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(Grant) “ i shot her. before it could…”
[Prompt]
It seemed almost surreal, just how quiet and serious Chase was in the moment. He made no attempt to smile or joke, but instead simply nodded, not making eye contact with the other man.
"It was a mercy," he said finally, still not looking at Grant as he stood from his spot and made his way to the entrance of their hideaway, making sure none of the feral ghouls they had been running from had sniffed them out yet.
(Starling) “ i mean, y’know, if you’re agreeable to it.”
[Prompt]
Chase mulled over the offer for a moment. It wasn't as though having a chat with the super mutants would result in them leaving the farm alone (he had tried on multiple occasions and it never worked) and the muties had already done more than enough damage to warrant a violent response.
"I'm in," he said with a bright smile.
“Why were you wearing that stupid mask anyway?”
[Prompt]
“It’s not a stupid mask,” Chase countered, a frown settling on his face as the stupid mask in question dangled from his fingers. “It was a gift, first of all, which makes you sound like an ass, by the way. Secondly, the feral ghouls won’t bother you if you’re wearing it. Cause you look and smell like them, so they think you’re one of them. Kind of like how they don’t mess with regular Ghouls.”
To prove his point, Chase pulled the grotesque mask back over his own head, and started towards a group of ferals. He walked through the middle of them, only receiving a few curious sniffs from a few before he headed back, completely unharmed.
“See? Makes going through places like this a piece of cake! And the mask isn’t hard to make and repair either, as long as you don’t mind some crafting with dead ghouls,” he said, tucking the mask back into his bag. “When you get your ass eaten by ferals because you were a jerk and thought my mask was stupid, don’t come crying to me.”
(Starling) “How did you find out?”
[Prompt]
“Oh, my parents never kept it a secret that I was adopted,” he said with a shrug, absent-mindedly doodling in the dirt with the toe of his boot. “Besides, it was kind of obvious - they were Ghouls, I wasn’t. A little difficult to play off. They were great, though. Always let me ask questions and learn new things, made sure I knew how to protect myself, how to feed myself, all the survival basics. I really miss ‘em.”
“ i think you should jump out the window to save me the trouble of killing you.” (maybe he was trespassing? otherwise it could be said to someone else lol)
[Prompt]
“If I didn’t think your pups would catch me like a frisbee, I would have thrown myself way earlier than now,” he replied with a weak laugh from his precarious spot: half upside down, the blood rushing to his face, just barely off the ground enough to face the Ghoul but not be grabbed and dragged around by the dogs who had been barking for the past five minutes to alert their owner of the trespasser.
“In my defense, I didn’t think anyone lived here and I was just passing through. I haven’t taken anything. Swear.”
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Holly stood at the screen door, peering out at the man as he spoke. While Jake was still a kid, she found herself trusting his judge of character, and was fairly certain that he wouldn't have sent some shithead up to bother her. She pushed the door open, and waved him up the steps, "Yeah, I got a pile of 'em. Keep 'em inside so the weather don't ruin 'em. Come on in."
The relief was clear on the man’s face as he headed up the steps towards the cabin door, happy to have found the right place to begin with and even happier that the trader was willing to let him peruse. The porch already gave him a homier feel - shelves and boxes of doohickeys and whatnots aplenty, much like how his parents had stored their scavenged finds before they had a chance to sort through it all - and the trader herself seemed nice enough.
“Do you happen to sort the books by what they’re about, or do you just kind of keep them all together?” Chase asked, peering around curiously once he was inside and his eyes got used to the dimmer lighting.
The first thing that caught his eye were the shelves of stuffed animals staring at him, some of them wearing glasses, others wearing ill-fitting hats or little outfits. A bright grin crossed his face and he was immediately enamored with the toys, stepping closer to give each of them a better look. Any response the trader had to his earlier question would likely fall on deaf ears now.
“Look at these little guys,” he cooed, and did his best to resist the urge to touch every single one of them, instead tapping his fingers on his thighs as he continued to look them over. “I’ve never seen so many different kinds! Did you find all of them yourself?”
“ want me to hold your hand?”
[Prompt]
The mocking tone was either lost on or ignored by the merc, who reached out and grasped Mason’s hand within his own, eyes wide with childlike wonder as the entered the Combat Zone.
“Why have you never brought me here before?” Chase asked, tearing his eyes away from the brawl long enough to glance at Mason before turning back as a particularly pained scream came from the cage and a cheer rippled through the crowd.
“This place is great!”
(Starling) “ find what you wanted?”
[Prompt]
“No, the roof back there was caved in so everything inside was wet from the last storm that came through,” he replied with a frown, dusting off his shoulders and chest from where he had squeezed past a few toppled bookcases in the hopes of finding more books to haul back with them.
“But that’s okay, we can always check the next store we come across.”
(Slim) “ i don’t want to do it.”
[Prompt]
The mercenary pouted.
That was the only way to truly describe the expression on his face: pouting. Completely dejected, as if he were a puppy kicked. Instead of letting out the whine that had set up camp in the back of his throat, Chase let out a disappointed sigh instead and flopped down on the worn bench, kicking absentmindedly at the gravel as he thought about what else the two of them could do. Coming up empty-handed, he looked up at Slim and shrugged.
“Well, what do you want to do, then?”
“ hey, what about this one? you seen this one before?”
[Prompt]
Chase looked over at the trader and squinted at the comic in her hands. The cover was too dark to decipher from where he stood, so he made his way to her and reached for the book so he could get a better view.
“Deep Sea.... Terror?” Chase read aloud, brows furrowing slightly. He moved the comic so the light in the room better showed the cover and shook his head.
“No, I haven’t seen this one before. How much for this one?”
“ hello? is anybody there?”
[Prompt]
“Hello. My name’s Chase,” he called out, and offered the trader a smile and a wave once she spotted him.
“There’s a kid selling stuff at the trade stands,” he started, motioning vaguely to the market area of Tidings as he did, “who said I should come look for you if I wanted to buy books. I’m pretty sure his name was Jake? He said he was only selling electronics today, but that you’d have books for sale here, so... I was hoping I could look at them, if that’s okay.”
“ hey, why don’t you get dressed? i wanna go grab something to eat.”
[Prompt]
“Yeah? What were you thinking?” Chase asked, getting up from where he had slept on the couch and pulling on a pair of pants as he searched for his shirt. “I’m famished. So long as it’s not mirelurk, I’ll be happy.”
“ we came all the way out here, might as well check it out.”
[Prompt]
All his excitement had drained from his face the moment the two had located the building: it was downright dilapidated. Even if they could get inside, the likelihood of them finding anything salvageable was slim to none.
“Yeah, you’re right,” he agreed with a small nod, although his heart didn’t seem to be in his response. “Maybe we’ll find something cool.”
(Grant) “Are you trying to rob me, or just annoy me?”
[Prompt]
Chase stopped midsentence and furrowed his brows at the man, clearly caught off guard by the question. He wasn’t sure if the man was joking or not, but he didn’t want to get off on the wrong foot.
“I mean... if I was going to rob you... I’d... well, I’d have a gun pointed at you or something. So... I guess, I’m... just annoying you?”
“ i didn’t think there was anything to the story.”
[Prompt]
“Yeah, but that’s why we have to investigate,” he countered, taking a swig of his cherry Nuka-Cola and giving Ezra a moment to reply to his eagerness.
(Starling) “ i don’t see anything scary. do you?”
[Prompt]
“Um... there’s one of those space monkey toys sitting on a toilet reading a newspaper,” he called from down the hall, exiting the bathroom and making a face of discomfort towards Starling.
“That’s... probably the scariest thing I’ve seen in a few months.”
(Slim) “ i think it was blood.”
[Prompt]
“Oh. Okay.” Silence fell between the pair and Chase looked at Slim expectantly, as if waiting for the other man to continue on. When Slim seemed rooted to the ground, Chase scooted past him in the narrow hallway to poke his head inside the next room and see what all the fuss was about.
“Wow, that is a lot of blood,” he mused aloud, sounding almost impressed. After giving the room a thorough once-over on sight alone, Chase moved back into the hallway and shot Slim a thumbs up and an encouraging smile.
“Whatever lost that much blood is definitely dead, so I don’t think we need to worry about that,” his smile faltered slightly as he continued, “oh, but we should probably worry about what might have caused that much blood loss...”