What did we talk about? Well, for the most part, I just told her a few stories about the things I had done in the Mojave. I could tell she didn’t like anything about the Legion, so I told her about how I saved the Bitter Springs Refugee Camp and liberated Nelson. I didn’t go into complete detail, I didn’t think that’d be a good idea.
Anyway, I was about halfway through recounting... what was it again? Oh yeah, how I saved President Kimball, that was amazing. Tackled the Legion spy to the ground and caved his head in with a wrench. Do you have any idea how hard that is? Seriously, those things are brittle.
Celestia interrupted the Courier mid-sentence. “Forgive me, but I am needed elsewhere. Twilight Sparkle and her friends will be arriving soon.”
The Courier seemed disappointed that he was losing his audience, but shrugged. “Tell her I said hi,” he replied with a smile.
“Of course,” the alicorn answered, snorting lightly. “I’m sure she’s worried about you.”
The Courier let out a snort of his own. “Trust me, a kick to the head is nowhere near enough to keep me down.” He winced as he forced himself to stand. “I probably have a concussion or something, though,” he added.
“I am honestly surprised that you woke up as quickly as you did.”
“You wouldn’t believe some of the things I’ve fought,” he replied, meeting her eyes. “Believe me, your guards are nothing compared to them.”
“Aren’t you getting ahead of yourself?” Celestia asked, amused by his words. “After all, you’ve only encountered two of them.”
“True,” he shrugged. “But I’ve taken down multiple Legion hit squads, most of them with better weapons than I have. Your guards should be a piece of cake,” he finished with a smirk.
“The Royal Guard is notoriously proud, Courier, Celestia warned. “I think they’d be glad to take up your challenge.”
“Let them,” he answered.
Celestia smiled, his confidence and good nature endearing him to her. “I think you should get medical attention, though.”
“I... I fully support that line of thinking,” he said as he collapsed back to the ground. “Great, now there are two of you,” he muttered.
“Oh dear,” the alabaster alicorn whispered, only now displaying concern. “I’ll get you a doctor immediately.”
“That’d... that’d be nice,” he slurred, using a hand to keep himself from falling over.
As Celestia disappeared, she failed to notice the human slump against the wall of his cell. She did notice what seemed to be singing. “Heartaches by the number, troubles by the score...”
So I was singing. Kept me awake, that’s all that mattered. Didn‘t want to fall into a coma or something, right?
I got that doctor quick. Believe it or not, the one they sent to me had a picture of a lightning bolt over a red cross on his flank. Turns out, those pictures pretty much tell them what they’re gonna be good at. I kept wondering what mine would look like.
He didn’t have a horn, though he had wings, and he managed to hold all his stuff with his hooves. No I have no idea how that worked. They explained a lot of things to me as magic, so I guess that’ll do.
Turns out, secondary languages are a mandatory part of the Royal Guards’ training. Probably to deal with ambassadors and such. Anyway, turns out that De-Fib, yes that was his name, spoke near-perfect English. Got him to tell me a few things too.
“Twilight Sparkle, thank you for coming,” the alicorn said as she saw the Element Bearers in the throne room.
“Of course, Princess,” the unicorn mare replied, doing her best to stop herself from rushing in for a hug.
“I’m guessing you are worried about your new friend’s condition.”
This elicited a grumble from Applejack that Twilight made a point of ignoring. “He did get bucked in the head,” she commented.
“You’ll be glad to know that he is awake and is receiving medical attention.”
“I cannot wait to meet him!” Rarity gushed. “I simply must design him something as a thank-you for saving Sweetie Belle.”
“I still need to thank him for saving me in the Everfree.”
“And I need to throw him a ‘Welcome to Equestria’ party!”
Applejack scowled at her friends. “How can you be so trustin’ of this fella? He kills! Ah saw him do it!”
“We’ve been through this, Applejack!” Twilight responded angrily. “He acted in self-defence! And he saved your sister!”
“I have spoken to him, Applejack,” Celestia interrupted calmly, “and he is as well-adjusted as any of us.” Everypony present shot a glance at Pinkie Pie, who currently had a fifth hoof. Somehow. “Perhaps more,” she added hesitantly. There were still a small number things that confused the Princess of the Sun (though she would never admit it), and Pinkie Pie was among them. She returned her attention to the matter at hoof. “The world he is from is violent, incredibly so. Though his actions are far from pleasant, it is the only way he knows. His intentions are certainly noble, though.”
“Ah just can’t see what kinda noble intention can lead to killin’,” Applejack grumbled.
“From what he has told me, he has only ever acted in such a way against those who threaten the safety of those who can’t defend themselves or himself.”
“We told you he was a good alien!” Rainbow said very loudly to her friend. She had been especially disappointed by the way Applejack was acting. “Honestly, Applejack, I can’t understand what you have against him.”
They all turned around when they heard the door being opened. They turned to see the Courier standing there, his long coat swaying gently, sand slowly pouring out of it. On his head was a red beret, on his face was a cocky smile and in his eyes was a mischievous light. Behind him was a guard that looked far from happy. “You miss me?” he loudly asked the group. Rarity swooned and fainted. “Am I that sexy?” he asked as they all turned to look at the prone mare.
Author’s Notes:
Okay, I’ll be putting this on hold for a bit while I write some more of Parental Problems and Wargames. Kinda been neglecting them.
And the Mane Six have now all seen the Courier! Should be fun...
short one..
hmmm, just a small cursory thing "alabaster unicorn"? should be "alicorn"
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A-HERP-A-DERP
Thank you for pointing that out.
SWAG.
lol great chapter
>I’ll be putting this on hold for a bit
ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Right, read all the way through for now. In summary, all my criticisms of the first chapter no longer apply by this point, so I really no longer have any complaints. Good story, looking forward to the rest of it.
H-hold? But, I'm enjoying it
She probably fainted from the horrible, horrible design of the Courier's long coat.
Also, that beret is so last week.
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I can see the bit with the coat.
But that beret is awesome. I swear, if it had any DT/DR I'd use it much more then any other headpiece. (and I'd just get better body armor to make up for my beret's lack of DT/DR compared to helmets.)
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Bitch, please.
Nothing shall ever beat the Elite Riot Gear helmet.
I see him now as a troll, I mean he escaped a cell, retrieved all his belongings and even made his way to the throne room with eas and after all that he still has a smile on his face.That my friend, is a Fallout troll
NOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT ON HOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDD this is like the WORST. POSSIBLE. THING! *Grabs red couch and faints on it*
LOL Rarity
yes. you are, in fact, that sexy
601160 *Takes couch away a second before he can land on it*
Heh heh, priceless. Great chapter, hate to see the series go on hold. Here's hoping to a quick return, and success in your future endeavors.
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Oh please. The beret is so much more fashionable then that silly old riot helmet. (*coughcough*atleastinmyopinion*coughcough*)
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Silly... old... riot helmet?
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what is WRONG with you people? OBVIOUSLY the perfect combo is the Stealth Suit Mk II with the re breather! The suit is so....NICE! It talks to you, and heals you!
He needs Bennys suit to have maxium swag.
I can see how Rarity would probably react badly to his choice of clothing, if that is indeed why she fainted, but you've got to admit, that Elite Riot Gear has a certain sort of charm to it.
I was sad about hold, but then you said Parental Problems.
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Due to a glitch in the game, you can in fact wear BOTH at the same time!
With the right perks you can have a massive +6 to your Perception! At once!
A kick in the head? I C WAT U DID THAR .
601149 Assuming the protagonists are related, his great-grandfather saved an entire Vault, his grandfather saved a large part of the Wasteland, his father gave clean water to another large part of the Wasteland, and he killed a dictator that dozens of squads of NCR soldiers could not take out. None of them were aided from the start, and most, if not all, only had one or two very weak weapons. Escaping a jail, whose guards have only melee weapons, is ridiculously easy.
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Ah yes, the "Riot Helmet Glitch". The immortal programming error where one can supposedly wear a Riot Gear helmet and another helmet together, giving double the bonuses.
We have dismissed that claim.
He used my comment in the story.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
ON HOLD? WE DEMAND MOAR!
603834
I did?
WHERE!?
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Who says he fought his way out?
Also, there is no way in hell that the Lone Wanderer and the Courier are father and son. The Lone Wanderer was only 19 when he gave the entire Capital Wasteland clean drinking water. That was four years before the events of New Vegas.
The Courier let out a snort of his own. “Trust me, a kick to the head is nowhere near enough to keep me down.”
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604644
Two bullets through the skull wasn't enough, why would a simple kick be?
Grand chapter my friednd, keep it up.
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So can you actually wear them together? The only headgear glitch I've ever seen was in 3 with the Chinese Stealth Armor.
And while the Riot Helmet is cool, I'd rather have my 1st Recon Beret.
1st Recon Beret > Elite Riot Helmet in my opinion.
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http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Elite_riot_gear#Bugs
All versions of riot gear helmets and their variants are flagged specifically as "hair", so you can still wear hats or berets with them.
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I especially like the Nexus retexture, Legacy of X13.
Now that's just beautiful.
604684 You don't get the joke, do you? Check the music played by the radio.
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....
Yes.
Awesome.
So now I need to find a ERH to go with my beret.
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Ain't Love A Kick in The Head?
Of course! Derp.
Yay!
604499 the whole actions vs. intentions shpeale.
its so good!!!! I NEED MOAR!!
Am i that sexy?
"Who currently had a fifth hoof." Seems legit. I have always advocated Pinkie as many things, one of them being the bane of physicists.
"Am I that sexy?" No witty comment to be had, just wanted to highlight that stroke of genius.
Congrats on another excellent chapter.
Well, my only complaint so far is so minor that you might as well ignore it. I just think R.D., loyalty, is accepting the courier a little bit too easily.
applejack is the friggin biggest ingrate...
Didn't know Pinkie was a hermaphrodite.
Awww...SWEET! He has the 1st Recon Beret! Awesome!
Rereading this because of the sequal...now I REALLY wanna know more about his cutie mark...that word still gives me migraines XP
That is a nice chapter.
But how did he get out?...
2087536 I see what you did there...
And I got it even more than he did!