#Fallout: Neopia

[v-bits-fits]

Hello out there, future me or otherwise

Happy New Years! Hopefully whoever is reading this got to do something fun. I went to a brewery with my partner, and it was pretty cool. Most of the people in the brewery left before midnight, I'm assuming to go to other places to celebrate. Bad news for the bar, but I honestly prefer it when the bar isn't super packed.

I'm don't usually make New Years resolutions, but I have some things that I have been working on that I want to prioritize going forward into 2025.

I have been going to the gym more often. I've always been a pretty active person. I like to run, I love riding my bike, and I'm a pretty avid yogi. However, I have always felt super self-conscious at the gym. Especially when it comes to lifting weights. I can't really put my finger on what has happened, but recently that has changed. Lately when I go to the gym, I don't really care what the people lifting around me think. And as I go more, I get less self-conscious. Not necessarily because I'm getting stronger (though I am), but I'm realizing that nobody actually cares about me [at the gym]. Just like I don't care what workouts they are doing, they probably do not care at all about what I'm doing. Also, I'm noticing that most people have terrible form. So, who are they to judge? lol. In 2025, I want to keep going to the gym somewhat regularly. I'll probably get bored eventually and move on to something else that is physically stimulating. But even if I decide I want to go back to doing yoga 3 times a week or I want to increase my milage on the bike, it'll still be nice to add weight training to my repertoire of workouts.

I also will be going on more trips in 2025. Me and my partner already have several events planned, including a concert in March that I am SUPER excited about. We decided we want to plan things to look forward to. I find when I'm stressed at work, thinking about a trip I have planned or a band I'm going to go see helps me to not feel so miserable.

But more than anything, I have been trying to find ways to feed my creativity. I was always very artistic as a teenager, and I think everybody around me thought I was going to go to art school. I ended up getting a STEM degree. While I definitely don't regret it, I do miss just...being creative. I miss being given a prompt and creating something out of it. I used to do film photography in high school, I used to sew, I used to paint. But as I got older, I got focused on life and left a lot of that behind. So, in the latter half of this year, I've been really putting an effort into fueling my creative side, whether or not it's profitable. I've been drawing just to draw, I got into digital embroidery so I can make my own patches, and I've been making my own holiday decorations. My uncle is even sending me one of his film cameras, and I'm super excited about the idea of getting back into film photography. My laundry room has no windows and a utility sink, so I'm tossing around the idea of using it as a dark room. And of course, this fanfiction is part of that too. I've never been big into writing, but I have always wanted to be. I'm definitely guilty of buying extravagant journals, just to leave them on my shelf and never writing a word in them. Even though this is fanfiction and not my own intellectual property, I'm having a lot of fun writing my story.

On that note, I will probably not be writing anything today. I'm a little hungover, so me and my partner are spending the day lounging around the house and not being productive. I have the weekend off (and my partner works all weekend) so I will probably get a lot of Chapter 6 written then. I think after reading Chapter 5, y'all know where we are headed on the map. I'm not sure if we'll get there in Chapter 6; Gladys has some prepping she needs to do. However, we will definitely get there by Chapter 7.

Thank you to anybody reading my story. Whether it's just 3 people, or 300 people, it means a lot to know that a few people are taking the time to read something I have written. I hope you kind people have a great year!

[starbiology]

I lovee talking about plots so i am happy to infodump!

Short form: King Skarl (of Meridell) invaded the Darigan Citadel to steal an orb that had been the power/life of the citadel's land. King Skarl lied about stealing it and the Darigan Citadel is STILL facing the fallout of having it stolen from them including dealing with persistent famine and plague.

Full story under the cut!

The Darigan Citadel and Meridell lore is covered in 2 plots: Champions of Meridell (2002) and Battle for Meridell (2004)

The story from Meridell (told by their king, King Skarl) is that they had been suffering from poor crops and so King Skarl sends his knights out to find help. While out on their search they just happen across this magical orb that improves everything when brought back to their kingdom.

Later in the story its uncovered that King Skarl lied. Meridell's knights actually invaded a neighbouring land called Darigan Citadel and stole their orb which was essentially the heart of the Citadel's resources. When Meridell stole the orb it sent the Darigan Citadel into famine and a plague that disfigured them (into the darigan style paintbrush).

The Darigan Citadel led by Lord Darigan attacks Meridell to retrieve their orb. They succeed in retrieving it but Lord Darigan finds the orb no longer works and the citadel does not improve. While looking at the orb, Lord Darigan becomes possessed by The Three (Ill explain them later) which turns him against his own people and he suddenly wants to rule all of Neopia.

The generals of Darigan Citadel see that something is wrong with Lord Darigan and reach out to Meridell to team up and stop their own leader. [because they are good, kind souls who care about the good of everyone unlike King Skarl]

They stop Lord Darigan who then disappears. In the fight for the orb, the orb is shattered. Darigan Citadel and Meridell sign a very uneasy truce to not go to war since the orb is now destroyed.

A few years later the Darigan Citadel is now being run by one of their generals, Lord Kass.

Lord Kass convinces his people [rightfully so in my opinion] that they should once again attack Meridell for what Meridell did. Its found out through the story that Kass is actually being haunted by The Three which pushes him to drastic measures for this war.

The Three are a group of spectral-like beings who torment people when they're at their lowest to do their bidding. They are really, truely, awful and likely have a hand in other past kingdoms that had been suffering.

There is a long battle between Darigan Citadel led by Lord Kass and Meridell led by King Skarl.

Lord Kass defeats the leading meridell knight (Jeran, who is in the first plot too) but is then attacked by Lord Darigan.

Its discovered that Lord Darigan survived and had been sheltered by a farmer kid in Meridell while he recovered. When he regained his memory he wanted to stop the war between the two kingdoms.

Lord Darigan wins in his fight against Kass and signs a new peace treaty with Meridell. Kass is then punished by The Three and is believed to be dead as he is vapourized. [But! With new plot it looks like he was actually sent somewhere and not killed yay!]

And after all of this King Skarl still does not help Darigan Citadel in any way! The citadel is still stuck in its current state and Meridell has done absolutely nothing to help them in even the slightest!

Normal Neopets players: so what are your Food Club bets for today? I'm thinking Tailhook but IDK

Neopets players that are invested in the lore: King Skarl should be assassinated

[grobleen]

these sugary snacks. secret snacks. digging through bandoned sponsor areas and long-empty factories to find the fruit by the foots.

... fallout? what is this tag

what is this. did someone drop the fruit nukes on neopia.

creating these horrifying mutated myncis. oh no.

[alien-aishas]

remember how Dr Sloth wanted to blast Neopia with a mutation ray way back in that first plot? well what if a couple neopians made and hid in fallout shelters. maybe established a whole mini society underground. and are still hiding there

[xlstriker38]

man. i made fun of fallout equestria for years and now it’s comin to bite me in the ass cuz im thinkin abt fallout neopia aaa im rotating it in my mind lol