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EMOTION
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| GREETING
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GREETING
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Neutral 50
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{ Malcolm Holmes top level topics }
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| GREETING
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Neutral 50
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Hello there. It's good to see a friendly face. Almost took you for a raider, I did. Name's Malcolm. Malcolm Holmes.
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| Neutral 50
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Don't suppose you'd care to trade? I'm missing a few essentials and- oh, screw this. Lying just ain't in my nature.
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| Neutral 50
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I'll tell it to you straight. I've been following you for a good bit now.
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| GREETING
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Neutral 50
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Eh? You want to talk some more?
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| VFreeformSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic011
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I'd like to trade.
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Neutral 50
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Oh, that's right! Here, let me show you what I've got on hand.
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| VFreeformSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic012
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I'd like to know more about star hunting.
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Neutral 50
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There's not much more to tell. Get enough stars and the treasure's yours. Just watch out for some of the other people collecting them.
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| VFreeformSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic013
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No, I have to be going.
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Neutral 50
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If you say so. Maybe we'll meet again.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic001
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Why were you following me?
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Neutral 50
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It started off innocently enough. I was traveling, as I often do, and happened to observe you picking up one of those blue-star caps.
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| Neutral 50
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You didn't show any reaction to it, so I figured you didn't know what you'd gotten your hands on.
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10
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic003
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Don't follow me. You'll live longer.
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Neutral 50
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Okay, you're a dangerous sort. I get that. But I have some information I think you'll find useful, which made me follow you for a spell.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic004
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What's so special about these caps?
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Neutral 50
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There's an old wasteland legend that says somewhere out there is a fabulous treasure from before the war.
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| Neutral 50
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Those caps with the blue star on them, the tale goes, are the key to that treasure. They're called Sunset Sarsaparilla Stars.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic005
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Why didn't you say anything then and there?
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Neutral 50
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I had to make sure of your disposition. There's a lot of jumpy folks out there that'd shoot a man as soon as talk to him.
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| Neutral 50
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Now that's we're conversing, though, I can tell you what I know about those caps.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic006
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This is getting creepy. I'm leaving, and don't follow me.
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Neutral 50
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Fine. Just do me a favor. If you find more of those things, and plan on keeping them, watch out for a man named Allen Marks.
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| Neutral 50
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He's killed more than a few people to collect as many of those caps as he can, and your ignorance as to what they are won't protect you.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic016
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Where can I find more of these caps?
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Neutral 50
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All over the place. The easiest place to find them is unopened bottles of Sunset Sarsaparilla.
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| Neutral 50
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You'd think they'd all have been picked clean by now, but somehow new bottles keep appearing in the machines.
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| Neutral 50
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Some say it's old Festus that does it, hoping someone will finally collect enough caps to earn the treasure.
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| Neutral 50
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Other than bottles, you'll just have to scavenge. You can find caps in the unlikeliest of places, and blue-star caps are no exception.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic017
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So you collect these caps too?
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Neutral 50
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Nah, I gave it up years ago. Too dangerous. And even if I did still collect them, I'd tell you the same.
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| Neutral 50
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There's people out there so mad with the idea of treasure that they'll attack strangers just on the suspicion that they have some of those caps.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic019
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What kind of treasure are we talking about?
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Neutral 50
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No one knows. Money? Weapons? Water? It is, or maybe was, something of value, and that's enough to get people motivated.
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| VFreeformSSHQSSHQMalcolmHolmesTopic022
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You mentioned someone named Festus. Who's that?
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Neutral 50
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It's said that the treasure is guarded by a man named Festus, and he's the one who asks for the blue-star caps.
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| Neutral 50
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It's also said that he's been around since the war, standing a lonely vigil, waiting for someone to come and take the treasure off his hands.
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| Neutral 50
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That'd make him pretty damn old, but I've met a few people in my travels who claimed they actually met him, and they weren't the lying type either.
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