Melody

Melody is a child slave at The Fort in 2281.

Background
Melody mostly helps with taking care of the brahmin of the Fort and can usually be found at the brahmin pen. When not helping with the brahmin, she brings food and water to the legionaries. Her only comfort from her duties as a slave is her stuffed bear, Sergeant Teddy, but has to keep it hidden or else it'll get confiscated, which is exactly what happened when Antony found out about her toy. He gave the toy to his dogs, whom chewed it up.

Quests

 * Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy: The player can ask if she needs any help with anything, to which she will respond that Antony took Sergeant Teddy away.

Other interactions

 * When first talking to her, she's very hesitant to talk to the player, but after a speech check (50), she'll be more open to the player character. A low Intelligence option is also available to get her to talk (3 or less Intelligence).

Appearances
Melody appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * Melody may not appear at all after reaching a certain point in the storyline. This may be if you've fought in the Arena, in which case she can be at the other side of the drawbridge gate. Even by not fighting in the arena yet killing every Legion including Caesar, Melody from this point will tell something but not open dialogue with the player anymore, meaning you get stuck with her teddy bear in your inventory as markquest.
 * A possible fix for this bug may be to use the console commands, , , and , in that order.  This will revive Melody and place her where you are, allowing you to talk to her.
 * After starting the Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy unmarked quest, the 'goodbye' option for Melody may not appear, and your only dialogue choice is to ask her what she does at The Fort. This can be fixed by reloading an earlier save. For PC players, entering "cam" into the console will close the dialogue, but keep in mind that this WILL disable Steam achievements until you restart the game.