Steel Waste Chapter 347
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Afton breathes out a long sigh as he exits the New Vegas and adjusts the collar on his Stealth suit. He had to say, he wouldn't mind attending the 'Doctors' again if given the chance. Though, he'd probably need something else she wants in order to do that... The many cheesy pickup lines he'd tossed at her didn't seem to have much of an effect if he were honest.
Regardless, he glances at the notification boxes that he came here to acquire.
[Perk granted : Perception Implant]
[Perception Implant] : +1 to Perception
[Perk granted : Endurance Implant]
[Endurance Implant] : +1 to Endurance
[Max level for Perception reached! Perk granted : Danger Sense]
[Danger Sense] : Gives you the ability to sense danger, the severity, and direction should it be a direct attack.
Afton smirks at all the Perks but raises a brow at the web-slinging Vaultboy in a blue and red suit... He shakes his head and ignores it, deciding to find his companions. Judging by the sound of shooting in the distance, he should head that way.
A short walk later and Afton's greeted with the sight of Karl and Boone giving Anja and Josie further instruction on their shooting. Both were 'alright', but neither were good enough to be called experts as of yet.
Their skills were at the level of a common grunt soldier, not bad, but not good either. Afton slowly walks down and greets them all, "Yo!" causing Dog-meat to get up from his resting position and run over to him.
Karl turns and nods at him before continuing to poke faults in Josie's form. "You got what you wanted, kid?"
Afton's about to reply when Nyx does so for him... "User has acquired two Implants improving his Optics and Cardiovascular system. The Doctor was also thorough enough to relieve their stress-"
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"Oi, Nyx, shut the fuck up." Afton quickly whispers to his suit, "You know what they say, don't you? Don't kiss and tell."
"But you and Doctor Usanagi didn't kiss at all... Perhaps you regard her kissing your-"
"*AHEM!* Er, Nyx seems to be malfunctioning, give me a moment." Afton says, walking away and quickly whispering to Nyx as the others watch, obviously aware about what'd occurred now...
Karl crosses him arms and sends a surprised look to Boone, "Honestly? Didn't think that gal had it in her, nor the kid..."
Boone shrugs, "You know what they say about Doctors... Fascination with peculiarities. That or Necropheliacs..."
Josie shakes her head at him, "Gross... I've met Doctor Usanagi, she didn't strike me as someone like that... Maybe a bit too uptight for her own good?"
Afton comes back and scratches the back of his head, "Alright... SO, you guys are doing target practise huh?"
"We're about to finish for the day, so maybe you could tell us about what you've actually been doing these past months... I doubt anyone will overhear us now... That, or you can tell us what went down with a certain Doctor..." Karl drawls.
"Hmm, well it all started two months ago-" he immediately starts when he hears them talk about 'doctors'. He shakes his head before going further though, "Look, this is gonna be a long story, can we make a fire and get some food on before I start?"
The others nod and start preparing it, eventually leading the group to sit around a fire looking expectantly at Afton. "Well... When I left Anja at the Clinic, I drove down nearby Nipton to where a 'Doctor' was supposedly going to be... I didn't find any. All I found was a crashed satellite of some sort, I passed out before I knew what was happening.
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Once I woke up I found myself in an incredibly comfortable bed-" he goes on to explain the Think Tank, Big Mt, the scientists and Doctor Mobius. Of course, he leaves out anything that could indicate the actual location of it, while he trusted Josie and Boone to some degree, he was still unsure about where their true loyalties lay... Whether it be with him, or the NCR.
He explains that he befriended the psychopathic scientists and promised to deal with Mobius for them if they'd give him one favour in return. He shows them the Sonic Emitter, Stealth suit, and Proton axes. The latter of which surprises them greatly.
"Holy shit! It's a lightsab-" Josie shouts out but has her mouth blocked by Boone's hand.
"Quiet... DO you want us to get sued?" he quickly asks, causing her to stop struggling and go silent. "Good."
*Ahem* Afton coughs into his fist, "Yes, it looks like a Saber of Light..." he says before looking around conspiratorily. He then displays the axes ability to easily slice through rock and scrap metal, making Karl incredibly jealous.
"Don't be like that Karl... I'll have one made for you someday." he says, placating the former ranger for now.
"Anyway-"
Afton explains how he'd uncovered most technology held in Big Mt, finally going on to challenge Mobius but instead finding a doddering senile, old fool. "After finding Mobius, I decided to ignore him and instead retrieve what they stole from me... My brain."
"Hold up, you say they stole your brain? How are you even alive right now?" Karl asks, finding it hard to believe.
Afton shrugs, "Once I arrived in Big Mt they Lobotomized me and attached machinery to allow my brainwaves to be transmitted. I still had limited access to my brain, but it was simply stored elsewhere. They also stole my spine and tried the same with my heart... Fortunately or not, the fungus they'd managed to neutralise was too embedded in my system to allow my heart to be properly extracted."
"This all seems... Too advanced. Sounds to me like space-age technology, some shit the Brotherhood of Steel would, and most likely have killed for." Josie states, the others who knew about them nodding in agreement.
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