Martin Vickers
Pachirisu Gijinka
Rustwall City

After receiving the vaccine and paying Doctor Morgan almost all of the caps he could spare for his services, Martin spent some time alone. He only had a few weeks before the EvoTox mutation would trigger, and while Doctor Morgan had proven to be very helpful in eliminating the worst of the outcomes, it was still an inevitable occurrence that was going to change his life completely.

In only a few weeks, he would change entirely into a Pachirisu, and would have to rely on completely different survival instincts. He was hoping he would find a way to get used to it, but it would be a very different way of living that he felt he wasn't entirely prepared for. At least he wouldn't completely lose his memories at first and be prone to vicious attacking. As a normal Pachirisu, he might lose the traits and aspects that made him civilized, but at least he would still be mentally capable of knowing right from wrong and would keep most of his personality traits. He felt he might even be better off than others of his own kind as long as he remembered how most human tools and equipment functioned. However, being the victim of a predator was something he was a bit more worried about.

After seeing what had happened in Vault 62 and the results of EvoTox when it came to Patrick and the other vault-dwellers, this was something at least far better than the monsters they had become. A Pachirisu wasn't even a violent or highly-destructive Pokémon. To Martin, maybe, in some ways, it was better than being a gijinka. No one would scream at him, get angry and impatient with him, get drunk and hit him, or expect him to show up at certain times and shout at him when he couldn't. While he would miss the good things about humanity, he would be turning his back to all the ugly things as well.

He needed some time to think things over and mentally prepare himself. There was some anxiety mixed with hope. There were moments where he wish he had more time, followed by moments where he wished it would just be done and over with to get started on the next chapter of his life.

He had taken a walk outside of town, and the bleakness of the wasteland and its ruins reminded him that this was just one some trouble in a world that was full of them. It reminded him that there were two important things in life. Love. Love and survival. No matter how bad things got, everyone had to try their best to love and survive.