Oh hey, a caravan.
CONVENIENT.
Now I can enter Arefu with a few stimpacks and some slightly less broken items.
Well, according to the sign, this is the place!
FINALLY.
Haha, I can see the houses!
And nothing has attacked me yet!
THIS IS WONDERF-
OSHIT AN EXPLOSION
I'M UNDER ATTACK AAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Oh wait maybe it was just a misunderstanding.
...Uh, who are you?
Uh okay sure if you insist.
I am not sure I should trust a guy who just threw a grenade at me for very little reason.
But, eh, he seems nice enough.
I'm, err, here to deliver some mail.
...Because, you know, mail's important.
Bigger problems than the mail system?
BLASPHEMY
That is a lot of metaphor in one sentence.
...So, what exactly are "they" doing?
Hmmm. That definitely sounds bad.
I could look into getting rid of them for you.
Yeah, okay, I could do that for you.
Well, I guess I'd better just go knock on this here door and make sure that the people aren't dead or drowning in the shower or something.
Fall what?
No, Evan King or whoever just sent me over here to make sure you weren't dead.
...You... aren't dead, right?
Okay, thank you.
Woah okay I did
not expect that kind of politeness whiplash.
It is like a just stepped into a whole different politeness
dimension
Anyway, your sister/wife/girlfriend/friend/whatever let me in.
Well, that isn't very nice.
The fuck I am here for is making sure you aren't dead.
...Are you?
I really hope that's a figure of speech.
I really,
really hope it is.
"The Family"? Is that what the gang is called?
Hmm. I'll keep that in mind.
Who are they, exactly?
So they were able to kill a few cows. Who cares? I could probably kill a bunch of cows using my bare fists.
...Anyway, since you seem to be okay, I'll just be going now...
Geez, no need to be so rude about it.
You know what? I'm going to talk to your wife. At least
she was nice.
Nice to meet you.
I like that you aren't swearing at me.
Wha-
...What yard?
...Uh
...Are you... how can I put this politely...
...Crazy?
...Yeah I'll just be going now.
Uh, yeah. Begonia garden. I'll, err, keep that in mind.
Well, that was... weird.
Hopefully this next house will be a little more sane.
Will Firebreak.
Evan King sent me to make sure that you aren't dead.
Okay.
Hey, no politeness whiplash this time!
I like this house better.
Hello Karen.
So... you doing okay? Not dead?
...I could nip the problem in the bud or whatever for you.
I'm good at solving problems.
Sounds like you aren't really a fan of him.
Well, he
is standing guard outside the town, so he seems to at least be planning to do something if they come back again.
Anyway, I have to go check on the third and final house.
Hey, way to try and make me feel guilty.
I don't even know what you want me to
do!
Just one more house. The West house. I think this is the house I'm supposed to give the letter to.
So far, the Family doesn't seem like all
that much of a threat. It sounds like they are just a bunch of guys trying to
act tough.
They'll probably just get scared off after a few shots. After all, it isn't like they
killed anyone ye-
-oh god what is this
What happened here!?
Well, shit, looks like Lucy's family is dead.
...I guess the Family is a bit more of a threat than I thought...
I should go tell Evan King about this!
...Although, I am really tired...
Well, it isn't like dead people are going to mind me napping on their beds.
*ONE SHORT REST LATER*
I feel completely refreshed! It is as if all my bullet wounds have
magically faded away!
Uh yeah actually, no.
The West family is completely dead.
You know, I could-
Son?
...No, there were only the bodies of two older people.
Okay, I can do that.
I do have to deliver this letter, after all.
I will investigate those places.
Don't worry, I'll make sure the Family suffers the consequences of their actions.
I think I will start by checking the Cinema.
Astonishingly, nothing is ambushes me on my way there.
FOR ONCE.
Hmm. Looks like this place is empty.
I suppose I might as well check the Northwest Whatever Station next.
Hmmm. It looks like the station is across this river.
I could walk all the way around but I think I'll take the shortcut.
GERONIMO
Thank goodness for all those Vault swimming lessons.
...I do some seriously crazy stuff sometimes.
But hey, that's what makes life interesting.
Well, here's the station.
Hopefully they'll be in here somewhere.
I wonder what purposes these tunnels served before the war.
They look like Vaults, but I don't think they were meant to function like Vaults.
Oh look, a dead body.
It doesn't look anything like Lucy or her dead parents, so it probably isn't Ian.
Still, that might be evidence that the Family is around here somewhere.
Huh?
That wooden door is in suspiciously good condition.
IT MUST BE OPENED
Gah! What the
fu-
...Oh, it's another ghoul. Okay, I need to try harder to be
polite this time. I don't want to piss this guy off like I did the other guy.
I don't think he's a member of the Family, though. The residents of Arefu probably would have mentioned if they were ghouls.
Secrets? What secrets?
Ultra what?
That's okay, I still have no idea what you are talking about.
...What's jet?
Uh, okay, sure.
I still don't have any idea what it is you're making, though.
Sugarbombs?
Like... the candy?
Well okay.
I guess I'll give you sugarbombs if I find any.
Now, I'm just going to check out your laboratory here, if you don't mind...
Aha! A tunnel!
Perhaps
this leads to the Family!
A cave, huh?
Those are fairly common hiding places. In all the comic books I've read, at least.
Aha! A brahmin corpse!
As we already know,
the Family kills brahmin!
Therefore, they must be located somewhere around- wait what's that noise
OH GOD WHAT IS THAT THING
IT IS LIKE SOME KIND OF BLUE SHELLED MONSTER
I MUST SHOOT IT
...I have no idea what this thing is.
Hmmm... what kinds of strange creature names have I heard mentioned to me recently...
Moira mentioned something about "mirelurks". This might be one of those.
Oh my goodness here comes another one
DIE MIRELUUUUUUURK
Hopefully that's the last I'll see of
those.
I wonder what other dangers are in this cave.
Huh? A tripwire?
Obviously a trap. I'll just set it off and then run away and see what happens.
Sounds like something is falling...
Hmmm. Activating the tripwire caused a bunch of grenades to fall.
I'd say I'm getting rather close to the Family.
Looks like the cave leads back into a station.
I should proceed with caution.
Hmmm... dead Mirelurks...
Well, if the Family's not here,
someone is.
Land mines, huh.
I'm getting kind of sick of those.
And... is that a
bear trap?
Geez, talk about over-doing security.
And a pitching machine.
How threatening.
Huh? A baby carriage?
Sounds like it's crying. Who would leave a baby way out here like this?
I should go over and help it before-
-Holy shit THAT'S NO BABY
Goddamn.
These traps are
devious.
Hey, someone's over there!
Maybe it's a member of the Family!
I'm, uh, just exploring.
Really.
Uh okay got it.
Hmm. Looks like this really is the base of the family.
However, I doubt they'd just
let me in. They might if I ask
reaaaaally nicely though. Looks like I have to make a choice.
Should I:
A. Fight my way in?
B. Stealthily stealth my way in?
or
C. Try to talk my way in?
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CHOICE.
(I am implying that you guys should vote on this.)
