If you are reading this, then you are witnessing a miracle.
At first, I must have been dead, or dreaming. It was as if I was staring at myself in 3rd person.... I could select and change anything about my appearance ranging from what I would believe to be the latest hair trends, to the many intricate and eye catching tattoos and face paints. I chose a modest face for myself and added a beard, chose some clothes I felt were rather befitting of me, and was suddenly in the awkward position to name myself. Perhaps this was the first step in my genetic "creation" process. After choosing a sufficient name and being pleased overall with what I looked like something miraculous happened.
When I first awoke, I was a little disoriented, hidden away in what seemed to be some underground bunker of some sort. Later I was to find out that it was the Hoover Dam, but I guess it looks different from the inside.
Almost immediately there was a womans voice... seemingly in my head, urging me to access a computer terminal. I did as I was instructed, and it turned out she was rather helpful, helping me cope with the simple things in life such as walking, picking things up, opening doors, and -- in the off chance I needed to -- attacking random strangers with makeshift weaponry.
Following her sage advice I meandered my way through the corridors with an axe until I was instructed to kill a few people, where shortly after I picked up a machine gun, and then happily traded it for pistols akimbo. (dual pistols). I was also glad that the clothes I happened to be wearing allowed for almost all the weapons I picked up to be strapped onto my body for easy switching. My back held my my board and my machine gun, my legs slots held my handguns perfectly.
As I followed her instructions to the letter she led me into some situations that ranged anywhere from helping some ninja-like characters kill a mob of people, to healing and protecting some other people I ran into on my way to my destination (wherever that may be), to having to sneak by some strange mutated animals without being seen. At one point I was even encouraged to pick up a rocket launcher to fire at some large dastardly mutant with a humongous sword. For all I know he could have been a nice family-mutant, who's job was just to stand around with a big sword all day, but as I was already following orders blindly I was happy to fire a few rockets at him. For someone who really had only been alive for a short amount of time, it was as if I was dropped directly into a war zone.
Lastly I was told there was a bomb somewhere. Where was it? I'm not sure, everything was moving so fast.... take the ATV she said? Sure, I'd love to get the hell out of there... the Bomb is on the ATV? She wanted me to drive the bomb out of the Dam? I guess I should at least try.
As I mounted the ATV and drove it at breakneck speed out of an enormous tunnel littered with debris, mutants, and other various hostiles, I could see the counter on the bomb clearly. It was counting down from 2 minutes..... I raced faster.... swerving between debris, barely noticing where I was going... 1:00 .. I don't know where the time went, this tunnel is so long. 15 seconds.... Is that the exit up ahead, or just another turn?
My last memory was the explosion... an enormous white light emanating from the bomb, and then, I was gone.
I love these in character posts. Keep up the good work. Almost makes me want to play the game.
Tue Oct 06 2009 9:57PMGood read. Keep it up!!
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