While running trying to clear my head I start feeling warmer, better. After a few more minutes I start feeling faster I push it and can't believe how good I feel, Everytime I start to lag I get another little boost, like I'm recovering, growing as I run. Two hours later of running all out, I'm panting, but not nearly as worn as I should be, somehow I feel cleaner than I should too? Heading back to the apartment my roommates is on my Xbox, on the Sims 4...having me shower and brush my teeth...
She looks at me still clearly upset.
"How was your run?". She asks somewhat coldly
"Good? What did you do?"
"I gave you coffee, water, some fruit, fox jerky, and squirrel on a stick."
"Fox jerky and squirrel on a stick?"
"It's in fallout 75, it increases agility"
"Oh, it was amazing, thank you, oh its fallout 76"
"SHUT UP YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT!"
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"Thank you?"
I make dinner while she keeps playing, as I cook I feel a bit better multiple times I now get she's using the games to buff me a bit, and while it doesn't feel like much I swear the food comes out better, I even make an extra side and whip out an extra sauce at the last moment. We eat while speaking little the awkwardness lessened but still clearly there. We half watch a couple shows and that night end up tangled in her bed.
Waking up in night city, I get breakfast and go over my stats...my hit points increased by...1. Clearly some system crap but this feels valuable. Guess I'll get my Unity skills up by crafting and scrapping a million commons, then uncommons, then rares, then mine. As I'm doing so I notice several flaws in my design and make tiny tweaks. Building another new one I test it at 2nd amendment, it's feeling closer to the original's smoothness, and the power climbed a hair. After this I shower, stuff myself, and read a few crafting articles before drifting off.
Waking up in Ashley's bed...she's gone? I jump up and start looking around, only to find her in the kitchen. She's busy making something over seasoned wearing just a shirt, it's wild how different our cooking is, she drowns it in seasoning but in a controlled way so it's a ton of flavor that sticks to the food, mine brings out and combines natural flavors. After an awkward but pleasant breakfast we discuss how to progress next, we both want to start combat for goblins, but neither of us wanna get chopped up in the process. We agreed to practice skills IRL, I focus on the swords using ants, she signs up for archery classes. Boring but we'll see what we can get.
Heading to Galaxy I blow a grand on swords, put them in a Christmas tree bag all sealed in the box and predictably get stopped by police. After a search a "tip" and them taking a dagger later, I get a 'generous' ride back to my apartment. Where I vent my frustrations on ants.
Melee Mace: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Short Sword: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Longsword: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Throwing Star: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Sai: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Kitchen Knife: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Butter Knife: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Fork: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Spoon: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Rolling Pin: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Ladel: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Iron Aluminum Alloy Spatula: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Wooden Spatula: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Sauce Pan: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Frying Pan: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Kitchen Tool: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Wisk: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Iron Aluminum Alloy Weapon: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Melee Kitchen Tool: Reduce damage from use and increases grip by 0.1% per level
Not what I need...
After dinner we discuss our progress, Ashley got a neat multikill skill that effectively boosts piercing, but otherwise the same and no group skill yet.
She finally asks why I don't just buy or make swords in night city.
I sit dumbfounded, why the hell hadn't I thought of that. Hours later we fall asleep in each other's arms.
Waking up in night city I shop online for crafting specs. Bought an old short sword design from arasaka and a historical preservation society. Printing out enough common versions for the skills and scrapping all but one of each, I then go kill enough roaches with each for the basic melee skills. After that I scrap those and print iron aluminum allow versions and do the same, then a single tungsten version of each and get the melee skills. After that I binge eat and drink before going to bed.
Waking up I find Ashley on her laptop, save load grinding with 15 level ups worth of points saved up she's trying to boost our learning in all skills to 4 and get us some extra health and mana in the process. She is focusing on getting my one handed swords perks trained up and her bow perks trained up as well, I make breakfast as we touch base and compare notes. We know better than to bite the bullet and just let damage accumulate fighting goblins without an edge in this game after what happened to my eyes. Going through my day day is uneventful, I use a few other random items to grind melee skills with ants then go to my jobs. After work I save load in zombie Exodus for the cooking skill which boosts my intelligence and dexterity when I cook. Ashley and I merely make out and crash together that night, her arms are aching from her new desperate rush into archery.
Waking up in nightcity. I get to work trying to figure out other skills, I upgrade the short swords, then print out a sharpening stone and try to sharpen them... then print out a dull short sword and sharpen that. Polish it, realize there too few fresh fruits in night city to chop stuff with it. Dual wield with them killing roaches.... Finally I start throwing them not knowing what else to do. Before I turn in I go around smashing windows with them.