Second Entry: Shoot first

I knew I should have rested in vault 106. I arrived at "Arefu" a small encampment located on top of a bridge. while walking towards it an explosion rings out! I'm dazed, my ears ring, I thought to myself "Two days in and my naiveté gets me dusted by a simple booby trap". The haze clears and I see an old man hollering for my attention, Evan King is this bastards name. I tell him "you shoot at me like that again and you had better hope you kill me." he is not impressed...

Evan King

He informs me that the small community has been having problems with a gang known as "the brotherhood". He says that there is something strange about these guys, a typical enough gang, but they haven't outright attacked the community despite having the advantage both in muscle and numbers to take what they want.
I agree it is strange and offer to do a welfare check on the citizens while he holds his post.

My first stop is a young lady named Karen's house, she informs me that she and the town are "scared shitless" about the family, and that Evan's approach to the situation is not acceptable. They hide whenever The Family comes around, showing themselves to be cowards. She accuses me of being a coward when I leave her home. I don't appreciate it, but I just don't feel like its my business.

Karen Schenzy

After leavening Karen's I went to the wests' I could smell the stench before even walking through the door, I knew that beyond it was more death, I almost don't go in. Upon entering I saw them, one laying on the bed, another sprawled out on the floor I inspect the bodies, they are dried out but couldn't have been dead long. The bite marks on their necks are all the way down to the bone, this is horrible. Happiness is a thing of the past it seems, terror is the new soup de jour.

Matilda West

I report back to Evan after an interesting encounter with a woman named Braileen, who has lost her damned mind. It would appear that she refuses to acknowledge this war ever happened. I can't blame her really, I would rather live in a fantasy than die in a nightmare. Of course Evan wants help with The Family, he says that the Wests' son is with them... I could care less.