Alternative Methods.

[doubletap]

Has sex become repetitious? Feeling sore in certain areas? Well, good news! Your boyfriend has sent you on a quest to find different ways of having fun gay sex. Yay!

Find the following people and seek out their knowledge:

• Arcade Israel Gannon (=D)
  
• Jimmy (Westside)
  
• Old Ben (Freeside)
  
• Doctor Alex Richards (Novac)
  
• Ignacio Rivas (Helios One)

Good luck, Wanderer!

Comments

[duraframe]

It's in his name, the problem. At least that's what Alex told him. ED-E calls Arcade Angry-armor-glasses, and Alex says the armor is the problem. There's a past and a history, and ED-E is just a reminder of that.

But ED-E thinks he just doesn't like AIs. And says as much in a grinding buzz.

[goodfight]

Doesn't like AIs, huh? Neil wonders if it's as straightforward as that.

Regardless, they need to address the more apparent issue: separating two existences that cannot coexist in the same vicinity. "ED-E, honestly, I just have one more guy on my list," he says. "Do you want to let Alex know I'm almost done and will be heading back soon?"

[duraframe]

He hovers for a moment, then rattles off a lightning-fast series of sounds. Then recalls Neil's efforts at translation and tries something different.

And then you'll come back to us? You won't go away?

[goodfight]

After a burst of untranslatable noise, ED-E slows down enough for Neil Park to decode. He nods at the eyebot, slowly grinning.

"After I pick up Dogmeat, we'll come back home."

Home causes his heart to skip in his chest, but he keeps on smiling.

[duraframe]

ED-E buzzes, then bumps into Neil again.

Come back home quick!

He whistles victory, and begins to fly away home.

[goodfight]

Home. Right. I have a home.

It's only now that Neil Park--who has lost and lost much--can believe he has finally found it. And something in him mourns that truth. Something in him, loud and grating, finally dies a quiet death.

He watches the excited kid fly toward the horizon, his feet refusing to walk away until ED-E disappears into the distance.