Urist's Journal, Day 12 of Operation: Evac, Megaton.
Well, it's been at least a week since I wrote in here...not much has happened. We've been renting out rooms at the saloon at a discount, since we've been doing 'community service' around the town. Fixing waterpipes, stopping crime, stamping out the jetheads...you know. Lately I've been getting a lot of people on my frequency, so many I sort of just stamp them out, ya know? I drown it all out with GNR. They've gotten some better songs since I last listened to them. I did take a bit of advice from the people talking to me, I've been chatting to Moira about her book and she's been senting me out on 'quests' to get new information. So far I've almost died of radiation, almost got bitten to death by a mole rat I was supposed to capture, and got sprayed fire on by a fire ant. I do get paid well, and it's mostly how I pay for everyone's rooms every night. My friends mostly stay at the saloon and I go out solo while they do odd jobs, but the Sergeant always tags along with me. He talks a lot, and even though he's a robot, he's a pretty good companion.
Today, Moira asked me to go to the Super Duper Mart to go and find medical and food supplies...It's not that far, so me and Sarge walked over there. I let him hang onto my power armor, since it's heavy and I might be getting a lot of loot here.
We close in on it. Not much has impeded us getting here so far.
Infront of the store, we find two ghoul corpses piled up and many other corpses hanging from meat hooks and stuff. It's a pretty gruesome sight, and judging by the scene, it seems like something raiders would do. Oh hey, raider ambush. We took them out pretty easily, but they weren't putting up much of a fight anyway. We entered the mall sneaking...how does a robot sneak?... and noticed sentries walking up on top of the aisles.
I sniped them out and kept sneaking down the aisles. Two raiders behind the counters jumped out and started throwing motolovs at us, so we returned them with grenades too. Once they were dealt with we emptied the cash registers, found the medical supplies and food supplies, hacked the computer to get into the backroom, and looted the backroom completely. In the corner, there was a computer and a robot. Grabbing the ID card, I hacked the computer and turned it on.
It proceeded to walk outside and fire lasers at more raiders that showed up. I also ate my ID and walked on a mine I placed. The whole place was falling apart, so I grabbed the rest of the loot and left.
When I arrived back in Megaton I dropped my satchel of medical supplies on Moira's counter. She was so happy that I came back alive and with the goods that she sent me on another mission! This time, I'm supposed to go to a town that is covered in mines. I accepted the 'quest' and returned to the saloon, to see Lucas Simms, the sheriff, talking to some guy in a white suit.
It turns out he was trying to blow up Megaton. Lucas Simms tells him to follow him to get arrested, but then the guy pulls out a pistol! Swiftly, I bring my axe down on his hand, cutting it off and the pistol drops to the floor. Lucas finishes the poor bugger off. He rewards me for saving his life by giving me tons of ammo for my gun. Tipping my hat, I leave the saloon. I would love to bring Sarge with me, but I don't think he would be that much use in a minefield. Before I exited the city, a man came up to me and told me that he'd like to come with me. Apparently, information was leaked that I was going to Minefield and he offered to join me. I insisted that it was dangerous, but he didn't listen and told me he was an expert in disarming mines. He told me his name was Matt White.
Author's Note: When I got the mod that renames all these megaton settlers, I noticed the name Matt White. Matt White is actually someone I know IRL. Therefore, addition.
No matter how much I argued he insisted on coming along. I suppose he might come in handy, so I gave him my old BAR. I showed him how to use it and gave him some ammo. Then, we headed out. We traveled pass Springvale and came across a heavily irradiated river. Then, we saw some of the scariest things...ever.
They have long flexible arms and reaaally sharp teeth. They surrounded me and started beating me so hard, I think I saw my life flash before my eyes twice. Matt started firing wildly and they turned on him. I got a few good shots with my shotgun and took one down, then Matt took down another before getting beat down to the ground. I pulled out my machine gun and hailed them with bullets. Finally, they were all dead. I butchered them and found their meat to be very tasty! We took a break and bandaged our wounds, then continued fording across the river. On the other side, we found an entire army of night ghouls. How could tonight get any worse?!
Author's Note: You can't see well in that picture, but there were at least 15 of those bastards.
Me and Matt hid nearby, and found a couple standing alone. We took them out, and found the rest running towards the west. We went over to the corpses and turned around..the goddamn ghouls were right behind us! We ran and fired in a frenzy at the oncoming hordes, suffering heavy injures but fortunately none of them lethal. We decided to rest for a while.
We continued on, coming across some weird sights...but thankfully no more monsters.
I would've shot them down, but that would've broken the bottles. How did they get them up there in the first place though?
Huzzah! We made it, Minefield! It's quite the desolate village, and yes, it is filled with frag mines. Cars scatter the roads, and I can see a fort or something in the distance. We continued on our trek and when we came upon the first mine, Matt said for me to stand aside and let him handle it. It didn't work out so well...
He exploded right in my face, I think I got a bit on me too...gross. I wiped myself off just in time to hear a bullet clink off of a nearby car...then another. Fire started in the car and suddenly it exploded, knocking me backwards and breaking my left arm. I got up and looked through my scope, noticing a sniper on the fort. Thinking quickly, I pulled out my uzi and began firing on the mines in my way. The path to the fort cleared, I ran up the stairs and shot the sniper rifle out of his hand!
The geezer put his hands over his head and hid behind the pillar. I walked up to him and grabbed him by the shirt, telling him to follow me or die now. He obliged and began following me. I started disarming all the mines in sight, and with my pack full I left Minefield. The geezer was nowhere to be found, he must've ran. Oh well.
I returned to Moira and got my reward, then hit the saloon. It was a hard day, but an enjoyable experience nonetheless. Wonder what's in store for me tomorrow?
