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if you're still taking drawing requests, could we maybe get some Raul? a little Raul for little ol me? I love him purely bc he calls the player boss like a mafia goon. so silly to me
YESSS raul is so awesome and silly i love him!!!!!
The man- the thing?- loomed over him like a ghostly specter, loose, rotting flesh sagging in deep folds across narrow cheeks, stitched together in a horrible patchwork of scars and miscolored skin. The lips had peeled back to show a wide grimace of grayish teeth, and his eyes sunk so deep into his skull that only a tiny pinprick of light reflected outwards like a tiny pupil. He was dressed in an odd uniform of sorts; long red sleeves beneath a loose, once-white shirt that matched perfectly with his equally blood caked pants and cap. He looked similar to a ghoul, yet he moved and articulated like a person, standing calm and quiet even as Shaun tried to crawl away from him.
The man-shaped monster that stalks the wasteland has no defined name or person-hood, but it does have a long and unfortunate history.
Long before the fall of the Commonwealth it's body would be host to a memory named Nick Valentine, an abomination of real human consciousness trapped within the cold steel of machinery. Though often shunned due to the circumstances surrounding his creation, and doubting his own purpose as a mere experiment, he held onto his humanity by helping those who could not help themselves, and in time became a well-known figure of hope amongst the residents of Diamond City for many years.
Things did not change immediately upon meeting Nora, and when they did, it had only seemed for better.
The two of them possessed a special connection that saw them through the worst of their struggles. Both of them possessed memories of a different world, one that had been kinder to them then this one, but amidst the loss and confusion, they at least had an understanding of one another, a true sense of what the world had lost through its mutually assured destruction. Conversation between them was like speaking in your mother tongue; familiar subconscious,relaxing, something that he cherished even when the opinions they shared tended to drift uncomfortably far from one another. ...Or uncomfortably close.
While Nick held a lot of uncertainty towards himself, Nora never made it a point to disagree with such self-conscious notions. In fact, she often feed into his dysphoria with heavy questioning towards the nature of his identity, and what parts of the real Valentine he could still claim as his own, though never maliciously. She had simply helped to give him a reality check.
Finding Eddie Winter was supposed to finally put the real Nick Valentine to rest, and he trusted that Nora would help him accomplish that goal. But one day she just... disappeared, and after some time Deacon eventually came clean and said the Institute had killed her.
The surprise was short-lived, the heartbreak just as profound as it was two hundred years after losing jenny, and left without any other purpose Nick helplessly threw himself into his work.
Which eventually led him to Far Harbor, and the revelation of his true past.
When Nick came back Ellie thought he was acting strange. With how much the Commonwealth was changing, it was impossible for anyone to keep their head on straight, and he had been rather withdrawn ever since Nora, but after coming back to Diamond City he wouldn't talk to nearly anyone, and when he did he seemed.... confused, unable to keep up with conversation, names, or common events. At Ellie's suggestion he frequently wrote notes himself, reminders of dates, clients, locations... and recent events that he otherwise couldn't remember, though it did little to help.
Every day he seemed to get worse, acting completely normal at one moment, and then... like someone else entirely. He would go off on his own without any recollection as to what he did during that time, hiding things from himself, setting up traps or tricks for himself. It was too much for Ellie to deal with on top of everything that was going on, but she hadn't expected to be fired after all of that... and he didn't even have the decency to tell her to her face, just left her a sackful of caps and a note that said she had better be out of town by the time he got back. Shortly afterwards he was formally thrown out of the town on suspicion of Institute intervention.
For two years almost nobody could find him, and what he did within that time is unknown, even to himself. But he returned to Diamond City one final time, locking its inhabitants inside, unable to escape.
~Fact Sheet~
-Since Far Harbor established that Nick has limited memory space, Kellogg's memories are replacing his.
-Kellogg and Nick struggle for control over their now shared body, Nick is only semi-aware of the extent of Kellogg presence and actions.
-Deacon is taking advantage of this a bit cause Kellogg is getting results.
-Moe Cronin developed radiation poisoning from contaminated food and was kicked out of Diamond City when he showed signs of ghoulification. He had fled to Goodneighbor, which the Railroad operated out of on occasion. When Moe began to go feral Kellogg skinned him and crafted a disguise. Nick had tried to discard the costume before but always wakes up in it later.
-Currently, he is one of the very few people who are free to enter and exit Goodneighbor. This is important for later.
-He is help Shaun without Deacon's order or notice. This is also important.
-Kellogg remembers who Shaun is. Nick doesn't.
-Nick is still looking for Eddie Winters but for other reasons now.
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