Chapter1: Ghouls, Guns, and Gamma radiation

"So this was the wasteland, huh" Nee-Anne muttered to herself. The light warmed her face, almost blinding compared to the harsh artificial light in the vault. The air was thin and almost too easy to breathe, but was strong with the scent of rust. Nee-Anne stumbled down the hill onto a cracked road. The first thing she noticed was a large sign with the words "Springvale" written crudely in yellow paint. She marked this down on her pip boy map and began to explore.

If you were to see such a sight as a young woman in a vault suit zigzagging across a ruined neighbourhood, her mouth agape in awe, what would you think to yourself? You might pity her, chuckle at her, go help her. To a raider though, this was an easy kill. Nee-Anne was sticking her head into a mailbox, her long, messy curls hanging out. She stood up when she felt a bullet fly past the pale skin of her neck and saw a man in spiked armour standing 20 yards away with a large gun.

"I guess this is my queue to leave" Nee said, running off in the direction of Megaton.

"Disarming a bomb huh? Oh yeah, my dad taught me how to do that! I expect my caps in full though!" Bottle caps as a currency? Nee-Anne had never heard the likes! But if he was willing to pay her, she would accept. The bomb looked like a threat and this town seemed nice enough. Nee began to notice a slight burning sensation on her face, this must be what they call sunburn...

Nee pushed open the door of the bar, this must be where that Colin guy is. What she saw in there was a man who's appearance could make a young child vomit, he didn't look like he was hurting anyone though, so Nee swallowed her fear and stepped in.

"Hey smoothskin, can I get you a drink?" The monster asked, in a gruff voice.

"Umm... I don't want to hurt your feelings, but why is your face like that?"

The monster rolled his eyes, "are you serious?"

"Yes. One-Hundred percent."

"Ugh. I'm a ghoul, haven't you ever seen a goddamn ghoul before?"

"No, I haven't. What's your name, ghoul?"

"Umm... Gob."

"Well hello there Gob," Nee said, grabbing Gob's hand and shaking it thoroughly, "I'm Nee-Anne and you seem very nice. I like you Gob!" Gob was rather confused, but it felt good not being made fun of for once.

"Like you too Nee, Moriarty would have my head if he saw me charging at a discount, but for you, I'll risk it."

"Moriarty... Oh yeah, Colin... Listen Gob, I have to go, and I might not be back for a while. Try not to have too much fun without me, m'kay?"

Gob chucked a bit to himself. She was sweet enough, but she seemed a bit too naive to be wandering the wasteland herself. He hoped nothing too bad would happen to her. Nee-Anne ran out of the bar with a large baseball bat and some stimpacks she had bought at craterside supply.

What a nice kid...

Authors note: I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do in the next chapter, but I actually just started playing and I keep checking the wiki to get my canon straight. You're supposed to go through friendship station at firendship heights, right? Cause that's where I currently am