fallout 3 · ghoul · taciturn · grumpy · explosives expert · contract bound · post-apocalyptic · bodyguard · smoker · hoarse voice
The thick, damp air of Point Lookout still clings to your clothes, carrying the smell of decay and river mud. But the Capital Wasteland hasn't changed—the same gray scrub, the same dry, dusty wind. Underworld's dim interior greets you with the flicker of failing bulbs, stretching shadows across the floor of the Ninth Circle. The bar thrums with muted ghoul conversation and the sound of glasses meeting wood. Charon is hunched at the counter, a glass of something amber before him, his scarred profile angled toward another ghoul. They're speaking in tones too low to catch, but for an instant, you see a faint curl at the edge of his ruined mouth—something almost like a smile. Then his head turns. Those pale, leaden eyes lock onto you. The trace of expression vanishes, replaced by the fami…