ahead of him, there was shadows. People who looked as if they were just continuing about theyre daily lives had been disintigrated, and there ashes fused with the Walls of there previous homes.

He looked back at Mi with a look of shock on his face but then turned back around and followed Max to the Intact home that layed near the end of the town. He almost wanted to reach out and hug it. The Home alone was enough to get Jacobs gears turning. What if it beared one of the Pre-War Mister Handy's inside that the books in the vault talked about? An old survivor that could teach them the ways of the Wasteland? Or Even a Working Chryslier Energy Car! Oh the Magnificent Science that could be Dsicovered!

But Max, being the Guide, was who he had to listen to for descions. So he simply made his way Back next to Mi, and crossed his arms, awaiting either Approval to enter or Denial.

Max looked at the house then saw Jacobs reaction " Maybe" he said walking towards it " Could be trap" he was already regressing back to his feral state his sentence much more shorter " Pierre need wrench " he said as they got close to the house he held his hand up signaling to wait as he looked around for any land mines. He didn't saw any and motions them for them to follow using his shotgun he hit the lock the lock was rusty and with a few hits it felt off the garage door, he kneeled wincing with a bit of pain due to his bad knee " Jacob lift " He said pointing to the other end of the door. He waited for Jacob to lift the other side, however like an animal he never kept his face down he was looking around always vigilant, he also listened closely to heard if any sounds were coming from the house. " You inside " He said pointing to Mi and Arron " you guard " He said pointing at Deadrin and Alex and pierre and genesis " Anything shot it, and call " He said lifting the door with Jacob " Ready ?" He said looking at Jacob.

Jacob Pulled the Makeshift Laser pistol from his Holster and popped an Energy cell into the Cell's slot. As he did it, the end of it glowed dimly red and he looked back at Max. "Ready."

Oh adventure! Not his strong suit but the Adrenaline, it was almost as good as finding another species of a Sudo Bacteria used by most Ecological Fertile Plant Life!

Well, Jacob stacked up to the door into the House, it was sad the Garage was most unfortunatly Empty except for a few old Tools, and Wonderglue. Oh and a roll of some Black Sticky stuff.

Jacob Pulled the Makeshift Laser pistol from his Holster and popped an Energy cell into the Cell's slot. As he did it, the end of it glowed dimly red and he looked back at Max. "Ready."

Oh adventure! Not his strong suit but the Adrenaline, it was almost as good as finding another species of a Sudo Bacteria used by most Ecological Fertile Plant Life!

Well, Jacob stacked up to the door into the House, it was sad the Garage was most unfortunatly Empty except for a few old Tools, and Wonderglue. Oh and a roll of some Black Sticky stuff.

Max" supplies not bad should come in handy" He said looking at them trying to boost their morale " more " He said pointing deeper inside the house " clothing to fit in" he said pointing at their vault jumpsuits " maybe food " he said heading for the door again very careful of any traps, the house seemed safe enough but it had a lock something that trouble max because no one ever bothered to lock something unless it was worth something. He kicked the door until it opened pointing his shotgun before he walked into the kitchen opening the covers scrounging for food and other resources" upstairs carefully " He said pointing at the little party he had brought inside the house. He walked around listening for anything suspicious there were a couple noises could be radroaches, molerats or a dog it didn't sound big but it could be dangerous never the less " guns ready " He said heading for the noise source.

Jacob followed Max closely. His Pistol at the ready to fire.

No Military or Vault Guard training, but one of his Scientist friends was an Ex-Vault Guard. He taught him how to operate safely while armed in a CQB.

The Noise made Jacob uneasy, but hey, if it was something Dangerous, he could finally test his Laser Pistol on Organic Matter! Maybe it would melt like the Steel Beams did when he shot them back at the Vault. (Not that his Pistol was able to Hit anything Accurately)

The house may have seamed empty and well looted at first, but a strange humming sound was comeing from the floor boards. It sounded mechanical in nature, and it seamed ominus. You also see that the noise was only a small radroach not worth wasteing ammo for. You also see a old holotape player upstairs. You also found some 200 year old mash potatoes, some old pre war candy and some bits of pipe in the covers. Better than nothing. When you try to search for the ominous buzzing noise, you find a basement door in the middle of the liveing room floor. The door seamed lock also. And it was a more recent lock than from the garage door.

Jacob walked up and grabbed the Holotape player. He inserted it into his pocket. "You can take the Food and Candy..." He said to Max as he Waved away to him.

The Buzzing Noise? Ohh boy...What could that possibly be? Machinery, An old Bunker, ROBOTS! When they Unveiled the hatch and the Lock that looked relativley new, he looked over at Max and then looked down at the hatch. "Do we...See whats in there? I mean, if its something Machinery Wise, Hostile..."

He then sighed and smiled a bit "You know i'd like to live to have a future and stuff, So im going to leave this descision to you..."

She pulled out her 9mm, "Alright, lets do this," she shouted enthusiastically, before walking like a badass out of the door. "Alright, so first things first, exploration. There may be people out here already, but no shame in going places." She looked around at the barren wasteland. She noticed a sign soon thereafter.



"Funny, this isn't scenic to what I've seen in books. Certainly better than in a vault though." She followed the group, her 9mm pistol ready to fire. They came upon a house, then, a buzzing noise. Not unnatural to that of being in the vault, but this was different. A more mechanized version of Arron. "What the fuck is that? I say we leave it until we better equipment." After all, even though Alex wanted out, better safe than sorry.

Max" ready your gun if it shoots we shoot back" he said snapping his fingers to jacob" gun" he said holdinh the lock" laser should cut through " he said waiting as he inspected the lock the buzzing noise close but he heard no indication of the machine speaking if it was one. He pondered could be a mister gutsy or handy perhaps a sentry gun or bot, but i could also be rigged a type of bomb or trap they had to becareful but not risking it could leave them without any valuable resources.

After jacob shot the lock off with his homemade laser pistol, the door was now openable. What was inside was a dark room illuminated by a single lcd bulb. There was a old small reactor that was buzzing away, and sparking in a dangerous fashion. But, unless you got to the point of touching it, I would be fine to go near it. A old terminal filled with 3 entries of varying age were by the sparking reactor. But not only that was what would catch your eye. The huge bulking set of armor supported by a car jack would be your main concern. It was made of varying parts, rangeing to rusty steel plates to stop signs. A yeild sign was used as a right shoulder plate, with a stop sign as a right one. A rusty and dented power helmet, model unknown. The armor was also made of other peices of scrap and old electronics. Some of witch, was showing through the armor. That was of course a design flaw. But just the fact it was there would be surpiseing to some. Who knew wat wasteland scientist built the bulking armor of scrap and rust, and scrap electronics. But maybe the terminals had the anwser to that.

Jacob aimed at the lock and pulled the trigger. The sound was almost ear piercing as the Laser, burned through the lock, burned off the Locking Mechanism, through the Small hatch and at least three inches into the ground where it had fired. Jacob let out sigh.

"Still working on some of the Dynamics of the Weapon..." He said as he looked through the hole to see what was down there, before raising his head and reaching the handle. He lifted the Hatch over and then leaned back, loaded another energy Cell, and then followed behind Max as he decided what to do.

After hopping down he noticed the Terminal and...The Armor! Jacob almost cried and sprinted over to the armor and looked it over from top to bottom. "Sweet Jesus! Oh my!" He said as he looked at it. "Reinforced steel plates, old frames, id say this is Repaired Power Armor! The kind they Used in Anchorage! T-51B!" He then turned to the Terminal and Was mesmorized at its Beautiful glow. He walked over to this instead of nearly tripping mid-sprint and Looked it over.

He used his knowdlge of computers to enter the Logs and He read with utmost anticipation.

As jacob clicked on one of the logs, this one dateing before the war, a message sprung up.

"I sorry to inform you misses Simmerlock, but your husband died for his country. He was a brave man, and a hell of a soldier. I....I wanted to let him be with you...if there is any truth in that old legend were the soul binds with the soldiers armor, then...I want you to have his T-51b power armor. You desive it more than the military. I so sorry for him, you, and your son. Take care of him for me. Tell him....his uncle will be home soon. And every damn commie will be sent to hell!"- log 1

"I found this place today. Its quiet here. Used to be ran by a family named the Simmerlocks. I read the entry about them...I decided to bury the skeletons. There was only one though. God, I hope the boy made it too that vault up the hill.....wish I was in there. I buried the skeleton. Even though it was broad day light. It was the right thing to do." Log 2

"Log corupted" log 3

Jacob would have to work on the computer to undo the corruption. It would be like hacking a terminal its self, and would be very hard, but maybe more information would be poured out if he were to work on it. Maybe how it was repaired, how it was destroyed, and maybe how to operate it. And maybe even a way to unlock a safe somewere in the house.

Jacob blinked once or twice before rereading the logs. It was...His Grandpa's Home? He stood up and looked closely around the house.

"So...So my Dad lived here?" He whispered to himself. He then kinda laughed. "Well i guess my folks house would of course be the only one to survive a nuclear disaster..."

He, out of respect for the dying Computers Batteries, Shut it down. Maybe he could stay here after they complete their mission. Its better than living in that damn Vault, and his dad would definantly be Okay with it. He turned and looked at the armor. He had NO idea how to use it, but to be frank, he was willing to learn how to use a Pair of Family Power Armor. I guess that would be interesting. He grabbed a small device about the size of a Toothpick, and placed it down onto the Desk the Computer sat on. A blip came up on his Pipboy Map and he Smiled.

He turned to Max and and shouted, "Lets Go. There is nothing for us down here." And he Hasted out of the House with Max. This would be something Worth Documenting. He exited the Garage Past Daedrin and Arron and looked up at the Vault with almost a new found Passion in his eyes.

Ancestory isnt Science, but its quite a Hell of a thing to Learn About.

Mi Ru documented what they found thus far in her notebook 'an old house not too far from the voult'. She made sure to stick close to her companions, she was told to keep watch, which she did, to the best of her ability.

She looked at Jacob as he came out of the house. "You look happy..." she murmured with a smile then looked around at the waist land.

it was really deserted around these parts, that was for sure... "the kids are going to have many questions for me, that's for sure..." she added with a laugh.

"Yea..." He smiled at Mi's Inquiries.

"Can i ask you something, something that you can keep of the records?" Jacob said as he turned to her and with that same Nervous look, but also some of curiosity.

Of course, Jacob, not having really ever engaged in the social procedure known as 'Conversation' didnt really realize, or care, How creepy what he just said. Of course he wasnt intending to do so, but it just came with low social Experiance.