11 - It Moves

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..they've got one running..

Played on 31-03-2024

Day 13
by Bolt

Lincoln has a plan it seems, multiple it seems. Though none appear to involve walking up to the tower and talking to them. Teaches me not to involve myself with any of that planning stuff. I'll just help with setting up our camp up in one of the buildings near to the tower. Pretty smart to keep our camp in a room on the inside of the tower and with the open side away from where the tower people can see us. We might actually be able to make a fire without being seen.

From up here we can look inside their camp and see movement of people. Both women and men and smaller ones as well, playing it seems? They have children over there, that's the second group of people that have children. We don't have those, what's the difference? Though that might be the technical side of this world I do not understand. They seem to be constantly catching some kind of fluid from a pipe and bringing it inside. Is that water? Can't they make a better system to let the water flow directly inside? Though are we anyone to question this? We did a bad thing with out water own water supply, it got all green and we have no idea how to fix it, I have no idea.. At all! I have no idea how that works!

Ava, Lincoln and their little club decide to go out hunting to get us provisioning and the rest of us will watch the tower if someone comes out, hopefully one of those moving vehicles will appear as well!

They have a moving vehicle?
It took a while, but suddenly a loud throaty uneven rumbling noise came from the gates of the compound, a huge dark puff of smoke appeared at one and and the uneven sound changed into a more steady rumble and the smoke changed to a more gentle grey steady cloud rising above. A sudden clunk can be heard and a roaring sound comes from the thing behind the gate. It starts to move! Is this it? It moves a few meters and makes an opening in the gate, wow the thing actually is the gate? It stops and three people come through and then it rumbles anew and it moves back. Well, that's a bit disappointing.. This thing is just part of the gate, pretty awesome, but not really something that moves around the world. There must be more!

Tesla and Finn decide to follow the three people as they walk around and head to the north. That would leave is back to waiting. Boring! We've quickly checked this building and it seemed empty, but going back to take a better look was more interesting than waiting! And the other buildings needed checking as well, right?

Nothing! Nothing at all, these buildings have been cleaned out. That probably means that these people have been here for a while. After our fights and having a look at my rot suit I've been thinking about creating some sturdier clothing, ones that can actually protect someone from harm. Maybe some different kinds of materials inside the normal clothing, metal perhaps? But these buildings weren't going to help with that.

They actually have a moving vehicle!
Another rumbling sound came from the south. Distant still but a lot like the sound I heard from the gate. I made my way back to a window looking out towards the tower just before one of those big vehicles came rolling into view. It was a true amazing sight! I want one of those! I want to build, nah, take one of those apart! So much to learn, I could use that to make my dream build!

When the thing got near the gate they signaled the people on the walls and the gate opened again. It got wider than last time and the vehicle entered inside and moved towards one of the buildings inside the compound. It actually moved inside one of those buildings, going downwards! What kind of place was this! I want inside!

Not long after that two of the group of three that left earlier got back with what looked liked someone or something inside a bag on her shoulder. The gate opened again and the bag was unceremoniously dropped on the ground inside the walls. Hopefully that wasn't Tesla or Finn, though it looked to be to small to be one of them.

I was already back to tinkering when Rianna came by to tell us Tesla and Finn had captured someone. I didn't even notice Rianna left actually, oh and Lincoln and his crew were back as well. Should I try to be a little bit more attentive in dangerous areas like this perhaps?

To the Tower
They captured a woman called Carla, she had a double barreled rifle which was now hanging over Finn's shoulder. Interesting! Would Finn allow me to have a look? I would have to ask him that later. They also told us that apparently the women were in charge here and that men were only important to do work. Why would they be lesser than others? There were about 150 of them, they had mutations as did we and they had someone in charge called The Chairman. Something to do with a chair I guess, did they have an Elder as well? This person was able to make children somehow? Rianna was able to explain most of that, but it got a bit confusing and I had to hear it a few times more.

And what was the conclusion of all that? Thie Carla woman was going to introduce us to the people inside the compound and we would talk to them. Well that sounds like a plan no-one thought about..

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