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Old Feb 28th, 2012, 09:45 AM
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Jasper looks to the Ghoul. "Old story... Mister yours is a new one to me, and one I would like to hear. It's the wastelanders we are escorting that are afraid of you. Get up and come join us. If your not sick of telling it, I'd love to hear your story. Tommas said you were here before the bombs.. Don't know how that's possible, so mayhaps you could set that record straight too.."
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He shrugs from his place on the ground. He pushes himself up, bracing his knees as he moves from a squat, and holds his back as he moans to an upright position. "Youngun, next time, don't tackle an old ghoul, just tell me to get down!" He nods to Jasper.

"Let's get to story time. You want me to tell it here and again o'er there, or put everyone together an' do it in one swoop?"

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"One swoop will do old timer." Jasper says with a smile. "Hold a sec, while I issue the all clear."

Jasper reaches to his pipboy and sends a group text. "The ghoul is not hostile. We're bringing them back. Tell the Wastelanders to stand down."

Jasper closes the flap and then looks back. "Ok" he says as he motions the group to head to the shelter.
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Slightly abashed, Alistair aids in helping Norm to his feet. Surprising he has no problems touching the ghoul. He then wipes the sand/dirt off his trench, directing his words to Norm. "Yeah sorry... I just sort of felt that something might have gone wrong." It had been a thought, a notion on the mind of the wasters... and Alistair wasn't keen on letting on to the other's that he could read their thoughts. Or, worse. In any case, it was just good to be back. "Good to see you Jasper. What's new?" He adds with a soft laugh that sounds almost forced.
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Seeing Alistair up close, and having the tension of the situation released, Malph turns the mini-gun away from the group, and starts closely inspecting the weapon. "So if this thing is the safety, and that is the trigger; there shouldn't be anything else to toggle on this gun. This is so cool! I wonder why no-one wanted to give me a gun back at the vault?"

Realizing that he was staring at the gun, Malph looks up at the new-comers, and gives a wide grin, baring all of his teeth in the process.
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"Day-glow zombies?" Morgan looks over to the others. "What the @*&%!?"
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Skit nods at Morgan as he spits on the ground "See, you have Ghouls, which are good in my book, and then you have the Glowing Ones which I hear tell is so heavily affected by radiation that their bodies glow 'cause of it. All that contamination has sho 'Nuff blasted their brains into bite sized biscuits and they is angry as hell on two legs!" he shakes his head solemnly as the group starts walking back to them "I confess this man makes me as nervous as a whore in a church, but live and learn is what we must. Live and learn..." he seems to relax a little as he lowers his crossbow an inch or two. Having spent his life with rustlers and raiders, jet-freaks and other outcasts have made him a little more tolerant to those on the fringe of society, who is he to judge this soul before it has the chance to say its piece?

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Norm follows Alistair and their greeting committee closely, raising his hands to the sky in a traditional gesture of surrender, helping the others see his lack of weaponry. His voice scrapes across the group's eardrums as he smiles loosely. "Yarrr, I am hear to eat your brains, arrrr, look at me, all feral an' such. Hey, quick question - how're yer pipboys doin'? Any blips or beeps or squeals? Anythin' indicatin' I'm gonna melt yer face off with radiation?" He says this last confidently, as there are, indeed, no blips or beeps or squeals indicating anything but ambient radiation about.

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Yeah well I don't trust the glowing rotter. We should just go dig a 6 foot hole and put him in it. The bastard is playing us sure as a mole rat can dig. Tommas says spitting on the ground and glaring at the ghoul walking toward him. Seeing that he seems to be alone in his hatred, Tommas scowls at the others before sitting down and setting his club next to him so it is well within reach. Opening some of his food he eats some dinner while the others decide what they are going to do.
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For a while - for quite a while - the two groups exchanged harsh words, and generally showed their distrust for each other. Flynt watched on, silent simply because he knew not what to say. The ghouls were something he felt rather unprepared for; but a glowing ghoul, who at once caused such fear in the wastelanders, but seemed to talk and act as well as any of them? That was doing his head in badly.

Whilst the others chatted, he sat down on one of the benches, and put his head in his hands. Coaching sports was one thing, he simply was not trained in dealing with monsters! No - if I say "monster", then I have already decided... Working with the idea in his head, he realised what needed to be done.

Standing, he turned to the group - and found it a whole lot less hostile than it had been. It even looked like the ghoul was going to tell a story. Though, not everyone was happy. Tommas, Ainsley and Erika still stood off a bit, with Ainsley adding to Tommas' comments. "Look, if you guys are mental enough to join up with him, that's fine - but we are going to be off, on our own, right? We'd rather risk travel as a small group, than hang around with a friggin' glow-ghoul!" Erika looked at Jasper, daring him to ask for the armour back.

Flynt spoke out before the others could answer. "I think I'd like to hear what the ghou- what Norm has to say, hear his story. How about we listen to that, first, then decide what to do?"

The wastelanders didn't seem overly thrilled with the idea, but at least (for now), Ainsley was remaining where he was.


 
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Taking the opportunity to lower his hands, Norm glances around at the largest assembly of people he has seen in a while. "Well, I guess there's a bit of explainin' I can do. See, Any a you who know a thing er two about science is gonna be callin' jakes on me at the start here. Ghouls're the product of too much radiation. Now now, this is where it gets weird. Yeah, most people when exposed to high rads get cancer and chew dirt. However - and this is the part that matters - there's a part of the ol' double helix that can cause some wasters to end up, well, rotty 'stead of dead. Some linked it to pre-war research on a certain genetic make up that prevented the body's cells from goin' rogue an' splittin' willy-nilly - that's cancer, fer the non-scientific in the room - an' my own research ain't shown no different. I've got my notes in me bag, if'n ya want to look." He pauses for a moment, realizing he lost some of the crowd.

"Okay, so, ghouls're a genetic anomaly, basic'ly people that were born with a bit o' resistance to rads that get exposed to too much. We get gooshy, but get to live fer a bit longer. Me, I'm somewhere's 'round 70, and ain't showin' no signs of slowin' down." He scratches at the apple-sized red growth in his cheek, peeling off a piece by accident. He stares at it, then flicks it to the ground, frowning. "Bah. Ain't nothin' to be proud of. Basic'ly, I'm out here gettin' by, an' you folks're an opportunity to maybe see a few things I ain't before. I'll help ya out best I can, and all's I want in payment is not havin' a gun pointed at me, a bit of jawin' 'round the fire, an' maybe a few extra eyes to check my notes."

He stops, his eyes slit, waiting for a response.

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Skit nods as Norm speaks, still holding his crossbow at waist level "That is all good and savvy, you being a ghoul and all that, 's just that you be one 'o them Glowing Ones and, now before you say anything, if my memory serves me right all 'Yall Glowing Ones is supposed to be scrambled in the head so much you go around killing all that gits in your way." spitting lazily on the ground he puts the safety back on and slings the crossbow back over his shoulder "Looks like you ain't about to do such non-sense so I guess you ain't what you ain't. Y'know?" with that he nods in approvement, not understanding half of what the ghoul had said he was however sure enough that it was not a raving monster as he had been taught all Glowing ones were "Name's Skit by the way."
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Astrid sulked in a corner, letting the shadows help conceal her from any sideways glances. Initially I was concerned about the glowing one of course. But Morgan would let us know if it was a threat to our health on the science level. Besides we have bigger things to start stressing over.

At this rate we'll soon be outnumbered by outsiders. It's no longer a stray guide or disposable scout we're recruiting. If they turn on us we no longer have the power to repel them without instance. It would be a bloody massacre on both sides. It's coach's call, but I'm beginning to question his judgement.

...and they're getting more and more foul by the minute. First they were just unclean, now they're even genetically sullied. The mission's chances of success fall with every minute. I wonder if Coach remembers this isn't a field trip to the basement condensers followed by a stop at the cafeteria for lunch.


When the glowing zombie tore some sort of blister off she almost vomited. The nausea passed quickly but she wasn't happy about it. She spoke from the dark corner with her arms crossed over her chest. "Listen up. This is for all you new people, and those who've obviously gotten too much sun recently. You've all seem to have forgotten that we're out here in search of water sources. Preferably large, but any source is of interest. Secondary objectives include finding purification technology. Tertiary is to keep this information private, exposing it weakens the vault's position. No one here was authorized to recruit. The situation as it is has negated the need to travel to a city because of all the promises our guides have made. If any of our newly acquired guides can lead us to one of the aforementioned destinations speak up now. If you cannot, there's really no reason to keep you around." She slouched back, her face suddenly lit by the pale blue light of her open lil' pip boy. She was typing quickly, then snapped it shut.
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Norm smiles, revealing a rather surprisingly complete set of chompers, given his stated age and state of decay. Well, I guess no matter what, I'm signed on to help with that there tertiary goal. Either I come with, or ye shoot me, eh? But let's leave off that and stick with the less... conflicting." He sticks a fingernail between some teeth, finding a bean skin from last night's supper, and sucks it back off.

"Goal number one. Where do you think people moved when all hell broke loose? Water. That means if'n yer lookin' fer water, yer gonna find people. People usually not really willin' to share what keeps 'em not thirsty with the likes of an entire Vault. Which brings us to goal number two. Now, yer not the first ones ta think of the alternative - I know, Vault folks's smart folks, but yeh didn't have ALL the ideas first. Any purifyin' equipment that was within reach ain't gonna be there no more. Anythin' that ain't within smoothskin reach... well, that's when a berk like ol' Norm proves his worth."

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Astrid began to tie up her excessively long hair into something more manageable when Norm responded. "If a city is there that's fine. However, going to a city just for the sake of taking in the sights and exploring is unacceptable. You are required to lead us to the closest of these goals as efficiently as possible. ...A straight line. Philosophical banter can be kept to a minimum, we're not interested in what used to be around. What we need is confirmation of resources that are presently available." She finished the tie, securing her hair into a loose bun that shortened the loose back to half it's height. "Flynt, don't you agree?"
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