"Well I'd have liked better news." Dallas laughs humorlessly to Riley. He kept his eyes on the metal device, possibly expecting it to spring to life and attack them. It was part of Blake after all. "Listen,i already feel bad enough lying to dustyn about this meeting with you. I'm telling him before dinner. Rip the band aid off all at once. Who knows? Maybe being in here will soften the blow for dustyn? " Dallas says with a slight nod of his head. To quote the made for tv edit of a famous movie, Dallas was sick and tired of these monkey fighting synths in this monday to Friday wasteland! When Riley speaks his other concerns,Dallas stops and leans against a wall. His eyes roam for cameras or anything of the sort but he comes up with nothing. If they were anywhere else,Riley might have a point. But he couldn't help but think riley was slightly distrustful. Cassie was prewar and probably subscribed to the unspoken rule of leaving fellow pre war people alone. But....once spoken, Riley's words began to take root in dallas' mind . "well....now that you say it..." Dallas starts off,now looking out the med bay windows at passing dwellers suspiciously. " I never spoke to either of those women before today. The only interaction i had was...er....um...dustyn bought some things from them for our wedding." Dallas says deeply blushing. It was still weird speaking about personal stuff to people he knew prewar. " dustyn said he mainly dealt with Karoliena
But She was an absolute angel according to him." Dallas says happily remembering the before times.

Billy has a point. Erich tosses his head from side to side in thought. He still wasn't tickling Billy. Mainly because his target for tickling was armpits and it seems Billy finds them gross. " hey,you don't take care of yourself out there and do the diabetic coma thing again? Im fucking those armpits of yours. So stock up on gumdrop." Erich says with wink and and grunt. There was enough to worry about out there without Billy not taking care of himself. If some armpit fucking was what would keep his diet at the front of billys mind, so be it.

Erica is oddly proud that billy wants something she had. She trots along woth her head held highly. Sounds like she was far more successful in the sexual department than Billy,Erich,and nina. A cavity search,a short fingering? Tomato/tomato. Cassie definitely lingered. That was Erica's story and she was sticking to it

The diner was full of grumbling old timers,several kids running around,and some random people playing cards. The served meal tonight was suspiciously normal looking beef. Potatoes (baked and mashed) corn,and various other vegetables. Nothing was mutated or deformed. It was like the war never happened in this cafeteria. Several cheerful vault dwellers would serve trays to people standing in line. At the sound of billy's voice ,Karoliena lifted her head. She did not appreciate foulness in her diner.

Karoliena's eyebrows jutted sharply inwards,ready to tongue lash someone. Unlike Cassie,Karoliena looked exactly as she always did. With one exception: she was a natural blonde and had stopped dyeing her hair. "Bi...billy Kahn?!" She asks in surprise. He was literally the last person she expected to see...that is until she saw Erica,Erich,and nina. " oh my fucking god." She gasps and nearly jumps over the counter to greet them.
An elderly man make a disapproving sound at Karoliena's own foulness. She paid him no mind. Her kitchen,her rules. Plus,she was sleeping with the overseer. Once on the other side of the counter,she hugged and kissed all three over and over again. " Cassie said she had a surprise for me,but holy shit!" She exclaims happily.

"Of course you're still as beautiful as ever." Erica says sourly. Even after total nuclear annihilation,Karoliena didn't have a hair out of place.

"Oh shut the fuck up,ya little street urchin" Karoliena grins to erica before hugging her. She adored erica. Even now when Erica's deeds were well known to her. If Karoliena didn't have responsibilities,she probably would be right beside erica out there.

Seeing Karoliena was safe and as full of life as ever,Erich had to lean against a roof support to hold himself up. After all this,the idea of Karoliena seemed as far away as a hallucination. But here she was and she didn't seem fucked up or anything. Karoliena hugged erich tightly and he leaned his head down and kissed her forehead. She was here and real. "Um...hi." He finally said awkwardly. He was terrible at such things and the nagging feeling of this moment not being worth other people's lives crept into Erich's head.

Dallas looks around at the vault around them. It seems in good repair and the door was sealed behind them. They should be able to sleep soundly tonight. Security seemed ballsy as well. But he had doubts on their reliability. The group they had could probably take over the vault if they wished. "Yeah ...i know all about getting comfortable and complacent." Dallas mutters. Unless dustyn had spoke to Riley, the incident with the girls remained a secret. If dallas had been paying attention,they wouldn't have gotten the jump on he and dustyn. Dallas grunts as he stands and walks over to unlock the door. " let's keep our eyes open." He whispers and walks out the door first. " let's see what these vault people call food. If it's Salisbury steak; i am going to be pissed." He half jokes. He says this loud enough so that passersby don't think he and riley are up to anything. " heck, if its hot,I'll even be happy with Salisbury steak." He chuckles.

Once the moment of joy is over,Karoliena remembers Billy is an asshole and she doesn't much care for him. But in a general way she's happy to see him. Much like seeing a bird almost get hit by a car. One is relieved it's ok,but wouldn't be too shaken up if it was killed. " only dwellers i haven't seen in centuries get this treatment. " Karoliena says,looking over the faces of her friends. Karoliena groups with the rest and they hit the food line as well. " you don't have to fill me in too much,Erich." Karoliena says flatly. She and Cassie have spent a lot of time in the vault, but there seems to be a distinct lack of children around Karoliena. " only eris remains." She says quietly. She felt erich should know as eris is biologically his, but she felt guilty mentioning this. Eris was takara's best friend and she assumed takara was gone. Erica woildnt be the way she is otherwise.

Erich uncaps a bottle of nuka cola and slowly drinks it,savoring the first cold beverage he's had in months. It almost burned going down. Of course ,that could be radiation. At first erich was going to just say they had a long walk to vault 81 and leave it at that. But,it'd be an insult to the good people they lost. "We lost Oscar,mariko,Rueben,Joshua,and both of billy's brothers." Erich says,looking down at the bottle. The guilt welled up inside as He added, "and Blake went batshit insane. But he's dead now." Erich says in a distant voice.

Karoliena stops and weighs Erich's words. She looks from person to person and imagines what went on during the journey here. She puts her tray down and is silent for a moment. " why? To see me? Erich...you got those people killed for basically nothing. I'm happy to see you ,but the cost...." She says aghast.

Erich nods and drinks his nuka cola,stewing over what Karoliena had said. He wasn't as hurt as one would expect from her words. As always,Karoliena would tell erich exactly what he needed to hear. "Things spiraled out of control pretty damned quickly. " he explains.

Erica was quiet as she listened to what was going on. Erich and Karoliena had a strange sort of relation to each other,but she understood it. Karoliena wasn't being cruel,she was being honest. " shit fucking happens. It isn't like any of us out there are going to grow old." She says blissfully indifferent and takes a bite out of a roll.

While things are tense at the moment,they all turn and look at the shirtless dustyn grabbing potatoes, who already looks like he's smuggling potatoes in his vault suit as is.

Dallas gives a dirty laugh and widens his eyes at Riley's remark. "I can imagine. If i wasn't so set on mending minutemen/Brotherhood fences , i would probably have to give you shit for that too...or whip it out." Dallas chuckles. If a person didn't instantly think penis after Riley's words,well then something was wrong with that person. Dallas felt oddly at home here. It was not unlike some areas of the airship. The drone of the filtration system even sounded like the airship if Dallas closed his eyes. But the little touches everywhere reminded him this was vault Tec construction. In retrospect,their cheery little logo man seemed like he was taunting the survivors. As they walk towards the hustle and bustle of the diner ,Dallas can already hear pre war voices. With enough traveling he could pick out prewar voices ou5 of a crowd. There was a longing there that modern people didn't have . He watches dustyn for a few seconds and slowly smiles. He loved dustyn immensely and it warmed his heart to see dustyn happy." Give the man a potato and he's a happy camper. We may have to annex the vault's potato supply." Dallas laughs before letting it fade. There was unfortunate business to attend to. " I guess you should be there.i kind of want everyone to know." Dallas says with determination.

" Yeah." Erich agrees with Billy. " I actually had a little argument with Joshua over the amount of people we were bringing." Erich sighs. Joshua would have loved this place. He could have argued with Cassie or something. He deserved to have seen the end of the journey.

Karoliena was slightly confused about the motivation of Billy. It seemed at first he was blaming Erich. Whatever. That was a train wreck she didn't wish to investigate. " I feel like kind of a let down after all that. I do wish i could make It feel like it was worth it" Karoliena says,thoroughly losing her appetite. Karoliena sighs and takes Erich's hand. " i am happy to see you. All of you." She reiterates. They couldn't change what happened,so why dwell on it? That was the postwar motto,right? Karoliena changes the subject from death to life." Do you like the food? It is exactly wjat it looks like. No mutfruit or Brahmin meat here. That is real apple pie and real beef. Well,real as in lab grown. Our eris is quite the genius. " Karoliena states proudly.

"Eris? Isn't she like 5?" Erica asks sharply. Eris had been her daughter's best friend and she wasn't fond of remembering takara.

"Add 20 years,erica." Karoliena says patiently. Eris,like Cassie seemed to have thawed years earlier. "Long story very short: Cassie,Jody,and eris thawed ages ago. The twins...didnt live through the thawing process. Cassie joined the Brotherhood. Eris and Jody were raised in the ruins of the Pentagon. Eris became a scientist and jody was a knight."

"Brotherhood?! Where's the door?" Erica says,placing her fork down. She wanted nothing from those assholes. She didn't care who they were in the past,Brotherhood was an enemy.

Nina also bristles at the Brotherhood mention. " probably need to take another shower,love." She quips to Erica.

Karoliena is unbothered and takes a small sip of water. " D.C. Brotherhood is far different than the Nazis we have here. They actually helped people. ..at least until that fucked maxon took over. That airship they ride around on? They doomed an entire settlement when they stole the reactor they power it with." Karoliena says distastefully. She doesnt say it,but this change in ideology is what caused the summerses to leave D.C..

Erica,satisfied with the answer, goes back to eating. Erich briefly thinks about how eris is technically his daughter. He smiled as he looked at the overflowing food in the diner She turned out well. Not like Marlene. Perhaps his genes weren't destined destined for making the world worse. Erich looks over at dustyn when he speaks. " hey, dustyn! Don't out beef the table. Mooooooooo" he cackles. He was done being serious. Seriousness took too much out of him.

Dallas does notice Riley with his piles of meat. It probably was nigh impossible to be vegan these days. Dallas hated veggies when they were normal. He loathed them witu their spongy and gristle like texture now. One could literally taste the cancer. No thanks. Besides, protein built muscle and he needed that. "Contain?" Dallas chuckles. " we could just grab him and heft him out if he gets too rambunctious. But yeah, I see your point. He may not want strangers knowing his business." Dallas agrees. It was a new world, but most vault dwellers didn't live with daily kill or be killed decisions. " I guess we'll do it before bed." Dallas says to Riley, wanting to get this over with. He had lied to dustyn and now he was keeping knowledge from him.

Inside the cafeteria it was noisy and cheerful .it certainly wouldn't be beyond a vault to have drugged air to make people happy. But maybe it was just good food. Dallas rocks with the force from dustyn running over and hugging him. All it did was make Dallas feel shitty. He was probably going to crush this happiness right out of dustyn when they finally talked. Dallas hugs dustyn very tightly, wanting this level of happiness to last." You're telling me you wouldn't be suspicious if Riley and I both came back fresh and clean?!" Dallas jokes to dusty. Dallas already assumes the rest of their party has made carnal use of the showers. He remembered the lusty lennys he was traveling with. " cute? Im dashing and handsome. You're cute." Dallas retorts to dusty . dallas always associated cute with being small,and Dallas was rather broad now. But he appreciated the compliment. Dallas pinches dustyn's exposed nipple with his still grubby finger. " I couldn't imagine why they are staring at you." Dallas roars with laughter before leaning in close and whispering," careful one doesn't capture you and want a pot of gold. How many irish voices do you think they've heard?" Irish Accents were rare these days aside from the Boston variant. And let's face it,that one wasn't fooling anyone.

Karoliena shakes her head at billys question. "It would be nice,but no." She replies simply. " the process requires so much energy that only a vault reactor can provide it. It's also so labor intensive,poor eris has a full time job sweating over terminals editing out defective DNA. Something like one out of every 6 billion cell divisions provides a defective DNA strand. These strands need to be physically removed. You also need a vault to shield the process from residual radiation so that the environment doesn't damage the dna as well." She further explains. It was a lot of needless information,but she wanted no misgivings about how feasible this would be on a massive scale like the world needed. One also needed an eris. While exceedingly clever,eris wrote nothing down and she had little patience to teach anyone how to do it. In reality,eris had basially discovered the institute's process of making third gen synth bodies on her own. Her process was far simpler and slightly more crude. Entire, functioning organisms didn't need to be made. Just the flesh.

In a 180 from her rather detailed reply regarding the likelihood of making a business out of food,Karoliena suddenly plays the ignorant housewife. " oh Riley,i don't know anything about that." She replies,sounding like edilih trying to figure out how the indentations in waffles work. She follows this with a look that is unmistakably saying " you mind your business and I'll mind mine." Her wife was the overseer and Karoliena was a bit more than just the head chef here. She wasn't taking the chance of letting any information out as far as defenses or where the lab was located. " chocolate cake,anyone?"

Ooc: flavor post
conversation between erich and Karoliena before everyone went to bed down.

Erich: Karoliena...can i ask you something?

Karoliena:sure. Ask away.

Erich: can...can i stay here?

Karoliena:*quiet for a long time.* of course,Erich. You are always welcome wherever i am. But why? Its fucking dull here. If not for eris and her work? Cassie and i would leave.

Erich: leave? It's a god damned nightmare out there. I told you all the people we lost. The people we killed.

Karoliena: Erich. I know how it is. I've done it. *Karoliena lifts her shirt to display a spiderweb of scars over her torso* as the old saying goes. You should have seen the other guy. Living here is like being in a comfortable prison. You'd hate it.

Erich: but i hate it out there too.

Karoliena: people like us have no real place anymore.

Erich: so why do you stay? Eris is an adult now.

Karoliena: she needs people to protect her if she's ever to complete her work. She's looking to save us all. She is trying to rediscover how the old vault Tec g.e.c.k's were made. With that? Radiation will be gone. Life will begin anew. Security here?! Pssh. These bastards have never really been tested. So cassie and i must stay to watch over things.

Erich :* takes a moment to wrap his head around the grandiose plans happening somewhere in this vault. Also,it never occurred to him that Karoliena and Cassie actually wanted to leave.* I'm scared,Karoliena. Killing is easy and...almost enjoyable. I've told you how Blake was. I don't want to be that. Or as damaged as Erica is. She's my friend, but...she isn't right. Like,at all.

Karoliena: Erich, you'll never be like Blake. You simply arent that bitter. You probably STILL wont say Ada is a bitch. You'll never be Erica because you aren't really attached to anyone who wasn't killed ages ago. Like i said,you're welcome to stay,but i give you three months before you're itching to go back outside.










Ooc: real post

Dallas mentally throws a lamp at Riley. The idea of telling dustyn in the diner was so Dallas wouldn't be alone in telling dustyn. While certainly brave,Dallas would prefer not to be the bearer of bad news. Dallas was laying in the bed,arms behind his head and mentally remembering every part of this bed on his body. The bed feels brand new. Like.old world new. He lets out a huge sigh and takes a deep breath of the far more pleasant air around him. "Yeah. I smell scrumptious now. I hear my man is very lucky to have me." Dallas laughs and tries to forget what he has to say to dustyn. He only makes a little sound in reply to dustyn going over the day he had. But he does watch closely as dustyn struggles with the vault suit. The ankles did look hard to fit through the tight cuffs. Dallas didn't want to baby dustyn,so he was merely concerned if dustyn fell over. That could open the sound once more. Luckily it didn't come to that and dustyn asked for help. Dallas lets out a little grunt as he sits up to help. He was freshly showered ,so he hadn't put on his suit yet. Only a towel provided his modesty. " you're hurt,or else I'd tickle the fuck out of those toes." Dallas says,leaning over to inspect the ankle part and slip it over dustyn's foot. While he was here,he did miss dustyn's feet lightly. A little something to take off the sting that was coming. " Um..dust?" Dallas starts,fiddling with the vault suit unsuccessfully. " there is something you should....god damn,this suit is REALLY on there.. There is something that Riley told me,as showed me..holy hell,do these suits even come off once they go on? I swear that fucking erin or whatever designed these things. Blake was a synth. Look, Riley picked this out of his head" Dallas finally blurts out and pulls the component out of his yet to be worn vault suit. The device seems colder and heavier than Dallas remembered.

In the other room erich and company settled for the night. Erich watched out the little window as people passed by. Who were they? What were their lives like? Could Cassie and Karoliena actually be cruel overlords who kept these people under their thumbs by controlling the food supply? Venturing his mind within the four walls around him,his thoughts were more : why have I seen so much named Billy? Erich was sleeping in his clothes as he still had some old world modesty left. But erich still hooted and hollered at billy standing on the bed. " vertibird. Vertibird.virtibird .
vertibird" he chants at billy and making a circular motion with his own hips.

Nina,on the other hand found a nice vaultec robe in the cabinet. There was only one and she was claiming it. Wearing nothing under it made her feel more alluring than she could ever remember. Feeling old world feminine was hard in this scummy and dirty world. She giggles at naked Billy. " it's Michelangelo's David,but better hung,loves.." She makes a face and fans the room after billys fart. " you can forget vault sex with me now,fucking gross." She laughs and pretends to gag. No matter the culture or scenario,farts are funny.

Ooc: other flavor post i didn't have time for yesterday.

Erica had stayed to help wash dishes after the meal. She mainly did it because she was bored stiff. Karoliena had already left to speak with Erich. As erica finished up,among some confused vault dwellers. The erica Hess they were cleaning the diner with wasn't the one they heard stories about. Cassie watches erica for a moment and waits until the other dwellers leave before smiling and speaking to her.

Cassie: still pissed about earlier?

Erica: *slightly startled* oh, Cassie. Nice of you to finally join us.

Cassie: I always end up eating a late dinner. I AM overseer. Taking care of 100 something people is fairly time comsuming. The work never seems to end. It's almost like managing you guys back in the day. *laughs*

Erica:* laughs as well.* probably not as fun though.

Cassie: not by a long shot. So...are you still mad at me?

Erica: nah. I understand. At least you let me in. Most settlements fear me too much.

Cassie: they don't know you like we do.* she giggles*

Erica:* instantly grabs a steak knife and grabs Cassie,holding the knife to her ribs. Do you,really? Do you? I could kill you right now. *presses the knife harder so it punctures the vault suit*

Cassie: *calmly* im not scared of you,Erica. Kari and i's quarters in 15 minutes?













Dallas looks around the room and at their squeaky clean bodies. On The airship,showers were frequent, but the water felt different. There was a grit that just couldn't be filtered out. So he rarely felt clean in the old sense of the word. " the lack of sun would drive me nuts. I don't know how these weirdos do it." Dallas says while moving his legs side to side to feel the clean linen. It didn't make sense to him how these people in particular lived. They had technology which could change the world but they were sitting on it because it "wasn't ready." It was horribly selfish in dallas ' mind. But he guessed it was their choice to make. For now,just enjoy the comforts they did have. "Yeah...a synth. Like mariko" Dallas says to Dusty. Who didn't give the reaction he was expecting at all. He used mariko as an example as that was the only other confirmed synth they had experienced. Dallas let dustyn lay back quietly and didn't attempt to touch or comfort him. He actually wasn't sure if dustyn would freak out at being touched. When dusty finally did speak,Dallas sort of wished he did react in a loud and inconsolable manner. The wasteland had crushed another gentle soul and he hated the place even more. "Yes you will." Dallas says confidently and pats dustyn's leg. As much as he internally didn't like what he was hearing, it would be selfish to want things to go back normal. Dustyn stood a far better chance in the wasteland now.

"Sounds like you just finished." Erich laughs at the sound bill makes getting into the bed. " you're sleeping in that wet spot.' He adds. Erich did enjoy the feeling of the sheets on his exposed skin. He still wasn't exsctly sure if he was leaving the vault or not. Karoliena made a good case, but it was so comfortable in here.

"It smells like a ghoul climbed into a mutant's armpit. Died and then started to fester." Nina says,still waving her arms to dispel the smell. While farts were funny,the smell was not." I doubt Karoliena or Cassie ripped one off before hand. Dallas probably didn't either. Dusty...well,I've heard stories,love. So maybe he tooted. " Nina says,wrapping her robe tighter around herself. " I should fuck erich and make you watch as punishment." She tells Billy, looking around for a nob to turn up the air filtration

" i gotta say,I rather like Nina's idea." Erich chuckles

dallas considered dustyns words as his beard was stroked. he liked when dustyn did this. it gave all the thoughtful hair rustling as stroking one's beard thoughtfully but without all the work. "yeah. i guess we are going to be just fine." dallas says almost distant in thought. it was strange to think of his dustyn as prepared to kill. but on one hand,it did take a lot of his mind. if dustyn was ready to defend himself,the world wouldnt chew him up and spit him out. dallas lazily ran his fingers through dustyn's hair,letting it fall through his fingers before picking it back up again.it was almost seductive laying here with dustyn and knowing they were probably safe. no maniacs were going to burst through the door and try to murder them. it was quiet. it almost felt like nothing had ever happened outside these walls. the light sensation of dustyn's touch was nearly putting dallas to sleep,but the sound of dustyn's voice stirred him back to being awake. dustyn would indeed need training. its farily easy to hit a target at point blank range. but there was a lot to hitting a distant target. not to mention weapon maintenance. some of this they could get in nightly on the way back home. a few hours a day target shooting and learning how to fight would go a long way. dallas merely nods that he will to dustyn .

"oh hey,riley." dallas says looking up. "yup. dustyn is ready to do what he needs to do." dallas says proudly. he had decided to just go with it. wanting innocent and gentle dustyn was as realistic as finding an old cell phone and expecting to make a call with it. some things were just gone forever.

nina crosses her arms in her comfy robe and scoffs, "racist?! i think YOU'RE the racist one for farting in here with us,love. as a w.a.s.p,i feel specifically targeted." she nods and gives a little hrumph as she sticks her nose in the air...the still farty air. the usually blue collar nina can sound right stuffy and uppity when she wants to. and she wants to. mainly for humorous effect. a fart still smells better than about 59 percent of the wasteland.

erich cringes when the beard touches him. "ew ew ew. it feels like summer camp all over again." he jokes while writhing under the covers. body hair is mainly why erich couldnt exclusively do the sex with males thing. it wasnt his thing at all. "its like a steel wool pad being rubbed on me." he wails.

nina watches this from her chair and shakes her head. these two..these two were going to be the death of her. it was like like prewar erica,but split into two people. she merely raises an eyebrow and says slowly,"im not coming on anything until this smell is gone."

dallas sort of nods with a quizzical look on his face to answer riley's question. dallas had seen enough people crack,and dustyn didnt seem to be one of those people. it seems like an eternity ago but dallas had his moment early in the brotherhood. killing and seeing people being killed wasnt exactly easy for most prewar people to wrap their head around. it could take time to accept that reality. with riley safely tucked in their room,barring any crazed vault dwellers,they could finally get some much needed sleep. dallas smiles proudly as dustyn speaks to riley. his man was strong,just not in the flipping cars over sort of way. dustyn would be ok. he's like an old timex watch,takes a licking and keeps on ticking. "you know,up until recent events i didnt think scott's voice as all that bad." dallas jokes. it was far easier to joke about a man that was dead. even though scott could have been the death of them all.

dallas really didnt think dustyn was going to be serious about that ummm...brotherhood minutemen union. so dallas looks a bit surprised and pauses the playing with dustyn's hair. he looks from riley to dustyn and back again. it wasnt exactly something dallas would dislike. "well..it wont be official or anything. i am not returning to the airship or brotherhood after this." he states far too formally. he was playing it for laughs,but he couldnt go back to the brotherhood. he was sort of torn on the whole synth question. blake was evil as can be. but the real one kind of was too. he and dustyn probably would have had no issue with erica and nina over mariko if he wasnt brotherhood. mariko just wanted to live her life and the brotherhood demanded that she didnt. granted,it was a raider life not too unlike blake's but he knew she and her sister werent always this way. it was easier to give them moral leniency. "well.." dallas starts looking over the situation and smirking." dear penthouse,i am an ex brotherhood knight at a small midwestern college..." he chuckles and moves over so riley can fit in the narrow vaut tec bed. this would take some finnagling,but it couid be done.





"i do NOT" fart." nina states categorically." and comparing me to those fuckers is the fastest way to bring out the dominatrix in me." nina says while getting up to approach billy. her hand shoots out and grabs a handful of um..billy. not hard enough to hurt,but firm enough to know she means business."or is this what you want,love?"" she says,leaning in close to his ear and whispering. she then giggles and lets go. "ive had romps in far smellier situations." she grins and hops on the bed. literally. in a city like goodnieghbor,there was always some sort of smell around. be it the light decay smell of ghouls or the piss in the streets.ah, home.

"i am delicate."erich agrees with billy while laughing. he turns over on his back in the bed and lightly caresses billy's neck. it had hair on it,but erich could manage. "nah,you can stay. you're like a cute bulldog that just happens to fart all the time. so i'll just ignore the odor and pet you." he grins and starts petting billy's beard. "who's my bristly baby?" he asks in baby talk.

nina sees this and worms her way in between them. "nope nope nope. i was cheated out of this in the shower,loves. i am not losing it now."

dallas had actually never really thought of riley in a sexual way. he was pretty devoted to dusytn so never had a wandering eye. especially around dustyn;s bandmates. but if it was going to happen,riley was the obvious choice. oscar was sadly no more. as was scott. not to mention scott was an asshole. and billy....well,certain feelings werent going away easily. the experience was something else,that was for sure.if he didnt know bette,he would have assumed this was NOT riley's first time with men. he didnt ask though as some people may not like to be called on it. the wasteland certainly operated on an any port in a storm mentality. several of the brotherhood had been...initimate with ghouls. there were records on it. which always made dallas wonder: were they normal ghouls or feral ghouls? some folks did like a challenge.dallas breathes deeply as he tries to catch his breath,he gives both his partners a final kiss and sighs. "well i guess im recruited for the minutemen now?" dallas chuckles to riley. while he was joking,it would be a waste of his training and abilities to end up as a diamond city gaurd. especially since he was fairly certain he overheard erich saying something about killing the mayor for Joshua. that probably wasnt a thing a guard should keep under his hat. dallas does laugh at the feet revelation. he puts his feet on top of dustyn's and squeezes his foot with the toes. "we all have our kinks. dustyn is far more than a man with a huge dong! hes got cute feet,you know!"" dallas playfully scolds. this was great. it felt like the camaraderie that erich,billy,and nina had. who knew debauchery was the glue that held them together?

in spite of her bold claims,nina quickly lost the urge to go full porn star in the room. the safety was really the most orgasmic thing going. in spite of her two partners,neither could beat the feeling of knowing there was pretty much no way anything was getting to them. there was simply no urgency to get in all the fun possible before death took them. she was actually the first one asleep.her head rested on erich's shoulder and her arm held billy close to her. in spite of her being upset about billy's brothers and the gallons of blood she had waded through recently.nina was as cold as erica in one respect: she could sleep like a baby.

nina had fallen asleep pretty quickly and using his shoulder as a pillow.their night was far more sweet than it was outrageous. there would be plenty of time for full on fun later. the actions with billy and nina were something different,something rarer these days. anyone could do a quickie behind a corvega,but cuddling? that was something to be treasured. it was hot in the bed,in spite of the vault's ice cold a/c. that was one the reasons erich wanted to stay. a/c was ubiquitous in his life pre war. one would have to be insane to try living in south florida without it.

billy's screaming wakes erica and nina. firstly nina,who's first instinct on being woken like that is to strike. she punches erich right in the eye. on the upside,he isnt groggy anymore. on the downside? itll definitely be a black eye in the morning." shit! i am sooo sorry,love." she winces in the dark. "billy...the fuck are you screaming for love...and why is the bed soaked? did erich stick it in your butt while we were sleeping?" she chuckles.

erich makes a sarcastic laugh to nina before also asking what was up with billy. in a much kinder way. "you all right? i nearly shit myself."

dallas bats dustyn's willy like a cat. " you better hope it doesnt get bigger. people could start thinking you're some sort of new species of mutant...and i dont think i could convince them,or myself otherwise." dallas cracks up before relaxing back into the bed. briefly,he wonder just what the rest of the vault is up to. karoliena had a point when she said there wasnt much else to do down here.

dallas couldnt help but laugh at the suddenly demure Riley,but he understood there was a time and place for everything. dustyn's willy was a great thing to see in the bedroom,not so much at aunt martha's funeral. "well,i always did respect someone who puts their money where their mouth is. i get it though, licking something is so much more normal than putting a toe in there. the cramps alone until you build up dexterity." dallas says with an exaggerated shake of his head. dallas gives a little squeal when his butt is slapped and returns the favor..to dustyn. to any onlookers in the shadows,this would look like a naked version of a three stooges sketch." i think the future could bode well for this collaboration. i think dust and i may need further research before we withdraw the minuteman talk." he says with a wink. he could get used to the occasional bit of fun like this.

dallas shrieks loudly when dustyn climbs over him. "ew,it feels like a fleshy sock!" he laughs and cups dustyn for a better feel. dallas of course obliges dustyn's wishes and lets him get in between. dallas has to scooch over some in order for everyone to be comfy. he yelps when the cold steel of the wall touches his butt. "you better appreciate this,dust. i think my ass is getting frostbite over here."


"a few doses of med-x will help that,love. knock you right out." nina says and yawns. she stretches briefly and gets up to get a drink from an open bottle of nuka. it was rare to get a good night's sleep anymore anyway. why should this night be any different. she made awkard eye contact at the vault security guy who was looking through their window. he was probably wondering what the non sexual scream was about. nina was still nude,but didnt care if she was seen. maybe it'll be the bright part of that man's life. she was awake and that was that now.

erich sits up in the bed and rubs billy's shoulders. he wasnt sure really what to do. he wasnt exactly skilled when it came to dealing with people who were upset. he understood why billy would have a hard time sleeping. this also made him wonder about himself. his concern of turning into another erica felt more likely. he was sleeping fine, it was a matter of out of sight,out of mind for him. but hearing talk about josh did sadden him. he draws himself up in the bed and sits with his back against the cold cold wall."joshua was a good man. he always was." erich says ,leaning his head back against the wall with a light thunk sound,