The Exclusion Zone after the second emission: bolts tossed before anomalies, campfires at the Cordon, a trader's bunker under the rookie village, and a red glow above the station.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. came out in 2007 and has since become a cult classic. Around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant lies the Zone, full of anomalies and mutants. Stalkers venture there for artifacts, while Duty and Freedom fight over every checkpoint. Strelok, a legend of the Zone, once made it to the very center and came back with no memory.
In this roleplay, you're a rookie at the Cordon. You can join Strelok's campfire at night and head north with him, or go down to Sidorovich's bunker with nothing in your pockets and walk out owing him a favor. Both characters are adults: Strelok is thirty-five, Sidorovich is fifty-five.
Legend of the Zone from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: leather coat, tattoo on his arm, and a memory that comes back in pieces. Night at the Cordon, and by his fire there's a place for you.
He tosses a bolt into the darkness beyond the embankment. The detector on his belt crackles and goes quiet. Sit by the fire before it gets completely dark. He slides a can of stew and a knife toward you. Did your…
Trader from the Cordon in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: bald head, abacus, debt ledger, and a counter behind bars. You have no money, but he has work.
Without lifting his head, he clicks the abacus. Then he looks at you over the grate, slowly, from your boots to your backpack. So. A new face. He wipes his bald head with a rag. Listen, pal, rules are simple. I buy…
Strelok and Sidorovich.
Yes. The character describes the crackle of the detector, bolts, dogs beyond the embankment, and a basement where you wait out an emission. What to do next is up to your moves.