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[for a moment, a woman's face is simply staring out at the broadcast, consideringly, as though not sure it's started yet. she's in her early twenties, Hispanic, her dark hair braided, and dressed in the uniform of resort security]

[realizing from the display on the screen that the broadcast must have started, she says:] Hello. [the word is a bit uncertain. she swallows, trying to mask her nerves, and continues more calmly:] I'm Linda Esquivel. I'm from Chester's Mill, Maine. [there's a beat of hesitation, as she wonders if she should give more information than that, but she ultimately decides to leave the description as it is] I just got here a couple days ago, and I've joined the security patrol. I was a sheriff's deputy back home. [and sheriff, but she doesn't think two days of that job due to the disaster that happened really counts, so she leaves her credentials at that]

I thought you should know who I am in case you see me around. And, uh, I'd like to start meeting people, too--and learn a little more about this place. I've never seen anything like it before. [another pause as she debates how to end an open message like this. finally, she goes with:] I'm here if you'd like to talk.

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Patrolling the fence to make sure nothing gets inside, for the most part. Spiders can climb up it and get inside. They're easy enough to kill, and they're only dangerous at night. Skeletons and creepers aren't really a problem so long as you're behind the fence. Walk around the village, too. Sometimes fights happen, usually outside Pugsy's. Right now we've got a situation we're looking into, but Agent K can tell you more about that.

[He doesn't really want to talk about it over the communicator, just incase.]

So a lot of dealing with the wildlife, mostly? [it's not what she's used to, but it's still something she feels like she could handle] I'll have to find out more about those...animals.

Oh. [she's surprised to hear that, but she can understand Boone's desire for discretion] I'll be sure to ask him about that. Thanks.

Yeah, pretty much. Seems like we're getting more and more to deal with. When I first got here, the only thing we had to worry about were spiders. Now we've gotta deal with creepers and skeletons too.

[He's used to having to shoot down strange creatures, but he's never come across anything like a creeper before. The skeletons are pretty weird, too. Sometimes he just watches them move around from behind the fence.]

Creepers follow you and blow up if they get too close. Seems like they're mostly around at night and in the morning. Skeletons shoot arrows at you, but they fall apart in the sun. Not sure why. They can still hang around in places where the sun can't reach them, like under trees, so be careful if you're heading out past the fence.

[she frowns] I wonder what's causing that. Recent expansions, maybe? Are they losing their habitats?

[her eyes widen as he describes the animals, though. she's never come across anything quite like what he's talking about. she moves over to a drawer and fishes out a pad of paper, jotting a few things down]

Okay, so I take it they keep more people on the night shift than day. What about the spiders? Are they large, or poisonous, or...? [because they sound like they must be more dangerous than the garden variety she's used to]

The skeletons showed up when a spawner got turned on. Not so sure about the creepers, though.

[He looks away for a moment, apparently looking for something. He walks a short distance, and then turns the communicator so the video is showing a very large spider scuttling around on the other side of the fence. It looks big enough that someone could easily ride on its back if they wanted to.]

Yeah, they're big. Even saw a skeleton ride on one, once.

[He doesn't sound bothered by it, though. He's seen weirder things back home.]

The ones out here aren't poisonous, but it still hurts like hell if they bite you. You can get some in caves that are, though. Those ones are smaller. Some people lost their memory after being bitten by them.

The things that make food, you mean? [she looks disturbed at the thought] Do you know where the skeletons came from? Or did the thing just...make them? [she doesn't understand how food comes out of there either, admittedly]

...damn. [she stares; she can't think of any other words to describe that spider] So definitely big. [and while the mental image of a skeleton riding a spider is very weird as far as her home is concerned, she doesn't comment. having come to this strange place, she thinks she could believe almost anything is possible at the moment]

[she cringes at that thought, though] Then we're probably lucky those are just in the caves. They're mostly off-limits, right?

No, these ones are bigger. Not sure how it works. Guess it must work kinda like a regular spawner, but I'm not really sure how those work either.

[He's not smart enough to understand what goes on when he tells his spawner to make something. All he knows is that it makes food appear, and that's fine with him. He's less fine with the skeletons appearing every night, but there's not much he can do about that.]

They're not off-limits, no. Probably not a good idea to go wandering around them without a guide though.

Yeah, I've...never really seen anything like them. [or like many of the things that she's encountered since she's gotten here, but she has a feeling that goes without saying]

[she shakes her head] I wasn't planning on it. But it'd make our job easier if the public doesn't regularly venture out into them unprepared. Guides would guard against that, so that's good to hear.

Not sure many people head out into the caves on their own. Got more to worry about than cave spiders out there.

[Like criminals using the caves as a hideout.]

Not really much we can do except warn people about how dangerous it can be. They still wanna go after that, it's their call.

[she doesn't catch what he's implying] Yeah? More wildlife?

[but she nods at that. that problem, at least, is familiar] Sounds about right. Thanks for the info.

Guess there are probably creepers and skeletons in there too. Got criminals who hide out in them too, though.

[He nods back once.]

No problem. Figure it's better we're all on the same page.

Sounds like a hot spot. [her tone is dry, but she's also glad for the heads up]

Always good in our line of work. [she smiles a little. Boone sounds both knowledgeable and practical, and he strikes her as someone she's going to enjoy working with]

Yeah, no kidding.

[He doesn't smile back, but that's just how he is. He at least figures Linda is someone who knows what she's doing, and he won't mind working with her.]

Anything else you wanted to know about?

[If she has more questions, he may as well answer them while they're talking.]

[she pauses thoughtfully] Not...that I can think of right now. Except maybe a good place to get a bite to eat, if you know anywhere cheap that's worth it.

[having lived in the same small town her whole life, she's finding it difficult to even figure out where to start getting acclimatized to somewhere so different]

[He looks thoughtful for a moment.]

Know a couple places. Could show them to you, if you want.

[He's hungry anyway, so he might as well take a break and get something to eat.]

[she's surprised to get an offer instead of just a suggestion of somewhere for her to go, but she looks glad for it all the same] If you're up for it, sure. Where should I meet you?

[He doesn't often offer to do that kind of thing, but since she's part of patrol now he feels like he should make more of an effort to get to know her.]

Outside the station. I'll be there soon.

[And he abruptly turns off his communicator. He's not really one for goodbyes when they're just going to see each other in a moment anyway. He gets to the station fairly quickly, and stands outside smoking until Linda arrives.]

[she's about to reply when the connection cuts off. her kneejerk reaction is that she must have done something to it, but she's not sure what she could have. and either way, it seems they'll be meeting in a few, so she decides to just head to the station]

[she finds him outside and gives a wave] Hey, Boone. [as she approaches, she holds out a hand to shake, though. she's not really sure about communicator etiquette, but it feels like the right thing to do since this is the first time they're meeting in person]

[He takes her hand and shakes it, nodding.]

Hey.

[When he lets go of her hand he pauses to stub out his cigarette, and then starts to walk. He's slow at first, so he's not just leaving Linda behind, but once she starts walking too he speeds up a little.]

So you were a deputy back home, huh.

[she easily matches pace with him. at that comment, she gives a nod] Yeah. Small town, rural area. We dealt with animals sometimes, but Animal Control did more of that work. I guess I'm more used to bar brawls, poachers, and speeders out in the country. But I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.

[she gives him a curious glance. his appearance makes her wonder if he's ex-military, but she doesn't want to assume] What about you? What sort of job did you come from?

NCR, 1st Recon. Sniper battalion. Left a while ago, though.

[He taps the insignia on his beret.]

This is the beret I wore. Didn't see any point in getting a new one.

[He wouldn't have wanted to swap it out even if Kay had asked him to. Luckily, Kay saw no point in it either.]

[she gives an impressed whistle] Sniper, huh? Wow. I take it this kind of work is less exciting than what you're used to, huh?

Guess it is. Not so different to what I was doing back home, though. Shooting less people here, but I'm fine with that. Used to giant bugs, the spiders aren't so different. The geckos in the desert here came from my world, too. Not sure how.

[So although this is a vacation compared to living back home, there are a few similarities between the worlds.]

[Linda would argue that shooting animals is very different from shooting people, but she doesn't see any point in contradicting Boone]

Animals came here from your world? [she's surprised to hear that. but since Boone has already said he doesn't know how it happened, she doesn't ask] I guess this place is just full of surprises... [her tone is dry. the more she hears about the environment here, the most hostile it sounds]

[He was referring more to the fact that he has to shoot giant mutated animals back home, too. He nods.]

We've got worse things back home than geckos. Just lucky it was them that showed up, and not deathclaws or something. You can run from a gecko. Can't run from a deathclaw.

[He glances over at her.]

What's it like for you back home? Nothing like the animals here?

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