October 1st, 2281, The Capital Wasteland

John drank the last sips from his bottle of beer and placed it down on the counter, he looked at Gob the Ghoul Bartender in the Saloon, John opened his mouths and began to speak his words were slurred "Gob, get me another beer!"

Gob looked at John he could see he had enough beer for the night but Gob did not like John so he did not care, he grabbed another beer and gave it to him. John drank it fast and put the bottle on the counter he drank more then he could pay for but he did not realize it.

"Alright I am good, how much do I owe you Ghoul?" John asked, his words were slurred and he was talking slow.

"75 Caps" Gob replied.

"75 Caps? Alright" John reached into his coat and pulled out a brown leather pouch he poured all the caps out and Gob began to count.

"There is only 53 caps here you still owe 22 caps bud"

"Well that's all I got take it or leave it pal"

Colin overhead the conversation, he then looked John up on his computer he looked at his tab and it was 550 Caps. He then heard John say he did not have enough caps he got up from his seat and grabbed his .44 he walked up to John and Gob.

"Is there a problem Gob, this customer not paying what he owes"

Gob looked at Colin and replied, "He owes 75 but he says he only has what is on the counter which is 53 leaving him with a 22 cap debt."

"Well drunks like him never pay debts so we are going to have to get those caps one way or another!"
Colin raised his hand with the gun in it and pointed it at John.

John's eyes filled with fear and he began to stutter, "Look Colin I ain't got the caps right now but I can get them, I know some people who are willing to give me some caps I swear!"'

"Well you owe allot more then 22 Caps bud you owe 572 according to my computer!"

"I can still get it just give me a week, thats all I need I promise!"

"Fine but if you do not have the caps by then I know people who will give me your head!"

John stood up from his seat and stumbled out the door and to his shack he walked to his bed and collapsed on it falling asleep within seconds.

Morning came and John had a massive headache he crawled out of bed and went to his fridge, he looked for beer but he was all out so he grabbed some Brahman Milk and Some Sugar Bombs and made himself Cereal. After finishing his breakfast John walked up the stairs to the storage room were he had not been in years, inside was his old Brotherhood Armor from his days as a Paladin.

Looking at the Armor brought back allot of memories, he remembered fighting the Enclave and Super Mutants. After that memories of his last days as a Paladin start to come he remembered what he did to those people just for caps. John looked away and grabbed his Combat Armor Chest Plate and his old Assault Rifle, after putting the Armor and Grabbing his gun, John grabbed a backpack with a bunch of spare ammo. He walked down the stairs grabbed some water from the fridge threw it in the backpack and walked out the door.