open Fallout Equestria: Endeavor

[Unicorncob 5,681]

Crackshot silently glared sharp rusty daggers at the stallion as he, strangely and rather stupidly, sat down in the middle of the floor to read a book.

With an agitated snort, he stomped past him and up to the counter, addressing the unicorn behind it.

 

"Got any combat shotgun shells?" He asked bluntly, levitating Persuasion off his back and to the counter so the teller could get a better look, "I'm running low."

 

The stallion looked legit, but he still had Reason ready to bean him across the skull, should he try anything stupid.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip looked at the shotgun and noticed this unicorn look down at his melee weapon as if he were memorizing exactly where it was so he could be ready to use it. Chip used his magic to bring up his shotgun onto the counter with running parallel to the counter "I sure do have the shells, I actually just put a few in my gun as well. Now do us a favor and take your attention off your side arm and i'll be happy to help you," he stated letting a smirk appear on his face.

[Unicorncob 5,681]

@@Chip Circuit

 

Crackshot gave the unicorn the stink-eye, but he compliantly tucked the lead pipe back away, and gave him his full attention.

 

"I've had a few bad dealings with some merchants before," he explained, looking him right in the eyes, "and they didn't exactly end badly on my part, y'know?"

 

He glanced around at the familiar ponies populating the shop, still curious as to why they were all bunched up here.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip saw the unicorn tuck his melee weapon away and Chip grinned as he put his gun back under the counter "alright now down to business," Chip said as he turned around unlocking a cabinet and opening it. He grabbed a box of shells with his magic and turned back to the counter "No need to worry, so long as you respect me and my shop we will get along swimmingly. I know the feeling of bad dealings being that i'm surrounded by shit head raiders everyday, i've come pretty well acquainted with cleaning blood off my walls. Speaking of which, I saw how you looked at that other unicorn over there," Chip said as he gestured his head in the direction of the unicorn who was sitting on the floor. "So if you feel the need please take it outside if you must. Just because i'm use to cleaning blood doesn't mean I want the hassle. So anyway how many shells you needing?" He asked as he scanned around the room keeping an eye on all the ponies.

[Unicorncob 5,681]

@@Chip Circuit

 

Crackshot looked over tp the unicorn facing away from him on the floor, narrowing his eyes, and returned his sight to the teller.

"Don't worry about that, I plan to if he opens his mouth again."

 

He glanced down to the shells. "A couple dozen will do, I think. And how does she look, in need for any repair?"

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber had heard the entire conversation, due to his heightened senses. he couldn't smell at the moment, though. 'thinks he can take me, eh?' he thought. 'well, lets see how good he is...'

 

"WHOA!!!" caliber yelled, "DARING DO, HOW WILL YOU GET OUT OF THIS?!?!" he was almost screaming.

 

'if he is going ta take me down, i'll make sure he at least sore. hehehe...' he thought

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip took the gun from the unicorn almost dropping it at the sudden outburst from unicorn on the floor. He solidified his magic around the gun and begun dismantling it in mid air. A few shells fell out of the chamber to the ground, he ignored the shells keeping his attention on the gun. As chip looked over every individual piece he could tell the gun was still in good condition, he applied some gun grease to the firing pins as well as the inner workings of the trigger. After the gun was greased in the proper places Chip begun reassembling it as easily as he took it apart, almost as if he was showing off how experienced he was with all manners of guns. He set it back on the counter with the shells that were in the chamber beside the gun looking back at it's owner "seems in good condition, maybe a few dings every here and there but nothing that will hinder performance. With a new application of grease just be careful, that trigger will be very touchy," he warned the unicorn.

 

"I'll throw the greasing in for free since you're wanting a few dozen shells, one box has 25 shells if that's enough. Otherwise for the box how's 50 caps sound?" he inquired of the unicorn.

[Unicorncob 5,681]

@@Chip Circuit

 

Crackshot stiffened and clenched his eyes shut from the sudden outburst, letting out a long, loud sigh of total exasperation. He was this close to nabbing Persuasion back from the shop owner and redecorating the interior with a new coating of grey matter. 

As his eyes opened narrowly, he quickly noticed that he was dismantling Persuasion. His face let out the slightest expression of shock, but he kept his composure. Perhaps this pony knew what he was doing.

 

And indeed he did. As soon as he greased up the parts he began reassembling the shotgun, putting its owner's mind at ease. The last thing he needed to lose right now was one of his two best friends.

Though, as he carefully examined the rifle upon getting it back, he had to admit this stallion's repair skills weren't half bad. She was just as how he handed her over, aside from a slight gleam from the grease.

 

Upon hearing the price, he levitated what caps he had left out of his bag. He had exactly fifty, so a tough decision had to be made.

 

"Deal," he grunted, hovering the caps onto the table and returning Persuasion to his back. Now another problem arose. "You know anypony paying for a job around here? Those were my last few caps."

[KlutsyDraconequus 120]

I just gave the shopkeeper a look of incredulous surprise. Dash and Crackshot were there discussing things but I rarely took notice of such mundane topics. I noticed he had a shot gun but I didn't care. "So I make a simple request and you think I am playing a game?" I stopped for a moment recounting my prior actions and the possible motives behind them. I looked back up now, taking my rebar club and utterly smashing the work station in front of me and any guns he may have been working on. "Maybe you should reconsider your words fool before that happens to your face. Then, I'll make you ghoul myself just to make sure your body stays compliant!" I laughed joyously at the aftermath. I could have cared less about what property damage was done. I simply went my way and thought about leaving Ponyville soon. These idiots other than a few whose company I truly enjoyed really didn't matter much to me.       

Edited March 14, 2015 by Sriracha

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber perked up. 'wait a minute.' he thought. 'did i take the gun from the body?' he checked is pack. 'yeah! i did!' he took out the gun, and dashed over to the shopkeeper, "hey! i have something i wanna sell!" he said, trying to talk over everyone, "its a gun! how much can i sell it for?!"

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

As chip was about to speak he heard the ghoul speak up sounding upset. Once the ghoul stopped talking he pondered for a second quickly pulling out a piece of rebar and smashing Chip's work station which had a client's gun on it. Chip was clearly livid at the destruction this ghoul just caused "you expect me to take you seriously when you come in my shop carrying the odor of a dead carcass while asking for a blunt category weapon that's 'more' sharp!? you're lucky I don't blow a dam hole in you!" Chip yelled out pulling out his shotgun again.

 

Instead of pointing it at anypony he quickly disassembled it in front of himself and reassembled it in under thirty seconds. As the shotgun was back in one piece he let out a long exhale calming down. Chip looked around at all the ponies and spoke up loud enough for them all to hear "I have a job for those willing to kill some raiders. Lately my supply route between ponyville and a contact in appleoosa has been severed by some raiders who set up a small encampment along the road. Originally the job was to just deal with them so I can get my supply route reestablished. But if enough are willing to undergo this venture, I will tag along and we can recover my shipments. I will pay handsomely or work out a trade with equipment and supplies," he offered looking over the crowd again, glaring at the ghoul. Chip then dropped his elbow on the counter propping up his head with his hoof. "Or you can just take care of that ghoul for me..." he exasperatedly sigh. 

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber looked at him. "ill go kill the raiders." he said bluntly "ya got a specific way ya want em killed, or dosent matter?" he looked around, then back at chip "and were ya serious about the killing of that guy?" he asked, pointing at the ghoul. he started unsheathing his sword. "ill kill him if ya want me too. but it'll be 40 bits. " he said, deadly serious

Edited March 14, 2015 by Peytonjay

[Unicorncob 5,681]

@@Chip Circuit

 

Crackshot raised an eyebrow as he watched the ghoul have a hissy fit and destroy the shop owner's workbench. Unnecessarily dramatic, especially for some half-built guns.

 

However, his offer was what really got his attention. Taking out some raiders invading a supply route? Now that sounded like a real job.

However, as much as he'd like to save his new ammo for this little mission, injecting that ghoul's rotted brain with spreadshot didn't sound like a bad idea. Might make a little bonus from it.

 

His mind set, he pulled the newly prepared Persuasion out with his magic.

 

"I'm in for taking out the raiders," he informed the shop owner, then glanced toward the door, "and how much are you offering for the ghoul?"

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber glared at him. "hey buddy, i asked first, so i will get the mission, and i will kill that guy!" he said, pointing at the ghoul. "and chip, ya never said how valuble this thing was!!" he threw the gun on the table. "i mean, sure its a crappy gun..." he said, "but its gotta be worth something, right?"

[KlutsyDraconequus 120]

"Woah, get in line ladies! I know i'm good lookin' but please be patient. There IS enough of me to go around." I shrugged off his offer just waiting to see who would reply. I needed a good fight anyway, and it would give me a reason to ruin more of his shop after all. I smiled awaiting what just might make my night after all. "I have...stress issues you see. I simply wanted to release my anger on something, which just happened to be your workstation. I have patience though, I would be more than willing to crush a few raiders for you of course. If anyone wants to make solid on his offer, well then you know where I'll be." 

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip looks at the 2 who are ready to earn some caps for such a simple task, he grabs the gun from the peculiar unicorn beginning to inspect it as he speaks "First thing if the ghoul acts out again i'm willing to fork up 100 caps to anyone who can get in a shot before it hits the ground, outside of my shop. Again if the ghoul acts up again. Secondly, being that a local raider had this gun it is my handy work so I know it's in good condition and from the looks of it he didn't make much use of this assault rifle" Chip ejected the clip from the gun. "Hm.. still a full clip. If you're not wanting this gun i'll do 200 caps... or 170 with a container of sword polish," Chip offered setting the gun back on the counter.

Edited March 14, 2015 by Chip Circuit

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber gasped. "really? ohh, YEAH!!! sword polisher!" he traded to get the stuff, and sat down to begin polishing his sword. "oh, and if ya still got some stress." he looked up at the ghoul. "ill take ya on anytime. anywhere. that goes for you, too, hotshot." he continued polishing his sword to a brilliant sheen.

Edited March 14, 2015 by Peytonjay

[Unicorncob 5,681]

@@Chip Circuit

 

Crackshot simply snarled at the unicorn, quickly reaching the end of his tether with him. Perhaps he could use Reason to break his neck, save the shop owner some more mess to clean up.

 

Although, despite his little tantrum, the ghoul seemed to show interest in taking out the raiders himself. Interesting.

However, the shop owner named his price for the ghoul's head, so he kept Persuasion handy if he tried anything stupid.

 

He didn't feel like dignifying the unicorn, who until he learned his name he would dub Pain in the Ass, with a response, so he kept quiet and diligent.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

As soon as chip set the 170 caps and sword polish on the counter it was gone in a flash. As the peculiar unicorn ran back to the same spot he was reading earlier, beginning to polish his sword. After his challenge to the other two chip spoke up as he took the rifle setting it behind the counter "Not anywhere, i will sooner shoot you both myself if you fight in my shop. I rather deal with red walls then deal with repairing an entire shop." 

Edited March 17, 2015 by Chip Circuit

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

Aile hadn't been paying much attention to the other ponies as she had been absorbed in memorizing the blueprints of this rifle, she had heard of a few of the parts and knew where to get them. Her ears perked up as the ponies began talking about caps and targets, were they really going to kill each other just for a small pay? She decided it would be best just to keep her mouth shut, so she just exchanged some nasty glares when they looked her way, she didn't want to be included in this primitive scandal.

 

Just outside ponyville a small force of Brotherhood of Steel, or rather the 13th Batallion was approaching, their squad consisted of one tank, ten ponies, the ones in the tank included, a decent supply of ammo and explosives. They halted once they reached the entrance of ponyville and demanded that they be allowed to come in for the night, the tower guards rushed to get the leader of the raiders and the squad commander was growing inpatient.

[KlutsyDraconequus 120]

"Damn Ricto had to get drunk, and knock himself out! Now we have the Brotherhood of Steel on our doorstep. I guess I'll see what this is about," I replied to the general alarm sent through out Ponyville. I left the shop then to deal with this new problem. Ricto would owe me big after this was dealt with.

- later -

I approached the squad commander with a couple of raiders behind me. "Forgive me but the leader of the encampment is otherwise absent. I will be representing him for the time being. I have just one question; What gives you the right to demand quarter in our encampment?" I asked the squad commander.

Edited March 15, 2015 by Sriracha

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber had just finished polishing, and re-polishing his sword, when he heard a commotion outside. being the nosey and curious guy he is, he went to go check it out. he saw a tank, and alot of ponys with guns. 'whoa...' he thought, 'where did they come from?' he noticed the ghoul. "im caliber, by the way. whats your name?" he asked with a grin

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

The Squad Commander, he was a very massive pony and he exerted his body over the small ghoul. "What gives me the right?" He laughed loudly, hysterically and moments later his squad joined in with the laughing, this happened for a good minute or so and then they stopped. "So here's how things are gonna play out, you let us in and nobody dies, or we take this little shithole by force for the night, even if we don't take it the Zaphyrian army sure as hell is going to take a huge dump on whoever is left standing." He then asked again in a more serious tone "So, are you gonna let me stay for the night?"

[P-Jay 1,987]

"your a dick." caliber said bluntly. "i don't like you. and if you think that tank'll do anything, your sadly mistaken." he pulled out his sword, and pointed it at him. "now, there's a town a couple miles that-a-way. i suggest ya get going'." his eyes darkened. "or else." he wasn't the happy-go-lucky guy in the bar anymore. he was a warrior, who has traveled dangerous paths

[Unicorncob 5,681]

Crackshot's ears twitched as the raiders outside began to cause a fuss, most of them making for the front gates. From his previous visits to Ponyville, he knew that sign; big trouble was brewing.

 

He turned to the shop owner and informed him, "I'm going to the gates, if you still want me on this mission you can look for me there."

With that, he left the shop in pursuit of the ghoul, Persuasion still loaded in his magic. A few of the unicorn raiders had the same idea.

 

His eyes narrowed as he spotted the cause of the commotion; Steel Rangers. He pointed Persuasion's barrel toward the ground as he approached, standing near the front where he found, and smelled, the ghoul.

 

He arrived just in time to hear their leader's proposal, and as much as he'd love to take these holier-than-thou tinned shitbags on, he doubted the town's ragtag defence of drugged up raiders stood a chance against trained, and armoured, soldiers.

 

For the first time, he wanted to take the passive approach, as he told the ghoul, "Just let them in. We don't need anypony dying for no reason."