A Wanderer in Nevada

by General Yankee Doodle

Are you one of those people who think that the Lone Wonder and the Courier are the same person? Are you someone who wishes New Vegas's dialogue options were more open and let you be a smart ass like Mikeburnfire? To be honest Zack's the Smart ass but that's not the point. Are there things you always wanted to say to NPCs even when you're mellow? Then this is for you!

8. Chapter 8

When we finally reached Freeside, we went through the main gate over by Mick and Ralphs. A thug came at us and Charon shot him in the face. I swear that Ghoul still amazes be with the fact he uses his shotgun like a sniper rifle. We head straight to the Atomic Wrangler and sit at the bar. Once we got our food we started to eat. "So anything you two need done?" I ask. The brother is the one to respond. "Yeah we could use someone to help fix up our stills." "300 caps and I will get it done." "150." he responds. "How about 200?" "Deal."

Once we finish eating we head to the train station as the door to that side of town was closer. "You walked through here?" Veronica asks. "Actually I road a train." I respond. "I am amazed it still works and the tunnels are not collapsed" "Same."

We go through my stuff. I grab more ammo, a bag full of Aqua Pura, my spear cap stash. Veronica going through some of my clothes looking for something nice I guess finds the slave outfit I wore in the Pit. "What's this she asks?" "Something I wore when I pretended to be a slave to sneak into the Pit, a industrialized city state in what was once Pittsburgh. I kept it just in case I needed to embarrass someone buy having them wake up in that. But mostly if I find a unique outfit I tend to keep it sometimes out of laziness." I tell her as I make sure my power armor was not tampered with. "Interesting." She puts it in her inventory and I pretend not to notice. She also finds the outcast scribe robes and puts it on. I don't know why but if she wants to do that then so be it. It doesn't take long though for her to find my old armored vault suit.

"What's this?" She asks knowing full well what it was." "It's my old armored vault suit. Something I got not long after leaving the vault." "Why don't you wear it? It has more protection them that." "I mean for you I will but I kinda lost interest in it. Plus I prefer this outfit." I go and change clothes. It's been years since I've worn this. I replaced the belt with the regular vault suit belt awhile back as the leather one wore out. I noticed that Veronica had her hair in a small ponytail with out her hood. Looks kinda cute I thought. "Ok let's get going." I tell her.

We head over to the Old Mormon fort. I go talk to this chick with spiked hair about the Atomic Wrangler's needs. "So the Atomic Wrangler is looking for someone who can help fix up their equipment. I was wondering if you'd be interested." "That place is a den of sin and addiction. Why would we want to help them?" "Look it's not like they want to get their customers addicted. It's actually bad for business it that happens. Plus all they need is someone to work on them and pay for the parts. Not to mention you can use the extra booze as disinfectant." "You are right we wouldn't be doing anything more then fixing it up. Plus we can help more people with a relatable source of disinfectant." She says. "I will go and tell them you're going to do it."

We head back to the Atomic Wrangler I collect my caps and see if they have any other work. Apparently they could use some specific 'escorts' and some caps need to be collected. Veronica and I take both jobs and get them done quickly. After that we rent a room for the night.