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everydayyoulovemeless · 6 months

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This will most certainly be an incredibly strange ask, but I finished watching Predator recently, and was thinking, how would New Vegas or 4 companions react to having (with the help of their respective protagonist) killed one of them?

FNV Companion's Reactions To Having Killed One Of The Predators

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Boone finds them disgusting and would want to send in a report to the NCR just so they're aware of what's out there. They're a threat to the natural order of things, and if the Legion got a hold of one, the Mojave would be screwed. If anything, he'd want to try and find more so they could be turned into weapons for the battle at Hoover Dam. The whole ordeal would be another reason for him to be kept up at night, too busy worrying over the possible dangers that could harm either of you to even want to rest.

Arcade would stand in shock, confused at what he was looking at, before snapping out of it and taking as many samples as he could carry with him. He'd try and take everything he could — from its weapons to syringes filled with its blood — just so the Followers could help research it with him. His biggest concern would be that more would eventually come, so he's hoping this will make everyone more prepared if they do.

They might not even realize Raul's alive at first, or at the very least, go a bit easier on him due to how sick he looks. He'll be glad when the thing finally dies, hitting it once more to ensure it stays down. He'll make bitter comments about how he 'doesn't even look that old'. He's more salty about it than anything, but he does try and recommend that you and him stick to NCR or Legion camps so they can deal with them if another ever comes back.

Lily is appalled by the lack of manners the Predators have and will give you this short shpeal about how you should never end up like them. Her schizophrenia makes it hard for her to fully comprehend this as a real event and not a sign that she just needs to take her medicine a bit more often, but she's there to support you when things go south.

Cass would start shooting at it the second it appeared and would feel so accomplished if you two actually did get it to die. She'd be exhausted afterward, suggesting that you guys set up camp for the night and figure out what to do with the beast in the morning. She might even throw some of its limbs on the fire to see if they're edible, and the armor would be good to sell...

Veronica would also try to gather as much information as she could on the creature and write a quick report for the Elder. This thing that the two of you killed is a technological marvel and she'd be damned if she let it go to waste. In fact, she might even ask you to help drag the entire thing back to Hidden Valley so that the other scribes can look at it in a more hands-on manner.

They can't see ED-E through their Bio-Masks since he doesn't produce any thermal heat, so it'll mostly just be the courier trying to kill it while he zips around in fear, trying to find a weak spot on it. It'll be more of a relief than a curiosity when you finally get him to fall. You'd probably just end up leaving it there and going to the nearest settlement with how tired the both of you would be.

Rex is still tense, even when the two of you do manage to kill it. He'll bark and growl until you're both far away from whatever hole you left it in and will be visibly shaken if you end up wandering close to the area ever again.

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nightingaelic · 3 years

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Fnv Companions react to Fem Courier being trans girl (sorry feel abit of self projection today hahah)

Don't feel sorry for wanting to see yourself reflected in the world around you, we all want to know that we belong.

The Forecaster frowned, and his eyes moved rapidly from left to right as if scanning some hidden radar. "Your face does the thinking... two to the skull, yet one gets up," he said.

The courier who stood before the boy nodded and touched her fingers to her temple, almost reflexively. "That's me."

"Odds are against you," the Forecaster went on, squinting. "But they're just numbers after the two-to-one. You've changed suits once, clubs to diamonds, and now you're playing the hand you've been dealt."

At this, the courier stiffened suddenly. "Um..."

The Forecaster went on, unaware of his customer's discomfort. "But you don't let it rest, you shuffle and stack, and a gamble... a gamble that may pay off? But how? Forecast: Rapidly changing conditions."

"Um... thanks." The courier counted out the caps and handed them over to the boy, then beat a hasty retreat from beneath the overpass.

Once back atop Highway 95, she took her traveling companion aside. "Before you think I worked for some Mojave faction and deserted, that thing he said about changing suits... I didn't think he'd... what he meant was... I wasn't always..."

She sighed and ran a hand over her head. "Hell, it's about time I told you anyway. I'm trans."

Arcade Gannon: Arcade stopped her before she could stumble into an over-explanation. "It's, uh, it's okay. I... may have already known."

"You..." The courier's eyes widened. "You did? But who told you?"

"I, um..." Arcade straightened his glasses and looked up at the sky, avoiding eye contact. "Oh boy. Doctor Usanagi..."

Immediately, the courier's eyes narrowed. "... doesn't betray doctor-patient confidentiality, but I was in one of her medical clinics that day you came in for the NEMEAN sub-dermal armor," Arcade finished hastily. "She, uh, asked me and a couple of the others to help her close you up."

"Oh." The courier relaxed her stance a bit. "Oh yeah, I remember. I mean, I don't remember you, but I do remember signing the form that said I was okay with med student assistance. Why didn't you say anything, when I first asked you to tag along?"

Arcade shrugged. "I don't betray doctor-patient confidentiality either. Usanagi hammers that into you pretty hard on day one. Besides, something like that doesn't matter much outside of a doctor's office."

Craig Boone: Boone shrugged. "Okay."

The courier's eyes darted around his countenance, looking for some kind of stronger reaction. "Nothing? Not even a 'congratulations' or a disapproving grimace? Who are you, Boone?"

"Unconcerned," he shot back testily. "Unless it affects your aim somehow, it's not a problem. If that's what you're asking."

The courier sighed. "No, it's... you're fine. I guess I'm still pretty defensive about it. Especially around NCR types."

Boone nodded. "There were a few officers that Manny and I operated under who weren't the open-minded sort. They didn't last long."

Lily Bowen: Lily looked positively stormy. "Did that young man just air your personal business for the whole trading post to hear without a care in the world?" she thundered, with all her grandmotherly might. "Let's go back, dearie, I need to give him a piece of my mind."

"Lily, no," the courier protested, grabbing the nightkin's arm before she could stomp off toward the overpass again. "He probably doesn't even know what he said, it's just part of his gift. And no one's going to put two and two together unless I tell them outright, like I did you."

"If you say so, pumpkin." Lily smiled and settled herself. "But I can always ask Leo for a little help if anyone has cross words for you about this."

The courier sighed and patted her companion's arm. "No need for that, Lily. That reminds me, you should take your medication today."

Lily wrapped her up in a hug. "You take such good care of Grandma, my sweet girl."

Raul Alfonso Tejada: "Mija." Raul smiled. "How long you been holding onto that for?"

The courier let out the breath she'd taken, and her shoulders sank back to a normal level. "Well not everyone takes news like that too well. I didn't know if you would... mind."

"Mind?" Raul shook his head. "Oye. I've lived a long time, out here in the desert. It's a lonely place, even if you're surrounded by a crowd on the Strip. You can lose yourself pretty easily, lose sight of what you want, what you are. I'd know better than most. If you held onto who you want to be, then that's a victory, in the Mojave."

"Um..." The courier's eyes were shiny with tears, but before Raul could comment or pull out a handkerchief, she'd enveloped him in an unexpected hug. "Thanks, viejo."

Rose of Sharon Cassidy: "Well, I'll be a gecko's uncle." Cass grinned. "You're serious? All this time on the road together, and you didn't think you could tell me that? I'm wounded, Six."

"Hey now, you were slow to trust me, too," the courier pointed out with a growing smirk. "I was gonna tell you after the Silver Rush situation, if we made it out alive, but then we did and you were riding so high at the Atomic Wrangler that I didn't want to dampen your memory of that day."

"Dampen my..." Cass chuckled and clapped the courier on the shoulder. "Better fix your metaphor there, Six. Rain in the desert is a good thing. And trust between friends would never dampen my day."

She held up a hand before the courier could protest. "I know, I know what you were worried about. Trust me, I'm not the type to froth at the mouth over propriety or 'family values.' Thought you'd've picked up on that, with my smart mouth and wanderin' eyes."

"Wandering..." The courier ducked out from under her arm and danced away, laughing. "Uh-uh. I helped you with your vendetta, now you help me with mine. Then we'll buy a drink at the Tops and talk, whiskey rose."

Veronica Santangelo: "You..." Veronica's eyes went as wide as the Mojave's full moon. "Oh. Oh."

Slowly, the Scribe sank into a sitting position on the cracked asphalt. "That explains a few things, I suppose."

The courier sat down next to her. "Like what?"

Veronica started ticking things off on her fingers. "Both that guy in Primm and the bartender in Goodsprings called you by a different name, but they were the same name and it sounded kind of like yours so I wrote it off as a coincidence. Benny didn't recognize you right away, even though he shot you in the head. And Arcade locked us all out of your room that time you took some shrapnel to the torso and were laid up in the Lucky 38 until you weren't covered in bandages."

"Oh yeah." The courier grinned. "Surprised you didn't piece it together sooner, then."

"I sometimes forget that's something people can do," Veronica admitted. "Remember when I said that some in the Brotherhood don't look too kindly on those who choose relationships that don't produce new children? Well, ditto and worse for those who want to transition. Most of the ones brave enough to do it anyway don't stay Brotherhood for long."

ED-E: The eyebot beeped in mock surprise, then whizzed around the courier three times playing triumphant music. She giggled and swatted the bot away playfully. "Go on then. I have no idea how you could've known, but there it is."

ED-E beeped quizzically once it came to a stop.

"Why hide it?" the courier responded. "Well, unlike robots, some people think it's strange to change your... parts. Or even just your classification. Honestly, it's old-world thinking, no clue."

The eyebot beeped long and low, almost like a coo of affection and reassurance.

"Thanks, ED-E," the courier said with a smile. "I'll try to remember that."

Rex: Rex cocked his head to the side. The courier knelt down to his level and scratched his ears, inspecting his new brain and cybernetic limbs as she did.

"I don't know why I'm telling you this," she murmured, increasing her attentions as Rex leaned into her. "You probably already knew, with that amazing nose of yours. I think your owner knows, otherwise why keep spouting that line of his whenever I come around?"

Rex whined, and the courier smiled. "You know. 'Do what's right for you, so long as it don't hurt no one.' Got that seared into my brain as surely as that bullet, thanks to him. I bet that king he's worshipping never even said that."

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dumbfuck-mojave · 4 years

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FNV Companions React to Someone Being Aggressive Towards Rex.

@spidester basically came up with this idea.

TW: Mentions of violence against humans and animals. Some sexual flirtation. Swearing is the norm at this point

Fucking IDEK if these are out of character anymore we just roll with it. Also, shitty and inconsistent writing and react length ahoy. Also yes I lied and said this was going to be out last night but I got sick please understand-

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Arcade: Six had dragged him into Ultra-Luxe because once again, they were being stupid and trying to beat some sort of goal they had set for themselves earlier that day at the gambling tables. Rex had also come in with them, but had wandered off with his snout up in the air towards the kitchens. While Six was focusing on the Blackjack table Arcade heard a sudden yip and bark behind him and turned to see two people laughing and kicking the poor dog. They weren’t dressed like the people that would usually gamble here and they certainly weren’t a White Glove, so Arcade just assumed they were some travelers that didn’t know Six’s reputation and love for their canine companion. Also angry at the situation unfolding, Arcade briskly made his way over to them.

“Excuse me-”

“Fuck off.”

Now, that made Arcade very unhappy. Honestly, he expected them to be rude, but was still a little surprised at how quickly they shot him down, not even trying to start an argument or anything. Yet.

“Listen, gentlemen.” Arcade said sharply, “I suggest you leave now because you’d much rather deal with me telling you how vile of people you are than for my friend over at the Blackjack table getting word of what you’ve been doing to their dog.”

“Oh, tough guy, eh? Well guess what, we don’t give a shit about what you or your idiot friend have to say!” The taller of the men sneard, getting right up in Arcade’s face. “Fucking forget it, the dumb dog isn’t worth our time. They ran out of booze a while ago anyway.”

Arcade gave them a look of disinterest as the semi-stumbled out the door. He made….. eye contact?..... with one of the masked servers when he looked away from them, who also seemed relieved that the two men were gone, probably because they had trached dust and mud throughout the entire main room. Making his way back to Six, Arcade was going over scenarios in his head about what Six would do once he told them. Turns out one of his guessed scenarios was true. He did know Six very well after all. Unfortunately for the men, they had decided to sleep naked that night and Six had found out where they were staying through a few connections. A few hours later the men’s clothes were strung up on and lit on fire in the middle of Freeside, with the neat edition of shoving several hungry geckos into the men’s hotel room. The men ran out into the Mojave, naked and with a few flesh chunks missing from their body, while Rex gnawed happily on his Brahmin Steak in the Lucky 38.

Boone: A Legion party had ambushed them just outside of Red Rock Canyon as they were making their way towards Vegas from Goodsprings. The system they had was working well enough, Boone had managed to climb his way up on the hill to the right of the road and was sniping them from afar while Six was up close with their ripper. It was hard to get solid damaging headshots on them since they were those dumb helmets, but if he got lucky Six would get close enough to rip one of their helmets off so he could get a clear shot through their skull. Usually, there were 4 Legionaries in a party but Caesar must have really wanted Six dead at this point, so they were currently being surrounded by at least 12, possibly even more. As Six drop-kicked two legionaries into each other, Boone noticed one of the other Legionaries targeting Rex and backing him up against the Canyon wall. Luckily for Boone and unfortunately for the Legionnaire, there was no helmet in sight. Boone lined up the shot and it entered the target’s head with a whiz and a squish. As the now-corpse fell to the ground, the group of three reorganized amongst the carnage. Rex sat down at Boone’s feet and looked up at him, mouth open and panting.

“Don’t look at him like that.” Boone said in a monotone voice, making the Courier laugh beside him.

“Boone, you’re talking to a dog.” The Courier started on their way once again to Vegas, looking down at the dog now trotting beside them.

“You want to go see the King Rex?”

*Bark*

“Look who’s talking to the dog now.”

Veronica and Cassidy: The girls had decided to hang out together today, without the Courier. They also had Rex in tow and were currently sitting at the Atomic Wrangler’s counter. Both of these women were at least three bottles in each already and their laughter poured through the casino as Veronica slouched over and snorted at one of Cass’ merchant stories.

“There is *snort* there is no way he did that.” Veronica wheezed out, falling into another fit of laughter.

“He did! He just grabbed that fucker by his-”

Their conversation was cut off when a man walked over to them. Much too confidently, I might add. They both looked up at him in disgust and annoyance.

“So, what are two beautiful ladies doing out here all alone. You know, why don’t we all go upstairs and have a little *fun* together. ” The man leaned in so far he almost touched noses with Veronica. Rex had been sitting idly with his head in his paws on the floor until this moment. When the man leaned in, Rex growled and stood up, brisling at the man.

“Dumb dog.” The man grumbled, swinging out his hand and hitting Rex in the head. Now no one knew if the man had meant to hit Rex so hard that he slammed his glass dome into the counter, but it didn’t matter now. Veronica pushed up off the counter and shoved the man back.

“Who do you think you are?! First, you come up to two ladies who are CLEARLY disinterested in you, interrupt their good time, then you have the audacity to hit our dog?!” Veronica practically yelled, drawing attention from several others in the room. Two people in particular had the look in their eyes that was almost begging to see a fight.

“Listen, girlie, I do what I want, ok?” The man growled, cut off by Veronica shoving his back against the counter, “Oh, girlie, you want to start right now?”

“She doesn’t want to do anything with you. Nobody would.” Cass said as she finally stood up, looking over Veronica’s shoulder.

“Now come on ladies, no need to fight over me.” The man slurred, the beginnings of a wolfish grin on his face.

Now, Ronnie may be small but she has a power fist and can fuck some people up. In a flash, the man was on his knees with both arms straining behind him, courtesy of Cass. Veronica unveiled her power fist and a spark of fear appeared in the man’s eyes as she swung it dainlity near his temple.

“I could swing my fist sideways right now.” She started swinging faster and more aggressively, “And give you a good lesson about how to treat others around you with an indent on your head to remind you.”

“N-No!”

“Oh, come on. I’m sure it would be no trouble for my friend here.” Cass sneered, tightening her grip on the man’s arms, making him squeal out in man.

“Please, please! No!”

As the once confident man was damn near sobbing just at the prospect of getting hit, Veronica and Cass looked up at each other and grinned. Dragging the man outside, Veronica used her unarmored fist to hit him into a puddle of… something. The man stumbled to his feet and looked back in fear at the doorway. Then sprinted off.

“DAMN! NEXT TIME YOU START A FIGHT YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO FINISH IT!” Cass yelled after him before they retreated into the casino once more.

. On their way back in, two figures walked out the door, following the now out of sight man. Sometimes, if you want to see a fight, you just have to start one yourself.

Ed-E: *Pulls out laser canon* “Beep beepbeep bop'' Translation: “You bitch ass motherfucker”. Even if Rex sometimes drools on Ed-E or accidentally whips a ball at it’s shell, Ed-E will still protecc and attacc.

Lily: Ok no but honestly and sorry to disappoint but any scenario involving her reacting to this is just them fighting, her calling the Courier Jimmy, then absolutely rocking the perpetrators shit. Like, tear that person in half grandma. I wanted to write a longer thing out….unless

Raul: He and Six had decided to stop at 188 Trading Post for the night instead of attempting to walk all the way back to Vegas. They were low on supplies, tired and hungry, and Raul’s back was acting up again. Samuel was nice enough to let Raul lie down for a bit on one of the mattresses behind the bar while Six was focusing on cleaning their weapons and bartering. Just as he was about to drift off, he heard Six’s voice speak up above the radio.

“Don’t touch my goddamn dog like that!”

“You don’t get to tell me what to do you fucking piece of shit! Oh fuck-”

Raul stood up and peered around the corner to see a rather interesting sight. Six was straddling some random man and aggressively slapping his hands away when he tried to reach for them, all while screaming every obscene thing they’ve ever been taught, even some things in Spanish thanks to Raul. Samuel was looking very concerned at the bar, not wanting to get directly involved in this mess while Rex was barking his head off in the man's face. After Raul managed to drag Six off the man, he found out the man was an associate of Alexander and was talking about making a deal with him when Rex came up to him to sniff his hand. Agitated, the man reached down and put his fist around Rex’s muzzle, yanking him up on his back to legs. Nothing escalated past that point as Six had entered the picture by then. They eventually decided to just walk back to Vegas that night and extend their break home, but damn if Raul wasn’t impressed and kind of flattered at the way they gracefully told a man how they were going to cut out this tongue and feed it to rats. Raul is dad.

(The insult thing was definitely a nod to one of @nuclear-reactions posts)

Thank you for reading! Requests are open!

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protonicinversalaxe · 3 years

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#38 from the fnv courier ask meme!!

how do they deal with injuries? do they use stimpaks, healing powder, med-x? does a companion help them? can they bear a lot of pain, or do they need to attend to injuries immediately? when they do have to see a doctor, do they have a preferred doctor, or do they just see anyone?

im gonna do my three favs of the moment cause i do play favorites

dumah usually sticks to stimpaks and healing powder, and only takes med-x when theres something like a broken bone, they have an average-low pain threshold, so she’ll try to run away from conflict and mend rather than stay, she prefers going to the followers for specific treatment but if he thinks hes in bad shape theyll use the transportalponder to use the sink autodoc. they only travel with rex and ed-e so no help there

aurelio relies on stimpaks too much, he’ll use healing powder if thats all he has but otherwise he just prefers stimpaks cause they act faster, he self-medicates med-x for sensory neuropathy flare ups but otherwise he has a very high pain threshold, he has high med skill so he’ll usually try to treat his own wounds and if that doesnt work he’ll use an autodoc. he usually travels with raul or veronica who probably try to help. however a lot of the time he just dies cause hes basically got the jinxed trait and 1 luck but since hes gifted the ability of resurrective immortality from normal hotwheels (very different from murder run hotwheels) but he doesnt believe in those stuff so he just assumes he passed out and that someone helped him or that it was all really just a bad dream

hotwheels (note: who is not a normal run courier i literally made them for joke murder runs) is not like, anywhere near being alive in the conventional sense since theyre like, a cosmic horror; nvm even getting hurt by conventional means. however the projections others see overuses all chems including these cause hotwheels does “use” them (because theyve seen people use them) even though they have no effects on them, their projection probably looks like they suffer from grievous injuries after conflicts but thats just cause that how people around them think they look rather than actual injuries. they dont keep anyone close since theyre, well, a murder run courier

#ocs #fnv #oc: hotwheels #oc: aurelio #oc: dumah #goopy.txt #marshmewo

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courier-sux · 4 years

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7, 16, 17, 18, 36, and 41 for the fnv oc asks for both jackal and jace :eye emoji:

i answered a few of these for jackal already (7, 18 and 41, 36,) so this is gonna be a lil jace-centric. jacentric, if you will.

7. favorite companions? least favorite companions?

Jace’s favorite companion is, to no one’s surprise, Arcade. He basically fell in love with him at first sight (one of my only ships that isn’t slow burn as hell lol). He loves Rex too, but doesn’t get the chance to spend a ton of time with him as Jackal had already returned him to the King.

He has some differences with Boone at first, namely because Jace had just found his sister and he was afraid that Boone’s pushing her away would make her leave again (which it does, whoops). They eventually settle their differences and find some common ground, as they’re both disillusioned former soldiers that are traumatized as hell.

16. what’s their reputation with goodsprings / novac / primm?

Jackal is well-loved in Goodsprings after she helped them fight off the Powder Gangers, and she considered staying there with Sunny Smiles (who she had a crush on) but decided that revenge was more important. Her reputation in Novac is okay after she solved their ghoul problem — helping Boone kill Jeannie May kind of put them both off from the place. She kills the thugs in the Biston Steve in Primm, but passes through pretty quickly, too focused on tracking Benny down.

Jace is actually the one who solves the authority problem in Primm. He negotiates with the NCR for Meyers’ release and establishes him as sheriff — something that Jackal couldn’t do when she visited Primm because she wasn’t welcome among the Powder Gangers. Goodsprings and Novac are just stops on his way to finding Jackal, though he does buy his favorite gun, Paciencia, from Cliff Broscoe.

17. what’s their reputation with the khans / the brotherhood / the boomers / the powder gangers?

The Khans don’t particularly mind Jackal one way or the other, but there’s some tension between them given that her partner was involved in the Bitter Springs Massacre. She has to leave Boone behind when she travels to Red Rock Canyon and convinces them to stop helping Caesar’s Legion and instead leave the Mojave.

The Brotherhood is another faction that simply tolerates Jackal (again, I haven’t yet decided if she blows up the Hidden Valley bunker or not). She doesn’t do much to help them outside of trying her best to support Veronica’s attempt at changing the mind of Elder McNamara. Once Veronica is banished, she has no reason to stick around.

Jackal goes out of her way to get on the Boomers’ good side so that they’ll help her win the battle of Hoover Dam. She raises their plane from Lake Mead and learns how to swim in the process.

The Powder Gangers have very mixed views on Jackal. She goes from fighting them off at Goodsprings to convincing those in Vault 19 to join the Khans, then runs errands for Eddie at NCRCF before betraying them to the NCR. The general consensus is that they don’t like her.

For Jace, he tries to stay out of most of the factions’ business in favor of helping individuals, so most of them don’t even know who he is. If they do, it’s usually just as “the courier’s brother”. He tends to get some sneers from the Khans and the Powder Gangers because even when he’s not in uniform, he still walks and talks like NCR.

18. what do the people on the strip think of them? the omertas, the white gloves, the chairmen, ncr military police, mr. house? do the gamblers like them?

Once again, Jace tends to get hidden in Jackal’s huge shadow — which is just fine with him. The first time he visited the Strip (years before Jackal did) was a pretty shocking experience for a sheltered Catholic farm boy. The NCR military police is probably the only group that actually knows his name due to his status as a former lieutenant. Jace isn’t one to gamble, and he’d prefer to avoid huge crowds of people whenever possible.

36. why did you create them?

Alright, if I’m being honest, I wanted Jackal to have a twin and I wanted Arcade to have a love interest, so I got two birds stoned at once and made Jace. Voila.

41. do they like long journeys through the mojave, or do they prefer to travel more quickly? do they prefer using roads or travelling through the deep desert?

Jace enjoys long journeys through the Mojave, as he likes nature and it tends to be quieter than most towns. He’s more likely to go off the beaten path than most — you’re less likely to run into strangers in the middle of the desert than on a road.

FNV courier asks

#i also made jace bc i wanted a more pro-ncr character #bc im personally more pro-ncr than jackal lol #and i like exploring the complexities of it #pros n cons n stuff #thanks!#oc: jace #oc: jackal #deliveries #ask memes #otherworldly-dreams

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mojavejourneys · 6 years

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Courier asks! 10-15

Doing these for Maxie since he did start out as my courier. Most of these will be for his pre-Commonwealth time before he became Minutemen Colonel in main canon.

10. where were they born/raised? when/why did they leave?

Maxie was born in pre-war Paris on the 17th of October 2055 and left sometime in 2059 since his parents split up. His father Julian took him to Sanctuary Hills, Boston where he remained until a week before the 23rd of October 2077, when reports of suspected nuclear war came in, and then he was escorted to Vault 198 because all those who were going to residents of this Vault were taken in early due to all of them having some sort of disability or disorder, and Maxie was paralysed from the waist down at the time, although he had regained some feeling in his left arm.

11. when, why and how did they become a courier? how long did they remain a courier before benny shot them?

Maxie became a courier because at the time that was the only job he could get given his hybrid appearance, and at the time more couriers were needed and were pretty much hiring any old jackass. The length of time is still a little up in the air but it was at least ~10 years given the canon FNV timeline and trying to incorporate that into his story even though I’m not sure whether I’ll be including ALL the DLCs as of yet. But Lonesome Road definitely will be included.

12. how did the bullet affect them?

Maxie ended up with retrograde amnesia after being shot (meaning he lost a lot of his memories from before the event) so he can struggle to recall his past. He also ended up with suffering from migraines and he always has some degree of chronic headaches (but he can tolerate them at a base pain level). Occasionally the migraines can be so severe that he can’t do anything due to the pain and even stimpaks and Med-X don’t help much.

13. how did they deal with benny?

Before Maxie learned that Benny was a bit of a chickenshit, he fully intended to return his bullet (in his own words). But by the time he actually caught up to Benny in the Strip, he learned that the man wasn’t quite as confident as he thought he was.

Benny was like ‘what in the goddamn’ and Maxie just grinned and said “Well if it ain’t my little buddy Benny.” The two went somewhere private and Maxie confronted Benny on why he was shot and what he wanted with the Platinum Chip, and when Benny explained the situation, Maxie was like “well you coulda just asked, jackass.”

Benny THEN argued that he thought he was putting Maxie out of his misery due to his ‘freakish appearance’ and that’s when Maxie pulled out the .44 Magnum he’d concealed, saying that “if that’s the way you wanna play it, I ain’t gonna think twice about returning your fucking bullet. I gave you the benefit of the doubt so don’t fuck it up.” And by this point Maxie has built up his confidence and is less willing to allow people to walk over him due to being a hybrid. More discussions over what the Platinum Chip can do and how it shouldn’t be allowed to fall into Mr. House’s hands.

“They say the house always wins, but not this time.” Benny showed the Chip to show that he still had it and then explained that he wanted to work towards making New Vegas independent. Maxie knew that the NCR and the Legion had their eyes on the place and he didn’t like either of them (well he hates the NCR less but still…) and he’d met Mr. House and wasn’t really keen on him either. So to him, independent route was the best even though he still hasn’t forgiven Benny for putting a bullet in his head.

14. what’s their reputation with the ncr / the legion?

He’s very much hated by the Legion and he hates them too. He despises the way they treat women and while he was on a shaky truce with the Legion to speak with Caesar, he’d worn a Legion disguise and had been secretly arming the slaves in the Fort (most of them women) and telling them that the signal would be a shotgun blast, and when they heard that, they were to break out of the cages and kill any Legionary they saw. After that he went to Caesar’s tent and found out that Caesar had a tumour that was to be operated on, and he wanted a doctor. Maxie reluctantly agreed and went to speak with Arcade, but Arcade wanted nothing to do with the Legion. Instead the doctor helped Maxie fashion a doctor outfit that wouyld fit him. He returned to Caesar, who was confused that he’d come back alone. Maxie explained that the doctor he’d gone to didn’t want anything to do with him and Maxie had been trained quickly. Caesar accepted this with doubt but allowed Maxie to begin.

At that point Maxie reached into his coat and Caesar awaited the anaesthesia. Maxie simply grinned and said. “Ever heard of shotgun surgery?” before proceeding to pull out his shotgun and blow Caesar’s head off. The blast was loud and that was the signal that the slaves had been waiting for. They broke out of their cages and proceeded to fight their way out of the Fort, leaving no Legionary alive. Maxie walked out of the Fort while the fighting was going on and told the now former slaves that he’d get them all back safely.

Meanwhile, his relationship with the NCR isn’t much better. He doesn’t like their militant attitude and the only reason he even has any sort of positive association with them is so he can go to their bars and drink their booze. In essence he tolerates them but ultimately dislikes them.

15. what do the people in freeside think of them? the followers, the kings, the garrets, the van graffs?

The people of Freeside were wary at first but grew to like him, and he has a reputation for being a bit of a prolific gambler to the point that he got himself banned from the Atomic Wrangler.

He’s very favourable with the Followers of the Apocalypse and has a particular liking for Arcade. And yes, he’s persuaded Arcade into bed with him :P

The Kings like him as he’s done many favours for them, and the King entrusted him with Rex.

The Garrets actually really like Maxie. James was happy after Maxie found him some very good escorts and felt bad about ultimately banning him from the casino, but continued to let him in for drinks and the like. He has a bit more of a tense relationship with Francine but he likes her enough.

The Van Graffs are tricky. On one hand Maxie likes Gloria and how she can handle the plasma weapons, but when she’s hunting down Rose of Sahron Cassidy, she falls out of his favour a little since he rather likes Cass and doesn’t want to see her killed by Gloria’s borther Jean-Baptiste Cutting. Instead of taking Cass to them, he warns Cass to stay away from Freeside and the Strip, then reports to Jean-Baptiste that Cass is already dead.

#askbox shenanigans #maxie aesthetic #maxie headcanon #redrocketwarrior

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everydayyoulovemeless · 1 month

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It’s me, the one who asked about the new vegas gang killing a predator.

I have watched alien and must know, what if they killed a Xenomorph? Or found one?

FNV Companion's Reactions to Killing a Xenomorph

➼ Word Count » 0.6k ➼ Warnings » None ➼ Genre » Platonic

Boone is absolutely revolted by the mere sight of one and would probably just want to leave it where is so he can try and forget he ever encountered one. He doesn't need another threat in his life and would much prefer to stay ignorant of anything foreign to Earth. He'll tell you quickly that he doesn't want to talk about it, and will gesture for you to follow him far away from whatever the two of you were unfortunate enough to discover.

Arcade will start by carefully extracting its fluids and noting the most immediate habits that he noticed throughout the encounter. He's very shaky as he does so, but determined to log down as much as he can. Once he's satisfied, he'll ask you to help him bury the body and mark the location so that he and some of the other Followers can come back and study it further. Pinpointing its weakness could be life or death for the Mojave, and he'd like to be ready in case another one appears.

Raul just grimaces at the disgustingly large body of the thing you two somehow killed. The Mojave's awful as it is, and now you have whatever that was to worry about... He'll let out a defeated sigh, before cracking his neck and asking if the two of you could find a place to sit down at? Or, anywhere away from this? He's tired and he doesn't want to have to think about the encounter for any longer than he has to.

Lily doesn't even realize what happened, assuming that she must not have taken her medication for the day, and shrugs it off as nothing but a silly hallucination. She'll gently pat you're visibly distraught self on the back and ask if you're ready to get back on the road again. Similar to the Predator, she has a hard time understanding the gravity of the situation and chooses to just let the universe run its course rather than contemplate it for any longer than she has to.

Cass will shoot at it even after it's dead, just to be sure it doesn't get up. She'll spit all sorts of curses at the corpse before deciding she's had enough and is ready to move on from it all. She puts up a tough act, but the idea of those things existing strikes the fear of God into her.

Veronica is probably the only one who finds the Xenomorph to be an exciting discovery. There's so much about the creature that she and the Brotherhood could use to further develop their technology! It's a gold mine of advancements and she's ecstatic to pass all her research back to the Elder once she gets back. Maybe he'll consider sending others out when she debriefs her findings to him.

They don't care for ED-E as much since he's not human and thus, serves them no purpose. But, even if they did, ED-E wouldn't serve much help in the fight. He wouldn't know where to start at killing something like that. His sensors can't pick up on any singular familiar trait, so you're just going to have to pray that you won't need his help during the battle.

Rex, just like with the Predator, gets tense around the Xenomorphs and will continuously growl and bark at it, even while it's down. He attacked it immediately when he saw it coming close to you and will still tear bits and pieces of it off until you finally start moving away from the thing.

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FNV Companions With A Bad Karma!Reader

➼ Word Count » 0.5k ➼ Warnings » None ➼ Genre » Platonic/Romantic

Boone finds you annoying. People have it hard enough out here and he hates the idea that you actively try and make it worse for them. He'll let it go the few first times you do something he disagrees with, but if you show no signs of stopping, then he'll stop and talk to you. You'll either have to get your act together or he's leaving, it'll be as simple as that, and if you decide you're not going to quit, he'll have no issues killing you.

It makes Arcade slightly uncomfortable, especially if you just go around and slaughter innocent people. Who's to say you won't target him next? He'll try to rehabilitate you as the Followers have done so many times before, but if you refuse to change then he'll just walk away. He won't even say anything to you, you'll just wake up and he won't be there.

Raul doesn't really mind. He was like that at one point too. It's just a phase that you'll grow out of as you get older and he'll be there to guide you in the better directions. He'll try to reason with you if you're about to do something drastic or immoral, but he won't stop you. As long as you don't do anything to him he'll stick around. Besides, it might be good for you to have some positive influence in your life.

Lily doesn't like it. She thinks you're too much like Leo and will try to guide and influence you into doing kinder things around the Mojave. She'll always strongly encourage you to make morally right decisions and teach you why doing bad things will end in your own downfall. She'd never leave you because of it, if anything she just wants to try and be there for you throughout it all. She's so scared of you digging a hole too big to crawl out of. This relationship can quickly end up toxic if she keeps making excuses for you and you keep abusing her kindness and tolerance.

Cass will be completely upfront with you. You either fix your attitude or she's leaving. She has no problem telling you off and disappearing from you're life, and especially has no issue putting a bullet in your skull if she deems you too dangerous.

Veronica also has no problem telling you that you're going too far. She wants to have fun, not be doing things that harm others. She'll be kinder about it than Cass, offering to help work on yourself, but if you still keep it up, she'll probably start a fight with you.

Rex doesn't care. As long as you don't do anything to affect Freeside, he'll just keep on following you. Living with the Legion makes him almost immune to any harm you could possibly do and he'll stay loyal to you throughout it all.

ED-E's too naive to really understand what you're doing is wrong and as long as you don't harm him, he'll stick around and aid you in whatever you plan on doing.

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1-50 for Sarsaparilla?

ohhh my god skfjskdf sarsaparilla has no development whatsoever this is gonna be a blast and a half

1) which faction did they side with (NCR, legion, yes-man, or house)?

she sided with the legion from the time she saw vulpes in nipton bc Romam Armor Look Cool, cured caesar of his tumor & everything, and then just before the battle of hoover dam, assassinated caesar and sided with yes-man. she realized about halfway through her work for caesar that siding with the legion was never going to pay off and decided to Fool Him TM and then take vegas for herself

2) preferred armor?

OOF probably like… leather armor sdkfjsdk i dont know. she wore the tribal raiding armor at the very beginning of the game. she doesnt wear the legion uniform but i imagine her w some Legion Accessories TM like a mark of caesar on her chest or something

3) melee, guns, energy weapons, or unarmed?

melee babey

4) highest skills? secondary skills? lowest skills?

her highest skills are melee, stealth, and medicine (she polishes that up real nice when she realizes caesar has cancer). secondary skills are explosives and lockpick. lowest skills would have to be barter and survival :/

5) SPECIAL stats?

im just guessing at this point bc i dont remember them skdfjkd but i would say ST:5, PE:6, EN:4, CH:4, IN:6, AG:9, LK:9

6) what are their perks?

black widow, cherchez la femme, friend of the night, cannibal, scrounger, ninja

7) favorite companions? least favorite companions?

literally no one will hang out w her bc she’s legion ksdfjsd. she takes boone as a companion at the very beginning of the game and then she has to kill him. her fave would probably be cass, or raul, who is the Only Mf who will talk to her

8) any romantic partners? how do these relationships begin and end? are they healthy?

she thinks vulpes is hot for 0.2 seconds but she also thinks that about violet, gloria van graff, and some securitrons so i wouldnt worry about it

9) gender / sexuality / ethnicity / species / etc.?

cis female / bi / asian / human ((i just realized all my couriers are cis even though im trans as hell sdkfjsdkfsdj yikes))

10) where were they born/raised? when/why did they leave?

she doesn’t remember anything from b4 the bullet but she’s from new reno. she left because it’s new reno.

11) when, why and how did they become a courier? how long did they remain a courier before benny shot them?

she needed work after she left home and delivering packages didn’t seem terrible. she did it for like 2 years max before she got shot

12) how did the bullet affect them?

took out most of her memories (including her name) and sort of scrambled her good sense. she doesn’t feel very much fear, restraint, or remorse anymore, which is why she’s been doing All This recently

13) how did they deal with benny?

seduced him, slept with him, killed him in his sleep, and took his roomba yes-man

14) what’s their reputation with the ncr / the legion?

the ncr - fucking horrible she can barely go on the strip sdjfskdsd. pile body upon body babey. / the legion - superb. sparkling. if she weren’t a woman they’d even stop insulting her

15) what do the people in freeside think of them? the followers, the kings, the garrets, the van graffs?

the followers aren’t a fan of her because of all that legion business. the kings like her because she takes care of rex. the garrets generally dislike her. the van graffs like her a lot because she let them kill cass & did all their quests

16) what’s their reputation with goodsprings / novac / primm? (i know primm reputation was cut from the game but like let’s pretend for a minute sdkfjd)

goodsprings: bad bc she sided with the powder gangers kdsfjs / novac: she did come fly with me so its lookin alright! / primm: very mixed bc she’s pro-powder ganger but she also got them a new sheriff (meyer)

17) what’s their reputation with the khans / the brotherhood / the boomers / the powder gangers?

the khans: she’s a Legion Ambassador… a shining monument of their new allies… Excellent and yet they know fuckall about her / bos: well she did blow up that whole bunker. / boomers: i dont remember / powder gangers: as i mentioned before she sided with them at goodsprings and made meyer a sheriff so they like her a lot. boxcars is happy to see her

18) what do the people on the strip think of them? the omertas, the white gloves, the chairmen, ncr military police, mr. house? do the gamblers like them?

the omertas: she did cachino’s quest so it’s pretty good / white gloves: idolized / chairmen: hey that’s the fink that killed benny / ncrmp: BAD / mr house: well considering the fact that she killed him, not excellent

19) what is their motive for taking vegas?

literally just ‘she wants to’. the whole point of this courier was that she’s a no rules run, she’s lost a lot after the bullet scrambled her brain and she’s literally just doing whatever she wants to do

20) do they have a theme song?

no :(

21) what do they look like? how tall are they? are they attractive? any piercings, tattoos, scars?

she has black hair in the “blast back” style. pretty short, like 5′4″. no piercings or tattoos (but she probably gets a legion brand at some point w like the mars symbol or something). there’s of course a bullet scar on her head, and a few around her arms and torso.

22) how old are they? do they know their birthday? if so, what’s their sign?

she’s in her early-mid twenties, very young. im not sure if she remembers her bday (probs not) but she’s a Sagittarius

23) do they speak any languages other than english?

god no. she doesnt even try to learn latin jhjhkjgfkj she pronounces all of it wrong and caesar’s like please shut up,

24) can they read, write, do math, sing? did they ever receive an education?

she went to school in new reno so she can do all that. maybe not sing.

25) what were their parents like? are they still on good terms with their parents?

i honestly havent given it much thought. her parents were probably Just Okay TM. she doesn’t remember them.

26) what’s their d&d alignment? (bolded bc i really like that one ksdjfksd)

chaotic neutral, leaning into chaotic evil.

27) how’s their karma?

not great

28) how do they feel about killing people? do they try to avoid it?

like i said, the bullet messed w her remorse a lot, so it doesn’t particularly bother her anymore.

29) do they take chems? if yes, when and which ones?

yes, sometimes! usually mentats, buffout, med-x, or psycho.

30) do they gamble? where? is their luck good?

she likes to gamble. usually at the ultra-luxe. her luck is pretty good!

31) where do they usually sleep? do they have more than one home location? do they live with any other people?

she usually stays in the lucky 38, in her hotel room in novac, or in the tent Big C TM hooked her up with at the fort. if it comes to it she’ll sleep in the ncrcf. no one else really lives in her 38 save for the securitrons

32) what are their favorite weapons? where did they get these weapons?

her caesar’s fall collection legion-brand machete babeyyyy, one n only! she’ll also use a pistol (a light shining in darkness most of the time since u know she sides w joshua graham) or a police baton if that’s appropriate

33) do they flirt a lot? is it well-received?

yes she does and no it isnt! she licked vulpes. just. right on his visibly ugly face. one time she tried to climb yes-man

34) do they goof around a lot? do other people find it funny or do they just entertain themselves?

once again yes she does and no they do not! she’s doin it all for her, baby. chaotic neutral here we go

35) what do their companions think of them? are they close? have they done any companion quests?

the companions,, obviously dont think very well of her most of the time bc she’s legion. cass thinks she’s a Real Wild Card and respects her for that at first. raul doesn’t like her very much but he’ll still travel with her from time to time just to see what she Does TM.

36) why did you create them?

i wanted to do a no rules run! like i thought it would be cool to just. do the craziest things i could think of in fnv and do it all with one courier. and thus sarsaparilla was born

37) do they draw, paint, play any instruments?

hell no

38) how do they deal with injuries? do they use stimpaks, healing powder, med-x? does a companion help them? can they bear a lot of pain, or do they need to attend to injuries immediately? when they do have to see a doctor, do they have a preferred doctor, or do they just see anyone?

she uses all 3 depending on how bad the wound is. for minor wounds she uses healing powder because she has an abundance of it from the legion, but since she has fairly low endurance she often just has to use stimpaks & med-x. she’s not very tolerant to pain all of the time? but if she has a lot of adrenaline (which she comes by very easily) she can all but ignore it entirely. she doesnt have a preferred doctor

39) have they ever been irradiated? how did they deal with it? did it have lasting effects?

probably a few times but she just threw up and then took a bunch of rad-away and ended up fine. she’s never been damaged by radiation permanently

40) in conversation, are they kind? gentle? sarcastic? rude? do they speak warmly and openly with people, or are they more guarded? do they talk a lot?

she’s somewhat talkative, she mostly says whatever pops into her head whenever it comes to mind so her talking is just. a big mess of Thoughts She Had. she likes making a lot of jokes that are mostly for her

41) do they like long journeys through the mojave, or do they prefer to travel more quickly? do they prefer using roads or travelling through the deep desert?

she likes to travel quickly. no time to waste! she’s almost always using the roads

42) name a random fact about your courier.

she thinks it’s really funny to blow vulpes’s cover whenever she sees him undercover on the strip & she almost gets killed every single time. oh holy shit it’s vulpes! vulpes inculta! spelled v-u-l-p– oh my god its the ncr mp quick vulpes take your dick out in this gift shop

43) do they watch movie holotapes? what are their favorites? least favorites?

yes but shes literally only seen blazing saddles, gladiator, and we bought a zoo

44) what do they do with the lucky 38? do they like being there? do they leave their companions there? if they’re a yes-man courier, do they open it back up as a casino?

she doesn’t leave companions there too often, like i said. she likes it pretty well bc of the robots and the hot water? but i think that she really prefers staying in hotels except for special occasions. she doesnt open it back up bc yes-man kills her sldkfjds great transition

45) what do they do after hoover dam?

yes-man says fuck work and just absolutely murders her. hes like ok enough of this and finds a new human to do what he needs done skdfjksd

46) how do they die? how is their death received, by the mojave and by their companions?

yes-man fucking KILLS her ass! the mojave takes a great big breath of relief knowing they wont have to watch her shenanigans anymore skdjfds

47) what are their vices? are they an alcoholic, a thief, a hoarder?

oh boy literally all of them. she definitely steals a lot but thats literally just. a part of her “do whatever you want” complex that Is TM her greatest vice

48) can they cook, and if so, what do they cook? what are their favorite & least favorite foods?

she absolutely cannot. she likes pizza from the tops dskfjkds

49) did they kill caesar? vulpes inculta? what about prominent ncr figures, like kimball and colonel hsu?

yes she did kill caesar! her securitrons killed vulpes at hoover dam and she was power-tripping so hard she didn’t realize they’d already gotten to him. she probably didnt think about him again before she died. she didnt assassinate kimball herself but she definitely assisted in making the assassination go smoothly, and im sure her robots got to hsu sometime before she had yes-man throw oliver off the dam skdjfskd

50) what’s their happiest memory?

not to be fake deep but all this shit she does obviously causes more adrenaline than happiness. you could say that it’s when yes-man threw oliver off the dam, because that was her most exhilarating moment, or you could say that it was when she woke up in goodsprings, because it was the last time she was calm and being taken care of.

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thank u so much if u read all this and thank you for sending me this ask. it took a long time but its a good exercise like i said skdfjsdf. send me more if these if yall have the heart, maybe not a whole 1-50 but like ! & please reblog my fnv courier questions post because i do think its nice, bye

#courier 6 #sarsaparilla #fnv #long post

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