<span style="font-style: italic">Year 2779</span><br/><br/>Ethan North awoke in his room around midday, as usual, and stretched in his bed. He slowly arose from his mattress and got dressed in his vault jumpsuit decorated with his Vault's number, 21, on the back (m<a class="postlink" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Vault_21_back.png">http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Vault_21_back.png</a>m). Ethan looks at his Pip-Boy 3000 (m<a class="postlink" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Pip-Boy_3000">http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Pip-Boy_3000</a>m), presses the Data Button, turns the dial to Radio, and scrolls to New Vegas Radio and gladly listens to the song "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" (m<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWu1wrJpHqw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWu1wrJpHqw</a>m). Humming to himself and snapping his fingers down the hallway of Vault 21, he walks to the cafeteria and sits for a short meal, afterwards he goes to meet up with his friends at the blackjack table. They play for a while, drinking and blabbing about nothing in particular, and Ethan just about cleans 'em all out and his friends curse his luck and he takes his winnings and departs from the table. Pocketing his newly earned cash, Ethan spent the remainder of the day leisurely drinking and chatting with people about small issues here and there but, overall, life in Vault 21 was simple, and most importantly, enjoyable. When it comes time, Ethan returns to his room where he deposits his cash into his wall safe and lays down and turns of his radio, eventually dosing off.<br/><br/>After he awoke, Ethan was aware of arguing and wondered how long he'd been out. The glowing amber display of his Pip-Boy 3000 read<span style="color: #FF8000">1:47 PM</span>,<span style="font-style: italic">much later than usual</span>Ethan thinks to himself,<span style="font-style: italic">better see whats up</span>. As Ethan left his room he noticed there was nobody to be found but followed the, mostly shouting, voices coming from the gambling room. As he entered, Ethan found that almost all of his fellow vault dwellers were divided into two major groups arguing about something but he couldn't understand what. Finally, he pulled aside one of his friends and asked him what was going on. "Mr. House has declared that he needs the vault and wants to get everyone out!" his friend said. "Mr. House? Who's that?", replied Ethan. "He reconstructed Las Vegas after the war and wants to move us all onto the Strip so he can use the Vault" the friend told him. Ethan took a couple steps back and surveyed the groups. He quickly realized one group was all for going to the Strip, the other wanted to stay put. Ethan didn't much care one way or another but kinda liked the idea of leaving the Vault, even if he did enjoy being there, he wanted something different. In the end, it was decided that, like most problems in the Vault, the two groups would gamble for their future. The game they played to settle the deal was blackjack and almost the entire vault was in attendance. In a risky bet, the supporters of House won against the opposition, and Vault 21's interior was stripped of its useful electronics and equipment and partially filled in with concrete, forcing the dwellers and Ethan to resettle in the wasteland and on the Strip. At Sarah and Sheldon Weintraub's insistence, House left the topmost level intact and allowed the Weintraub's to establish a hotel there, which became another source of income for his fledgling empire.<br/><br/>Now that he was out of his cramped room and had all his money in his pockets, the next problem was finding what to do. He quickly realized he could afford to live somewhere swanky and certainly intended to do so. He toured the still developing casinos around the Strip. His first idea was the Ultra-Luxe (m<a class="postlink" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra-Luxe">http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ultra-Luxe</a>m), it was overly extravagant and not quite to Ethan's tastes, plus the odd masks and over the top manners of the owners creeped him out. Ethan didn't even bother with the Gomorrah (m<a class="postlink" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Gomorrah">http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Gomorrah</a>m), it was dirty and sleazy and not what he was looking for. That only left The Tops (m<a class="postlink" href="http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tops">http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tops</a>m), it was the perfect combination of classy and laid back. However, when Ethan went to buy anything he found his money was no good and had to sell his pre-war money for bottle caps, which were the accepted form of currency. He bought a suite and a swanky suit and a hat to go along with it and felt very pleased with the whole look. Ethan put the remainder of his money in a reinforced safe in his room and relaxed on his brand new bed and retired for the night.