Home on the Wastes (A Fallout RolePlay) (closed, ended)

[Voidrunner]

Night Owl nodded as Lucius arrived beside him and spoke to him in whispers.

"Not bad at sneaking around for Legion, most of your boys never make it past Bravo when the try to cross the river in those rafts." Finished with his customary mockery of the Legion, Night Owl moved on to more serious matters.

"If things go downhill, these tribals will be all over Knox and the others in that tent if we can't distract them first, the moment we see anything going wrong we need to jump out and make as much noise as possible, the snipers should be able to take it from there."

 

[PixelKing]

Alex pulled his knife just in case and crept forward. He saw knox stood outside and awaited a signal. Alex put his blade next to him and pulled his rifle, he aimed near enough to knox that no matter how fast a tribal was, his laser would be faster.

 

[Acier]

"Hello, we're a band of travelers. My name is Demeter and this is Ethan. The one outside is Knox. We are looking for something, can you help us?"

 

[Sviests]

Earlier

"Thanks, much apreciated pal." He said and put on the glasses. "Not, bad, actually better." he said and chuckled.

Now

"But... but.. what about me? *sigh* I guess I'll be here just in case some one needs fixin'."

 

[lemiel14n3]

-----Tribe----

The man with the horned headdress chuckled a bit under his breath, "And what exactly are you looking for?"

The one with the hatchets spkoe up. "shaman, you can't be serious, they were with the caravan we attacked, their friends killed so many of our own.

The one with the big headdress was stunned. his young son was among those who had not returned from the ill fated raid. "What!? he turned to the shaman as well, Wahkan, there is no reason to allow them to live."

The shaman raised his hands, "Mingan, Samoset; calm yourselves, they have not attacked us, what would you say to the gods if you attacked them in cold blood." He looked back at Demeter. "Tell me child, what is it you are looking for?"

The chief shook his head, "you cannot be considering this."

 

[c_westerman13]

nodding silently to acknowledge the order, Chaz continued to look down the scope of his rifle. Noticing Knox's armour standing outside of the largest tent, he assumed that that was the tent the leader resided in. Chaz lined up his sights on the tribal stood behind Knox, just waiting for things to get hairy.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

"Things seem to be going well, no shots... yet. I wonder what is inside that building."

He said talking to himself

 

[Acier]

Demeter sensed the tension in the room. "We're sorry we only acted in self defense. We're looking for some files in the building you have occupied. It is all we need, we will leave once we have it and never bother you again."

 

[lemiel14n3]

-----Tribe-----
The chief stood forward, "That's not good enough, my son was in the raid, and now he won't come back, Mingan himself told us, the ones left behind were dead, no survivors. And now there aren't enough warriors to collect for the ceremony. our defenses are weakened and we will have to take desperate steps to survive the coming months."

The shaman remained seated, but gripped his staff, ready to stand. "The chief makes a good point, even though you have not attacked us now, according to our fine warrior, there are many who died at your hands, though we killed none of yours." Propping himself up with his cane he lifted himself into a standing position. "Perhaps a show of good faith on the part of your companions, you help us, and you can enter the building that watches over us."

As he finished a large magpie flew in through the hole in the tent which the smoke from the fire was lifting out of. The bird landed on the cane, positioning itself on the wooden staff and facing Ethan and Demeter, before letting out a loud shrill Tok at them, and turning to the shaman, a series of tittering crys emitting from its beak.

"Ah ha, of course... tell me young one, how do you feel about radscorpions?"

-----Ethan-----
Ethan pointed at the bird that had landed on the shamans cane, totally at a loss for words. "umm... you've got a... bird, there."

 

[Acier]

"I've had some experience dealing with them before, and I'm sure my companions wills be comfortable."

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

"Chaz... Chaz."

he said as quietly as he could but still get his atention

"I dont like this... It's taking too long. If we dont get a signal one way or another soon we may need to regroup with the others not in the camp. Give it another few minuts though."

 

[lemiel14n3]

-----Tribe-----
Well, once a year we hold a ceremony, I have learned the secret of creating the drink we share as a tribe. The main ingredient is the venom of the radscorpions. There is a large group of them in the valley nearby, among them is a large one, colored white. I have seen that its venom holds much power. Ordinarily I would send our own warriors, but thanks to you, we do not have many to send. We need the venom of that scorpion, get it for me, and I will give you my blessing."

 

[Acier]

Demeter gave a small bow. "Thank you, we will do this as quickly as possible." She turned to leave the valley. "Well that went better than expected she said the Ethan and Knox as they headed towards the group.

 

[lemiel14n3]

I don't know, it looked like that chief wanted to rip us apart. I wonder what he'd say if we said there was a survivor. But anyway, it certainly could have gone worse, all we've got to do is go kill a scorpion. But is it just me or did that bird give him advice?"

As they walked out of the campsite, Ethan waved at the snipers, then waved them down, to show them that everything was all right and to meet up again outside of the camp.

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

"Damn I was looking forward to some action."

he said as he folded his Bi-pod and threw the AMR over his back. He then shuffled down the hill to meet the group

 

[Voidrunner]

Night Owl saw the situation in the camp seemed to be resolved and his companions were leaving.

"Surprising, I thought only death would come of this, maybe there is some hope left for the wastes," wondered Night Owl as he left his crouched position and moved up to join the rest of the group.

"So are we allowed into Robco now? Or are we about to sent on some fools errand?"

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

"The Legion does not sneak often, I will admit, but there are times where we must be at the right place at the right time. That is where Legionaries such as me come in," Lucius responded to Night Owl's "compliment". He none-the-less nodded in agreement as Night Owl talked about what they would do should the situation turn bad.

Lucius was surprised when he saw Ethan and Demeter exit the tent in the tribal camp and waved the rest of the group in. He hesitated slightly longer than Night Owl before getting up, but it seemed like the tribals were not interested in gaining revenge upon the group. At least not now. So the Legionary followed the NCR sniper over into the camp, still wary and glancing around at the tribals.

 

[PixelKing]

Alex lifted his knife and holstered it and then swang his rifle over his shoulder. "What do we need to do?" he said with a ar of impatiance.

 

[c_westerman13]

Chaz stood up from his firing position, slightly disappointed at the lack of action. "So, what do they want us to do?"

 

[lemiel14n3]

"Apparently there are a bunch of Radscorpions over the horizon there. The shaman and his bird want us to kill a big white one and bring him the tail."

As he and the group were talking a small crowd of people from the village began to gather at the edge of town, a few yards away from the group. The crowd was mostly made up of children, always the first to adjust to the initial shock of change. The kids stood a ways away from the group talking among themselves in hushed and awed tones, they seemed particularly amazed at Knox and Alex's armor, the two wearing the first examples of power armor the secluded tribal village had ever seen.

A little distance from the crowd stood some of the children's very worried mothers. They were well aware of children's tendencies to take foolish risks out of that invigorating combination of excitement and naivety. The mothers stood and clucked among each other, pondering what the intentions of House's group might be, and whether they would be a risk to the children; ready to scoop up the kids in their arms and away from the armed team if they suspected any risk.

Spoiler: art so far

Spoiler: Ethan

Spoiler: Knox

Spoiler: Dead Eye

Spoiler: Lucius

Spoiler: Alex