Fallout Equestria: Memento Mori

"When your foist out into the cruelty of the wasteland you either let it consume you or become just as cruel."

    You know this situation could be much worse. I wake up hanging upside down surrounded by the corpses of ponies. Yep I'm in a raider din. How the hell did I end up in this mess? And that's when it all comes back to me. More like hits me like a freight train. We ended up making camp just outside a Megamart when we were set upon by a group of raiders. Who knew those deranged fuckers knew what stealth was?  They knocked us out and well here we are.

    Now I'm suspended like a living trophy surrounded by other sick trophies and I'm in some sort of office. Thankfully the only thing I'm missing is my saddlebag and rifle. Reaching up I use Memento to sever the rope. Extending my wings I land silently on the grungy floor.

    "I wonder if she's awake yet?" Shit! I duck behind one of the upturned desks just as I hear a voice and the sound of two sets of hooves approaching.

    "Peut-être," A second voice says as two earth ponies in spiky armor enter the room. Ugh haven't these guys ever heard of a bath? "Can't wait to cut 'er down though and have some fun with those pink che...Hey where th-"

    Quickly flipping over the table I land on one of the raider's back and end his surprised squawk by opening his throat. With another flip I slam a back hoof upside the second raider's skull. He goes down with a grunt and I wrap my hooves around his neck.

    "By the way you couldn't afford these pink cheeks of mine," I whisper into his ear then snap his neck. Laying the body down I poke my head out of the ruined doorway. Oh good no one heard. First order of business find my shit then find my lackeys. Quietly I make my way to another room down the hall....My eyes! The horror! Two raiders just going at it on a mattress and they don't even see me in the doorway.

    I quietly continue down the hall As I effectively deny I ever saw what I just saw I come to a door. You what sucks when your trying to be stealth and the opening of every door is loud as all fuck. I hate that. Inside the room is a set fit for an armory and lo and behold my gear. Slipping my bags on and Boom Boom's as well. Checking my rifle I find the clip full and sling it over my shoulder. After looting the ammo cases which I don't find anything useful other than twenty armor piercing rounds for my sniper rifle. I'm about to leave when something catches my eye. A small figurine of a cyan pegasus mare with a rainbow mane and magenta eyes one her hind hooves and a cocky smirk on her face. Here cutie mark is a Rainbow lightning bolt coming from a grey cloud.

'Be Awesome.'

'Vanity'

    What the hell is that supposed to mean voice in my head? Oh well I pick up the small figurine and suddenly felt invigorated, confident. Alright bitches lets do this. Pocketing the figurine I pull a frag mine out of Boom Boom's bag and place it by the stairwell and arm it. Trotting down the hall I pass the room with the two raiders still getting it on, pull the pin on a grenade and toss it inside the room.

"What th-"

BOOM!

Now that's one hellava cock block.

    "What the fuck was that!?!" I hear from down stairs. Laying down on my belly I pull my rifle off and aim it at the stairs. A raider rushes up the stairs with a board full of nails held in her magic. I wave at her," Hi."

She glares at me and takes a step forward.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Looks down in shock.

BOOM!

    And goes all to pieces. Another raider comes through the smoke just in time to see me put a bullet through his chest. He gets knocked back into the pony behind him. Taking a lesson from Boom Boom and pulled the pin and chunked at the stallion just as he got up.

"Catch!"

He catches it then looks at what he just caught," Oh sh-"

These guys aren't that bright.

BOOM!

    You know I'm beginning to see why Boom Boom likes these thing so much. I trot down the stairs, past the gore and fin myself in the gutted out receptionist area.

    "Could you be any louder?" I look to my right and see Crimson tied to a wall and several knives buried in the wood wall. Not one ahd found their mark. Wow these guys suck.

"What can I say?" I say with a  flip of my mane," I like to make an entrance. So where's Boom Boom?" I start cutting him down.

"He's with the other ponies in that room," He points to a door.

    "So I'm guessing you were your usual charming self," I say as I cut the last of the straps holding him to the wall," And they decided to return the favor."

Crimson chuckles," Yeah and they can't throw for shit."

"Your armor's upstairs. Oh and don't slip on the blood."

    He goes upstairs and I go into the room. Inside the ponies huddle together, scared out of their wits. I spot Boom Boom lying prone on the floor with a lot of bruises showing through his coat. The sight stops me dead in my tracks. One of the ponies shouts," Look out!"

    My world explodes in a shower of stars as something collides with my head. I hit the ground and a Raider with a metal rod in his magic Sits down on my chest, his face inches from mine.

    "Ya know the brat over there kept sayin you would come," his grin widens. Goddess are his teeth yellow and his breath stinks," Kinda enjoyed beatin the crap outa him."

Wait this fucker did that to Boom Boom.

'Make him pay.'

    Not a bad idea voice in my head. Something snaps in me and with a feral yell I push him off me. He stumbles back, startled. I pounce on him and we fall to he ground.

    "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" I scream as I start pummeling him with my bare hooves.  HIs skull cracks under my hooves and blood splatters onto my armor but I keep going. All I see is red. I feel a hoof touch my shoulder and I round on it's owner but find myself in pinned.

    "Calm the fuck down Silk," My eyes refocus and I see Crimson above me with a sympathetic look in his eyes," That's enough. He's died."

    I try to slow my breathing as I look over at the cage. I struggle out of Crimson's grasp and go over to it. I use Memento to break the crude lock and scoop up Boom Boom in my arms. There are three other ponies in the cage as well. All of them are filthy and covered in blood. A stallion and two mares. One of the ponies in the cage takes a step forward opening his mouth as if to say something but I snarl at him," Back off!"

    Needless to say he got the fucking drift and resumed cowering. Come on twerp don't die on me yet. Oh thank the Goddess he's still breathing. Placing him on my back I walk out the cage without a word. Crimson follows but keeps his eyes on the cowering ponies. Setting him down I pull a health potion out of my bag and give it to him. He coughs a little up and opens his eyes.

"That stuff is nasty," I blink back some tears and nod.

"Yeah not a prize winner in my book either kid."

Boom Boom tries to sit up but I stop him," Let the potion do it's thing. Take a breather."

"Do you have my bag?"

"Yeah had to use some of your bombs though," I chuckle holding up his bag," I see why you like bombs so much now though."

"Boom," he smiles, closes his eyes and falls asleep. Yeah kid boom.

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    After Boom Boom wakes up we decide to go it on hoof from here on out. We are just outside Poulis and the last thing we needed was to get blown out of the sky. We walk in silence as we move through the ruined suburbs. I look back at last few days. It has been literally a week since my eighteenth birthday. The day my life imploded. Happy fucking birthday to me. And here I am just going with the flow like nothing happened. I also killed with ease and I liked it. A fact I just said 'Fuck it' and accepted.

    The moment I had seen Boom Boom prone on that fucking cage floor was a news flash for me. I actually fucking cared about something. I had pushed my feelings out of the mix the second I had lost everything and just opted for rage and bloodlust. It was the only natural response in a clearly fucked up situation. Now I felt obligated to protect the twerp. Hell even Crimson...and I cannot believe I am saying this...is starting to grow on me. He has been nothing but pleasant...well for him that is...since I beat that raider to death. My mind is just one big clusterfuck right now and what's worse I'm bored. I decide to curve it by flicking on my radio. Maybe something's good on.

    "Alright all you cool cats this is Retrospect with some news for you. I can honestly say guys I wish I didn't have to report this but you good ponies out there deserve the truth. You know that Survivor that cleared Mioville of those mean zebras well she seems to have fallen in with a bad crowd and I don't mean raiders. She and an Enclave pony went into Vertroute and proceeded to execute the Dashites that had taken up residence there. Now for many who don't know these ponies were a good sort. I should know I met them myself. They believed in the Good Fight. Not only that but the Survivor had decided to threaten a group of foals in the process. So thank you 'Survivor' for making the world a little bit darker and reminding us about the cruelty of the wasteland. Now lets hear something a little less dreary from Ms. Velvet Remedy "

    I click off the radio.He seemed a little heated at that last part but your fucking welcome anyway. I need to kill something. I spot a small flying orb flying nearby down the street. Fuck it that will do. Pulling my rifle out I take aim.

    "What are you..." Crimson says as I fire a shot. With a burst of sparks the orb goes down. I hate machines. Ever since the last one I encountered had sheered my mane off when I was six I had grown to hate the metal abominations with a fiery passion. Hey you don't fuck with a mare's mane.

"Yeah that didn't make me feel better," I mumble as Boom and Crimson share a glance. Boom shrugs and continues on.

Crimson sighs," So what's eatin you?"

    I give Crimson a look," Boredom." I snort at that. Damn it I hate that...aww I'm to depressed to care. Damn this would probably be worse if I had a health conscious but I beat the shit outa that years ago.

"Uh huh sure."

    I'm about to respond when I hear someone shout. Down the road a mare is running toward us. Just what the doctor ordered. I raise my rifle.

    "Please don't shoot I..." Yeah don't care. Her head explodes as the bullet rips through it. Ok yeah I feel a little better now. Boom Boom starts giggling at the sight of the headless mare.

"Was that necessary?" Crimson says beside me.

    "For my sanity yes," I say with a grin," yes it was." I trot over to her body and loot it. She's carrying a nothing but a small chip. I looks like it would go into one of the chip slots in my Pipbuck. On a whim I slip it in and an audio recording starts up.

    "I'm almost free. I can't believe it this nightmare is almost over. My collar's off and I finally figured out how to pick the lock on the cage. Celestia protect me."

    It was the mare's voice no doubt and her neck showed a ring around it. Well fuck I just killed a slave that had just now gotten her freedom. I just start laughing. I can't help it. I don't why I find it funny I just do. Where is my morality right now? Oh there it is flying away on the wind. Bye-Bye.

    Crimson just looks at me with a 'what the fuck' look before rolling his eyes. Boom Boom decided to grap a stick from...somewhere and starts poking the body.

    "This is kinda fun," he giggles. Ya know that does look fun. I start poking the body too and Crimson bristles his eyes glaring forward. In the distance are a couple of ponies in orange power armor. Well I'll be damned those are Applejack's Rangers. They upheld the idea of peace and scrounged for old world tech. Unlike the regular Steel Rangers though they believed in sharing it. Hmmm where did I put those armor piercing rounds?

"So we gonna kill em?" I load a clip full of armor piercing rounds in my sniper rifle.

Crimson readies his rifle," Yes."

    "Oh you know how to spoil a girl," I giggle as I take aim. I could care less what Crimson's quarrel with them is, I get to kill something. Wow, I think I need help....Naaah!

    Crimson rushes forward with a pump of his wings and starts unleashing hot pink death on the Rangers. One of the rangers goes down when one of my bullets rips through his skull. Heh nothing but skill...fine and a little luck....Ok a lot of luck. Geez. A second bullet from my wonderfully light rifle sends another ranger to his knees and interrupts him from opening fire on Crimson.

Crimson pins the Ranger and I trot up," And what do we have here?"

    "Enclave," the ranger says in a metallic voice. Ooh how I hate that sound. Crimson, as if able to read my beautiful mind, clubs the Ranger and sends a shock of red electricity through him. The Ranger screams.

"Where are the rest of your comrads," Crimson grunts," And don't tell me any lies."

    The Ranger keeps his mouth shut," I would talk because my friend here is a might zealous and I can only hold him back for so long. I want to help you here so if you would be so kind as to..."

"Fuck you bitch," he hisses. Interrupting me really? Well there you go pissing off the only friend you had.

    "Crimson do be a gentlecolt and pry him out of there," I say with all the sweetness in the world," So I can teach him how to speak to a lady properly."

    Crimson grins and raises his wings. Red electricity sparks along his primaries and he slams both hooves into the ranger's chest piece. You know I need to make a point of asking how the hell he does that. He lets out a scream of pain and the steel plates start to move on their own revealing a grey earth pony in a red jump suit. Crimson grabs him and throws him on the ground. and starts pummeling him. If I had pity it would scream at me to stop him but I'm kinda enjoying this.

"Ok. Now then," I say stopping Crimson," How about we try this again? Tell my friend here what he wants to know."

    He takes the silent route. Well I hate to do this but....I flick Memento out and slam the blade into his shoulder, pinning him to the ground. He screams out in pain and tries to push me off but I put all my weight on him.

     "Ok lets try this again," I hiss into his ear," Tell my friend what he wants to know and I promise not to kill you." I pull back a stare at him and he starts to shake under my glare.

"Yo-you really won't ki-kill me," He stammers.

I smile," Of course."

"O-ok," he licks his lips," A little ways east of here there's an encampment. That's our mane base for this area."

"Now was that so hard," I say as I pull back I trot over to Crimson and give him a nod. He walks over to the ranger with a dark grin and presses the muzzle of his rifle to the stallion's head.

"Wait you said you weren't going to kill me!" he shouts and I glare back at him.

"I did but I said nothing about him." With that Crimson fires a pink beam right through the ranger's skull.

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    We find the encampment of the Applejack's Rangers with ease. By the time we got there I already had a plan. From what Crimson had told me these guys could be benevolent as hell. So if that was the case then well lets just say having a foal on your team has its advantages. Me and Crimson are crouched atop a building watching as Boom Boom walks up to their camp. Looking through my scope I see Boom Boom talking with one of them. And are those...those are tears. Wow quite the little actor. Huh gonna have to give him a treat.

    The Ranger's lead him into their camp and a few come out of their makeshift tents. There are ten in all. They all go into the central tent. After a moment I see Boom Boom booking it like a hellhound's on his tail.

BOOOOM!

    The camp sight goes up in a fiery plum of death. I wish I had shades right now cause this call for it and some popcorn. Yep he is definitely getting a treat. When the fire settle we fly down and my Pipbucks beeps, showing there are low levels of radiation. Oh well I can pick up some Radaway later. Boom Boom trots over to us from a crumbled stone wall, a happy grin on his muzzle.

"I raise my hoof at him," I give that a ten."

Boom Boom gives me a hoofbump and we both look at Crimson. He shrugs," Meh eight and a half but still nice job."

    Boom Boom beams at the praise," Oh yeah they were saying something about a building not far from here that hasn't been picked clean yet."

    Why not I'm in the mood for some scavenging considering there is no way in hell I'm looting the rangers' bodies now," I'm in lets check it out. After a good forty minute walk we come across a large building. The front sign had the picture of a pink mare with almost manic bright blue eyes and a wide grin plastered on her face. Ok five caps says she was high off her flank when this was taken. My Pipbuck dubbed this place Ministère de Moral Affaires étrangères Hub.

"What the hell is a Ministry Hub doing here?" I ask looking at Crimson," I thought they were Equestrian."

    "A few of the Ministries worked with ponies from other countries including this one," Crimson looks up at the sign," As well the Ministry on Morale and the Ministry of Image dealt with most foreign affairs."

"You know I did not take you for the most knowlegdable stallion," I tell him earning me a glare.

Crimson turns his glare back at the sign," Star taught me all about it. She's big on history."

    "That explains it," I say as I start up the stairs," Well lets do this. I'm sure anything with a sign that interesting is bound to have some nice goodies inside."

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"Not goodies!" I scream as we run down a hall away from eight flying metal death machines," Defiantly not goodies!"

    "I just want to play zebra scummies," one says in a disturbingly cute voice as it follows us. Goddess that's creepy. Crimson twirls around and unloads fire on the robot. He gets a good shot in and the robot explodes. I would have breathed a sigh of relief if it hadn't been for its six other pissed off friends that came out of the rooms we had passed. This is payback for the rangers isn't it!?! A beam of pink magic from the robot rips through my wing. I yelp in pain but keep going. Universe says yes.

    We round a corner and I spot a door that reads 'Directors Office.' Skidding to a halt a halt I grab Boom Boom and fly into the room with Crimson a second behind. I slam the door shut and we all duck. The robots fly past, none the wiser. Oh thank the Goddess. Have I ever said I hate robots? Cause I fucking do!

    I take a good look around the office we're in. Theirs a terminal on the desk. What the hell? I trot over to it and click it on. It asks for a password. Well fuck I have no skills when it comes to this shit. Boom Boom trots over to it and raises a hoof," Can I see it?"

    "Umm sure," I move over and let him at it. He opens to a screen with numbers and letters running along the screen. He starts typing and after a moment or two the screen says welcome. I look at Boom Boom in disbelief," Where the hell did you learn to do that?"

He shrugs," I've always had a nack for 'em."

    Ok another side to the enigma that is Boom Boom, twelve year old psycho, explosives junkie and computer expert. And did I mention he's a wonderful soprano. I ruffle his mane," Good job kid."

    He grins and I look back at the screen. There is a log and a command to open a safe. I click on the command and hear a click below me. There's a now open safe at my hooves. Sweet. I decide to read the journal log.

Entry 1:

'Day one in my glorious new office and it sucks. I hate the city but oh well I'm here now. I am undercover for now under the impression that I'm a part of the Ministry of Moral which is easy enough to pull off considering who my sister is. I will be working with those Shadowbolt characters. They seem a bit tense lately especially when they came back from their briefing with Princess Luna. But I shouldn't pry so I won't bother them by asking. Anyway this will likely be my only admission in the computer since I forgot my personal journal. I'm having Mother send it from home. How I miss the Rock Farm. Oh yeah before I forget had the Strangest dream the other day. I was strapped to a table and Pinkie proceeded to torture me. Needless to say I woke up screaming, which sucked considering I was onboard a train. That is the last time I drink Sparkle-cola RAD I swear. On the bright side it cured my writers block and I sent the manuscript to my editor this morning. Time for food. IRP.'

    IRP? I wonder who that is. Oh well I have spoils to gather. Inside the safe are only two things. A leather bound book and another figurine. The small statuette is of a pink mare with a wide grin on her face. Her mane is a puff of pink. So. Much. Pink! Her cutie mark is a trio of balloons.

'Be Happy'

'Fear.'

    Cryptic much voice in my head. Then my head starts to throb when I pick up the figurine I try to drop it but my hoof stays clenched around it. Then right before my eyes it transforms. Her coat darkens as her puffy mane and tail both become razor straight. Her jubilant expression turns to a manic grin, her eyes pinpricks.

What the Fuck!?!

I gasp and drop the thing like it's a hot piece of coal. Crimson gives me a look then looks at the figurine on the floor," What happened?"

I shake my head in disbelief," I-I don't know. It changed when I picked it up."

"How did that happen?" Boom Boom asks while I try to catch my breath.

    "I-I have no idea," I stammer as my heart goes a mile a minute. I have no clue but I bet it has something to do with the voice in my head. I pick it up again and I feel the urge to kill something...not like I normally do... a much, much stronger. It feels really fucking good too. Orgasmic good. Boom Boom steps back as I let out a moan. I place the figurine in my bag.

'Vanity.'

    I find myself pulling out the other figurine I picked up earlier. Crimson stiffens when he sees it but I pay him no mind as I watch this one transform before me as well. She lowers onto her hooves, her wings still outstretched. Her cocky smirk darkened and her magenta eyes become bright red.

"Where the hell did you get that?" Crimson says, shaking with rage. I look at him with an almost bored expression.

"In that raider den," I say with a shrug," Who is she?"

"Rainbow Dash," He spits at the ground," Most traitorous pony to have ever existed."

I decide not to inquire further and look back at the figurine," Interesting."

"Are you ok?" Boom Boom asks. Aww he's concerned for me.

    "You know I've never felt better," I answer as I place the figurine in my saddlebag. And boy did I. I have never felt as I did now. I don't think I could feel any better than I do now even if I was high on century old drugs. I look at the book in the safe.

'Tales of the Grim and Dark.'

I like it already, will definitely read this later. I grab it and place it in my saddle bag.

"Where are you zebra scummies?" a cheerful and metallic voice says from outside the door," Don't be shy, come out and play."

    Sounds like a plan. I saunter over to the door with a seductive sway to my hips. Boom Boom looks at Crimson with a nervous glance while Crimson can't take his eyes off my flank. That's it big boy take it all in. I calmly open the door and pull my rifle out. The floating tin can whirls on me," There you are scummies!"

"Hi," I purr as I fire. It goes all to pieces.

Hehehe.~ Oh universe I have a surprise for you.~

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Level up!

Skill Note: Stealth: 50   Melee: 50

New Perk added: *Ready. Steady. Fire!*: When looking through a scope or down the sight of any firearm you are 15% more likely to get a critical hit.

Quest Perk added: *Apex Predator Level 1*: You have little remorse for killing, especially those of your one species. You deal 10% more damage to ponies.