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Lopov
post Aug 4 2017, 05:13 PM
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Inspired by TheChesireKhajiit, who created a separate thread for raider Victoria, I decided to post my latest tale in a separate thread as well. There'll be one story per week and if all goes according to plans, I should post them every Friday. Matching screenshots will be posted after each text, most of them but not all will be taken through the eyes of the main proantagonist.. Some stories will be long, some short, and sometimes you may recognize references of your own characters.

The stories ahead are dark though I'll try to make them humorous at times but most of all I hope you'll like them.

Enjoy. smile.gif

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For the past two hours Lina has been spying on the pretty young guy sitting alone by the burning barrel – not because she’d be after him but because she wanted to be sure that he wasn’t some weirdo. She might have been a rookie in the bounty hunting profession, but she was very good at sneaking and thanks to her PipBoy who showed the [HIDDEN] icon on the top of the screen at all times, she knew that the young guy didn’t spot her.

Not seeing anything that’d make her suspicious, Lina joined him, and the stranger who introduced himself as Clive, gladly offered her some cram and a bottle of Nuka-Cola. Nobody could resist Nuka-Cola except undead and since Lina was very much alive, she gladly accepted the drink. It turned out that Clive wasn’t just pretty, he was also funny – so the more the Sun was setting, the better feeling Lina had about the coming night.

After Clive told her a little bit about himself, Lina revealed him that for the past few months she’s been on the track of the so called ‘card killer’. “In the wasteland it’s easy to get away with almost any crime but this guy or girl, I don’t know, but I think he’s a guy, always cuts throats of his victims, who are always women, then leaves behind a card depicting death. Like he wants to be recognized, you know? After one of my friends got killed, I decided to go after him. Or her, but I think he’s a guy. I pursued dangerous raiders before so I have some experience in tracking people down. Anyway, sometimes the trail would go cold for weeks but then rumors about a new murder and a new card would reach me, and the trail eventually led me here. The Capital Wasteland is just a few miles north of here and I’m sure I’ll catch up with him. Make him pay for his crimes. Sooner or later.”

Lina got a feeling that Clive wasn’t particularly interested in her story, either he didn’t take her bounty hunting profession seriously either he was hoping there’ll be some action between them this night. Well, Lina couldn’t blame him, after all she was also hoping for some action and it wasn’t long before Clive held her firmly in his arms.

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Pleasantly tired, Lina was getting dressed as she saw Clive throwing her shotgun in the burning barrel. As he was pulling a blood-stained knife from behind his leather pants, his face didn’t seem nice anymore. Frightened Lina realized that she just had sex with the man she was after.

One slash at Lina’s neck was enough to end the aspiring career of a bounty hunter. She died not knowing that the stranger, whose name wasn’t Clive, had intentionally placed a camp in this location, waiting for her. Already down south he put a tracking device in her satchel and thanks to his own PipBoy he knew of Lina’s movement. He also knew that she liked men a lot, and hoped that she’ll stop by.

As ‘Clive’ was walking north towards the Capital Wasteland, he thought of Lina’s words, realizing she was right about many things – he was a guy, he cut throats of his victims, he preyed on women and he always left a card depicting death behind. However, she missed one vital information. Before killing his victims, ‘Clive’ had sex with them.

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Lina talks

Lina has some Nuka

Lina talks again

Lina on top

Lina frightened

Lina is gone

The killer's signature

Leaving


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Lopov
post Aug 25 2017, 05:44 PM
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Addendum:

a fellow forumite informed me about a mistake at the beginning, instead of "lost his conscience" should be "lost his consciousness". As much as I'd like to edit my reply and correct this annoying mistake, it happens that as soon as I click on the EDIT button and try to change it, all quotation marks and other simple symbols like apostrophes get messed up and I'd need to edit my entire reply. Not sure why this happens. If anyone of mods / admins can fix this, I'd be grateful, otherwise just imagine that there's written consciousness instead of conscience. tongue.gif


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Lopov   The card killer   Aug 4 2017, 05:13 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Oh ho! "Clive" is a dastardly villai...   Aug 4 2017, 07:28 PM
Renee   [censored] Lopov. See, it's like I was sayi...   Aug 4 2017, 08:29 PM
SubRosa   I am hoping a crow lands on Lina, pecks at her a f...   Aug 4 2017, 09:17 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I am hoping a crow lands on Lina, pecks at her a ...   Aug 5 2017, 07:36 PM
Acadian   Yikes! Makes me want to hire Rattler to take ...   Aug 5 2017, 09:04 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Yikes! Makes me want to hire Rattler to take...   Aug 5 2017, 10:18 PM
Renee   Yes, Edgar Wellington won't have to argue endl...   Aug 11 2017, 03:15 PM
Lopov   Thanks for your comments! Khajiit really like...   Aug 11 2017, 12:42 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   *snip* Card Killer strikes again!! Man y...   Aug 11 2017, 04:52 PM
Acadian   Another chilling murder! How do we get Office...   Aug 11 2017, 08:58 PM
SubRosa   Officer Barlow needs to get over to Tenpenny Tower...   Aug 11 2017, 09:21 PM
Renee   Officer Barlow needs to get over to Tenpenny Towe...   Aug 12 2017, 12:32 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Khajiit has no doubt that the Card Killer will str...   Aug 12 2017, 04:06 PM
Lopov   @Renee - all dialogue options when talking to Mill...   Aug 18 2017, 02:42 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   *snip* Khajiit is watching Bates Motel on Netfli...   Aug 18 2017, 05:06 PM
Acadian   Trisha got my hopes up for a moment there with her...   Aug 18 2017, 10:47 PM
Renee   Hmm, so the CK must be a young guy, if she's c...   Aug 21 2017, 05:53 PM
Lopov   @TheChesireKhajiit - thanks! Not every victim ...   Aug 25 2017, 11:56 AM
Renee   Yes Lopov, I watch a lot of detective / crime show...   Aug 25 2017, 04:10 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Damn! This guy is like Michael Myers or Jason ...   Aug 25 2017, 04:18 PM
Acadian   Given Chris' life as a serial killer, I can...   Aug 25 2017, 05:34 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Addendum: a fellow forumite informed me about a ...   Aug 25 2017, 08:15 PM
Acadian   I edited that bit you mentioned - looks good now...   Aug 25 2017, 05:49 PM
SubRosa   Card Killer always makes me think of the chorus to...   Aug 25 2017, 06:58 PM
Lopov   @Renee - it was kinda obvious that when he was awa...   Sep 1 2017, 07:03 PM
SubRosa   Poor Violet. :(   Sep 1 2017, 08:48 PM
Acadian   Poor Violet. :( What she said ^ :( If the ...   Sep 1 2017, 09:12 PM
SubRosa   [quote name='SubRosa' post='288644' date='Sep 1 2...   Sep 1 2017, 10:02 PM
Acadian   *slaps forehead* Of course you're right...   Sep 2 2017, 12:36 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   How awful! Not only did she suffer the horror ...   Sep 2 2017, 03:10 AM
Renee   The part when it says "I see you got some com...   Sep 2 2017, 07:11 PM
Lopov   @SubRosa - indeed. @Acadian - the card killer pro...   Sep 5 2017, 01:29 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Wow, not even worth a card, lol   Sep 5 2017, 04:07 PM
Renee   Wow, not even worth a card, lol Right. Exactly m...   Sep 6 2017, 01:11 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Wow, not even worth a card, lol Right. Exactly ...   Sep 7 2017, 05:28 PM
Acadian   The lesson here is choose your words carefully and...   Sep 5 2017, 04:40 PM
SubRosa   You know you are old when you no longer get carded...   Sep 5 2017, 10:17 PM
SubRosa   The Card Killer did not leave a card because Ben C...   Sep 7 2017, 09:52 PM
Lopov   The Card Killer did not leave a card because Ben ...   Sep 8 2017, 11:28 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Yay!!!! Khajiit was wondering when...   Sep 8 2017, 04:34 PM
Acadian   Quite creative, the way in which CK got the 't...   Sep 8 2017, 07:52 PM
SubRosa   The CK sure has nerve, taking on not only Raider c...   Sep 8 2017, 07:54 PM
Renee   The CK sure has nerve, taking on not only Raider ...   Sep 11 2017, 03:35 PM
Lopov   @TheCheshireKhajiit - to make raiders non-hostile,...   Sep 22 2017, 07:53 AM
Renee   Oh good, Lucy is not on his list. That's good....   Sep 22 2017, 02:21 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Oohhoohoo! The CK is making plans! This sh...   Sep 22 2017, 04:45 PM
Acadian   Wow, this really raises some questions! What...   Sep 22 2017, 07:41 PM
SubRosa   Methinks that the CK has plans for either Aerfu or...   Sep 22 2017, 07:57 PM
Lopov   @Renee - some of your thoughts might be right... ...   Sep 29 2017, 01:32 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   @Renee - some of your thoughts might be right... ...   Sep 29 2017, 04:47 PM
Renee   Well I was right about Silver, I knew she would be...   Sep 29 2017, 02:13 PM
SubRosa   The Hero of Megaton must be stopped!   Sep 29 2017, 08:38 PM
Acadian   Wow, I don't believe CK has a good side in add...   Sep 29 2017, 09:50 PM
Lopov   @Renee - in today's story some of your questio...   Oct 6 2017, 07:15 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Well that was a nasty bit of business (par for the...   Oct 6 2017, 07:43 PM
Renee   Yeah, she shoulda listened to the Three Dog. :| ...   Oct 6 2017, 08:05 PM
SubRosa   Kevin Cory Costner continues his reign of terror. ...   Oct 6 2017, 10:32 PM
Acadian   So having protected sex means wearing goggles...   Oct 7 2017, 01:06 AM
Lopov   @TheCheshireKhajiit - flying fluids! :lol: @...   Oct 13 2017, 03:23 PM
Renee   F5... F5 ... F... Ah there we go. The devil...   Oct 13 2017, 04:34 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   If power corrupts, what does it do to someone who ...   Oct 13 2017, 08:10 PM
SubRosa   The wolf is now guarding the sheep pen!   Oct 13 2017, 09:59 PM
Acadian   Wow! Cory may find himself on the trail of th...   Oct 19 2017, 06:19 PM
Renee   Darn, I'm starting to kind of like Lucy. Th...   Oct 19 2017, 10:30 PM
Lopov   Thanks to all of you that are still faithfully fol...   Oct 20 2017, 06:47 PM
Renee   Ha ha he got nervous, the little punk. Good episod...   Oct 20 2017, 07:45 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Bahahaha looks the CK met a worthy opponent!   Oct 20 2017, 08:51 PM
SubRosa   Uh oh, Deputy Kevin Costner may have gotten in ove...   Oct 20 2017, 09:33 PM
Acadian   Woot! It is great to see the CK rattled - and...   Oct 20 2017, 10:21 PM
Lopov   @Renee - don't bet too much on Sonora's no...   Oct 27 2017, 05:32 PM
Renee   Sonora Cruz ruined some of his plans and he had ...   Oct 27 2017, 06:15 PM
SubRosa   I wonder if Sonora will sniff out the murder of th...   Oct 27 2017, 10:13 PM
Acadian   Wow, he is getting braver, bolder and bloodier. S...   Oct 27 2017, 10:23 PM
Renee   Wow, he is getting braver, bolder and bloodier. ...   Oct 27 2017, 11:23 PM
Acadian   Wow, he is getting braver, bolder and bloodier. ...   Oct 28 2017, 01:13 AM
Lopov   What a nice discussion you all had. :bigsmile: T...   Nov 3 2017, 02:02 PM
Renee   Yeah, see, he just made some huge blunders. His eg...   Nov 3 2017, 02:18 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Oooh! Someone's in trouble! Khajiit su...   Nov 3 2017, 05:14 PM
Acadian   I know what CK should do to survive but I'm gl...   Nov 3 2017, 09:03 PM
SubRosa   Hopefully Belle will be the last of the CKs victim...   Nov 3 2017, 09:10 PM
Lopov   @Renee - he may be losing control but today's ...   Nov 10 2017, 07:02 AM
Acadian   The CK conceived and executed a good plan - smart....   Nov 10 2017, 06:21 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   The CK conceived and executed a good plan - smart...   Nov 10 2017, 09:10 PM
SubRosa   The CK is a clever rascal. But I think he's me...   Nov 10 2017, 10:11 PM
Renee   Yea see, I was gonna say -- If it's just him r...   Nov 11 2017, 11:40 PM
Lopov   @Acadian - thanks! The card killer thinks that...   Nov 15 2017, 08:57 PM
Acadian   :blink: I'm hoping this means he hasn't ...   Nov 15 2017, 09:12 PM
SubRosa   Looks like we will see the CK draws an inside stra...   Nov 16 2017, 12:44 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Oooh, khajiit is imagining that the CK is skulking...   Nov 16 2017, 05:15 AM
Renee   Will Sonora be ready for him? We shall see! ...   Nov 16 2017, 03:00 PM
Lopov   @Acadian - Sonora hasn't been killed (yet). @...   Nov 17 2017, 02:10 PM
TheCheshireKhajiit   Nice epic battle to end the story! For a minut...   Nov 17 2017, 06:26 PM
SubRosa   You had me on the edge of my seat as well! So ...   Nov 17 2017, 06:33 PM
Acadian   What a nailbiter of a battle! So glad to see...   Nov 17 2017, 07:53 PM
Renee   Okay, so THAT'S him??? Okay yeah I can see thi...   Nov 19 2017, 11:05 PM
Lopov   Thanks all! Evil Brad Pitt, lol. :lol: Ther...   Nov 20 2017, 11:00 AM


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