This is the end. As years of threats of war from various nations overwhelm Equestria, action was taken. After a successful defense of Appaloosa, the fortification of Cloudsdale, and the successful invasion of invasion of neighboring countries, victory seemed close. But the worst has yet to come to happen. A terrifying mixture of might and magic is about to rain down upon you, but are saved. As you make your way around a hill, you see a metallic cave in the side of it. As you approach it, a pony with a blue and yellow outlined suit with number 53 stenciled on the back peers out and notices you. He looks at a clipboard near him and waves you in. The cave becomes less like a cave and more like a bunker. Flashing strobe lights, more ponies with jumpsuits, and some directional signs lead you to a large two story room with multiple rooms, hallways, and stairs branching off from it, or just “The Commons”. A large circular window looks across the room with large countdown timer counting down under it. It reads 00 Days: 00 Hours: 30 Minutes: 47 Seconds on it at the moment. As the timer counts down another 5 minutes, the commons begins to fill up with more ponies, both with and without the jumpsuit. Welcome to Vault 53, you’re new home. This will not be a story about how you master whatever lies beyond; it’ll be a story about your flawed sanctuary. Like what was said early, the worst has yet to come.
Eluuna sighed, and slumped against the wall, her eyes looking down. She had no idea what to do. Expelling a long breath of air, she sat, and looked around.
Harmony was the only one of her family who made it inside the vault. The rest of them were doomed to suffer a fate worse than death. She had no children and her parents were already very elderly. They wanted to remain in the outside world then stay in a vault, they wanted the best for her and were ready to die anyway. Her wished her husband would have made it, but he was unfortunately killed in the war. And so she entered the vault alone, on the same day both her parents died. She was upset, but understood that it was for the greater good. She wore her jumpsuit and was escorted to her room.
Marigold walked in slowly, blowing a puff of mane out of her face. If only those blasted buffoons in Canterlot had built those walls, she thought with annoyance, standing off to the side and leaning against a wall. She tampered with her hair slightly more before looking to the pegasus beside her. "Rough time, huh?"
Wrench walked in, tinkering with his mechanical foreleg & bumped into harmony,"s-sorry...", he said softly, blushing slightly
She shrugged. "I'm just utterly confused." She gave a light laugh, and stared ruefully off in space. She suddenly seemed to remember she was talking to someone. ""Just get here?"
After she was shown her room, she went around to discover her new home. She eventually found the atrium, where she found a group of ponies introducing themselves. Harmony was not very social, she relished the thought of studying and creating something to benefit another. She went up thowards the group, and when she got there, she was sweating like a nervous wreck. "Um....hello." she managed to get out. "Nice to meet you...."
Fabrica went over to a table & say down, then took some metal plates off his fake foreleg & took off all of it that he could so he could tamper with the wiring
As the clock ran down to 10 minutes left, a couple squads of jumpsuited ponies with shiny visor helmets rushed past the crowd in commons back towards the entrance. At 8 min, a loud metal clanking sound is heard from entrance as the door to the vault is sealed.
"Mhm. Bloody new, not sure how much I should be trusting in it. My father Hibiscus made me do it." She listened intently as the vault slammed shut and scowled. "And that's that. Stuck in a hole for the rest of our lives. Beats being fried alive, that's for sure."
Fabrica sighed when the door was shut & mumbled,"goodbye world...", then put his arm & its metal platings on
Blood money looked at her security armour as she watched the congregating ponies head to either their rooms or the canteen. She was slightly annoyed as before the bunker when life was normal she worked as a Security officer for VIP's in Las Pegasus. She always wore a lot of make up from head to hoof and always wore either a skintight short black dress or a shiny flowing red sequinned one. She missed those times already seeing as the clothes and armour she wore now would be the thing she wore till death.
As the clock finally reached 00:00:00:00, silence overcame the vault. Then, the whole vault began to shake. After a few minutes of violent shaking, quiet. A voice came over the PA system. “This is the Overseer speaking. As it saddens me to say this, an apocalyptic event is occurring on the surface resulting in the death of millions and an inhabitable environment on the surface. We are still in contact with Equestria High Command and Corporate HQ, they saying that while it may seem bleak, we will prevail.” “As of now, the bombs are still dropping and we may experience of the shock from any other bombs that happen to land nearby. You may now enter the residential wings, the cantina, and gym for the time being. All guards, you may now assume your posted positions and patrols areas.” “Oh and couple more things, a G.O.A.T test will be administered within the coming days to each wing. This test will happen to determine what jobs you are capable of here in the vault. It will be administered to all teens and adults, elders are exempt but may take it if they wish. If you do not know which wing you are assigned to, wing lists are posted in the cantina. I would also like to remind of your vault suit and Pip-colts waiting for you in your quarters. They are to be worn at all times. This is the Overseer, signing off.”
Marigold blew another puff of mane out of her face. "Goat!? I am no goat!" She spouted angrily. "And pip-colt? Are we being sexist now? What is that, anyways!?" She groaned and said "I'm heading to the cantina. May as well know what this crap is about."
"So, this G.O.A.T test will determine what we will be for the rest of our lives? Sucks if you want to have your dream job and end up with the worst job in existence. Hopefully i become a teacher, a programer or continue as a scientist." Harmony said as she went to the canteen. She went to her quarters to wear the suit, which reminded her of a school uniform and proceeded to travel from there.
Fabrica stood up & went off to his quarters, where he took off his jacket then put on his jumpsuit & pipcolt on, then put his leather jacket over top & was off to the canteen
The Cantina seems like a stretched and widened diner; complete booth tables, dinning chairs, checkered floors, and Jukebox in the far corner. It doesn't appear to be playing anything. The diner counter is near the east wall with about 5 jumpsuited ponies serving as many as they can from the other side. One of the waiters, a bald gray earth pony, took notice to Marigold, "Hey there, sweetie! Where's your parents?" The others seem too busy to notice the rest of you without intervention.
Harmony went to sit down in one of the many chairs in the cantina. She went to sit down and look at the menu and started to relax for the first time in ages.
