[closed] the only constant is change

[capcious]

Who: the Fallout AU crew
Setting: the Commonwealth
Summary: BoS things, institute things
Warnings: Fallout warnings, smut
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- minor timeskip to when the BoS has its feet under it again, shaun asks riley to go up and keep an eye on them and deacon goes with
- they get assigned to a BoS squad composed of AU versions of chancellery guards (paladin archimedes o'hallan, knight-captain anthony norris, lancer-sargeant alex reyes, knight riley reynolds, knight everett wynter, knight henry "hal" saller, aspirant 'jack' "deacon" 'priest')
- maybe some minor quests involving getting to know them, gotta get some solid Bonding going
- sarrith (sarah, secret enclave remnant) and sal's romeo and juliet romance
- that one quest where you get the nukes from the glowing sea for the BoS
- wynter's mistake and gradual ghoulification and the position it puts the squad in
- blind betrayal

- shaun announces ferran officially as his successor
- ferran dealing with the short institute quests that result from that
- shaun discovering ferran's a slut and trying to talk to him about it
- zetta freaking out bc they're spending all this time waiting for her to recover and dealing with the BoS, and not having the time to try to figure out a way to save shaun
- zetta, in general, driving shaun slowly up the wall because she's cooped up and needs to be kept occupied or else Bad Things Start Happening, why is this shaun's life, this was not what he was expecting at all
- ferran going on missions with x6-88 / house divided, warwick
- nathan and zay's one night stand with ferran becoming not a one night stand any more
- at some point we need to have nathan call deacon a mongrel to his face so zetta can go positively nuclear
- zay finding out nathan is taking buffout

- build towards the railroad and institute being on better terms (not *stable*, but they need to be in a position where they're willing to make an alliance at the battle for bunker hill and afterwards to take the BoS down)
- probably need to do a meeting with dez and carrington, bc jfc (and ferran being the next director makes it easier to make negotiations on the institute's behalf though shaun probably doesnt fully trust him with that wrt the railroad yet, shaun needs to see ferran make decisions that benefit the institute OVER the railroad for that)

- mass fusion happens before battle for bunker hill, lighting a fire under the brotherhood's ass (still use it as the faction cut-off point?)
- at the battle, brotherhood wins -- keeping them a legitimate threat and serving as the push for the institute and railroad to work together against them

[image] [lyrics]

well, oh, it seems you're a lot like me
you dug yourself into places you never thought you would be
but don't you fret, and don't you mind
the only constant is change,
and you never know what you'll find

yeah, tomorrow i might wake up nice and clean
and i might believe the things i said i didn't mean
and this might turn and wind up just the way we'd dreamed
and i might become the things i swore i'd always be

Comments

[falloutpslnpcs]

The Gunners are proud to be a problem. They get paid a lot of money to be a problem for certain unlucky people.

[And Regan is proud of them for that. But she has no loyalty to them.]

[capcious]

Yeah, like caravans who happen to be passing by. Or people otherwise new to the area. [Like Zetta once was.] Or nearby settlements who they decide have food they want. Not to mention all the fucked up shit I've heard they've done. [Fuck the Gunners.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Moving right along....

[He's so close... Please don't start another fight.]

Torvald? Are you going to join us in getting revenge on the Brotherhood or stay with your raider gang and take out your anger on everything but the Brotherhood instead.

I think you're idiots for thinking that taking orders from these outsiders is a good idea...but if I get to kill Brotherhood soldiers, I'll play nice.

[capcious]

[Zetta clenches her jaw to keep from retaliating. Outsiders -- They're not Enclave, but they're more American than any of them. But it's a damn miracle he's agreeing with it at all. Here, and she was expecting for him to be outvoted.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Excellent. Then we're agreed. You shall receive your orders directly from me. I'll coordinate our strategy with the Reynolds. For now we'll continue to use our prior communication protocols but once we've begun to engage the enemy, we'll rotate codes and frequencies.

[Best to end the meeting now and get some of the more fractious members of the team away before another fight breaks out and they start having second thoughts.]

[capcious]

[... jesus christ, this is actually happening. ... how? How didn't she fuck this up permanently? At least this means it's fucking over. She doesn't have to deal with the shitheads of the group any more. She lets herself lean against Riley in her surprise, and he rubs his thumb over the small of her back.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Dismissed.

[As he expected, Torvald goes straight back into his power armor and leaves them. He has no reason to want to linger. Regan looks eager to go as well, although Louis is drifting towards Bellamy as if he'd like to talk. John is heading towards Riley and Dr. Singh is hiding himself in a corner, neither leaving nor seeming to have a reason to stay.]