LANCE.MSG

{100}{}{You see a weary traveler.} {101}{}{You see Lance, one of the guards from Shady Sands' long-range patrols.} {102}{}{Just stay where you are. We've heard about you in Shady Sands and we want no part of you.} {103}{}{The only part of you that I want is what you're carrying. Strip down.} {104}{}{I'm a man of peace, friend.} {105}{}{Hey, didn't I save Tandi and kill off all your radscorpions?} {106}{}{I have no quarrel with Shady Sands. I kinda like the place.} {107}{}{Herung?} {108}{}{I heard about you, and I ain't letting you kill me.} {109}{}{I don't have anything to say to you.} {110}{}{Yeah? What d'ya want this time?} {111}{}{Would you know where I could find a water chip?} {112}{}{Any sign of Tandi?} {113}{}{Any problems with raiders lately?} {114}{}{How are things in Shady Sands?} {115}{}{Hnng!} {116}{}{Hello, stranger. What brings you out in the wastes? Where are you from?} {117}{}{I could ask the same thing about you.} {118}{}{Sorry friend, but I get the impression that's a rather dangerous question to answer.} {119}{}{Know any place good to get supplies?} {120}{}{I'm from a Vault. Lucky Vault 13!} {121}{}{Waaah?} {122}{}{Hello, stranger. I'd recommend that you keep on moving, if you know what's good for you.} {123}{}{Hello, } {124}{}{. I thought you were our friend when you rescued Tandi, but now I hear some real nasty rumors about you. Are they true?} {125}{}{People say all sorts of things. Who cares?} {126}{}{I ain't your friend. And if you make a wrong move, I'll spill your innards. You got that?} {127}{}{What kind of rumors?} {128}{}{Yeah. They're all true. Now strip down so I can take what you've got.} {129}{}{Maybe I've done a few things I regret, but you should know better than believing that crap.} {130}{}{. Am I glad it's you and not some raider! How's it going! I'm Lance, one of the guards over in Shady Sands. Sorry we gave you such a hard time when you first came to town!} {131}{}{Hi Lance, what's up?} {132}{}{Hi Lance. I used to be a nice person, but then life screwed me. Now strip down and hand over your stuff.} {133}{}{Don't sweat it, Lance. What are you doing out here alone?} {134}{}{Fine. But I'll remember this.} {135}{}{Up yours.} {136}{}{Spare me the idle threats, boy. I kill children like you in my sleep. Hand over your belongings, and I may let you live.} {137}{}{If you really think I'm a threat, go ahead and kill me.} {138}{}{Let's make a wrong move. I always wanted to see what my innards look like.} {139}{}{That was then, this is now. What have you done for us lately? I think you better leave before I get ornery.} {140}{}{We like it too. Especially when you're not in it. Now get!} {141}{}{Man, you musta spent too much time in the Glow!} {142}{}{I don't know what a water chip is. Sorry.} {143}{}{It's an electronic device used in water purification systems.} {144}{}{How's the radscorpion problem?} {145}{}{The raiders got her. I'm part of one of the search parties. I think she's at the raider camp south of Shady Sands, but the Khans have the place sealed up  like a fortress.} {146}{}{Can you take me to Shady Sands?} {147}{}{Can you take me to the Khans?} {148}{}{We'll have to find a way to get her back.} {149}{}{Thanks for the information. Good luck with the search.} {150}{}{Uh, yeah, but we're handling it a little better since the Khans got their bloody nose. I understand we have you to thank for that. We're grateful.} {151}{}{I wouldn't mind seeing a little gratitude.} {152}{}{Thanks. Anything else I can do?} {153}{}{Let me know if they bother you again.} {154}{}{We're doing okay.} {155}{}{Are you sure about that?} {156}{}{That's great.} {157}{}{I haven't a clue. Idiot.} {158}{}{Okay, I'll trust you. I'm from Shady Sands. We're a community not far from here.} {159}{}{Could you take me there?} {160}{}{What's the town like?} {161}{}{Any water chips there?} {162}{}{Sounds like a nice place.} {163}{}{Well, you keep your secrets, I'll keep mine. Good bye.} {164}{}{Maybe it is. A pity, though.} {165}{}{I've been to Junktown. I think it's southwest of here, but I've been traveling for so many days it's hard to tell.} {166}{}{Yeah, right. All the Vaults were destroyed, as far as I know. Tell me another one.} {167}{}{That's not what I was asking. . . oh, never mind!} {168}{}{That's not an answer. They call you assassin, thief, grave-robber. They say you'll kill anyone who gets in your path. Is it true?} {169}{}{Well, I haven't killed you yet, so obviously someone's lying.} {170}{}{Pretty much. I've had my share of good times.} {171}{}{I've made my share of enemies. I've left enough of them alive to slander me.} {172}{}{I've killed quite a few people, yeah. I always had a reason.} {173}{}{They call you assassin, thief, grave-robber. They say you'll kill anyone who gets in your path. Is it true?} {174}{}{Okay, I'll do it. But if you keep acting like a raider, you'll die like a raider.} {175}{}{I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, for now. But a man's only as good as his reputation, and yours could use some work. I hope you'll do something about it before we meet again.} {176}{}{Just heading back to town. You wanna come along? I could use the company.} {177}{}{Sure.} {178}{}{Not today.} {179}{}{A little bit of scavenging. We've found a few abandoned raider bases that haven't been picked clean; I suspect they've been attacking each other. We can always use more ammo and chems.} {180}{}{I'm going to regret this.} {181}{}{Get out of my sight before I come to my senses.} {182}{}{We're still seeing a few; they must be migrating from the high desert or the Glow. But it's a lot better now than it was last year, thanks to you.} {183}{}{Sounds good. Bye.} {184}{}{Sure. Let's go.} {185}{}{Man, I must be out of my mind. But I'll take you. Let's go.} {186}{}{Have a good suicide, friend. And for what it's worth, good luck.} {187}{}{I'm heading out. You take care of yourself.} {188}{}{Well, I don't have much, but what's mine is yours.} {189}{}{Not that I can think of. I'm heading out. You take care of yourself.} {190}{}{We will. I'm heading out. You take care of yourself.} {191}{}{Well, okay. Let's go.} {192}{}{I won't lead a possible enemy home. If you do make your way to Shady Sands, keep your nose clean.} {193}{}{Small. We make our living herding Brahmin. It's pretty rough country around here, and pasture land is rather precious.} {194}{}{In a Brahmin herding backwater? You've gotta be crazy! There's probably not a working piece of electronics within two hundred miles.} {195}{}{You got a point. I think we should play things cautious and go our separate ways. If I were you, I'd do something about those stories. Unless you like people hating and mistrusting you.} {196}{}{I should kill you right now. You cross my path again, and I will. Now get.} {197}{}{Let's go.} {198}{}{Let me guess, someone told you about my snoring. Oh well. You take care of yourself.} {199}{}{It is. Well, I'm heading out. You take care of yourself.} {200}{}{Just you stay where you are. I don't know if you're in league with those mutants, but if you are, I'll kill you.} {201}{}{What mutants?} {202}{}{Who are you?} {203}{}{What happened to you?} {204}{}{Okay, that's cool.} {205}{}{Ru-huh?} {206}{}{The mutants overran Shady Sands. Must of use are dead. I guess it's only a matter of time before they get the rest of us.} {207}{}{I don't care what you say, what you ask. We're all dead! All of us! And I thought the raiders and the rad scorpions were bad. . . they were nothing! Ha! Ha ha ha!} {208}{}{Shut up! I don't feel like talking! Talking accomplishes nothing! Talking just bores the hell out of me. . .}
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