I enjoyed the chapter a lot; it was a good fun read, and the dialogue between Sunny and Eva was an absolute joy and we got a nice idea of what Eva's like as a character.
But while you're doing a damn good job at the dialogue and character stuff, I'll be honest, the scene-setting is kind of lacking at the minute. All it really seems to be is Eva saying 'there was a general store' and 'there was a saloon', and the only reason I had any idea what it was like was because I've played New Vegas a few times and have a pretty good idea of how Goodsprings is laid out. But if I didn't, I wouldn't really have any idea what the place looks like, and I know you've got the screenshots but that's kind of...corner cutting, really. The story would benefit from some scene setting, even if it's just stuff like giving a brief description of what Goodsprings looks like in a few sentences. Maybe give a sense of heat by mentioning sweat trickling down the back of Eva's neck, or how bright the sun is by having her shade her eyes and wishing for sunglasses, stuff like that.
Apologies if I look like I'm focussing on the negative a lot here, because I really am enjoying it, but it did kind of stand out rather, probably especially so as the rest of it is really rather good.
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