p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller was not having a good day./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren had to pick the one man in the entire vault who did not want to go out into the wasteland, everyone else was eager to go out and explore that hellscape, but once the water chip broke, of course Jacoren has everyone pick straws and the one man who does not in any way shape or form have any interest in leaving the vault ends up getting the shortest one./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Another insult was Jacoren locked the door behind him! Stating that "ooh there are some technical problems right now." But that was a fucking lie, the guy next to him "Ed" is nothing more than a pile of bones with a pistol and a few rounds of ammo! Which the Vault Dweller made us of by firing on every rat he saw./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Grumbling to himself, he began to walk out of the cave, his shaved head already feeling the effect of the radioactive sun on it! Why? Why did Jacoren send him to do this bullshit? Sure he may have been the most promising of all his peers and possibly the best at creatively getting out of jams, but he sure as hell wasn't a man to send out for the fate of the entire vault! What kind of sick bastard would pick him for this stupid mission?/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren, Jacoren would./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Fucking stupid piece of SHIT!" he screamed, kicking a rock with all the power in his foot. Sighing, he played around on his Pip-boy 2000, the map to Vault 15 seemed to point to the right./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Okay...If I can continue this way for a few hours, I should run into someone… right?" The Vault Dweller thought to himself, as he kept tapping the screen, he quickly grew annoyed of how cumbersome the thing was. It made his left arm where it rested much heavier and it was always unbearably hot, causing his left arm to sweat while the rest of his body remained perfectly fine, although, in New California, his body rarely was fine to begin with!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"He then began to walk a few steps forward, all around him was desert and the occasional car or fridge buried in the sand. The thought of starting up a car came to mind a few times, but it was likely impossible given how the things ran on atomic energy and the last time the Vault Dweller heard of atomic energy being used, it was before everyone began rushing to the vault./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Radscorpions plagued the land as well, their size alone made the Vault Dweller declared it his mission to avoid having to come into contact with any of them!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"An hour of walking passed, with the Vault Dweller even killing a mole rat with his 10 MM pistol./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"As he attempted to skin the Mole rat, he began to hear a noise echoing throughout the desert…./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"It was quiet at first but began to grow louder as it grew closer./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""VROOOOOOOOOOOOOM"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""A c-car?" The Vault Dweller said aloud, as the shape of a vehicle began to become visible in front of him./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"IT WAS COMING RIGHT TOWARDS HIM!/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Shit!" he cried, rolling to the side as the car went faster than anything he had ever seen./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Zipping past him, a tribal looking man with black hair, smoking some drug whilst driving./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongCRASH!/strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh my god!" The Vault Dweller cried as the car crashed into a cliff side, smoke pouring out the front as though it were about to burst into flames./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Suddenly, the black-haired man stepped out of the car, the same drug he was whiffing moments ago now thrown onto the sand, his face enraged, he snarled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""So; you fucked up my Chrysalis, just destroyed my Jet, and have the nerve to wear the same vault suit my ancestors wore! At this point, you've just gotta ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well? Do you punk?"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"What?" The Vault Dweller frowned. "You fucked up that car yourself! Nearly killed me in the process! If anyone's to blame for this, it's you! You stupid tribal!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""That does it!" The man screamed, lobbing a spear right at the Vault Dweller who rolled out of the way just before it came into contact with his face!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""What the hell?!" The Vault Dweller cried out, firing a few shots at the Tribal, who simply sidestepped and dodged them as he attempted to charge the Vault Dweller with a spear!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongClick, Click, Click./strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller was out of ammo! Quickly switching to his knife before the crazy tribal could get close./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongSlash!/strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller had managed to hit the Tribal directly on the vein with the blade of his knife! Blood began to spill all over the Tribal, who didn't even react to the attack!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Tribal then used the back of his spear to knock the Vault Dweller onto the ground with a tremendous thump! Stepping on his chest as he aimed the tip of his spear right at the Vault Dwellers neck./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Hasta la vista, motherfucker." He smirked as the Vault Dweller shut his eyes and braced for impact./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Please...I just need to save my vault…" He pleaded as the Tribal looked at him with a raised eyebrow./span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Your... Vault? You came from Vault 13?" the man asked, aiming the spear slightly away from the Vault Dweller's neck./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Y-yeah...I was sent out here to get….A water chip…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Tribal blinked multiple times, as though he had just made the biggest scientific breakthrough in the world, or...More likely, the Jet he was high off of was wearing off./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""A...Water...Chip? Hang on second! Hang on a damn second!" The Tribal nodded his head with a crazed smile./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"He then began to type on his Pip-boy 2000, its color looked incredibly similar to the Vault Dwellers, just a little darker likely due to age./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Then again, what kind of tribal owned a Pip-boy?/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Is this...You?" The Tribal asked, holding the screen up to the Vault Dweller's face./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"On the screen was a crude cartoon figure near perfectly resembling the Vault Dweller!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah... That looks like me…. Who…. Who are you? How do you know me?"br /br /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Tribal seemed completely paralyzed with fear at this, the spear was now on the ground as he stepped off the Vault Dweller's chest and instead began to kneel before the Vault Dweller and pleading for his life./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh, great holy ancestor! Please forgive me! I deserve to burn in your righteous fury!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""What?" The Vault Dweller asked, standing up as the Tribal began to kneel./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We thought you were dead! You left Arroyo and disappeared into the wastes! But some of us said you were still alive!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Slow down…." The Vault Dweller put his hand on the shoulder of the pleading acolyte. "Who are you? And why do you worship me like some sort of god?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh great Vault Dweller, I am but your humble servant… I am the Chosen One, and… I'm your grandson…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""My what?!" The Vault Dweller stepped back, as the Chosen One stood up./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""You're my grandfather! Oh, if only mom could see you…. She always described you as being crazy old! But…. You don't look a day over Twenty-Five!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Thanks? Look… I hate to break it to you 'Chosen One' but… I'm not married, and I certainly don't have any children…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One's face turned once again to shock and horror. "B-but mom always said you and Pat had a kid together… You even wrote memoirs describing your life…. And how you founded Arroyo…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Arroyo?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""It's the village you founded… You made it after the overseer of vault 13 kicked you out…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Wait…. WHAT?!" The Vault Dweller shouted as the Chosen One nodded./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah...After you purged the Super Mutant threat, that overseer kicked you out, but… It wasn't because he had a grudge against you or anything, it was because of an experiment!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""An experiment?!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah, it was supposed to remain closed for around 200 years, but because of the broken water chip, they sent you out, but that completely fucked up the experiment; causing Jacoren to exile you... But... People began to follow you out, eventually, Jacoren was tried and executed and you began to found Arroyo…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller's head was pulsing with this knowledge, Jacoren, despite having him pick straws and forcing him out here, was going to just kick him out in the first place?! The whole reason he saved the Vault in the first place was because he was one of the assholes who lived inside it!/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /Furious wasn't even close to what the Vault Dweller was feeling, his rage was nearly murderous….And then, he realized something./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"If he died out here, Jacoren would just send another puppet out into the wasteland, another pawn that would just end up getting kicked out and eaten alive by the wasteland! What if it wasn't someone as skilled as the Vault Dweller, what if it was a child?!/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Chosen One…. I'm gonna pay the old vault a visit and have a chat with Jacoren. Would you like to tag along?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One nodded. "Yeah! I never saw the holy Thirteen in its prime, so this will be so awesome to see in person!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Great... Your car still work?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah, it should be good, plus the smoke just makes the Jet taste better!" The Chosen One smiled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Let's go then."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1"br /br /span/p
p class="p3" /p
p class="p4"span class="s1"-/span/p
p class="p5" /p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller thanked his lucky stars that he had killed every rat in the cave before leaving, as they certainly would have eaten him alive if he only had a knife and no bullets!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Banging on the door as loudly as possible he heard a guard's static voice address him on the loudspeaker./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Your back already?! Bullshit you got that chip!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I didn't get the chip, but I found a way to buy us some time, I have a water salesman from a village close by!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Really?! That's great! You should probably tell the Overseer, he'll be overjoyed to hear this!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I will once you open the door…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh, right...Sorry!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"As the Vault door began to slowly open, the Dweller turned to the Chosen One, who was busy playing with his spear./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""To really sell this, we're gonna have to make you sound super exotic….So, you know….Do your best 'Tribal voice'."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One smiled. "Pshhh, that's easy! I had this tribal I used to travel with. I can probably just talk the way he used to!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Awesome…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault door then opened, and the two men walked in./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Once inside, a security guard immediately waved them down./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Hey! Is this the guy?" He asked the Vault Dweller, who nodded./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yep, he's from a tiny village just south of here! I found him scavenging a few cars before coming here...Why don't you introduce yourself to him?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Okay...Name's Mark, I take it your village is a little behind the times, eh?" The guard chuckled, pointing at the Chosen One's unique clothing./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeh man, we and I be named Sulik. We be coming from the South called Klamath."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Guard awkwardly laughed to himself then turned to Vault Dweller and whispered./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Um... I didn't understand a word this guy said…. Do you have any idea what he said?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller shrugged. "Pretty sure he said he said his name's Sulik but other than that… No clue."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Guard nodded and gestured to the elevator. "Well, you two should probably talk to the Overseer, he's on the third floor."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Stepping into the elevator, the Chosen One began to scratch the back of his head. "So… Do you know what the Enclave is?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""The what?" The Vault Dweller asked./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Don't worry about it." The Chosen One smiled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Once on the third floor, all eyes immediately were drawn to the Chosen One, who seemed overjoyed to see the Vault 13 Residents before the Enclave kidnapped them./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh god." One of them said. "What kind of freak did he bring in?"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"I don't know…" Another replied. "Looks like some kind of weird tribal…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"One resident actually approached the Chosen One, a redhead girl named Theresa./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Where did you come from?" She asked as the Chosen One seemed to shake with giddiness. A resident from the holy thirteen approached him! And she was cute! But... He had to keep his cover./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We be from a tiny village south, we be callin ourself Sulik, what this one be calling themselves?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Um…. Theresa…. Are you here to help us with the water crisis?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One nodded (a little too enthusiastically). "Yeh, we be traveling merchants that this one be buying water from."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh wow! Tell me…. Is life in the wasteland really as hard as the Overseer says it is?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One shrugged. "We be thinkin you and I be spending too much time couped up inside a Vault, and that this one be needing something new…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongSPEECH 40/35/strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""… And we and I can show you some new 'experiences'….." The Chosen One winked, causing Theresa to blush./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Well... You are kinda cute…. If you're ever around the vault again... Why don't you show me some of these new experiences you're talking about…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We be bringin grampy bone next time just for this one. See ya around."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Hey!" The Vault Dweller barked. "Stop flirting with the people and get over here!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Sorry, we be not so good at controlling ourselves sometimes." The Chosen One smirked, causing the Vault Dweller to groan./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"As the two men approached the command center, Jacoren's face began to cringe slightly at the Chosen One./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""You're back! And with guests I see! How goes the search?" He asked as the Vault Dweller began to plan out his next few moves./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Confronting him in front of all the others probably was a smart move, then again...The command center did have miniguns on it, and there was the possibility of the others not believing a word the Vault Dweller said...No, confronting him in front of everyone would get nowhere, and no proof but a strange tribal man wouldn't sway the others./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller needed answers, and the best way to get answers would be in private./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""The search is going well! The guy who I brought with me is from a neighboring village full of water! I think if we can negotiate with him and his village, we can buy the Vault a helluva lotta time!"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Really?! That's wonderful! Amazing! Give me a second…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren then left the command center, his skinny old body, walking over to a small meeting room./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Shut the door behind you…" He instructed the Vault Dweller, who did so. "Now... Mr…?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We be called Sulik."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Sulik... I heard your village has some sort of water that you trade, correct?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah, we be around a big river that we get the water from, it ain't so bad and it don't got any of the wicked spirits in it…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Wicked spirits?" Jacoren turned to the Vault Dweller who shrugged./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I think he means radiation... But...Overseer…. That isn't exactly what we came for."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren frowned. "W-what do you mean?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Whipping out his pistol, the Vault Dweller pointed it at Jacoren's head, who responded by putting his hands up./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The pistol itself was empty, but he didn't know that./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""What is the meaning of this?!" Jacoren shouted./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One then stood up. "The meaning of this, Mr. Jacoren, is the experiments the Enclave have performed on this vault! Two-Hundred years of isolation from the outside world, and once it's done, the Enclave comes in and kidnaps the residents, performing experiments on them."br /br /Jacoren's face distorted. "Who the hell are you?"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"This man's ancestor!" The Chosen One pointed to the Vault Dweller, who stuck his tongue out at Jacoren. "The man you sent into exile despite him being the best thing for this vault! Ever since the water chip broke down, you planned on exiling him as soon at it was fixed, or worse, you planned on killing him! So that your experiment wouldn't fail….Is that true?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren smiled. "Yes, it's true... I didn't mean for it to be you; if anything, I was hoping some fool would pick the shortest straw, but instead... It was you."/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /The Vault Dweller shook his head. "And if it was a child? Or a mother? An elderly man? You would still send them out there, and you would still let everyone I knew get experimented on?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren nodded. "Yes... But it doesn't matter, this conversation doesn't even matter... Because in a few seconds someone is going to walk in here and see what you're doing and have both of you killed! No one will know and I'll send someone else out, maybe someone who actually follows my orders."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller shook his head. "No Jacoren, they aren't going to see this, because if we hurt you it just proves to them that the wasteland is a hostile place and you'll win… The only thing we can do is this."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren tilted his head in confusion at this answer./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I needed answers, and I came to get them... Now... I need to find out where that water chip is."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren laughed. "You're still gonna get it?! You know I'll still make you leave at the end of all this, even if you are the only hope we have…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller sighed. "Yeah... I know…. But the people here deserve to be saved, even if they're led by a coward like you…. Come on Sulik." The Vault Dweller said to the Chosen One, who smiled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah man, we and I was getting a little sick of this place... Everyone here is afraid of Grampy Bone anyway."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Shut up." The Vault Dweller smirked, as the two men exited the room and vault, leaving Jacoren both confused and afraid./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren had to pick the one man in the entire vault who did not want to go out into the wasteland, everyone else was eager to go out and explore that hellscape, but once the water chip broke, of course Jacoren has everyone pick straws and the one man who does not in any way shape or form have any interest in leaving the vault ends up getting the shortest one./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Another insult was Jacoren locked the door behind him! Stating that "ooh there are some technical problems right now." But that was a fucking lie, the guy next to him "Ed" is nothing more than a pile of bones with a pistol and a few rounds of ammo! Which the Vault Dweller made us of by firing on every rat he saw./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Grumbling to himself, he began to walk out of the cave, his shaved head already feeling the effect of the radioactive sun on it! Why? Why did Jacoren send him to do this bullshit? Sure he may have been the most promising of all his peers and possibly the best at creatively getting out of jams, but he sure as hell wasn't a man to send out for the fate of the entire vault! What kind of sick bastard would pick him for this stupid mission?/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren, Jacoren would./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Fucking stupid piece of SHIT!" he screamed, kicking a rock with all the power in his foot. Sighing, he played around on his Pip-boy 2000, the map to Vault 15 seemed to point to the right./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Okay...If I can continue this way for a few hours, I should run into someone… right?" The Vault Dweller thought to himself, as he kept tapping the screen, he quickly grew annoyed of how cumbersome the thing was. It made his left arm where it rested much heavier and it was always unbearably hot, causing his left arm to sweat while the rest of his body remained perfectly fine, although, in New California, his body rarely was fine to begin with!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"He then began to walk a few steps forward, all around him was desert and the occasional car or fridge buried in the sand. The thought of starting up a car came to mind a few times, but it was likely impossible given how the things ran on atomic energy and the last time the Vault Dweller heard of atomic energy being used, it was before everyone began rushing to the vault./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Radscorpions plagued the land as well, their size alone made the Vault Dweller declared it his mission to avoid having to come into contact with any of them!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"An hour of walking passed, with the Vault Dweller even killing a mole rat with his 10 MM pistol./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"As he attempted to skin the Mole rat, he began to hear a noise echoing throughout the desert…./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"It was quiet at first but began to grow louder as it grew closer./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""VROOOOOOOOOOOOOM"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""A c-car?" The Vault Dweller said aloud, as the shape of a vehicle began to become visible in front of him./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"IT WAS COMING RIGHT TOWARDS HIM!/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Shit!" he cried, rolling to the side as the car went faster than anything he had ever seen./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Zipping past him, a tribal looking man with black hair, smoking some drug whilst driving./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongCRASH!/strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh my god!" The Vault Dweller cried as the car crashed into a cliff side, smoke pouring out the front as though it were about to burst into flames./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Suddenly, the black-haired man stepped out of the car, the same drug he was whiffing moments ago now thrown onto the sand, his face enraged, he snarled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""So; you fucked up my Chrysalis, just destroyed my Jet, and have the nerve to wear the same vault suit my ancestors wore! At this point, you've just gotta ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well? Do you punk?"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"What?" The Vault Dweller frowned. "You fucked up that car yourself! Nearly killed me in the process! If anyone's to blame for this, it's you! You stupid tribal!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""That does it!" The man screamed, lobbing a spear right at the Vault Dweller who rolled out of the way just before it came into contact with his face!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""What the hell?!" The Vault Dweller cried out, firing a few shots at the Tribal, who simply sidestepped and dodged them as he attempted to charge the Vault Dweller with a spear!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongClick, Click, Click./strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller was out of ammo! Quickly switching to his knife before the crazy tribal could get close./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongSlash!/strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller had managed to hit the Tribal directly on the vein with the blade of his knife! Blood began to spill all over the Tribal, who didn't even react to the attack!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Tribal then used the back of his spear to knock the Vault Dweller onto the ground with a tremendous thump! Stepping on his chest as he aimed the tip of his spear right at the Vault Dwellers neck./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Hasta la vista, motherfucker." He smirked as the Vault Dweller shut his eyes and braced for impact./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Please...I just need to save my vault…" He pleaded as the Tribal looked at him with a raised eyebrow./span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Your... Vault? You came from Vault 13?" the man asked, aiming the spear slightly away from the Vault Dweller's neck./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Y-yeah...I was sent out here to get….A water chip…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Tribal blinked multiple times, as though he had just made the biggest scientific breakthrough in the world, or...More likely, the Jet he was high off of was wearing off./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""A...Water...Chip? Hang on second! Hang on a damn second!" The Tribal nodded his head with a crazed smile./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"He then began to type on his Pip-boy 2000, its color looked incredibly similar to the Vault Dwellers, just a little darker likely due to age./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Then again, what kind of tribal owned a Pip-boy?/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Is this...You?" The Tribal asked, holding the screen up to the Vault Dweller's face./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"On the screen was a crude cartoon figure near perfectly resembling the Vault Dweller!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah... That looks like me…. Who…. Who are you? How do you know me?"br /br /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Tribal seemed completely paralyzed with fear at this, the spear was now on the ground as he stepped off the Vault Dweller's chest and instead began to kneel before the Vault Dweller and pleading for his life./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh, great holy ancestor! Please forgive me! I deserve to burn in your righteous fury!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""What?" The Vault Dweller asked, standing up as the Tribal began to kneel./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We thought you were dead! You left Arroyo and disappeared into the wastes! But some of us said you were still alive!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Slow down…." The Vault Dweller put his hand on the shoulder of the pleading acolyte. "Who are you? And why do you worship me like some sort of god?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh great Vault Dweller, I am but your humble servant… I am the Chosen One, and… I'm your grandson…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""My what?!" The Vault Dweller stepped back, as the Chosen One stood up./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""You're my grandfather! Oh, if only mom could see you…. She always described you as being crazy old! But…. You don't look a day over Twenty-Five!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Thanks? Look… I hate to break it to you 'Chosen One' but… I'm not married, and I certainly don't have any children…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One's face turned once again to shock and horror. "B-but mom always said you and Pat had a kid together… You even wrote memoirs describing your life…. And how you founded Arroyo…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Arroyo?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""It's the village you founded… You made it after the overseer of vault 13 kicked you out…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Wait…. WHAT?!" The Vault Dweller shouted as the Chosen One nodded./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah...After you purged the Super Mutant threat, that overseer kicked you out, but… It wasn't because he had a grudge against you or anything, it was because of an experiment!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""An experiment?!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah, it was supposed to remain closed for around 200 years, but because of the broken water chip, they sent you out, but that completely fucked up the experiment; causing Jacoren to exile you... But... People began to follow you out, eventually, Jacoren was tried and executed and you began to found Arroyo…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller's head was pulsing with this knowledge, Jacoren, despite having him pick straws and forcing him out here, was going to just kick him out in the first place?! The whole reason he saved the Vault in the first place was because he was one of the assholes who lived inside it!/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /Furious wasn't even close to what the Vault Dweller was feeling, his rage was nearly murderous….And then, he realized something./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"If he died out here, Jacoren would just send another puppet out into the wasteland, another pawn that would just end up getting kicked out and eaten alive by the wasteland! What if it wasn't someone as skilled as the Vault Dweller, what if it was a child?!/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Chosen One…. I'm gonna pay the old vault a visit and have a chat with Jacoren. Would you like to tag along?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One nodded. "Yeah! I never saw the holy Thirteen in its prime, so this will be so awesome to see in person!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Great... Your car still work?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah, it should be good, plus the smoke just makes the Jet taste better!" The Chosen One smiled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Let's go then."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1"br /br /span/p
p class="p3" /p
p class="p4"span class="s1"-/span/p
p class="p5" /p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller thanked his lucky stars that he had killed every rat in the cave before leaving, as they certainly would have eaten him alive if he only had a knife and no bullets!/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Banging on the door as loudly as possible he heard a guard's static voice address him on the loudspeaker./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Your back already?! Bullshit you got that chip!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I didn't get the chip, but I found a way to buy us some time, I have a water salesman from a village close by!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Really?! That's great! You should probably tell the Overseer, he'll be overjoyed to hear this!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I will once you open the door…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh, right...Sorry!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"As the Vault door began to slowly open, the Dweller turned to the Chosen One, who was busy playing with his spear./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""To really sell this, we're gonna have to make you sound super exotic….So, you know….Do your best 'Tribal voice'."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One smiled. "Pshhh, that's easy! I had this tribal I used to travel with. I can probably just talk the way he used to!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Awesome…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault door then opened, and the two men walked in./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Once inside, a security guard immediately waved them down./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Hey! Is this the guy?" He asked the Vault Dweller, who nodded./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yep, he's from a tiny village just south of here! I found him scavenging a few cars before coming here...Why don't you introduce yourself to him?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Okay...Name's Mark, I take it your village is a little behind the times, eh?" The guard chuckled, pointing at the Chosen One's unique clothing./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeh man, we and I be named Sulik. We be coming from the South called Klamath."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Guard awkwardly laughed to himself then turned to Vault Dweller and whispered./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Um... I didn't understand a word this guy said…. Do you have any idea what he said?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller shrugged. "Pretty sure he said he said his name's Sulik but other than that… No clue."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Guard nodded and gestured to the elevator. "Well, you two should probably talk to the Overseer, he's on the third floor."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Stepping into the elevator, the Chosen One began to scratch the back of his head. "So… Do you know what the Enclave is?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""The what?" The Vault Dweller asked./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Don't worry about it." The Chosen One smiled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Once on the third floor, all eyes immediately were drawn to the Chosen One, who seemed overjoyed to see the Vault 13 Residents before the Enclave kidnapped them./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh god." One of them said. "What kind of freak did he bring in?"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"I don't know…" Another replied. "Looks like some kind of weird tribal…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"One resident actually approached the Chosen One, a redhead girl named Theresa./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Where did you come from?" She asked as the Chosen One seemed to shake with giddiness. A resident from the holy thirteen approached him! And she was cute! But... He had to keep his cover./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We be from a tiny village south, we be callin ourself Sulik, what this one be calling themselves?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Um…. Theresa…. Are you here to help us with the water crisis?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One nodded (a little too enthusiastically). "Yeh, we be traveling merchants that this one be buying water from."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Oh wow! Tell me…. Is life in the wasteland really as hard as the Overseer says it is?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One shrugged. "We be thinkin you and I be spending too much time couped up inside a Vault, and that this one be needing something new…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"strongSPEECH 40/35/strong/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""… And we and I can show you some new 'experiences'….." The Chosen One winked, causing Theresa to blush./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Well... You are kinda cute…. If you're ever around the vault again... Why don't you show me some of these new experiences you're talking about…."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We be bringin grampy bone next time just for this one. See ya around."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Hey!" The Vault Dweller barked. "Stop flirting with the people and get over here!"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Sorry, we be not so good at controlling ourselves sometimes." The Chosen One smirked, causing the Vault Dweller to groan./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"As the two men approached the command center, Jacoren's face began to cringe slightly at the Chosen One./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""You're back! And with guests I see! How goes the search?" He asked as the Vault Dweller began to plan out his next few moves./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Confronting him in front of all the others probably was a smart move, then again...The command center did have miniguns on it, and there was the possibility of the others not believing a word the Vault Dweller said...No, confronting him in front of everyone would get nowhere, and no proof but a strange tribal man wouldn't sway the others./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller needed answers, and the best way to get answers would be in private./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""The search is going well! The guy who I brought with me is from a neighboring village full of water! I think if we can negotiate with him and his village, we can buy the Vault a helluva lotta time!"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"Really?! That's wonderful! Amazing! Give me a second…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren then left the command center, his skinny old body, walking over to a small meeting room./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Shut the door behind you…" He instructed the Vault Dweller, who did so. "Now... Mr…?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""We be called Sulik."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Sulik... I heard your village has some sort of water that you trade, correct?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah, we be around a big river that we get the water from, it ain't so bad and it don't got any of the wicked spirits in it…"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Wicked spirits?" Jacoren turned to the Vault Dweller who shrugged./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I think he means radiation... But...Overseer…. That isn't exactly what we came for."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren frowned. "W-what do you mean?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Whipping out his pistol, the Vault Dweller pointed it at Jacoren's head, who responded by putting his hands up./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The pistol itself was empty, but he didn't know that./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""What is the meaning of this?!" Jacoren shouted./span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"The Chosen One then stood up. "The meaning of this, Mr. Jacoren, is the experiments the Enclave have performed on this vault! Two-Hundred years of isolation from the outside world, and once it's done, the Enclave comes in and kidnaps the residents, performing experiments on them."br /br /Jacoren's face distorted. "Who the hell are you?"/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /"This man's ancestor!" The Chosen One pointed to the Vault Dweller, who stuck his tongue out at Jacoren. "The man you sent into exile despite him being the best thing for this vault! Ever since the water chip broke down, you planned on exiling him as soon at it was fixed, or worse, you planned on killing him! So that your experiment wouldn't fail….Is that true?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren smiled. "Yes, it's true... I didn't mean for it to be you; if anything, I was hoping some fool would pick the shortest straw, but instead... It was you."/span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"br /The Vault Dweller shook his head. "And if it was a child? Or a mother? An elderly man? You would still send them out there, and you would still let everyone I knew get experimented on?"/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren nodded. "Yes... But it doesn't matter, this conversation doesn't even matter... Because in a few seconds someone is going to walk in here and see what you're doing and have both of you killed! No one will know and I'll send someone else out, maybe someone who actually follows my orders."/span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller shook his head. "No Jacoren, they aren't going to see this, because if we hurt you it just proves to them that the wasteland is a hostile place and you'll win… The only thing we can do is this."/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren tilted his head in confusion at this answer./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""I needed answers, and I came to get them... Now... I need to find out where that water chip is."/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"Jacoren laughed. "You're still gonna get it?! You know I'll still make you leave at the end of all this, even if you are the only hope we have…."/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1"The Vault Dweller sighed. "Yeah... I know…. But the people here deserve to be saved, even if they're led by a coward like you…. Come on Sulik." The Vault Dweller said to the Chosen One, who smiled./span/p
p class="p2"span class="s1" /span/p
p class="p1"span class="s1""Yeah man, we and I was getting a little sick of this place... Everyone here is afraid of Grampy Bone anyway."/span/p
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p class="p1"span class="s1""Shut up." The Vault Dweller smirked, as the two men exited the room and vault, leaving Jacoren both confused and afraid./span/p
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