Chapter 7a: Crowned With A Cold Blue Sky
Welcome to Novac. Is that Victor?

Victor, it is you.
Your resolution isn't looking so good.
Looks like someone turned the graphical settings down.

Guess I'll ask around for information.

You there, old woman.

Not so sure about your choice in adjectives.

I'm looking for a douchebag in a checkered suit.
I know there's only one of those wandering around the desert.

I'll bet he didn't steal your shit, shoot you in the head, and bury you.

There's... there's a sniper in the dinosaur's mouth.
That's a sentence I never believed I'd say out loud.

I guess...
I guess I'm going to climb the dinosaur.

Manny, my man.

So I hear.

Manny and Boone, together they fight...
Actually, what exactly is it you two do?

Yeah, I hear those guys have been causing some trouble.
Also, they burnt a town to the ground a bit south of here.
I'm looking for a guy in a checkered suit.

He's got something of mine.

I don't plan on asking politely.

Of course you do. You really can't deal with it yourself?

Wonderful. What do you need me to do?

That's it? Just clear a bunch of ghouls out of a building.

Easy enough.

Go west, young woman.

Looks like fun.

No ghouls yet.

Instead, there's a rest stop here with a shitload of supplies.

Including a bed. I think I'll have a nap.
Keep an eye out, Jango.
8 hours later...
Good morning. No creeps on my a
ss about colorful bottle caps this time.

Some good old zombie killing will give me a good warm-up.

CAN YOU DIG IT.

I hope you all go down this easy.

This'll be a simple job.

Whoa, what?

Who the hell are you?

"Smoothskin?" I guess all the ghouls aren't feral.

Aw shit, super mutants. This isn't going to be as easy as I thought.

Luckily all I'm seeing so far is more ghouls.

And there's some stuff here to steal.
I mean recover.

I feel kind of sorry for these things.

Jango offers mercy in the form of cleansing fire.

That's the staircase.

There's a lot of super mutant corpses all over the place, and they're all carrying rebar clubs.
I think I look good carrying one.

Why the fuck are you so hostile?

You- Wait, you're not even a ghoul!

Prank? I...
Fuck it, I quit.

You must be Jason.

Far Beyond?

I...
Maybe? Does it involve you leaving this facility?

Close enough.

Demons?
I think I know where this is going.

Super mutants with stealth boys.
Fucking awesome.

I'm surprised you managed to kill any. You ghouls are awful fragile.

Let me guess, you need me to clear the mutants out of the building?

Wait, I wasn't volunteering, asshole!

Fuck.
FINE.

Not the worst ominous basement I've ever walked into.

Haven't seen any super mutants so far, but that's not surprising since they are INVISIBLE.

Oh good, a mutant who would rather talk.

Maybe I spoke too soon.

Are you talking to yourself?

Who the fuck is Antler?

Okay, that answers all the questions I could ever have.
Please don't flatten me.

I am so okay with that. Listen, I'm here on behalf of the ghouls upstairs.

Yeah, I don't know how I get roped into this shit.
The ghouls need to come down here for their... Great Journey or whatever.

But not you, right?

And what do you... what does Antler want?

A nightkin obsessed with stealth boys. How novel.

Why can't you search it?


Good to see your brahmin skull sees some use in me. If I clear the ghoul out, you'll get out of here?

Fantastic.

If he tries to shoot me, he's not going to appreciate my counter-offer.

But maybe diplomacy is the way to go.

Allison's Floral Arrangements, am I at the right address?

I'm your guardian angel, come to set you free.
Jason sent me.

To be fair, he looks like a stiff breeze would knock him over.

I'm actually here to get you out, maybe you didn't hear?

...Are you seriously about to ask me for a favor?



FFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK.
I need to kill something.

YEAH, YOU'LL FUCKING DO.

I'll beat your a
ss so fast the camera can't even catch it.

This turned out about as well as I expected.

Yeah, and she didn't look too good.
Besides the whole ghoul thing.

I wouldn't really know the difference between damaged and clean ghoul skin, dude.

Now to find these stealth boys.

...There aren't any.
Boy, nobody's getting good news today.

So, uh... The stealth boys are gone.

WHOA, HEY, SHIT, IT'S NOT MY FAULT.

ANTLER, TALK HIM DOWN.

Well shit, I guess Jason won't care how the "demons" got taken care of.

Clear as a nightkin with a working stealth boy.

Awesome, so you'll be leaving on your Great Beyond or whatever?

Wait, what? There's more work?

Fuck me.