fallout-lou-begas:There’s a killer in the neighborhood, Dolores,a man who sees a girl and goes

fallout-lou-begas:

There’s a killer in the neighborhood, Dolores,
a man who sees a girl and goes berserk,
and you’re just the kind of woman that he preys on
and my mind stays so upset, it’s hard to work.
—“Dolores,” Eddie Noack (1970)

It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin’
#9 - Nipton I

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EXT. Nipton. Nighttime.

The town is a scene of carnage. Fires roar in yards, corners, and pits, fueled by piled-up tires and melting human flesh. Heads on pikes drip blood into the ground where they’re staked and the streets are lined with POWDER GANGERS and NIPTONITES crucified on crude, makeshift wooden crosses. Hounds tear apart and feast on those who were lucky enough to not be nailed up.

VULPES:Don’t worry. I won’t have you lashed to a cross like the restof these degenerates. It’s usefulthat you happened by.

AGNES and CASS absorb the scene in horror, eyes fixed on VULPES INCULTA as he descends from the staircase leading up to Nipton Town Hall.

VULPES:I want you to witnessthe fate of the town of Nipton.Tomemorize every detail.

He is surrounded by LEGIONARIES armed with stained machetes, rifles, and shotguns, all of whom have their masked eyes on AGNES and CASS. They’re walked into Hell, and these are the devils.

VULPES:And when you move on?I want you to teach everyone you meet the lesson that Caesar’s Legion taught here. Especially any NCR troops you come across.

CASS extends a finger defiantly, while AGNES tries to control her.

CASS:If you think we’re gonna do a damnthing you tell us to, then—

AGNES:Cass,don’t—

VULPES:Perhaps you misunderstand. Eōs coercēte.

Four LEGIONARIES rush to restrain CASS and AGNES. CASS is thrown into a headlock and her arms restrained, forced to a kneel, whereas AGNES is shoved to the ground by a LEGIONARY who restrains her in a full nelson; the fourth LEGIONARY brings his rifle.

CASS:—HKK!

AGNES:CASS!

CASS:Fuckyou! Let me go, you fucking dog-headed dipshit!

VULPES moves towards CASS, towering over her in her restrained position.

VULPES:To be spared by Vulpes Inculta is an especially rare gift, profligate.One which you seem to have veryregrettably rejected.

CASS:Then throw me on the tires, then, asshole. I’m not afraid of you.

VULPES gently cups CASS’ chin with his thumb and finger, tilting her head up to look him in the eye.

VULPES:Oh. Is that so? No…youwouldn’t be thrown on the tires.

AGNES, held to the ground by one LEGIONARY, looks on in frozen horror as another LEGIONARY holds the barrel of his rifle mere inches from her face.

VULPES:Nipton was atown,so it was punishedlike a town. You, however, are an individual. And this is a verycrucial difference.

VULPES:I suspect that you are not entirely naive was to what the Legion would do to you. Still, many who claimto be unafraid are quite ultimately surprisedby what comes to them. By the…scopeof our methods.

VULPES grins.

VULPES:Allow me to elucidate.

VULPES leans forward to bring his face directly next to CASS’ as the LEGIONARY restraining her tightens the grip of his headlock. AGNES, still held at gunpoint, remains kneeling, forced to watch.

VULPES whispers into CASS’ ear, and the defiant anger in her eyes is gradually melted into abject, stunned terror. VULPES steps backwards, grinning again.

VULPES:Now, then…

CASS goes limp in the arms of the LEGIONARY restraining her, head down. AGNES looks, wide-eyed, at VULPES.

VULPES:…release them.

Both CASS and AGNES are immediately let go by the LEGIONARIES. Cass slowly brings her arms around herself in a defensive, shrunken pose as the LEGIONARIES back away. AGNES looks over at CASS, despondent but relieved.

VULPES:Twolessons have been taught here. Fail to heed them…and knowyour fate. Do you understand?

AGNES looks up at VULPES. CASS remains shell-shocked beside her.

AGNES:…Yes.Yes,yes. Yes.

VULPES smiles again, hands on his hips as the LEGIONARIES march out.

VULPES:Good—then I bid you vale. Go, profligates, and teachmy lessons.

AGNES and CASS remain kneeled on the ground as VULPES joins the leaving LEGIONARIES, waving behind him.

VULPES:True to Caesar.