“Alright, fine. You made the call. We’re not dead and maybe…maybe you bought someone one more chance.” He nudges your arm lightly with his elbow. “Would’ve been nice if that chance didn’t risk getting turned to mincemeat, but hey – silver linings.”

He steps beside you and jerks his head towards the vault door.

“Let’s make this trip worth the near-death experience, yeah? Before our cyber-kitty gamer girl changes her mind and comes back looking for dessert.”

The vault’s lock gives one final chirp before the reinforced door swings open, unlatching with a heavy, metallic clunk as servos strain to draw enough power to wrench the weight open. A stale gust of preserved air bleeds outward, carrying the chemical bite of preservatives and dust untouched by looters or time.

Harper angles his torch into the darkness, body tense, shoulders squared towards the ceiling as if expecting razor-sharp claws to come screaming back down at any second.

“Well,” he grumbles underneath his breath, “Either this is where they kept the emergency snacks…or where they shoved the really expensive stuff they didn’t want welfare getting their hands on.”

The interior is almost pristine compared to the rest of the Strip, let alone the commissary proper. Intact shelves, sealed crates, and labelled storage units line the wall in near perfect order. A tiny maintenance drone lies dead on its side like a discarded toy, its status light long since extinguished.

Harper visibly relaxes, whistling low and impressed. “Say all the nasty things you want about the Commonwealth, they build things to last.”

You let your eyes adjust, taking in every detail. “…I just hope these aren’t all ration bricks.”

Even he can’t help but laugh.

>>In addition to looting the Commissary vault, you have enough daylight to loot other stores in the Strip that Harper knows have electronically-sealed storage units.

>>Please choose two(2) of the following locations in the Strip to loot:
>Entertainment Vendor (Amenities, Braindance and SimStims)
>Outfitters/Lifestyle Store (Standard Clothing and Domestic Goods)
>PharmaCare Wellness (Medical Distribution and Controlled Substances)
>Ripperdoc Alley (Black Market Clinic and Cyberware Installations)
>Tech Service Vault (Authorized Repairs and Device Support)

>>Please structure your vote as the following:
>Location A.
>Location B.

[VOTE OPEN FOR TWELVE(12) HOURS]