Disclaimer: I don't own Fallout!
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Rating: K+
Genre: Adventure, Action, Western, Post-Apocalypic, Romance
Characters: Courier and the Forecaster
Summary: The Forecaster gives a shy amnesiac Courier a forecast of what's to come for her, and what may have already been.
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Fallout: New Vegas
Forecasts
Oneshot
By Cyberweasel89
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"Um... my memories are gone, Mr. Forecaster... wh-what can you tell me about me?"
"Let me take off my medicine... Your face does the thinking. Two to the skull, yet one gets up. Odds are against you... but they're just numbers after the two-to-one. You're playing the hand you've been dealt, but you don't let it rest. You look at the other players, and find you have the advantage. The other players are playing for themselves, playing alone. You have what they don't have. Something you have because you're not alone. You choose the outcome of this game. You take a gamble, but only after each friend has kissed the die in your hand. Forecast... Asking for help is not weakness. Independence comes with its price."
"Wow... um... what about this place? Th-The 188 Trading Post?"
"Let's see... Local, local, the here and now... little of interest... things to buy, false hopes, and regrets watered down, washed down in dirty glasses. With regret comes a girl... smiling sad, red robe, name Veronica, half here. Wraps her and her heart up like a pack, in the pack, a key, some say. Forecast... cloudy with a chance of friendship."
"And... what about... everywhere?"
"Just a sec... Bull and bear over the dam, at each other's throats. Two more join the fight. A tyrannizing lion. A traitorous weasel. Which will win? Ball spinning on the wheel. More than two at the table, placing bets. All lose in different ways. But what's this? A light from the wasteland? A little white rabbit joins the cockfight. Not a spectator, not a fighter. Which side will win? The one the rabbit feeds. The one the rabbit tells the spectators to bet on. But the rabbit isn't alone. A fearful cow who's pretty in ribbons. A faithful goldfish with the key to vast knowledge. A calculating boar eager for knowledge. A stoic rooster with a guilty conscience. A crafty raccoon eager for change. A perky squirrel who's not of this world. A heartbroken camel drowning her sorrows in whiskey. A handy burro haunted by his age. A naughty cat banished by her people. A healing owl with the best of intentions. A quirky wolf with a feeble mind. A nurturing bat with muddled memories. A sneaky spider on a one-way mission. A flightless dove with deep wanderlust. A wizened fox with the Old World on his back and in his mind. A mysterious black sheep who's a stranger to all, even the son he abandoned. Who are they to this rabbit? Allies? Friends? Family? Lovers? Only the rabbit can determine. But... is the rabbit... really a dragon? Forecast... Great change brought on by a true heart."
"Um... w-wow..."
"Thanks. That'll be one hundred caps each for the three forecasts."
"Wh-What?"