Cry Me a River

 is a quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthrough
Jerry the Punk at Red Rock Canyon is unhappy in his Great Khan initiation. He wants you to see if the Followers of the Apocalypse in Freeside East will let him join.

Detailed walkthrough
Jerry the Punk can be found by the fenced area in the back of Red Rock Canyon. With a Speech check (33), he tells the Courier he doesn't really wish to be a Khan and finds far more satisfaction in reading poetry. He wants to be somewhere poetry is appreciated and asks the player to speak to the Followers of the Apocalypse on his behalf. Speak with Julie Farkas at the Old Mormon Fort, and ask for him to join. After she accepts, travel back to Jerry and tell him the good news.

Note
"Cry Me a River" is a popular American torch song, written by Arthur Hamilton and first published in 1953.

Bugs

 * Sometimes Jerry might become hostile to you when you come back with the good news.


 * Jerry's pathfinding causes him to pace in the dueling ring, unfortunately this causes him to walk right past the Khans attacking the practice dummies. He will subsequently be killed and the quest will fail if the player spends too much time in the area (before or after accepting the quest). Upon the players return, with permission for him to join, he may still be killed in this fashion, thereby rendering the quest impossible to complete if stuck in this reoccurring death loop. Jerry can be protected long enough to complete the quest by reverse pickpocketing stronger armor into his inventory. Even if he dies and after accepting the quest, Julie Farkas will still have all associated quest options in her dialog tree.

Another problem occurs if you finish the Oh My Papa quest. When you go back to the area to tell Jerry that Julie Farkas has said that he can join them, Jerry is no longer there. Jerry was not killed because his body is not in the practice area.