[@Grec][@Delta 38][@dereken][@Lauder][@DepressedSoviet][@NecroKnight][@Double] [b][i]Ghoul Hunting Near Novac[/i][/b] Jean Khan found herself in the wilds near the town of Novac, normally unsafe for her due to the presence of NCR Commander Boone (who then again was busy taking care of his wife and son). The parched, light-brown earth was cracked and pitted, with only some patches of greenery breaking the monotony. What shade was there was provided by rusted and ruined pre-war gas stations and farmhouses from an earlier time, places that carried as much risk as they did safety...particularly as there was a rising threat of Feral Ghouls, Ghouls that were being hunted down by the other factions. Perhaps she can amuse herself by watching them? ------ Virgo had been sent to the wilds near Novac as well by the Malpais Legate, who had signed a contract with her promising payment in return for ghoul heads, as well as discreetly giving her a Pre-War artifact; an old polaroid camera. "If you see anything that is valuable to the Legion, knowledge-wise, take pictures with this. I trust that you know how to use a camera?" And with that, he would send her off on her way, a confident smile on his face. And now, the Fallen Ranger/Madien was engaging a trio of Feral Ghouls, not noticing, for now, the young Khans woman some distance away behind an outcropping... ------ Austin Woods would have a brief meeting with Commander Boone, who, after some inquiry as to the Ghoul mercenary's skills, would send him off, as well as give him a downpayment of caps and purified water. The two would then sign their own contract, before Boone would continue: "Also, once you are done hunting Ghouls, there is a job near Goodsprings I need you to do; apparently, the Powder Gangers are going to attack the town, and there have been sightings of one of Mr. House's agents, one Benny of the Tops, there. This bears investigating, if only because I will not let innocent suffer under those...gangsters." The Ghoul Mercenary would then be sent off to the area with the most Ghoul sightings, within sight range of both Jean and Virgo... [b][i]Nipton[/i][/b] Nipton, under the audacity of the Mayor, had the temerity to celebrate the windfall that came from the Legion's paying the town for 'providing' it with prisoners. Coloured paper streamers hung from the windows, the old US Flag was waving from the town square's flagpole, and on said town square, there was a buffet, mostly composed of gecko meat and yucca fruit, as well as potatoes. However, it seems that the Legion presence in the town was slight, a skeleton force that was most probably bait. And of course, an obvious fact is that the NCR Prisoners seemed to be gone, gone like the wind, and that tracks leading outside show that a large Legion convoy, most of the original forces, had departed the settlement. This left a few choices for the ad-hoc group assembled to take revenge on The Legion/Nipton... [b][i]Paradise 'Par' Rapids[/i][/b] Finally, a thief* had come to the merchant, asking for a job. Said job was, of course, to foil the Crimson Caravan and Van Graff's attempts at destroying their competitors by collecting evidence against them from their leaders' very safes. And if Par ended up being well-placed to take control of the Caravan's New Vegas branch after this scandal, well, let's just say that again, he wanted to bring the company back to its roots, its [i]honourable[/i] roots. What he didn't know, because of his average perception, was that he was being made the pawn of forces much greater than he was... *NPC