The Streets Of Old Olney

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

The door that opens from Milliways leads to a gray and dusty landscape across which the fingers of the dawn are just starting to spread. Actually, no. Too poetic. The sun's coming up over one of those landscapes which would probably look a lot better in the dark. This is a land where the trees are sparse, shriveled, and black; where rock and

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[venusadept_2]

Felix isn't very good at long-range fighting, so while other people have been shooting at Deathclaws he's been taking a careful look around.

And it seems he's found something.

"This might be it," he calls. "It's a hole leading down, and I think I see a ladder."

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"Oh, fantastic," says Ellen, tromping over to have a look. One armored hand touches the side of her helmet, switching on the lamp; she peers down into the hole.

"You know, it might just be me, but I think I see human footprints on the rungs of the ladder. Somebody else's been here very recently."

[tyler_marlocke]

"...if it's been that recent...Ellen, you mind if I scout that out first? I can work the shadows to my advantage down there."

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"Go ahead," says Ellen. "We can wait here. We've got enough snipers and close-up fighters here to take down anything while you're gone."

She hopes.

[tyler_marlocke]

And he's armed and subtle enough that if anything gives him too much trouble down here...

Well. It'd be a bad day at any rate.

Once he's at the bottom of the ladder, of course he's going to disappear and melt away from sight.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

It smells down here. It smells awful. It's dank and the air is still and something brought its food down here to die several dozen times over. Just. Vile.

Oh, and somebody set up lights, too. And generators, even...