As soon as the kiosk appeared, he used it to purchase thirty of the PPD rings for storage.  He also purchased himself a second ring with a two hundred slot capacity.

He began to pass out the rings, starting with Andrea.  As she accepted it, she swore an oath of loyalty to Allistor.  The green and blue lights swirled around her, and she became Oathbound.  One by one, each of the others did the same.  Except for Durham, who flat out refused.

“Don’t you guys get it?  The world ended!  There’s no more government.  Nobody is in charge.  We don’t have to follow anybody’s rules anymore.  The oath I swore when I enlisted is null and void, and I’m sure as hell not going to swear one to this asshole.”

The others began to converge on him, some trying to reason with him, others intending violence.  Allistor held up his hands to forestall them all and called for quiet.

“Durham… I said before you don’t have to swear an oath to me.  But if you choose not to, you can’t stay here.  So, despite the general consensus that you’re a whiny, obnoxious, self-centered shit, I’ll give you one last opportunity to take the same oath as the others and remain here with us.  We’ll find a way to live and work together.”

“Screw you, college boy!” Durham’s face was turning red again.

“Fine.  You are hereby banished from any and all lands held by myself and my allies from this day forward.  Leave, and don’t come back.”  A red light swirled around him, and his eyes unfocused for a minute.

“No!  This is my home!  You have no right to force me out!”

Bjurstrom stepped forward, hand on his sidearm.  “Allistor came here and put his life on the line more than once to clear those lower levels and make this place safe for us.  He has a rightful claim to this place.  All you’ve ever done here is whine about missing the sun and eat more than your share of the food.  Walk out of here now, Durham.  While you can still walk.”

Allistor put a hand on Bjurstrom’s shoulder.  “It’s no small thing to kill another human.  Especially now when there are so few of us.  Helen and I had to kill three yesterday.  We didn’t want to, but they attacked us.”

Turning to Durham, he said.  “Like it or not, this new System has given me the right to claim this place, and I have done so.  This is no longer your home, by your own choosing.  Now, I’m done talking to you.  Leave on your own, or I will have you escorted out and dropped in the woods ten miles from town where you can’t bother anyone.”

Durham’s face was now a splotchy scarlet shade.  He clearly wasn’t used to being told ‘no’.  Looking around the room, he saw only hostile faces looking back.