Vault 104 [Action Post]

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[Catherine was standing just inside of the entrance to the Ari Apartments in the morning, just before work. At first, she'd stop and push a few buttons on her Pip-Boy before looking like she was going to leave... only stopping just before taking that first step. She looked outside, backed away from the doors, and looked around, quietly looking for

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[fearcutsdeeper]

[On one of her occasional trips to the apartments to procure food, Arya, ever-attentive, notices Catherine just standing there, and stops to regard her with mild interest.]

What are you doing?

[survival_101]

Uh. Making sure I haven't forgotten anything.

[fearcutsdeeper]

[Waits.]

You must have a lot of things to keep track of.

[survival_101]

I try.

[fearcutsdeeper]

You can't possibly have that much stuff here. Nobody does.

And what's that on your arm?

[survival_101]

[Totally ignoring that first bit for now.]

What, the Pip-Boy? It's an arm-mounted computer, for the most part. Only most of it's broken at the moment. Stupid thing.

LATE, sorry~

[fearcutsdeeper]

A... computer? What's that?

[Trying to surreptitiously inch forward to get a better look at this weird thing now.]

[survival_101]

It's... hell, how am I going to explain this. It's a machine that can, uh, pretty much do anything with the right programs. This one's kinda limited, but it stores maps, functions as a radio, and you can turn it into a flashlight if necessary. It does a lot more than that, but a lot of it's just junk data at the moment.

Aaaand that flew totally over this poor medieval child's head.

[fearcutsdeeper]

...

[Slow nod. She's trying to keep up the indifferent aura, but the constant staring at it in utter curiosity wondering how on earth that even works doesn't really help.]