open Fallout Equestria: Endeavor

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

@@Unicorncob

 

Chip followed crackshot out of the farmhouse when he asked him a question gesturing his head back toward Ezekiel. "I don't know what to think, first time I've seen Zebra spiritual magic at play. Obviously it pissed off Greshken to no end, luckily the turret isn't operational at the moment." He said as they stopped outside the farmhouse.

 

Crackshot then looked at Chip saying '10 years ago he would of shot Greshken'. Chip glanced at the ground and back up at Crackshot. "Well I'm kind of glad you didn't, if you ask me I think you're stronger in will for not shooting him. A strong pony knows when to pull the trigger, while a weak pony pulls the trigger at any chance. So in my opinion you're better then that brute for not shooting him. The original owner of that pendent would feel the same as me, wouldn't they?" He asked focusing his gaze down at the pendent.

 

He looked back up at Crackshot "you don't have to answer, I just notice how you look at it in situations like that." He said.

Edited April 17, 2015 by Chip Circuit

[Steel Accord 6,660]

Ezekiel shook himself off, his mind a haze. To put himself back into balance, he sat sown lotus style in the dirt and began to meditate. He closed his eyes and breathed deeply, bringing his soul into focus. From where he was sitting, Crackshot and Chip could see him.

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

???: "Sir, a few moments ago our scanners picked up a weak signal at the edge of our scanner range and we believe it to be Project X, however we don't know who or what activated our signal, shall I mobilize the Extraction Crew?" 

 

???: "Ahh, It's about time you imbeciles located my precious project, a few more days and I would have terminated your contract with us. Mobilize the Extraction Crew and Marauders as soon as possible, inform them that anything they encounter there is to be considered hostile and they are allowed to kill, also tell them that they're encouraged to bring me any exotic specimens alive, I always like having new things to experiment with. That reminds me, how well is that virus I introduced into the wasteland going?"

 

???: "Oh, it's going very well, A few areas are heavily saturated with the virus and-"

 

???: "Not that you fool! I mean how are the inhabitants coping with it? Are they killing each other yet?"

 

???: ".....Yes, our recon team had recorded a whole town massacre each other from the fear of the other pony being infected, it was very brutal, no pony was spared, not even the children." 

 

???: "Ahh...music to my ears, I always love it when new data is presented to me, I wonder how long it takes before the entire wasteland starts killing each other.......what's the ETA for the Extraction Crew to arrive at the destination?"

 

???: "About Thirty Minutes"

[Unicorncob 5,768]

Crackshot swallowed when Chip brought up the pendant, noting that its original owner would share his opinion on his decision with Greshken.

He kept quiet, Chip adding that he'd noticed him looking at it in dire situations.

 

It was true, he did look toward it in dire moments, to ask himself 'What would she tell me to do'? Like a sort of moral compass.

 

"Thanks," he finally spoke up, taking another glance down to the pendant before adding, "you're right, she would."

 

He glanced up and spotted Ezekiel, sitting in the dirt in a strange position.

"You think we should speak to him?" He asked quietly.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip glanced back at Ezekiel "looks like he's concentrating, probably best not to. I know if I was working on a gun to calm my mind I wouldn't want to be distracted." He said as he looked back to Crackshot.

 

Chip.returned his view to the barn "I wonder what Dashia is doing" he wondered to himself.

[Unicorncob 5,768]

Crackshot saw Chip glancing toward the barn, wondering what Dashia was up to.

He could tell by his face that he really wanted to go back over to his new marefriend.

 

"Go on ahead, Roameo," He said, giving him a gentle nudge and the ghost of a smirk, "I need to talk to this guy anyway."

 

With that, he walked over to Ezekiel, standing beside him and looking down at his face before standing in front of him.

He thought he was pretty out of it, while giving him a soft prod on the shoulder.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

The prod was blocked in a blur of motion.

 

"I know you are there, just because I'm not perceptive doesn't mean I'm not aware." He opened his eyes, got up, and dusted himself off with the brush of his tail. "No doubt you have some questions for me, to presume I would dare."

[Unicorncob 5,768]

Crackshot blinked as his motion was blocked by Ezekiel, who claimed to know he was there.

 

She was never this cryptic. Or rhymed so much.

 

"Yeah, I do," he nodded, looking right into his eyes, "I want to know what all that was with the minotaur earlier. What did you do to piss him off so much?"

 

He glanced at the horizon over his shoulder. "And if you're planning to come with us, I want to know your opinion on raiders."

 

He could ask about the rhyming, but that was probably a personal quirk.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

Ezekiel sighed.

 

"To speak with a spirit is like looking in a mirror, when it speaks the content of their souls, many don't like what they hear. I know not what the spirit took from your friend's brain, it was something it considered worthy though in an exchange. I haven't decided if I should join your band, it seems I've only caused discord from where I stand. If though it's Raiders you hold in specific enmity, know that those damned I see as the enemy."

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia goes into the tank and finishes what chop started. "A power core. I may not know much about tanks but this is a paradise of knowledge for an engineer like me. Ah! Here it is." (perception 7)

 

(Mechamics 55)Dashia removes carefully the core and places it just outside the area she was working on. She then ducks back inside to see what else could be salvaged and made useable. She removes the remainder of the internal armor and finds a micro chip she feels she could use to finish her cybernetic joints and places it in her bags.

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip heads back over to the barn to see Dashia, leaving Crackshot with Ezekiel. As Chip reached the barn he found Dashia scavenging around the tank with the power core outside the tank. He felt a littlet upset that his work was being continued without him but seeing Dashia enjoying herself made him happy.

 

He walked closer to the tank able to hear her working inside. He climbed up on the tank quietly to sneak up on her. He stood up on the edge of the rim where the turret use to be attached looking down at her. She was too drawn into the tank to notice him "So having fun," he said with a smile on his face.

[Unicorncob 5,768]

"So some spirit invaded his mind, not you?" Crackshot asked, trying to make sense of Ezekiel's eccentric choice of words. He gave him some time to answer.

 

"I asked about the Raiders because we're on good terms with Ponyville," he continued, looking him dead in the eyes, "their leader, Ricto, sent us here to get rid of the sons of bitches in charge of that tank." He nodded toward the barn. "We're due to report back ASAP."

 

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of them."

 

Anymore.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

"You call those raiders allies of convenience when they do the work of demons? You say you're not one of their ilk, yet you walk among them and tolerate their filth?"

 

Ezekiel walked a bit away.

 

"I am confused as to my destiny. Is this the path the Goddesses mean for me?"

Edited April 17, 2015 by Steel Accord

[Unicorncob 5,768]

Crackshot watched Ezekiel walk away, keeping his eyes locked on him.

 

"I'm not saying you have to be friendly with them," he said, frowning, "we're only going back to collect a payment, then we're out of there."

 

"Trust me, if they shoot at me, I'll put them down right there and then."

Edited April 17, 2015 by Unicorncob

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Chip heads back over to the barn to see Dashia, leaving Crackshot with Ezekiel. As Chip reached the barn he found Dashia scavenging around the tank with the power core outside the tank. He felt a littlet upset that his work was being continued without him but seeing Dashia enjoying herself made him happy.

 

He walked closer to the tank able to hear her working inside. He climbed up on the tank quietly to sneak up on her. He stood up on the edge of the rim where the turret use to be attached looking down at her. She was too drawn into the tank to notice him "So having fun," he said with a smile on his face.

Dashia looks up wiping her helmet of soot. She says, "A mechanic's dream spot. I found this. It may solve the problem I was having with those Cyber Joints." She shows him the micro chip she removed. She says, "What do you think?" She waits patiently for his response. Edited April 17, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Steel Accord 6,660]

"Why so desperate to include me? For all you've seen, my craft brings only misery." Ezekiel asked as he turned to who he was unknowingly referring to as an ex-Raider. He did want friends, never really learned how to make them in a place where you already knew everypony's name, but at what cost?

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip leaned over the rim of the opening and his hoof slipped on the rim. He caught himself from almost falling into the tank. He instead took the chip from her with his magic carefully inspecting it. (Mechanics 75)

 

"Looks good, little bit of soot on it but otherwise still usable. The chip is originally created to handle the type of energy surge from a tank when the workload increases suddenly. So it is more then capable to handle the workload that will be presented by your cyber joints." He said floating the chip back to her.

[Unicorncob 5,768]

"Have you looked around?" Crackshot snarked, pointing a hoof to the cloud veil in the sky, "What doesn't bring misery in this shithole?"

 

He lifted out his combat shotgun and lead pipe, letting Ezekiel get a look at them. "These are Persuasion and Reason. I've done a lot of bad things with them. Things I've carried with me for years, and am going to carry till I'm eventually shot down. But until then, I'm using them for good, or what I assume is good, anyway."

 

He put the weapons away, and looked the zebra in the eyes. "Your skills are like weapons; dangerous, but in the right hooves they can help clean up the wastes."

Edited April 17, 2015 by Unicorncob

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia almost flew to catch him but smiles when he caught himself. When he returns the chip, Dashia grins and packs it away. "Now we need a cyber surgeon specialist. I am wanting to install the joints so as to help with a move I am trying to recreate." She climbs out and asks, "You want back in?" She waits for his response. She removes her helmet for the time being.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

@@Unicorncob,

 

"So this is the quest of me you would bade? To take up my sword and go on a crusade?" Ezekiel thought for a moment and looked once more at his talisman, a pendent with the sun and crescent moon on it. He smiled. "Only a few days from my home and now this," He looked to Crackshot. "Lucky you I don't believe in coincidence."

[Unicorncob 5,768]

@@Steel Accord

 

"We're going up against those sons of bitches behind the virus," Crackshot explained, face darkening as he remembered the incident at Ponyville, but it quickly passed, "IDS is their name. We need to find out who they are and where they are."

 

At Ezekiel's smile, he returned a ghost of a smirk. He raised his hoof to the zebra.

"I'm not asking for charity here. You have something you have to do, we'll get it done. Then we're even."

[Steel Accord 6,660]

"Much as I don't doubt the fiends deserve justice perhaps you could elaborate, what is this virus? Just as much as I wish I could make this an act of generosity, I do admit I have a quest and I could take all the help I need."

 

Ezekiel wasn't long for the greater Wasteland, he hadn't seen what was wrought, not likely given where he was from . . .

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip looked back inside the tank as Dashia asked if he wanted back in. He pondered the question for a second looking back at Dashia. "Actually since i'm more wanting to work on that cannon, that's alright. If it's ok with you maybe I could spend some time with you?" He asked looking down coyly, glancing up at her.

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia nods, "We may not get many times like this. So we make the most of it when we do."

 

She kisses him. She then gets off the tank. Dashia waits for him to join her before leaving the barn.

 

(Perception 7) she looks around to make sure no bugs or any other hostile is near them while they spend time together.

 

She thinks, 'Is it becoming a bit too quiet around here? Why did I just ask myself that?"

[Unicorncob 5,768]

"It's nasty shit," Crackshot answered bluntly, glancing down as his face darkened, "turns your body against you and you end up shooting down your best friends or family. Then you start bleeding out the eyes and ears till you fall dead."

 

He looked back up at Ezekiel. "Nopony deserves to go out that way. Not even Raiders."

 

He nodded at the zebra's condition. "What is it you need? Hopefully not another tank cannon." He snarked, glancing over at the large bulk in the distance that was Greshken, trying out his new toy.