private Helping a stranger in need (FO:E)

[Ranger22 179]

Nuclear commented on my quote before focusing his attention back on Chain. Huh I guess he is learning a thing or two. My attention was refocused on Gypse as she made a comment about crowbar. "Remember Pegasus you're the one traveling with us not the other way around. I can show respect well enough, but if crowbar insist on acting like a deranged chimpanzee I will not do so." I retorted to Gupse before looking at nuclear and chain talking about hunger pangs. "Chain cram is literally dog food, meaning those were given to diamond dogs back before the war. If you insist on eating food do just eat mine." I said with a laugh as I pulled out one of my ration bars. "Taste could be better but it will keep you full and it's full of nutrients."

[Yoshikupo 302]

"never mind I would rather have a ration bar, and I will have you know that Cram is tofu in the shape of a block meant to survive a nuclear apocalypse and by my thinking it passed, it does not have to taste good if it fills your stomach" he said and after he dropped that useless knowledge bomb he went over to hazel "do you have more or do I have to eat the tofu"

 

(in my mind since there ponies any thing that is meat is now tofu or something else, my mind just instantly goes to tofu as a substitute for meat btw also cram=spam so I used my own useless knowledge bomb!)

Edited July 7, 2015 by Yoshikupo

[Cherry_Bloom 165]

Gypsy Rose snorted and set shine down next to chain then opened her wings and zoomed over landing in front of him. " what is your problem with me?" She stretched her wings open. " these? You don't like pegasi? Why? " she asked closing them again. She tried to calm down. "I've been nothing but kind to you."

[Ranger22 179]

"Well that's how it is out east, the companies probably would have a fun time in the court if Ya know the mega spells didn't drop." I checked my compartment for my bar count. "To be honest ones enough to fill you for a good portion of the day if not the whole one. How do you think I traveled from coast to coast without starving." I jokingly stated as I handed him another one. Gypse finally got fed up with my pegasi comments and put her hoof down. "I don't have any problem with you personally, but your race turned your back on us during the war. Two hundred years of living safe in the clouds kinda makes us ground dwellers resent the pegasi. Them coming down to purge us in a war didn't help my opinion either so I apologize if I have not been accommodating." (I believe I got this information from the original fanfic. Cram varies between stories so yours is as good as mine.)

Edited July 7, 2015 by Ranger22

[Cherry_Bloom 165]

Gypse Rose sighed softly and nodded. " it's alright... You're right you know. The way the pegasi then decided to abandon earth bound ponies was despicable. But I wasn't one of them. I'm here on the ground even now trying to do my best to help out. So I'd appreciate not being treated like am enemy. Thank you. "

[Ranger22 179]

Gypse was right, I've let past organizations and history cloud my judgement too many times. Loosing troops is never easy, but it's easier to lay blame on a race then an organization. I guess that's one thing the ponies in the war forgot to do. I recalled the countless amounts of propaganda displaying zebras in stereotypical mannerisms. I cringed at how the many ponies including myself shared that sentiment. "I've understood the truth for a while Gypse. It's harder to accept it when I've been at it for so long. So thank you for reminding me."

[Cherry_Bloom 165]

Gypse Rose smiled softly and lightened up then nodded. "No harm done." She said cheerfully then looked around at the rest of the group. " so. Am I staying with shine or am I going to the factory with the rest of the group? " she asked softly wanting to help however she could.

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

"Chain, the side effects are minor, as long as you are not allergic to the medicine." Hazmat grabbed Chain's fore leg and shined Chain's pipbuck light in his eyes to see them better "Do you have blurred vision or does the light irritate your eyes." He said before looking back at Hazel and Gypse. "Hey, after I'm done checking on Chain, do any of you know where I can clean this blood off my face? I don't think have Junkie blood splattered over my face is healthy." He then remembered that he hadn't eaten since Yesterday morning, as his home was attacked before he could have lunch.

Edited July 7, 2015 by NCR Veteran Ranger

[Yoshikupo 302]

"now that I think about it my eyes do seem to add a bit of blur to things, but that may be because that light is to close and I don't have my glasses on" Chain said putting his fore leg down and levitating his glasses to him "I used to not need these but..." he stopped himself again "banner" he said under his breath putting his glasses on

[Gloomfury 243]

Meanwhile, Crowbar made it to the factory before the others. He had already taken out the robots guarding the lower evil of the factory without a lot pf problems. Other then getting a shot a few times and having to repair his gun when he was done. Those armor piercing rounds really dose a number on his guns barrel.

 

He was now sitting at a desk near the front door cleaning it while he waited for the others.

[Cherry_Bloom 165]

Gypse Rose offered a rag and some water to hazmat then headed off towards the factory feeling like she wasn't helping the situation any. She hosted her pack back up into her back as she trotted along quietly. Upon reaching the factory she carefully peeked inside and looked surprised seeing Crowbar sitting there calmly cleaning his gun. She walked inside and looked around seeing various destroyed robots. " looks as though the others and I are late to the party. "

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

Hazmat cleaned off his face and said "Well we should get to the factory. Hazel, stay with Chain and make sure he isn't experiencing any symptoms." He said, pulling Chain to his feet. He pulled out another cigarette, put it in his mouth and was about to light it but then looked at the filly. He sighed and put the cigarette and his the lighter away.

[Yoshikupo 302]

"I don't like smokers" Shine said to Chain "I didn't think you would know that, I mean you didn't know that bad words" "my dad does it in front of me sometimes" Chain sighed "well when we get to novac then you will have a better family" Shine nodded and hugged Chain "I hope your right" "I hope I'm right"

[Gloomfury 243]

"Pretty much." He said without looking away from cleaning his gun. "But robots ain't that heard to kill. Just aim for the eyes or whatever they're called." When he was done cleaning he put his gun back together and leaned back in his chair. He reached into his bad and pulled out his own pack of cigarettes. He placed  one in his mouth and lit it with a copper colored lighter.

 

He took a long drag of it and let out a long stream of smoke. He the stood up and out his shotgun on his back again. "I'm gonna head upstairs, you guys loot the place for anything good. I'll come back when I'm done and take these rust buckets apart so we can sail them for scrap metal. There's good money in scrap." He then head for the stares the top floor.

 

A few minutes later the sound of his shotgun could be heard following the sound of metal hitting the ground.

[Cherry_Bloom 165]

 

Gypse Rose nodded. " OK then.. " she said as she began to look around grabbing anything they could use or sell or trade. *every pony seems so tense... They all just seem mad. I know we aren't exactly best friends but we really need to try and be more civil if we are going to work together and survive.* she thought quietly to herself.

Edited July 9, 2015 by Cherry_Bloom

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

"Alright, I guess I will go ahead of you three. See you there." Hazmat said before heading to the H&H tools.

 

Hazmat made it and entered the building, breathing heavily. "Damn Fiends... nearly shot me dead with those dang plasma rifles. oh... hey Gypse" He said noticing her, his neck had a plasma burn on it. He wrapped his bandanna around his neck to cover the burn. "How did you and Crowbar get here without running into any of those damn Junkies?" He asked before taking out a cigarette and smoking it. He saw an untripped trip wire. "This place is booby trapped..." He said under his breath. He used his ax to trip it and a shotgun fired and hit a wall. He looked into a flooded room with some destroyed robo-brains. 

[Cherry_Bloom 165]

Gypse shrugged. " I didn't run into any either. " she said then went over to him. " here let me help. " she took out some burn ointment and went to move his bandana so she could apply it to his wound. " yeah.. Theres a mine on the floor by the closet door in the next room. I was looking for a way to deactivate it without blowing myself up. "

[Gloomfury 243]

Crowbar shot a few more rounds into a protectron before it fell over. He bent done and took out its fusion batter and some energy cell and placed them in his bag. He blew some more smoke out his nose as he continued his sweep of the top floor. He deactivated a few trap along the way to the head office.

 

When he got there he found the safe. He then pulled out his screwdriver and some bobby-pins and got to picking the lock. Not even trying to hack the computer. After one try he opened the safe and put everything in his bag. After grabbing some cartons of cigarettes and pre-war bits he head for down stairs.

 

When he took another look downstairs he saw Rose putting ointment on Hazmats back. He didn't really pay it any mind. He kept checking everything till he saw a mine. He smirked and head for it. "I call dibs." He said as he got closer.  When he was near it it made two quick beeps before Crowbar it the top to disarm it, without even flinching. "My old man use to set up these things all around our town to keep raiders and mole rats and such away from our farms and houses. Very effective. SHE showed me hot to set them up. And they ain't heard to turn off." He slipped the mine into his bag and got back to sweeping.

[Ranger22 179]

I watched over both Chain and the filly both of whom are quite fragile in their current states. With Crowbar going ahead I was pretty sure a bunh of civilian grade automatons were going to do much but scuff his leather. Carefully treading my way to the factory I made sure Chain and dusk shine were in good distance. I gave off an annoyed groan as I saw the robots littered across the factory floor filled with smoking holes. These could have been worth more if they were reprogrammed not scrapped!! I sighed before I let my anger take control of me. Find paint and loot what else I could find yeah let that full my mind. Gypse was busy filling her saddlebags with random bits of broken electronics. She wasn't getting the more useful parts but I might as well let her have fun. I made sure Gypse was close to my two escortees before I wandered off into the depths of the factories first floor. I saw the remains of workstations and assembly lines that once created Equestrias electronics. Sadly most of them were rusted to hell if not outright smashed to pieces. I saw more of the protectrons laid to waste on the floor before I eyed a black skeleton down by the wall. The remains of a poor factory worker presumably working over time. I nearly left the poor soul to rot before I noticed an employee badge strangely still intact pinned to it. I pocketed the card before exploring the ruins farther. I eventually reached an employee only room. I opened the door to find a cute little lounge filled with a terminal on a desk besides some stained couches. The drawers in the room had nothing of value so I checked the terminal. The terminal was strangely unlocked, the owner designated to it was titled Horse. The data files were deleted entirely. With disappointed sigh I got up and accidently bumped into a file cabinet. To my surprise the cabinet stood its ground instead of the usual bob and shake. I tried to move the cabinet in a multitude of ways before sliding it to the left did the trick. Behind it was a flat terminal with a card slot on it. I pushed the power button and read the the introductionary text out loud. "If you are reading this then you are in need of a bomb shelter. Please enter identification be it card or code." I thought for a moment before pulling out the employee card and punching it in. "Welcome employee please hurry inside." I read before the wall with the screen groaned as it pulled apart. The darkness made it hard to see but I managed to make out the shape of a stairwell. I turned on my lamp light before descending into the darkness below.

[Nameless Knight 1,001]

"thanks" He said to Gypse. Once she finished he pulled the bandanna back over the burn. Hazmat saw Hazel and waved before walking over to a destroyed robot. Hazmat pulled out the magical microsfusion core with an annoyed look. There was a slug round lodged in the side. "Crowbar, you need to learn to be gentle with the merchandise." He said before taking the slug out of it. Hazmat stood up and looked at a shelf full of old books. He took one and opened it "Gulliver's travels...." He read a random page quietly. "interesting work of fiction" He said before putting the book back on the shelf. Hazmat wandered upstairs and found deactivated sentinel in one of the side rooms. Hazmat looked at it from all angles. He looked at the minigun and missile launcher. There was no way to see what is inside without breaking something. "Crowbar! can I borrow your crowbar!?" He yelled, he was planning to remove the back chestpiece, maybe see if he could reactivate it.

[Cherry_Bloom 165]

Gypse nodded. " you're welcome. " she said putting away the salve and going back to doing salvage work. She looked at chain and shine. " are you two alright? " she asked hoping they were. She worried about her new group of friends. " hey I found some comics. Do you like to read shine? "

[Gloomfury 243]

Crowbare was digging through some workers desks when he heard Hazmat calling him, asking if he could use his crowbar.After putting the good stuff in his back he head where he heard Mazmat calling him. "Sure, man." He pulled it from his belt and dropped it in his hoof. "I tell ya, I hate these things. They are really hard to kill. So I had to sneak up on it deactivate it. The reason why I didn't do that for the others is because I know a guy at the water pumping station around the NCR farms who can cut us a good deal on scrap metal. Five caps per scrap." He grinned.

 

Then his grin went to a slight frown. He tapped Hazmats shoulder. "Hey, thanks for making me stop going at the tin-can. Sometimes my anger gets the better of me. And I guys I should go say sorry to him as well."

[Yoshikupo 302]

Shine picked up and looked at the comics "I know how to read, my parents at least left me with things to read" "to answer your question we are ok. I just wish I could do something here but getting to know Shine more is good to, she actually had a friend once, she didn't tell me what happened to her but that may be touchy" Chain said as Shine started reading a comic called power ponies 

[Ranger22 179]

The stairs went on for a while, expected considering it was a fallout shelter. I found myself in a large underground room in considerably better condition then the factory up top. Racks filled with large quantities of food and medicine layer against the side. One terminal sat erringly on a desk just ready to be read. I stood as I tapped on the keypad going through the countless logs made by a pony named horse. It seems to be a relative of the famous robronco founder. I grimaced at the ramblings that filled the logs. Worry turned into despair and despair turned into anger. It eventually transcended into insanity. I shut off the terminal as I clenched my teeth in response. My ears twitched as I heard a groaning noise. A ghoul in a torn suit shambled towards me. It's eyes were dead and focused upon me. It was no longer the sensible if not brash pony it once was. I quickly turned around and gave it a strong buck as it charged at me. The pistons in my armored hooves impacted the ghouls neck, the sound of cracking bones was drowned out by the suits pistons kicking into gear. I began searching the room after I put the pony to rest. The shelter worked however radiation seeped through. Luckily for me it dissipated in the course of two hundred years. After a while of searching I found a wall with the words ( it should have been me ) sprayed on it. Looking down I saw the can of red paint. With a grin I lined my armor with the apple red ignoring the grim messages that filled the wall. I notices a keycard on the terminal desk I missed before. I pocketed it before I made my way back to the others. I was met with the group peacefully relaxing and even reading a few pre war books and comics. "You may want this Nuclear." I stated tossing the keycard with the word lucky 38 written on it."

[Yoshikupo 302]

"oh hey Hazel, pre war was so much better than now, I found an auto biography of a dragon named spike how served twilight sparkle" "I got this power ponies comic book" Shine added "I'm reading a part where the two help a baby phoenix grow up and let him free, it took over the book quite a bit but next chapter gets back to there original time" he said slightly skimming throw the book