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<div align="justify]They said when the dollar went to shit, the oil would dry up soon after. Sure enough, barely ten years time, there were land wars waged for that sacred fuel source, causing countless casualties and endless property damage. Bombs and tanks and guns, and in a pinch, bottles were all used to destroy the foundation of modern society, setting the once all knowing, all seeing government scurrying back to it's rat hole. That's when the gangs took charge, wrangled the law into their grubby meat hunks, and set in motion a sort of bartering system to ensure you got what you paid for.
The world is a series of wastelands; continents adrift with populations crushed beneath the weight of inhospitable conditions. Diseases unknown to humanity for generations suddenly take out entire countries, followed by famine and the shortage of food and supplies. There didn't need to be a game of nuclear tag, but that happened too, and it decimated whole cities into nothing more than a sea of ash, glass, and twisted metal. Survival relied heavily on ingenuity and strength, and those who were quick thinkers made themselves scarce when territories were fought over by survivors. It took years to reach any semblance of recovery, and even that was laughable - just a few shacks built in the same general area as the cities, their small farms good for barely enough to constitute the water wasted. Imagine an entire world of shacks and dirt farms, settled from the coast to coast along major highways.
That's the Wasteland.
It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the marauders. Humanity's sickness was never cured. There was no writing out violence, and if there was one thing everyone expects to be met with regularly, it's pressure from the bike gangs. They're the sort of people to rob you blind and steal your wife, because if you thought you could stand up to them, they'd take a 25lb sledge to the back of your head. The gangs only really respect the caravans because they keep them fed and entertained. Caravans, in essence, are well off nomads working together in moving town units. They provided the goods no one else can, and in exchange for protection, they gave much of their findings to the marauders. Townsfolk just accept the shakedowns and try and continue with their lives as best they can.
Wanderers and nomads are a dime a dozen, because it's easy to get into, and hard to fuck up. Avoid major encampments unless you have things to sell, and sell them quick when you do. Caravans aren't afraid to pick off roaming travelers on the off chance there's competition, but the surviving nomads are smart, quick, and rarely seen.
Dregs are the lowest of the low, with all sorts of ailments and injuries no one is really equipped to deal with. Lepers of the scorched sands, they have small encampments across the Mojave and elsewhere, but they are better described as hovels ram-shackled together to house the dying. Some warn they've turned to cannibalism on the dead and dying, as they are otherwise too weak to stop bikers from robbing other food sources. Some Dregs simply steal from the less fortunate they meet along the highways. Generally speaking, no one really wants to encounter dregs because they're disgusting and violent, and if you're lucky, you never will.
There is no future tech, no zombies, no ghosts, ghouls, or goblins. It's an all human setting. Mutants are just people with cancerous growths and missing teeth. Guns and most weapons of that nature are in very short supply, and the bullets are even scarcer. It's been roughly 50 years since the fallout, and what wasn't obliterated in the blasts has probably been looted by someone else. This is a harsh and unforgiving setting meant only for those who really enjoy earning their survival. Though, if you're in serious need of R&R, there are several bordellos across the American south west used as safe havens. One of which is the Desert Rose Bordello. Here you can exchange your goods for services, and vice versa.
Much of this thread is intended to take place in the American southwest within the Mojave desert, which spans from California to Nevada, and includes Lake Tahoe. Water sources like the Hoover dam will have the largest populations settled near them. The Desert Rose is about 75 miles south of Las Vegas.
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Rules;
o1; No godmodding.Rules;
o2; Be mature and keep ooc stuff out of the interactions ic (and vice versa). No grudges should affect plot, and plot should not cause grudges ooc.
o3; While an adult role play to some extent, this does have plot. It's just sandbox, meaning you create plot as you go. There is no storyteller, just other players looking to make plot as well. Weave it together into a full story.
o4; Violence, Sex, and Language are allowed, but if you're looking to just walk up and fuck someone, go to the bordello.
o5; This is a walk in sort of role play, and you can play as many characters as you like within reason, but you should give fair notice if you plan to vanish. Otherwise, it's assumed your character(s) ventured off into the wastes.
o6; Follow Kitty's other rules and you should be set.
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