FEV effect

 In the unforgiving wasteland that was once the heart of California, four wastelanders named Alex, Matt, Sarah, and Tracy embarked on a treacherous journey from New Reno to San Francisco. Their reasons for undertaking this perilous voyage varied, but they all shared one common goal: survival.

As they trudged through the desolate landscape, the rumors of the Mariposa Military Base haunted their thoughts. Whispers of a strange liquid, said to transform and mutate anyone who dared come into contact with it, had reached their ears. The base was notorious for being the birthplace of the dreaded super mutants, and tales of its horrors were told around campfires and in the dimly lit bars of the wasteland.

Undeterred by the grim stories, the group continued their journey. They were determined to reach San Francisco, where they hoped for a better life, or at least a safer one. Little did they know that fate had a different plan in store for them.

As they approached the remnants of the Mariposa Military Base, an eerie silence hung in the air. The once-imposing facility now lay in ruins, its secrets buried beneath the rubble. The wastelanders cautiously moved forward, their senses on high alert. 

Suddenly, without warning, the ground beneath their feet gave way, and they tumbled into a pit, landing with a splashing thud in a pool of strange, oozing liquid that seeped from a cracked pipe. Panic set in as they realized they were now covered in the mysterious substance.

They quickly scrambled out of the pool and tried to clean themselves up as best they could with whatever water they had left. But the damage was done. Unbeknownst to them, they had unwittingly come into contact with the infamous Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV), a substance that had long since mutated beyond its original form.

As they continued their journey, an insidious change began to take hold within their bodies. The FEV they had unwittingly encountered was no longer the same as the one that had created super mutants. It had evolved into something far more sinister. Slowly but surely, the transformation began, both physically and mentally.

Each day brought subtle yet horrifying changes. Their skin began to toughen and take on a sickly greenish hue, their muscles bulged grotesquely, and their senses sharpened to a terrifying degree. But the most harrowing aspect of their transformation was the erosion of their humanity. Memories and knowledge of their past lives as humans were systematically erased, leaving them to act and think like the creatures they were becoming.

No longer Alex, Matt, Sarah, and Tracy, they became something else entirely. Their once-human identities vanished, replaced by a feral and primal mindset. The transformation was permanent, and they were now creatures of the wasteland, unrecognizable to their former selves.

Their journey to San Francisco had taken an unexpected and horrifying turn. In their quest for survival, they had unwittingly become the very nightmares they had once feared, wandering the wasteland as living reminders of the terrible power that lurked within the Mariposa Military Base's twisted legacy.