Thank you Krulla Chief and Twillium for reviewing:) another diary chapter but the next will be a full chapter and then another full chapter.
AlextheLonesome(hope I got that right): most of the thingsyou pointed out will be explained as the story goes. I haven't even really started the story yet. We're still getting to know Marie as an adult.
The origin of Riley's hair actually has a lot to do with the plot of this story, Marie doesn't know who it was that killed her parent's so yeah, the Lone Wanderer is the mysterious stranger to her. And how Marie handles the Wasteland is...well, she's not a noob but she isn't going to be a bumbling idiot either.
III
August 19, 2093
I heard the alarms raise as Riley was loading our supplies onto the ailcar.
I didn't even panic.
I just stared at the bright lights sent into the sky, listened to those wailing sirens and then Riley had me help her work the rail car; it has to be moved manually with some sort of handle thing in the center of it. I didn't hear anyone through the tunnels so no one knew where we were, not yet. I don't know how far this tunnel leads, but Riley said she can handle the rail car now that we got it going. She said it just glides at a certain speed.
The air is cold.
Riley is quiet.
The only light is the oil lamp between us.
I'm scared, I'm anxious, I'm happy and so many more things. I can't wait to get the wasteland I will be arriving in. I will be free to be my own self and it makes me feel so light, so happy.
Riley wants to shut off the light so I have to stop writing. Maybe I'll write again whenever we stop at the other end of this tunnel but I don't know. We'll see.