i'll be reaching for the stars with you

Who: the Fallout AU crew
Setting: the Commonwealth
Summary: BoS things, institute things
Warnings: Fallout warnings, smut
Other: [original notes] [first post] [second post] [third post] [fourth post] [fifth post] [sixth post] [seventh post] [eighth post]

- minor timeskip to when the BoS has its feet under it again, shaun asks riley to go up and keep an eye on them and deacon goes with
- they get assigned to a BoS squad composed of AU versions of chancellery guards (paladin archimedes o'hallan, knight-captain anthony norris, lancer-sargeant alex reyes, knight riley reynolds, knight everett wynter, knight henry "hal" saller, aspirant 'jack' "deacon" 'priest')
- maybe some minor quests involving getting to know them, gotta get some solid Bonding going
- sarrith (sarah, secret enclave remnant) and sal's romeo and juliet romance
- that one quest where you get the nukes from the glowing sea for the BoS
- wynter's mistake and gradual ghoulification and the position it puts the squad in
- blind betrayal

- shaun announces ferran officially as his successor
- ferran dealing with the short institute quests that result from that
- shaun discovering ferran's a slut and trying to talk to him about it
- zetta freaking out bc they're spending all this time waiting for her to recover and dealing with the BoS, and not having the time to try to figure out a way to save shaun
- zetta, in general, driving shaun slowly up the wall because she's cooped up and needs to be kept occupied or else Bad Things Start Happening, why is this shaun's life, this was not what he was expecting at all
- ferran going on missions with x6-88 / house divided, warwick
- nathan and zay's one night stand with ferran becoming not a one night stand any more
- at some point we need to have nathan call deacon a mongrel to his face so zetta can go positively nuclear
- zay finding out nathan is taking buffout

- build towards the railroad and institute being on better terms (not *stable*, but they need to be in a position where they're willing to make an alliance at the battle for bunker hill and afterwards to take the BoS down)
- probably need to do a meeting with dez and carrington, bc jfc (and ferran being the next director makes it easier to make negotiations on the institute's behalf though shaun probably doesnt fully trust him with that wrt the railroad yet, shaun needs to see ferran make decisions that benefit the institute OVER the railroad for that)

- mass fusion happens before battle for bunker hill, lighting a fire under the brotherhood's ass (still use it as the faction cut-off point?)
- at the battle, brotherhood wins -- keeping them a legitimate threat and serving as the push for the institute and railroad to work together against them

[image] [lyrics]

well, oh, it seems you're a lot like me
you dug yourself into places you never thought you would be
but don't you fret, and don't you mind
the only constant is change,
and you never know what you'll find

yeah, tomorrow i might wake up nice and clean
and i might believe the things i said i didn't mean
and this might turn and wind up just the way we'd dreamed
and i might become the things i swore i'd always be

( show your hands if you need a new coat of paint )

Who: the Fallout AU crew
Setting: the Commonwealth
Summary: ???????
Warnings: Fallout warnings, smut
Other: [original notes] [first post] [second post] [third post] [fourth post] [fifth post] [sixth post]

immediate:
- nathan finding out about e1, possible riley joining in on offering to sleep with him
- irene finding out about ferran's engagement and ~wedding~
- barbara initiating flirting with ferran
- ayo stuff
- riley still doesnt know about the deathclaws

future:
- return to brotherhood plot, do we want to deal with danse's reveal??
- shaun coming to the surface
- shaun's reveal about his cancer and who he wants to elect as his successor
- battle for bunker hill (RR + institute vs BoS), however tf we end up doing that

>shaun agrees that night to come to the surface >they do the run to bunker hill and it's fine >there's a bit of time before shaun's free so we can do the barbara flirting/irene being like WEDDING/ferran getting to be Center stuff, maybe riley doing ferran's song >shaun comes to the surface, all of that stuff, he tells them he's dying and who he wants to be his successor >come back to find nathan's missing >literal explosions

[image] [lyrics]

prove to me i’m not gonna die alone
put your arm around my collarbone,
and open the door

don’t lie to me if you’re putting the dog to sleep,
that pet you just couldn’t keep,
and couldn’t afford

well, prove to me i’m not gonna die alone.
unstitch that shit i’ve sewn
to close up the hole that tore through my skin

well, my trust in you is a dog with a broken leg,
tendons too torn to beg for you to let me back in

you said, “i can’t prove to you you’re not gonna die alone,
but trust me to take you home,
to clean up that blood all over your paws

you can’t keep running out,
kicking yourself off the bed,
kicking yourself in the head,
because you’re kicking me too”

( trust me to take you home )

Who: the Beach Babe chucklefucks and company
Setting: the Commonwealth
Summary: we have no idea what we're doing any more, we're so off the rails with the plot
Warnings: Fallout 4 spoilers, general Fallout warnings, smut
Other: [original notes] [first post] [second post] [third post] [fourth post]

> Railroad-Minutemen tensions @ Mercer
> Deacon's Lie For Free card @ Casa del Deacon
> probably some more Barbara drama
> Deacon and Riley @ BoS infiltration
> radrabbit drama @ the Institute

> Ferran still needs to bring up Deacon's "treat me like crap" tendencies at some point
> Riley needs to come up with the Coke bottle song

[gifs] [lyrics]
hey, love
is that the name you're meant to have for me to call?
look, love, they've given up believing
they've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall
but don't you believe them, don't you drink their poison too
these are the scars that words have carved on me

hey, love
that's the name we've long held back
from the core of truth
so don't turn away now
i am turning in revolution
these are the scars that silence carved on me

hey, love,
i am a constant satellite of your blazing sun
my love,
i obey your law of gravity
this is the fate you've carved on me
the law of gravity
this is the fate you've carved on me

( i obey your law of gravity )

Who: Zetta (capcious), Ferran (reformedcriminal), and Deacon (ersatzeverything)
Setting: the Commonwealth
Summary: Adventures through the Fallout 4 plotline continue. This is the post of mid-game spoilers, people, watch out if you haven't completed the quest "the Molecular Level."
Warnings: Fallout 4 spoilers, general Fallout world warnings + lots of smut
Other: [original AU notes] [previous post]
deacon captured by the institute > aftermath argument with dez > casa del deacon

next post?:
+ possible lyrics: hourglass by hush sound
+ FINALLY GET AROUND TO TIME TRAVEL SHENANIGANS

floating ideas:
- big john's salvage (zetta's developing ptsd for stories in aftermath of great war)
- hallucinogen building (use to balance for too much fluff)
- fooling around in the crashed monorail (use to balance for too much grimdark)

[gifs] [song] [lyrics]
death doesn't discriminate
between the sinners and the saints
it takes and it takes and it takes
and we keep living anyway,
we rise and we fall and we break
and we make our mistakes
and if there's a reason
i'm still alive
when all those who loves me has died,
i'm willing to wait for it
i'm willing to wait for it
wait for it...

( i am the one thing in life i can control )