So Chapter 8 is in the works. Just trying to focus away from Penny for a bit and focus towards the Courier, but today is not that day. Penny tends to write in her journal when she feels she needs to vent. Here's one of her entries that just happens to be about her boss.
I absolutely LOVE Joshua Graham. Yeah, in VB he seems crazy and evil... but in NV he is just this man who you just want to smother him but can't since you probably might hurt him...
Anyhoo. I think I am on a roll.
-C
Interlude 1: Penny
Penny: short for Penelope. Old World name I suppose. I heard Joshua gave me the name after he picked up a penny from an abandoned gas station. He cleaned it and it was gleaming. I guess what he meant was he took me when I was broken and burnished me. I shouldn't tell that story at parties anyways…
What can you say about him? He was my savior. He took me and taught me so much. I was in pretty bad shape, so he says. I couldn't remember much of my escape, but all I can remember is waking up in a bed, covered in cuts and bruises, with a large bandage on my thigh. That wound itched as hell, but I was so sore.
Anyways, he came to my bed every day and read to me. At first I couldn't understand what he was saying and I was afraid he was bidding his time until my master came for me. It also seemed that he couldn't understand me either. For several weeks all we got by was pointing and grunting at things. Over time, I learned the language and read all the books he gave me. He also was my guardian, helping me through all the years as a slave. I suppose still he is my therapist. He does not approve of my drinking, but understands my need for it. God, I sound like an alcoholic.
He also taught me how to fight. He's good at leading, knowing people's weaknesses and how to take them out. He was strategic and straightforward. I learned how to fight because of him. After my urge for adventure started to overwhelm me, I left. I thanked him for everything.
You say he is ruthless, I say he is smart and you would love him if he was on your team. Like I said, he is smart and he has no problem with breaking a few legs in order to get things done. This is no longer the Old World. Maybe we are repeating mistakes from the past. I can't tell you that. All I know is that the work we do is to recreate the current world we live in.
He is a good man and not a day goes by that I thank him for blessing me with this life. I am not a religious sort (and I will say he has tried to covert me, if you will), but I love when he quotes things. Its comforting…
He is the kind of man who although the path he took as a Legate and had the power to recreate the world, he understands that he recreated a world based on fear and brutality. Now, he wants a world filled of hope and understanding. I wish that as well.
Not a day goes by that I want to take revenge on my slavers. Yet, I hope that one day I will fight them not because I want to, but because I have to.
I want to heal his wounds as well in return for healing me. He spends his days in pain. I wish I can take his pain away.
Wait. I did not just write that. I am going to stop drinking. I swear it.
God. Why did Acrane give me this journal? ARE YOU READING THIS ARCANE?
Oh dear god…
Is that a beer stain…Oh he is sooooo dead.