Part 9 – Nosferatu
Remember Lucy West?
She used to live in Megaton before she got herself killed in the big explosion...
:twisted:
However, before her body was destroyed in the nuclear explosion, she gave us a fairly generic FedEx quest.
Here’s the letter she told us to deliver to her parents.
FACT: The game doesn’t allow us to open it or read the letter.
Who cares? That bitch is dead.
Well, we could still deliver the letter anyway. I mean, what’s the harm in that? We might meet some interesting people along the way.
Plus, after we deliver the letter to her parents, we can gloat to them about how we blew up their daughter.
:twisted: :D
So, we leave Tenpenny Tower and head to Arefu.
We’re approaching the seemingly peaceful settlement of Arefu, when...
All of a sudden, there’s a small explosion right in front of our face.
This guy is the leader of Arefu.
WTF man? Why you throw grenade at us without warning?
Whatever. Let’s just give this guy Lucy’s letter and leave.
Let me guess: Your town is being attacked by some stupid gang and you need our help. :sigh:
Notice the wording he uses when he refers to the Brahmin as ‘lifeblood’.
And, you need our help, right?
FACT: There are three houses in this settlement. We need to check up on all of them.
Here’s the first person we need to check up on.
Here’s the second. Both of these people seem like they're ok.
However, as we enter the third house, we find two dead bodies.
These are Lucy’s parents. We were supposed to deliver the letter to them.
Hey, didn’t Evan King suggest that the gang attacked the town just a few hours ago?
Yeah.
Well, then why the fuck do these bodies look like they’ve already almost completely decomposed?
I don’t know. That’s kinda silly.
Maybe we should try to analyze the bodies a bit more closely.
FACT: You need a medicine skill of at least 30 to make this diagnosis.
:facepalm:
Please tell me there aren’t any vampires in Fallout. Please?
:facepalm:
If you had a Medicine skill of at least 60, you could also diagnose that these bite marks were created by human teeth. Unfortunately, our medicine skill is not that high.
Anyway, we go back to Evan King and inform him of the dead bodies we found:
Also, the dead bodies had bite marks on their necks.
FACT: Evan King is a moron.
Why do I get the feeling the actual answer is gonna be much sillier than ‘attack dogs’?
Nope. We just found two middle-aged dead bodies.
So, I guess that means the kid is still alive?
Maybe the gangsters kidnapped him.
Do we really have to?
C’mon. Maybe we’ll get to meet some vampires!!
...
This is the Meresti Service Tunnel. We need to go through here to find the gang.
FACT: This location seems like it was stolen from Oblivion.
There are monsters inside this tunnel.
Meet this Mirelurk. He attacks us. We kill him.
We leave those tunnels only to find more tunnels!!
After a couple of minutes, we find this guy:
FACT: ‘The Family’ is the name of the gang we’re looking for.
Who the fuck names their gang ‘The Family’? Doesn’t that sound like a pretty faggy name? I mean, is that name supposed to create fear?
I agree. These guys sound like a bunch of pansies.
Anyway, this badasssss gangster tells us to talk to their leader, Vance.
You were right. These gangsters are a bunch of pansies.
Misunderstood? What do you mean? What kind of fucked up shit do you guys do down here?
Teach them your ways? What are you, some sort of crazy cult?
Please tell me there aren’t any vampires in Fallout. Please?
Please?
But, you guys survive by only drinking blood and come out only at night? I’m pretty sure that makes you a vampire.
:facepalm:
If you psychos are so ‘disciplined’, then why you murder Ian West’s parents in Arefu?
Yes.
So, Ian West is also a vampire?
After a speech check, he agrees to let us talk to Ian.
Evan King told us to find you and make sure you’re ok.
Yeah, we know. You’re a fuckin’ psycho just like Vance and the rest of this gang.
Now you’re just making lame excuses. Quit blaming it on the hunger.
See? This is why vampires get the reputation of being emo faggots. It’s ‘cause of losers like you.
I agree. This kid’s getting really whiny and annoying.
Actually, I think you’re a psycho emo murderer.
Whatever. Let’s just give him his sister’s letter.
Actually, Lucy’s dead. We killed her.
:twisted: Let’s gloat in front of his face about how we blew up Megaton and killed his sister!! :twisted:
Nope. The game doesn’t let us. This part plays out exactly the same, regardless of whether or not we destroyed Megaton and killed his sister.
So, we go up to Vance and inform him of Ian’s decision.
Also, you should stop attacking and feeding on Arefu.
Dude, I don’t think that’ll work. I mean, this is a gang. They’re not gonna just start being friendly just ‘cause you asked him to. That’s not what gangs do.
Well, what if the folks in Arefu give you bloodpacks and in return, you protect their town?
See? Told ya it would work.
:sigh:
Anyway, let’s head back to Arefu and talk to Evan King.
We tell him about Vance’s proposition. Here’s his response:
We also decide to check up on Ian:
Hey dude, you don’t actually believe you’re a vampire, do you?
Hold on a second. When the hell did he actually learn to 'control his hunger’?
Well, he did hang out with that Vance dude for a night.
This is supposed to be an almost uncontrollable hunger that caused him to kill his parents, right?
He learned to control all of this in just ONE NIGHT?
I agree. This dude’s is probably still just as unstable and psychotic as he was before all this.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up killing and cannibalizing the rest of the folks in this town. We should get the fuck out of here before he tries to eat us.
Unfortunately, the game doesn’t let us warn the other residents about his ‘hunger’ or anything like that.
So, we decide to head back to Vance, and see if he has anything more to tell us:
Hold on a second. Are you trying to turn me into a vampire?!!
FACT: Will and Meditation are all you need to become a vampire.
So... I’m a vampire now?
So... does that mean that I’m only a Thin-Blood?
Aren’t Thin-Bloods supposed to be harbingers of Gehenna?
So, that means I’m actually a sign of the upcoming apocalypse? Sweet!! :twisted:
Normally, consuming a blood pack would only recover 1 HP.
End of part 9.
This is the last side mission I’m gonna do for now.
In the next episode, we’re gonna focus on the main mission some more and head to Galaxy News Radio Headquarters and resume our search for daddy.