something's gotta give
Apr. 27th, 2024 10:42 amTitle: Something's Gotta Give
Rating: G
AO3: Link
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (Courier Six, Dean Domino)
Wordcount: 315
Summary: Hard times and slow resentments in the Sierra Madre.
Remarks: There is just something uniquely maddening about desperately scrounging in every trash can for enough cigarettes to trade in for stimpaks so you can continue dragging your small frame, low END ass through a toxic hellpit in hardcore mode, only to turn around and see your companion having a casual smoke. Sir. C'mon.
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( the ghoul sat and smoked Larkin's survival )
Rating: G
AO3: Link
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (Courier Six, Dean Domino)
Wordcount: 315
Summary: Hard times and slow resentments in the Sierra Madre.
Remarks: There is just something uniquely maddening about desperately scrounging in every trash can for enough cigarettes to trade in for stimpaks so you can continue dragging your small frame, low END ass through a toxic hellpit in hardcore mode, only to turn around and see your companion having a casual smoke. Sir. C'mon.
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( the ghoul sat and smoked Larkin's survival )
under the boot | two mojaves
Jun. 29th, 2023 06:04 pmThrowing up some 'sketch page' style noodling in the absence of any completed fics of late - a couple of incomplete drabblets featuring my Fallout: New Vegas characters and their borrowed best beaus. One of FNV's strengths is the complex web of power and politics it builds around the Mojave, and it's always interesting to dip into different characters' takes on the factions and their personal histories with them and the region.
Larkin & Vivian (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
killyhawk)
( under the boot )
Avery & Wyn (weirderwest)
( two mojaves )
Larkin & Vivian (
killyhawk)( under the boot )
Avery & Wyn (
weirderwest)( two mojaves )
fnv timeline
Apr. 7th, 2023 06:25 pmApparently it being 2023 means it's 10 years since I first played Fallout: New Vegas! Honestly startling to think about, both because this was such a distinct moment in my life and also because it does not feel like it was nearly long enough ago for a decade to have passed between. What a game! What a ride. I still wistfully dream of a remaster that won't crash on me every 15 minutes.
With FNV freshly on my mind, I found myself mocking together a rough timeline of key events for my small collective of Fallout characters, which has been lacking until now. Just a quick and easy project - until I started fleshing out some of the gaps, adding in important canon events, figuring out where things linked together...
The end result is still not a wholly complete timeline, but it's certainly the most comprehensive I've put together in 10 years and, for the first time, documents the story of my Courier 6 from innocuous start to brutal end. If I were a different sort of person, there would be a 100k fanfic in here somewhere. As it is, at least the cliffnotes are finally on paper!
( war. war never changes. and neither do my player character choices. )
With FNV freshly on my mind, I found myself mocking together a rough timeline of key events for my small collective of Fallout characters, which has been lacking until now. Just a quick and easy project - until I started fleshing out some of the gaps, adding in important canon events, figuring out where things linked together...
The end result is still not a wholly complete timeline, but it's certainly the most comprehensive I've put together in 10 years and, for the first time, documents the story of my Courier 6 from innocuous start to brutal end. If I were a different sort of person, there would be a 100k fanfic in here somewhere. As it is, at least the cliffnotes are finally on paper!
( war. war never changes. and neither do my player character choices. )
moments of compromise
Mar. 10th, 2020 06:31 pmTitle: Moments of Compromise
Rating: PG
Series: Animorphs (original characters)
Wordcount: 723
Summary: Larkin's got a deal with her yeerk. They're just still working out some of the finer details.
Remarks: What to say - sometimes a wild AU just needs penning? Vivian belongs tokillyhawk.
( it's larkin's ears that prick to the strum of guitar chords )
Rating: PG
Series: Animorphs (original characters)
Wordcount: 723
Summary: Larkin's got a deal with her yeerk. They're just still working out some of the finer details.
Remarks: What to say - sometimes a wild AU just needs penning? Vivian belongs to
killyhawk.( it's larkin's ears that prick to the strum of guitar chords )
blind spot
Dec. 15th, 2019 05:02 pmTitle: Blind Spot
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 664
Summary: Larkin/Vivian, whumptober prompt - friendly fire
( larkin likes the sawn-off )
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 664
Summary: Larkin/Vivian, whumptober prompt - friendly fire
( larkin likes the sawn-off )
having a larkin
Dec. 28th, 2018 09:31 pmI picked up Fallout: New Vegas back in 2013, and proceeded to have the time of my life working my way through my very first truly open sandbox RPG I'd ever played. It also marked the first time my player character turned out to be a villain! Larkin has since been used (usually in fic) in less troubling forms as well, but her game story remains near and dear to my heart as a most unexpected ride.
This post is collated from a few old Tumblr posts written during and after the game, making up a streamlined 'liveblog' narration of my Courier 6 Larkin's rise to power in the Mojave Wasteland.
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( the road to vegas )
*
( working with house )
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( lost loyalty )
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( the coup, the climax, and the fallout )
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( larkin, veronica, and the aftermath )
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( dead money as a prologue )
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( return to the sierra madre )
This post is collated from a few old Tumblr posts written during and after the game, making up a streamlined 'liveblog' narration of my Courier 6 Larkin's rise to power in the Mojave Wasteland.
*
( the road to vegas )
*
( working with house )
*
( lost loyalty )
*
( the coup, the climax, and the fallout )
*
( larkin, veronica, and the aftermath )
*
( dead money as a prologue )
*
( return to the sierra madre )
like a thief in the night
May. 14th, 2017 12:28 amTitle: Like a Thief in the Night
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 1922
Summary: In at least one 'verse, Larkin and Vivian don't start off on the best of footings.
Remarks: What the devil I cannot stop writing lately, and also when will I be any good at action. Viv is still Kris'.
( larkin woke without knowing why )
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 1922
Summary: In at least one 'verse, Larkin and Vivian don't start off on the best of footings.
Remarks: What the devil I cannot stop writing lately, and also when will I be any good at action. Viv is still Kris'.
( larkin woke without knowing why )
night walking (incomplete)
May. 4th, 2017 01:20 pmTitle: Night Walking
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout New Vegas AU (original characters)
Wordcount: 1156
Summary: Modern high school AU, mostly because Why Bloody Not. The working title was 'useless lesbians'.
Remarks: This is ju-u-ust shy of completion, but it might as well be stored here in the meantime. Vivian is Kris' in perpetuity, and Ryker is Gray's.
( her phone buzzes sharply, three times )
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout New Vegas AU (original characters)
Wordcount: 1156
Summary: Modern high school AU, mostly because Why Bloody Not. The working title was 'useless lesbians'.
Remarks: This is ju-u-ust shy of completion, but it might as well be stored here in the meantime. Vivian is Kris' in perpetuity, and Ryker is Gray's.
( her phone buzzes sharply, three times )
Title: Snapshot
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 635
Summary: Larkin is a slightly less terrible date - but still a difficult partner for someone with long-term inclinations.
Remarks: Vivian continues to belong to Kris.
( only threat to be found was in vivian's satisfied smile )
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 635
Summary: Larkin is a slightly less terrible date - but still a difficult partner for someone with long-term inclinations.
Remarks: Vivian continues to belong to Kris.
( only threat to be found was in vivian's satisfied smile )
treading water
Mar. 15th, 2017 08:57 pmTitle: Treading Water
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 851
Summary: Larkin's just a terrible date sometimes tbh.
Remarks: Kris wrote me a thing (and then a bunch more things, good lord why are my friends all so prolific) so naturally I had to write silly little a thing in return. It's my vain hope that it's not glaringly obvious when I started running out of time and hastily flung an ending at it.
( and if a horde of cazadores is on your tail? )
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 851
Summary: Larkin's just a terrible date sometimes tbh.
Remarks: Kris wrote me a thing (and then a bunch more things, good lord why are my friends all so prolific) so naturally I had to write silly little a thing in return. It's my vain hope that it's not glaringly obvious when I started running out of time and hastily flung an ending at it.
( and if a horde of cazadores is on your tail? )
mad cow (incomplete)
Jan. 17th, 2016 06:48 pmTitle: Mad Cow (Incomplete)
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 595
Summary: It was said a charging brahmin bull could hit seventeen miles an hour at full stride. By Larkin’s estimation, that rumour came in a few miles short of the truth.
Remarks: Silly misadventures - technically a pre-adventure to All's Unfair. The other characters referenced belong to friends.
( don't mess with cows )
Rating: G
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (original characters)
Wordcount: 595
Summary: It was said a charging brahmin bull could hit seventeen miles an hour at full stride. By Larkin’s estimation, that rumour came in a few miles short of the truth.
Remarks: Silly misadventures - technically a pre-adventure to All's Unfair. The other characters referenced belong to friends.
( don't mess with cows )
in small packages
Dec. 16th, 2015 08:44 pmTitle: In Small Packages
Rating: G
Series: Fallout New Vegas ('courier faction' original characters)
Wordcount: 1039
Summary: Baby twins get up to mischief.
Remarks: A birthday gift for Gray, to whom Ryker belongs.
( the dirty face of a small girl )
Rating: G
Series: Fallout New Vegas ('courier faction' original characters)
Wordcount: 1039
Summary: Baby twins get up to mischief.
Remarks: A birthday gift for Gray, to whom Ryker belongs.
( the dirty face of a small girl )
all's unfair
Dec. 16th, 2015 08:07 pmTitle: All's Unfair
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout New Vegas ('courier faction' original characters)
Wordcount: 2800
Remarks: From the same little 'verse as Any Port in the Storm. EG and his powerfist belong to another member. I had a lot of fun when I wrote this one back in 2013.
( i'm telling you we gotta run )
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout New Vegas ('courier faction' original characters)
Wordcount: 2800
Remarks: From the same little 'verse as Any Port in the Storm. EG and his powerfist belong to another member. I had a lot of fun when I wrote this one back in 2013.
( i'm telling you we gotta run )
Persuasion
Jul. 22nd, 2013 10:10 pmTitle: Persuasion
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (Larkin, Avery)
Wordcount: 220
Summary: Larkin asks for a favour.
Remarks: A short scene spawned from the simple premise of "hm, I wonder how these two characters would get on" (the answer is 'badly').
( they're not known for their patience, geckos )
Rating: PG
Series: Fallout: New Vegas (Larkin, Avery)
Wordcount: 220
Summary: Larkin asks for a favour.
Remarks: A short scene spawned from the simple premise of "hm, I wonder how these two characters would get on" (the answer is 'badly').
( they're not known for their patience, geckos )
any port in a storm
Mar. 26th, 2013 10:00 pmTitle: Any Port In A Storm
Rating: G
Series: Fallout New Vegas ('courier faction' original characters)
Wordcount: 1385
Remarks: Context - a number of us from a tumblr fandom group ended up playing Fallout: New Vegas around the same time and liveblogging the experience. One day, I posited the idea of our couriers all meeting in some alternate universe, another individual said the words "courier faction", and things proceeded to spiral out of control in all the best ways. As such, the only character I own in any way is Larkin; the rest belong to the other assorted participants. (I will note that the reason Larkin has a twin is another individual and I started playing the game independently within a fortnight of each other, and on top of that managed to choose very similar designs. We decided this was the next logical step.) It's terribly dorky but also a lot of fun.
( the wind raising a howl that grates against the ears )
Rating: G
Series: Fallout New Vegas ('courier faction' original characters)
Wordcount: 1385
Remarks: Context - a number of us from a tumblr fandom group ended up playing Fallout: New Vegas around the same time and liveblogging the experience. One day, I posited the idea of our couriers all meeting in some alternate universe, another individual said the words "courier faction", and things proceeded to spiral out of control in all the best ways. As such, the only character I own in any way is Larkin; the rest belong to the other assorted participants. (I will note that the reason Larkin has a twin is another individual and I started playing the game independently within a fortnight of each other, and on top of that managed to choose very similar designs. We decided this was the next logical step.) It's terribly dorky but also a lot of fun.
( the wind raising a howl that grates against the ears )
