>>3918379
>>Put some distance behind you, before gathering your bearings.

>>3918379
>>Find a spot to stop, then check your belongings.

>>3918379
>>See if you can't catch up to that trader you saw leave before all this trouble occurred, about an hour ago.

>>3918379
>Put some distance behind you

>>3918379
>Put some distance behind you, before gathering your bearings

>>3918379
>Find a spot to stop, then check your belongings. (Simple item select)

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>>3918391
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>>3918383
After noticing they left your bag lighter, you want to check over everything and take stock. Or even hurry to catch up with that trader, she wouldn't refuse to trade with you at least. But after all that commotion in town and a threat to your life... it'd be best to get your head straight before you continue from here.

So you follow the advice the guards gave, to leave the area or risk getting shot. With such haste there's always a natural worry at the back of your mind about getting separated, but from experience you know there's no real risk of that. So... oh about half an hour's travel on the west road before you encounter the wreckage of a pre-war bus, to stop at and rest for a time, figure things out.

"West of Soodberry... Walden, and then the Six..."

Originally your plan had been to settle in for the winter in Soodberry, try and prove useful to the community and earn your keep before... well, giving them the full picture. Unfortunately you were found out early and so kicked out, just another in a growing list of places you aren't welcome. Without a settlement to rely on though, up here in Ontario you won't survive the winter. If you'd known before you wouldn't have bothered to travel north, but there's not much you can do about that now. If you can't find shelter then your only option may be to head south again in time, ahead of the cold.

Aside from the distance and danger though, the problem seems to be that you have a choice to make; you can either follow the most direct route along the Trans-Canada highway but run the risk of encountering more people, or try to head down the Six where there'll be less people but worse terrain.

"There's gotta be a boat or something, cross the lakes... right? If not though, we're..."

Making plans in your head and marking the old road map, you stop short when you hear movement through the forest along the road, both sides. Snapping of wood, movement... trouble?

>Hole up in the bus, it's not much but it's some defense.
>Flee into the woods, the other side of the road. You're easy to see in the wrecked bus.
>Hide, try to lay low and quiet and hope... whatever it is, passes.
>Write-in.

>>3918432
>>Hide, try to lay low and quiet and hope... whatever it is, passes.

>>3918432
>>Flee into the woods, the other side of the road. You're easy to see in the wrecked bus.

>>3918432
>Hole up in the bus, it's not much but it's some defense.

wife?

>>3918432
>Hole up in the bus, it's not much but it's some defense.

>>3918432
>Flee into the woods, the other side of the road. You're easy to see in the wrecked bus.

>>3918432
>>Hole up in the bus, it's not much but it's some defense.

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>>3918476
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>>3918447
You could hide, or try to escape into the woods, but you'd rather take your chances into your own hands. Whatever the threat may be, to see it and know it coming from afar is better than having it find you first. Finding cover within the old metal frame then, you have your weapon at the ready for come what may.

"GROAAAH!"

Nothing can ever prepares you for what follows though, as the sounds from the forest draw nearer, a bellowing roar to accompany. Your heart begins to race and fear grips you the closer and closer the danger draws, till finally breaking through some branches and smaller trees you see it; a Deathclaw! Terror of the wasteland, bane of all in this ruined and irradiated world, with a feared name spoken in whispers and campfire legends. A name, few of which can compare to how perfectly representative it is of the bearer, Nuka-Cola perhaps the closest competitor to those that bring death by claws.

"GRRURRUH!"

With a physique greater even than a supermutant, the beast roars and charges from the forest, crashing into the bus horns first before you can even get a chance to react. You'd be fumbling for your weapon if you could even find it, when a mighty scaled hand with fearsome long claws reaches through the bus window. With a grip able to pull the limb off a suit of power armor, you're yanked free of the bus wreckage and held before that towering grim might. A savage face, piercing eyes and a fanged maw, crowed by great curved horns. The last thing many in this world will ever see.

"GRAUGH!"

"It's good to see you too! You really had me there for bit!"

For you though, it's not your gruesome end... but a familiar face. Even, a beloved face, or so you should imagine; she is your better half and all that.

Just another game you two like to play with each other, or at least she likes it, sneaking up on you and stalking you. No real harm in it you suppose, and it keeps your senses sharp while keeping her good at hunting, but it never fails to put you on edge. After all, just looking at her how could you not be afraid of a hostile display, even if only on an instinctive level?

Enough games though, as usual she meets you halfway between holding you up and lowering with her head to smell at you, get a sense of where you've been or who you've been around you figure. The same formality as always, though you've the chance to see the discarded half of a radstag she'd carried all this way, to toss aside before her feigned charge. Good to know you'll have dinner tonight, since you weren't getting any from town.

"I missed you too Nowe, wish I had the chance to properly introduce you to those people."

>Exchange pleasantries, you haven't seen her since yesterday afternoon.
>Share some affection, this is your wife after all! Ah, but how much affection...
>See if you can't coax a proper response out of her, if she's been keeping up with the learning. (What is your name?)
>Write-in.

>>3918531
>Share some affection, this is your wife after all! Ah, but how much affection...
All of it

>>3918531
Uh
>All of the above

>>3918531
>>Share some affection, this is your wife after all! Ah, but how much affection...
As if any other choice would be picked.

>>3918531
>See if you can't coax a proper response out of her, if she's been keeping up with the learning. (What is your name?)
Wallace Snyder

>>3918531
>See if you can't coax a proper response out of her, if she's been keeping up with the learning. (What is your name?)
Mike Hawk

>>3918598
Mike Hawk sounds good.

>>3918562
>>3918598
This, we are the most chad motherfucker in the wastes. How many men can say they've fucked a deathclaw?

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>>3918634
>>3918617
>>3918598
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>>3918565
>>3918562
What's the point of having a partner if you can't share the love? Or your name isn't Mike Snyder!

After satisfying her curiosity smelling you, she follows with an affectionate nuzzle before she would normally set you down but you hug and caress her head for a bit. Causing her to make that noise, that shuddered breathing that you've come to associate with purring. Hard not to smile at that, but smile all the more when you try to raise her head up, and startle her with a kiss to the mouth.

"Mwah-huagh!"

She's gotten the hang of handling you better, able to pick you up or grab at you, without shredding you to bits... though you have more than a few scars to show for it, and have considered trimming her claws if they weren't her best weapons. But kissing, that's something new and decidedly human, beyond any scope she'd have known or found natural. Like anything in your relationship though, it's a matter of practice and patience, and extreme care. You're able to get a kiss in, but her response as usual is to reciprocate almost preemptively, and you get a mouthful of deathclaw tongue. Coughing and sputtering when she reaches almost down your throat, not a sign of success but you're closer now then when you first tried months ago and she took it as some aggressive display or some such and nearly bit your tongue and face off several times.

"Lohrrve... Mhyge." she speaks, or more like barks her attempt at your name. Well, your first name, that's all she can manage it seems.

"That's right! Very good Nowe, I love you too."

As close as you may be, you still have some trouble reading her. You think, she enjoys your affirmation, and shoves her massive face against yours for her attempt at another kiss... you just try to bear it till she lets up, and finally sets you down. Finally, on your feet again and capable of a more proper hug... well because of the size difference, more like you're hugging her waist, but the important thing is the two of you can embrace with your arms around one another rather than her just grasping and holding you up to her height like a doll.

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An... odd couple to say the least, and wholly unnatural. But when you're living day to day, and in a world like this... well what starts out as a mutual survival, perhaps once in a million times ends up a relationship. For all you've been through together, and for all the times she's proved you wrong for assuming she'd just rip you apart, you're past the point of caring what anyone could think. All that matters is surviving, together, but unfortunately your latest gamble wasn't successful.

"I'm... sorry Nowe, it didn't work out. We'll have to keep moving."

"Ghhooo... hhhorrrme..."

"Yes, that's right. New home."

A limited capacity for communication, mostly just growls and grunts to sound like simple words, imitation of speech at best like a parrot... if you knew what a parrot was, that is. But along with a similar grasp of a crude sort of sign language you've been working on together, you can... more or less get basic ideas across. You let her know that Soodberry was not welcoming, which draws anger, causes her to growl and stomp and claw at the wrecked bus. The response of any deathclaw to fly to rage and tear things apart, something which despite you're relationship, you too are in danger of when she's at her worse.

You do your best to calm her down though, at least enough to get across that you'll just continue on together as always, heading for whatever place is next so you can try again. Until eventually you can find a place you can settle down together. This, demonstrated by gestures of continuing down the road, to "go" and gestures of covering her head with her hands for "home" or shelter.

>Might as well get going then, you've got a lot of road to cover even before you reach Walden... if anything is still there that is. (Make a roll of a 1d100 for the travel.)
>Pick up where you'd left off before, either checking your belongings, or trying to catch up with that trader.
>Reunited with your better half, has swelled your heart and left you feeling reminiscent, of your relationship and particularly how you came to meet and wind up together...
>Write-in.

>>3918685
>Reunited with your better half, has swelled your heart and left you feeling reminiscent, of your relationship and particularly how you came to meet and wind up together...
I can SMELL the character development

>>3918685
>Reunited with your better half, has swelled your heart and left you feeling reminiscent, of your relationship and particularly how you came to meet and wind up together
Need that LORE

>>3918685
>Reunited with your better half, has swelled your heart and left you feeling reminiscent, of your relationship and particularly how you came to meet and wind up together...
This

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>>3918693
>>3918694
>>3918705
Together with your... wife, mate, lover? Partner, together again with your partner, you choose to believe she's as happy as you are for being reunited. Sharing a little loving intimacy from being apart though, you can't even imagine what someone might think if they came upon such a sight.

Hell, you wouldn't have been able to imagine how you'd end up this way yourself.

---

It'd be... two? Two years now? Two winters at least, that you've been together. At first, for several months she'd just been stalking you, creeping out of notice but always somewhat nearby. You thought yourself hunted and feared for your life dearly, till she started leaving dead things for you and more than once actually saved your ass before departing again.

Eventually a tolerance formed where you wouldn't raise your weapon to her or panic, because honestly if she wanted you dead it wouldn't make a difference. No longer stalking after that but still for a time, like traveling with a dangerous wild animal until from experience you started to notice things, recognize a pattern about her. Signs of intelligence, the ability to interact with her without hostility, imitations of humanity (or socialization at least) on her part. All of these things you suppose, deathclaws all always have the capacity for except of course that their first response is to rip and tear before anything else. But you heard stories from survivors of the creatures being able to mimic sounds in perhaps some primitive means of communication, or showing signs of cunning, planning or even problem solving.

You'd have written it all off as nonsense but in your two years together, for all you've been through and experienced together, you're sure there's some truth to it now. And so from tolerating one another, eventually to cooperation, working together to survive together. Forming a pretty decent team in fact, complimenting one another to where it seemed almost natural or certainly without say-so at least. After that, after enough shared meals, enough trust to be able to treat her wounds, enough nights huddled together by a fire... you suppose more than anything it was more that you finally let your guard down enough for something more to form.

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Even as close as you'd gotten, you'd always feared in the back of your mind that she could just snap at something and rip you in half. Always been on edge, guarded around her. Too much to notice what might have always been there, from her to you. Maybe it was because you let your guard down, or maybe... you just gave the chance for something to take root and bloom, what had always been there waiting.

After that, well... being able to kiss her, and what more you've done when you've had the chance together, has a way of getting rid of that instinctive fear so that you never feel uncomfortable around her anymore. Where else to go from there, but to make it official? In a rather sporadic circumstance that was only possible by chance. A "ceremony" ministered by a pastor of those Children of Atom loons, blind from worshiping an old bomb (else you can't imagine he'd have gone through with the ceremony), and after that... human and deathclaw, husband and wife. At least you feel you can call her that, though normally she's just Nowe to you, and you're just Mhyge to her.

...honestly, maybe you're just insane. Maybe life in an irradiated wasteland has turned your brain to mush, who in their right mind would wind up in this situation let alone progress through it as far as you have? But if it's what she seems to have always wanted, after saving your life more than once it's the least you could do, and it's certainly improved your odds of survival. Ah, but the synthesis though! All of this wouldn't have happened if not for that fateful day when you first met...

---

You remember as clear as if it was yesterday, when you'd been camping out among those scorched trees atop that overlook near the pre-war construction site. An artificial pit dug for the foundations of some building, that deathclaws had taken to living down within, a pair of adults and their young. You just wanted to scavenge the fusion core of the old bulldozer of the site, and were willing to wait for the chance when the beasts might vacate the site for a time to train their young how to hunt.

With your eyes on the prize though, it was inevitable that you'd notice the day to day lives of the deathclaws through a scope, and when things took a turn for the worse. When another alpha male started skulking about the area and one day challenged the resident male, killing him in a bloody fight and taking the anguished female for his new mate, but not after killing all her young. Offspring from another male, and all that. You'd no love of these monsters but seeing that... something compelled you not to intervene but perhaps at least, exact a little justice. Or what you felt was justice, for these monsters you'd been spying on for weeks and taken a bit of a liking to.

Ah, but how did you do it? How did you kill a victorious alpha male deathclaw?

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>Strength, mighty by human standards and the alpha male weakened from his prior fight, you faced the beast, man against monster and triumphed
>Perception, pretty with a pistol, or a rifle or any other weapon, though it was a close call you did manage to drop the alpha male by targeting his wounds from the prior fight
>Endurance, you're one tough son of a bitch and though you had planned to blow the alpha male up with explosives, you were caught off guard when he noticed and charged you but simply put; you survived the explosion and he didn't
>Charisma, you wouldn't call it animal intuition but you watched the hostility between the alpha male and anguished female, waited for the right time... and in a huge gamble taunted and called out the alpha male long enough that the female could take her revenge and kill the alpha male... with a little help from you from afar
>Intelligence, with clever calculation you were able to assess the situation and decided upon hacking the security measures of the construction site, so that the alpha male was registered as a Chinese saboteur
>Agility, with the reflexes and grace of a cat you were able to lead the alpha male in a chase around the construction site, and up a crane to where he lost footing and fell to his death
>Luck, while you were trying to navigate your way down into the construction site to figure out a plan of action, you accidentally caused a rock slide that crushed the alpha male

>>3918823
We WRASSLED that sum'bitch, then chucked a grenade down its gullet!

>>3918824
If >>3918826 isn't valid, I suppose Luck.

>>3918824
>>Endurance, you're one tough son of a bitch and though you had planned to blow the alpha male up with explosives, you were caught off guard when he noticed and charged you but simply put; you survived the explosion and he didn't
It'd be good if our darling wife could afford to relax her control. If we could endure should she slip.

>>3918824
>>Endurance, you're one tough son of a bitch and though you had planned to blow the alpha male up with explosives, you were caught off guard when he noticed and charged you but simply put; you survived the explosion and he didn't

>>3918824
>Endurance, you're one tough son of a bitch and though you had planned to blow the alpha male up with explosives, you were caught off guard when he noticed and charged you but simply put; you survived the explosion and he didn't
I would also like to ease the burden on our wife

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>>3918826
>>3918829
Something similar to it is fine, what you described is like the Strength choice.

In general, consider your choice here, more or less what feature is most definitive of you overall.

>>3918824
Otherwise, this will be my last post of the night. We'll continue here tomorrow with whatever more player choices there are, for the usual majority.

Till then, thanks all for playing! And if you've got any questions or confusion I can answer anything for next time.

>>3918843
Thanks for writing such a wholesome quest

>>3918843
Thanks for running anon, I'll concede to the majority vote.

>>3918824
>>Endurance, you're one tough son of a bitch and though you had planned to blow the alpha male up with explosives, you were caught off guard when he noticed and charged you but simply put; you survived the explosion and he didn't

>>3918843
Thanks for the run.

>>3918824
>Strength, mighty by human standards and the alpha male weakened from his prior fight, you faced the beast, man against monster and triumphed
We punched out a deathclaw
although being bomb-proof is cool as well...

QM. I recall in Fallout 1 or 2 that intelligent Deathclaws existed. Is our gal one of them? If she's not directly one she's pretty damn close.

>>3918824
Is it too late to vote? I'm going for Strength. Fucking chad-wastelander.

>>3918826
Supporting strength

>>3918824
Forgot to ask, but we're smashing that deathclaw puss right?

>>3918824
>>>Endurance, you're one tough son of a bitch and though you had planned to blow the alpha male up with explosives, you were caught off guard when he noticed and charged you but simply put; you survived the explosion and he didn't

this is quite necessary to love a deathclaw, and being good with explosives(or bad in this case) doesn't hurt

>>3918922
Votes are always open until the followup post.

>>3918972
This isn't to choose your skills/equipment, just your physical stats.

>>3918955
I don't know, are you? Would you?

>>3918921
She's not an "Intelligent Deathclaw", just one who because of extremely unique (and specific) circumstances, has had the time and motive to interact with someone in a non-hostile way, and learn/practice the relevant behavior.

She might inherently be a tad smarter than others, perhaps a mutation even, but nothing beyond the realm of normal deathclaw possibility. It's simply that you haven't needed her to be able to speak Queen's English or read books, to have/maintain a relationship with her. Not an "Intelligent Deathclaw" but intelligent enough to be together with.

>>3918985
>I don't know, are you? Would you?
Yeees

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>3918824
Endurance 1 strength 2

>>3919068
Nice

>>3918824
>endurance, how else will we be able to please our lover.

>>3919068
Nice

>>3918824
>Endurance, you're one tough son of a bitch and though you had planned to blow the alpha male up with explosives, you were caught off guard when he noticed and charged you but simply put; you survived the explosion and he didn't

Hey all, will be resuming in a bit now.

>>3919564
excited

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>>3918857
>>3918922
>>3918950
>>3919347
For Strength.

>>3919495
>>3919421
>>3918972
>>3918848
>>3918841
>>3918838
>>3918832
For Endurance, the majority it seems.

So while you are decently average when it comes to strength or perception, or any other typical features you could use to describe people in this post-apocalyptic world, you may well be the toughest guy around. Hard to injure, easy to heal, you have such remarkable endurance that you can choke down tainted food, survive in a radioactive wasteland, and even shrug off harm that would kill a lesser man. Well, maybe not shrug off, but you'll make it through thick and thin when most wouldn't.

Maybe why you've survived as long as you have in this ruined world... and how you survived your wedding night. Your relationship with Nowe has left its mark on your body, but what would leave someone else looking like they wrestled ten rounds with a woodchipper, for you isn't worse than some light scarring here and there. Nothing that would impact your looks, if that mattered anymore now that you're a spoken for man.

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>>3918843

>Endurance

That's right, you remember how it was. You'd rigged an area of the construction site to blow, quite a trap for the deathclaw. Everything was according to plan... except for being noticed early. Caught off guard and faced with the terror of an alpha male bearing down on you, it's hard to say whether it was intentional or an accident but the explosions went off and blasted the place sky high.

All that remained were the smithereens of the alpha male, and you grievously wounded but alive. Barely. You survived and your opponent did not, something that seems common in your life for how tough you are. In truth it might have all been over there because you had to crawl away to safety and help, but the female (startled but unscathed from the blast) watched from afar. Watched you kill the alpha male, watched you avenge her killed family, watched... or allowed you to crawl away. And you'd have thought that was that, couple weeks later when fully recovered and resupplied you returned to the site and scavenged the fusion core, and figured to never see any further sign of the place.

Until you started to notice something stalking you out in the wasteland, and the rest was history. Before it was just a something, now she's Nowe, your significant other.

---

The scraping against old metal of the ruined bus. She has to keep her "weapons" in shape after all.

"How are your claws doing? Can I see?"

You gesture to Nowe at wanting to check on her hands, as she seems to nod and approach you, lowering a bit to attempt to approach your height. Taking a massive, powerful hand with both of yours, you run your fingers along hers and her palm. By nature a deathclaw makes the greatest use of their hands and claws, so that's where the wear and tear happens and like a predator with their teeth, a big source of malady should any significant damage occur. Thankfully nothing beyond the usual, even her long claws she was taking care of, but you can't help notice her tail start swishing when you make an effort to clean all the blood off her hand and claws with a rag specifically for that purpose. A repeat of the same process with her other hand, followed by a few kisses to both, and you feel satisfied from your time apart. You know she can take care of herself, better than you even, but for being in a relationship... well, you can't help worry about her during the times you're apart. Like when venturing into a settlement and you have to part ways, else people would panic and attack her.

>Quest Started: Show Me the Way to Go Home

Letting her to work her claws on the old bus some more then, you do your best to bundle up the radstag remains for later, and check the road again for what lies behind and ahead... to decide on what your next course of action is. All you know is you have to get south before winter, but there's plenty you could do, and plenty of land to cover before then...

>How do you proceed?

>>3919671
Nothing comes to mind aside from getting started on our trip, keep an eye out for that trader maybe

>>3919683
works for me

>>3919683
>>3919686
Can't finish a journey if you don't start it! Giving Nowe a little longer to satisfy her curiosity then, eventually you gesture to leave and she responds in kind, the two of you leaving the road for the treeline in order to travel along it. Side by side, and if you get the chance, hand in hand.

Traveling on the road would be easier, you could go at a faster pace, but you run the risk of anyone seeing you. As long as there actually is road to follow however, and you have your old roadmap, then you should be fine.

>Make a roll for the travel, 1d100. And for any time rolling in the quest, if you feel inclined you can accompany with a setting/period appropriate song, for a bonus.

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>3919702
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>3919702

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>3919702

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>3919702

>>3919728
>>3919709
Ohhh doubles, but low ones, shit wil be tough

Rolled 8 (1d100)

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>3919702

>>3919730
We roll under?

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>>3918379
>Deathclaw wife quest
This is absolutely silly.

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>>3919776
People drinking radioactive soda, and powering their cars on nuclear engines, is silly.

You know what isn't silly though? Love.

>>3919746
>>3919730
>>3919728
>>3919722
>>3919719
>>3919709
>>3919755
>29, 29

Continuing your journey you go then, hugging the road from the relatively safer forest. Unlike land closer to the big pre-war cities, out here the bombs didn't do much... at least that what you've heard from the stories. The point being, the trees and forests up north (and far enough from cities) here aren't just scorched skeletons leftover from the war. Green and growing, thriving better perhaps than even before the war considering they go unchecked by people, what little surviving population there is left. The trade off of course that they do wonders to soak up radiation in the environment, on the winds and in the fallout. As long as you don't start eating bark though or venture too far into the deep forests, it should be fine.

That was all part of the appeal really, coming up Canada way for the "cleaner" environment to be able to live in, live safer and without worry. The forests filter the radiation of the environment, and the Great Lakes have long since recovered. It's no wonder there's plenty of bustling little towns through the region, insular but doing better than what you know of America, apart from Chicago perhaps. What you didn't know however and only learned after coming up here in the summer, was how dangerous the climate, the winters are because of it all. Calling it nuclear winter is putting it nicely, and the cold from the north meeting with the lakes is a very real danger. Entire towns and the inhabitants overcome by the creeping white death, by spring only thawing corpses or worse left. If you'd known the only way to survive was to find shelter in a settlement with power you wouldn't have bothered, because Nowe can't live among people, and you can't live without her.

"Hmm? Something wrong, what is it?"

Busy watching the road and your map to follow, you bump into Nowe's back and would have fallen over if she hadn't caught you with her tail. She stopped for a reason though, as you see her standing alert and on edge. You speak and gesture to her after stowing the map, to get a response.

"Ohhthhhr... hhhhummmme..."

She gestures to an invisible third person, and then pats your chest. Other humans, you draw your binoculars and creep along to see.

"Oh it's the trader, and her lot... but why is she waiting off the road?"

Sure enough after enough time peering around and checking to where Nowe keeps pointing out, you notice movement farther down the road, the other side forest. That trader that left Soodberry ahead of you and her guards, but it seems you only caught up to them because they stopped. You'd have thought, to camp for the night since it's getting late int he day, but why would they in the forest? And when Walden looks to be close on the map?

>How do you proceed?

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>>3919776
It's like The Shape of Water in Fallout.

>>3919797
Tell Nowe to stay there, go speak with the trader.

>>3919797
tell Nowe to wait and approach the trader

see if we can trade for some supplies and warm clothing for us
see if she has any information about possible destination or shelter nearby on our way south, general news is apreciated too

>>3919817
support, but approach with caution

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>3919855
>>3919817
>>3919812
You'd had the idea of trying to catch the trader, so this seems as good a chance as any... let's see how worthwhile she is though.

>>3919866
Decently so, it seems.

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>>3919866
As long as you don't catch a bullet for this, you don't see the harm in trying to make an approach. You're not a bandit or anything, after all.

"Wait here Nowe, I'm going to see what they're doing."

You gesture for her to stay while you'll go. She's always upset and angered when you have to part ways, but you assure her that you'll be right back this time, no need to spend a day or night apart. As you ask of her then, she finds a spot to wait here in the forest, raking her claws on a tree while you scout on ahead. You make it about halfway down the road before you start waving your arms pretty clearly, you can't see them but you know you're seen and eventually when you near enough you're met with guns.

"That's close enough, yah..." one of the guards calls from behind a tree.

"You just keep on if you don't want trouble, eh?"

"Well actually, I wanted to uh.. trade? See the trader? Whichever..."

You get some suspicious stares from the two guards before you're told to clearly display any weapons you have, and one of them whistles. Soon enough you hear the mechanical sounds of a small robotic horse, serving as a packmule led by the trader herself.

"Ah, another traveler? Pleased to meet ya, name's Tracey! What can I do ya for?"

She's American you can tell while the guards are Canadian, all of them lightly armored and armed. Not some serious caravan outfit, just an independent trader you figure, but if she can keep a robot horse running she must know her stuff.

"Mike. Oh, the usual, and uh... curiosity if you don't mind? Why you're all waiting here?"

"Well ya can come see what I got, but Walden's raider digs. Chuck seen so, right Chuck?"

"Yah, going to wait the night then try and find a way around."

Unbundling the robot horse, she points out which bag is which and lets you have a rifle through, while you give her your bag to do the same, see if you can't make a trade. You're thankful for the chance, after Soodberry left you lighter for your trouble. And maybe if you make a trade, you can ask her for any news after or advice for travel routes.

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Goods breakdown into four categories; arms(including ammo), armor, goods(food, meds), misc. You get 8 points to distribute between them, to determine what your present possessions are (as well as what you may have need of). The more points into a category, the better equipped/more value you have in that category. I expect a pretty disparate point range from players so will probably do an average or some such...

For Tracey, her goods are;

>Arms - 2, some pistols, simple melee weapons and a grenade or two
>Armor - 2, decent leather armor and a helmet
>Goods - 4, a good supply of meds and provisions, having just restocked from Soodberry
>Misc - 4, her specialty, electronics, machine parts and tools

You have 287 caps to spend, you're not rich but have a decent little sum after a week's worth of work in Soodberry. Depending on what your interest is, will determine what you can or would want to buy. This may be a good chance for example, to determine what sort of weapons/equipment you prefer/want, as to what your favored combat style is.

>>3919906
>>Goods - 4, a good supply of meds and provisions, having just restocked from Soodberry

I am most interested in winter gear.and camping supplies.

>>3919906
>Goods - 4, a good supply of meds and provisions, having just restocked from Soodberry
>Arms - 2, some pistols, simple melee weapons and a grenade or two
>Armor - 2, decent leather armor and a helmet

>>3919942
support if we ask about winter gear

>>3919942
>>3919948
You're listing what she has but you need to specify what you have, to determine the value of any trade first. Depending on how much points you allocate will figure specifically into your actual current equipment. Like if you put all 8 into goods, you'd have a huge bag full of pre-war grade meds and another huge bag full of clean food.

>>3919953
aahhh I see know,

>Arms - 1
>Armor - 1
>Goods - 3
>Misc - 3

>>3919960
This sounds good, support

>>3919960
+1

>>3919906
I'll support this>>3919960

>>3919960
Support
I just know 3 in Misc. is gonna be a bunch of grooming products for Nowe

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>>3920003
>>3919974
>>3919960
>>3920040
>>3920053
Based on your own equipment then, you currently own;

>Arms - a pistol (29 ammo), a combat knife, and two grenades
>Armor - several layers of thick clothes, enough for the chill but not much for combat
>Goods - a decent bag of meds and one of food, enough to last a week or so
>Misc - not much that is valuable to you, but you've got a good selection of junk here, most of it all are things that Nowe likes or you can use for her

You're always on the lookout for more goods and figure a new weapon or some armor would come in handy. Of those three you can probably afford something good from any one of them with caps to spare but not all three, either a decent weapon, a decent set of armor (or winter wear), or a decent supply of goods. Unfortunately from what you have already, it's not much value to Tracey since she has more than you in every category. Unless...

>Speech[1d100] - "You seem to like spare parts, stuff to tinker with. You could always do with more, right?"

While considering what to buy, you get to some idle talk for what had been on your mind. Traders often are the best source of information in this ruined world after all.

"You say Walden is overrun, but is there any place nearby that's safe... err, safer?"

"Nairn, farther down the Trans-Can. Outpost for the Mounties and a tradin' hub, probably why the raiders bothered with Walden, it was a first stop for everyone headin' to Ronto."

Makes sense that a settlement on the highway would fall to attack, when a trade post was nearby. Had to be raiders too, no one else is so short-sighted to disrupt the Trans-Can before the Mounties hit back soon enough. Your guess, they attacked and looted what they can, probably clear off before long.

"I'm uh... not heading to Ronto. Going south, or west, same as you. Any advice on ways to head?"

"Tryin' to cross the Lakes before winter? Most everyone heads to the Sault, but that's a lotta people there and it ain't cheap. Only other option is the Six, straight south when you reach it but that's Lake islands."

You've never been around the Great Lakes but from talking with people and checking your map you're somewhat familiar with what she says. The "best" way with roads is to go westward around till you reach a settlement called The Sault, a gateway between what was America and Canda, like Detroit. Otherwise you'll have to try and find transport across the water which may be hard with Nowe. Even still, that might be better than what news Tracey has heard from Sault and how they're charging for passage... some ploy to keep people stuck in or around the settlement for winter, in order to boost population.

At least you have a bearing to go by though. Still, you first have to make it past Walden and the raiders there, you wonder how... these traders are going to wait and try to go around, but is it worth it?

>How do you proceed?

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>3920080

>>3920089
Holy fuck
Nice, that should be an extra point into charisma

>>3920132
as much as I want to agree it would need to be a nat 100 for that.

>>3920089
>98
>Success! +25xp

Even if she has a ton of the stuff, if she specializes in it she could always use more right?

"Yeah, sure thing! More for me to sell down the road I reckon."

She'll buy or barter the bits of scrap and electronics from you, providing you with the value then to be able to afford two of the categories you wanted;

>A decent weapon
>Some decent protection (or winter wear)
>A decent supply of goods

Double what you were able to before.

>>3920140
buy a Decent weapon and Winter gear

>>3920149
Supporting

>>3920140
>A decent weapon
>Some decent protection (or winter wear)

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>>3920149
>>3920159
>>3920186
You can get a higher caliber pistol then in good condition and the equivalent ammo to go with it and a modification of your liking (full-auto/suppressor/night sight) as well as a clean and sturdy machete, and plenty of winter wear. Which, though not armor, is still more protection than the clothes you had before. A full outfit for you, and some quilts and scarfs you could try to drape around Nowe. These things won't save you from the winter when it hits of course, but it will allow you to remain safely active for later into the season like when it starts to snow.

That's pretty handy then, a good trade as far as you're concerned considering you didn't come into the bargain with much a footing in the first place. Now then just to figure out your path ahead. If it weren't for Nowe you'd consider traveling with them, but you're on the fence about what to do. You could just try to avoid any trouble by going around, like the traders but that will take some time and could get you lost. Else you could try to press on through, worst come to worst it's not like you can't handle yourself in a fight. Or, handle yourselves, since you're not alone.

Or whatever else idea you might have, naturally there's more than just avoidance or violence possible.

>>3920140
>A decent weapon
>Some decent protection (or winter wear)

>>3920194
Maybe go back to gf and wait for them to leave before moving on I dunno

>>3920194
>night sight
>press on

>>3920194
Hey, I’m loving this quest but just a by the by, nobody that lives near Toronto pronounces the second T so a more accurate post Apoc name would be Ronno

>>3920244
I don't live within 500 miles of Toronto, and still don't pronounce the second T, but I don't make the games!

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Ronto

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>>3920253
Anyway, this will be my last post of the night. We'll continue here tomorrow with any other player input till then, and see how things go, if you decide to go through town or avoid it.

Until then, thanks all for playing! And if you've any questions or confusion, I'll answer what I can.

>>3920264
Guys! Fucking lets gather a shit ton of scrap metal, some discarded sets of metal armor and make a bitching set of armor for the mis'sis. They're more for protection against bothersome projectiles than anything. Or we could invest in a really big robe she could use to hide herself in. Or both. Oh the possibilities!
Raiders are typically poorly armed, armored, and kind of retarded. Any chance we could have a rifle with a night sight? Does the wife got night vision?

>>3920194
>night sight

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just posting to say this is a fun read and will attempt to follow story

>>3920311
I'm on board with both of those. It could be an anniversary present!

>>3920377
What, killing raiders or upgrading the waifu?

>>3920264
Can we ask them more about the raiders? Numbers, relative location to us, why were they waiting again, if there were any survivors we could ask to get a good estimate of numbers and equipment.

>>3920395
Waifu upgrades. Though raiders could also be good if she finds them particularly tasty.

>>3920462
Hey it's free food. If it makes her happy then we're happy amerite? She needs to bulk up for winter anyways. Speaking of winter, we should consider trying to skin her large kills and try making pelts for her. Then when she watches us and appreciates how warm she is from wearing the pelts of her kills she might try to skin of own animals. Nothing a little love and patients can't teach.

>>3920311
The problem with armoring Nowe is the same as clothing her; you're not a blacksmith or a seamstress, so the best you could manage is to shoddily strap chunks of metal to her and hope for the best. Which as you know is bound to irritate her and make a lot of noise, when she can be deceptively stealthy given her size.

Not that you cannot do it, just that you yourself wouldn't be able to do it well... although seeking the services of a professional to properly fit her, presents its own problems! Same as with fitted clothes, though it's not like you couldn't drape/wrap blankets on her, at least.

>>3920311
You can probably get better weapons like a rifle but not from Tracey, all she's got are some small arms. As for Nowe, you're not sure if she has true night vision but she definitely can see well in the dark, much better than you and even hunt at night.

>>3920395
You can ask the traders, or anyone really, anything you like. Just that if you try to convince them of something it will require a speech check.

>>3920253
Buggery, I didn’t know about that

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I've got the chance to post a little bit before having to go out for awhile later, so we'll see what we can do.

>>3920241
>>3920242
>>3920395
>>3920462
Avoiding fights if you can is just plain good advice if you want to survive in this world. If you try to avoid every little bump in the road you come across however, the amount of time it will take to go the long way for everything, you won't make it south in time for winter.

Besides, the raiders must have come for something, why else would they still be around?

"Did you see a lot of them? Raiders, I mean."

"Yah, about eight I'd say. No telling for the ones you can't see, inside and what have you. Seems they're waiting around for something."

Chuck answers for having been the one to scout ahead, and it makes sense for the raiders to be lingering about if there's something they came for but haven't gotten yet. Probably will clear off within a few days before the Mounties get here but you can't afford to wait that long.

"Ya ain't thinkin' of goin' through are ya?! It ain't worth the trouble to us, but if ya do, I'd paid for somethin' there and was on my way to pick it up. Fella by the name of Roy Braid had it... if ya do head on in, and make it out alive, I'd thank ya kindly for checkin' in on Roy."

Tracey packs up the rest of the goods after having made the trade with you, but it sounds like she had some unfinished business in town. A lone trader and pair of guards wouldn't risk contact with raiders, but she must want to cover her bases by asking you, if there's a possibility you'd go there.

"Supposin' Roy's still alive that is, and supposin' you make it out alive yaself. Ya can find me on the road again or in Nairn."

Of course there's the kicker. Either way, a potential conflict with armed and hostile enemies.

>Quest Started: Lost and Found

You think you could fare better with Nowe than three armed humans, but it's still not an ideal situation. Something you'd prefer to avoid, but if the raiders really did sack the town, and you got rid of them... we'll you'd have the place to yourself to take anything you pleased, a reward for a public service! Unless of course anyone is still alive in town, then it's be a good deed regardless to save them.

Though first and foremost, your concerns are primarily about your own neck and Nowe's, and choosing to go into harm's way is never a good choice...

>How do you proceed? If there's nothing to keep you here with the trader, you can return to Nowe at least.

>>3920796
Can you remind me what arms and armor we got? I recall some grenades, machete, auto pistol and night sight scope, and leather armor? I had this idea of making grenade traps and teaching Nowe how to lure prey into traps and ambushes. I want teach that big beautiful brain of hers some hunting tactics.

>>3920796
return to Nowe, let's scout the place out together, do we still have the scope or whatever we used to spy on Nowe's old home? if we do use that

when we arrive we take a good look at the raiders, and like usual, tell Nowe who is ok to kill and who isn't

>>3920804
Sure, your current equipment is

>Arms - a high-caliber pistol (30 ammo, night sight), a sturdy machete, a combat knife, and two grenades
>Armor - thick winter clothes (light protection against melee)
>Goods - a decent bag of meds and one of food, enough to last a week or so

>>3920809
Support

Throwing some ideas out there.
1# convince the caravan peeps to help us ambush the raiders since they have rifles and we dont.
2# We find a raider that's on patrol but a bit away from anyone. Nowe comes in from behind to punch him in the back of the head. We hog tie the body and blindfold them.
3# We find an idea position for an ambush with a big clearing for us to shoot into. Also set up some grenade tripwire traps for us to fall back on i.e. we walk over them while the raiders dontand they blow up.
4# We put the tied up raider there and break some limbs so he screams for help which in turn will draw the attention of some raiders for us to ambush. We'll retreat through the grenade traps, then Nowe can get them from behind while they're all confused. We loot as many bodies as we can before even more people come.
5# we'll pass through another clearing or someplace the caravan peeps are hiding and unload into the raiders.

>>3920809
>>3920832
Nah, the scope was with your old hunting rifle, but the thing broke after years of use so you got some caps for it plus the scope. You do have a pair of binoculars though.

You can at least scout the settlement without trouble though, raiders aren't the sort to post guards on watch. Just make a Perception check (usual 1d100), assuming you go through with this effort to scout the place, to see what you can notice from afar.

>>3920835
Yes these are all valid potential ideas, you're never limited to just "run in blind, screaming and shooting".

>>3920841
Raiders are occupying the town, or they raided and left?

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>3920841
perception!

>>3920864
According to the traders, occupying the town. Though like anything with these wretches, it's always temporary.

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>3920841

Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>3920875
Perception
Does the trader have anything white? It'd be good camo. Or do we already have white clothes?

>>3920870
>>3920905
We see just about everything.

>>3920905
You don't have any white clothes, but it's not winter yet so it not snowing or white out yet.

Anyway, have to go out for awhile now but we'll continue here when I return, going with whatever plan you decide on.

>>3920870
>>3920892
>>3920905
Departing from the traders then, you head back down the road to the other side of the woods, intending to meet Nowe but becoming a bit alarmed when she's nowhere to be found. Fearing for the worst, you start to look around.

"Nowe?! Now- aagh!"

You're scared by the sudden pounce of her from down out of a gully she'd been hiding in, catching you off-guard and punishing you for it with a big hug.

"Whew, I guess that's me dead. Another point for Nowe!"

"Whhharrt... Ghhherrrt..."

She doesn't let you down till she's smelled you and not until you return the hug, after which she's very excited to see what you got from the trader. You try to show her the several blankets but end up in a big mess with them draped all over her in a sporadic fashion as she tries her best to imitate wearing clothes. Well, you can figure that out later.

For now, you gesture for her to follow and keep quiet, you've got some scouting to do.

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Having made it the rest of the way down alongside the road, you find a good spot from the forest to watch the settlement through your binoculars, while Nowe keeps guard... or watches as well, you're not sure how good her eyes are, maybe she can see them as well as you.

"Ten... I think. Ten, you understand ten?"

"Thhhhhhennnn..."

You hold up both hands and try to count your fingers, she does the same but you're not sure if she's just mimicking you. In any case, from observing the sacked settlement for a time, you think there to be ten raiders. At least ten you can see, between them wandering about in and out of buildings. The guard was right though, they're clustered mostly around one building in particular that still looks somewhat sturdy and they visibly have trouble getting inside.

It seems they looted the place well enough to warrant sticking around, but they haven't departed yet for want of getting into that last building. All in all though it's a pretty measly settlement, less than eight relatively small buildings scattered about and only barricades here and there, no proper wall to speak of. By the look of things the raiders have been to work over the last few days, dead bodies visible here and there and it doesn't look like there's any inhabitants left... either dead or have fled the area, unless holed up inside that one remaining building.

>How do you proceed?

>>3920980
OK this is simple enough wait till night take out the raider sentry on watch then slit the necks as they sleep.

From here we can decide if we take all the shit we can carry and split or if we want to refound the town.

>>3920980
let's make some night ops and kill some raiders, Nowe helps us but is very important to be stealthy

anything of value is probably inside that last building so whoever is holed up there can reward us nice enough, maybe we can even compleate that quest if the guy managed to hide.

spend the time until night with waifu

Clap those deathclaw cheeks

>>3921081
Speaking of

>>3920980
How does our boy actually fuck a deathclaw, anyways? I'm very curious as to the logistics of this.

>>3920980
>You try to show her the several blankets but end up in a big mess with them draped all over her in a sporadic fashion as she tries her best to imitate wearing clothes.
Due to her claws and how their not as flexable and delicate compared to human hands, any future clothes we may get her would have to be and open chest shirt, cloaks, or something big and loose.

Mission impossible time. Let's find an idea spot to make a grenade trap down a path we want to run. We'll find a location near the settlement where Nowe can see. We sneak in, shoot a guy, lure the vc pursuers into the grenade trap then call Nowe. 2 vs whoever managed to survive.

>>3921130
Mating press thats how. Gotta keep out fucking the wife to boost our STR.

>>3921155
>Mating press thats how.
That's wishful thinking anon, she probably ragdolls the mc into it and he barely survives due to his endurance, or they do it very slowly and carefuly to avoid claws and spikes and all the other things.
Hear heat season must be a death trap for the mc. That would be funny as hell, he actually fearing for his life.

>>3921172
This means we need to invest in getting perks to increase END and STR. Our life is at stake here. Come spring its do or die.

Why wait for spring? Also some creatures have two mating seasons

>>3921081
>>3921130
My boys asking the real questions here

>>3921045
>>3921055
Supporting btw

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Ok I'm back now, will resume in a little while.

>>3921081
>>3921130
I don't know, how do you do... things, with Nowe? You're Mike, same as asking how you're going to deal with these raiders is the same as asking how... or what you do with your beloved wife.

>>3921228
>>3921155
>>3921055
>>3921045
It sounds like you're going to try a sneaky night approach then, try to kill any raiders you can before alerting attention, and possibly set up some traps if you can.

Make a roll then, Stealth!

>1d100

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>3921237
Are we going to have to invent new sex positions and techniques then roll for effectiveness?

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>3921237

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>3921237
If we write an extensive post about how we make em clap, do we get a reroll?

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>3921237

>>3921242
Hope you don't roll low!

>>3921248
You get a reroll if you include a setting/time period appropriate song with your roll.

Who knows what sort of bonus you'd get for extensive posts though, maybe something good...

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>3921237

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>>3921268
It's only a matter of time until someone demands a pastebin, you know.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>3921237
https://youtu.be/p4KZz6eBlow

>>3921303
The most appropriate song for wholesome deathclaw romance

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>3921237
2am when everyone is asleep and the sentries are either fucking off with games or passed out themselves. It's stabby time.
https://youtu.be/ncNSJGPl8X4

>>3921315
oh shit they saw us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQiDzSWLIm4

Inject F.E.V Into your Left and right testicles, then ejaculate inside a woman's womb.
Inject F.E.V into your Urethra, then Ejaculate inside a woman's womb.
F.E.V Enema Watch out for the floaters into direct oral consumption by another party.
Gargle the F.E.V
Inject F.E.V Into the Ovaries
Inject F.E.V Into the Womb
Inject F.E.V Into Pregnant woman- the child will fuse with the subject making her into a multi-armed broodmother thing.
Inject F.E.V Directly Into the clitoris
Inject F.E.V into a Menopausal Woman
Inject F.E.V into a Woman shedding her inner walls during her Period.
Inject F.E.V Directly into the tits.
Dilute F.E.V with Various hormone treatments, before injecting.

Inject F.E.V into the Brahmin, because why the fuck not?
Introduce F.E.V to Seamonkies
Introduce F.E.V to Toothpaste
Combine F.E.V, Mentats scrubbed containers with Brain gel, and create the Bug Brain
Inject F.E.V into the ayylmao, and it's Cloaca, unless they reproduce on the astral plane or some shit.
Inject Cockroaches with F.E.V- Resist that shit you faggot Radroach shits. See if we get turkish.
Be A massive asshole, and Inject F.E.V into a Bobbit Worm.

See what happens if you waterproof a G.E.C.K and use it underwater
Use a G.E.C.K Near Harold, or the fuckass Parasite Plant vault

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>>3921349

Also resuming fully now, writing things up.

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>>3921315
>>3921303
>>3921270
>>3921255
>>3921248
>>3921245
>>3921242
>94
>Success! +25xp

You have a plan then and convey it to Nowe, or at least you think you convey it to her with gestures. You'll wait till night before making a sneaky attack, try to catch these raiders with their pants down so to speak. Just by watching them you don't think it should be difficult, as you noticed before they aren't even bothering with guards or patrols.

So you sit out in the woods together with Nowe for rest of the evening and into the night, finding ways to pass the time together like continued attempts to "educate" her, at least for communication and social skills. Basically what it takes to be able to live a comfortable life with her rather than always having to watch yourself around a wild monster. You also take the chance to see how to best "clothe" her with the blankets rather than just tossing them on her. Pretty quickly though you notice the same problem as always when it comes to clothes; when she gets an itch or something like that, she of course scratches it and in the process shreds whatever she's wearing. Already she puts several holes in one of the blankets on her back, which is a shame because she seems to like wearing the things and you assume she can recognize the benefit they bring in keeping her warm, but despite all that she doesn't have enough self-control to hesitate from scratching or chewing herself.

Well, that's a problem for another day. For now, it's getting late and watching the raiders you can see one by one as they either party themselves out or simply doze off to sleep naturally. Patting Nowe's side, you prepare to depart for the settlement.

"Ready? Remember, quiet. No noise. We'll try and kill them all asleep."

"Shhh... Shhhh..."

You gesture to her the plan to remember, as she responds with a pointed claw before her mouth and the accompanying shushing sound. You think she gets it, and you feel pretty proud of her for that...

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Under cover of darkness and wind through the forests, you creep together out of the treeline and ever closer to the settlement. It's nearly pitch black so you need at least the dim light from your portable radio's display, although your partner doesn't seem to need any help to see.

>Discovered: Walden

Nowe never fails to surprise you with how stealthy she can be despite her size and stature, lowering herself more to skulk along beside you. Something about the way she treads you figure, and not like she's carrying gear to rattle around. In fact the loudest thing about her right now is her breathing. You manage pretty well yourself though, and before long the two of you reach the first barricade on the outer edge of the sacked town. Rummaging through your bag, you draw the two grenades you have and sign in silence to her about the danger they pose and that she has to stay away from this area once you set them up... you hope she understands a concept as complex as that.

Some fumbling and some wire later and you've got the two grenades on tripwires one after the other at separate barricades. Again, you carefully point out the wires to her and hope she understands, before navigating around them and entering further into the settlement. The raiders set up a few fires so the visibility is increasing at least, the nearer you get.

All that remains now then is the gruesome dirty work of dispatching these enemies, drawing your knife and making clawing gestures with your hands for Nowe to understand it's go time. As quickly and as quietly as you can then, you try to get to each raider and make the killing blows while they're incapacitated. Half of them are strung out on drugs anyway, so the first couple you can repeatedly jam your knife into their necks with a gush of blood and sputtering, choking last breaths. A sideways glance and you can see Nowe... well, more or less accomplishing the same thing. A lot more gory though, when jamming an entire hand's worth of claws into someone's chest, or simply putting all her body weight down to crush their head.

Alright, that's five...

Breathing heavy to yourself and wiping your face, you look up to see Nowe staring intently at you from across a fire, startled a little at the fearsome sight in the flickering shadows. But she's just waiting now, recognizing as you had that there's none remaining outside. The remaining raiders are camped within the buildings. It shouldn't be much trouble for you, but for her, at her size there's no way she can fit through the doorways. Not without making a big ruckus at least, so you're stuck having to some quick thinking. Whether you want to continue with her and risk people noticing, or having her wait at the ready outside while you keep up the stealth.

>How do you proceed?

>>3921435
keep her outside the building, if we yell Love she comes charging in let's try to sneaky sneek those remaining

>>3921435
Raider houses tended to be traped, so we should probably have Nowe ready just outside ready to help us if something goes wrong.

>>3921455
>>3921457
These

>>3921498
This

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>>3921455
>>3921457
>>3921498
>>3921508
You know you work better together, but in this specific case it looks like a liability if you try to involve Nowe further. In case she either makes too much noise and blows the stealth effort, or worst case she gets stuck inside a place.

So you gesture for her to come over to you, then to stand in wait outside each place you check within. If you can handle it from here good, but if you need help then she can come in after anyway. Each building you carefully check then, plenty of dead bodies but three more raiders you find, two together after a night partying. You'll take your chances with the guy so dispatch him same as the rest but there's no way you can get about that with waking the other up, as she screams and tries to fight you.

"Who the f- what the fuck did you do to him?!"

So suddenly startled though and caught off guard, you're able to struggle with her while her companion chokes on his own blood, till eventually you can wrestle her into submission before she can get a weapon. Still she fights back but you've got a strong hold of her, ready to kill her too if need be when you hear a scream outside.

"AAAH! What the hell's happened out h- AAAAH! NO! NOO!"

Sounds like someone woke up, or was woken up, and stumbled outside to a bloody mess. Not moments later though and it sounds like Nowe also took care of them. Funny how they somehow knew her name as well.

In any case you drag the struggling raider to the door, outside to see what you'd already thought, the dying remains of a raider at your deathclaw's feet. When your prisoner sees though, she starts struggling twice the effort now, out of fear rather than resistance. You consider what to do with her, till the three of you are temporarily blinded by an exterior light from one of the buildings, the same one Nowe's latest victim emerged from.

"IIII don't know who the shit you are, but youuuu and that... thing, done in myyy gang? You cameeee to the wrong town..."

The slurred words of someone on chems, eventually your eyes adjust to see what you take to be the leader of the raiders, awoken by the screaming and struggle from his strung-out sleep inside. Given this long without his attacking you, your instinct of course is to draw your gun and try to fire, or call for Nowe to get him. You come to make out though the grenade launcher he's got trained on you, causing you to hesitate and think twice about hostility.

...though, why he hasn't fired on you already, makes your racing mind wonder. Maybe he's just too high to even make proper heads or tails of things, or maybe he knows that he'll only get one shot before he's dead and isn't confident the grenades will drop a deathclaw. Or even maybe he just doesn't want to kill one of his raiders you've got at knife point? That seems unlikely though, you know raiders have next to no use or sense of loyalty.

>How do you proceed?

>>3921523
well, just in case he is attached to the one we have bind her hand and keep her still, tell him that if he leaves town right now he can live, the deatclaw here won't be bothered by his weapon but we prefer not to get blown up so we can have a deal

>>3921523
If he had ammo then he would have fired the moment he had line of sight. Say "That launcher doesn't have any ammo, does it? If it did then you would have blown us away the moment you had us insight. Here is how this is going to play out you lower your weapon take this whore and get the fuck out of MY town and never look back. However, if you prefer I am sure Nowe here would love a new chew toy."

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>>3921576
This guy has got to be bluffing, but you're not a raider yourself; you don't enjoy needless violence and killing so if you can avoid it you will. By your count these are the last two raiders anyway.

"That launcher doesn't have any ammo, does it? If it did then you would have blown us away the mome-"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyBJUOCdeag

A deafening explosion stuns you to the ground, the first thing you feel after the impacting pressure and ringing in your ears is a strong grasp about you as Nowe (probably less affected by the explosion) instinctively rushed to protect you from harm.

Well you're not dead, but it seems the raider might have made his point. He didn't fire directly at you or even that close, instead he just made a shot to one of the buildings behind you and pretty much leveled the place in an explosion. So as far as you can tell you're not injured, but still a big stun to have that happen as close as it did.

Of course Nowe's first response is to charge and rip the guy apart, but smack against her arms through your stupor to get her to stop... but only barely. The sight and possibility of her mate suffering some harm even indirectly, has brought up a rage in her that even you have trouble quelling, as she growls and scrapes at the ground with her feet in an aggressive display.

Eventually, eventually your ears stop ringing and your vision stops blurring, enough that you can... try to pick up where you left off, the raider leader to your surprise still standing there and obviously long since having reloaded.

"H-Here is... buagh.... here is how th-this is... augh, still shaking... how about you just, take her and leave a-and uh... I won't let Nowe here at you..."

From his spot atop the small building behind the lights, you can't make him out too clearly, but he obviously hears what you're saying.

"...daaaamn buddy, you and that thiiing really are on the saaame side? Aaaalright then, you win... lemme jusssst, get my stuff..."

Although you wouldn't trust a raider for even a second, the leader shakily raises his aim from you, either shaky from the drugs or the fear of Nowe. By the time he comes down out of the building, staggering as he goes, you've regained your senses and urged Nowe to move away since she refuses to let you down while danger appears to be near. Hastily he grabs for the only other raider, urging her to her feet since she'd just been in shock after the grenade blast, and fearfully they back their way out of the settlement...

>Make a roll, just in case!

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>3921624
ROLLIN

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>3921624
Release nowe on them its nothing less than these raider scum deserve

>>3921643
You want to sic her on them you can, otherwise it looks like they'll depart. Your choice.

>>3921653
given that I rolled lower than a 50 and you are giving me an out I think the prudent option is to not have Nowe charge the raider with a nad launcher

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>3921624

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>>3921624
Big Dick roll coming through

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>3921624
We're gonna kill then right?

>>3921677
KEK

>>3921679
not with these rolls we aren't

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>3921679
https://youtu.be/_jhsUCCwx04
Mood for reroll

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>>3921643
>>3921637
>>3921668
>>3921677
>>3921679
>>3921697
>67

Very well then, you'd like to see these raiders dead for all the trouble they cause, and caused you no less. Nowe would like it as well you're sure. But if they really are going to leave and you can avoid any further bloodshed, then better for it. After all, you're sure she could rip them apart, but should they defend themselves... well you feel confident she wouldn't get hurt much but you'd rather not treat her wounds if you don't have to. As-is, neither of you are hurt really, so save the meds is your line of thought.

"Damn, if only..."

You just wish that they'd departed the same way as the traps you'd set, if on their escape from town they blew themselves up. Wouldn't that be convenient? Sadly it wasn't meant to be, your luck isn't that good. On the bright side, you don't lose two grenades for your trouble!

"Well done Nowe, I'm so proud of you- oof!"

No sooner are the bandits out of sight and out of town, do you turn to your partner to compliment her but instead are pounced on, taken to the ground as you struggle laughing against a heavy batch of nuzzling and face licking.

"Mhyge... Hurrr..."

She smells you and physically rolls you around on the ground, trying to look for any injuries you think.

"No I'm- oof! Easy, easy! I'm fine, not hurt, not hurt!"

You can tell it's just her worry for you, but when her emotions are high she tends to get carried away, most applicably to you with her strength. Eventually though she eases up on roughing you about to check for injuries, and you notice starts breathing easier after hugging you deeply.

"You did good, I'm proud of you."

"Wheeee... Gggrrrooooddd..."

"Right, we're good."

Well, it's among a ghastly mess of a town and surrounded by the dead, but together you stand victorious. Successfully freed Walden from the grip of raiders... if only there was anyone to free it for. You're not certain of course but so far it seems like the former inhabitants are all dead or gone by now.

Either way though, you're not so quick to let down your guard considering those raiders are still alive even if they retreated, but it seems for the time being at least that... the town, or what's left of it, is yours. Certainly the dead aren't going to object to whatever you do here now.

>How do you proceed?

>>3921702
Check the building the failed to get into. Maybe some people managed to hole un in there? Also let's go hunting for the guy. Raiders are like cockroaches. If you leave them alone they'll only grow into an infestation.
https://youtu.be/HNjuMNYtXJ0

>>3921702
Sorry, kill first then check on the buildings.

>>3921702
Find the most intact building claim it then loot the town. hold up for the night set some traps and deal with the rest in the morning.

>>3921736
Supporting this

>>3921713
>>3921723
>>3921736
>>3921739
You could try to tie loose ends and hunt those raiders down, it hasn't been that long since their departure. However it seems like there's a preference for staying and looting?

Whichever is your choice, either hunting, or looting, make a roll then to see how you do! And, specifying which one your roll is for.

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>>3921744
The hunt is on

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>3921744
Finish the raider scum

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>3921744
>hunting

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>>3921762
Oh boy

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>>3921750
>>3921748
>98

Well damn it all if you won't be able to sleep to night, knowing those raiders are still out there! You try to distract yourself with many things, like all the promise of this ruined town to yourself and whatever else, of seeing to your equipment, or even time spent with Nowe..

...but try as you might you can't get your mind off those damn raiders. Well, this is still time spent with Nowe, and you gave them a headstart so it's only fair. Right?

---

"AIIIEEEEE!!"

"NO! NO NOO!!"

Departing from the town only temporarily, you head with your partner through the night, down the road you last saw the raiders depart. Though they fled with purpose, they've no chance of escape when Nowe is setting the pace and hunting them down when she eventually catches their scent.

After that, well you get to see your wife in all her savage, bestial glory. Growling, clawing, roaring, ripping, raiders eviscerated and Nowe drenched in gore... you wouldn't have it any other way, though it does make your stomach turn a little to see someone pulled apart like that. What matters though is that because you hunted so well together, the raiders didn't even get a chance to defend themselves properly so neither of you suffered any harm.

"I... uh, good job? Ah, no kisses! No kisses!"

You compliment her and avoid getting too much blood and guts on yourself when she goes for some affection, morbidly excited from the hunt. Instead she can content herself with dinner, save the radstag meat when she can just chow down on these raiders... maybe not the best food but you've seen her eat worse and fare fine. In any case you try to block out the sickening sounds of flesh tearing and bones crunching while you look over the goods on these raiders. Or, remains of raiders.

>Raider outfit (2)
>Raggedy clothes (2)
>Scrap armor, light
>Junk pistol (13 ammo)
>Junk rifle (15 ammo)
>Grenade rifle (4 grenades)
>Scrap sword
>Scrap knife
>Food, small amount
>Meds, medium amount (mostly drugs)
>A crude map of the area, with indication of some base or hideout the raiders came from
>217 caps

These are the things of note you find, free to take what you like. Assumedly you'll be returning to the town after this then, to loot as you had planned so for that you can once again make another roll. Not trying to pile on rolls but these last two were obviously important, hunting and then looting (to determine if there's anything especially good leftover in town).

>>3921780
Back to town to check on the unopened building, then collect all the raider corpses. The raider equipment is ours for the taking that is 100% absolute. Now the belongings to the town? QM did the trader say people fled or if everyone was slaughtered? If it's the latter then everything here is practically fair game for the taking. Heck maybe we might even have enough stuff to make armor for the wife. Also we should look for beast of burden that could had survived. It could double as a pack animal and food if the times get too tough.
>fingers crossed for power armor

Awe damn I just realized we really could had used one to interrogate for info. Oh well, maybe next time.

>>3921780
Gather loot, check the building and clean the wife?

>>3921793
Chuck, the guard who scouted, had no idea what became of the townsfolk. Some may be alive, you would hope so, but you did see plenty dead who were obviously not raiders. If there are any alive, they're not within town at least, apart from perhaps the locked building.

As for an animal, you know from experience no animal will tolerate being around Nowe, and chances are she'd end up eating it anyway. She herself is capable of carrying things though, you've had her do that before when you scavenged something good but heavy.

I want to fuck a deathclaw.

>>3921780
Go back the town and Find the most intact building claim it then loot the town. hold up for the night set some traps and deal with the rest in the morning.

>>3921798
Sounds good, +1

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>>3921803
>>3921798
>>3921793
>>3921817
>>3921818
Also this will probably be my last post of the night, we'll continue tomorrow but I'll give it till then for other players to catch up and make rolls for looting the town. Whether you loot tonight when you get back, or save it for the morning, but you can still roll regardless.

On a related note and something else to leave you with, but after killing those raiders...

>Level Up!

You've gained enough experience to reach level 6, since you were already level 5 at the start from your travels and experiences so far. As such you'll increase health and stamina, but also the chance for a perk. To choose a perk, you can pick which category you think you'll want a perk from;

>Stats - increase your SPECIAL ratings
>General - just the usual range of perks, typical to this world of Fallout
>Nowe - perks for your partner, and/or your relationship with her
>Wildcard - you (the entire playerbase) can suggest one agreed-on perk and if I think it's fair, you might get it

You get one point, so you can choose which category you'll pick a perk from and then tomorrow we can get a little more detailed with the actual perk you want. Ideally being that, the players will agree or majority choose a category, and then we can figure a particular choice. Like if the majority players want Stats, then you can determine which SPECIAL you want to improve come tomorrow, or if the majority players want General, then you can determine which actual perk you want come tomorrow.

Till next time then, thanks all for playing! And if you have any questions or confusion I'll answer what I can.

>>3921829
>>General - just the usual range of perks, typical to this world of Fallout
Lets keep it basic for now. Thanks for running, senpai. Was fun, hope to see it continue later on.

>>3921829
>Wildcard - you (the entire playerbase) can suggest one agreed-on perk and if I think it's fair, you might get it.
>The Lover - you can out fuck anyone and anything. You're just too good at sex. Hung like a horse, stamina of a racer and all the techniques in the book plus more.

>>3921829
>>Nowe - perks for your partner, and/or your relationship with her

this is the only correct choice

Oh and, for General, it'll be the list(s) of the usual perks you may already be familiar with;

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Perk

>>3921835
>>3921829

Lead stomach perk! We drink from the world's toilet!

>>3921841
>>3921845
Maybe a perk that allows for us to hab babs

>>3921523
>Funny how they somehow knew her name as well.

Adorable.

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>>3921857
...go on

This would be nice so we can make armor from nothing https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Armorer

This too bt materials will probably harder to come by. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Science!

This perk would be extremely useful if we manage to find an additional companion for our group, like a robot. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Inspirational

This would be useful for cracking into terminals and gathering some pause data. https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Hacker

This would be useful for gathering materials for crafting, like right after fights.

This could hopefully net us one day an additional follower. It would be coupled well with the Inspiration perk.

>>3921857
Would honestly be pretty hot

>>3921829
>>General - just the usual range of perks, typical to this world of Fallout

>>3921829
>Nowe - perks for your partner, and/or your relationship with her

make waifu strong

>>3921829
>>Nowe - perks for your partner, and/or your relationship with her

>>3921841
>>3921857
I NEED to fuck the deathclaw at this point

I like normal deathclaws more than femclaws.

>>3922133
No femclaws in this quest till you brought them up

>nowe perks for your deathclaw and or your relationship with her
>deathclaw mating press

>>3921857
I, for one, support this. Love/life/luck finds a way no?

>>3922223
I'm voting for the Inspiration companion boosting perk or the mating press. Actually I'll take the former.
We can earn the second one as a quest perk.

Wasn't there like- talking deathclaws at one point in the Fallout series?

>>3922329
I think those were made by the enclave and then got wiped out. Ours is all natural, baby.

We need to ask the real questions here.
How much can you store in a Death Claws Cloaca, and can we use this as means to starting up a smuggling operation that is uncontested by the law?

Can we hide in the warm, wet lizard puss-puss? Is there enough room to maneuver to use it as a vantage point to shoot enemies?

>>3922340
...You are a sick, sick man

>>3922389
I'm a smart man. Tactical Vagina Operations, who's going to expect you to be IN the deathclaw?
No one- not anyone.

And no one fucks with the monsterfucker either.
Hell- if it's big enough, you can drag someone the Deathclaw is about to violently bearhug inside with you and fake a death.

It's even funnier if you're wearing a chinese stealth suit whilst you do it- looking like Filthy frank in his bodysuit, just think about that rhino scene from ace ventura.

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>>3922340
>>3922401

>>3922401
>>3922340
What the fuck

>>3922338
Nowe can't talk, she just barks or growls mimicked sounds like other deathclaws can do. Just that, she's mimicking your words, like a parrot.

>>3922236
>>3922034
>>3921851
>>3921835
Votes for General perks.

>>3921845
>>3922086
>>3922090
>>3922223
Votes for Nowe perks.

Seems like a tie, still awhile before we start up again so if an agreement or majority can't be reached in that time, I'll flip a coin or something.

Also don't forget you still have to make a roll for the looting of the town. Basically the chance of there being anything exceptional, and if you find it or not.

>>3922641
I've voted for Nowe Perks reee

>>3922641
I'll vote Nowe Perk, maybe she'll get a little smarter and understand us better, and be able to vocalize her mind better.

Rolled (1d00)

>>3922641
looting

will we be checking the locked structure in the morning to see if anyone is still alive?

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>3922641
And my roll

Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>3922648
agh, damn dice

Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>3922641

>>3922655
>>3922653
>>3922652
kek

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>3922641
Hot damn, you guys suck. Check this out.
I'll vote for Nowe perk btw.

>>3922641
NOWE PERKS PLS

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>3922641
Nowe perk now Reeeee

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>3922641
loot roll

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>3922641
Nowe perk

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>3922641
Nowe perk

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>3922641

Rolled 2 (1d100)

Nowe!

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>3922641

Rolled 80 (1d100)

>>3922641

Hey all, got stuck in traffic a long time but back now, will continue shortly.

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>>3922645
>>3922646
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>>3922670
>>3922724
Looks like majority shift towards Nowe then?

Your beloved deathclaw, perks or perhaps in her case, mutations from the time and experience with you that she wouldn't have had otherwise if she was just living the typical deathclaw life as a savage monster;

>Improve SPECIAL - Increase one of Nowe's physical stats
>Characterization - Nowe can take on the mantle of player character, trading off with Mike, depending on the situation
>Retractable Claws - Somewhat like a feline, Nowe can pull her claws back. Not all that much but enough to be able to use her fingers to an extent without shredding things
>Chameleon - An adaption of her original parent species, once lost but now regained, Nowe's skin color will change depending on factors
>Night Vision - A step up from being able to see better at night, Nowe will be able to see the same at night
>Regeneration - The reptilian adaption of being able to regrow lost appendages, starting with her tail
>Short Claws - No less lethal, however Nowe's claws will be shorter. This will make them sturdier however and less passively dangerous towards items, clothing and the sort
>Shouldered Burden - More than once has Nowe had to save you from death, such that you can ride her
>Hard Scales - Already deathclaws have a natural resistance to damage, but Nowe's exterior will be increasingly resistant to damage, and less sensitive
>Warm-Blooded - Deathclaws are not just mutated chameleons but a hodgepodge mix of DNA, and for creatures of their size like dinosaurs of the past, being cold-blooded doesn't make much sense
>Iron Fortitude - Be it poison, toxin or radiation, Nowe can ingest or suffer contamination but safely process and excrete harmful substances
>Thermoregulation - Between skin and scales, Nowe will not only fare better against temperature differences but also gain resistance against energy weapons
>Social Dynamics - From her time spent with you, Nowe has become better and better at interacting with you, and perhaps is even improving in abnormal ways such as more refined communication or sociability
>Self-Control - Deathclaws aren't stupid and from Nowe watching you, she's learning how a measured response to a situation can be for the best. No longer will you have to worry about her losing control to emotions, such as rage
>Happily Married - Your bond is more than just physical, and performing actions together with Nowe benefit you both from experience now (conferring the ability for her to level up independently)
>Hand in Hand - Surviving together as much and as long as you have, your partnership is formidable. As such when working together, you and Nowe can perform shared tasks and actions without the usual hindrance of her being monstrous and huge or you being small and squishy
>Till Death Do Us Part - Your love goes beyond natural limits, and as long as one of you is alive then the other can't die
>Unstable Mutation - Warning! Results may vary!

>>3923171
So yeah, you can choose one of these for having leveled up. A lot to choose from but it's an idea for in the future as well if you continue to develop and level up further, later. Something to keep in mind for later, or to have a goal in mind.

Changes will take effect after a day.

>>3923175
>>3923171
Oh and not to triple post, but since there's a lot of possible choice, we'll go with majority as usual, or if a tie then flip a coin.

It's also not something you need to decide immediately, we can continue on and you can determine among yourselves in the background, what you want to decide on. Hence why changes will take place after a day, giving you all time to discuss and decide if need be.

>>3923171
>>Happily Married
Obvious choice, really. Characterization sounds fun for later, and Till Death Do Us Part should be the next.

>>3923171
>>Characterization - Nowe can take on the mantle of player character, trading off with Mike, depending on the situation

there are many that I like, but getting to play as a deathclaw is too good to pass

>>3923171
>Happily Married
This'll make getting more easier

>>3923171
Happily Married, invest now for better returns later

>>3923171
>>Happily Married - Your bond is more than just physical, and performing actions together with Nowe benefit you both from experience now (conferring the ability for her to level up independently)
I think this is the best in the long term. With both of us leveling up, we will unlock perks much faster.

>>3923171
Til Death Do Us Part sounds really good to me at first, but part of me worries that the temptation to lean too heavily on it might inadvertently undermine its value.

Characterization, Happily Married, and Till Death Do Us Part seem like the biggest game changers. Social Dynamics, Self-Control, and Hand in Hand also sound decent though not as immediately critical.

For now, I think I'll vote for
>Happily Married - Your bond is more than just physical, and performing actions together with Nowe benefit you both from experience now (conferring the ability for her to level up independently)
Getting the ability to level up is probably the one to go for first, since getting that early maximizes the benefit.

>>3923171
>(conferring the ability for her to level up independently)

Does this mean we would lose the ability to pick Nowe's perks?

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>>3922975
>>3922935
>>3922909
>>3922895
>>3922894
>>3922742
>>3922735
>>3922707
>>3922663
>>3922655
>>3922653
>>3922652
>85

Bundling up all the raider loot in a spare blanket then, you let Nowe eat her fill of what remains, before heading back to town together. Your town in fact, by the look of things, at least for the time being. You can't help but feel a little proud of having cleared the place of raider bastards, and even Nowe seems to share some of the sentiment as she stands all proudly with her head high beside you. Standing together, one of a kind and victorious amid your own little town.

And all the better for looting! Not like the dead will mind.

"Ah it's locked, no wonder they couldn't get in. I might be able to... oh Nowe, I don't think you'll be able to-"

You're not one for lockpicking really, you can if you need to but it's not your forte especially with a sort of multiple lock as complex as this. Whatever this building was, the townsfolk really treated it as their bunker, safehouse, or whatever. While trying to figure out how best to solve the problem though, Nowe as if noticing your predicament jostles you aside with a hand. It's sweet of her to try and help but there's no way she's going to be able to pick a lock.

"Aberrrr... Trrooooo..."

"Well, I guess that's one way of getting in..."

Without hesitation she simply grips the door where she can and with a grunt, outright rips the door off the frame with a bang and scrape of rent metal, and a small shower of bolts and screws. As easy as she'd removed it then, she just sets the door beside and lets you to go inside, though is quite curious about what's within.

"Oh hey, it's pretty nice in here! I could see us staying... a couple days maybe..."

A safehouse indeed, as far as remaining pre-war buildings go the two-story structure had obviously been restored to an extent by the townsfolk, perhaps even used as a meeting place. As far as you can tell it had been something like a mini-mart before the war, though obviously stripped of supplies but instead cleaned up and repurposed for the everyday needs of the town. For example there's old machining equipment in here, workbenches and ammo-loading tables. Your guess; whatever working equipment of value the people of Walden could scavenge, they brought here for common use and safekeeping.

Strange though... no sign of anyone in here...

>How do you proceed?

>>3923262
Let's scout and loot the building and maybe find somewhere to sleep.

>>3923262
>do a sweep of the building to make sure there aren't any unpleasant surprises

>>3923262
let's see what's inside

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>>3923229
It would mean that when leveling up, you would get a perk point, and so would she. What you do with those points is up to you, if you wanted you could just devote both to her.

>>3923227
>>3923219
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>>3923185
Seems like a majority for Happily Married, so Nowe will now have that perk, through learning or mutation or what have you. While on the topic, a relevant breakdown for your stats;

>Mike Snyder - Human
>Level 6 - (25/100) XP, 5 perks
>S - 5
>P - 5
>E - 10
>C - 5
>I - 4
>A - 5
>L - 5

>Nowe Snyder - Deathclaw
>Level 15 - (0/100) XP, 1 perk
>S - 8
>P - 8
>E - 8
>C - 8
>I - 8
>A - 8
>L - 5

Note; stats in regard to species, Mike is a 10 END by human standards, which are not the same as Deathclaw standards. Think of it as "In relation to others of the same species"

>>3923227
I honestly find Till Death do Us Apart is a must after Happily Married. Neither of us can't get perma'd unless it gets REALLY bad for both

>>3923288
Support

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>>3923277
>>3923288
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>>3923358
This place will do for shelter, for the time being but before you settle in for the night you'd like to check it for any nasty surprises. Helping Nowe inside to navigate the place together, you start to snoop about for anything untoward or of interest.

"Oh hey, working power! There must be a generator or something, maybe in the basement."

Able to turn lights on, you can also check and see there's running water. While it doesn't appear from a first look that there's a whole lot of worth to loot in this place, the building itself is quite a treasure in this forested wasteland and it's no wonder a small town was able to spring up and thrive around it and the old fuel station across the road.

"Mhyge..."

"Yeah? What is it?"

While you look over what there is to be found, you hear a call from Nowe and hurry to her, the deathclaw having struggled her way upstairs. And why, you realize, for the scent of blood. The remains of some inhabitant of the town you suspect, dead from apparent suicide by gunshot. The weapon beside them, blood across the wall and some few goods scattered about as well as a note left... good thing you were taught how to read by that Enclave field researcher.

"...sounds like he panicked the moment the raiders showed, ran in here and locked everyone else out... 'I don't think more than a day left till they get inside, I won't suffer like the others did. Forgive me'... damn, that's pretty bad."

Well as far as you can tell, the good news is that for being locked down so quickly, the building wasn't sacked like the rest of the town. The bad news is that because it was done so quickly, it doesn't seem like the guy stopped to gather up supplies or wait for anyone else to bring any in here. So while there's some bits and bobs of value here and there like some meds, ammo and caps, the majority of the value in this place is the equipment and machinery. Things you unfortunately can't loot, since you can't take them with you.

There is at least though a set of freezers on the power system, stocked decently with food. And you could probably gather a few good quality tools around here, as well as decent scrap... and the generator fusion core, if you were a bastard. The building itself breaks down as;

>Upstairs - bedroom, storage (clothes and mundane things), office, bathroom
>Ground floor - meeting area, living area, workshop area, bathroom, storage (scrap and equipment)
>Basement - storage (junk) and the generator

The mainstay of the loot you expect from the town, is likely to be in the other buildings and on the various bodies. You can see about that tomorrow though, for now you wouldn't mind getting a night's rest, or at least relaxing and spending the evening in some decent shelter for a change with Nowe.

>How do you proceed?