# Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Chapter 1)

Author: STRONG
Tags: Fallout, Greentext, Human, M/F, Origin, Snekdog

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

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.  
  
In this story you are Anon, An excommunicated Boomer from Nellis AFB, Given the simple Nickname Boomer because of your origins.

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