-Courier 6, Lucky 38 Casino-
After a long day of solving issues in the strip, the courier, the man who reincarnated, finally got to relax as he got to his Penthouse suite. He had solved the White Glove Society's weird cannibalistic tendencies and rescued a brahmin baron's son. Just before that, he had stopped the Omerta's plans to take over the Strip when the battle for Hoover Dam would kick off. He was understandably tired. Turning on the radio, he checked his stats via his system and listened to Radio New Vegas while relaxing on his bed.
[Congratulations, Damian! You officially reached level 25! Do you want to pick your perks or invest in your Super Soldier physique?] His system asked, making him think as he stared at his screen.
The system he had was a vibrant and pleasant personality that he quickly got accustomed to. They very quickly bonded and although he could not see her form, he knew she was a girl. Being that she was with him the whole time while he faced the Mojave, he developed a crush on her. Though he tried to hide it while making plans to get her a body of her own in the future.
"Thanks, Alice. I'll go with a perk. Let's see.. yeah, shotgun surgeon sounds good.." Damian mused to himself while looking in his inventory, which was full of weapons.
Very few were truly special, as he had taken most weapons from dead enemies, like the raider group known as 'The Fiends'. He was saving up caps to buy the really good weapons from the Gun Runners. Though that was a fourty-thousand cap investment, to get everything. As he was counting his caps, he heard the voice of 'Mister New Vegas' on the radio.
"This just in.. It seems the town of Goodsprings was hit by the Legion recently. As all the town's residents were found killed by a blade and the town's buildings, were set ablaze. There were no survivors" Damian stopped and stared at the radio in shock.
"Wait what..?" He tried to remember if this series of events happened in the game but he drew a blank and slowly, panic began to creep up into him.
[Wait.. It's true! I don't feel them anymore..] Alice responded in despondence.
"Is it that Dark God's work..? Maybe they sent someone to fight for the Legion? That bastard.." Damian cursed with a frown.
"I might be able to catch them in Novac if I hurry.." Damian stood up and threw on his courier duster.
[Right! I'll mark the location on your display!] Alice responded with determination.
"I just hope they don't kill anyone else.." Damian muttered as he hurried out of the casino.
-Primm-
Meanwhile, Neo was sitting on top of the hotel in Primm with Plushwyn on her shoulders. The first thing she did with her new skill was to create a tiny black cowboy hat that was custom fitted to be used by Tearwyn. With little entrances on top for her ears. The second thing she did, was creating a new outfit for the heat of the Mojave. She wore a white duster coat with open sleeves, a black short skirt and long white boots that went up to her thighs. Of course, to match Tearwyn, she also made herself a white cowboy hat and a pink, white and brown bandana that went around her neck with a little Tearwyn symbol on it.
Currently, she was looking down at the town, looking at the twenty two people she marked. Most being soldiers. She hummed in thought for a second before snapping her fingers.
"Hey, Tearwyn? Wanna see something cool?" Neo asked with a small smile.
"I am always up for cool things, Neo! Show me, show me!!" Tearwyn exclaimed in excitement.
Magic instantly flared in Neo's hand as sparks traveled between her fingers. The skies above Primm quickly became cloudy as she took out a number of .308 rounds.
"While I could just destroy the town and go.. That'd be kind of overboard. Like using an RPG to kill a spider" Neo explained before flipping the bullet like a coin and flicking it.
The bullet traveled instantly, straight into the head of an NCR soldier, where it exploded in a mess of blood, bone fragments and brain. It looked as if he was smited by the hand of god.
"That is cool! You're using your lightning to accelerate the bullet to such extreme speeds! Again, again!" Tearwyn's eyes lit up at the show of gore and light use of magic as she laughed and clapped in glee.
"I knew you'd get it! Now for the one hundred percent speedrun of Primm.." Neo flicked up twenty-one more bullets and focused before entering a psuedo-judgement cut state.
Every single mark was now illuminated and as soon as the first bullet fell, it almost instantly tore through the heart of another soldier. Then another.. Until all the soldiers in town had rather explosive deaths. The harder ones were Deputy Beagle, who was inside, eating Gecko steak. Neo had to angle it through an opening in the door frame and nail him in the head. Primm became deadly quiet, as within a second, it began to rain blood as dark clouds billowed over the town. It wasn't until after two minutes, did they discover what the cause of the rain was. But by then, Neo and Plushwyn had already looted every house and left Primm.
Of course, Neo took back the caps she got at the checkpoint. She started singing as she turned on the Pip Boy's radio. Simply because the journey to the next town would take an hour.
Tearwyn was cheering with glee and making "pew pew" sounds imitating what Neo had done. When she heard the radio turn on, she got a sly grin.
"My sister would think this would be an appropriate song!" And with a snap of her fingers, the song 'Let the bodies hit the floor' started to play. Neo nodded her head in appreciation.
Though as soon as she started singing, it changed from 'Let the bodies hit the floor' to, 'I can only count to four', making her choke back a laugh.
"Good tastes! What a ..cultured individual your sister is. Next up is.. Nipton? Ah, already burned to the ground. Looks like Novac is next. Little community with an uptight sniper, a bitch who sold the sniper's wife into slavery, a handicapped ranger, an ex pilot, a nerd who wants to sell toys and a big dinosaur statue" Neo mused as she rocked her head to the song.
"Onward!" Tearwyn clapped her hands in excitement as the fun was sure to continue.
About an hour in and at least ten songs later, they arrived at Novac. There were some raiders who fired at them, but they died right after pulling the trigger via flying energy blades, courtesy of the Yamato. Upon reaching the town, they saw some commotion ahead. A man in a duster had arrived around the same time as they did. Neo took note of him and everyone in his proximity having that same 'Light' signature.
"That's the scout! The dog working for the Light that is after me" Tearwyn noticed the mortal with the duster, and how his body was practically glowing with Lights corruption. She started to ooze killing intent and a pink aura manifested around her.
Suddenly, though Tearwyn settled down and slumped onto Neo's shoulder "Divine Law... ugh, I can't even get mad near them? Muuu. I'll be okay, I just can't help you at all if you need it...."
"Oh don't you worry your little head.." They both heard a notification via Neo's system.
[System detected. Intrusion attempted... Intrusion Repelled. Intrusion attempted... Corruption detected... Corruption destroyed. Piss off..] The system sounded somehow annoyed..
-Damian-
He had noticed immediately once he saw Neo. Nobody looked like that in New Vegas. This bizarre attractive woman was definitely responsible. He tried to activate [Observe] but it was blocked completely.
"Alice can you help me here..? I can't tell what her deal is" Damian whispered.
[Of course! Let me try... Hmm.. she's not Dark aligned. Wha-Hey! Okay fine.. I'm sending Light over to her. Maybe we can turn..... her... Oh no.. Damian, run.. This system.. it's different..] Alice warned him as he slowly nodded and started backing up, though he was interrupted when he heard Alice scream in agony.
[What!? How are you-] She managed to speak before her wailing echoed in Damian's head.
He began to run away in a panic as he tried calling Alice over and over. The only response he received, was an agonized cry.
"How do you like it, stupid Light! My new friend is awesome!" Tearwyn's released a sinister chuckle at what was happening.
"Totally could have killed him there. But! Take heed, Tearwyn... We gotta crush his spirit too. That's rule number two. After we outstyle them, we break their spirits. Did the same thing with this one Cultivator guy. I cucked him and shattered his pride" Neo laughed before taking the Yamato out and killing the multiple infected people in Novac.
Though she really went out of the way to kill the old woman who sold the sniper's wife into slavery. She didn't even have the corruption, Neo just hated her. Novac, fortunately only had about ten infected. She only looted the bodies this time before leisurely walking in the direction the 'protagonist' went.
"Yes! Style on him! Crush both of their spirits! Break them for daring to interrupt my time with my Bestie!" Tearwyn clapped in joy as she as she cheered.
Tearwyn stilled for a second before she blushed a bit and said, "I mean attacking me. That's what I meant"
"It should be illegal to be this cute.." Neo clutched her chest as she bit back a squeal.
"Nobody messes with my BFFF and lives.. without getting Isekai'd to hell" Neo raised Tearwyn above her head and ran after the reincarnator, who was running as fast as he could along the barren highway.
"Prepare for the Neo-ocalypse!!!" Tearwyn's voice was filled with a dark glee as she yelled.
-Damian-
He had been sprinting for over an hour, trying to calm Alice down. After half an hour, it worked, though he could tell she was injured. Very much so. He had to gather his allies in the NCR, since this woman had some kind of counter to his system. He heard sadistic laughter behind him until the fourty-five minute mark in his sprint, when he passed Boulder City. Somehow, she kept up with him so easily.
[We.. We need to destroy her, Damian. She's dangerous..] Alice commented weakly.
"I know.. I know! I'm going to Camp McCarran to get reinforcements from the NCR" He hoped that would be enough.
-Boulder City-
Neo and Tearwyn decided to take a small detour upon detecting more infected soldiers inside Boulder City. Wanting to be thorough, as to not leave any single Light corrupted left in Tearwyn's world, she spent fifteen minutes butchering the NCR soldiers stationed there. They quickly figured out they weren't a match for her when two squads of full-auto assault rifle wielding soldiers saw Neo catch their bullets before sending some kind of arcing slash wave that cut them in half.
As the last soldier was impaled and flicked off her blade, Neo scoffed. Seeing blood get on her new clothes before she cleaned it off with a sigh.
"Don't worry! Remember, your new ability gives you FULL control over your 'drip'!" Tearwyn stood up on Neo's shoulders and gave her a tiny little hug.
Tearwyn then looked down at the mortal that dared bleed on her friend and glared. She held up her hand in a finger snap motion for a few seconds before finally snapping... and nothing happened.
Neo looked at the body, then to Tearwyn. Tilting her head, she cleared her throat.
"Did you.. do something?" Neo asked while nudging the body with her foot.
"Yup! Since he had the audacity to bleed on you, I decided to send its soul somewhere special, instead of letting it go back to the seat of creation where all destroyed souls go to" Tearwyn sported a smug smile and responded.
"Big sister Lilith had sent someone who called themselves 'The One Above All' to the same universe stripped of all their divinity and authority. I thought they could use a sister" Tearwyn explained.
"The One Above All? The Marvel god? I thought you just sent him to the shadow ream, for real. Ah! The reincarnator guy escaped, didn't he? Maybe that's for the better though. We can kill off all his 'infected' friends, then his system and THEN him. I also wanna rob the Gun Runners too on the way" Neo tapped her chin as she thought about getting the unique and highly destructive weapons.
"Yup, that's the one! And sounds like a plan to me~!" Tearwyn replied eagerly as they made their way out of the now further destroyed city.
"By the way, if you're curious. Lilith called the universe I sent him(Her) too, "The Goblin Hunter" universe. Her and the former god are now cursed to eternally live out lives as human woman with a pension to want to be adventures~. Well, at least till that universe dies anyway" Tearwyn so casually explained l, sending a shiver up Neo's spine.
"Goblin Kelly.. Goblin Cosby... I pity them..." Neo saluted the sky as she thought about their potential fates.
Tearwyn simply giggled, and imitated Neo's action.