Liberty Monument, Present Day

	Hal stepped out of the small room that served as a lobby for the pre-war obelisk. The outside was darker than inside, the blood red moonlight shining upon the entire Alaskan Wasteland. Storms were amassing in the north, and Hal knew they were snowstorms due to the white wall following them. Snowfall was heavy and fast in Alaska.
	"Well, I should head back to Vault 18 soon," Hal said to himself. "I'd rather not be caught in another blizzard. Still have the scars from last time."
	Hal turned to the steps and began to walk down onto the permafrost layer covering the real earth. He took a few steps, and the icy layer rumbled beneath him, cracking under his weight. He retreated back onto the steps and studied the ground. It was unstable now. Reluctantly, Hal went back into the Liberty Monument. He closed the doors and locked them, and he used his Pip-Boy 2000 to illuminate the entire area again.
	There was almost nothing of use in the obelisk. Aside from a few MRE rations he had brought, he was completely alone and unarmed out here. The world was going to leave him here, away from the Dwellers.
	"This is going to suck major -" His words were cut off by the snow pounding on the walls at 200 kph.