Ain't no rest for nopony

I woke up to a growling sound.

Ugh, what is that? Probably.. Oh wait, still on Pandora.. Right. So that'd be a Skag.

I grabbed my assault rifle and slowly walked out of the tent. To my surprise, by the time I was outside the Skag was laying unconscious on the ground.

What the hell... Probably that girl from yesterday.. Strange. It doesn't look dead, though.

I walked over to it and crouched down.

Yup, still alive. Hmm.. I wonder.. Crazy Earl has a pet Skag. Might be a good idea to see if I can get this guy on my side.

I looked around, searching for whoever had attacked the Skag. Claptrap was doing his usual thing, the bounty board was blinking red, indicating that I still hadn't completed any quests. "Weird.. Who is this girl, a ninja?"

"Ninja? Who's a ninja? I don't see any ninjas. Though, I did see who knocked out that Skag." The voice was Claptrap's. I looked back at him.

"Alright.. Who?" I asked him, thinking that I might finally get an answer.

"That Pegasus mare that arrived a while before you." Claptrap answered, like it was the most normal thing in the world.

"A Pegasus? You've gotta be kidding.. Where'd she go?" I asked eagerly.

"She said something about 'Finding a way home' and flew off. The Skag was apparently the last straw."

"Damn it, just my luck. Which way did she fly?"

"Same way she arrived, into the wasteland. I'll give her a few minutes before she's back here, because she's not gonna find anything out there. She didn't even bother to follow the road!"

That's probably all I'm going to get out of him. Now, that Skag.. I should see if TK can give me some of his food, that should help.

Bringing up my HUD Menu, I navigated to the 'Assignments' page, and selected TK's quest as my currently active assignment. I began the short trip. It was relatively peaceful, as I managed to avoid the bandits. However I did have to kill a few Skags. It was worth it though, as I saw the XP bar in the HUD slowly fill up, and failed to notice my ammo falling.

I approached TK's home, being careful not to seem sneaky. TK was blind as a wall, but his aim was not to be underestimated.

"Who are you!?" TK asked, understandably.

"My name's Casper. And I'm here to help you out."

"Who said I needed help?"

"The bounty board.."

"Oh yeah. Well, what're ya waiting for? Make yourself useful. My supplies are running low, so if you could kill a few Skags for me, and bring them here, that'd be great."

"You got a deal, that is, if I can get to keep some of the meat."

"Sure thing, that'd only be fair."

"I'll be getting to work then."

With that I left to hunt for some Skag. Wasn't easy, and the fact that I was still level 1 due to the missing introduction quests made it all that much more harder.

It's interesting how Dahl designed this.. I guess it's an easy way to give field promotions. It'll be interesting when I reach level 5, and unlock my action skill. Mostly due to the fact I have no idea what it will be.

I continued to babble in my mind as I dragged the third Skag of the hunt to TK's house. "That should be it, TK."

"Thanks for the help, stranger. So, how do you want the meat?"

"Raw."

"Raw? Why would you want raw meat?" TK asked, interested.

"Trying to tame a Skag."

"Tame a Skag? Good luck with that. Just be careful that it doesn't bite off your arm!"

I began my trip back to Fyrestone. As I left, a message popped up on my HUD. 'Congratulations on reaching level 2!' laughed to myself, and took the same road as before. A few more Skags had surfaced, but I managed to sneak past.

I reached Fyrestone. The Skag was gone. I searched around, finding nothing. That's when I heard the sound of a blade unsheathing.