Daniel

Daniel entered the bar, glancing around quickly. He noticed the lack of patrons in the dimly lit saloon, and was very relieved. Moriarty had followed his orders and shut the place down, leaving only the ghoul bar keeper to watch them. He grunted at the ghoul to get him a beer, then sat down at a table, awaiting the new recruits. He had his pistol on the table in front of him, trying to intimidate anyone that dared to try and cross him.

Tonight was going to be a long night. All he needed was for the guests to arrive.

Ryan Lewis

I stood outside Moriarty's bar slightly nervous I was hoping to be accepted because no where else would take me. I walked in, the bar was empty, except for a ghoul bartender and a man drinking a beer. He had a pistol on the table in front of him which made me a bit weary. I went at sat on the stool next to him and ordered a beer. I turned to speak to the man.

"So is this where we meet to sign up for the Civilized Raiders?"

Daniel

I eyed up the kid next to me, giving him a once over. He looked determined, and a little bit jaded. Probably had a hard life before this. Hell, hadn't all of us?

"Yeah, kid. Daniel Cortez, leader and sole member of the Civilized Raiders. But of course you know that, don't you? You read the note. Anyway one of my friends thinks you have potential. I trust him, so in turn I trust you. And, I need a squad if I want to take down those damn Talons. I think you'll do nicely. So, tell me, whats with the jaded look on your face? You seem like you've had enough of being pushed around. By the way, whats your name? Don't think I caught it..."

I took another drink of my beer and told the kid to wait. Gob had given me the signal the target was approaching, so I set down my beer and stood up. Gob walked to the door and stood behind it. I watched as the door opened and someone stepped in, looking at me as they did.

"Hey, you Cortez? I'm hear to join" he said in a low voice. Gob locked the door and I punched the man, knocking him to the ground before he could react.

Chucking the kid my pistol, I said, "This is a Talon operative. One of my friends tipped me off and we were waiting for him. What are you going to do with him?" I asked, seeing if he would pass my test.

It was all so quick. It had turned from a simple introduction to a choice between life or death. I was gob smacked but only for a moment I didn't want look like an idiot in front of Daniel. I thought quickly and decided I should find out for sure who had sent him. I aimed for his knee and fired. Wasn't a bad shot it looked like it hit him right in the knee.

"Who the [censored] sent you?!" I yelled at the man.

The mans face was still in agony.

"Maybe you didn't hear me?" I said kicking the man in the leg.

Still nothing. I had just realised that I might be coming of a little crazy to Daniel but then again maybe slightly crazy is what he wanted. I went to go kick the man in the leg again but just before I did he blurted out.

"The Talon you idiot!"

I smiled.

"Thanks"

BANG. I shot him in the head and handed the gun back to Daniel. I was shaking just a little bit I didn't know whether I was excited or scarred. I was really just hoping Dan didn't notice.

"So um do you think I could have that beer now?"

(OOC: No I didn't )

Daniel

"Hmm, you didn't do to well on the test, Kid. What's our name? The Civilized Raiders. Sure, we ain't no Saints, but we try not to kill people in cold blood like that, at least when we don't have to. I'll make a man out of you yet, though." I said, sliding him a beer. The mention of 'The Talon' had shocked me. I knew that the Talons would set someone up in charge of 'managing' us, but I didn't think they'd use a psycho like him to get the job done. He was one step above normal raiders.

"You never did tell me your name, by the way." I laughed.

Taking the pistol in my hand, I reloaded the missing bullets, spinning it before placing it back on the table in front of me. I still had others to intimidate, and other tests to pull on them.

I was going to explain how I killed the man because I was worried he was going to kill us but I decided against it.

"Sorry Sir. I will better myself for next time and my name is Ryan, Ryan Lewis."

He slid me a beer. I felt like such an idiot I had failed my first test I was surprised that he kept me in the squad. I drank my beer, pretty fast, I wished to drown my sorrows. I began to wonder about this Talon Company. I wondered how strong they were and what kind of resources they had. I hoped that in the heat of battle I could hold my own. I hoped to truly earn my keep. I wanted to prove I belonged in the 'Civilised Raiders'.

Daniel

Ryan chugged down his beer and I laughed.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, Ryan. As much as we need to be Civilized, we need to be ruthless too. Your not the first person to fail one of my tests and I'm sure you won't be the last. So, while we wait for these slackers, lets talk. Where are you from?" I asked with a bored tone. Some small talk might make this a little less boring, not that I wasn't enjoying meeting Ryan, I just wanted to get this squad together so I could go out and rip off some freakin' Talon throats.

(OOC lol hinting at anything?)

"I.. er... I'm from Andale."

I thought I'd be honest with him after all I suspected he still might be testing me. I was worried of how he would react to the answer. I hoped he hadn't heard of Andale. I tried to distract him from it by asking my own question.

"What about you? Where do you come from?"

He kept glancing at the door. I just assumed he wanted everyone to arrive so we could get this show on the road. While I waited to hear his reply I thought I would order another beer. I gave the ghoul a nod so he could chuck me a cold one.

Edward

Noticing Ryan's discomfort with admitting he was from Andale, I just laughed again.

"I've met a few people from Andale before. Crazy people most of the time. I don't mind if you do, but I'm thinking this is pretty important. You don't happen to, um, be on the Andale diet, do you?"

I hoped to God he wasn't. I remembered a good kid on the previous team who had been killed by the others once they saw him eating a corpse. I shook it off and looked back at Ryan, awaiting an answer.

Daniel obviously hadn't taken the bait and gone into where he came from. I was unsure on whether to tell him the truth or not. I decided to go for it as he would probably find out the truth anyway.

"No I'm not. Well I used to be but not anymore. You see when I was 17 my father told me the whole truth about how we survived for so long. I couldn't believe it he had no remorse in the way he killed people." I said giving a quick glance to the body of the Talon merc.

"It made me sick to think about and its still something I have not come to terms with even this day. Being told the truth really did a number on my head. Just hearing the way he talked about it and how no-one cared that we were animals. I told my parents that I would never be like them but they laughed and said I already was. They said they were going to make me next if I ever said anything about it. Me. Their own son. I... I murdered my parents that night and left Andale. I've never looked back since."

I looked down at my feet I was to scared to his reaction. I was worried I had said too much. I had practically just told him my life story.

Daniel

I listened to Ryan's speech and thought for a moment, before speaking.

"I think what you did proved to me that you are more civilized that any test can show. You... brought justice to your parents for doing the wrong thing. And that doesn't make you a bad person, it makes you a person with morals that can make hard decisions, and I respect you for that. I don't think you should even call them your parents anymore. What they did to you... that just shows that they were never your parents. Parents wouldn't do that." I sighed.

I had noticed Ryan eyeing the body in his speech and laughed quietly to myself for forgetting it. Pointing to it, I had Gob remove it as I took another gulp of my beer.

"I'm from Paradise Falls by the way. My story isn't that much unlike yours, except, instead of killing my parents I sold them into slavery." I muttered as I spared a glance at him. I really did see a little bit of myself in him.

I wasn't one to judge Daniel. This was an inhospitable place and people had to do what they do to survive. I wasn't sure if he was going to go into his past or not; I didn't mind either way. What he said about me made me feel a lot better. It was almost like the weight had been lifted off my shoulders I was happy to know that someone understood. I wasn't sure what to say to Daniel so I took a stab.

"People do what they have to so they can survive. I'm not going to judge you on who you were. I'm going to respect you for the man you are now."

I looked down at his near empty bottle.

"I think you're going to need another. Bar keep another beer here."

I thought I should try and lighten the mood.

"Bloody hell by the time the others get here we are going to be dead of alcohol poisoning." I joked.

Daniel

"I hope not! I had some plans to meet up with some guys tomorrow, and dying would kind of ruin that." I laughed as I held up my beer to Ryan, and we clinked them together. I drank a little less this time, knowing I couldn't deal with the hangover tomorrow when so much needed to be done.

"I think I'm going to head up to a room. You should too, get some sleep while we wait. Nova is available to... service you if you want." I said to Ryan, "Gob, if any of the others show up, tell 'em to sleep it off and that we'll speak in the morning. Night boys." I chuckled as I headed up to one of the rooms and crashed on a bed.

"I think I'm going to pass on that one." I said referring to the use of Nova's services.

Besides I had a little to much to drink and I needed to rest. It had been a long day. When Daniel left I announced to Gob that I was going to bed. Yes I was a little drunk.

"Goodnight Gob I'm going to bed!" I said slightly slurring my words.

I tumbled and stumbled my way into bed. It felt good to put my head down. It had been a long time since I was able to got to bed happy.

Daniel

I smiled when I heard Ryan turning down my offer of Nova. It was another test to see how civilized he was, and he passed this one. I soon fell into a restless sleep with nightmares of my squad mates dying.

How pleasant.

Jonathan


I waited outside the saloon. Shivering a little in the cold night air. I opened the door and stepped in, the door slammed shut behind me. No one except for a Ghoul and a prosttute were in the bar, I heard snoring upstairs and realized that I must be late. I sat down in an ugly green chair in the corner and lit a cigarette. As it burnt down I lit another one. After three cigarttes I began to feel sleepy, and at that exact moment the Ghoul stepped out from behind the bar and said in a husky voice. "Go upstairs and get some rest."
I shook my head and stayed where I was and slowly drifted off to sleep....

Jonathan

I waited outside the saloon. Shivering a little in the cold night air. I opened the door and stepped in, the door slammed shut behind me. No one except for a Ghoul and a prosttute were in the bar, I heard snoring upstairs and realized that I must be late. I sat down in an ugly green chair in the corner and lit a cigarette. As it burnt down I lit another one. After three cigarttes I began to feel sleepy, and at that exact moment the Ghoul stepped out from behind the bar and said in a husky voice. "Go upstairs and get some rest."
I shook my head and stayed where I was and slowly drifted off to sleep....

(OOC: You know, M'heree, may I actually join? I think I'd like this, all the other RP's I'm in are... Well, to slow, and we're in almost the same kind of time zone so... On top of that, I like RP'ing with you, what do you say lad?)

Oh, sorry I dubble posted, I must have pressed send twice... Lol.

Oh, sorry I dubble posted, I must have pressed send twice... Lol.

Of course you can sign up Francois! I'd love to have you in this RP. Rohugh locked the sign up thread (idk why) but if you can copy the sign up sheet from there and put it here, I'll let you in.

Daniel

I woke up in the morning with a bit of a headache, so I popped a headache pill and headed downstairs. Ryan was still asleep and there was a new guy, sitting asleep in a chair. Grabbing, a chair, I pulled it over in front of him, and sat my pistol facing him on my lap.

"Wake up." I said, watching as he slowly woke up and looked me over.

"And who might you be?" I asked.

Thanks a lot M'heree, I appreciate it, RP'ing with you is always fun.

Name: Andrew Hannan

Age: 17

Appearance: Milky Brown eyes, Long Brown Hair, continous smile, small scar through right eye.

Personality: Andrew is nice to everyone he meets, although he's been through enough to consider himself hardcoe. He's always quick with a joke and smile, tending to talk through situations rather than shoot first, ask questions later.

Brief History: Andrew was born in the Capital Wastes, after living with his large extended family for 16 years, they were assaulted by Raiders. Everyone around him was killed, he manged to persuade the Raiders to let him live and when he earned their trust he went along with them. When the time was right, one month later, he killed them all in their sleep, without mercy. He's been through enough in his life but he wants to get back out into the Wastes for action, he's young but strong, in mind and body.

Possessions: Worn Assault Rifle, Scratched Leather Armor, Rusty Old 32. Pistol.

Skills: Speech, Small Guns, Melee Weapons.

IC:

I made my way, shakily, through Megaton. I'd manged to fall asleep before arriving at Moriarty's Saloon, I stumbled my way to the door and opened it quickly but quietly. There was a man standing over another, I quickly smiled and walked over, "I understand your the person to talk to about joining the Civilized Raiders? Well, I'm here, I guess, I'm Andrew, you are?" I said, quietly but in a nice enough tone. I extended my hand, I hoped I'd made an ok first impression.

Daniel

I looked up as a boy even younger than Ryan walked through the door. I stood up and held my pistol by my side in one hand, while shaking his hand with the other.

"Daniel Cortez, leader of this fine team. Though I suppose I can't really call it a team yet, hey? Well, thats what your here for. So, tell me about your self, Andrew. And why the hell were you late?"

I quickly chuckled, "Well, yeah, about that... I kind of fell asleep in the Common House, I was kind of reading, I always fall asleep when I'm doing that, pretty stupid huh? Oh well, can't do everything right, I'm sorry about being late, I truly am, but I'm here now and that's what matters, right? Hmmm, before I tell you about myself... Ah, what the hell, there isn't much to tell really, just like every other Waster pretty much. Family died, killed the bastards who killed them and ended up here."

I chuckled again, I started grinning, "I spend a lot of my time reading or shooting now, although, I don't like killing people. I prefer being, well, civilized, might be why I got chosen hey? Ah well, life goes on and oppurtunities arise, this is an oppurtunity indeed! Now, well, since you know a bit about me, how would you like to tell me about yourself oh gracious leader?" I said, I put as much emphasis on the words, Gracious leader, as I could, I continued chuckling. I really hoped I hadn't insulted him, that wouldn't go down to well.

Daniel

"Sure, I'll tell you a bit myself. That is, when we're friends. I don't go around discussing my past to just anyone." I laughed as I signaled for Gob to give me another beer. He brought it over for me and tripped at the last second, spilling it all over my back. I cursed loudly and smashed a bottle on the table, handing the remains to Andy.

"Teach this zombie a freakin' lesson!" I yelled.