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Chapter 1: Lonesome Road

>This isn't what you imagined when you left Nellis

>You imagined Riches, women,power and most of all, big guns

>Instead you were trudging through the Mojave heat hunting Super mutants and centaurs for bounties

>Fucking hell, the sun could go and kill itself for all you care

>And you swore if you heard another NCR Soldier wish for nuclear winter you were gonna blow his fucking head off with your Gun

>Checking your Pip-boy showed no enemies nearby, but there is a cave nearby

>Maybe you could rest there till the sun went down

>Broc flower cave? Stupid name but whatever

>You alter your course and head for it quickly

>The faster you were out of the sun and in the shade the better

>You are Anon, Born a boomer on Nellis Air force base

>The Base was just too small for you though, How could you stay when there was a whole world out there

>So you left to see everything else the world had to offer

>So far it was just a bunch of people trying to kill each other, people trying to kill you and Mutated things trying to kill or eat you

>Not what you had in mind that's for sure

>The cave opening is in view so you speed up a bit and duck inside

>Glowing green fungus lines the walls as you head deeper inside

>Not bad so far, even if your Pip-boys Geiger counter clicks a bit

>You draw out your riot shotgun, better to have it ready just in case some Junkie viper was in here or some weird creatures like those big ass flying wasps

>A noise to your right and you turn and find a pair of glowing eyes

>And attached to those eyes is a Giant fucking rat

>You raise your shotgun and fire it, obliterating the rats head

>Well now, looks like you had dinner

>Being raised on nothing but legumes sucked, and when you finally got real meat it was paradise

>But you still needed to find a safer area to eat it, just in case there were any of its friends hanging around

>A quick survey showed a small ledge leading up and winding to the left upwards

>Might as well follow that

>You grab your kill and heft it over your shoulder then trudge up the winding ledge

>Not a bad haul for a random cave, you got some shade AND a meal

>Following the narrow ledge you go up over the main area of the cave and see something that catches your attention

>A small chamber with light pouring out

>Light meant people

>But who in their right mind would live here

>You enter the small room and look around

>Basic amenities, a generator, lights, a cooking stove, a cot and a water purifier

>As you walk in you look around, seeing no one

>Huh, odd

>You notice a rifle leaned against one of the boxes so you set down your kill and pick it up

>Silenced, night vision scope, fairly good condition

>Who would just leave their rifle behind

>A Noise causes you to turn quickly, raising the rifle

>Nothing? That cant be right

>You rush to the entrance of the room

>Except you bump into something that's not there

>Someone using a stealth boy?!

>You prepare to hit whoever tried to sneak up on you with a punch only the person you bumped into is on the ground already

>It, She, is on her back, tongue flopped out, eyes closed

>Did you knock her out? What the fuck?

>But also something is off

>She's not human, looking more like the weird coyote things that tried to eat you

>Scaled head and down her back were black and orange scales running all the way to her tail

>An anthro? How rare, you had seen anthros in freeside

>You poke her with the barrel of the rifle

>"Hey you ok?"

>Silence

>Ok then she's out cold

>You set down the rifle and go to pick her up

>You grab an arm and try to hoist her up only to have her pull herself back down into an even more dramatic pose

>What the fuck

>"Uhm, I know you aren't unconscious or dead, so might as well stop pretending"

>No response

>Fuck it, leave her there

>You go to the cooking stove and fire it up and begin cooking a chunk of the rat

>A few little spices from around the wasteland and your meal is cooking and smelling great

>The snakedog lady is still laying on the ground, but you can see her eyes open a few times to eye the food as well as her forked tongue shoot out of her mouth

>"You can drop the act lady, if you do I might be willing to share my meal"

>You watch her hesitantly sit up and look you up and down

>"You're not here for me mister?" she says, finally

>Sitting down on the cot, you watch her as she stands up and goes to the stove, sniffing the meat

>"Why would I be here for you? I'm not even sure what you are"

>You stand and toss another chunk of the rat meat onto the stove

>She watches as you turn over the first piece

>"Uh, I'm a Nightstalker, a Mix of a red wolf and a Hognosed snake"

>Nightstalker? so that's what they were called? sounds like a 13 year old named them

>"Uh huh and why would I be looking for you?"

>You turn off one of the stove burners and look around, a plate is sitting near the water purifier so you grab it and place the meat on it

>"I escaped from a Place called the Big MT, I thought they would send people to hunt me down, that's why I've been hiding here"

>You scratch your head

>Big MT? escaped? what?

>You hand her the plate of rat meat and grab the second piece off with your hands and eat it like finger food

>What do you care about manners?

>"And uh the whole playing Opossum thing? Whats with that?" You say as you chew your food

>She kicks a rock out the rooms door casually before answering

>"Uh I dunno, whenever I get startled or scared I just play dead, even though I can turn invisible"

>You cock your head in confusion as you eat your food

>"So lets get this straight, you can turn invisible and instead of just going invisible to run; you play dead?"

>She huffs at you in anger

>"Yes! I don't Know why! It's totally involuntary"

>What a weird girl

>You use you pip boy to magic up a machete a to cut another chunk of meat off the Rat

>It's been a while since you had fresh meat and the last time was from a radroach in the Freeside sewers

>Ugh that place reeked and was infested with ghouls

>As you toss the rat steak onto the stove you look the nightstalker up and down

>No hair, reddish fur that complemented her black and orange scales

>The fur on her Small chest and tummy is whiteish

>Shes wearing torn up rags that barely covered her

>"How long have you been here uh.. sorry whats your Name?"

>You forgot to ask after her whole playing dead thing

>She looks down at her footpaws

>"I uh..I Don't have one actually, the scientists that created us never gave us names"

>You blink hard a few times in confusion

>Scientists? Created? This girl was confusing

>"Uh ok...What would you name yourself then?" you as as you poke the rat steak on the stove burner

>She looks at her scaled hands and arms, then her footpaws then her tail

>"Uh.. I don't know any names, can you help me with that?"

>Disbelief washes over you

>You just met her and shes now asking you to name her

>Whatever fine

>"I'll give you a name but in exchange I want this rifle; it's pretty good"

>She shrugs, "Fine, I found it here anyway with all this other stuff"

>So someone was living here before her? how odd

>either way you rack your brain while fidgeting with the rifle

>Your head settles on the Name your grandfather had used for his Gun

>"Uh How about Gracie?"

>She puts her paw (Hand?) to her chin she she thinks while looking at you

>As she contemplates you notice her eyes

>The right one is bright blue and has a round pupil, the left eyes is yellow and has a snake like pupil

>That's pretty neat

>"Huh...Gracie.. I Like it! Thanks uh..."

>"Anon, but most people just call me Boomer"

>She looks you you up and down

>"Boomer? That's dumb, I'll just call you Anon"

>Doesn't matter to you after all you weren't sticking around long

>You sit silently as you take apart the Rifle noticing the name "RatSlayer" etched into it

>Pretty good condition and having a silenced gun could be handy

>You feel a little extra weight on the cot and look over to see Gracie eyeing you and the rifle

>"Is that gun good? Why would you break it?"

>You start putting it back together as you answer

>"Not breaking, taking it apart to check its condition, who ever left it here kept it in good condition"

>She watches you with interest as you finish and snap the magazine into place

>You pick up you machete once more and pull the rat steak off the stove and begin eating it, ignoring the stare from the nightstalker

>"So why are you in this can Anyway Anon? I thought it was out of the way enough to not be found"

>Chewing your meal slowly, you wonder what her deal is

>Not that you disliked the friendliness, but most people had an agenda

>"I was hunting a pack of super mutants that have been kidnapping people"

>She cocks her head to the side

>"What's a super mutant?"

>You raise your eyebrows

>"Big ass green fuckers that eat people"

>She stares at you for a moment

>"I can't tell if you're joking or not"

>You finish your meal and look at her

>"I'm definitely not joking"

>She pokes the dead rat

>"So why are you in this cave though, and can I have some more meat?"

>You cut off a leg of the rat and pull the skin off expertly as you answer

>"It's hot out, I wanted some shade so I can let it cool down outside and ambush the Mutants, with this rifle I can take them down at night"

>You set the meat on the stove and sit back down

>Gracie watches the meat cook as you dial through your pip boy inventory

>Riot shotgun, check. Light machine gun, Check. 10MM Submachine gun Check. Gobi campaign scout rifle you found near Cottonwood cove, check

>You had used to to kill of a bunch of those legion assholes too

>Using it might be good against the super mutants, but the ratslayer was silenced and had a night vision scope

>You yawn involuntarily and stretch

>Might as well take a quick nap while you wait for the sun to set

>Would Gracie try anything? Eh maybe, but you had guns and she had nothing

>"I'm gonna catch a nap, you can have the rest of the rat if you want"

>You lean back against the wall and close your eyes

>Sleeping in a sitting position for a combat nap is always good because you can get up quicker

>It doesn't take long for you to fall asleep to the sound of Gracie's meal sizzling