Session 6

 

Bobby’s Voice Logs

via Pip Boy (aka “Chirpy”)

Entry 53

So after that scuffle with the bandits, we searched through the stuff and divvied up the ammo, weapons, and armor. Sunshine got a new hunting rifle and Babs took one of the shotgun and clothes that fit him. We split up the fusion cells and I gave some of my portion to Lab Coat, because I feel like Big Mouth and me work well together, so I’d rather use that than Mel or Joy if I’m able to. Lab Coat took the Tesla Rifle (he’ll need to come up with a name for it now!)

Murph thought we should keep watch, in case more mirelurks show up. I stayed up for the first watch with him before turnin’ in. I was gonna play cards, but Murph thought it wiser to patrol the farm, so he could use his sonar senses. You know that Murph, he’s a smart guy!

When I headed to Sunshine’s to sleep, I heard cryin’ coming from Lab Coat’s room... so I stopped by to make sure he was alright. It seemed like he was kinda upset about killing those bandits. At first, I was a little confused, I thought he killed stuff before... he said yeah he’s killed lots of people before, before having all the orgies. Ah... right. I’ve seen this before, with young initiates. Some of ‘em ain’t cut out for the harder parts of the job, you know? I tried explaining to Lab Coat, where I’m from some people are better at the book stuff or fixin’ stuff, not everyone has ta be a stone-cold killer, you know? Lab Coat said he’s good at killin’ and that Joy is misnamed, he doesn’t have no joy when he uses her. He’s right, some people are good at killin’ but it’s not in them to do it, you know? I guess this musta got through to him cuz he hugged me, getting his snot all over me... I patted his back... and then he just sorta fell asleep in my arms... I kinda exchanged a look with Karl and then laid the poor guy onta his bed and tucked him in. I quietly crept inta Sunshine’s room and laid on the hardwood floor next to her bed.

When I woke up, my clothes felt too tight. Sunshine said it’s because alla that dried snot on me and told me to wash up. I striped off my fatigues and carried them through the farmhouse – some of the others had started to gather for breakfast, but looked like Lab Coat was still sleeping. I headed to the trough outside where I washed them as best I could.

After a few minutes I heard Sunshine call for me, so I laid my clothes out to dry and hurried in the house. Ellie Mae and Jethro was talking about something called Walla Walla and gave Sunshine a little packet of seeds, by the look on her face you’d think they gave her gold bars or somethin’, Lab Coat also seemed excited by the packet.

Speaking of Lab Coat, he looked kinda different at breakfast, couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Seemed more confident somehow. His hair looked really good too... and he was a little easier to understand too, like he was speaking more clear, you know?

Ellie Mae and Jethro told us about an island west of Tacoma that’s rumored to have some kinda berry. Sunshine immediately perked up. I guess that’s something we should look into once we settle this pizzah! quest. (I was thinking – we’re making friends with all these farmers, maybe we could find a tract of land somewhere near all these new friends of ours, start Sunshine’s Settlement somewhere between here and Kirkland’s maybe?)

Closer to the end of breakfast, Jed and Daisy Mae came in the house. Daisy Mae said she’d be happy to show us how to make cheese from the brahmin milk. Sunshine, Babs, and Lab Coat were super excited to hear that!

Then Jed pulled out a wooden box, said he belonged to his father. He wanted to give it to us as a thank you for saving them. He pulled out a decorative belt and holster with dancing brahmin and a 10mm pistol. I think all of us knew this would look perfect on Babs, who gladly accepted it. Then Jed pulled out a weird Kaiju mask... Lab Coat asked if I wanted it, but, I mean, it clearly is perfect for him, so I insisted he take it.

Since Jed was giving us stuff, Lab Coat wanted to give them something back... so he called for Karl and pulled out something he called “Argon’s Bread.” It smelled awful... and Jed reluctantly accepted it. Not quite sure exactly what that was about, but you know those scientist types, always up to something, I guess.

We asked if there was anything we could help them with – with Sunshine’s injury, we thought it best if we stuck around the farm for the day (or year if it was up to Lab Coat.) They said they could use help burying the bodies. Murph and I said that’d be no problem. I asked if they wanted any sorta “warning” for the other bandits, but Jed didn’t like the idea of dead bodies being hung around the farm.

Then Jed said if there are any repairs we’d like to make, he has a workbench we’re welcome to use. Lab Coat was very excited by this and asked if any of us wanted to upgrade any of our weapons. All of us had some things we’d like to improve, so we helped Lab Coat crush down our junk to make the parts needed. ... I was a little too enthusiastic about crushing the materials and pulverized most of the junk I had... but luckily we still had plenty to work from and Lab Coat had enough common materials for future improvements. The upgrade I wanted for my Big Mouth was simple enough, so Lab Coat said he could work on those and the upgrades to Babs’ pipe gun today. When Lab Coat finished my Big Mouth’s upgrade, it looked like it was smiling (or frowning) depending on which way it was held. Lab Coat even painted “my Big Mouth” on the weapon, or at least, that’s what he told me it said. I’ll take his word for it.

When he handed me my improved weapon, I reached out for a handshake like they did in that movie Predator... but Lab Coat seemed to misinterpret the gesture and placed his head into my hand instead. Ah... haha. We’ll work on that.

While we was busy breaking down junk and Lab Coat was upgrading our stuff, Karl was busy burying bodies (Murph and I would occasionally help, though a good chunk of our day was breaking down the junk.)

While we was doing that, Sunshine was resting her leg. Toward bedtime, I asked if it’d be alright if I slept on the floor again, but then Sunshine said something about Lab Coat being in the room with her. Oh! I didn’t realize there was somethin’ between the two of them... but they said it was to “check in on” her injuries... but I wasn’t sure if it was like how Sunshine was taking care of my injuries or something more “romantic” you know? They said it wasn’t like it, but I don’t know, I think Lab Coat acts a little different around Sunshine maybe?

Before we turned in for bed, I asked Lab Coat if he wanted to take first watch with me. I wanted to show him some tips. He did a pretty good job. During our watch, we saw Babs in the Brahmin pen... striped down to his underroes (though still wearin’ the dancing brahmin belt.) Seemed like he was showing a lot of affection toward both his brahmin – even the one he always yells at. That guy... that guy is somethin’ else, you know? Heh...

At the end of our watch, I said that Lab Coat did a real good job fixing our weapons – I was super excited about the improvements he did to my Big Mouth. I said that when you’re in a squad, everyone brings something different to the group and he’s really good at fixin’ stuff. I tried the handshake again and this time Lab Coat got it. Then he, uh, got kinda misty and ran off.

Entry 54

The next mornin, we woke up to some corn walla chowder and it had some cheese sprinkled on it. I don’t know why but everytime I had a little bit of cheese, my rear end got a little noisy.

When Lab Coat got up, he was dressed a little different. He had his shirt rolled up, so his “abs” were showing. I thought his new look looked pretty good. I asked Jed if he had any leftover paint, so I painted a six-pack on Lab Coat’s abdomen area. Babs said something about he wasn’t sure if I counted right or whatevah, but it looked pretty good to me.

That day, Daisy Mae and Ellie Mae showed most of the group how to make cheese... but I figured it was probably our last day on the farm, so I wanted to spend more time with Jethro, you know? I helped Jethro and Jed out around the farm, getting ready for the upcoming farmer’s market. Jethro was cracking jokes all day. I didn’t say much of anything, just kinda... grateful to spend time with him. Not that it’s the same or anything, but just kinda miss it, you know?

At the end of the day, Lab Coat said something about wanting to help Murph and they went off, though it didn’t know much of how that went. Murph seemed to be in a good mood after, so musta went well I guess. Then Lab Coat and Jethro went out for a walk.... I thought bettah about following after, I don’t know, I didn’t want to get all nosy.

That evening we took watch again, I let Lab Coat take the lead, but it didn’t go so well... he seemed very unfocused.

I again laid down on the floor next to Sunshine and went to sleep.

Entry 55

The next morning, we got ready to head out. Daisy Mae handed us 3 lbs of cheese! And then Babs did a really interesting performance for 20 minutes. He was rolling all over the floor. As first I thought he was having a seizure or somethin’ but... it seemed kinda purposeful, you know? It was strange... but also inspiring? That Babs, he’s something, heh heh.

After the others started to head out, I hung back, told the farmers to take care and then I turned to Ellie Mae and said, you look after Jethro, he’s a real special guy. I could hear my voice breaking a little, but tried to keep my cool. As I turned to leave, Jed said we could have the cart to take, if we wanted. So, I grabbed it and jogged up to the others. Sunshine was excited about the cart and attached it to Rosemary and Thyme. I put Chompers in the cart, was a little easier that way.

Oh! Chompers. Forgot – the last couple days I had been tryin’ to teach him different commands... gave him some of those fuckers to chew on (before we buried ‘em) and exercised him a bit. The others were like, Chomper’s is just a puppy and he’s real big, and were strongly hinting that we should probably leave him with Kirkland, but I don’t know... he’s such a cute little guy, you know? It’s nice having a dog around again. I don’t know, maybe I’m not the best and handling animals though... I mean, I did a pretty good job... but, it wasn’t ever my job in our unit to handle Rex, you know? That was Tommy’s thing.

As we was walking, group was talking about abs... Babs’ abs and Labs’ abs... I guess mine would just be abs’ abs? I was sayin’ we could be Abs n Brahmin instead of Brains n Brahmin, you know? But... Brains n Brahmin is probably bettah.

I was tryin to talk to Sunshine to see what was going on with her and Lab Coat but she insisted there weren’t nuthin going on. I said like how she was taking care for me after I was hurt? Wasn’t like “playing doctor?” I musta said something funny cuz she asked me something... and I just kinda blacked out... and ran off, sayin’ I was going after chompers.

As we was making our way back to Kirkland, we figured we wouldn’t get there til after dark, so the group thought best that we find a place to make camp. Sunshine found a hidden spot behind a hill, near the hwy. I asked Sunshine if she wanted to take watch... but then Lab Coat came running up, all excited to do watch with me... shit. So I said maybe Sunshine and I could do watch another night together. Sunshine said that’s alright, she’d do watch with Murph instead.

During our watch, I was tryin to show Lab Coat some better techniques... like actually paying attention to what he was lookin’ at you know? I thought he was starting to get it... but when I noticed a couple eyes in the distance, for some reason he saw something way worse and he wanted to hurry over to it! So... I grabbed him and he hit the ground hard. I told him I didn’t want him to get himself killed. He said it was like when I went off and spotted the bandits and then I said the assholest thing evah and said, “And you think you’re the most capable of the bunch to be the one sneaking off?”And then he got real upset and ran off, pulling his head band off and running to Karl, I guess... I fucked that up real bad.

Sunshine and Murph took the next watch, they made a good team, that’s for sure.

The next morning we started heading out again... I pulled Lab Coat aside – he was looking like his old self again, his shirt was rolled down and his hair looked like his normal doctor style... still not quite sure what’s going on, though I kinda like the new look, you know? Not quite sure why though. Anyway... time to get real, you know? I told Lab Coat—Argon, that... I was real sorry about what I said last night. I didn’t mean it like I said it. I said that... we’re a squad right, a unit? And... my last unit... our medic got killed first, we got jumped and when she died... there wasn’t anyone to patch up the others. I got lucky, I survived... but I don’t want that to happen again, you know? Someone like Argon, he’s real special. He’s got skills to keep the rest of us alive. I could try to do that, but it’d take a lot of luck. When you’re in a unit, you all have to work together – you all have different skills. He said it likes that in the vault, everyone has different skills, but you have to stay in your role... you can’t branch out. I said, well if we wanted to learn from each other, that’s great. That only makes us all better... but sometimes you also gotta lean on what you’re good at. I’m real strong, and Sunshine is good at blasting enemies from far away. And Murph, well Murph is killer with his claws, you know? And then Babs makes us all feel good, really inspires us with his speeches. And Argon, well, he’s good at fixing us when we’re broken (like how he helped Sunshine’s leg and fixed Murph and Karl when they was broken...) In a unit, we depend on each other to keep each other alive... and Argon is very special and if something happens to him, the rest of us would be in big trouble. Didn’t mean to share so much about my past... don’t like talkin’ about all that, but I was just tryin to get through to him, you know? We hugged it out... think we both got a little misty...

When we was done talking, Murph and Sunhine said there was folks on the bridge. As we approached we saw they was FOC. Those FOCers again. Instinctually, I put my baseball cap on Millie’s head and told her to stay more hidden. I reminded the group, the FOC... they won’t do nuthin’ to hurt someone like Millie, but they also won’t do nuthin’ to help them either... so better to not to draw attention to folks like Millie, you know?

As we approached, the leader of them, Corporeal Graves said they heard rumors about a super mutant in these parts. Shit, they probably mean Kirkland. Said there’s a bounty for any information (or an even bigger bounty if we trapped him ourselves.) I didn’t want to do the talkin’ I’m not good at that, you know... Argon said we didn’t know anything about Super Mutants, but there was a cabin with lots of blood and if there was a Super Mutant, that’s probably the best likely place it’d be. (Good thinking, doc.) The other chimed in to support what Argon was sayin.’ Babs went on a tangent about kaiju and said he didn’t even think super mutatns were real... they’s like movies or something. Graves got real suspicious and asked how he knew about “movies.” I stepped up and said, “I told them about movies.” When he asked me how I knew about them, I said “I’m Brotherhood.” He seemed to accept this answer. I said most people only ever see a super mutant once, you know, because then they’re dead. Graves then noticed Murph... and started looking him over and I said Murph’s Brotherhood, he’s Brotherhood, he’s with me. Graves didn’t see no Brotherhood insignias on Murph and we said that’s because Murph got injured and we replaced those parts... things was getting real tense and then alla sudden Babs’ brahmin just started running! So, Babs’ started running after them and we after him... boy that was lucky!

As the FOC turned to cross the bridge, Argon noticed something fall from their pack... so I picked it up... when we got further away, I opened it. The others asked what it said... It had a picture of an angry lady... and a lot of bigger words I couldn’t quite make out... so I handed it to Babs... who started reading it, but what he was sayin’ didn’t quite make sense, so Argon took it and read it and said that lady who gave us the pizzah! quest is wanted by the FOC for sedition or something.

The others weren’t sure if that meant she was bad or not... I said the FOC – they’re like the Brotherhood, they are kinda black and white on things. I said, they might not have noticed, but I... I don’t like Super Mutants much. Someone like Kirkland, he’s different, you know? But those FOC’ers won’t see that... so just like him, they could be looking at the lady in white very similar, you know? Seeing her as bad, but maybe she aint bad, just misunderstood. I said we can try to find out more and if she’s evil, we can handle her... but if she’s not, maybe we can help her.

Shit. Things just got a lot more complicated you know?

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