Gravislayer

Fallout: The rescue of Six

Late night? Fuck the tine gap! Two houres ago I was like "Good morning Brooklyn!!!!" or something like that!

Fallout: The rescue of Six

Andrej responded to the greetings of Jackson by raising his hand and giving a friendly nod, he was slightly surprised how less people were here already but then~ wasn´t the time to get going at 7.30? Andrej shook his head but soon realised that the group gathered rather quickly and so he was satisfied. All of them had gathered but only the "Ex-legion" was missing. It was weird and for Andrej´s taste it smelled a bit like betraying, the fact that this so called Ex-legion was still wearing the colors of what he seemed to left...well it was not Andrej´s job to worry about that.

Andrej placed his backpack on the ground as nearly all of them were gathered and began to unpack it partly. He took a leather holster and some ragged down clothes out of it.
He attached the holster to his leg and packed a Laser-pistol into it, furthermore he wrapped the ragged clothes all around his body, seemingly creating a storm-chaser outfit against sandstorm and effectively hiding his high tech clothes.
The Legion was wide spread but the worst thing about them was that they forbid any kind of technic, even murdering those who are using it, caravan or not....they had to hide any sign of advanced tech for their own sake.
Well going unarmed would be as stupid and so Andrej wrapped his plasma gun in a piece of cloth and strapped it on his back, he even packed his mask away and swore to only wear it when he had to operate or during night, it was for their own sake.

With a sigh he now counted through all the people assigned to the mission, with all the materials he bought he was still lacking. Aiding 6 persons and two of them were Mutis..well that was a hard task even for him but then~
Andrej always showed interest in other speciems than the Homo Sapiens Sapiens~ The Homo Novos or the Homo Sapiens Exodus were rare guest when he had to treat persons and so he barely knew how their immune systems worked neither what he could achieve with them.
So by having now two super mutants it was more a scientific journey to him than a suicide mission, the data he could earn on them alone would probably be worth the paycheck of Mr.V when they returned with the proof of the couriers death or life.
Andrej stopped for a moment and asked himself if it was really for the money and smiled, of course not it was for the sake of his blessed America and if he could add the natural resistance of radiation of a ghouls or a muti to that of a simple human, what wonder could one imagine could happen~ The enclave would rise again!!! The banners of god would be waved again!!!! The world would Life again!!! But that...was all but a dream now, a dream that could maybe be achieved or maybe not.
What did he always say? The only opportunity worth taking, is the one with an unknown outcome and investigating those Mutis....that would be a very unknown outcome.

Andrej was soon finished but there was still no Legionnaire around~ It was weird and considering that they would head to the legion territory weird comes in hand with the word "Betrayed", "Trap" or "soon to be dead".
Something was off but it wasn´t really Andrej´s style to go and to investigate it himself and even if he would have betrayed them...Would he had the guts to kill him? Andrej hated violence and so the question often popped on his mind, will he really shoot people when he needs to? Yes int he past he often shot people and his kill counts was already in the mist of countless things he did already and also he shot...but he always did it without an intention, he acted accordingly how the enclave once trained him and not differently...but taking a life in cold blood? Shooting at someone out of preventive means? No...no he couldn´t do it and so Andrej took a conclusion.

Andrej took a few steps and encountered the women who was owning the dog. The old man smiled warm and friendly at her, it was one of those smiles old people could do best, it was welcoming and free of hatred and really it took Andrej ages and many tries to gain it, in those times it was a gift and the only act of humanity he could give his patients before threatening them like tools to not let them die.
"Hello~ You may have heard my name from yesterday but he haven´t introduced us yet personally~ I am Andrej" And as quick as he grabbed her hand with his two strong but old pranks and shock hers, he also brought himself forward to her, placing his mouth up to her ear, whispering into it.
"Madame~ it greatly concerns me that the Legionnaire still isn´t with us but doubting the decision of our leader just right at the beginning would be lowering the morale of the group highly~ I think it would be in our both interest and in your league of skill that you are taking a look for him?"
He now pressed nearly unseen a torn of red cloth into her hand "Your dog should be able to find him with it, he "lost" it yesterday~ "
Andrej suddenly ached back and rubbed his head and now spoke normally again~ "Oh my~ you are really reminding me of my daughter~ i am sorry i got sentimental~ I must getting old~" And so he did what could do best acting naturally cold and distanced and so seemingly drifting off in memories of a (never existing) daughter.

Fallout: The rescue of Six

Well we rushed pretty much forward^^ Give people time to post~ most do only post 2,3 times a week~and also i am too a player that gives other people time to post before me~ i rather have two post from other players below mine before i post again^^

Fallout: The rescue of Six

Andrej catched the sack of coins which was thrown by Jackson, 86 caps...atleast if that what he said was true.
Really Andrej could understand Jackson as he directly drifted from the past in the present, that what he saw was a miserable condition and if the legion did that to him, he did not wonder why he also took this job, wether the Courier 6 influenced him or not.
He also knew that Jackson was rather willingly to go solo and so admittting that he needs a group would have possible been a huge step for him, simply that fact made Andrej worry a bit. Andrej had life for a long time, really most people do not make it past 40 years in the wasteland but he? He had endured more than 50 and even travelled through many cities and so had collected many knowledge about many things.

It was no wonder why Jackson picked him but the rest was well slightly questionable. Two SUpermutant! Well those giant walking tanks could sometimes be reasonable and yet sometimes can be spoken to but when travelling with them they would stick out like a deathclaw in a brahim herd and well in Legion territority it would end as messy.
The ex-Legion guy was...a difficult pick, it does makes sense having a guide and someone who knows the habbits and structures of the legion but how related to the legion was he? Maybe he would sell them out but then the legion was not to be known to be that mercifull, so Andrej did doubt that he would cause problems.
Now what was left? The two female guns for hire? Mhh the one was a looker and did seem cheerfull enough but how many of that was charrade? The other? Quiet and certainly dangerous, she was one to not leave an eye upon since such quiet womens always have some corpses in their bunker.

Andrej shaked his head and continued to listen to Jacksons speech which was now done.
5000caps in legion currency, those ugly dimes~ Copied money from european history like the whole Legion idea, a desperate try to clench onto a ruined history, a forgotten history and reanimate and a collapsed empire. False gods, a golden lamb and so easily to fall in love with for those with a weak heart, for those with the false idea of a god.
Andrej saw the face of the true god, he knew his shape and also his colours, his stripes and stars...it was america, it was the symbol of that what was still alive...the enclave...America.
But well~ hard times are meaning hard measures and if that meant using Legion coins, that would be okey.

Giving Jackson no name for his list, he directly headed to get some supplies. He had used nearly all of his supplies for the way here, yet he had around 500 caps for buying .
The problem was that they had no packing-brahmin or other means to transport stuff and so~ What option would there be but carrying the stuff with a bagpack, with the same bagpack he is carrying around now. Well there would not be another option.
It would mean that they had to re-supply during the journey~ Hence this would mean that he had to buy ammonition, medical utensils and food for atleast two days not to forget water.
A Quick calculation and he had 5 bottles of 1L water, instant glue, bandages, 5 sryinges, 1L bottle of vodka, 3 x Rad-Ex, 6 Med-ex, some scorpoin glands and some night stalker blood to make some anti-venom and more more more. To make it quick he already surpassed 500 caps and so had to rethink all what he wants to buy.
Food first, the rest later~

Andrej headed to the market district and was suprised how quickly things changed, from the outskirt were crime was present any minute and one need to hope that he did not gets stabbed from behind, the market distrcit was tightly secured by NCR soldiers who cheked merchants and trander as well as people who wants to buy.
It was a tight security and that was no suprise, this city would otherwise be ruled by anarchy, merchants and traders trying to rip eachother off.
Hah if one would look at the history of the hub it already happened, the water dealers and the merchants wielded a bloody war against eachother to decide who would rue the city, it was then setteld by the NCR later who are now strictly judging about every law.
It was now pleasent to see that it worked and that order was now ruling in this most sinfull part of the waste. The NCR was incabable of many things but close to their own cpital they had power but the borders were fragile and way to thin and so they quickly loose power by exhausting their troops on the front lines.

Andrej gave a NCR trooper a friendly nod and skimmed throught he packed stands, stores and brahmin.
Quickly he found some bottles of clean water and for 5Litres he only had to pay 50 caps, a small price considering the high water taxes but Andrej gave him some infos on improving the water filster system so it was a nice thing that he lowered his prices. The merchant was friendly overall and so Andrej choosed to buy many things here.
The name of thi merchant was Hjun Kelvin and well he was also over 50 and so an old hare in this buisness. Andrej and him talked for a long time, about the Mojave, about this, about that, really a pleasant change to find a friendly face here.
In the end Andrej lost 300caps there but had most what he wanted.

The list said:
5Litres of water = 50caps
7 packages of dried brahmin meat = 100 caps
A doctor´s bag = 20 caps
5x Med-X = 100caps
a bottle of Rad-X pills = 50 caps
3xRad-Away = 78 caps
6x Sryinges = 10 caps
7x Brow-flowers = 5 caps
3x Xander-root = 12 caps
2x 1L mushroom Vodka (it´s impossible to drink but it has a good volume) = 40 caps
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All in all he spent 465 caps and got nearly got half the things he wanted but well better than nothing eh? He even had to pic the cheap Xander-roor, Broc-flower combo to create a usefull stinpack, he had no lab and no caps to spent anymore so....well this had to work out. Hah the others had to deal with it, it was unlikely that he had to catch some bullets.
For 30 caps He now rented a room and headed to sleep~

The next day~ It was 5 o´clock and Andrej was crawling out of the bed, he opened one of the purchased water bottels and took a huge gulb and looked around in the room he rent. It was more likely a chamber, only a bunker bed with a insect infected bed and a rusty shelf holding it but then it had a working sink and a toilet. Andrej took care of more personal buisness and dressed himself.
30 caps for the room he got was way too expensive and so it was in Andrej´s interrest to let the owner know, he´s a decent man but well~ sometimes one had to make a point and furthermore he was now heading off to a mission and so it was unlikely he would ever return to this ragged down excuse of a civilised city.
So Andrej headed for the generator which runs this small shack and did some minor~~applications to it~. As soon as the owner would turn on the electricity the circuit of the generator would be over driven and so fry the damn~ it does happen from time to time and well~ the electrical chargers running the generator would never be missed as well, it gave Andrej two more mags for his plasma-rifle~ what a good day!

As Andrej arrived at the bar it was already 6am and so shortly before they would head towards wherever they need to be to save the courier and to gain the money they were promised but he still had some time to get more closely to the others~

Fallout: The rescue of Six

so i had a date with 16 year old single malt whiskey yesterday but i will prepare a post now XD

Fallout: The rescue of Six

DONE!!!! Medic for hire is now fully intigrated and view of everyone of you as tools to use~ Don´t worry ribs grow back ~ *whispers to the dog" no they don´t~

Fallout: The rescue of Six

" I am alone again. The noise, the chatting, the annoying sounds made me crazy. Too many fresh faces in this NCR lookout, too many dead old ones and way too many wounded" The old man sighed.
In a lightend tent, the shilouette of the old man blocked the view to the outside, only the wind entering through the slightly opened entrance.
"Sometimes i hope that those who even faintly got near to me would die with their face burried in the mud, it would make the parting easier." Again a deep breath before the figure started to move, it grabbed behind it and got himself a white mask. The mask was an upgraded version of the enclave Mk.3 Surgeon-mask, it had an intigrated filter system wich could even be switched to a complete shut down and so would then work on a air tank instead.
The googles were able to darken when light would hit them and could also target the last few rays and so imitate a night vision. All in all this was high tech and advanced technology created by the enclave AFTER the war.

Untill now Andrej had luck and did not appoarched any Brotherhood follower because they wuld most likely killed him for that level of technology and if not, kidnapped him. As he entered the wasted he quickly recognized that without protection of an organisation he would quickly find it´s end and as he saw the follower of apocalypse he knew that here his knowledge was best to use.
Sadly this also brought him here....the end of the world...the gates to hell....a NCR lookout near the "new" Legion border. Shots echoed through every night and wounded and deads were reported each day, it was a catrastrophe, a disaster...but who had time no mourn?

The way to the clinic was like an ant trail, cockroach like humans crawled on this road. Many faces were tained with mayhem, looses and pain. Families, friends...it does not matter anymore in this trail of roaches, those human were more hollow thanks to the advancing of ceasar´s legion. It was a river of hollows.
The NCR tried to keep this stream in chek, assigning those who really needed to the medical tent and the other to a gathering camp further into the NCR region, it really was a mess and the use of weapons was coming quickly if people refused to violently.

Then suddenly the river of hollows parted and walking through it was a shining figure in white, tubes and mechanical instruments were attached to the figure´s suit. It was a weird secanry since this parting was not caused of the force of weapons but alone the aura of this person made it clear....here he was in need, here he was a god. Two NCR freshlings walked behind him, shoving several instruments behind the enlightend man.

As they arrived in the medical tent, some other doctors even stopped working, all the eyes drifted towards the person, some in admiration, some in envy. Andrej did not care about the looks and the stares, for him only the patients before him mattered.
Quickly he went on to work.

Inner bleedings? Stopped and the blood sucked out through a small cut.
Infection of a wound, combined with small necrosis? The dead gauze was being removed, the wound cleansed and desinfected, furthermore the cut flesh was repleaced.
Three bullets? Two had peirced the lung and the last went through the shoulder~ it all was no problem to him, even two cases of energy weapons had survived this day.
After 6 houres, the figure could barely stand on it´s feet anymore and it just sat down in a seperated part of the medical tent and put off his mask.

A grey haired and bearded face with a scar on his lip and his forehead, sweaty and exhausted came in view. The glance in the man´s eyes was also nearly hollow and shimmered in a strange brown which seemed a bit too bright to believe.
An overly friendly nurse brought him a glass of clean water, a quick nearly unnoticable check of a Geiger-counter and a swift Bio chek, and with a friendly nod Andrej took and finished the whole glass in one gulb. He was done, finished, hollow like those he is taking care of. Many does think that such a work would fill one with joy, joy of saving ones life...infact to survive in this job...you had to discard all your humaniy to stay sane when viewing a human like a tool...you can safe it, you can repair despise all the things they preach...if you know what´s wrong, there is always the same routine. Humans are destroying routine, they do not follow the same protocoll, they do not act acordingly to a term.

Before Andrej could drift deeper into his thoughts a strange dressed figure stood before, Andrej did not notice it and so was a bit suprised. He raised his eyes and it met those of the man infront of him.
"Andrej Kajovick?" The man asked, it was pronunced the way that this strange person here knew who the person infront him was.
"Mr. V asks for your service" the man continued. Andrej was suprised and a bit shocked, few people know his name and fewer know his last name. Aside from the enclave, only selected few every heard it and really...a mister V?

Suddenly it hit Andrej, he knew WHO asked for him and he knew for what. The hollow glance vanished and the view suddenly hardened. He did not even had to listen to the holo tape. It was Jackson Radford who else! He had one or two encounters with this son of a gun and most ended with a shootout that he mostly won with his .44 colt and well the reason could then only be...the legendary courier 6.

Andrej stood up and placked his mask and some other stuff which would be usefull for the journey.
"Where to?" He asked the strange man as he was ready.
"The Hub~ Down town~ in...."
"Madinson´s bar!" Andrej finished the sentence of the man, he knew this...so called bar in the outskirt of the biggest trading city in the whole new world. It was a dangerous place and so perfect for Jackson.

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It smelled, it was dangerous and worst of all full of germ and infections~ may they be of human or viral cause. Like a tumor this so called "hub" was growing in the southern parts of California. One could hide a vault here and no one would ever find it and so this so called city was full of sin, mistrust and overall hollow like human beings, may they be mutant, smooth-skin or ghoul.
So it was a little suprise of Andrej as he saw the cliente of the Madison´s bar, it was a colour mixture of everything and he bet most of them were here for the job the so called Mr.V had offered them but on a closer look...it seemed there was no Jackson around.
From the time they had Andrej knew that he was a tad late for the meeting and so, naturally since he entered through the back netry, he headed for the front and nearly died from a shock.

A giant super muti, then a beautifull red haired women (even she could be his daughter), another women with a dog, an ex legionare (Heck those colours are bright as day) and...last but not least....the man of the day and probably their leader Jackson !

"And here i hoped i had to never see you again since we picked you from the Colorado river and i really hoped you would bite the dust as i fixed your shoulder on the 2nd fight on hover dam"
Andrej prononced it loudly for everyone to hear and headed towards Jackson, his fists clenched in seeming anger before he laughed and took the man´s hand.
"Glad to see you are still kicking and wielding that non-chalant 44. colt like a wild west desperado or Lucky Luke~" He laughed friendly and so showed that he and Jackson had some (unpleasant) history to share from back when he was a caravan guide.

After he welcomed Jackson he turned around and gave everyone a nod.
"Andrej your medic for hire, no refund on lost limbs" he added with wink and went to shake everyones hand...well and trying to find out of the mutant was decent enough to understand what Andrej wanted from him and not accidently crushing him or eating him alive...maybe even trying to mate with him...hey it all happened.

Fallout: The rescue of Six

Well personally i do not prefer 1 on 1 action like "Post:1 = question, Post 2 = answer" and more over prefer collabs to shorten the many posts and to get some deepening between characters~ but that´s just me XD

Fallout: The rescue of Six

Ugh~ just a day passed and 20 posts?.......

Fallout: The rescue of Six

Am i approved?