The Other Wanderer

After clearing Minefield, and nabbing a few frag mines, and regrettably taking out Arkansas too, Dogmeat and I walked back to Megaton. We didn't see much along the way. It was late afternoon when we finally got back. Even Dogmeat is started to look tired. We shared a little water, then I headed up to Moira's. "Awww! Cute doggie!" Moira greeted Dogmeat with a fur ruffling. Dogmeat barked in pleasure. Moira then turned to me, "I have just the thing! Hold on..."  She ran into the back, and came out with two items, and I was surprised.  First item is a leather armor... But for a dog!  I am quite impressed, and I said so. And the second item is an item pack... But again, for a dog. yes, now Dogmeat can share some of my load.  Impressive!  I paid Moira in caps, and the prices are quite reasonable.  I traded her the rest of the items I don't need, stuff like raider armor and so on, plus weak weapons like .223 pistol, as well as surplus food and so on. I don...

After clearing out Springvale School, I tool all the loot back to Megaton. Moira actually ran out of caps, so I had to spread my loot around to the Doc and to Moriarty's. But any cap is good, right? Moira tried to make me her assistant in writing her "Wasteland Survival Guide". Basically, it means I'm getting shot at. However, it sounds like it can save some people. And that's good, right? I agreed to visit Super Duper Mart... purely on a trial basis, of course. I walked over to Super Duper Mart, which is to the east. the "parking lot" was mostly empty, except a wastelander and some vicious dogs. I killed the dogs but not before they killed the wastelander. I stripped them all of valuables, and emptied both Nuka-Cola machines. I decided to store the loot in one of the machine for now. I slowly moved in. There was a raider patrolling atop of the shelves with some plants between aisles. Interesting. The whole place is dark. Guess raiders don't be...

I walked back to Bethesda West and went through the building again, stripping all raiders of their gear and armor, and mutual repair. I also picked up any other loot lying I around I collected earlier. Took me a while to walk back and forth between there and Megaton, but I was able to get enough caps to repair damages to my duster and my preferred weapons: Wanda, hunting rifle, and 10mm SMG I picked up earlier. However, by then, it's already past noon. I heard from the eatery that there are raiders to the North. They said last time they attacked, Lucas put a bullet through the leader's skull, which is why they fled and hadn't been back. I decided to head up to the saloon to see if there's any truth to that. Moriarty's is dark, as most bars are, and I was somewhat surprised to see a ghoul behind the bar. I had seen them on my travels with uncle Owen, and even shot a few feral ones myself, but I didn't know Megaton had one. I was contemplating that when a woma...

After walking out of Bethesda West with my most valuable loot, I continued walking southwest. I found a place to cross without getting myself wet in the Potomac. No critters or humans bothered me. I ended up walking into the little town of Springvale... Right into a couple more raiders. Fortunately, I was ready for them, as they announced themselves by yelling "Fresh meat!"  But when you pit baseball bat against hunting rifle, rifle wins. The other guy has a revolver, but he barely winged me before I put a round through his skull. After looting them, I can see Megaton due south, and I headed that way. Turns out the entrance is on the south side, and I had to jog around it. I got to the south side, and noticed there's a guy up on the crow's nest but he doesn't have a gun. I wonder why?  This is close to raider hideouts, and I guess they have to deal with raiders every once in a while. Anyway, there's a Protectron!  I've heard of those, but never seen on...