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English: beep boop I'm a robot beep boop
Robot language: beep boop I is a robot as well beep boop
In the Mojave wasteland.
The morning after
The scene scans across a slowly decaying Highway. Why'll scrolling across a Gecko crawls out of a burrow in the ground before walking across the road. As it made it halfway it stops to look up and lick itself in the eye before a gunshot nearly hits the lizard but instead hits the ground next to it causing it to scurry back into its hole.
"Dang it." Ruby said as she placed the ten-millimeter pistol on safety.
"Oh, so close, but no cigar." Six said as he pulls out his cantina and takes a swig. "Still you did much better a few hours ago."
"Yea well that's because I still was sick from last night." Ruby pouts in her defense, before stopping to massage her temples from the reoccurring migraines.
"Well I did warn you not to drink five entire bottles of whiskey and Nuka." Six said with a chuckle as he hands her a banana Yucca fruit to help her with the hang over.
"Well how was I supposed to know it taste great after two... three... ten swigs of it." Ruby weakly replies as she took the fruit and peeled back its shell.
Six simply rolled his eyes as the two walked down the road. It's been a few hours since they left the comfort of Goodsprings behind. As they walked along the road for a few hours Six carried the clearly first-time drinker down the road till Ruby finally stopped vomiting. When she could finally walk straight Six made her wear his shades and her hood over her head despite the desert heat and dark clothes usually never mixing well. As they walked along the road Ruby for a moment thought she was seeing a mirage in the distance.
"Ugh Six, do you have any more of that banana Yucca? I think I see a roller coaster." Ruby groans in pain from momentarily pulling down her shades.
"Nope you are seeing it alright. That there be Primm." Six said handing her his binoculars.
Ruby slowly removes her sun glasses before looking through the lens to see that the roller coaster was actually a hotel with a roller coaster coming out of it.
"Wait hotels have roller coasters, that's so cool." Ruby said with excitement as she places back on six's shades.
"A roller wha?" Six asked with a brow raised.
"Oh, um back in California theirs these fun rides called roller coasters. I see them in some old fair grounds just never in hotels." Ruby said with a questionable grin.
"Uh huh, well what's their purpose anyways cause I'm sure I haven't ridden one of these roller coasters before. Actually, I'm sure no one has for the past two hundred years." Six said as he grabbed his cantina from his belt.
"Well two hundred years I... I mean people use to ride these things for the thrill of moving fast." Ruby said thinking back to the rides she and her sister use to ride.
"Well that sounds dumb, building expensive rides just to travel fast. All because its, fun?" Six asked rhetorically as he took a swig from his cantina.
"Well it's the experience, you have to be there to experience." Ruby said.
"Tsk, Whatever." Six said as he walked towards the town with Ruby following behind.
An hour later the two had walked into town to find it completely empty. They were worn from an NCR patrol on the outskirts of town that bandits had taken over the town. Ruby thanked them for their warning while Six simply shrugged it off. As the two enter the town weapons drawn, they found the entire town empty.
"Hello! Anybody here!" Ruby shouts out to get no response, she looked over to Six who gave a simple shrug before a bullet's started whizzing above them.
"EEK!" Ruby screams as she ducts under the bullets from a bandit running towards the two one armed with a grease gun and the other with a splitter pool cue. Six quick dodged out of the way and quickly took aim. He got four shots off from his gun before dropping the gunner. The other one managed to dodge the bullets and took a swing at Ruby with his pool cue. Ruby quickly dodged out of the way and put herself some distance between her and him before pointing her gun at him.
"Stop right there or I'll shoot!" She shouts trying to reason with him to which he replies by tossing his pool cue like a spear that nearly poking her eye out... and hitting her face. She then shot at him in complete fear hitting him in the chest sending him to the ground.
"Oh, Oum I'm sorry." Ruby said with her hands shaking. Her thoughts were filled with images of the man's motionless body when she heard her name before being pulled back by Six as a 357 round flew overhead nearly hitting Ruby in the head. Six quickly activate Ruby's VATS while the two fell to the ground before he inserted his finger into the trigger guard before shooting a few rounds toward a third bandit. As VATS wears the two laid there for a second.
"Do you mind getting off me." Six grunts in annoyance as he pushes her off him before standing up. He walked over to the point where Ruby was nearly lobotomized.
"You flinched." He states as he crosses his arm.
"... I'm not use to it, killing people." Ruby said looking down in disappointment before looking up "I don't think I want to."
"Kid, if you don't learn to kill, this wasteland will eat you alive. There is no room for mercy or lack of focus." Six said as he looked at Ruby sternly not noticing that behind him the man Ruby had shot was getting up with a grenade in one hand and a pin in the other.
"Six behinds you!" Ruby shouts as she quickly raced forward and grabbed six by his jumpsuit caller before using her semblance to pull him and herself away from the explosion. The shrapnel from the blast didn't hit them thanks to Ruby's quick thinking but the blast did send them flying through the window crashing down into the casino. As the two groans in pain as they got up, they looked up to see a bunch of Primms civilians were in front of them and all their guns were aimed at their heads.
"Um... Hi." Ruby said with a nervous smile.
"We ain't bandits." Six said as he slowly pushes Ruby off him.
"Well if you ain't then you have nothing to worry about." An old man said as he walked over with a Winchester in hand.
"Look sorry about this sonny but you and your daughter came to town at the wrong time, so if you two aren't bandits then who are you?" The old man asked as he points his lever action at Six head.
"First of all, she isn't my daughter. Secondly, I'm the sixth courier hired by the Mojave express." Six said as he slowly pushes Ruby off him.
"Hm, do you have the delivery note?" The man asked to which Six nods before reaching into his satchel slowly before pulling out the note. The old man grabbed the note from him and quickly read through it.
"Well looks like your right about that son, I'm Johnas Nash." Jonna said as he helped Ruby up. "Got to say you look different then the last time we met."
"Different how?" Six asked.
"Eh just different, you wore a bandanna over your face and those shades hid your eyes. Still what brings you back to Primm?" Johnas said.
"He was robbed and left to die." Ruby answers.
"Well talk about bad luck. This package had trouble written all over it. Glad your alive son." Johnson said sincerely.
"Yea well do you have any records on the package because I have no idea what I was carrying let alone who I am." Six asked.
"Yea I have the paper work on the package, it's in my file cabinet, I'll get it for you if you can help out with our bandit problem." Johnson said.
"Seriously... (sigh) Fine. Just watch Ruby why'll I'm out." Six said as he walked towards the door while pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Wait I should come with you." Ruby pleaded as she walked over to Six.
"Ruby, you aren't ready." Six said sternly.
"But..." Ruby pleaded before getting cut off.
"But nothing. This is the waste, ain't nothing goanna change, and you need more time." Six said ending the conversation. He looked up towards Johnson. "Keep her out of trouble."
"Will do." Johnson said as he nods. Six nods back before leaving the casino.
Once gone Ruby walked over and began to sulk a little. She questioned if it was the right thing to do, to kill a man who was goanna kill her. On one hand she did before and she instantly hated that feeling. On the other it was so common in this land that no one batters an eye when they do it. As she sulks, she hears the metallic stomp of something walking up to her. She looked up to see a strange robot with a cowboy hat on.
"Um hello?" Ruby asked with a raised eye in curiosity.
"Howdy their Mrs. Would you like to know about the famous criminal duo Vikki and Vance?" The robot asked in a static cowboy like tone.
"I'm good." Ruby said trying to politely end the conversation.
"It began exactly, Three and forty years five days and twenty-two hours ago. When the two attempted to rob their first bank together..." As the robot continued on to Ruby's displeasure Johnson walked up to her.
"Eh o'l Slimm is at it again." Johnson said as he sat down next her.
"I never seen that kind of robot before, what is Slimm?" Ruby asked about Slim.
"Oh, he's a protectron. Used to be for security before being reprogram into a tour guide for this casino. Seems his programming is starting to degrade." Johnson answers as he pulls out some coyote chewing tobacco.
"Oh, that's terrible, is their anyway someone can fix him?" Ruby asked.
"Eh well no one has the knowledge of basic repairs so no, but if you wish to give a crack by all means having a protectron will be mighty handy." Johnson insisted as he reached into his back pocket and hands Ruby a rust screw driver.
Ruby looked down at the screwdriver then back at the Robot who continued to preach about Vikki and Vance. She made up her mind with a shrug. She needed to forget about the last night and not like how her uncle would have done. So, she quickly grabbed ahold of the screw driver and walked right behind Slimm. She quickly undid the bolts on the back panel exposing the wires and parts. As she worked her memories of killing seemed to almost vanish from her mind as she made her repairs. She quickly noticed that the robot had a law enforcement protocol mode and remember that Joseph mentioned that these things were designed to be a security bot. So instead of designating it to be a tour guide she activated its law enforcement software instead.
The bot then shuts down for a second before coming back to life. "Bzzzt... Law Enforcement Protocols reinstated, partner. Initializing use of force authorization... authorization found. Yee-haw!"
As the robot starts it patrol Johnson couldn't help but whistle in impresses. "(Whistle) Well I'll be, you have a real hand for repair don't yah."
"Yea, I've always been a gun nut so what's the difference between repairing my crescent Rose and a robot." Ruby chirps as she accidentally rubs robot grease on her cheek.
"A crescent wha now?" Johnson asked with a raised eyebrow.
"My custom fifty cal sniper rifle... I accidentally left it back home." Ruby said with a small tear forming in her eye.
"Ah, well I can see you miss it. Tell you what, can you escort an old man across the street to his office. I have a pet project I like you to check out if that's ok with you?" He asked as he hands her a bandanna to wipe the grease from her face.
"Um... sure guess with Sheriff Slimm Primm up I guess it should be safe." Ruby said as she wipes the black grease from her face.
The two then proceeded out of the casino to see it was empty outside. The two quick yet cautiously entered the Mojave express. Once inside Ruby spotted out of the corner of her eye another Robot but this one was much more different then Victor or Slimm. It kinda looks like a strange ball with a radiator for a face and with an antenna's coming out of its back.
"Um what kinda of robot is that?" Ruby asked pointing to it.
"That there is an old Enclave Eyebot. An employee of mine found it in his travels. So, I'd figure if I can't get it to operate then I'd scrap it, but seeing you fix Slimm I'd thought you'd want to have a crack at it. If you manage to fix it then it's yours." Johnson said as he walks behind the counter.
Ruby looked over the strange robot seeing it has put multiple miles before ending it journey here. So, seeing that it's insides where in good shape despite being hit by a 308. Hunting rifle round. She then noticed a tool kit next to it with a pile of scrap metal.
With a small grin on her face she grabbed hold of the monkey wrench and began to repair the Eye bot. Thirty minutes of hard work she had finally managed to repair what was destroyed by the bullet and replace what was unfixable. The bot laid there for a few seconds before it chirps to life.
"Well looks like it's alive." Johnson said as he watches the eyebot starting its hovering sequence. It soon was floating a few good feet in the air before it starts beeping in a confusing way.
"Beep boop bee?" (Where am I? Are you a friend?)
"Um, I'm sorry I couldn't find a voice modulator." Ruby apologizes. The device then beeps in almost annoyed way in response.
"Beep boop beee!" (That's not what I said, and my voice is better than your meat sack!)
"I don't think that's what the bot said, youngling." Johnson said as he reaches down to pull up some paperwork.
"Um then what did it say then?" Ruby asked. Before either one could answer the door behind them opens and in walks Six completely covered in soot and ash with a mixture of an annoyed and relief look on his face.
"There you are, I told you to stay in the casino and you didn't kid." Six said sounding slightly irritated as he shakes off the soot before walking forward.
"Woah their son, if anyone is to blame for young Ruby here it's me. I asked her to escort me across the road and she did. Did you take care of the outlaws?" Johnson asked.
"Yea I did, also rescued the deputy. Kinda forgot to mention that one of them had an Incinerator. Nearly cooked me alive... why is there an eyebot?" Six said looking at the strange robot.
"Beep boop Beep." (I don't know why do you wear a dumb hat?)
"Hey watch it tin can." Six responds to the Robots sarcastic remarks catching it off guard.
"Beep, curious boop, beep?" (Wait you can understand me?)
"Of course, I can understand you." Six answers.
"Wait you speak robot?! That's so cool!" Ruby remarks with a huge smile and glitter in her eye. "Can you teach me how?"
"Beep, boop Beep." (*Robot racism towards human's*)
"Whoa watch your language, she's only fifteen, so be nice. She did repair you after all." Six said to the robot before turning to Ruby. "Yea I can, robots only speak two languages. This one is speaking in code and beeps. You just got to notice the pattern of these things and then by their reactions they can determine what they are saying."
"Awesome, what's the other language?" Ruby asked gleaming with excitement.
"Spanish, youngling. A few months back an NCR sergeant brought an eyebot he found in for some repairs. Think he referred to it at Lopez." Johnson replies.
"Ok, wait what's its name?" Ruby asked. Six turn to it waiting for a response to which it responds with a lengthy series of beeps and boops.
"Sheesh that's a mouthful, is it alright if I call you ED-E?" Six asked. It responds with a single agreeing beep.
"Alright then its name is ED-E. So, my job is done now your end of the bargain." Six said turning to Johnson.
"Of course, here's the details about your package. Got to say it was as strange as the man who should have delivered it." Johnson said as he hands them the paperwork of the package.
"Wait, what do you mean by the last guy?" Ruby asked as Six quickly looked through the paperwork.
"Well he was supposed to carry that package originally, thing is he looked at the list of names that was supposed to replace the six couriers should something happened. When he looked at the list, he saw that your friend was next in line and well he just went berserk." Johnson explains.
"Wait so you know Six's name?" Ruby asked.
"Fraid not little one. My assistant was the only one who keep track of the names of the couriers we hire and he died when the bandits showed up." Joseph explains.
"Oh... well what was Six delivering?" Ruby asked.
"A platinum poker chip." Six answers as he placed down the open folder with a picture of a beautiful handcrafted platinum poker chip.
"Thanks anyways Joseph, can you do me one favor before me and Ruby leave." Six asked only to get a beep from ED-E.
"Beep boop, Beep." (Don't even think of leaving me behind. I can't remember much but I rather travel with someone who can understand me.)
"Yea and I guess ED-E as well." Six said rolling his eyes to get a happy Beep from ED-E.
"Well sure, what that favor may be?" Joseph asked.
"We'll have you seen a man in a checkered suit came by. I don't remember much but I do remember the asshole who left me to die was wearing a checkered suit." Six asked.
"Hmm, actually yes. About a week ago he was being escorted by two great Khans down to Nipton. Something about him felt off. Guess I should have known he would have caused trouble." Joseph said.
"Yea well he's goanna get what he deserves. Come on Ruby we have a long journey ahead." Six said before walking out the door. Ruby was just about to follow him when he heads Johnson calling out to her.
"Before you leave Mrs. Rose, May I ask how did a girl as talented as yourself find yourself out this far in the wasteland?" Johnson asked.
Ruby thought long and hard about the answer to that question before replying with. "I'd just got lost in a sandstorm."
With a simple slightly truthful answer she left with ED-E following her. Out on the road she sees Six had quickly placed on a new pair of clothes. Currently he was strapping on some leather shoulder gear.
"Um, what's that?" Ruby asked as Six finishes placing on the leather armor.
"Leather armor, looked in good condition and it doesn't hurt to have a change of clothes on hand." Six answers. As he checks to see the armor was on properly. "Well ready to go?"
"Yea I guess." Ruby remarks.
"Confident Beep, boop, Beep" (Let's get going my feet are stiff from not moving.)
"You don't have any legs." Six replies.
"Beep boop Beep." (You know what I'm talking about let's just go.)
With that said the three began to walk south toward Nipton why'll having an interesting conversation about invisible legs.
Hello everybody Wombag1786 here.
Let's answer some Q's and A's
From Luckenhaft: oh, I wouldn't hang the hat so quick. You were right on the money with one till you change your mind. (Speaking of that fifty cap, *holding hand out* I'll just take that off your hands) now the next question won't be around for a while but I can guarantee you that it's based off your intelligence and experience of the game and not luck. So, hold that hat for now.
Um, Phrrya didn't bite the dust (no pun intended) yet. Now Six overwhelming desire to kill Benny on the other hand. Ruby will try to convince him otherwise but if Ruby was in Six shoes, I'm sure just as everyone else on their first gameplay, she would lead him upstairs, before bashing in his skull with a pool stick. (Or at least that's what I did on my go around.)
Yea, as the saying goes. 'In war, one sides hero is the other sides monster' It's all in all how you see things. I mean yes in fallout the main protagonist leaves more bodies rotting on the side of the road. But there are times where you can play the game as a complete pacifist and run away from the problems. But it means those bad people can still hurt other people. So, it's basically the way we define a hero and a villain. Maybe Ruby's view will change or she will keep her views but acknowledge others views.
The waste has a way to break those who are unprepared or to hopeful. Thankfully (or unfortunately, again it's your opinion) once she meets a group of certain people who commits soooooo many atrocities that anyone like Ruby were to see firsthand. It will make her drop them morals faster than drawing your pistol in Vats.
Thanks for writing luckenhaft
From courier faction: I already placed down his karma. Complete neutral. He simply is looking for Benny and to complete his package, but will help those in need if it will help him out, or if he simply owes them. But that's what the courier is in the beginning. Over time Ruby's... ideals start to become contagious as well as Six's in vice versa. As much fun as it is to be the saint of the Mojave, he ain't a saint. He's just making sure that he and those he cares about survive. Also, as I said to Buzzsaw935 "I don't want the chance where majority says they want the courier to join the legion or god forbid House. So, I'll say it once, he chooses what most people theorize what the courier actually does."
Thanks for writing courier faction.
To Golden Nova: Ah, it's actually good that you commented on this. Should save me some trouble in the future when anyone else makes a similar comment. So yes, the wasteland is indeed irradiated to hell and back. But try and remember the bombs were dropped in the year 2077. Currently it's 2281, about two centuries ago so radiation levels won't be as lethal as you may think. Now I would also like to remind you that out of the seventy-six bombs (I think, it was seventy something) that fell on the Mojave only four actually detonated. So, the Mojave wasteland isn't as radioactive as the rest of America. Now if you wish to argue about the Nuka being radioactive, in real life scientists would suggest when forced to drink one radioactive drink over the other, then you want to drink the cola over water. So, backing up a bit to your argument Vic and Doc. Ruby presented evidence to Vic, who is under the control of House. The man literally sees the world as a chess game and wanted to take FULL advantage of this new world. As for Doc... well he's Doc. He is one of the few caring individuals in the game. So, I wouldn't be surprised that he wouldn't even batter an eye if it meant he was helping people. Still if you disagree with everything I ranted about, then let me remind you that this isn't canonical lore on RWBY, or Fallout. This is a fan fic of the two series. If you think you can do better than I implore you to prove me wrong. Still I digress, thank you for writing your criticism on the fic I'm sure if another were to asked the same question. (I'm going to presume they are much less civil then your comment) then I can refer them to this.
Thanks for writing Golden Nova.
Now with Comments out of the way.
So, before anyone ask about how ED-E is portrayed. To those who play Fallout NV, we had the company of ED-E at one point. Despite never understanding him we all at least once imagine what he would sound like if he could speak. For some reason when I first met him imagine him to be this sassy, sarcastic, yet still acts like a complete asshole but with a heart of gold kind of robot. Like if Church and Lopez had a robot baby and decided to hand it off to the government for cruel torture. So, think of Lopez who speaks robot but has the attitude of church. Should make for some fun commentary.
Anyways please Fav and Fol the story. This is Wombag1786 signing off.