Gus

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The western sun's rays slanting across the Wasteland cast long shadows, reminding Ellen that as much as she wants to reach DC and find out what the situation is at the Lincoln Memorial, she's going to need to get some rest first. It's a long way from the Temple of the Union to the ruins. She's tired, Dogmeat's tired, and the temperature's dropping fast as it gets darker. Plus, her armor's starting to hum the Battle Hymn of the Republic, which Ellen figures is never what you'd call a good sign. Luckily there's a shack up ahead, one with a door she can open and close. "What do you think, Dogmeat?" she asks. "Does it smell okay to you?"

Dogmeat raises no objections, so she tries the door. It's solid enough. There's a table with a radio on it to one side; the radio's got enough juice left in its fission battery that it picks up the GNR signal when she turns it on. Unfortunately, when she moves to survey the rest of the place, her Geiger counter starts going off as she approaches the far corner of the room.

"Blast. It's not worth the Rad-X we'd both need," Ellen says to Dogmeat. "We'd better find somewhere else."

As they head out of the shack she pulls the door closed behind her, hard. It's not really built for that, so when it hits the doorframe it bounces open again. Pity she didn't turn around at the sound, because she'd've caught sight of the light of Milliways leaking through the inch or so that the door bounces open.

And anyone in Milliways who happens to be looking at the right spot at the right time will notice the door that suddenly opened an inch or so, letting in the cool evening air.

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Re: In the morning

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"I wasn't planning on it," says Ellen. "The man charged me a hundred caps to tell me where my father'd gone when I first got out of the Vault, and barely even knew what surface money was. He gets no favors out of me."

She nods then, and pats Gus on the shoulder- with the hand that has a fingerless glove, not the gauntleted one- and leads the way back around Megaton to her house. It's right near the gates, as it happens.

And will you look at what's on the other side when she opens the door. All light and sound and civilization... that's Milliways, that is.

"Told you."

Re: In the morning

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Gus isn't entirely sure what the etiquette is in such situations. He just falters and stutters for a few moments before nodding and pushing his way through the door without a word. All but running, he makes his way back up to his room, firmly locking the door.