Ha ha very nice, mirocu. Actually I like Sarge Chasm better.

Looking in my Cho Zen-Wahn folder, it seems this is the last of his Pipboy App updates. I'd like to thank everyone who read & commented on these messy updates, and although I'll probably bring Cho over to PC from Xbox eventually, I'm not sure he'll be doing any more of these. We'll see.




*clicka!*

Pipboy App ON, Date: Friday, 02.05.78, 5:50 AM



Man, so much has happened, I don't even know where to begin, or where I left off. I've been wanting to record so many more of ... the events which have happened over these past few days. Break.

My Pipboy App has been glitching out though, I think. Last time I saw Marge she told me the App might have problems as time goes on. Has something to do with its "optimazation quatification" something or other. Some [censored] I don't understand. Basically what it boils down to is the recording App is not part of the original programming of my Pipboy, meaning that it's not ... um ... "hardcoded". I think that's the word. So I am what's called a "alpha tester". No. "Beta tester". Pretty sure it's "beta". Break.

Well, it's working now. And guess what? I have been captured by the Enclave. Yes, that's right. I have been captured by those jocked-over bastards, and taken into their custody. Long story alert. Break.

I had to find this place called Little Lamplight or some such. Place was full of kids. So I find this "little lamplight" place and the kids, I mean literally kids, run the place. No adults allowed in there. So I try to explain that I don't want to [censored] move in with them, all I wanted to do was pass through, because I happen to know that Vault 87 is apparently part of little lamplight. But they wouldn't let me in. Break.

One of them has this idea though. He says "go to this Paradise" place. "Paradise Falls". Apparently a bunch of kids got kid-napped, imagine that? And so this Lamplight kid gets an idea for me to rescue all these kids. I say "no problem". So I go do that. Takes me ... what? .... Like 3 days of dealing with their [censored]. But I did it. I got it done. Because I'm good. I'm really good at being a mostly-unpaid mercenary. Break.

I get back to Lamplight. Now they let me in. I finally get in there, and they're mostly pretty cool about it, those kids were. Some of them were *unidentified word*, but most of them were okay. Break.

I get into Vault 87. Place full of super-mutants. Which is fine with me. They can all get a little taste of what I've got, know what I mean? "Oh, you want some lazer-fire? Sure. Here you go, buddy." BAM! ... You know, I took them all down. But then I met this one mutant, and he changed everything. He was locked up in a cell, for one thing. And he was showing up as "green" on my Pipboy compass. He even had a name for me: *unidentified word*. That's spelled F A W K E S, Pipboy App. Break.

Fawkes and I wound up working together. Because as it turns out, he knew what the G.E.C.K. was, and where I could find it. And I trusted Fawkes, and it's a good thing I did. Because as it turns out the G.E.C.K was stored in some sort of super radioactive hiding place. I mean, I walked in there for like one second with a Rad-X in me, and my Rad Count starting zooming through the roof. And I got this burning feeling. So hey, if Fawkes wanted to go in there, [censored] it. Have at it. Break.

He did it. He got the G.E.C.K., but then all hell broke loose for me. Turns out, the Enclave must have had some sort of trace on me. I don't know. But all the sudden they were there. Those fuckers. Knocked me out. Took me ... somewhere. I don't know where I am right now. Some kind of metal room. And this colonel guy was screaming at me about some sort of password for the water system my father was working on. I go "I don't know any [censored] password." I mean, just because I'm his [censored] son, you think I know some random numbers? I say "My father was in charge of that. If you'd let the guy live, maybe you'd all be drinking fresh water by now. Asshole." Break.

Phew. Well, I'm all dressed in my metal armor now. And President Henry Eden apparently wants to speak to ME. Here I go. Wish me luck.

unidentified male voice: Hold it right there!

What?

unidentified male voice: You're supposed to be in that cell right there. There's a full compliment of guards in the next room. As soon as I get them you're going back in your cell, in a *unidentified word* if necessary.

You need to get the [censored] out of my face, assclown. Henry Eden wants to see me. Direct offcial orders. You think you want to disobey him? Go ahead. I'll enjoy seeing you carted off in a *unidentified word*

unidentified male voice: I'm not listening to anything you say, prisoner. Stand down at once!

You know, I've got this friend here I'd like you to meet. His name is "Shiny". Shiny the Chinese sword. You think your stupid gun can keep up with Shiney? Let's see.

unidentified sounds.... Pipboy App cannot decipher ... 10 seconds ... 20 seconds ... 30 seconds ... 40 seconds...

Uh. Maybe that was a mistake. Ha. Um, I'd better go. Just killed two Enclave soldiers just now. Fun, but now I'm nervous. I'd better go.

*click*

Pipboy App OFF, Date: Friday, 02.05.78, 6:31 AM

Hey, I´m nowhere near Renee-level but at least I tried



Ugh. I remember Lamplight. Worst place evah

The Enclave got to meet Cho's friend Shiny!

A funny update, too bad that Cho's recording App broke down after that. IIRC there quite a few options to deal with Eden but you can't exit his room until you choose one path - either to agree with him and help with his plan either to make him commit a "suicide" either to destruct him yourself.

Yesterday I did some testing with reputation in FNV, and gained the Wild Child rep. in Goodpsrings. Turns out that Chet has some unique dialogue for you in this case, he says that you remind him of yourself when he came to town, and as such he gives you a wholesale discount. I didn't know about this but I never had the Wild Child rep. in Goodsprings either. In any case, this discount isn't mentioned on the official FNV wiki but I found it mentioned in the Users Talk section.

Despite he saved Goodsprings from the harassment of Powder Gangers, residents of the small town didn’t complain too much when Alan Webb left. There was something about him that made most of them on edge when he was around, and when he was looking at you with his bright blue eyes, you had a feeling like he knows what’s on your mind. Webb wasn’t rude, far from it, in fact he was quite polite for wasteland standards, but as Sunny Smiles said to Trudy as they were sipping their still hot morning coffee: “Like his smile was somehow fake, you know? And there was another smile hidden beneath, but that one was cold… and scheming.”

“And let’s not forget how he dealt with Cobb,” agreed Trudy and made a sip of coffee. “Sure, Cobb was a scum and he deserved to be punished in some way but this Webb guy blasted his head off and then put his corpse on display over our town sign!”

“To lure the remaining Powder Gangers to town, that’s what he said,” continued Sunny Smiles.

“And I had a feeling that he had great fun doing so! However, at the end of the day, he saved us. His plan worked – Powder Gangers came and with your help he dealt with them. Now we should have some peace. I like our town being nice and quiet. But woe to those guys that shot Webb in the head. I bet his revenge will be bloody.”

“No doubt,” agreed Sunny and then they moved on to rumors about increasing Legion presence this side of the Colorado River.

Girls were right – when Alan Webb decided to kill someone, nobody would stop him. In his mind, his attackers were already as good as dead. Words like ‘surrender’ and ‘mercy’ might work for Followers of the Apocalypse but not for him. Many would disagree with his logic but one thing was true for Webb – he always got the job done. And he’s going to get back what was stolen from him and kill those that dared to steal from him.

The girls' observations about Al's style - which included making cobb salad out of Joe - reveal not a bad man. But, indeed, a hard man. And some say that a hard man is good to find.

Alan is a lot like Persephone - cold filtered.

Who said that, Mae West? BWAAHAA !!!

@Acadian - those were some good words about Webb. Thanks!

@SubRosa - he's cold indeed and he's one of my few characters who doesn't see the Legion as much greater evil than the NCR. As such, he finds some of their methods justified. Not all of them but some of them. Maybe his opinion will slightly change with time but for the time being he's staying on neutral terms with the Legion.
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Alan Webb passed through Primm and single-handedly killed former convicts that took over the town. Despite the NCR had a battalion stationed just over the bridge separating west and east Primm, they didn’t want to help the town in need, because it didn’t fall under their jurisdiction. “Incompetent as always,” thought Webb.

The town’s deputy Beagle who was kidnapped by convicts, was mostly responsible that the town was taken over in the first place. As such, he was taught a harsh lesson from Webb. The first reason why Webb beat him senseless was because he was asleep on duty, thus allowing convicts to sneak into town. The second reason was because he refused to tell Webb where the man which Webb was chasing, were heading. By the time Webb was done with Beagle, the deputy had a crippled leg, blackened eyes, a broken nose and was hearing ringing in his head. Before he was thinking that being kidnapped was the worst thing that happened to him in his prosperous career but now he knew better – Alan Webb was much worse.

Wow, I don't think even Loviatar did that to Beagle! Then again, she may have eaten him... I don't remember for sure about that!

Webb knocked him unconscious, using a boxing tape as a weapon. Then I made him friendly by using the console command stopcombat. However, a side effect seems to be that now whenever Beagle sees Webb, he runs away with his crippled leg. An appropriate side effect, I'd say.

I see the Webster continuing to knock and bash his way through the badlands. He does have kind of a mean streak like Rattler but, it it feels . . . righteous instead of just cruel or vicious like Rattler.

Alan Webb updates are so low-key. As I'm reading them, I'm hearing a sort of 'tough guy' voice narrating. Like, the guy is reading and speaking in low tones, all like serious, and stuff. I can't think of what actor I'm hearing in my head though. Oh well.


Nobody has a mean streak like Rattler did.

"There can only be one..." (said in the voice of "The Highlander.")

@Acadian - Webb's righteous to some extent though there will be instances when his righteousness will get questionable to an extent. Coming soon.

@Renee - Webb has quite a deep voice himself, at least that's how I 'hear' him. He talks quite slow too and swears rarely, at least openly.

@mALX - if you want, I can create another Rattler for the Mojave. Name him/her "Angel Face" for instance except that there would be nothing angelic about him/her.

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Alan Webb spotted “the shadows” amidst the ruins ahead. In the dark night it seemed like they weren’t moving at all, like they were statues made of black sand, but the RobCo device on Webb’s wrist knew better – the shadows were very much alive and they represented threat.

He picked off some of them from a distance. Some never saw it coming while some were running towards him as his bullets forever stopped them. As he was slowly approaching the ruins, more shadows emerged from dark corners, and some even came from the dry lake that lay behind the ruins. They all fell just like their brothers and sisters before. By the time the shooting stopped, the Sun was already rising in the east, casting the shadows away, revealing their true form – Jackals, desert raiders and cannibals. By dawn’s early light they no longer looked as fearsome as by night. As Webb was leaving the rest stop behind, mutated ravens were already flying over the place in circles, ready to feast on fallen Jackals.

Instead of Angel Face, go with Angel Eyes, from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Andrew Lincoln from Walking Dead. I can see him narrating these quickies!



Um, how about Noooooo!!!!!

And nobody saw the Webster coming until it was too late. . . .

@SubRosa - playing someone as evil as Rattler in the Mojave is more difficult than in FO3 because sooner or later you'd have those pesky assassins squads chasing you all over the wastes. While it's possible to disable them, I like to have them added because they give a feeling that your character actually did some bad things and deserves to be executed. I use a mod that makes them attack less often, though.

@Renee - oh come on, Renee, I knew you found Rattler absolutely breathtaking.

@Acadian - Webb was the last person those Jackals never saw.

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“Would you like our Dino Dee-Lite ordinary room or our luxurious Florens’ Bungalow?” Jeannie May Crawford, the proprietor of Dino Dee-Lite Motel in Novac, asked her newest customer who introduced himself as Alan Webb. She made sure to grin all along so the young man wouldn’t turn around and leave Novac. Despite Jeannie was in her late fifties, she often wore short skirts, partly to get more customers (male) and partly because she thought that her legs were still as good as thirty years ago.

“Bungalow sounds more to my tastes,” answered Webb. “How much, madam?”
“150 caps and it’s yours to keep. At least until the busy season comes.” Jeannie May dived under the counter to get a key to the bungalow.
“This means that it’s mine forever?” smiled Webb.
Jeannie May cheekly winked at Webb but he didn’t return the wink. Better keep old prunes at bay.

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Manny Vargas, the sniper in Novac, was the only one who knew where Webb’s attackers were heading but before sharing the information, he asked Webb for a favor – to get rid of ghouls at nearby Repconn Test Site. After battling a horde of feral ghouls, Webb finally met with their leader who seemed friendly enough for ghoul's standards. Ironically for a glowing ghoul, the leader’s name was Jason Bright. He claimed that he’s going to lead his brothers and sisters on some “Great Journey”, because “the Creator” showed him the way and that in his visions Webb was essential in fulfilling the journey.

Alan Webb had enough of his semi-religious ramblings somewhere halfway through and sent all ghouls, Bright included, on the great journey indeed – with his grenade rifle. Novac was better off without them. Perhaps he should ponder a day or two whether he did the right thing but in the end he’ll get over it. As he always did.

The busy season? Is that when the Legion invades?

Whoa, harsh way to deal with the Bright Followers. Alan does not mess around.

Damn, he wouldn't return her cheekly wink, or whatever you just called it. Shot down!

Yeah, I can only imagine ... semi-religious ramblings must be hard to deal with. I think Webb made the right decision.

I kind of agree with Renee - not much patience for rambling fanatics. Lol.

Sorry Renee for saying this, but- Rattler had style. Just not style that everybody appreciated....

He got a thumbs up from me though. Just for those close up pics with his hand-to-hand knife fights. I can still remember the droplets flying across the screen.

They were almost enough to make Loviatar thirsty, or hungry, or both....

Jeannie always says that you can keep the room (or bungalow in my case) until the busy season comes but I don't know what that's supposed to mean in a wasteland.

Webb was my first character to kill Bright's ghouls outright. I had a character before who sabotaged their rockets while most others helped them on their Great Journey as they wished.


Webb's not interested in old slap-up tarts.


Those ghouls actually aren't that bad but they can be annoying and they're selfish because they employ services of one human who thinks he's a ghoul while he's actually not.


I'm glad to see that despite Rattler's been rotting in his grave for some time now, he still gets a lot of attention from his public. That'd be just what he wanted.

No new update on Webb today but there'll be more in days ahead as he catches up with men that tried to kill him.

Great Khans were mostly a tribe of drug dealers and thugs for hire, and while they would definitely deserve to be brought to justice, at the end of the day Lt. Monroe was pondering whether they deserved to die such a horrible death.

Great Khans were caught in a crossfire with the NCR and retreated to Boulder City, where they were keeping two unlucky NCR soldiers as hostages. At first they were dubious about the cowboy who approached them with hands raised high above his head. He introduced himself as Webb and said he only wanted to exchange a few words with their leader, that he might perhaps help them out of their current situation.

Khans let him in their hideout…only when they heard a loud explosion from the inside and their leader Jessup came running out, set on fire, screaming for help, they figured that Webb came to exchange more than just a few words.

It was too late for Great Khans to make things right, though. In fact they were all sentenced to death by Webb before he even met them in person, but fools didn’t know that. After he finished off Jessup, Webb lured remaining Great Khans back inside the hideout where he repeated the lesson from before – bombarding them with incendiary grenades until they died a painful, violent death, screaming as fire was consuming them alive. What NCR couldn't accomplish in a few days, Webb completed in a matter of minutes. Who's incompetent now?

Even better, Great Khans were so occupied with Webb that they forgot on two soldiers that they held as hostages. When the fight was over, Webb liberated both Private Gilbert and Private Ackerman, ensuring their safe return to their unit, and possibly in the future, to their families. Private Gilbert told him that if she ever has a son, his name will be Alan, to which Webb said that he'll be honored. The rest of the platoon were thankful to Webb and saw him as a savior, which he definitely was, but their superior Lt. Monroe didn’t like him that much. He got a strong feeling that Alan Webb really enjoyed killing Khans, that seeing them on fire, screaming and helpless as they were dying, made him feel satisfied.

With Jessup and Khans dead, Alan Webb closed the first chapter of the Revenge, a book which he was "writing in his head". In the book those that tried to kill him, would be harshly punished. Maybe in the future he'll pay a visit to remaining Great Khans of the Red Rock Canyon and exterminate them but now it was time for the second chapter to begin. Benny, the man who shot Webb in the head, was next in line. But while Benny merely shot Webb in his head, Webb intended to shoot Benny off his head.

Webb did a good thing. That he enjoyed it was just icing on the cake.

They say don't tug on Superman's cape.
Don't spit into the wind.
Don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger.
And don't mess around with Webb...

@Acadian - those Great Khans are meant to die in almost every playthrough of mine.

@SubRosa - And don't mess around with Webb...'cos you'll end up at a low ebb.

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When he earned 1,250 chips at a blackjack table in the Atomic Wrangler casino, they gave Alan Webb a bottle of beer for free. They hoped that he’ll get drunk and run out of his luck.

When he earned 2,500 caps, they gave him a bottle of whiskey and a gambler hat. Luck was obviously the cowboy’s best friend.

For 3,750 chips he was given a bottle of whiskey and one of rum & nuka, and a gambler suit. If it continued like that, they’d soon have to ban him.

Which is exactly what happened – when Alan Webb earned 5,000 chips, Garrett twins informed him that he can no longer gamble at their casino. He was too much of a lucky son of a gun.

Alan Webb was satisfied, though. 5,000 caps were needed to gain entrance to the Strip. When he was denied entry earlier this day, because he lacked sufficient caps, he decided to try his luck at the only casino outside the Strip. In the past he’s been quite a successful gambler and though it’s been years since he tried his luck, it was obvious that he still didn’t lose any of it. The following morning he was allowed to enter the Strip and without further ado he headed straight to the Tops – to settle a score with Benny, the man who shot him in the head.

*His default luck is 5, but he's been carrying Benny's lucky lighter (mod-added) which boosts his luck by one point, and he's been under influence of lucky cigarettes which boost his luck by one additional point. Gambling games are mostly affected by luck - the higher it is, the better your chances for winning. If it's very low, you actually don't have any chance for winning even the smallest bets.

Nice that Al had an enjoyable time at the tables and even won!

Are you actually allowed to play blackjack Lopov, or how does this work?

I'm glad he won though. This way he won't have any finical problems.

@Acadian and Renee - gambling is part of the vanilla game, there are five casinos available to gamble in the vanilla game and one more in the Dead Money DLC. You can play slots, blackjack or roulette.

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Joe, one of the card dealers at the Tops Casino in fabulous New Vegas continued dealing cards despite havoc going on around him. Benny, the man in charge of the Tops, paid him to deal cards and he would deal cards, no matter if another Great War occurred while doing so. As long as he remained unharmed, Joe would never leave his position behind a blackjack table. No, sir, Joe would stay and deal cards.

Chairmen were involved into a heavy fire with some cowboy, even Benny joined the gunfight, bullets of all kinds - .44, .22, .10, .9mm - were flying right past Joe’s ears, gamblers were screaming and running out of the Tops, a leg just flew over Joe’s head because the cowboy tossed a grenade which turned one of Benny’s goons into a bloody mess, Frank Sinatra was singing in the background that somewhere, somehow, someone’s gonna get kissed, but Joe remained dutifully in his position, dealing cards – not that anyone stopped by to play blackjack in the current situation but still. Only when the shooting was getting the most intense right behind his back, Joe put cards down and slowly walked to another table, avoiding any and all bullets. With a stoic face he stepped behind the table and began dealing cards. Perhaps the cowboy would be interested in trying his luck once he deals with Chairmen because from what Joe saw when switching tables, he was winning the gunfight.

The shooting went on for a few long minutes and when silence finally fell over the Tops, Joe finally took a good look around – Benny, his bodyguards and most Chairmen on the main floor were dead. Two or three unlucky gamblers caught in crossfire were dead too. It was the 31st of October and Joe was supposed to get his salary from Benny. But since Benny was dead, Joe figured out that he probably won’t get paid today. And the cowboy didn’t seem too interested in playing blackjack. So Joe might as well go home after all.

With Benny’s head shot off just like Alan Webb wanted it, the courier closed the final chapter of the Revenge. In one of Benny’s pockets he found the platinum chip, a seemingly unimportant object whose real value was obscured to him and because of which Webb was shot in the head. He brought the chip to Robert House just as it was written in his contract. He got paid for the delivery but refused to perform any further work for Mr. House. Richer for a thousand caps, Alan Webb left the Strip.

None of my characters have ever gambled in New Vegas. I have never had any interest in it IRL. I think it is just boring. So that just translates over to the characters.

A Halloween shootout! What a perfect night to usher a dozen more souls into the underworld!

Joe is the consummate professional! Neither blood nor bullets nor headless bosses will keep him from his duty. What a neat perspective to use for this gunfight.

Red Orchid had every reason in the wasteland to be furious. Not only was she betrayed by her lover and accomplice Benny, shot in the head AND buried alive, but her Remington Derringer, nice dress and hard-earned bottle caps were stolen from her as well! “Stolen” from her viewpoint, because most of these hard-earned caps Red Orchid stole herself. And if there was one thing which Red Orchid hated, it was being capless. Before the war, if you were without paper money, you were zero. After the war, if you are without bottle caps, you are zero. And Red Orchid was far from zero. She couldn’t allow her anger or fury show on her face, though, because worries make you look older, less attractive and cause premature wrinkling.

But it’s been years since she was as poor as she’s been now, that’s why she aimed to correct that annoyance pretty soon. She can’t walk across the wasteland wearing some zombieland outfit and be careful about how much caps to spend! Despite she didn’t like to kill for the sake of killing, extreme conditions call for extreme measures. As such, two unfortunate traveling merchants stopped traveling for good close to Goodsprings. But now Red Orchid had a little over one thousand bottle caps and a western-styled yellow dress with spurred boots that jingle jangle jingle.

Time to head after that bastard Benny.

Red Orchid is robbing her way though Nevada!

Heh, we've had several casino owners and at least one US Senator do the same thing.

Go get 'em, Red!

Ha ha I like that part.

Ammunition was precious in wasteland and Red Orchid made sure to spend as less bullets as possible. From Nipton road rest stop all the way to Novac she fired only six bullets. “You go girl!” Red Orchid applauded herself. How did she manage to shoot so little bullets on roads, cluttered with hostile wildlife and raiding tribes?

First of all, she sneaked past giant ants patrolling the road leading to Nipton road rest stop. At the rest stop she killed one raider because sneaking past him was impossible. Fortunately she killed him with her first shot from Lucky and he never had time to alert other raiders. After witnessing the horrible fate of Nipton, Red Orchid decided to follow Nipton’s doombringers – the Legion. They were well-armed and travelled in a group so why not join them? It turned out, though, that Legion doesn’t care much for Red Orchid and as she was attacked by three bark scorpion hunters, none of them helped her. “Gentlemen!” Red Orchid spent next three bullets to bring down little hunters.

The last two bullets were spent on a Viper gunslinger whose attraction she gained as she was killing scorpions. The gunslinger obviously found Red Orchid more interesting than legionnaires so he headed after her – in return, Red Orchid shot off his upper head. Realizing that the Legion isn’t of any use to her, Red Orchid joined a caravan of merchants traveling to Novac.

The caravan was soon attacked by another group of legionnaires – Red Orchid didn’t participate in the shootout, instead she waited behind a nearby rock. Merchants were victorious and as they were moving on, she helped herself to some Legion denarius from fallen slavers. Not long afterwards the caravan was once again ambushed by the Legion, this time a much more powerful group. Once again, she hid at the foot of some hill but this time legionnaires were victorious. Not for long, though, because a group of three NCR troopers that heard shots, came to investigate, and they finished off already wounded legionnaires. Once again, Red Orchid helped herself to some bottle caps of the fallen merchants and stuck with the troopers ‘til she made it to Novac.

She knew that she’d be able to deal with wildlife and raiders on her own but why bother? Not only she saved ammo but her yellow dress didn’t get dirty in the slightest.

Good to see Red realizing that bypassing some foes not only saves ammo, it keeps her dress clean as well.

Hmm.



Is Red Orchid the same Red from Fallout 3? The one I failed to rescue in time?

@Acadian - indeed, one can't be too wasteful in wasteland.

@mirocu - you can find the answer to your question in the screenshots thread.

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Red Orchid wanted to know where exactly Benny went but Manny Vargas was clear – he wanted something in return. She already began to undress in the sexiest possible way but it obviously wasn’t what Manny had in mind – while she was undressing, he barely looked at her, instead he went on and on about some ghouls who took over the nearby rocket test site, and how he wanted them gone.

As Red Orchid clearly told him that perhaps she might offer him something else in return, Manny asked her to leave and went to sleep! Seriously? She was prepared to give him some fun, surely he doesn’t see many women in that backwater town of Novac but he went to sleep and asked her to kill ghouls?! Red Orchid couldn’t recall when she was turned down like that.

“A confirmed bachelor through and through!” She dressed back up, convinced even more that she won’t do any ghoul hunting. Maybe Manny’s friend Craig could help her.

….a little later…

“Oh boy! One is into men and the other one is embittered, crying over his dead wife. Men of the wastes!” Though Red Orchid didn’t try to seduce Craig Boone, at least not as directly as Manny, he wasn’t of much help to her either. Instead he asked her for trying to find out who sold his wife to slavers. Red Orchid agreed to help, not out of the kindness of her heart but because then Boone might be of some use to her. He might not know where exactly Benny went but he might be convinced to accompany her to the Strip. She wouldn’t mind him watching over her.

Aww, poor Red. No luck with one of her most powerful weapons (that body of hers). Looks like she'll have to earn favors the harder way - by questing.

@Acadian - If your character is male and has the Confirmed Bachelor perk, Manny will tell you where Benny & the Khans went, without asking you to kill ghouls. When I was playing New Vegas for the first time ten years ago, I took this perk without knowing that it actually means your character is interested in men. Only when I saw some specific replies that were available with the perk, I realized it.

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Charming and cocky - that’s how Craig Boone perceived Red Orchid, but most of all he could describe her with just one word - unpredictable. When she was around, Boone never really knew what to think and what to say, she was confusing him through and through.

Red Orchid helped him find out who sold his late wife to slavers, and in return Boone was accompanying her to the Strip. On way there, they caught up with Great Khans that attacked Red Orchid a while ago. As it turned out, Khans were surrounded by NCR soldiers and were holding two troopers as hostages. Shrewd, Red Orchid managed to sweet-talk the leading Khan to release the hostages in exchange for their safe passage but once hostages were released, she didn’t mention anything about their safe passage to the NCR lieutenant, so troopers gunned all the Khans down. Boone helped finish off the Khans as well, seeing them as a tribe of drug dealers and good-for-nothings, he didn’t care much for them.

“Tit for tat, Craig-boy,” Red Orchid winked at Boone, as the Khans lay dead.

Boone made sure that Red Orchid didn’t need to go through the main entrance to the Strip. Seeing how he was once one of the best NCR snipers, his renown was still great enough to let her on the Strip via the NCR monorail. And in return, he got a passionate kiss from Red Orchid. Confused from what just happened, he wanted to say something in return but Red Orchid was already waving at him from the monorail which was just about to leave for the Strip.

It was a while before Craig Boone heard of Red Orchid again, and by that time she was already running her own casino.

I am thinking Craig did pretty well for himself. He's going back to Novac while he's still alive!

I love Boone's description of Red and can easily tell between the lines that she enjoys the crap out of intentionally confusing him and keeping him totally off balance.

I'm really looking forward to RO's casino. For those who don't know, Lopov found a mod which allows the player-character to run his/her own casino. That'll be interesting.


I guess Red Orchid doesn't know how cliche this phrase is, for us who lived amongst 1990s and 2000s era media. It's still funny though.

Yes, Renee is right, I'll use the Run the Lucky 38 mod in the future. Supposedly it's buggy but various fixes have been posted over years so it's possible to complete the mod and run your own casino. The best thing of the mod is that you can open the Lucky 38 for public immediately (as long as you have enough caps) and then you merely upgrade it by adding various other services, rooms, suites etc...

I've been using another mod called Benny returns which allows you recruit Benny as a companion once you free him from the Fort. This will be for the first time that my characters won't take revenge against Benny.

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"You can call me Red Luck. And tell your boss that I accept his invitation," the red-haired lady said to Nico and smiled. A few hours ago Red Orchid came to the Tops casino on the Strip. Instead of rushing straight to Benny and revealing herself, she gained his attention the other way - by gambling. When Nico, the floor manager of the Tops, informed his boss Benny that the red-haired lady is winning a bit too much for his tastes, Benny sent Nico to invite Red Orchid on a dinner with him.

But as she was seductively walking towards Benny, he immediately recognized his former lover and associate. There was only one problem - Red Orchid was supposed to be dead. Well she obviously wasn't. And though Benny was getting to be seriously afraid about what's going to happen next, a part of him was glad that she was still alive. Despite he tried to deny it, he still had feelings for Red Orchid.

Stepping towards him, Red Orchid had mixed feelings herself. Before this day she had at least one hundred different plans how to repay Benny for what he had done to her, but now that she saw him in person again, she tried to deny it but couldn't - she still had feelings for him.

And so former partners in crime, the 18-Karat Baby & Fancy Pants skipped the dinner and jumped straight to bed.