Disclaimer: I read online about the Nukashine challenge: Drink a Nukashine and with no armor, one purified water, a knife (mine is level 10), and only in underwear, make it back to either your camp or Vault 76. I figured I would try a couple of these and write down what happened. The events are as followed.

Nukashine Adventure One

Tonight was the night. I took out a Nukashine from my stash box and downed it. The whole bottle in one gulp. In an instant, blues and purples pulsed my vision as I stared out at a lovely view of the hazy mountains. I noticed my atomic lamp was unplugged, but before I had a chance to plug it back in, I blacked out…

I woke up in a tree house north of Dolly Sods Lookout. A cardboard cutout of a '20s mobster armed with a tommy gun stared at me. I had only a knife, one purified water, and was in my underwear. It was dark and the moon was a bright bulb in the sky.

I made my way down the treehouse. Loud bangs of items falling scared me, I felt vulnerable. I made it down and into grass where I instantly crouched. I then headed west with Mosstown just south, I had yet to discover it after seeing it from a Dolly Sods Lookout. I'll save a tour of that town on another day when I'm better prepared. The moonlight shined between the trees and its strong rays looked speculator.

I came to my first rock ledge. I tried to jump up on it but this wasn't working. I followed the wall and found a dirt path that led up. This is where I came across my first vile creature: a radscorpion. I couldn't take my eyes off its nasty stinger. Timidly, I hid in a dead bush, the long branches made great cover as I waited for it to pass. After it was gone I ran up the path and another one popped from under the ground! I quickly retreated back where I made a risky jump to a steep ledge to get away. Thankfully the ledge widen as a fall of that height would have killed me. It slopped downward and eventually I was able to hop down from a safe height to the ground.

Then I heard the menacing sound of flapping wings. My stomach churned as I looked up between the sprawled trees: I saw a scorch beast patrolling. My heartbeat increased, my senses told me it was level 65. It was hard to keep an eye of the scorchbeast, but when the sound of the wings dissipated, I surreptitiously moved. I walked onto another small rocky plate. Then I heard the small tick of rads, I was at 1 - then 1 - then 2 - then it jumped to 5. I had accidentally discovered a fissure site. I looked right to see a level 65 scorched conqueror holding a pistol and aiming it right at me. At that moment I heard the screech of the scorchbeast diving down. Luckily he was looking at the scorched conqueror. The music boomed and I knew it was time to flee.

I ran right past the fissure site and my rads jumped to over 20. I didn't care, I just wanted to get away from the scorch battle taking place right behind me. I heard sonic rays being used, if those came close I would be dead. I heard the boom of the rays hitting the ground. The crackle of gunfire the scorched was returning. I again ran for cover in the woods and crouched by some white puffy rocks like hard pillows. The music calmed to a peacefully violin and I knew it was safe. I was a little bit less than half way home.

I heard gunshots to my south. I was tempted to peek over a rugged boulder nearby to get a look. I saw the long red line of a laser shot. I came over a grassy hill to witness a supermutant and a liberator in a duel. Normally I would crash the party but I kept my distance. I checked my map and exhaled as two gang camps stood before me. I would have to circle north. I remained crouched and accidentally came across a guard post which thankfully was empty.

I was now at the home stretch and the sky above was turning a light shade of blue as the sunrise was close. I took off running toward Seneca Rocks and my safe camp. I kept to the high ground and my eyes were glued to the disheveled road for any passing hostiles. A thought passed of how many cars used to drive on that road.

Without further life threatening events, I cheerfully jumped into my camp. It wasn't the longest journey, I didn't even need to use my one water I brought, but it was a great mental test. I was hungry and I was thirsty, just barely out of the red. My rads took my "full health" down to 80 percent.

I checked the fermenter at my camp to see a new Nukashine almost ready. Maybe next time I'll end up even farther or I'll try for Vault 76. We shall see.

Endnote: Adventure two is posted as chapter two. Following my story would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading my work!