The Power Armor Series: Tin Soldier

I walked through the doors of a convention for the first time in my life, only to get assaulted by people asking for photos or autographs. Of course I let them have their fun. I did poses with them for photos and I signed little books with a #2 pencil. After the crowd around me dispersed looking quite happy, I continued on my path deeper into the massive convention.

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Oh, sorry. You don't know me. I'm Maxwell Greyson, but my friends just call me Max. I'm a 21 year old male that's 6 feet and 3 inches tall with light skin, light brown hair and green eyes. I also have a brother, John Greyson. I bought a pass to this gaming convention a few months back for time to make my costume. I was going to go as a Brotherhood of Steel paladin in T-60 power armor from Fallout 4. I had a pretty big amount of money to spend on this costume for it to look nice.

The costume itself was bigger than me, just like in the game. The frame was just pieces of wood attached with hinges. The 'feet' were actually just wood because to reach a more realistic height for the T-60 power armor I had to stand on the ankles. The outer shell was just 3D printed pieces that I colored with red and  grey metallic paint. The joints were pieces of grey cloth with woven lines. The helmet was the hardest thing to do. I got the frame printed, colored and fitted with shaded plastic for the eyes. After it all, I spray painted the BoS logo onto the chestpiece and the paladin ranking in the wrist of the left arm. Overall, it looked exactly like a suit of T-60 BoS paladin power armor.

By the time I was finished with the suit, it was almost time for the convention to open. The convention was happening in my city so it didn't take to long to drive there. When I got there and parked, I entered the costume and headed towards the entrance.

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I continued to walk further into the convention, seeing a lot of other cosplayers. I constantly gave and received compliments. The part they liked the best about my suit was how I got every piece in correct proportion. As I got further into the convention, I kept seeing more and more stalls that sold items from cosplay items to little gaming trinkets.

But one stall caught my eye. It was in the back, away from the other stalls. I couldn't see the items, but I could see the merchant. He looked like the merchant from resident evil. I knew this could only mean one thing. Or maybe iv'e read to many my little pony fanfics. Either way, it seemed exciting to me. I approached the outlying stall. The merchant noticed me getting closer.

"Ahh, a paladin of the brotherhood. I notice your missing your gun though." The merchant said. He moved to grab something, but I cut him off with my words.

"Which Equestria has the universe picked for me?" I said nonchalantly. He looked at me in surprise. Then he caught on to what I was saying.

"How did you know?" He asked confused.

"I read too many fan fictions for my own good." I said with a chuckle. He then smiled and brought up what he was grabbing before. It was a Fallout 4 minigun. "How much for the minigun?"

"Well, for being the first to discover who I am and for being pretty damn good at making power armor..." The merchant then gestured to me and my suit. "...you get the minigun free!" He said. I then dropped all the cash I had in my wallet onto the counter in front of him. A total of 2,600 dollars.

"Other weapons and a storage device?" I asked. He then smiled and we began the trading.

After the exchange, I had multiple weapons from fallout 4, all the attachments and a 4D storage chip. The 4D storage chip is supposed to fuse with my body during the displacement. The weapons I bought were the minigun, a missile launcher, a 10mm pistol and a laser pistol.

"So, what Equestria am I going to?" I asked the merchant. He put his hand under his chin and thought about it. After a second, he put his hand down and spoke.

"Well, you'll be going to an anthro Equestria at the time when Celestia and Luna are at war with the griffons. Oh, I almost forgot!" He then reached under the table and grabbed something. He came back up and placed a fusion core with a glowing red infinity sign on the side onto the table in front of him. "Your going to need this. A recharging fusion core. It recharges when your not moving."

"Do you have another non-recharging one that I can use for a token?" I asked him.

"Sure." He reached down and placed another in front of him, except this one didn't have the infinity sign. I reached with my armored hand and picked up both fusion cores. "Have fun."

"It's been nice meeting you." I said as I slipped into the darkness of unconsciousness.