Bab 493: Easy Levelling and Sex on the Beach...
While Tamia and the Cyberdogs were retrieving the bomber schematics, Afton was relaxing by the poolside with a 'Sex on the beach' cocktail. His server was that annoying Psyker called Shani who's apparently able to see the future... That, or she just has a vivid imagination. "Hey, heads or tails?" he suddenly asks the girl out of nowhere.
"E-excuse me?" Shani stutters out, taken off guard at being asked something.
"I'm going to flip a coin, is it gonna be heads or tails?" he asks again.
"Eeer, heads?" she guesses, not looking confident at all.
Afton just lightly shakes his head, flicking the coin up high before drawing his weapon and shooting a large hole into it. The coin flies off into the distance with a new hole as Afton turns to Shani, "Your talent didn't see that coming, did it?" he asks.
Shani continues looking into the distance where the coin had flown for a minute before composing herself and shaking her head, "N-no sir..."
Afton nods and is about to lie down and take another sip of his drink when a notification appears in his peripheral.
[WELCOME TO LEVEL 52!!]
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Had he done something to achieve that?... He wants to ask Glados but realises that time was stopped, so he'd have to try afterwards...
[Points : 1]
[Stats]
[Perks]
[Mutations]
Afton decides to check the Perks this time... While he was sure he'd take another mutation involving his plant arm, taking a look wouldn't be a bad idea. He opens the Perk page and is immediately blinded by the thousands of Perks available to him... These weren't apparently restricted by level or what the Fallout games had, no, these included and improved anything he'd ever done, achieved, or had experience in. A few that had caught his interest were;
[SwordMaster] : Boosts damage dealt with swords by 200% and increases attack speed by 100%. Afton was curious at how many Perks he could take that simply upgraded his swordsmanship... Though, his plans for the future would be better off adopting a 'whip skill'.
[Perceptive Intuition] : Ability to detect invisible things around you, also allows user to sense when they are being watched. This Perk essentially gives you the superhuman ability to sense someone's gaze on you, which is pretty broken in Afton's honest opinion, and that's not even including the invisibility detection.
[Grit your teeth] : User can work through pain with ease, enduring agonizing pain while maintaining combat effectiveness and even retaining steady hands throughout. While Afton was already pretty good at handling pain, the ability to retain steady hands through it would be a great boon to anyone, though, this was especially effective on him considering his regenerative abilities.
[Puppeteer] : Ability to project your voice elsewhere. Afton had no idea just how much this Perk included... Could he throw his voice to the Think Tank from Primm? Or was it just limited to a single building? He supposed he wouldn't know until he bought it, something he was reluctant to spend points to test.
[One of Us!] : While your mutations have alienated you from regular folk, Mutants are more than willing to take you in as their own. +200% reputation gain with Mutants of any kind (Supermutants, Ghouls, etc). The reason why Afton was interested in this Perk is because almost everything in the wasteland could be considered a mutant. A guy with three ears? Mutant, A Deathclaw? Abomination and Mutant. A Psyker?... Now, that was the question... Getting a huge reputation boost with any Psyker would be an incredible ability.
Psyker's were rare but invaluable resources to anyone who had them... Even someone with a relatively tame mutation like Scorpion-Man had been man-handling the gangs and thugs in Freeside. He didn't even have training! Consider that! And that's not even speaking of the other powers Psyker's might possess... If Shani could see into the future, there might be the Magneto of Psykers somewhere...
Regardless, none of the Perks he'd looked through seemed good enough to stray from his current plan for mutations. So, he looks back at the mutations and selects;
[Beauveria mordicana flagellum] : Enables user's arm to extend, stretch, and flex.
His current arm's ability to change shape was limited by its mass, forcing him to shift material from other parts if he wanted to make it longer, thicker, or denser. This mutation would solve that, stretching and flexing were good, but the keyword was 'extend', as since it was differentiated from 'stretching' it essentially meant adding extra mass... Of course, he needed two more Perks to achieve what he really wanted, but his current two mutations were good enough for use as of now.
So, without waiting another moment, he takes the Mutations and watches as time resumes. Once it does he looks down at his peculiarly coloured plant arm and begins testing it out. First things first, testing mass manipulation.
He doesn't do much, simply making his arm slightly bulkier than it was before, afterwards pulling his fingers to see how far they could stretch individually... By the end of it he looked like a particularly creepy Aye-Aye.
Seeing no real limits to his current testing, he stretches his arm out ten feet away, letting it hang over the pool with ease while the other maids watch... Shani herself was watching with shock and not a small amount of horror.
After holding it out for a while Afton pulls his arm back in, he'd need to test this further as ten feet didn't even feel close to the limit. He lays back onto his chair and looks up at the sky while asking thin-air "Glados, are there any combat operations happening at this moment?"
A panel in the floor opens up and allows a small drone with an orange eye to appear, "There are two combat operations in progress, creator. The first is one of our Cyberdog patrols that ran into a migrating group of tunnellers, the second is the group under officer: Tamia, who led a group of specialist Cyberdogs into a nest of Cazadors." the AI states.
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Afton raises a brow at Glados, "The Tunnellers are that close?" he asks, not having expected them to get that far.
"Correct, but your assumption is not. The organism designated: Tunnelers, primarily travel via an extensive tunnel system, Dr. Borous has been studying a few samples and organisms, and has found that the hives they live within have strict hierarchies, meaning these are likely an exiled group." Glados explains.
Afton slowly nods, "So we don't have to worry about an imminent attack? Cool... Are the Cyberdogs winning?" he asks.
"The Cyberdog units have an overwhelming numerical advantage, as well as a tactical one. Unit designated: Gabe, is the one currently leading the patrol."
Afton snorts to himself, "The Tunnelers tried to fight the patrol while Gabe was around? What, are they stupid or something?"
"Negative. The most likely explanation is that their poor eyesight allowed them to mistake Gabe as a weaker animal, such as a Bighorner."
"Well, they deserve to get their shit rocked then... How're Tamia, Veronica, and Anja doing?" he asks while resting his cocktail on top of the drone for a laugh, of course, Shani pales at this but is ignored by both man and AI.
"I am currently receiving the schematics for the Pre-war bomber, most is too heavily damaged to be legible, but perhaps the Brain-Bag's can piece something together..."
Afton nods, "Good." before lounging back into his chair and enjoying the sunshine... Though, Glados' drone hadn't left yet, meaning there was something else she needed to address... He flips his sunglasses up and glances at her, "Something wrong?... Have the Thought Implants been tested yet?"
"Indeed, but their results have been 'mind-numbing... In the sense that every subject's head has exploded. Rather I felt it important to update you on a different developing situation, the Think Tank has been receiving transmissions from somewhere you would be particularly interested in... A place called the Sierra Madre."
Afton, upon hearing this spits out his drink while Shani squeaks and slowly retreats upon hearing 'Thought Implants'. She's either ignored or not noticed however, allowing her to slip away back to the dorms.
"You've found Christine!?" he exclaims, "Well? Where is it? I'm gonna go down there and kick the shit outta Elijah and bring Christine back in one go!"
"I advise you not to do that, Creator." Glados states, causing a shiver to run up his spine. He remembers the phrase 'I can't let you do that' from another AI...
"Why not?" he asks simply, his tone demanding an explanation.
"Because, by my calculations, the signal itself seems to be a trap. It is being projected from the Mojave, but its source is elsewhere. I advise you send a robot instead, to spring the trap and not risk yourself." Glados explains, allowing Afton to relax and not worry about a potential 'Skynet' situation.
Afton nods, "Alright... Send a scout to check out the signal, update me immediately if you find something.
"Affirmative." the AI confirms before leaving the same way the drone entered.
Afton releases a sigh and slumps into the chair, wondering where his maid had gotten off to...
"*Bzztch!* Afton, an NCR messenger has arrived at Novac's gates... They're requesting you, what do you want us to do?*Bzztch*" Daisy's voice comes through the Pipboy on his arm.
He scowls and throws his half-drunk cocktail at a nearby wall which shatters the glass before picking up the radio. "Can I not get five minutes to myself, god damn!"
"*Bzztch!* I can send them away if you like, it's not as if you need to be here to hear the message... But they seem rather insistent on it.*Bzztch*" Daisy explains.
He releases a long sigh, "No... I'll be there in like, five to ten minutes." he states as he gets up, he's currently dressed in swimming trunks and a Hawaiian shirt, not exactly formal attire, but Afton's too tired to care at this point... Though, he does make sure to bring his Fallen Ranger Sequoia just in case.
Four minutes later a lightning bolt strikes the teleportation point at Novac, allowing Afton to job over to the wall still in his 'beach attire'. He's sent weird looks by the residents of Novac, but he ignores them and gets to his destination.
On the wall he finds Daisy standing with crossed arms with another man he wasn't familiar with. "Afton, you're here..." she states before jumping slightly and gesturing at the man in lab coat, "This is my... Friend, Arcade Gannon." she explains.
Afton raises a brow but shakes the man's hand regardless, the man becoming confused at Afton's uncovered plant arm. "Er, nice to meet you, Arcade."
The man nods, "Likewise, nice to finally meet the man who's technically employing me." he adds with a smile.
"I'm employing you?... Oh, the Doctor Tamia brought over?" Afton asks.
Arcade nods, "The very same, I have to thank you for allowing my research to continue, without your help I would have never discovered the laxative properties of fermented barrel cactus."
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"Ok?" Afton offers, not knowing whether he should be angry about unknowingly funding literal 'shit' research.
Arcade shakes his head, "Don't look at me like that, despite its somewhat humourous name, laxatives save lives. Never know when an idiot will shove something poisonous down their gullets that need to be removed." he explains.
Afton shrugs, "I'll take your word on it, er, keep up the good work..." he says before turning to Daisy, "Where's this 'messanger' then?"
Daisy gestures over the wall at the single, plain-looking man who's sitting under the shade of the wall.
"Oi! This ain't spa! If you're gonna use my shadows you better pay for it!" Afton sarcastically shouts down, surprising the man who seemed to have been dozing off.
"My apologies! Ah, you're Afton Parker!? I come with a message!... If you would allow me up to hand it to you-" he's cut off as Afton's arm literally stretches to him and snatches the letter out of his hand, shocking the man and a few of the people on the wall itself.
"Thanks! Now bugger off before I set the turrets on you!" Afton says before looking down at the letter, ignoring the disbelieving looks of those around him.
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