Capítulo 259: Green is good
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Afton slowly comes to, blearily blinking his eyes to get the sleep out. He felt... Good! No longer on the verge of coughing a lung out and dying. Whatever had happened must have healed him, right? He was honestly very, very thankful to whoever had helped him, he was on death's door and almost no one could save him at that point.
He sits up from the rather luxurious bed he currently found himself in and looks around at the room he'd been resting in. It was almost entirely metal, though there were odd gadgets place here and there.
He felt slightly strange, heavier... But perhaps that was just the grogginess speaking for him. Just as he was about to get out of bed, a stream of notifications hit him.
[Quest complete! : Midnight Free Medical Procedure!]
[WELCOME TO LEVEL 36]
[WELCOME TO LEVEL 37]
Hmm, well at least something good came from his near-death experience... Shaking his head, he glances at the 30 skill points he currently has to spend. Not seeing any better options he just puts all points in Explosives and moves onto Perks.
[Lessons Learned] : +1% XP gain per player level. Good, but not really necessary. Afton wasn't even sure what the max level would be, so wasting his Perk points on something that might be useless in future would be disadvantageous.
[Broad Daylight] : No Sneak penalty for using Pip-Boy light. Now, he really could see no reason to get this perk... He didn't find it difficult to sneak around in darkness, and he had no idea how it would actually interact with allies... If people saw him utilising it they'd almost certainly think he was supernaturally influencing enemies.
[Fight the Power!] : +2 Damage Threshold and +5% Critical chance against large factions, this includes NCR, Legion or Brotherhood of Steel. Good, very good... Sure, most people would die from one shot to the head, but if he was ever going to fight people wearing power armour, this would make it easier.
[And Stay Back] : Shotguns have a 10% chance, per pellet, of knocking an enemy back. Afton wasn't sure how this Perk would work... He could probably 'game' it by creating a weapon with thousands of pellets in each shot, but whether or not that would be a good strategy is debatable.
All in all, Afton only saw one good option, he selects [Fight the Power!] and confirms it.
[WELCOME TO LEVEL 38!]
[WELCOME TO LEVEL 39!]
... Hmm, seems like he achieved more than he'd first considered. Perhaps blowing up all the plants in the vault contributed to that? He inwardly shrugs before looking at the new 30 points he had access to, immediately placing them in Explosives. Afterwards looks at the new Perks listed.
[Heavyweight] : Weapons with a weight of more than 10 are cut in half. This does not affect weapons modded to under 10 wg. This would be good, were he not already considerably stronger than the average man.
[Hobbler] : Your chance to hit an opponent's legs in V.A.T.S. is increased by 25%. Again, Afton didn't want to specialise too deep into V.A.T.S as he saw it as a crutch, not to mention what would happen if he somehow lost his Pipboy.
Mmm, not a great deal of Perk this level? He shakes his head, he'd use the Perk point to upgrade his stats, specifically Strength.
With that done, time resumes and Afton slowly gets up from the bed. he was currently dressed in a patient gown? He begins to start panicking at the idea of losing his stuff, but quickly calms himself... Whoever had healed him probably didn't want to steal his stuff... Otherwise why not just steal and leave him for dead.
He spots a large case beside the bed and lifts the lid, raising a brow at the fact that it was bigger on the inside than the outside... Not only that, every item he owned was contained inside. His Anti-Material rifle, Pistols, Laser rifle, Recon armour, the works.
He rubs his face while holding the lid up-... Wait... He robotically turns his head to his right arm, his eyes widening at the fact a new limb was in its place... "W-whaaat the fuck?"
It wasn't all that it seemed at first glance however, below the elbow where his arm had been severed was some kind of plant arm? On top of it was covered in dark bark that seemed pretty tough, on the underside was dark green skin that felt like leather.
He was able to move and manipulate the new limb as if he'd had it all his life, even the fingers seemed just as dextrous as his last set. Frowning at the new changes to his body, he strips himself of the patient's gown and stands in front of the full-body mirror attached to the wall, almost gaping at what he sees.
The first, most immediate thing brought to his attention was the new surgical scars he was sporting... One over his heart, and another on his head, that just so happened to be shaved completely bald. This wasn't too much of a shock as he'd assumed surgery would be needed to save him, but it was still worrying to have had someone tinkering with your body...
The scars weren't the only change however... Where the new limb was connected to his arm, thick black veins could be seen running into his body. Indeed, even his skin had a green tint to it, though most wouldn't notice unless already familiar with him or looking for it.
The black veins were visible across most of his body, but were more apparent from the veins leading from his right arm, to the bottom of his neck. Indeed, there were smaller ones next to his eyes on his upper cheek, where wrinkles would usually appear on older folks... It looked somewhat menacing as if he was wearing delicate but vicious war paint.
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Capítulo 260: Unrequested Changes
He continues examining his body, eventually noticing that he had another set of surgical scars in the middle of his back, on top of his spine. Perhaps the Spores had managed to infect the spinal fluids?... All his theories were going nowhere though due to the fact he was still clearly infected.
His new arm and the black veins showed that he was still infested with the things... He looks at his status to try and see if something had changed.
Afton Parker
Title : [Executioner of the Wastes], [Free Sheriff], [Fiend's Fiend]
Level : 39
S.P.E.C.I.A.L :
Strength : 9
Perception : 8
Endurance : 8
Charisma : 4
Intelligence : 6
Agility : 10
Luck : 4
Skills :
Barter : 21
Energy Weapons : 100
Explosives : 84
Guns : 100
Lockpick : 10
Medicine : 100
Melee Weapons : 100
Repair : 100
Science : 100
Sneak : 100
Speech : 100
Survival : 30
Unarmed : 100
Mutations :
[Beauveria mordicana symbioticca] : A mutated strain of a very deadly and infectious fungus. Makes possessor immune to all diseases and poisons, grants +1 End, grants regenerative abilities.
[Beauveria mordicana armamini] : Your right arm has regrown and become stronger than before! +4 DT against damage dealt towards the arm and +20% resistance against being crippled.
Perks :
[Trigger Discipline], [Heavy Handed], [Rapid Reload], [Torture Techniques], [Educated], [John Wick Style], [Toughness], [Stonewall], [Sniper], [Bug Stomper], [Lord Death v3], [Spies Guise], [Quick Draw], [Adamantium Skeleton], [Ranger Tactics], [Ranger Targeting], [Ranger Awareness], [Mechanicus], [Jury Rigging], [SuperHot Block], [Solar Powered], [Miracle Maker], [Unnerving Presence], [Living Anatomy], [Agility Implant], [Masterful Movement], [Blur], [Uncivilized Weapon], [Rad Absorbtion], [Tough Guy], [Nuclear Friendly], [Explorer], [Eureka!], [Atomic!], [Grit], [Alertness], [Abominable v2], [Fight the Power!]
Companion Perks :
[Old Wisdom]
[Spotter]
[Persistent Escapee]
Afton skims through the status so fast he almost misses the new feature... Mutations. [Beauveria mordicana symbioticca]? He had no idea how a new strain had been created, nor if it was natural or artificial. He didn't believe himself lucky enough for the fungus that was tearing his body apart to suddenly mutate and become symbiotic. No, an outside influence must've occurred.
Honestly, he didn't know what to think about it... For one, he was now definitely superhuman, he even had a new arm to prove it...
He paces around the room for a couple minutes, wringing his mind of what he should do... He decides, before anything that he should test the toughness of his new limb.
He pulls out a dagger from the storage unit and taps the bark-side of his arm with the face of the knife. He can feel it, meaning the bark had some kind of sensory organ connected to it... He tries to make a light cut into it, but finds the bark is tough enough to resist it... It reminded him of the roots that'd been in Vault 22 and how tough they had been.
He stabs into his arm harder this time, managing to pierce the tip of the blade through the bark, drawing a drop of thick, vicious, black blood. It hurt, but not as much as he'd expect.
Again, he tries the same on the underside of the arm where the green leather-like skin was. Again, it was significantly more difficult to cut into it, add his new level of endurance and [Toughness] Perk and Afton found that he'd become pretty durable.
He stops the self-harm for a moment and watches as the wounds close themselves before his vary eyes. Though, this was something Afton was still wary about... The fungus had regrown his arm and made it more plant-like... Would that mean any damage he takes would allow the fungus to claim more and more of his body?
He shakes his head, the system didn't detail any effect like that, so unless he had proof of it he'd stay silent on the matter.
Having finished gawking at himself, he stretches his body and put his clothes back on, afterwards layering the recon armour on over that. He decides not to take all of his equipment from here, the place itself looks pretty safe, and he'd prefer to not lug around all his gear if he didn't need to.
He slings his Anti-Material rifle over his shoulder, holsters That Gun, Lucky, and places the Fallen Ranger Sequoia in his Deathclaw leather bag just in case he needed it... He was still unsure whether or not this was an NCR medical facility or not.
He packs some medical and survival supplies as well, making sure to be prepared for anything that may happen... To be honest, he was somewhat giddy to have two hands again... Now he'd be able to kick ass and chew bubblegum without reloading like, well, a cripple.
He leaves the bedroom but his determination to find out where he is was immediately sidetracked by the pieces of advanced technology dotted about. There was a holographic map on the wall detailing some sort of facility he'd never heard of.
In the middle of the room was a large map, though he wasn't really sure what it was trying to communicate. At the side was an Auto-Doc, one of the most advanced pieces of tech you could find in the Wasteland.
In the next room he saw some kind of farm? Troughs of dirt with nothing growing in them were laid around the place, as if someone had forgotten to plant anything. Shaking his head, he returns to the main room and spots three exits... One leading to the balcony, one to someplace called the Think Tank, and the last leading to the Big MT...
Deciding to see what the region he was currently in looked like he headed to the balcony. The many flights of stairs were somewhat annoying, but he eventually reached the top... And what he saw definitely surprised him.
The balcony itself was surrounded by an energy field, probably to prevent someone from jumping off. But that simple fact that such advanced, never-seen-before technology was used in such a way baffled him.
Shaking his head and deciding to question it later, he looked over the balcony on the region below... He was currently at the highest point around and saw that the facility he'd seen on the map was huge.
The whole place was inside some kind of huge crater, but that wasn't the only thing that caught his eye... No, that would be the mechanical looking pylons that surrounded the facility. They almost looked like security measures of a prison, attempting to keep things in, and other things out.
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