[Scared humanity]

Regina "Reggie" Torrez - Cat's Bungalow - Afternoon

“Hey there little lady, now hold on a minute, as you can see I am not armed,” Ace said pointing to his side, “and thank you for saying I’m wonderful, I always knew so, now how bout you be a good girl and calm down.”

Reggie tossed her magnum and bowie knife aside, "neither am I now, and NO BODY calls me little lady."

Reggie," Cat called out and pulled her back inside. "Please, you and Ace are both in no condition to fight, especially over something silly like that," she admonished Reggie. "Please, we are getting ready for a nice dinner and we need to work together to make something out of this town," she pleaded now with Reggie. "You are a smart and sensible young woman, Reggie, and this town has seen enough trouble as it is," she added with a wry smile

Reggie strained to see Ace from around Cat, she didn't say a word, but the fire in her eyes were practically setting Ace on fire. Her vision was funneled onto Ace, her ears turned off to anything else.

“Don’t worry doc I will take it easy from now on, probably won’t do something foolish till tomorrow. Just make sure you have stitches waiting,” Ace told Cat with a smile and wink. He looked outside then back before leaving looking at Reggie and with a cocky smile and a wink says, “catch you later rock bangette”

Reggie clenched her fist and sprung forward, her leg buckling from the pressure and she caught herself with the dining room table. She flipped Ace off and threw a water bottle at his head, "just because you're hung like a bloat-fly doesn't mean you have to make up for it by being a big dike head."

She turned and went to the couch, grumbling to herself even after she plopped down.

[Haley Cooper]

Ryan Mitchell - Nipton Trailer Park - Afternoon

"Ryan, by the divide, why didn't you take anyone with you to the hunt? You know, you don't have to be a bad ass," Cat said with a wink. "Now, put the geckos down and let me have a look at your arm," she ordered him over and made him sit down on a bench in the trailer park, while she placed her first aid kit on the table.

" I didn't want anyone to get hurt. Better me than any of you, " he said with the same smile and with his own wink. " I must not have gotten that memo about stopping my ' bad assery ' . " He set the geckos down by the table and sat down. " Doc I can handle this little scratch by myself. The Rangers taught me how to keep myself alive, not just about being a gunslinger. Hand me some peroxide or some clean water, some bandages, and a stimpak. I can take it from there. No use in worrying that pretty head of yours about little old me, gotta keep yourself in top form for the others. "

[Mrs shelly Sugarplum]

Ace Makovich – Noon – Nipton

Reggie was babbling on about something he could care less for when he sees her try to jump but stumbles forward grabbing the table and giving him the finger, “How crude for a little lady.” As soon as he finished saying that he was hit in the face by water bottle she threw at him. “What the [censored] is the matter with you. Damn you could have emptied the bottle before throwing it. I see you natives like throwing [censored] around. If banging rocks doesn’t work out for you, you should try throwing them.”

He looked as Reggie walked back to the couch grumbling to herself, “You should see a psychiatrist, talking to yourself isn’t healthy.” He grabbed the fixer the doc left for him and began heading out of the doc’s place.

[Yonah]

(OOC: since so much has happened since the last post I made I’ll be skipping a bunch of stuff)

James Burns

Nipton Main Road
Afternoon

James noticed Roderick carry the convict into the Captain’s club, James followed and watched as Roderick fell to the ground under Jack’s weight. James strode into the club and bent down to roll the sleeping Jack off of Roderick; he then helped Roderick to his feet and turned to the convict, trying to decide the best course of action. Being overly violent in front of people would probably send out a bad signal to everyone, besides, he had plenty of time to do that.

James decided that the best course of action would probably be to take the convict to the town hall basemant and then wake him up there; he turned to the rest of the club

“Can anyone help me take our friend here down to the town hall basemant?”

[BEl J]

William Krios - Nipton

Afternoon

"After a few hours of putting his logs on his computer, and messing around with old pre-war pc games on it, he went outside and saw the fumes dissipate. His eyes were getting better and rinsed jut like the doctor said. William eyes were fine now and could see clearly but would get a stinging in the middle sometimes. He went over to Cat's house and entered in but did not see her and went to the trailer park to see Cat tending to Ryan

"So Cat, when will the dinner start and Ryan you went out to hunt the Geckos alone, i am surprised. You could have wait for me?

[Peter P Canning]

Cat Bellamy - Afternoon - Trailer Park - Nipton

She handed Ryan a stimpack, clean cloth, a bottle of water and a whiskey bottle. "You can take a sip and then use it to disinfect the wound," she instructed him. "It'll burn like a casador stinger, but it'll reduce the risk of infection," she told Ryan and watched him go to work on his wound. "Well, you sure know your medical stuff, I have to say," she nodded approvingly. "Let me just help you wrap it up, it can get difficult doing that with one hand," she said and expertly wrapped his wound with the piece of cloth. "Now, take this stimpak and call me in the morning," she added with a wink, before turning her attention to the geckos.

She turned to William. "Well, I can start a fire, but I sure need help with cutting those geckos up," she told him and pointed at all those geckos.

"We'll have meat to spare, you've done good, Ryan," she said and grinned at the ranger.

Then a thought struck her and her face lit up. "I'll head on over to the bar, I'm sure most of the men folk is flocking to that place and there should be more than enough able people to help with the cook out," she exclaimed. She reached for her first aid kit and took her leave from the Ranger. "I'll be back," she said and marched on down to the new bar.

Cat opened the door and was pleasantly surprised at the transformation of the old, dusty shack. "This is real nice," she said, while she looked around, "Yes, real nice," Cat said again and smiled.

Then she noticed a fella with a guitar leaning next to his stool. She walked over to him and took a seat next to him. "A new face in town I see?" She greeted him and held out her hand, "Doc Bellamy, but everyone just calls me Cat," she introduced herself and almost got lost in his brilliant, blue eyes. For a moment, she completely forgot why she had come into the bar in the first place.

[Poetic Vice]

Roderick Filcher - Nipton

Rod saw the barkeep tending to the passed out Jack. What are we going to do with him? He is nothing but trouble. When the bar keep was done giving Jack the absinthe and fixer, he called out to him, “Hey man thanks for helping him out. Dunno what is gonna happen to him after this. Can I get whiskey mixed with nuka-cola, it makes for a mighty tasty drink.” The barkeep looked at him for few seconds and got him the drink. He paid up and enjoyed the drink while he relaxed completely forgetting about the doc and everyone at her house. [censored]! I forgot about the doc, what kind of assistant am I relaxing while she needs help. He gets up to leave just as the door is flung open and the doc walks in complementing the place, she goes over and introduces herself at the guy in the corner. He walks up to her and puts his hand on her shoulder, “Hey doc sorry about ditching out, I had to help out Jack. If you came looking for him he’s passed out over there.”

[Etta Hargrave]

Cat Bellamy - afternoon - Captain's Club - Nipton

Cat neither heard no saw anything but the strangers eyes. She stared into those baby blues and thought she could loose herself in that ocean of tranquility. However, someone tapped her on the shoulder and Cat was yanked back into reality.

"Wha... what is it?" she asked confused and turned to see Rod standing behind her, apologizing for ditching her earlier. "Oh Rod, yea, no worries, kid. You did a good job helping out," she said with a smile. When he mentioned Jack though, her smile turned into a frown.

"Jack here? What in the blazes? Why isn't he locked up and sleeping off those fumes?" she asked with frustrated sigh. Useless Jack, nothing but trouble. "I'll have a talk with the others. Jack needs to be dealt with and his crazy planters need to be destroyed," she said with a huff, then motioned to Alexander.

"Alexander, hit me with a shot of Whiskey, please," she said and dropped a few caps on the counter. He filled a shot glass and handed it to her. Cat took it and downed it in one go. "Ahhhh, I needed that," she said with a grin.

"Oh by the way, Ryan brought a few geckos back. We just need a few men now to cut them up. I've already started a fire," she said and motioned towards the trailer park.

She turned back to the stranger and flashed him a smile. "You are cordially invited to have supper with us, if you like," she said.

[Alessandra Botham]

William Krios - Nipton

She turned to William. "Well, I can start a fire, but I sure need help with cutting those geckos up," she told him and pointed at all those geckos.

"Yea sure I can do that. Just out here right now.

[Tyrone Haywood]

Regina "Reggie" Torrez - Cat's Bungalow - Afternoon

"What the [censored] is the matter with you. Damn you could have emptied the bottle before throwing it. I see you natives like throwing [censored] around. If banging rocks doesn’t work out for you, you should try throwing them.” spat Ace after the bottle smacked his face.

Reggie tried to ignore Ace, but the words cut deep, and she wasn't one to let such slander ride. Out nof respect for Cat, she cursed under her breath while returning Ace's stink-eyed look.

“You should see a psychiatrist, talking to yourself isn’t healthy.” He grabbed the fixer the doc left for him and began heading out of the doc’s place.

Reggie bit her tongue, waiting for the right moment. After Ace had exited the bungalow, she got up and followed suit. Just outside of the door she bent down and picked up four decent sized rocks.

"NATIVE???" she shouted, hurling one of the rocks at Ace, "you want me to throw'em? FINE!!!" Reggie threw another, quickly followed by a third rock, "you talking to others isn't healthy, maybe you should quit runnin' your [censored] mouth," she threw the last rock and picked up some more.

Cat had left for Alexander's place to get some things, and Reggie was no longer in Cat's home, so the only respect left, was what needed to be earned the old fashioned way. Reggie, despite Cat's advice, moved as quickly as she could towards Ace throwing rocks harder and harder.

"Hey, I got an idea Ace, why don't I bang your head against a [censored] rock. Because the native is gonna stomp a mudhole in your ass and walk it dry."

[Ricky Rayner]

Ryan Mitchell - Nipton - Afternoon

"Well, you sure know your medical stuff, I have to say," she nodded approvingly. "Let me just help you wrap it up, it can get difficult doing that with one hand," she said and expertly wrapped his wound with the piece of cloth. "Now, take this stimpak and call me in the morning," she added with a wink, before turning her attention to the geckos.

Ryan took the offered stimpak. " I'll call you anyway, maybe we can have a drink later, " the Ranger grinned.

She talked to William about the geckos. "So Cat, when will the dinner start and Ryan you went out to hunt the Geckos alone, I am surprised. You could have waited for me." Ryan chuckled " I wanted to keep you guys from getting hurt. " Cat turned back. "We'll have meat to spare, you've done good, Ryan," she said and grinned at the ranger.

"Thanks doc, I tried, " He winked at her this time.

Cat then trotted off to the bar, with her face lit, and a simple goodbye.

Ryan moved his arm around and found that he'd done well with his wound. Still got the touch I see. He checked for his pistol and found he still had it in its holster. He lamented the tear of his sleeve. That trench coat was one of his most prized possessions. It may have come from the NCR but it served as a reminder to him that he'd accomplished a great feat. The man had achieved great things and rose from nothing. After his reminiscing he awaited the arrival of the men who'd help cut their meal. As he settled in though he heard some yelling. A man came from a house with a woman following, she was yelling and tossing rocks.

Ryan rose to his feet and walked over. The woman was still cursing. "Hey, I got an idea Ace, why don't I bang your head against a [censored] rock. Because the native is gonna stomp a mudhole in your ass and walk it dry."

The vet was astounded at the woman's rage, he'd met deathclaws with less anger in them. " Excuse me ma'am is this man bothering you? "

[Roy Harris]

Peter Van Heerden - Nipton
Afternoon

Peter stumbled his way into the main street of Nipton. His wagon wasn't parked in the usual spot, but he didn't notice. He was too drunk to notice. This state he was felt good to him. He wasn't reminded of his time in the NCR and all of the personal tragedies during that time, including his wife having a miscarriage shortly after he returned.

Peter stumbled his way through the street, and on his way toward the townhall, he heard yelling and screaming. The loudness hurt his mind, and he simply wanted it to stop. He slowly walked toward the building to make the noises stop.

"Hey, I got an idea Ace, why don't I bang your head against a [censored] rock. Because the native is gonna stomp a mudhole in your ass and walk it dry," Peter heard faintly.

"Shut the [censored] up," Peter yelled as he awkwardly stumbled his way toward the bungalow. "Some people want to sleeeeep!"

[jessica Villacis]

Regina "Reggie" Torrez - Raising hell in the street - Afternoon

Reggie grabbed whatever stones, pebbles, dirt, she could, it didn't matter. All she wanted to do was pelt Ace with anything and everything.

"Excuse me ma'am is this man bothering you? " she gave a quick glance to the voice behind her. Reggie saw a tall, good looking man wearing a torn duster. Her eyes were full of hatred, she threw another stone at Ace.

"Shut the [censored] up," yelled Peter as he awkwardly stumbled his way to a nearby bungalow. "Some people want to sleeeeep!

"[censored] YOU TO PETER," shouted Reggie at the top of her lungs, she began throwing stones at Peter.

Reggie had had enough, she grabbed a larger rock with both hands, "if you're not gonna shut your mouth, I'll do it for you," she yelled at Ace holding the basketball sized rock above her head.

[c.o.s.m.o]

Cat Bellamy - Afternoon - Streets of Nipton

Cat nodded to the stranger one last time and then headed out towards the picnic area i the trailer park. There were several things she still had to do, in order to prepare the promised feast. Check on the fire, see to it that the geckos were slaughtered and the choices bits of meat made it onto the fire. She also wanted to go around and asked everyone to scrounge up any canned goods they might have, so she could cook them as side dishes.

Damn, I forgot to ask Alexander to provide some drinks, she thought and hit her forehead.

Her musings where rudely interrupted, when she happened on what seemed a riot in the streets.

"Woah, woah, what's going on here? Calm down everyone," she called out. Her eyes grew wide when she saw Reggie with a large rock above her head, about to throw it at Ace. "Reggie! No!" she called out and darted over to the woman, not thinking that she might get hurt instead.

"Ace, get your damn ass into your house," she called over her shoulder, exasperated that the man always found Reggie's sore spot and had to rub it.

[XPidgex Jefferson]

Ace Makovich - afternoon - Nipton

As Ace walked outside towards his house but stopped when he heard the hysterical screech of Reggie the she-devil. What the hell is wrong with her? She began throwing rocks at him and he managed to catch one of the rocks and he threw it back at her, and managed to evade the others. He sprinted for the nearest cover but another barrage of stones came at him, he slid into cover behind the general store, and began to maneuver around to avoid Reggie as she chased him and continued the rocky hail. “Jesus H. Christ woman! You know what Reggie, I think you’ve gone off the deep end, you seriously need to get some help. If you’d like I can recommend someone for you, a good friend. You need to sit down and talk about these anger issues, perhaps get a lobotomy, I hear they are all the rage with lunatics!” Ace shouted at Reggie, not really helping his case as she seemed to gain speed and the number of stones increased. He had been hit by a few of the stones but nothing major. He heard someone yell about getting sleep and to cut down on the noise, poor bastard he is going to be attacked but he’ll buy me some time to get home and grab my pistol.

Just as he thought, Reggie temporarily lost focus from him and pelted the poor drunk soul. He made into his house through the broken window and grabbed the Plasma Defender he had placed in his safe. He grabbed the gun without thinking, that the probability of someone outside the BOS having such a weapon is rare and might give off clues to his past. He made his way back outside, to prevent Reggie from chasing him inside and breaking anything there. He aimed his gun and shot the big rock Reggie was holding over her head about to throw at him. His aim was a he expected and it shattered the rock and turning some of it into gren goo, but a rock made it his way and hit him right on his right shoulder. “[censored] you [censored] who the [censored] you think you are.” Although he felt like shooting her he could never bring himself to killing someone, even under such circumstances. He holstered his pistol and grabbed his shoulder due to the pain he was in. He stumbled his way back into his house hoping the she-devil’s fire would die down.

He made it back into his house with the good Doctor trying to calm things down. He noticed he was bleeding again and said to himself "I'm done with stitches!" he grabbed an iron and the welding gun. He heated the iron and pressed it against the wound. "JESUS CHRIST! THAT [CENSORED] HURTS MORE THAN GETTING SHOT!" He could smell as his flesh sizzled due to iron and removed it from his shoulder. "That's going to leave a mark," he said looking down at his discolored and throbbing skin. He grabbed a bottle of vodka that was right there and splashed it on the wound. The rest he drank as he looked out the window looking for Reggie.

[jasminε]

OOC: I'm spicing things up a bit,

Peter Van Heerden - Cat's Bungalow
Afternoon

"[censored] YOU TO PETER,"

Peter's head jolted back as the rock impacted his forehead. He fell over on his back onto the floor, his forehead bleeding profusely. To Peter, everything was a blur, but he felt that impact. He clutched his head in agony.

"WHAT THE [censored] WAS THAT FOR," He yelled in utter pain. His forehead was soaked with blood, and his hands were full of blood as well. He laid his head on the wall, still clutching it.

"Peter?"

Peter heard a familiar voice, but he could not make it out. Suddenly, his wife ran toward the bungalow, not knowing what had just unfolded.

"I heard some screams when...." Her hands went up to her mouth when she saw her husband laying on the wall bleeding profusely. She rushed over to his side, almost crying. She loved her husband dearly, even though he had his issues.

"WHAT DID YOU DO," She yelled at the person who threw the rocks in panic. She was having a panic attack by this point, and her heart was beating extremely fast. She felt herself hyperventilate. Peter knew that a friendly face was near him, but couldn't make his wife out. The only things he knew were that he was in pain, and that a friendly face was around.

Suddenly, Ace grabbed a wielding Iron and put it up to his wound that had re-opened from the argument. "JESUS CHRIST! THAT [CENSORED] HURTS MORE THAN GETTING SHOT," He yelled.

Mary almost fainted.

[~Amy~]

Ryan Mitchell - Nipton - Afternoon

Ryan saw what was happening in the altercation between Reggie and Ace. It infuriated him that a man would say such things to a woman. This punk's got to learn some respect. He'd studied what happened unti he saw Reggie take boulder-like stone above her head. She threatened Ace again and it seemed she would break his skull open with the stone. Peter hobbled over in a drunken stupor and yelled, Reggie cursed back. She threw a stone at Peter which took him out. Ace slithered away into what Ryan presumed to be his home. The vet looked to Peter whose wife had come out, Reggie was still in a fit. Ace came out of his house with a Glock 86 plasma pistol, which the experienced Ranger recognized right away. Now where did you pick that up, Van Graffs maybe?

Ace fired the plasma pistol at the big rock Reggie held above her head. The rock shattered into stone fragments and some even turned into goop. Ryan's hand shot for his own pistol. As Reggie was distracted Ryan ran towards the house where Ace had retreated to. The vet arrived, pistol in hand, just as Ace had lain back with a bottle of vodka.

The ex-Ranger aimed his .45 at Ace's face. " Ok boy, we'll have to discuss where you got that Glock. But before that I have to warn you. If you ever fire a gun at one of the folks living here again, I will kill you without hesitation. Now tell me how you came across that plasma pistol, and how you know how to use the thing. Van Graffs? Brotherhood? Enclave? " Ryan was on alert for a potential enemy cell, he was already angry enough without a spy among them.

[Jessica Raven]

Cat Bellamy - Afternoon - Streets of Nipton

Cat dived out of the way, when she heard Ace charge an energy weapon. She was close to Reggie and in the same time the stone evaporated over Reggie's head, Cat had grabbed her legs and flung her down onto the pavement, landing heavily on top of Reggie.

"I'm so sorry, Reggie, I'm so sorry," she just said and made sure Reggie was ok. Then she heard Peter cry out in pain.

"And here they say, God watches over the drunks. He must have been busy at the time, you got hit by a rock," Cat called out in dismay, as she got up and hurried over to Peter, who was bleeding profusely.

She saw his wife nearing a panic attack and she reached out, grabbed her hands and said, "Calm down, you are not helping your husband. Now, find me some clean cloth, so we can stop the bleeding," Cat said calmly, and sent the distraught woman away. "Hang on Peter, hang on, I'll have to grab my first aid kit," Cat said and darted into her house, grabbed some cloth and her kit and ran back to where Peter was lying. She pressed the cloth onto his forehead and lifted his head onto her lap, off the hard pavement. "Stay still, or you'll make it worse," she said softly, as she applied more pressure. It took a few moments, but the bleeding soon stopped and she cleaned his forehead with some purified water. Then she reached for her ever present bottle of whiskey. Cat took a swig and then poured some into the wound. After that, she injected a Med-X and a stimpak.

"Once your wife is back, tell her to help you into my bungalow. Lay down on one of the beds and rest," she told Peter. "Where are your kids by the way?" she wondered.

After that she walked over to Reggie and helped her up. "You ok, hun?" she asked softly. She surely didn't blame her for throwing rocks at Ace, hell, she probably had done the same in her shoes.

[JR Cash]

Ace Makovich – his house – Nipton

Ace was in his house drinking the vodka when all of a sudden there was a gun pointed at his face. I could reach for my gun but he might shot my face off before I get a chance to do anything. He silently pondered what he could do to save his life. The man began asking him question of his past and where he got his gun. [censored] why did I grab the defender, I’m an idiot! Wait, no I’m not I’m smart, no you’re not otherwise you wouldn’t be here. He began arguing with himself and the fighting intensified in his head and he began to writhe in pain putting his hands up to head in pain. Ryan stood there with the gun pointed at his face, when Ace noticed the patch work on his left side from a recent injury. He shoots up his left hand up at Ryan’s grip on the gun causing it go off and hitting the wall behind him. With his right hand he squeezed and hit the wound he saw allowing ace to do a backwards flip away from Ryan.

He grabbed his pistol an aimed it back at Ryan, “If I was aiming for Reggie I would have shot her, but last time I checked she is outside yelling! Now who the [censored] are you? And I ain’t telling you nothing, native!” He continued to aim his gun but it wasn’t long before he realized his shirt was off and his tattoo of the BOS emblem was visible to Ryan. He didn’t know whether or not he had seen it, but he had to keep focused on the man standing in front of him. “How bout we both put our guns down, and have a nice chat! You go first!”

[Dylan Markese]

Peter Van Heerden - Nipton
Afternoon

"Calm down, you are not helping your husband. Now, find me some clean cloth, so we can stop the bleeding," Cat said calmly, and sent the distraught woman away.

Mary began to sob as she nodded. This was WAY too much for a 19 year old to handle. She ran in the direction of her new house, which she intended for Peter to discover himself. The house was still a wreck, as she hadn't done any sort of cleaning yet, save for placing the Van Heerden family belongings in place. It wasn't much, but it sure beat living out of a wagon.

Meanwhile, Cat was helping Peter with his flesh wound. She laid his head onto her lap, "Stay still, or you'll make it worse." Peter groaned. He was half-drunk and still in pure agony. She placed a clean cloth on his forehead and pressed on the wound, applying large amounts of pressure. It took a few moments, but the bleeding stopped. She then cleaned the wound with whiskey, some Med-X, and the ever so common stimpack. Peter felt a lot better now, now that the Med-X was taking effect. He was now starting to snap out of being drunk.

"Once your wife is back, tell her to help you into my bungalow. Lay down on one of the beds and rest," she told Peter. "Where are your kids by the way?" she wondered. Peter felt his head before responding.

"Uh," Peter slurred, still slightly drunk. "Mary uh, usually, er, takes care of em. I don't really, uh, know."

"Is my husband ok?" Mary asked in an extremely worried tone as she ran to where Peter and Cat where, a clean rag in her hand.

"I'm fine, " Peter managed to say.

Mary leaned over and kissed her husband. "Mary, er, please carry me onto a cot in that house there," Peter slurred, as he now recognized his wife.

[Karl harris]

Ryan Mitchell - Nipton - Afternoon

It happened fast, but Ryan should have been able to prevent it. I'm a Ranger for Pete's sake! There he was now, with a plasma pistol aimed at him. His arm pained him and the bandage was torn but he ignored it. His .45 was still trained on Ace.

“If I was aiming for Reggie I would have shot her, but last time I checked she is outside yelling! Now who the [censored] are you? And I ain’t telling you nothing, native!” He continued to aim his gun, his shirt fell revealing an emblem Ryan knew all to well. Ace kept his aim on Ryan. “How bout we both put our guns down, and have a nice chat! You go first!”

Ryan's lips pursed. They held no emotion, they only masked his anger. " I'm a [censored] Ranger Veteran, that's what I am. I can see you're Brotherhood trash, nothing but a xenophobic tribal really. I'll play nice , I really don't want to waste a bullet on your sorry hide. " Ryan played that he was lowering his pistol to the floor but instead half way he threw it at Ace's groin. The airborne pistol hit Ace, the Brotherhood man bent over and grabbed his groin. Ryan lunged at his opening and tackled Ace to the ground. The vet brought his elbow down on Ace's wound a few times then headbutted his adversary. Ryan brought Ace up and put him in a sleeper hold.

" Stop fighting boy, if you don't I'll snap your neck right here. "

OOC: Sorry guys, had to shorten it. I'll be back in an hour or so.

[Alkira rose Nankivell]

Ace Makovich – his house – Nipton

He looked at Ryan and he could see the man was serious. He yelled at him that he was a veteran ranger, and began to put his gun down. Ace was caught off guard when the ranger threw his pistol at ace’s groin causing him to drop his gun and bend over in pain. Before he knew it the ranger had tackled him and began an assault on his recently burned wound. Luckily the pain wasn’t as big as the initial burning was, but still he hurt like hell. He writhed in pain when all of a sudden he found himself in a chokehold. He turned his head facing the elbow of his attacker, letting him breathe a bit. He spread his legs and lowered his body, he grabbed the rangers forearm shoulder. He straightened his legs driving his up and took the ranger off balance an onto his back. Then he flipped the ranger over and gave a straight hard punch at the man’s lower right ribs. “Ranger schmanger, don’t ever call me a tribal piece of trash, you [censored] NCR brahnim [censored]!” As he said that he fell to his knees as Ryan struck him, and the two wrestled on the ground knocking over the furniture in the room. He put in a couple of punches but so did the ranger. He untangled himself from the ranger, grabbed his pistol, and aimed at the ranger but the ranger had the same idea and aimed at him. They were back to where they started.

"Well, well, looks like we have ourselves a standoff!" he said while aiming for the ranger, he had never felt so much rage in his soul before, here stood one of the men that could've possibly killed his wife, he could avenge her, he could take his life. "I'll make you pay for what you NCR [censored] [censored][censored] did to my wife," he began to sob as he said those word, there was nothing more he would have liked than to pull the trigger but he couldn't it wasn't in his nature. Rachel was the violent one, she wouldn't have hesitated, but i can't do it. I can't bring myself to taking his life, no matter how much I hate him I cannot do it. He holstered his pistol, and just stood there before the ranger with one hand on his pistol. Either the ranger will holster his gun and leave him alone, attack Ace or try something else. All he knew is he wasn't going to be taken alive by an NCR ranger as a prisoner, if he tried anything to apprehend him he was ready to overload his pistol that would cause a large explosion.

[Cedric Pearson]

Karl Kliesmann
Karl's musings were stopped by loud noises and he thanked god for the riot in the street. Bitter Springs was better forgotten as far as he was concerned. He ran out of the bar and unslung his shotgun. He decided to make his way to Ace's house where Ace was in a sort of standoff with that ranger. He noticed Ace's now holstered pistol and whispered to himself "Brotherhood." Karl hated the Brotherhood but he hated the NCR more so he decided on a compromise, he slung his shotgun on his back and waited for them to talk.

[Haley Merkley]

William Krios - Ace's House

William entered Ace's house watching all the commotion. He got out his Marksman Carbine and entered

" Stop fighting boy, if you don't I'll snap your neck right here. "

“Ranger schmanger, don’t ever call me a tribal piece of trash, you [censored] NCR brahnim [censored]!” As he said that he fell to his knees as Ryan struck him, and the two wrestled on the ground knocking over the furniture in the room. He put in a couple of punches but so did the ranger. He untangled himself from the ranger, grabbed his pistol, and aimed at the ranger but the ranger had the same idea and aimed at him. They were back to where they started.

"Damn, [censored], looks like everyone has a secret past and rivalry".

"Well, well, looks like we have ourselves a standoff!" he said while aiming for the ranger, he had never felt so much rage in his soul before, here stood one of the men that could've possibly killed his wife, he could avenge her, he could take his life. "I'll make you pay for what you NCR [censored] [censored][censored] did to my wife," hebegan to sob as he said those word, there was nothing more he would have liked than to pull the trigger but he couldn't it wasn't in his nature. Rachel was the violent one, she wouldn't have hesitated, but i can't do it. I can't bring myself to taking his life, no matter how much I hate him I cannot do it. He holstered his pistol, and just stood there before the ranger with one hand on his pistol. Either the ranger will holster his gun, attack Ace or try something else. All he knew is he wasn't going to be taken alive by an NCR ranger, if he tried anything he was ready to overload his pistol that would cause a large explosion.

William saw that the Plasma Defender was overloading and took action aiming his Carbine to the roof. He gave of 5 shots to snap them out of it.

"Alright you 2 [censored] lovebirds listen up! I dont give a [censored] whether you guys had a past expirence or not. All this tensions are all going to kill us eventually so shut the [censored] up and deal with your problems. Just because you and your 2 groups had................

Williams mind flashbacked to the Legion, remembering the many thing they done. The Desert Rangers, Pelagia and Gedon his friend. He was blank as the bullets casing from him shooting from the roof laid on the ground. He was blank but spoke out again.

In a calm voice he spoke

"Just because your 2 factions or groups had past expirences or problems does not mean you should start a [censored]in fight in this town. We are all here to escape our old past and renew, making a new one...................................dis-carding-it.

William then ran out of Ace's house, looking up to a sun setting. There another flashback came back as he instead saw Pelagia. He saw the townspeople strung up on crosses, similar to Nipton. He saw his family and friends being hauled away as slaves, while the one resisted burned. He shed a slight tear and soon, all the people he saw, looked like Legion. He started to fire into Ace's house.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh! Die you Legion Bastards die, as he was firing his carbine everywhere.

[Hayley Bristow]

Ryan Mitchell - Nipton - Afternoon

There Ace and Ryan were, a whole fistfight later, still nothing to show. They had their respective weapons pointed at one another.

"Well, well, looks like we have ourselves a standoff!" Ace yelled. "I'll make you pay for what you NCR [censored] [censored][censored] did to my wife. "

Ryan continued his gaze, and his aim. But Ace looked trouble by some inner-pain, he holstered his gun. Ryan kept his pistol where it was but he felt is heart soften. Poor bastard's wife was killed by an NCR man, I can sympathize with that. No sense in killing a man over some harsh words, that beating oughta taken some fight out of him anyhow.

" That was a smart move kid. No death needs to come of this. If it's any consolation, I'm sorry about your wife. I've had many of my best friends killed in front of my eyes, I know how it is. I'm going to let you go, but don't fire on anyone, not even by them. Don't insult them either, we need to get along here. Let's just simmer down and forget this whole thing. " Ryan said in a somber tone. He was angry with the man, but he didn't have the heart to kill him. His wife was still paining him.

Another man came in with a shotgun but put it back in it's holster. William barged in and became irate, he was screaming and ranting. He ran outside again but returned and opened fire on the three men. The bullets riddled the wall. Ryan shoved the other man away to save him while Ace took cover. The vet ran to William. He wrenched the carbine away even as the lead bounced off the armor underneath his clothes. Ryan thrust the butt of the carbine into William's face, connecting with a crack. William fell to the ground and Ryan jumped on top of him. The ex-Ranger had thrown the carbine, he immediately pacified William with a pressure point on his neck that lulled him. It worked well enough for Ryan to get William in a position where he couldn't hurt anyone else. His arms were above his head, Ryan held him in a full Nelson. William's legs were useless to him. The old Ranger wanted no more violence.