So I'm getting a lot of favorites, but no one except kogouma (thanks, btw) really reviews. C'mon guys!
Michel still didn't understand this world's customs. As they walked through the city, Zoe insisted on gripping his palm, refusing to relinquish it when he attempted to pull away. Eventually, due to Michel's questions about the whole institution of "holding hands" and the sweltering desert heat making their palms sweaty, she just decided walking next to each other was fine. Every once and a while, when she was with Michel, her thoughts would drift back to Boone.
She hadn't had the heart to tell him when she left for Arroyo. Ever since Carla had died he had just let his mind try and find a replacement… something that he could treat as a nice, little wife that would stick to him like glue. Problem was Zoe had bigger ambitions that staying in Novac, and though she agreed to travel with him, she always had her eyes on running New Vegas.
It actually wasn't hard to find the Chosen One. After getting some lunch, they asked around and were directed to the Temple of Trials. Apparently, it was some old relic that was built some time after 2162. The place was filled with radscorpions and other beasts that would test the young adventurers that wished to prove themselves. It had fallen into less use since the development of Arroyo, though the Chosen One still used it as his headquarters.
Michel made sure to learn everything about this hero. Apparently, he used to be the Village Elder, after his mother had retired. This was after he had saved the village, and made a reputation for himself in the NCR, of course. Once the village was accepted into the NCR, and started to grow, he became the Mayor, or as those who didn't quite agree with the government called him, the military governor. He'd been in power for forty years, and was sixty one years old.
"You ready, Michel?" Zoe asked him as they headed towards the temple.
"Of course. I am sure that he will have heard of my exploits in Tamriel. He will be more than willing to help."
"Listen," Zoe said, stopping him. "I believe you about your home land and all that. But I'm certain wherever that is… it doesn't share space with this area," she told him, gesturing to the Earth around her.
"You mean this is a different plane?" he asked.
"Wha… Listen, all I'm saying is that don't expect him to know anything about your dragon. Some pretty wacky stuff happens out in the wasteland, but I'm pretty sure someone would have heard of that."
Michel looked upward to the temple on the hill, and then said, "I am certain that this hero will lead me to the world-eater."
The group continued through the city, and stopped as they approached the large structure. Zoe looked for some mechanism to knock or alert to their presence, though Michel charged straight through the door, forcing them open with a mighty Thu'um. As she chased after him to slow down, she saw an old, decrepit man sitting in front of shrine. Attached to large suspenders was a Vault-Tech Vault 13 suit… perhaps the only one still in existence.
"Magnificent, isn't it?" the elder asked them. His back was still turned, and his head was bowed downward. "It was my grandfathers, and mine for a short while. It hasn't been worn in forty years. I've been waiting to bestow it upon a hero."
The two were silent, before Zoe spoke up, "Mr. Chosen One-"
"Please," the man said, getting up, "Call me Maxxy."
"Maxxy?" Zoe asked him.
"Eh, Maximillion. But that's so strange who has time for that. Besides, it's not like you're trying to butter me up to sell me something, now are you? No. That's right. You want information. Some sort of questing, am I right… Courier?" he babbled on.
"This is my companion-" Michel began.
"Girlfriend, actually…" she murmured.
"…And I am on a quest to vanquish Alduin, the world-eater. He is the dragon foretold at the end of the Elder Scrolls, and I am the Dragonborn who must slay him. Upon leaving Skuldafn, I was transported to this world. I presume that it is a different plane; I must find a way to reach Sovngarde," he explained.
"Well, sonny, that sounds pretty serious. Now, I don't know what any of it means, but if you could find some way to prove this to me I would be glad to help in any way possible," Maxxy told him.
Almost instantly, Michel extended his arm and blasted fire onto the floor. The Chosen One leaped in surprise, and a look of disbelief crossed his face. "Well, now that's the proof I was looking for!"
"How will I reach Sovngarde?"
"Well, I don' know anything 'bout that, but I was transported back in time and across great distances by a portal," the Chosen One started. "It's called the Guardians of Forever. I reckon it could get you where you need to go."
"You can't be serious?!" Zoe exclaimed.
"Missy, I'm dead serious. Now, come sit with me and tell me 'bout this dragon of yours," Maxxy told the pair.
So, if you played Fallout 2 this was probably more entertaining for you.
Basically, what the Chosen One (the main character in Fallout 2) is talking about is called the Guardians of Forever. It is a reference to Star Trek, but in the game it is a giant stone portal that is a random encounter. It sends you back in time where you break the water chip in Vault 13, which if you know anything about Fallout 1, then it sets the whole game in motion. If you haven't played Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics, I recommend buying them. You can get all three for like nine bucks from Interplay.