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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Well, I do believe I forgot Halloween was makin' its way along. Seems the mistake is mine, friend.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Well... yeah, the hell else would it mean?

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It just ain't right, dammit, ya gotta stand up for yourself! Lissen, you need a gun?

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Whoa, hey– you can't just let people call ya that an' get away with it.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I ain't reforgin' a damn thing, kid. Or... bug, or whatever you may be. I take care of me an' mine, and I get paid enough t'do it. That's [my] world. Has been for a long time.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

For now, his eyes needed to stay on the task at hand, especially in the snake's den. "Surely makes a man feel welcome when someone like yourself knows his worth. But I doubt you came here to shine my boots. How 'bout I light that cigarette you invited me for and we get to business?"

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"An' I do surely appreciate the hospitality, Mr. Gecko." Happy to bleed it dry, scrounging for every favor or cap sent along their way. But it's been a good job. He hasn't had to search the corners of his pockets to pay his tabs for a while. Who knew what doors this might open?

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"Y'sound like a tin can gettin' blown down the highway."

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Instead, he makes his way up to the indicated suite with a better whiskey in hand than he's had in months. Kyra tried, bless her heart, but fewer and fewer traders wanted to route to such a high-risk settlement. He takes a few sips in the elevator, finding a comfortable buzz just as he knocks.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"Glad t'hear it." Not that that follows any of the rumors he's heard, but he's smart enough not to say that to an employer's face.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

You'd be shocked just how 'bone'-headed some of my employers c'n be. I'll meet ya up there in a minute.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Won't say no, but I ain't complicatin' a business arrangement with anythin' more. [And he's keeping a holdout well-concealed on his person.]

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Hi, you got that next installment? Wrong casino, though.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I'm gonna go to a CASINO owned by a MAN with a C

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Andy help they keep talkin' 'bout boobies.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Well.... [She probably doesn't want his lived experience, because the answer he'd give would be "sibling."] ...I guess you never know, do ya? Anyway, the work's a little complicated. For now, I sit tight and wait for the rest to line up right. Pay ain't bad in the meantime.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Sometime, sure. For now, th'work's here, so here I sit. Boone, huh? Can't say I know the name. You want, I could test the waters a little, see where his head's at. Can't be that annoyed if you ain't run him off yet.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

...If y'don't mind my sayin' so, miss, he'd have t'be dumber'n hell to miss what you might call a hint. Who's the fella? And... eh, I usually do travel, maybe that's why I feel so damn cooped up these days. Been here longer than I've sat put in ages.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

There's like two damned bars here and I live in one of 'em. Granted, I ain't really wandered to the other.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Y'd think, wouldn't ya? And yet...

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I ain't had a date in five.... nah, seven.... Lissen, it's relevant.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Where's Andy? Andy could figure this out.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

There's too much tit talk in this town these days. That's what's wrong with the wasteland. I think.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Sure was. What's the damn answer?

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Ivy. @courierivy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

What is going on over there?

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

How do I sign up to be a courier? Askin' for a friend.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Think I could be convinced t'run her outta town, for a small f... Actually, no. Vault Dweller. Can't pay me enough for that sorta crazy.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Lucy seems to inspire that.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Nearly. Sure, I'll take 189 for 'em.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

If there's one thing I can do, vaultie, it's count caps.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

||miss purnell i dont mean it miss purnELL SORRY

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Not you, darlin', we all see [you.]

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Is the fantastic rack in the wasteland with us right now?

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Told her she lost her damn mind.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I ain't inclined t'give you a damn thing!!

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Oh, they're magic, alright. Cast a damn spell of madness on ya.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Uh... right. You want me t'take 'em off your hands, ma'am? [They don't LOOK radioactive...]

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

What in the dusty hell is a wizard

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 — .ᐟ @bootridden.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ AIN’T THAT A ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊 IN THE ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ( 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 — ? * )

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

They should build more houses. Ones that aren't flammable, apparently.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"This here town ain't big enough for the two of us."

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Chickie here spooks horses, y'know. I'll run down who I can.

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Faulkner @atomiccowboy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

If the pair keeps moving, he stands a chance of the metal staying tolerable. He steers with his knees once he's clear, checking the ammo in his sidearm and scanning for trouble.

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