The man's face was stricken with terror, and his eyes darted around as if searching for salvation... They lock onto Anja and Juan, the latter of which has many conflicting emotions flash across his face.
"Should he be awake for this? It doesn't seem pleasant at all..." Juan mutters, thanking that Anja wasn't able to see this... He imagined she'd have a panic attack as soon as she lied down on the table...
Afton just shrugs, "This guy killed three innocent people and tried to steal some equipment from Novac, this small punishment is only the beginning of his imprisonment." he states unempathetically.
"Still... It seems over the top." Juan mutters.
Afton just shakes his head and activates the intercom, "Hey, Dala, I think you put the eye in upside down."
Dala's monitors glance at the window as she tears out the implant, getting the guy to groan in response. Despite his lack of pain, the feeling of having an eye torn and losing vision from it must be at least somewhat uncomfortable.
Once the eye was out, Afton chuckles and starts the intercom again, "Uh, nevermind, you had it right the first time." at his words, the prisoner motionlessly and futilely tries to get away.
...
"You're kinda messed up man." Juan states from the side but Afton just shrugs in response.
"Uh-huh, you guys are next on the table, so get ready for it." he says before leaving, not needing to be around for this. He trusted Dala and Usanagi's skills in this department. Besides, if something went wrong, Glados could just inform him.
"Creator."
Speak of the devil... "Yeah, Glados?"
"Your 'baby-momma' and her friend have returned." she informs.
"Baby-momma?" he asks, unsure where she learned that from.
"Affirmative, I acquired the phrase from your Juke-box."
Jefferson... That makes sense... "Alright, I'll go meet them. Try not to mention Usanagi while I'm there."
Afton leaves and heads towards the teleportation area, easily finding Josie and Tamia stopping by a coffee stand, they spot him and he gives a slight wave as he approaches them...
He's not encouraged by the frowns that make their way onto their faces, but he soldiers on anyway. "You guys are finally back..."
"Like you care." Josie sniffs, turning away like some kind of pompous princess.
"Uh... Ok... Have you guys calmed down yet?" he asks, and immediately regrets it.
"Calmed down!?" Josie gravely asks with a glare.
...
"Yeah... I'd kinda like to talk about your previous announcement... You know, the baby." he slowly says.
"You!-" Josie growls but is cut off by Tamia who steps between them.
"Josie, wait here for a minute, I need to talk with him." she states as she drags him off to a nearby alleyway.
Afton shrugs off her hand and looks at her, "What's up with you two? Did I do something wrong somehow while you were gone?"
Tamia crosses her arms with a frown, "Yeah, you were supposed to follow us and prove that your girlfriend actually mattered to you, idiot!"
...
"Wait, what?" he mutters in confusion.
"We waited in New Vegas for two days for you to arrive, yet you didn't come!... I thought you understood what I meant when I left you in the restaurant." she states.
...
What she meant?
[Flashback]
"Worry less about your face and more about your potentially pregnant girlfriend you idiot."
[Flashback end]
Yeah, that sounds about right... Well, he was on a fucking up spree, wasn't he... Mind the pun.
Though, he didn't think he could be blamed, how was he supposed to know that he should have followed them? One day they wanna be alone, the next they want you to follow them and intrude... He tried that one time and earned a plate to the face for his trouble...
Afton releases a sigh and rubs his face, "Yeah, well, I thought you guys wanted to be alone... What should I do?" he asks, not really knowing how to proceed without unintentionally annoying Josie again.
Tamia impatiently taps her foot as she thinks on it... Eventually appearing to think of something. "Look, Josie was upset because she wanted to see some commitment from you. She is pregnant after all... So, to fix this situation as quickly as possible, you gotta find something that would have stopped you from looking for her, something for her." she states.
...
"Yeah, I'm not really following. What could I be doing that would've taken two days? I could say I was working with Usanagi again, but I doubt that'd earn my any favours..." he grimaces at the thought.
Tamia sighs, "I mean, to fix this you should propose... Or something similar." she states, "Unless you never intended to marry her in the first place, in which case, I have no idea what to say to you."
"M-marry!? I'm way too young for that!" he stutters in response.
"But you're old enough to knock her up? Grow up Afton! Look, you want to fix this? Get a ring, get a gift, and propose. That's all I've got to say." she states before going to leave.
...
"W-wait!" he calls out.
Tamia turns and looks at him with crossed arms, "Yeah?"
...
"Fine, I'll do it. But you gotta stay here for a bit to cover for me while I arrange things." he states.
She shrugs, "Alright, but I don't know how much you'll be able to get done before Josie looks for us."
Afton shakes his head and calls on Glados, "You'd be surprised... Glados, fire up the matter converters and divert any power required for it from other unessential areas. I need you to create two gold rings, er, what colour is Josie's eyes again?"
"Brown, creator." Glados confirms.
"Brown... Er, inlay a large hazel-coloured diamond on each of them, along with our names inscribed on the inside of the rings..."
"Pure gold, creator?"
Afton shakes his head, "Mix it with some Saturnite, I have no idea what the colour'll look like afterwards, but it's better than having fragile jewellery... Er, also, make a granite statue of me and Josie dancing... Make her look slightly pregnant on it." he states and Glados gets to work after confirming the details.
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Josie impatiently stands nearby the coffee stand she'd been left at. It'd been around ten minutes with Afton and Tamia not coming back yet. She was honestly starting to suspect that they'd eloped together or something equally dour.
She releases a sigh and thinks back to when she realized she was late. She honestly didn't think she was ready for a child, nor did she think Afton was ready either... She had really no idea how to raise a kid, and the idea of being responsible for her child's life was incredibly scary.
Plus her boyfriend's 'work', which took up a large portion of his time, may prevent him from being invested in their kid at all... As someone who didn't see their father a lot, Josie didn't want that for any child she might have.
She was already dreading the other things that apparently come along with pregnancy, the big stomach, the vomiting, the weird cravings... She didn't know whether it was related, but she felt a lot more volatile than she used to, even despite it being so early.
Her uncertainty came to a head when she finally confronted Afton about it... He'd been 'ignoring' her for some reason that she couldn't put a finger on, which only put her more on edge, thus, when she heard that Tamia was back and Afton was with her, she came to meet them with a mountain weighing on her shoulders.
And then he acted like nothing was wrong, like he was completely innocent, as if he hadn't intentionally been ignoring her! This shit started when Usanagi got here, so she immediately pointed out the person responsible... She regretted arguing like that, but couldn't really help herself.
Then she announced her pregnancy, and his reaction was the opposite of what she hoped it would be.
"Fuck." was his response. One that made Josie feel as though she'd been punched in the chest by a professional boxer, or someone wearing Power armour.
That was all she could bear to hear, immediately extracting herself from that place to avoid breaking down or having a tantrum. Were she not so upset, she'd be wary of leaving Afton with Tamia, as she knew there was some chemistry between them even before she hooked up with him, but she was barely up to avoid dropping to her knees and crying like a toddler as it is.
Tamia caught up soon enough and took her to New Vegas, immediately employing a 'plan' to show that Afton didn't mean what he said... Saying that he'd come find them and express his regret soon enough...
After a day of not hearing a word from him, Josie was honestly at her lowest point... She didn't know why she'd felt so depressed, but for a moment, she'd actually considered aborting the baby... Such a thing wasn't all that uncommon in the wasteland, mostly due to how resource-intensive children are... Most of the time, they simply wouldn't survive in most families due to the scarcity of food and water, along with the various dangerous things that could and would harm them.
Thinking about it now, she felt slightly sick to her stomach, having actually considered killing her child. Their, child... Despite everything, she still loved Afton, and wanted to make things work... The only problem was whether or not he'd accept it... She wasn't even sure if he'd push her to have an abortion... He was pragmatic and rather cruel in some aspects, so it wouldn't surprise her if he chose that route...
Shaking her head of those thoughts, she was just about to leave and try to find them, when she noticed something peculiar happening around her... Various things had started losing power and or malfunctioning. Shop lights flickered, cleaning robots stuttered in their movement, the nearby water fountain sputtered as if it was running out of water...
It wasn't just her who'd noticed this either, the many soldiers, civilians, and workers all stopped and looked around with mild confusion and worry mixed on their faces... Fortunately, the malfunctions stopped as quickly as they started.
Josie looks back up and spots Tamia and Afton walking over, the latter of which had a happy, yes somewhat strained smile on his face. Again, she pulls her expression into a neutral one and crosses her arms to present the most confident look she could manage. "What took you so long?"
Afton smirks and shrugs, "Just needed to get some things ready, I didn't expect you to get back so quickly... So I had to rush a couple things I was working on..." he trails off as they all hear a small whistling sound, "Ah, that must be it now... Ahem! Josie Trantow, I know this is kinda out of nowhere, but, would you marry me." he states as he gets onto one knee, holding his hand out in front of him.
Before she'd even able to react to his sudden proposal, the whistling sound gets louder, causing everyone to look up... A small trail of smoke was left by some sort of box, as it flew through the skies and suddenly headed right for the trio.
*ShhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHH-Thud!*
It lands crisply in Afton extended hand, and he immediately opens it to reveal two rings... They were gold, but had a weird silver tint to them, as if glazed with an impossibly small layer of bluish glass. Inlayed prominently atop them were large hazel coloured gems. They were cut in an incredibly beautiful fashion, and their colour reminded her of glittering bronze... Though, the connection to her eye colour came a few seconds later, causing her to heavily blush.
Afton, inwardly cheers at her expression, and continues to orchestrated things with Glados via his brainwave connection that was granted by the tesla machinery that was left in his head. "Now the next one, Glados!" he silently orders, causing another package to start flying through the air...
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