Steven looked over at Max in happiness and bewilderment. Max had got him thinking about his parents, and he took the hug gratefully. "Thanks alot....dad" He stuck out his tongue and laughed a bit before letting go and standing up. "Want me to do anything for you in return?"

"Haha, no. Don't worry yourself." Max said in reply to Steven's question. "How about we gather some friends together to make the announcement and make a bit of an evening out of it... Of course I will need some time to talk to Ashley about it but i'm sure he will be just fine with it... How about you go and invite some people to the meeting. Shall we say, the canteen at about 7:30, 8ish? Should be fun" Max said with a smile...

Steven smiled back and bid him goodbye, walking out of the apartment, and down to the canteen to get some food before he went to gather people. On the way he bumped into Jessica again. He walked up to her and found himself nervous, but courageous enough to speak to her. "Hey Jessica, uh...I was wondering, do you...or...." Steven slumped over with widened eyes and looked to his left, as Jessica leaned towards him.

"Yeeess?"

"Okay. Max just agreed to adopt me officially. We're getting a bunch of people together and having a bit of a party to celebrate. Would uhh... would you like to come with me?"

Jessica smiled at him. "Sure I'll come Steven. When is it?"

Steven hesitated for just a second before he blurted out "Seven thirty!" He then raised his hand and brushed over his ear, nervously. Jessica smiled and gave him a hug. Steven stood there, surprised. She let go and waved, leaving him in the middle of the hallway. Steven dropped his hand, smiled widely, and entered the canteen. "Hell yeah!" He grabbed a plate and noticed Johnathan. He walked over and noticed the paperwork. He then said "Hey Doc, we're having a bit of a party here with a special announcement, you should come! Ask Dr. Sanders if he wants to come too if you could as well. Hope to see you there!" In excitement and anticipation, Steven didn't wait for a response and headed out the door, and bumping into Father. "Hey Father. You want to come to a party at the canteen tonight? There's a special announcement and it could be fun!"

James helped Lisa up and walked her to her room. After she was in her room she asked him to check on Jimmy. James said sure and that he would watch him for her. Once he got to the med-bay he pulled up a chair next to Jimmy, and sat down.

Steven left and Max called Ashley in from the other room. Ashley came in and Max asked Ashley to come sit on his knee. "I've got some news to tell you and it is important that you listen and understand." to which Ashley nodded. Max carried on, "If it is ok with you of course, Steven has asked me to be his daddy. Steven doesn't have any parents like you have me, and he really needs someone to help him with life."

Ashley was a bit taken aback, and asked "Wait, so he is your son too? like me? i thought it was just me?" Ashley was quite confused... "No, he isn't my real son. You are my real son. Steven has a different mummy and daddy but they passed away. Steven wants to be your big brother." Max waited for Ashley to get upset. Max figured he was a little young and might see it as competition but Ashley responded suprisingly well. "Well it sounds quite funny, but you are the best daddy in the world and i know he will be a very lucky boy, just like me" Ashley said with a smile giving his dad a hug...

"You know nothing will come between us don't you Ashley" Max said to which Ashley replied, "I know. We will be best friends forever" Max relaxed a little bit as he thought that the discussion could have gone alot worse... "Ok, now that is settled we will be having a party to celebrate later and all your friends will be there! How fun will that be?!" Max said to Ashley. "Oh really? Great! I better get ready!" Ashley said to which Max replied, "Ok off you go. I just need to finish off some paper work and i will be right through...

Max went back into his office and finished off his report for the Overseer on Caine Deckard...

...After he had finished it a while later he thought to himself that he might postpone handing it to the Overseer... The goodness in his heart wanted to give Caine one last chance... Maybe Caine would come to the announcement, that's if Max actually bumped into him, and even if he did bump into him, there's no telling whether he would actually stay long enough to listen to what Max had to say... He doubted it alot but for now, he decided to postpone the letter... He would deal with it tomorrow and slipped the papers into the top draw of his desk...

"Ashley, i will be back soon! I just need to go see the Overseer and invite a few people to the party. BYE!" Max called out to Ashley to which he received a bye back and he walked out the door towards the Overseer's office. The Overseer's office was quite far away and he very rarily came out of his office for anything. No one ever really saw him anymore...

Max stopped by the Medical Bay to invite whoever was there to the celebration and then moved on... Also to everyone in the corridor that he bumped into, he gave the low down that "I will be making an announcement at a celebration tonight at 7:30pm in the Canteen and it would mean alot if you attended and be a part of the occasion" ...He pretty much covered everyone, including Jonathan, Ryan, Lisa, Harley, Sarah, Nikolai, Paul, Francois, Judith, Zereth, Richard, James and many others... He saw some of Steven's friends and Ashley's friends. everyone was welcome...

Richard ran into Steven and asked, "What's up?"

Steven whirrled around and filled Richard in. "We're having a party and an announcement tonight at 7:30. Come and see it!"

7:23 PM

Steven had finally fixed the tray dispenser track, and Jessica walked in. "Uhh...Hey Jess. Why so early?"

Jessica walked over to him. She smiled and looked him over. She licked her thumb and pushed back a dark brown lock of Steven's hair and used a dish rag to clean the grease of his face. "I can't have my date looking all dirty now can I?" Steven opened his eyes in surprise.

"D-date?" He regained his composer and said "Yeah date...thanks." He chuckled a bit and Jessica just smiled and giggled. Steven felt himself blushing. Max walked in and helped the two set up, and everyone else poured through the door.

Pauls train of thought was broken by Steven. His request took a moment to register. "Sure I'll come," Paul said, "and I'm guessing its good" Paul chuckled and headed back to the chapel and got ready. Then he walked down to the canteen.

Richard said, "Ok, see you then.", and went to his room to go change into a cleaner jumpsuit. After he did that, he walked into the canteen accompanied by Judith and sat with the others.

Caine continued to wait silently in the Med Bay air shaft with zen-like patience, his goal fueling him with determination. The two morons below him, Kyle and Jimmy both symbolized what was wrong with the vault dwellers of Vault 110. Human weakness had driven the community to care for such simpering wimps, and that was against human nature in general. What Caine was intending to do was a form of natural selection, the weak perish and the strong carry on. If he had to expedite the process that was simply fate at work.

Not like the vault wasn't getting crowded anyway... Caine had become fed up with the vault lifestyle in general, living a sheltered life among weak fools that continued to carry on as if no bombs had ever dropped. What kind of pathetic mind set was that? Perhaps the recent events he stirred up would cause for immediate action...

Perhaps exile? He only hoped. The alternative was some sort of imprisonment, or execution if they had the balls. Caine had been waiting for what seemed like hours already, but Ryan was typing up something on a terminal. "The hell? How could that washed up junkie Ronnie produce that much information? Pshhh.. Maybe I should've hidden the body better..." he thought.

He shifted his body slowly and laid down, crossing his arms and resting his head on them. The moment Ryan left he'd kill both of them in a particularly brutal fashion. Suffocation wouldn't get the message across, nor would an overdose. Instead it'd have to be done with a little more style, something Caine had seldom found use in.

If the over zealous Max hadn't already informed the Overseer of his actions of late, he surely would soon. It didn't matter, the Overseer saw himself as a sort of petty god, and that made him vulnerable. He'd only met the man once, and in the few seconds they'd made eye contact he decided he'd kill him one day. Maybe sooner then later now.

Ryan had just finished his report when Max ran into the med-bay. Out of instinct, Ryan went into Dr. mode, but then he realized there was no patient with him this time. Max made his announcement and started heading out the door.
"Max wait! I...Damnit..."
He turned and looked at the patients.

I really should stay. What if something happens? I should be here. But Max...Ughhh. I can't let that guy down.

Ryan turned to Rob.
"Rob, lock down the med-bay. If there is an emergency send a message to either my or Johnathan's Pip boy. Acknowledge."

"Yes sir. Rob acknowledges. Rob will lock down the med-bay and keep the doctors posted on emergencies"

With that out of the way, Ryan took one last look at the patients, and locked the med-bay doors.

He turned and headed to the party.

Nikolai walked into the canteen a little pissed. He was getting ready to go to his private lab and collect the compost when Max caught him by suprise. He almost got into the lab before Nikolai stopped him. From the way Max went to the trouble of personally going to the hydroponics bay to talk,it must be an important announcement. After sitting on a bench,he pulled out a stimpack without realizing it. He stopped himself remembering his promise to the doctor,and put a little lettuce in his mouth to chew instead.
Jonathan sat down next to Nikolai and asked if he had anything else to eat. Beth had been turned in for repairs,and the food dispenser was only giving out searing hot oatmeal for some reason. Nikolai thought about it for a bit and decided to do something about it. "Yah...But I'll need your help come on. We're going to harvest some of the plants for the party,no sense in letting a good bumper crop go to waste.

Max walked to the Overseer's office, finalised the details and the paperwork with him, and then walked back to his room to get ready and to get Ashley. Once he was ready, him and Ashley went to Sarah's place to see if she was ready, which she was, and together the three of them walked down to the canteen...

Once there, Ashley broke off to see his friends and Sarah and Max helped with the setting up... They used a fair few of their own rations that they had been saving up to get snacks, alcohol and plenty of disposable plates and cups that they had in the storage cupboard left over from "All Remembrance Day"...

Sarah got Steven's attention and whipped out a surprise... "I know it's not much..." Sarah said as she handed it to Steven. Steven opened it up to see a very colourful, quite delicate, makeshift masterpiece in the form of cut and coloured paper that, when opened, read "CONGRATULATIONS". "Here, let me help you pin it up on the wall" Sarah said as she went to get a step ladder...

The robots were blowing up balloons and pouring alcohol into cups... The party was going to start late due to the unplanned organisation of the whole thing, but 8pm seemed like a nice rounded time to start the party. They would make the announcement at about 9pm, which would be sufficient time for people to relax and have a few drinks.

Max continued hard at work to get the party ready in time for him to make the big announcement...

((OOC James is in the med-bay... what's the map of the med-bay? Is there the front (lobby) then with two seperate rooms, one with the beds and the other the offices?))

James had fallen asleep so he didn't hear Max's invitation. He woke up and realized the med-bay had been locked down. "Crap..." James didn't want to spend a lot in the med-bay as it was erie and full of death. After a few minutes he fell back alseep.

((If this doesn't collaborate with other people from the med-bay I'll change it))

(OOC: I'm not entirely sure they would have locked you in, but I will leave that to the doctor's to decide. Entirely up to you guys, would rather have you at the celebration, but the choice is yours to make)

Sarah made a point of standing next to the door greeting everyone as they came in, and handing them a drink of their choice. With the help of the canteen robot and Zereth, the bartender, they had it all covered... Greeting them with things like: "Hey, glad you could make it..." "...So good to see you!..." "...Would you like a drink? It's free of charge, no catch, haha!... " "...Ahh, well you will just have to wait and see won't you!..." and things like "It wouldn't be an announcement if i told ya now would it"...

Max was entertaining inside the party and making sure no one was left out with plenty of "Hey! Thanks for coming! How are you?"... The turn out was incredible... Any excuse for a party Max guessed...

Caine couldn't help but smile as he watched Ryan leave through the vents grate. Disabling the Mr. Handy he referred to as "Rob" might prove to be difficult though. He struggled to reach into his back pocket and retrieve his switchblade, but managed to do it quietly, as not to alert the robot prematurely. He began unscrewing the bolts holding the vent in place, planning on how he'd take out the Handy below him quickly and quietly. This would be difficult considering mechanics weren't really his thing, nor robotics.

He hadn't noticed any other patients in the med bay, but then again he didn't bother to check. Anyone stupid enough to get in his way would be another corpse he'd simply step over.
Figuring killing a machine couldn't be much different then killing a man, Caine quickly jumped down and rushed Rob, charging into it with his shoulder, causing it to spin almost comically and smash against the wall behind it. He quickly rushed the automaton with his switchblade, jabbing out it's primary sensors with his blade and following through with another jab to it's communication center out of shear luck, hoping that would at least delay the warning from being sent. All he needed was a few minutes afterall...

Unsatisfied with the damage done to Ryan's metal buddy, Caine shifted his entire body weight into a round house kick, sending the hovering bot across the room and into the wall opposite him. Sparks flew everywhere and Rob's metal frame fell to the floor, remaining completely still.

His biggest problem out of the way Caine started toward Jimmy first, tossing his blade back and forth between hands and smiling wildly. "Hey buddy... Betcha thought you'd never see me again! Yeah, I'm surprised they haven't locked me up either... But look on the bright side, now I get to slice your throat!", Caine said in a disturbing upbeat tone.

Without hesitation he gripped Jimmy's hair with his left hand, yanking his head upward and exposing his neck completely. He then drew the blade across his throat slowly, cutting deeply and severing the teenagers carotid artery. The boy instantly awoke and grabbed at his neck, falling off the bed he was sleeping on and squirming on the floor for a few seconds. Blood completely painted the Med Bay's floor by now, covering Caine's shoes in the sanguine liquid.

"One down... Now, about our last conversation Kyle..." Caine said as he used a rag to clean off his blade and started toward victim number 2. He lifted Kyle up by his collar, slamming him against the same wall he kicked the Mr. Handy into. Kyle now pinned against the wall, Caine gripped him by a tuft of hair as well, slamming his head against the wall several times until grey matter began oozing out the back of his head. In that instant Caine had succumbed to years of pint up rage, and it showed.

Caine had to stop for a moment and regain his composure, he was hyperventilating at this point. Getting back to his good old self, he quickly pulled an operating table toward him and climbed on top of it, jumping up and climbing into the air shaft once again. Whoever saw this scene would never forget it, not even Caine himself would. As far as getting the deed done quickly and quietly, Caine had managed to do the former but not the latter. The entire ordeal would've been easy to hear by someone a few rooms away, or even down the hall not to mention anyone residing in the Med Bay.

Steven saw Sarah enter while they were setting up. He walked over and said hi. She handed him an envelope. He took it and stared at it for a second before carefully removing the beautiful hand-made card. He opened it, and read the inscription. "Wow. Thanks. Like, a lot. This is weird for me. I don't remember what its like to have parents..." Steven finished setting up and noticed the food dispenser spewing out oatmeal again. He hated to do it, but he left the party for a sec to re-align the tracks. When he returned, a nice cup of black coffee waiting for him. He sat down at the bar and enjoyed every last drop of it. His Pip-boy beeped when he finished. He scrunched his face together . "Isn't Rob the medical robot? Why is he showing a damaged sensor AND a damaged communication array? Hmm. I'll have to check him out later." he said to himself.

Ryan made it down to the canteen. He was greeted by some people at the door, and a drink was thrust in his hand. He turned it down, preferring to stay sober if he had to return to duty. Instead, he headed over to a bar stool, and got himself a glass of water. he spun and observed the party. It seemed to be kicking off well. Some girl approached him and asked him to dance. Ryan regognized her form the med-bay. She had been in one of the beds herself multiple times...She was quite attractive.
Ryan looked at her.
"Nope." he said bluntly.
The girl looked taken back. Her cheeks flushed, and she turned and stomped away.

Ryan couldn't help but be amused at this.

Females just get in the way of work

Ryan told himself.

Steven stood up and stretched his neck out. He decided that tonight was going to end well. He went and found Jessica talking to some friends. She smiled at him and shook her head, wiping more grease from his shirt. "Stevie, Stevie, Stevie. You need to relax for once and stop fixing things. Just for tonight, okay? It's your night."

Steven smiled, he didn't like being called anything other than Steven, but whatever. She was right though, tonight was his. "Thanks Jess. Want to dance?" She happily agreed and Steven walked her to the dance floor. This is going to be the best night of my life...

OOC: If anyone needs to, just interrupt me. I like multi-person rps lol

James woke to the sound of crashing metal, falling off his chair, away from Jimmy's bed. "What the hell...?" James didn't make a sound. Looking around, he spotted a shadow move into the room and next to Jimmy's bed. James backed up against the wall, trying to get as far away from the shadow as possible so he wouldn't be found out. James' heart started to beat faster and faster, confused as what was going on but soon realized what was happening, but was too late. Jimmy's neck was slashed and the blood was on the floor.

The shadow moved to Kyle and James tried to do something to help but he was too frightened and shocked to do anything. Not that he could do anything, the attacker would have the upper hand in a fight. James started to crawl away from the bed's backwards as quiet but fast as possible before he heard a smashing sound. "[censored]!! Sorry, I couldn't do anything..." The smashing sound stopped and the shadow left the room. James had a good idea who it was. Who else whould go through this much trouble. Not soon after he collasped on the floor.

Max called out into the party "Everyone! I will be making the announcement shortly at around 9pm, but in the mean time, please all help yourself to drinks and enjoy yourselves"

Yet anther girl approached him. Ryan was pretty sure the girls had set up a pool to see if they could get "The Doctor to dance"
She asked the same question all the other ones did.

"Nope." Ryan said as he sipped his water.

Ryan wasn't sure but he was pretty sure the most recent girl slipped another one a ration ticket. Ryan smiled.

The party was getting a good turnout. He hoped Max would make his anouncements soon. He hated being around people getting more drunk by the minute.

Steven smiled and watched Jessica dance fluently. he really liked her. The music stopped, and he looked up. "Time for me to go..."

Max went up to Sarah and said "Hey..." to which Sarah replied. "Hey big brother..." With a smile on her face. "Look, I really like what you are doing for Steven. It's really nice of you..." Max said, "Anything I can do to help. He's practically a son to me anyway..." Sarah said "heh, well it's nearly 9. Time for your speech" to which Max replied, "Yeah I guess so..."

OOC: Everything between James and My character has not happened yet. Max has asked us to postpone. Im just saying this so we dont have a million messages that we have to edit.



Ryan was still on his chair...Still sippen Water. The Girls had given up, and given each other their ration tickets. Ryan caught a glimps of steven dancing with quite an attractive girl.

Good. About time that boy met someone nice.

Ryan sighed. He wondered how things were in the med-bay. He almost stood up and went to go check the patients, but then he remembered why he was here, and sat down again.