{"sf1_id":1495455,"sf2_id":"nJEEYgdm","title":"Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Chapter 1)","author":"STRONG","words":60,"posted_at":"2019-10-01T04:59:10.000Z","tags":["Fallout","Greentext","Human","M/F","Origin","Snekdog"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1495455-love-me-as-though-there-were-no-tomorrow-chapter-1","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/nJEEYgdm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/42/83/4283c02e-0b74-4e72-b729-de28a10450ef","description":"Chapter 1: Lonesome Road  \n  \n\\\u003eThis isn't what you imagined when you left Nellis  \n\\\u003eYou imagined Riches, women,power and most of all, big guns  \n\\\u003eInstead you were trudging through the Mojave heat hunting Super mutants and centaurs for bounties  \n\\\u003eFucking hell, the sun could go and kill itself for all you care  \n\\\u003eAnd you swore if you heard another NCR Soldier wish for nuclear winter you were gonna blow his fucking head off with your Gun  \n\\\u003eChecking your Pip-boy showed no enemies nearby, but there is a cave nearby  \n\\\u003eMaybe you could rest there till the sun went down  \n\\\u003eBroc flower cave? Stupid name but whatever  \n\\\u003eYou alter your course and head for it quickly  \n\\\u003eThe faster you were out of the sun and in the shade the better  \n\\\u003eYou are Anon, Born a boomer on Nellis Air force base  \n\\\u003eThe Base was just too small for you though, How could you stay when there was a whole world out there  \n\\\u003eSo you left to see everything else the world had to offer  \n\\\u003eSo 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  \n\\\u003eNot what you had in mind that's for sure  \n\\\u003eThe cave opening is in view so you speed up a bit and duck inside  \n\\\u003eGlowing green fungus lines the walls as you head deeper inside  \n\\\u003eNot bad so far, even if your Pip-boys Geiger counter clicks a bit  \n\\\u003eYou 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  \n\\\u003eA noise to your right and you turn and find a pair of glowing eyes  \n\\\u003eAnd attached to those eyes is a Giant fucking rat  \n\\\u003eYou raise your shotgun and fire it, obliterating the rats head  \n\\\u003eWell now, looks like you had dinner  \n\\\u003eBeing raised on nothing but legumes sucked, and when you finally got real meat it was paradise  \n\\\u003eBut you still needed to find a safer area to eat it, just in case there were any of its friends hanging around  \n\\\u003eA quick survey showed a small ledge leading up and winding to the left upwards  \n\\\u003eMight as well follow that  \n\\\u003eYou grab your kill and heft it over your shoulder then trudge up the winding ledge  \n\\\u003eNot a bad haul for a random cave, you got some shade AND a meal  \n\\\u003eFollowing the narrow ledge you go up over the main area of the cave and see something that catches your attention  \n\\\u003eA small chamber with light pouring out  \n\\\u003eLight meant people  \n\\\u003eBut who in their right mind would live here  \n\\\u003eYou enter the small room and look around  \n\\\u003eBasic amenities, a generator, lights, a cooking stove, a cot and a water purifier  \n\\\u003eAs you walk in you look around, seeing no one  \n\\\u003eHuh, odd  \n\\\u003eYou notice a rifle leaned against one of the boxes so you set down your kill and pick it up  \n\\\u003eSilenced, night vision scope, fairly good condition  \n\\\u003eWho would just leave their rifle behind  \n\\\u003eA Noise causes you to turn quickly, raising the rifle  \n\\\u003eNothing? That cant be right  \n\\\u003eYou rush to the entrance of the room  \n\\\u003eExcept you bump into something that's not there  \n\\\u003eSomeone using a stealth boy?!  \n\\\u003eYou prepare to hit whoever tried to sneak up on you with a punch only the person you bumped into is on the ground already  \n\\\u003eIt, She, is on her back, tongue flopped out, eyes closed  \n\\\u003eDid you knock her out? What the fuck?  \n\\\u003eBut also something is off  \n\\\u003eShe's not human, looking more like the weird coyote things that tried to eat you  \n\\\u003eScaled head and down her back were black and orange scales running all the way to her tail  \n\\\u003eAn anthro? How rare, you had seen anthros in freeside  \n\\\u003eYou poke her with the barrel of the rifle  \n\\\u003e\"Hey you ok?\"  \n\\\u003eSilence  \n\\\u003eOk then she's out cold  \n\\\u003eYou set down the rifle and go to pick her up  \n\\\u003eYou grab an arm and try to hoist her up only to have her pull herself back down into an even more dramatic pose  \n\\\u003eWhat the fuck  \n\\\u003e\"Uhm, I know you aren't unconscious or dead, so might as well stop pretending\"  \n\\\u003eNo response  \n\\\u003eFuck it, leave her there  \n\\\u003eYou go to the cooking stove and fire it up and begin cooking a chunk of the rat  \n\\\u003eA few little spices from around the wasteland and your meal is cooking and smelling great  \n\\\u003eThe 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  \n\\\u003e\"You can drop the act lady, if you do I might be willing to share my meal\"  \n\\\u003eYou watch her hesitantly sit up and look you up and down  \n\\\u003e\"You're not here for me mister?\" she says, finally  \n\\\u003eSitting down on the cot, you watch her as she stands up and goes to the stove, sniffing the meat  \n\\\u003e\"Why would I be here for you? I'm not even sure what you are\"  \n\\\u003eYou stand and toss another chunk of the rat meat onto the stove  \n\\\u003eShe watches as you turn over the first piece  \n\\\u003e\"Uh, I'm a Nightstalker, a Mix of a red wolf and a Hognosed snake\"  \n\\\u003eNightstalker? so that's what they were called? sounds like a 13 year old named them  \n\\\u003e\"Uh huh and why would I be looking for you?\"  \n\\\u003eYou 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  \n\\\u003e\"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\"  \n\\\u003eYou scratch your head  \n\\\u003eBig MT? escaped? what?  \n\\\u003eYou hand her the plate of rat meat and grab the second piece off with your hands and eat it like finger food  \n\\\u003eWhat do you care about manners?  \n\\\u003e\"And uh the whole playing Opossum thing? Whats with that?\" You say as you chew your food  \n\\\u003eShe kicks a rock out the rooms door casually before answering  \n\\\u003e\"Uh I dunno, whenever I get startled or scared I just play dead, even though I can turn invisible\"  \n\\\u003eYou cock your head in confusion as you eat your food  \n\\\u003e\"So lets get this straight, you can turn invisible and instead of just going invisible to run; you play dead?\"  \n\\\u003eShe huffs at you in anger  \n\\\u003e\"Yes! I don't Know why! It's totally involuntary\"  \n\\\u003eWhat a weird girl  \n\\\u003eYou use you pip boy to magic up a machete a to cut another chunk of meat off the Rat  \n\\\u003eIt's been a while since you had fresh meat and the last time was from a radroach in the Freeside sewers  \n\\\u003eUgh that place reeked and was infested with ghouls  \n\\\u003eAs you toss the rat steak onto the stove you look the nightstalker up and down  \n\\\u003eNo hair, reddish fur that complemented her black and orange scales  \n\\\u003eThe fur on her Small chest and tummy is whiteish  \n\\\u003eShes wearing torn up rags that barely covered her  \n\\\u003e\"How long have you been here uh.. sorry whats your Name?\"  \n\\\u003eYou forgot to ask after her whole playing dead thing  \n\\\u003eShe looks down at her footpaws  \n\\\u003e\"I uh..I Don't have one actually, the scientists that created us never gave us names\"  \n\\\u003eYou blink hard a few times in confusion  \n\\\u003eScientists? Created? This girl was confusing  \n\\\u003e\"Uh ok...What would you name yourself then?\" you as as you poke the rat steak on the stove burner  \n\\\u003eShe looks at her scaled hands and arms, then her footpaws then her tail  \n\\\u003e\"Uh.. I don't know any names, can you help me with that?\"  \n\\\u003eDisbelief washes over you  \n\\\u003eYou just met her and shes now asking you to name her  \n\\\u003eWhatever fine  \n\\\u003e\"I'll give you a name but in exchange I want this rifle; it's pretty good\"  \n\\\u003eShe shrugs, \"Fine, I found it here anyway with all this other stuff\"  \n\\\u003eSo someone was living here before her? how odd  \n\\\u003eeither way you rack your brain while fidgeting with the rifle  \n\\\u003eYour head settles on the Name your grandfather had used for his Gun  \n\\\u003e\"Uh How about Gracie?\"  \n\\\u003eShe puts her paw (Hand?) to her chin she she thinks while looking at you  \n\\\u003eAs she contemplates you notice her eyes  \n\\\u003eThe right one is bright blue and has a round pupil, the left eyes is yellow and has a snake like pupil  \n\\\u003eThat's pretty neat  \n\\\u003e\"Huh...Gracie.. I Like it! Thanks uh...\"  \n\\\u003e\"Anon, but most people just call me Boomer\"  \n\\\u003eShe looks you you up and down  \n\\\u003e\"Boomer? That's dumb, I'll just call you Anon\"  \n\\\u003eDoesn't matter to you after all you weren't sticking around long  \n\\\u003eYou sit silently as you take apart the Rifle noticing the name \"RatSlayer\" etched into it  \n\\\u003ePretty good condition and having a silenced gun could be handy  \n\\\u003eYou feel a little extra weight on the cot and look over to see Gracie eyeing you and the rifle  \n\\\u003e\"Is that gun good? Why would you break it?\"  \n\\\u003eYou start putting it back together as you answer  \n\\\u003e\"Not breaking, taking it apart to check its condition, who ever left it here kept it in good condition\"  \n\\\u003eShe watches you with interest as you finish and snap the magazine into place  \n\\\u003eYou pick up you machete once more and pull the rat steak off the stove and begin eating it, ignoring the stare from the nightstalker  \n\\\u003e\"So why are you in this can Anyway Anon? I thought it was out of the way enough to not be found\"  \n\\\u003eChewing your meal slowly, you wonder what her deal is  \n\\\u003eNot that you disliked the friendliness, but most people had an agenda  \n\\\u003e\"I was hunting a pack of super mutants that have been kidnapping people\"  \n\\\u003eShe cocks her head to the side  \n\\\u003e\"What's a super mutant?\"  \n\\\u003eYou raise your eyebrows  \n\\\u003e\"Big ass green fuckers that eat people\"  \n\\\u003eShe stares at you for a moment  \n\\\u003e\"I can't tell if you're joking or not\"  \n\\\u003eYou finish your meal and look at her  \n\\\u003e\"I'm definitely not joking\"  \n\\\u003eShe pokes the dead rat  \n\\\u003e\"So why are you in this cave though, and can I have some more meat?\"  \n\\\u003eYou cut off a leg of the rat and pull the skin off expertly as you answer  \n\\\u003e\"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\"  \n\\\u003eYou set the meat on the stove and sit back down  \n\\\u003eGracie watches the meat cook as you dial through your pip boy inventory  \n\\\u003eRiot shotgun, check. Light machine gun, Check. 10MM Submachine gun Check. Gobi campaign scout rifle you found near Cottonwood cove, check  \n\\\u003eYou had used to to kill of a bunch of those legion assholes too  \n\\\u003eUsing it might be good against the super mutants, but the ratslayer was silenced and had a night vision scope  \n\\\u003eYou yawn involuntarily and stretch  \n\\\u003eMight as well take a quick nap while you wait for the sun to set  \n\\\u003eWould Gracie try anything? Eh maybe, but you had guns and she had nothing  \n\\\u003e\"I'm gonna catch a nap, you can have the rest of the rat if you want\"  \n\\\u003eYou lean back against the wall and close your eyes  \n\\\u003eSleeping in a sitting position for a combat nap is always good because you can get up quicker  \n\\\u003eIt doesn't take long for you to fall asleep to the sound of Gracie's meal sizzling","content":"Welcome to a shared Fallout AU where Myself, Mousguy ([https://pastebin.com/u/Mousguy](https://pastebin.com/u/Mousguy)) and Wheresmysocks ([https://pastebin.com/u/wheresmysocks](https://pastebin.com/u/wheresmysocks)) have crafted a Fallout New Vegas AU. everything takes place after the battle of hoover dam and is in a world where the Courier controls the strip.  \n  \nIn this story you are Anon,\u0026nbsp;An excommunicated Boomer from Nellis AFB, Given the simple Nickname Boomer because of your origins.","series":{"name":"Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow","previous":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZeqXM661","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1496280-love-me-as-though-there-were-no-tomorrow-chapter-2.json"}}