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Hello... I guess
I am First Lieutenant Kast Varris US Army Special Forces... Or at least I was, I'm pretty sure there is no US army anymore. About five days ago I woke up in some underground military complex beneath the army reserve base west of Boston, I was inside some sort of pod. I'm really not sure what it did though... not a science type I admit. So after getting myself out, I found the world in ruins, I don't know what happened maybe Canada had nukes hidden away that we didn't know about. It's too late now everything I knew is gone.
10/26/2286 Found a dead body, well three dead bodies. I found them at the foot of a large rock, the other two were wearing what appeared to be makeshift armor made from pipes and random pieces of metal. The other one had some wrist-mounted device called a pip-boy it's rather impressive tech, wonder where he got it. He was wearing some kind of blue jumpsuit with the number 1-1-1 on the back... and it looks like he fell off the top of the rock and broke his legs later dying from his injuries while the other two had clearly been shot. I also found an N99 handgun... only six bullets though but beggers can't be choosers. Oh, also the little computer also has a date on it... I can hardly believe it has been two-hundred and fourteen years! How is that possible?
10/27/2286
Well it isn't much but I found the old drive-in outside Boston, it's a wreck but the camera booth has a good height to it and I can see if anything is coming in my direction. I found some corn and something that looks like tomatoes so I'm going to see if I can grow them. The spring in the car lot though will help with water as long as I boil it first, might want to find a way to better filter it as well. In the meantime I will have to ration out what food I have, might check out the Super Duper Mart nearby for more food if I need to. In the meantime I will try to secure the place as best I can. I'll be honest though the strangest part of this new world isn't the creatures or people that walk it, but the silence. It can be so unnerving to not hear cars driving down the roads or planes flying overhead... it's just silent.
10/30/2286
My eyes have been causing issues, sore and a feeling of dryness causing them to be itchy at times. So I looked in the toolbox I found in the projector booth and managed to find a small mirror to look at them... I didn't see my eyes looking back. Instead, I saw a machine... what did they do to me? Why did they replace them with these... things?
10/31/2286
Food is limited at the moment but at least I know I can eat several of the plants I found, they really aren't all that different from before being different sizes mostly. I hope I can get them to start growing when the weather clears up.
I also started washing my eyes out regularly... it helps.
11/01/2286
I'm so alone. Haven't really seen anybody since I left the base, though I have heard gunfire in the distance so someone must be out there. Found a group of two-headed deer as well might go and try to hunt one down.
11/04/2286
Got the door to the shed open; found more tools, a large workbench, some old bags of concrete, some boards, a shovel and rake, a lot of miscellaneous parts, and a few empty barrels. Also got a fission battery and according to the pip-boy it still has a charge on it, say what you will about Wattz Electronics but their stuff really lasts. Also found a little radio.
11/07/2286
I set up the radio with a hand crank so I can manually power it, not a perfect system but I don't want to waste the battery on it. I am surprised though... apparently, there are active radio stations. The clearest station I have found is called Diamond City Radio, can't stand the DJ though.
Also, my eyes are acting up again, and washing them out isn't helping this time.
11/09/2286
Decided to go give that store a try might have something I can use, though maybe it would even have some medication to help with my eyes. Things went well at first got all the way to the store without issue. Saw a wild dog though living near a derailed train car, it didn't seem interested in starting anything with me but I gave it a wide birth either way. Found some Nuka-Cola in a soda machine outside the store, it isn't cold but the seal was surprisingly intact. I checked the parking garage first, found a security station near the entrance that had a few lockers that might have something useful.
Found an old coach gun in one locker with a 38 Webley, a box of 12 shotgun rounds, and two 30 round boxes of 38 ammo. Sadly the 38 boxes look to be in rough shape, might have a few bad ones. Though some dumb*** left the shotgun loaded as well when they stored the thing. I also found a bunsen burner for whatever reason in one locker along with a pair of med-x syringes and a few asthma inhalers... odd that they would have 8 of these things. I put everything except the shotgun in my pack, the rifle would never fit so I just carried it. Outside the store were some Mr. Handy fuel tanks, used my screwdriver and broke the lock off the cage, and pulled one out. Fuel might have gone bad but I might as well try it.
Then I entered the store itself I left the tank outside I'll take it with me when I leave, grabbed a shopping basket for the sake of convenience, and started searching the various shelves and bins. I found a few more Nuka-Colas and some whiskey and 5 cans of... I assume food. The dirt and grime on them were too thick to read through. Didn't even make it all too far though as I heard a crash and some groaning. Something was in the store with me... When I saw it though... it looked human, but it was clearly far from being one. It screamed and ran at me, I shot it in the chest knocking it to the ground but more of the things came storming down the aisle towards me some even climbing over the shelves. I fired again and I know I hit several of them but they didn't stop. Ended up dropping the shotgun grabbing my basket and running for it. Ran out of the store and kept running until I got back to the drive-in.
This world is a nightmare.
11/13/2286
I've been sleeping a lot... far too much honestly. Things will only get worse if I just sit around wasting time. Went back to the store and grabbed the fuel tank, didn't see the creatures that attacked me lucky.
Ugh, my eyes are killing me. Been tempted to use one of the med-x syringes to relieve the pain, but I don't want to go down that road... it isn't worth it. Yet.
11/17/2286
As I expected the fuel has gone bad. Still burns but not like it's supposed to. Works with the oil lamp though so not a total loss. Went through the bullets I found 23 were bad altogether, leaves me with 37 shots for the Webley and I can live with that. Fashioned a makeshift underarm holster for the handgun so I can carry it with me. Wish I hadn't lost the coach-gun though.
The tomato seeds I found are growing, little guys are just sprouting. Things might be turning for the better.
11/19/2286
Found a mirror over in the storerooms behind the screen. I put it up in the tower so I can look at myself once in a while, but... I never see me. I had grey eyes... but what I see in the mirror is a monster that looks like me... it can't fool me though, the red eyes are not me.
[TRANSCRIPT]
*coughs*
KAST SO I WOKE UP THIS MORNING *pause*
KAST AND WELL I CA-
*pause*
KAST I CAN'T SEE. EVERYTHING IS JUST BLACK.
*pause*
KAST I WAS ABLE TO GET THE RECORDING PROGRAM IN THE PIPBOY ON TO RECORD THIS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO OR WHAT DAY IT IS. I CAN'T POSSIBLY SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT MY EYESIGHT. WHY DID THEY DO THIS TO ME? WHAT WAS THEIR GOAL? DID THEY KNOW MY SIGHT WOULD GO LIKE TH-
*pause*
*sound of shifting bed springs*
KAST SOMETHING IS OUTSIDE.
*quiet creaking of footsteps on stairs*
*banging sound of something ramming against door*
*crashing*
UNKOWN *female* FINALLY... UGH, WHAT WAS KEEPING THAT THING CLOS- OH F**-
*three gunshots in quick succession*
*thump of something hitting the ground*
[END RECORDING]
11/21/2286
My eyes are working again... not really though... there are no colors only shades of gray and white. Better than nothing guess. I woke up sitting on the steps near the door, the Webley in my hands. There was no body but there was a bullet hole in the wall next to the door and blood on the ground. The woman dragged herself out of the building, found her by some sort of two-headed cow and a small cart by the road propped up on one of the wheels. I approached slowly gun readied but it wasn't necessary she couldn't put up a fight if she wanted to. The moment I came into her sight I watched her struggle and fail to lift the N99 she had in her lap. She was soaked from the rain the night before... must have been what she wanted all along... to get out of the weather. I wasn't sure what to do honestly. I stood over her, gun by my side, and watched her start to sob looking me in the eyes and only seeing the monster in the mirror the one who would execute her. I've seen people react this way many times in the past, me standing above them and they knew I held their salvation in one hand and their end in the other... I never showed them any mercy before, it wasn't really my choice then, but now... now I found myself free of others' demands and able to make my own decision. The woman wasn't my enemy she never was, she only wanted shelter. So I decided to take her in. I took her gun and her clothes I wrapped bandages out made of scraps of cloth tightly around the wounds and wrapped her in a blanket. Then I carried her inside and placed her on a bedroll next to the makeshift stove and I started a fire. I will not let her die, I will save this one.
11/23/2286
Ended up placing the mirror under the bed. Couldn't keep looking at the eyes, it was driving me insane. My vision is mostly back to normal, eyes still hurt though. The woman is doing okay, for the most part, she has a cold and is a bit pale. She's also shaking a lot... I wish I could help more I just don't have much in the way of medicine to work with. I gave her a stimpak and some med-x but I have nothing else, I don't even have much to use as bandages. She hasn't said anything to me either, mostly staying quiet occasionally I hear her crying... she has to be terrified of me.
11/24/2286
Went into the ruins near the store in search of... anything really. Found some vodka in the diner, I also grabbed a coffee pot and hot plate while I was there. I actually almost missed the laundromat next door almost walked right past it. Found some clothes there not many just a couple shirts and towels but it's better than what I had.
11/25/2286
Well, Thanksgiving day... not much to be thankful for. The woman's still alive I guess there's that, still hasn't talked much but she has spoken to me a few times mostly just asking for water or food though. Ended up apologizing to her as well for shooting her, she didn't reply.
11/26/2286
Woke up to find the mirror back on the wall... I don't know how it got there. The girl didn't move it she hasn't moved from where she lay downstairs, I doubt she has the strength to walk up the stairs anyway. I still saw the red eyes looking back... I just want them to go away.