open Fallout Equestria: Endeavor

[KlutsyDraconequus 120]

A raider approached the pair. "Howdy! I am aware of your...er circumstances. So here are your menus, just avoid this whole page here. Those entrees are for our...special guests." He said nervously as he led them to a table that hadn't been clean in at least a week. "I will be back when you are ready to order. In the mean time, enjoy some of our Old-Fashioned Hard Apple Cider!" He trotted off, his weight making his walk slightly irregular on one side. Another raider approached them from an adjacent table. "You do know why he said that right?" His voice mischievous on the drunk side of the scale. "It's poison for our guests we want to get rid of quietly..." He said laughingly now.   

[Sekhayet 253]

Broken watches the group below split into two groups. Two seem to be going to a bar- uninteresting for now. The other two walk in another direction, the same direction where he picked up his rifle. he flies ahead of them and lands in front of a shop, what seems to be a shop, anyway. The amount of filth around his in these ruins is astounding and he is happy he is sealed in his radiation suit.

 

He knocks on the door of the shop to find if its owner is home. (@Chip Circuit)

[Unicorncob 5,687]

Crackshot let out a snort and got up from the table, looking down at Aile. "Stay here, and don't do anything stupid."

 

He trudged up to the bar, causing many raiders to turn and watch. The older earth pony stallion behind the bar watched him approach with every step, and their glares met with an electricity. They looked as if they were about to pull out their weapons and have an all-out bar brawl, without even saying a word to each other.

 

"What are you doing here, boy?" The bartender grunted.

"Getting a drink, why else would I look at your fuck-ugly face?" Crackshot growled in return.

The older stallion scoffed. "And what if I choose to not serve you, and instead have you and your little lady friend thrown out and shot?"

"Then obviously you haven't heard about the last time somepony tried that on me," the unicorn spat, "now get me a fucking whiskey and cider."

 

An awkward beat of silence passed as the two ponies glared, and every patron looked toward the scene with either interest or fear.

 

Suddenly, the bartender let out a hearty laugh. "Still as ballsy as ever, eh kid?" As if on cue, every raider in the bar smirked and continued their merriment, as if nothing had happened.

A ghost of a smile escaped Crackshot's lips. "I practice at least one hour a day." He used his magic to open his saddlebag, fishing out a few caps.

 

"Ah, put those away," the earther smiled, reaching under the bar and re-emerging with a pair of bottles, "this round's on me, since I kinda missed ya."

"Thanks," the unicorn nodded, and returned his caps to his bag to levitate the bottles back to the table.

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

Aile scoffed as Crackshot walked so casually to the bartender, his trot with a little strut and louder than usual. The bartender looked unimpressed, his age allowing him to see fully past Crackshot's tactic and the two exchanged heated conversation. Throughout the bar a few distinct clicks could be heard as some of the novice raiders engaged their weapons into an active state, it almost seemed as if there was going to be some sort of shootout. A moment passed, an excruciatingly long moment before the bartender broke the silence with his way of welcoming Crackshot as if they had been old time pals and fetched him a beer, free-of-charge. Aile rolled her eyes, pushing her mane out of her face with her hoof as crackshot nearly gave all the novice raiders a run for their money just so he could maintain his 'cool. ballsy, and arrogant status'.

[Unicorncob 5,687]

Crackshot slammed the bottles down on the table and sat, his usual unemotional expression fixed on Aile.

"I'm glad you're not impressed," he grunted, cracking open the bottle of whiskey, "because I wasn't trying to impress anypony. I might have a reputation around here, but I couldn't give less of a shit about it. Me and the barpony just happen to know each other."

 

He took a big swig of the alcohol, then exhaled and wiped his mouth with his foreleg. He turned and saw the younger raiders, just under his age, murmuring rather excitedly to each other. Most likely about what had just transpired.

"Scaring the new meat is just a bonus, lets them know they shouldn't fuck with me."

[P-Jay 1,987]

the bar doors swung open, and caliber walked in. "hey, everypony!" he said with a goofy grin, "how ya doin?" he walked over to crackshot, and sat next to him "hey, bartender. im thirsty! get me something ta drink!" he said as he tossed a few caps at him.

 

caliber looked at crackshot. "sup!" he said. "im caliber! whats your name?"

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

      Chip hearing a knock on the reinforced door sets down the rifle he was constructing. He steps back from his workbench and walks over to a washbasin grabbing a washcloth, he wiped off the soot and gun grease off his face trying to make himself presentable. As Chip approached the door he accidentally tripped over a rifle that had fallen off a weapon rack. Chip accidentally stumbled into another weapon rack causing several weapons fell to the floor creating a loud ruckus. Chip stepped over the mess on the floor and continued to the door. Using his magic Chip unlocked several locks eventually opening the door

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      Once he swung the door opened Chip turned around and used his magic to set all of the guns back in their racks. As Chip turned back to the door he saw two ponies in front of him, both were pegasi while one appeared to have prosthetic wings. Upon setting his gaze on the prosthetic wings Chip's eyes widened and near forgot the two themselves were there. He stepped out of the doorway walking around the Pegasus with the prosthetic wings admiring the craftsmanship and ingenuity. He stopped in his tracks for second bringing his hoof to his chin examining the base of a wing even though the base of the wing was inside a radiation suit "I wonder how they sync to the nervous system, this is fascinating," He muttered to himself under his breath.

 

      Chip's head snapped up as he realized that he was making the Pegasus uncomfortable. He walked back into the doorway of his shop with an embarrassed smirk on his face "I'm sorry about that, I've never seen such a prosthetic before. It's rather fascinating. Anyways awkward first impression aside how can I help you two?" He questioned the two still smirking.

 

@@Sekhayet  @@Midnight_Aurora

Edited March 11, 2015 by Chip Circuit

[Sekhayet 253]

Broken shakes off his momentary unease at the pony's examination of his wings. While it is not uncommon to have somepony curious about his wings, he is not used to scrutiny. It is common knowledge in the Dynasty that they are magical in nature and not pleasant to make. Most ponies find them unsettling. His words take a moment to register. Two?

 

He looks to his side and doesn't quite manage to hide his startled reaction to another pony next to him. He thought he had arrived before the others.

 

He quickly tries to cover his surprise to avoid suspicion, "I require weaponry. I am looking to trade this primitive projectile weapon for an energy lance or perhaps recoilless magnetic accelerator."

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

    Chip uses his magic to take the weapon from the Pegasus and closely examines it looking back up at the Pegasus "Where did you get this gun, this gun went missing from my shop several hours ago?" He peered at the Pegasus with a feeling of skepticism.

 

   Before the Pegasus could respond Chip spun the gun unknowingly pointing the barrel between the Pegasus' eyes as he ejected the magazine. After he finished examining the gun quickly he looked back at the Pegasus "Oh well everything is still in one piece and I'm happy to have it back, thank you for returning it. Truth be told this primitive weapon won't get you anywhere far in terms of trade value anyways. This weapon is actually a sentimental item to myself, so as a thanks for returning it I will help you out. I have one lance in my shop and I will say the lance I have isn't of the best quality that you can find, being that it's hard to get my hooves on the required parts to improve it. I do however provide a warranty sort of speak on my work. If it's a weapon I built or repaired you can bring it back to me and I'll handle the repair for cheap," he explained to the Pegasus.

 

Chip looked up for a second and shook his head returning his gaze back to the Pegasus "Sorry I'm rambling, anyways the lance is yours for cheap if you want it," he interjected before he lost the Pegasus' attention.

[Unicorncob 5,687]

@@Defender of Tomorrow

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The only words coming to Crackshot's mind as this new pony entered were "What", "The", and "Fuck". He gave the stallion a look of sheer contempt as he sat as his table, violating his personal space.

 

"My name is 'get your own fucking table'," he growled, taking another swig of whiskey. That was his last warning.

[P-Jay 1,987]

"ah, your just having you period." caliber said. "apperently, you dont know how to make friends. shame. its an good trait to have. its better to make friends then have enemies, ya know. " caliber took another swig of his beer, and gave it to some pony. "here ya go." he said as he began to walk out. "oh, and anypony know where the weapon shop is?" somepony pointed towards it. "thanks." he left. when he walked over to the gun shop and saw other ponys there. "hiya!" he said "ya got any sword polisher?"

[Sekhayet 253]

@@Chip Circuit

 

Broken considers the pony for a moment. He seems to be friendly, if too bit trusting. His pointing a lethal weapon at his face is disconcerting but not an issue unless they are in combat. He decides to let it go for now, especially if he has a pegasus to ship energy lance.

 

He nods his head and directs his helmet to fade to transparency so the pony can see his face.

 

"I... have no means to pay you. What is the currency of this place?"

 

Broken feels nauseous for a moment and his implants spasm momentarily. His wings snap out and one of the razor feathers detaches from its socket. It is flung across the room and buries itself in a wooden cabinet door. His senses are returning non-sense sensations of high pitched whistles and whispers. He tastes blood when he bites his tongue to chase an inclusive feeling of acidic burning. He feels a vast intelligence pressing down on him for a moment and he suddenly knows the answer to his question.

 

He collapses and groans quietly, "What...?"

Edited March 11, 2015 by Sekhayet

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

@@Sekhayet

 

 

Chip cautiously walks over to the collapsed Pegasus while letting out a sigh of relief that the razor feather only impaled a cabinet rather then himself. As he reaches the Pegasus he notices another pony who let himself in. "Yes I can get you some sword polisher, I need a minute to tend to my current customer," he replied back with an slight irritated undertone.

Chip helps the Pegasus back up on his feet. "Are you alright, that was a pretty nasty malfunction to make you collapse like that." He ask as he was pulling the Pegasus up.

 

Once the Pegasus is up on his feet Chip uses his magic to pull the razor feather out of his cabinet. He brings it over and begins sliding it back into its socket while he begins to speak "anyways I accept your standard bottle caps as currency, as well as favors and trades. Consider the cabinet and the feather insertion on the house for my early scrutiny of your wings."

 

Chip turns back to the other pony who was asking for sword polish "Are you needing your blade polished or just wanting a container of polish? For the container of polish it will be thirty bottle caps," he stated to the pony.

Edited March 11, 2015 by Chip Circuit

[P-Jay 1,987]

when caliber heard thirty, his ears drooped. "oh. i only got four. is there anything i can help ya with?" he said, perking up again. "maybe find some things for your shop, maybe provide protection, mercenary, search party, anything, really." he looked back at him. "so! anything i can do for some sword polish?"

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

@Chip.

 

She asks right off, "What do you know about blueprints? I am trying yo build a weapon from one my dad found. It looks like enclave tech. Also do you have a high caliber energy rifle barrel?"

 

She goes over to the counter and sets the blueprints for the Novasurge Rifle on it. She then looks to chip.

Edited March 11, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[KlutsyDraconequus 120]

I went to bar after a bit. I didn't need sleep or food, but hey there was bound to be action at some point. I passed the corrugated doors and entered what passed for a bar in a raider stronghold. The filth was everywhere as the tables were kept minimally clean and the smells were full of a pungent body odor. My ghoulish senses were used to it anyway, I have no such judgement anyway. I noticed Crack Shot at a booth with Aile. "Hey, my friend. I heard the commotion you caused earlier. That was some doing eh?" I said laughing wholeheartedly now. "I would drink with you but alcohol has no effect on me. How unfortunate." I turned to look at Aile, "So you enjoying these accommodations dear?" As I left a part of my bodily fluids fell into her drink. "Oops. I guess you need a new one." Laughing as I walked away now. I moved to the bar counter and proceeded to talk with the bar tender.   

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip pulls his attention from the Pony who needed the sword polish walking over to the counter. "Unfortunately I just ran out of stock of high caliber energy rifle barrels. I'd love to say that I have more coming in but it's especially difficult to know for sure when my shipments from my sources keep getting ransacked. However I do know a lot when it comes to blueprints, hell that was practically my reading material when I was just a young colt." He bragged jokingly.

 

While approaching his counter he looked over the Pegasus who set the blueprint on the counter noticing that her cutie mark has a wrench on the foreground of it. A small grin appears on his face as he rounds the corner of the counter. Chip sets himself in front of the plans pulling a lamp closer so he can read it clearly. He scans the blueprint carefully looking over every inch of the paper. "This is very interesting, I've heard of the Novasurge rifle before but have never seen one before." Chip states as he begins to lean in closer to Dashia.

 

Chip uses his magic to shut the door of his shop, locking just one lock. As another precaution he begins to slide earmuffs on the Pegasus who was needing sword polish using his magic to keep them in place while he turns back to the female Pegasus. Chip's demeanor suddenly changes, he doesn't seem his easy going self anymore. "I know you two are together I saw you with a few others before you came into Ponyville. So I have to ask though, how did your father find this? This blueprint is suppose to be confidential, something that the Enclave would keep locked up. You could find yourself an enemy of the Enclave if they discover you have this. I for one could care less, but I just feel it fair to clue you in on what kind of trouble you could run into" He warned Dashia in a hushed tone.

 

Chip then straightened his posture returning to his usual attitude "So while I still have the third party's ears covered, what is it you need to know of the blueprint?" He asks of the Pegasus while his horn is still a glow from holding onto the earmuffs, While in In the background the deafened Pegasus still attempts to remove the earmuffs.

[Unicorncob 5,687]

Crackshot watched the overly friendly stallion exit the bar, making a mental note to get him and Persuasion acquainted next time he saw him.

 

After another hearty swig of whiskey, the ghoul returned to the bar and addressed his little display.

"You're not the only one with connections," he grunted, glancing down at his bottle, and said nothing else on the matter.

 

He noticed some of the ghoul's...fluids, had dripped into the poor mare's drink. He was almost tempted to treat her to a fresh one, on the grounds that he himself hated when his drink was ruined.

 

As he waited for Aile to speak - no doubt she was as shocked as he was when that stranger popped up - he watched the ghoul walk up to the bar, wondering what he was up to since he obviously didn't want a drink.

[Defender of Tomorrow 323]

Aile watched as another stallion walked through the bar, he seemed very out of place given his current facial expression and movement. His ridiculous smile and greeting to all the ponies in the vicinity made him look very naive. The way he tossed the coins and demanded a drink so casually could almost make you believe he ran the damn place, unfortunately the bartender didn't agree with his conduct and muttered a few words under his breath. Aile groaned softly as she saw him coming their way, placing his hoof around crackshot, big mistake. Crackshot promptly introduced him to reality, his mouth spewing out his built up frustration. The stallion didn't understand the gravity of the situation and shook it off with his own set of witty remarks before leaving.

 

"Some ponies, huh?" Aile said to crackshot with a still unimpressed expression on her face, she was use to ponies of his forte, careless and unrealistically optimistic. Moments later the creepy ghoul pony came in, he was much more calm and friendly, however the bit of bodily fluid that fell into the drink was not something she'd seen before and her face contorted with disgust. "Good thing I don't drink.." she said as she pushed away the drink slowly, careful not to spill the awful concoction. "What?" Aile said as she took notice to Crackshot staring at her, or perhaps staring at Her pendant. 

[P-Jay 1,987]

"ok, so, ill check around to make sure that your the only one with sword polisher" caliber said, and kinda hopped/ran out the door. he was walking around when he heard the click of a gun behind him. caliber immediately turned around and looked at the guy. "hey." he said, all tones of goofiness gone. "whatcha got there?"

 

"its called a gun." the pony replied. "not a very good one, at that." caliber remarked. "hell, i bet i 30 caps i could-"

"shut up." the thief replied. "or ill shoot. alls you got is a sword. now give me everything of value." "oh?" caliber said. "then you wouldn't mind if i just...pulled it out?" the air rippled as he swished the sword out of its sheath.

 

"im warning you, hobo!" calibers gaze darkened. "what did you call me?" he asked in a small, quiet voice. he started walking over to the bandit. "i am not a hobo. nor will i ever be. i am a traveler. an adventurer." the thief shot. caliber side-stepped, and sunk his sword into the thief's neck. caliber stared into his eyes. "i told you it was a shitty gun." he said as he watched the life drain out the thief's eyes. when the body slumped to the ground, caliber searched it. "tch! only 3 caps? i see why he tried to rob me." he pocketed the loot. "oh, well." he walked back to the shop. "no sword polish!"

 

(just to show yall how strong he is, which is being able to dodge bullets of low power. but he cant dodge like, a sniper bullet. or a magnum. if he needs to be toned down, just say so.)

[Unicorncob 5,687]

@@Defender of Tomorrow

 

"Huh?" Crackshot grunted, shaking his head a bit, "Nothing, I was starting to think you needed another drink." He glanced toward the door, then to the near-empty whiskey bottle. "Because I know I do, after that."

 

He then looked toward the bar, more specifically the ghoul chatting to the bartender, and added in a lower voice, "I'm also wondering about the ghoul. He said he doesn't drink, so why is he here?"

[Sekhayet 253]

Offer him services in trade.[\i] The buzzing returns but not the pain. Broken getsbto his feet an is thankful his helmet can hide his expression. When the pony inserts his feather, he decides to follow the voice's command; it doesn't seem out of order.

 

While he decides how to address the subject, a cheerful stallion walks in and out of the door after a whirlwind of talk. However, the pegasus mare left behind seems more normal. Her possession of blueprints for powerful weaponry does not bother him.

 

"Ah... I am not with her group. We are just coincidentally in the same place."

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chips expression changes once again once he learns the two Pegasi were not in a group together. He looks at the Pegasus mare "I am so sorry I only assumed," he looks back at the Pegasus colt while using his magic to set a basic double barrel shotgun on the counter. "That was my mistake, so I will let you take this shotgun Free of charge. For you bringing my rifle back to me as well as you forgetting what you just heard. This shotgun is of decent quality and good condition. Or if you're still wanting to offer your services i can provide a better gun after tge task is complete. So what's it going to be?" He questions the colt.

Edited March 12, 2015 by Chip Circuit

[Midnight_Aurora 571]

Dashia says, "It is no worry. I have been alone for some time. He found it in a old enclave ruin. I understand it mostly but this part here. I have no clue what a mana condenser is. It looks to be part of the firing system."

 

Dashia puts the rifle stock and main core she already has for the blueprints on the counter next to the blueprints. She then asks, "Any good idea of a replacement barrel? The way it is drawn kind of reminds me of a heavily modified and miniaturized pulse cannon or AM Rifle."

 

She then hears about his shipments getting ransacked. She asks, "If I may ask, by who and where were they ransacked?"

Edited March 12, 2015 by Midnight_Aurora

[Chip Circuit 1,842]

Chip looks down at the parts, soon turning his attention back to the Pegasus mare "Honestly it doesn't surprise me that you don't know what a Mana Condenser is. It's a piece of Enclave tech that was created specifically for certain guns, the Novasurge being one. It's a device that once the trigger is compressed pulls the mana from the power core, condensing it as the name suggests. Once the condenser is at its mana capacity, all that mana is then released. This process is what causes the beam to be more lethal as well as why it is orange. As to the barrel, I don't see why you can't use a replacement barrel. Being that the beam from the Novasurge is more focused then most other rifles, I'd say the barrel for a plasma rifle would work best as a replacement. Other Barrels may burn up and catastrophically fail, which is never a good thing with any magical energy weapons," He lectured almost seeming to enjoy talking about weapons rather then just selling them.

 

Chip redirects his attention under his counter and pulls out a rolled up piece of paper. Setting the paper on the counter he unrolls it revealing that it is a map of the Equestria Wasteland. Chip drops his hoof with the the end of it right below Old Appleoosa "If you actually have an interest in dealing with my ransacked shipments, then this is were my shipments come out of. My contact resides there because there aren't as many Ponies in that region, unfortunately a band of raiders decided to set up a small settlement on the south-side of the road. Where exactly and who is doing this I'm not fully sure, I only know what my contact has shared with me. Now to sweeten the deal I was suppose to have a Mana Condenser in one of my previous shipments, if you're lucky if you find the raiders you might find that part. Seeing how not many Ponies know what a mana condenser is let alone how to use it, then it may still be in one piece." Chip explained as he rolled the map back up.