"Hold it there, and holster that weapon. We don't like strangers waving
them around here."
The man was still holding his finger on the rifle trigger, but thankfully
he did not seem very nervous, as that would almost surely have meant
trouble.
"Alright, don't worry, I'm not looking for any trouble" Dave said, when putting his pistol, which he had had hanging around his side, away.
The man's stance eased a little bit, and some of the tension surrounding them went away.
"Sorry about the rude welcome, stranger, but we have had quite the lot of raider troubles lately."
"Raiders?"
Seeing the puzzled look on his face, the man curiously said "Yeah, didn't you know? They've been acting a lot more violently lately, and it seems a particular large group have decided to settle down a few days travel south of here. They've been giving us all the trouble we can handle.
Suppose I can't blame you for not knowing.you look a bit out of place here, if you don't mind me saying that" he said, glancing at the blue-and yellow vault suit.
"You could.say that, yes. I am Dave" Dave said and extended his hand and they grasped hands.
"I am known as Seth around here, and this is the village of Shady Sands. Not much around here, we're basically just a farming village."
"So I saw.tell me, this may sound a bit weird, but you don't happen to know anything about large constructions, known as vaults? They were built in the pre-war time."
As Seth scratched some stubble on his face, and tried to think of something, the woman who had been standing idly at his side during the whole time, interjected
"I might do."
Seeing both their eyes turning to her, she added "Well, I grew up in one of those things."
Dave's interest immediately perched up, and she continued "What was it called again.Oh yes, Vault 15. We had to abandon it some 10 or 15 years ago. I don't remember much, only that something essential no longer was functional, and so we headed to the surface. From there, each groups went their different paths, for me and my family, we found this place, and have been living here ever since." She concluded with a smile.
"I forgot to introduce her, this is Katrine. And yes, as she says, she arrived a number of years ago, with some a story like that."
"Thank you, but do you remember where this vault was?"
"No, not exactly. Hey, tell me somebody who remembers anything while still just a small child!" She added when seeing his slightly annoyed expression.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I am kind of.hard pressed to find one of these vaults." He added with a small smile of his own. "But do you remember in what area it was?"
"Perhaps, but I'm not sure." She said, shook her blonde locks out of the face, and explained the where about vaguely, and to Dave's excitement, and joy, it seemed as though it was in the direction the Overseer hat put him in.
"Thanks. You have no idea how much this means to me." He said, and was just thinking of leaving again, when Seth addressed him.
"Before you go.do you think you can speak with our leader, Aradesh? He might know something you may have a use of, and besides, there is a small problem that we can not handle on our own, and would be grateful for any help".
He was pressed with time, but the situation was not yet critical, so he agreed, and set down the fields of Shady Sands, with his intent focused on the village leader's house, and wondered what this might mean to him.
"Alright, don't worry, I'm not looking for any trouble" Dave said, when putting his pistol, which he had had hanging around his side, away.
The man's stance eased a little bit, and some of the tension surrounding them went away.
"Sorry about the rude welcome, stranger, but we have had quite the lot of raider troubles lately."
"Raiders?"
Seeing the puzzled look on his face, the man curiously said "Yeah, didn't you know? They've been acting a lot more violently lately, and it seems a particular large group have decided to settle down a few days travel south of here. They've been giving us all the trouble we can handle.
Suppose I can't blame you for not knowing.you look a bit out of place here, if you don't mind me saying that" he said, glancing at the blue-and yellow vault suit.
"You could.say that, yes. I am Dave" Dave said and extended his hand and they grasped hands.
"I am known as Seth around here, and this is the village of Shady Sands. Not much around here, we're basically just a farming village."
"So I saw.tell me, this may sound a bit weird, but you don't happen to know anything about large constructions, known as vaults? They were built in the pre-war time."
As Seth scratched some stubble on his face, and tried to think of something, the woman who had been standing idly at his side during the whole time, interjected
"I might do."
Seeing both their eyes turning to her, she added "Well, I grew up in one of those things."
Dave's interest immediately perched up, and she continued "What was it called again.Oh yes, Vault 15. We had to abandon it some 10 or 15 years ago. I don't remember much, only that something essential no longer was functional, and so we headed to the surface. From there, each groups went their different paths, for me and my family, we found this place, and have been living here ever since." She concluded with a smile.
"I forgot to introduce her, this is Katrine. And yes, as she says, she arrived a number of years ago, with some a story like that."
"Thank you, but do you remember where this vault was?"
"No, not exactly. Hey, tell me somebody who remembers anything while still just a small child!" She added when seeing his slightly annoyed expression.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I am kind of.hard pressed to find one of these vaults." He added with a small smile of his own. "But do you remember in what area it was?"
"Perhaps, but I'm not sure." She said, shook her blonde locks out of the face, and explained the where about vaguely, and to Dave's excitement, and joy, it seemed as though it was in the direction the Overseer hat put him in.
"Thanks. You have no idea how much this means to me." He said, and was just thinking of leaving again, when Seth addressed him.
"Before you go.do you think you can speak with our leader, Aradesh? He might know something you may have a use of, and besides, there is a small problem that we can not handle on our own, and would be grateful for any help".
He was pressed with time, but the situation was not yet critical, so he agreed, and set down the fields of Shady Sands, with his intent focused on the village leader's house, and wondered what this might mean to him.
