NinjaButterfly

Atomic Rain (Fallout)

"I will be fine, Basil," Jace said quickly, glaring at him slightly. "I will be okay for the night, really. Besides, I barely feel a thing." He grinned him to show emphasis. "Halfing it won't do a damn thing. You take this one and I will take a double dosage of rad-x; in the morning we will head straight for a doctor to cure my radiation.. Do not argu3ewith me because this is non-negotiable." Though he felt a migraine coming on and the silver filling in his tooth was buzzing painfully, he seemed unfazed by the pain as his tolerance to pain had been built up since a young age. He watched for a moment before pulling out a dry set of clothes for himself.

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Jace was a little awed when Basil picked up on his fear and scoffed. "I am not scared...just overly...vigilant." He actually couldn't believe he remembered that word. he wasn't one that was big on vocabulary, but remembered Basil reading that off of one of the useless computer notes he was so keen on finding.
He jumped slightly when another crack of thunder echoed over their heads and shared a sidelong glance at Basil. He had to admit only part of his fear was due to the storm...the other half was spent worried over Basil. The memory of Basil sick, lying in the bed near death was such a fresh wound in his mind that it felt as if it had happened yesterday. His own life meant hardly anything to himself, but he would take a shower of bullets for Basil and do so with a smile on his face.
A strong gale of wind knocked the wind out of Jace and he had to lean slightly into the wind to prevent from falling backwards. He grabbed onto Basil's shirt sleeve and started pulling him along to get there faster. There were only two homes standing, though lopsided from where they had begun to cave in and he picked the better of the two once they arrived.
Once they were in the safety from the rain and wind, he sighed heavily in relief and shoved off his pack, losing no time to rummage through it. He pulled out a dry pair of clothing and tossed it to Basil before rummaging deeper for some radaway. Through his relief, there was only one left and he didn't hesitate to hand it over to Basil.
"Take this and get on some warmer clothes," he instructed him in a low voice, staring at him intently. If it was for Basil, no amount of sacrifice was really a sacrifice. In the end, Basil was really the only person he had in his life. If something were to happen to him...he be as lost as the ghouls who tried to kill them.

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Jace kept his teeth clenched together to prevent them from chattering. The cold had long ago seeped to his bones and his feet had long ago lost their feeling due to the slush of rain and mud. Every step grew more difficult than the last and knew if they didn't find shelter soon, then they had the real possibility of getting hypothermia.
A distant rumble of thunder shocked him out of his stupor and made him wince. He shrugged his head further into his as if attempting to hide from the thunder but it looked like he was trying to cover more to retain body heat. Although he was a big guy who could fight an elephant and come out victorious, but one thing he couldn't stand was storms. It was quite a childish fear but he never had been able to curb the benign emotion.
"There used to be an abandoned settlement nearby a few years ago. Most of it collapsed to the ground, but there were a few houses that were standing, for the most part. Its worth a shot to get out of this rain. It is only a couple of miles from here." He looked over at Basil, slightly wide-eyed.

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Jace nodded, glad that Basil didn't want to stay and fight it like he had thought he would want to. "That would be our safest bet," Jace said as he grabbed his pack off the table. Now that he thought about it, it was stupid to leave his pack like that in case they were completely chased out of the vault; he wouldn't be making that mistake again in the future, though.
"By the way, make sure I don't do that again," he said as he threw his heavy pack over his head and onto his back. Sometimes he wished Basil was as strong as he was so he wasn't stuck carrying his own ninety pounds of gear plus Basil's extra forty pounds, but he kept his opinions to himself.

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Jace quickly shot at the Ghoul before he even realized it was a Glowing One. When he noticed it he cursed and cocked the charging handle of his gun. "Fall back now!" he said as he took another shot, but missed in his haste.

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"Nobody should never be talked down like that," Jace said, still staring in the direction they had ran off in. He was still breathing heavily as he started to come down from his adrenaline high from the fight, so his words were a little forced. Though he'd been heavily outnumbered and out-aged, he was taller than any of them and had more fighting experience. They all got in a few good punches on one another but Jace never had any back down when it came to a good fight. Besides, after only a few punches on the first two he had attacked, the others took off running and they soon followed suit. All bark and no bite, those idiots were.
Even though he was only thirteen, he had always been taller than any of the other kids, but a gentle giant, he was not. Ever since he'd been old enough to hold up a fist, he was getting into some sort of fight about anything he could conjure up the story for in his head. They wouldn't even allow him to attend school, anymore, ever since he got in a fight with the mayor's son and broke his nose; not that he didn't have it coming...
"They didn't hurt you, did they?" Jace finally turned to him and grabbed him by the shoulders, moving him around to look at the boy to see if they had roughed him up but didn't find any visible marks. He was actually surprised he wasn't crying for the hurtful things they had said about his dead mother. If Jace could remember his mother, he would have been in tears despite his tough guy persona.
Once he was satisfied that he hadn't been hurt, he grinned brightly at him. Blood was smeared on his front teeth where his lip had been busted and had a bruise setting in on his left cheek, but it didn't faze him at all. "Good thing I came along to help out. Always wanted to put that bunch in their place." He then extended his hand. "I'm Jace, by the way..."

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Name: Jace Colkin
Gender: male
Age: 24
Appearance:
Height: 6'3
Build: average size but muscular
Hair: dark brown hair that goes just past his shoulders; wears it in a short ponytail usually with his bangs hanging in his face because they are too short to stay in hairband.
Eyes: dark blue
Clothes: when working, wears a stained long-sleeved shirt that used to be white but after wearing it so long it has turned tan. A leather vest over the shirt (wears old pins on the jacket) with leather forearm covers and leather shoulder protectors. Dark brown, almost black pants with leather kneepads and shin protectors. Brown combat boots.
Other Traits: Fairly dark tan, surprisingly even considering he is usually only seen weaing long-sleeved shirts in his older age (because he tries hiding scars on his arms and torso) as a smattering of freckles on shoulders and back from sun exposure. Has a scar about two inches long under left eye where he was hit with a bat in a brawl.
Skillset: Good at using an array of weapons and using his fists. Knows quite a bit about survival skills, from water purification, navigation, hunting, shelter building, etc.
Weapons: trail carbine (no scope), baseball bat (the same one that gave him his scar)
Personality: Well, he definitely isnt the brains of the operation. He is a fighter and loves to brawl any chance he gets. Very protective of the ones he cares about and will do anything foe them, even kill. Frightening to most who don't know him and even when they do know him, some are afraid of him still. Rarely serious unless they are going into a dangerous situation. Has a good sense of humor, sometimes morbid.

Name: Kaye Delarosa
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Appearance:
Height: 5'2
Build: Slender and quite weak
Hair: Pixie cut with fiery red hair.
Eyes: Bright green
Clothing: Wears a merchant outfit that has a bandolier with pouches sewed to it draped on a shoulder. For col weather wears a long, grey wool coat that is worn and shows its use.
Skillset: Has impeccable agility, great at bartering,
Weapons(s): 10mm pistol, combat knife, Leith
Personality: She is typically a nice person...when she Isn't on the chems. Always looking for a good adventure and has an almost childish attitude towards it. Despises boredom and monotony and wants nothing more than to spice things up; this is why she takes chems.
Bio: Kaye's life growing up was quite simple...and boring. All her life she had stayed in Barrington, a large settlement just outside what used to be called Mobile, Alabama. Though it was large and had a lot of people, life there grew to become an endless routine for her. In order to spike her attention and do something new, she begun stealing things from her neighbors, trying to not get caught. She learned this from her favorite book, the book her father used to read to her every night as it reminded her of their life, "Oliver Twist." When she turned fifteen, that held no excitement anymore nor did anything in Barrington, so she did the most daring thing she could think of...she jumped on a brahmin of one of the travelling merchants, hid under a blanket, and went outside the walls for the first time in her life. This was the start of her new-found career.
She was found out in first few hours and with plenty of begging, the merchant allowed her to travel with him. When they got to the settlement where the merchant was from, she met with Butch and joined his caravan, receiving her own caravan at seventeen uears-old. And 5his was the story of her life now...until meeting Basil and Jace.

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The boys stared at Jace in silent contemplation, not knowing what to think of his sudden appearance. His expression was one that was filled with the intent of violence and they hesitated to say anything. After a minute, the supposed leader of the group stepped forward, crossing his fat arms over his chest in a failed attempt at looking tough.
"The hell did you say to me, boy?" He asked, eyes narrowed.
"I said leave him alone, you dick." Jace didn't hesitate to take a step forward; the other three stepped up to the others side in an attempt to make Jace run away.
"Why don't you just run along now before you get hurt. He ain't worth it."
"You ain't worth running away from," he snapped, balling his hands into fists. "How can you stand there and poke fun at a boy's dead mother? If you don't get like the dogs you are, then I will make sure you regret it."

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Jace walked over to the door slowly and pressed his ear to the cool metal to listen. He had done this when they first arrived at the vault to see what he could hear on the other side; the first time he'd heard only one voice groaning, but now there were two sets of groans. If he'd overlooked the second one earlier, then there could be a whole hoard in there without them ever knowing. After listening for a full minute or so, he turned to look at Basil, a serious expression etched on his features.
"There are at least two ghouls in there and there could possibly be more. You take the one farthest to the left and I will get the one on the right. If there happens to be more in there...run. Whatever is in there isn't worth our lives to find out, understand?" He lifted the gun to his shoulder and aimed it at the door. He nodded his head towards the door as a signal for Basil to open the door. Every muscle in his body tensed in anticipation, ready to spring like the bullet in the chamber of his gun. Though this was dangerous work, he took silent pleasure in a good fight...

It was one of the hottest days Jace had ever experienced in the long thirteen years of his life and it was almost intolerable. The hot, humid days were merely typical life for those who lived in the Deeper South. Ever since the bombs had dropped nearly three-hundred years prior, the southern part of the United States seemed to fall closer to the equator; Jace didn't know if that was the truth but he'd heard those rumors since he'd been old enough to remember and believed it just as the other southerners had. Whatever happened after the nuclear winter lifted, the south became so hot it was almost unbearable and the humidity could drain the life out of a person in mere hours if not properly hydrated. To most out west it seemed unfathomable for anyone to want to live out here, but they thought the same about the people out west; at least there was more green life around these parts.
Night was quickly descending one day and Jace was running home in the hurry of his life. His curfew had passed over an hour ago and he knew his father would use his hide as the new welcome mat for the front door. As he was on his way, though, loud laughter and jeering brought him to a slow standstill. Till this day he didn't know what possessed him to stop, but he followed the noise almost in a trance. Once the voices had grown louder, he stopped and stayed hidden behind the last corner, listening to see what had caught the group's attention.
"-your momma probably didn't even want you to begin with! She was right to leave this world. Probably didn't want to put up with her weird-ass son!" More laughter ensued.
"Hey! That's enough!" he yelled as he walked around the corner, hands balled into fists. Once he gauged the situation, he noticed there were four guys, a little older than himself, taunting a kid who may have been a few years younger than all of them.