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It nears midnight by the time you finish your letter to Caesar, urging him to close any crossings to Zion. You hope the logical side of Edward Sallow wins out and he doesn’t attempt to use the spore as a weapon. The letter is full of descriptions of the horrors and danger and for once, you don't include hyperboles. They’re not needed.
With the last of your work settled, you turn in for the night. While you certainly aren’t tired, you rarely are from clerical work, the next day will be a long trip down to Hidden Valley. You could certainly ask for help over radio, but something of this magnitude requires a personal touch by you.
The next two days are filled by once again walking the wastes. You never regret the time spent outside of New Vegas but wonder if it wouldn’t be more practical for better transit between the settlements. If Daisy’s Vertibird wasn’t under maintenance, you would probably use that.
Instead of following the usual path down past Bonnie Springs and Goodsprings, you take the longer route and pass by Boulder City and Novac.
The former is seeing signs of incremental growth. With the influx of prospectors to Novac, Boulder has become a rest stop for those traveling South as well as an attraction for those working at the Dam and those who use the dam to get to Vegas proper. A few more saloons, brothels and motels have popped up in the less-destroyed buildings in the city, but it is still a far cry from what it could be.
Novac is suffering from an entirely different issue. After the attention its copper discovery had garnered, hundreds of enterprising migrants have arrived looking for work or to strike it rich. You remember gold rushes from the old world, hundreds of years ago. You imagine this is somewhat similar as tents and temporary housing has popped up in and around the small town.
But it’s not just potential miners that have shown up, as you can see traveling kitchens, stores, doctors and all manners of vendors seeking to part these men from their hard earned caps.
Cliff is happy that for once, the Novac Motel Is at full occupancy but anxiously asks when work will begin on the mine so these rowdy and desperate men have something to focus their energy on. If work doesn’t materialize, he’s worried these men will turn to less scrupulous means for a living.
You promise to look into the matter and continue onto Hidden Valley.
The bunker seems busier than usual and more than a few new faces fill the complex. Elder Hardin is there to greet you at the very lowest level. It’s a good sign you still have free access to Hidden Valley.
