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After lunch Inculta dropped me off at his tent, without word of where he was going or when he would be back I if he would be back.

it was about two hours later, when I heard a few men arguing.

To past the time I decided to read some books from Inculta's extensive collection.

About 3 hours later, when I heard two men arguing outside the tent. Curious I crept over to the other side of the tent to get a better ear on the situation.

“that piece of shit machine!The damn radio won't!” One male voice yelled.

“Calm down Albus. We'll figure it out. Now tell me what exactly is happening”
A softer male voice said.

“ I keep losing the signal and it sounds like static. Then I get this high-pitched noise. It's quite frustrating honestly.”
The man called Albus groaned in frustration.
“Is Exodus on duty? he might be able to help.”
“I’m afraid not, from what I last heard he upset Lord Caesar and unfortunately his head is gone”

“that is a problem, do you know of anyone else here that would be good with such technology?”

“Fraid not Marcius. I can keep trying to fix it but if we can't find someone soon and Lord Caesar finds out there will be hell to pay. There information on a food shipment that I'm expecting soon and if I can't receive it or get because of my ignorance...”
Albus sighed, his friend tried to comfort him in a almost brotherly way.

Without thinking I stepped out of the tent and approached the men, their backs turned to me

“I can help.”

They turned and looked at me, their eyes narrowed as they raked them up and down my figure. I instantly recognized one the men who I knew to be Marcius from today's lunch. He had an eye patch and a jagged scar on his cheek.

One of the men named Albus snerked at me, his white blonde hair shone in the sun light.

“A woman? The only help you're good for is making children and my supper. Now run along before someone decides you're too pretty to be ignored.”

His soft voiced friend put a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eye while pointing to me.

“But Albus wait! She is Inculta’s new prize from the Brotherhood of steel! They know everything there is to know on technology. She could be useful…”

Albums looked at me suspiciously his Excalibur grey eyes narrowing but nodded half heartedly.

“I suppose so but we need to make this quick.” The two men started walking away and I had to run to catch up.

Marcius glanced at me, a gentle smile in his face.

“Do you were a Sentinel in The Brotherhood of Steel?”

I nodded,

“Still am on my accounts. Just going AWOL in a way I guess”

“You're very brace and very loyal to your group and family and also very lucky that Inculta got you.”

I chuckled weakly

“Lucky how?”

“Inculta is very...open minded. Much more so than most men in the Legion and also much more tolerant. That little speech you gave about being proud to be in the Brotherhood of steel and how the Brotherhood is the only salvation for the wasteland would have gotten you a damn good beating from some of the men, not me but others like Frumentarius Lanius. He was furious and told Inculta that he needs to teach you your place and how to be respectful.”

I frowned but nodded,

“I know I walk a fine line but no one ever made a difference in the world playing it safe.”

Albus glared at me and led me to a building at the bottom of the hill, it appeared to be an old prewar weather station from the equipment inside.

It only took me an hour to fix the radio and to get back to the tent. I checked my pop-boy for the time, it was only 4 pm.

I sighed and stepped through the flaps of the tent. As I turned around to zip the inside doors I heard someone Clear their throat.

I froze up, and slowly turned around. Perched on the desk was Inculta, his face in an impatient and rather sour expression with his arms folded.

I folded my hands behind my back and gave him a shit eating grin. He eased himself off the desk and stalked towards me like a parent getting ready to scold their coming in curfew teenager.

He leaned over me, his hot breath rustling my hair. I hung my head down in shame. I felt like a squire getting scolded for sneaking off base.

“Where were you?” He said, his voice eerily monotone.
“Well you see, it's a funny story because-”
“I said where were you Lepus?”
“Weather station.”
“And why were you there instead of here where I told you to stay?”
“I was helping Albus and Marcius fix the radio.”
He raised a perfectly arched eyebrow up in surprise.

“Oh really and did they come to you asking for your help?”

I shook my head,

“No, I over heard Albus yelling about the radio not work and that the only person that really knew how to fix it was well dead.”

“So you just went up and offered him your help?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because I could and it's not like me helping out is going to hurt anyone. The radio need to be fixed urgently anyway and-”

“Do not do that again.” He flicked me in the nose and walked away.

I wiggled my nose and glared at him,

“I was just trying to help!”

Inculta was sitting at his desk, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

“I understand that but please just don't put your nose where it doesn't belong.”

I huffed and threw my arms up, exasperated.

“What's the big deal? Really?”

Inculta sighed shook his head,

“It's matters you wouldn't understand.”

“Wouldn't understand? Fuck you! I'm a god damn Sentinel! I am one step below being an elder! I understand a lot more than you think!” Inculta narrowed his eyes at me.

“I'll let that one slide, but do not speak to me like that again.”

“Well don't treat me like a child and I won't!” I sharply nodded and folded my arms across my chest.

“Don't act like one and I wouldn't treat you like one.”

I stared at him with my eyes wide open.
Did he really just say that?

“Excuse but how have I been acting like a child?”

He made a pfffft noise and chuckled.

“Easy you can't obey a simple order of stay out, and you're thoughtlessly proud of your former faction.”

“I-I-I...UGH! That does not make me a child! And I am still part of the Brotherhood!”

Inculta rolled his eyes and gave his head a small sad shake.

“Mmmm not for long my dear.” He said with a sinisterly cold smile creeping up on his diabolically handsome face.

My gut twisted in a knot, something wasn't right.

“W-what do you mean ‘not for long’?”

“You see if you were to marry a Legionary like myself, you'd lose your position in the Brotherhood.”

My brain went numb, leaving me scrambling.

“I-I-I don't understand.” I stammered confused and brain fogged, Inculta chuckled and stood up.

He stalked towards me like lion towards a gazelle that was frozen in place.

When he finally reached me after what seemed like an eternity, He sighed and tilted my face upwards towards his, his crisp blue eyes were darkening second by second

“You're going to be my wife…”

Description
After lunch Inculta dropped me off at his tent, without word of where he was going or when he would be back I if he would be back.

it was about two hours later, when I heard a few men arguing.

To past the time I decided to read some books from Inculta's extensive collection.

About 3 hours later, when I heard two men arguing outside the tent. Curious I crept over to the other side of the tent to get a better ear on the situation.

“that piece of shit machine!The damn radio won't!” One male voice yelled.

“Calm down Albus. We'll figure it out. Now tell me what exactly is happening”
A softer male voice said.

“ I keep losing the signal and it sounds like static. Then I get this high-pitched noise. It's quite frustrating honestly.”
The man called Albus groaned in frustration.
“Is Exodus on duty? he might be able to help.”
“I’m afraid not, from what I last heard he upset Lord Caesar and unfortunately his head is gone”

“that is a problem, do you know of anyone else here that would be good with such technology?”

“Fraid not Marcius. I can keep trying to fix it but if we can't find someone soon and Lord Caesar finds out there will be hell to pay. There information on a food shipment that I'm expecting soon and if I can't receive it or get because of my ignorance...”
Albus sighed, his friend tried to comfort him in a almost brotherly way.

Without thinking I stepped out of the tent and approached the men, their backs turned to me

“I can help.”

They turned and looked at me, their eyes narrowed as they raked them up and down my figure. I instantly recognized one the men who I knew to be Marcius from today's lunch. He had an eye patch and a jagged scar on his cheek.

One of the men named Albus snerked at me, his white blonde hair shone in the sun light.

“A woman? The only help you're good for is making children and my supper. Now run along before someone decides you're too pretty to be ignored.”

His soft voiced friend put a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eye while pointing to me.

“But Albus wait! She is Inculta’s new prize from the Brotherhood of steel! They know everything there is to know on technology. She could be useful…”

Albums looked at me suspiciously his Excalibur grey eyes narrowing but nodded half heartedly.

“I suppose so but we need to make this quick.” The two men started walking away and I had to run to catch up.

Marcius glanced at me, a gentle smile in his face.

“Do you were a Sentinel in The Brotherhood of Steel?”

I nodded,

“Still am on my accounts. Just going AWOL in a way I guess”

“You're very brace and very loyal to your group and family and also very lucky that Inculta got you.”

I chuckled weakly

“Lucky how?”

“Inculta is very...open minded. Much more so than most men in the Legion and also much more tolerant. That little speech you gave about being proud to be in the Brotherhood of steel and how the Brotherhood is the only salvation for the wasteland would have gotten you a damn good beating from some of the men, not me but others like Frumentarius Lanius. He was furious and told Inculta that he needs to teach you your place and how to be respectful.”

I frowned but nodded,

“I know I walk a fine line but no one ever made a difference in the world playing it safe.”

Albus glared at me and led me to a building at the bottom of the hill, it appeared to be an old prewar weather station from the equipment inside.

It only took me an hour to fix the radio and to get back to the tent. I checked my pop-boy for the time, it was only 4 pm.

I sighed and stepped through the flaps of the tent. As I turned around to zip the inside doors I heard someone Clear their throat.

I froze up, and slowly turned around. Perched on the desk was Inculta, his face in an impatient and rather sour expression with his arms folded.

I folded my hands behind my back and gave him a shit eating grin. He eased himself off the desk and stalked towards me like a parent getting ready to scold their coming in curfew teenager.

He leaned over me, his hot breath rustling my hair. I hung my head down in shame. I felt like a squire getting scolded for sneaking off base.

“Where were you?” He said, his voice eerily monotone.
“Well you see, it's a funny story because-”
“I said where were you Lepus?”
“Weather station.”
“And why were you there instead of here where I told you to stay?”
“I was helping Albus and Marcius fix the radio.”
He raised a perfectly arched eyebrow up in surprise.

“Oh really and did they come to you asking for your help?”

I shook my head,

“No, I over heard Albus yelling about the radio not work and that the only person that really knew how to fix it was well dead.”

“So you just went up and offered him your help?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“Because I could and it's not like me helping out is going to hurt anyone. The radio need to be fixed urgently anyway and-”

“Do not do that again.” He flicked me in the nose and walked away.

I wiggled my nose and glared at him,

“I was just trying to help!”

Inculta was sitting at his desk, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

“I understand that but please just don't put your nose where it doesn't belong.”

I huffed and threw my arms up, exasperated.

“What's the big deal? Really?”

Inculta sighed shook his head,

“It's matters you wouldn't understand.”

“Wouldn't understand? Fuck you! I'm a god damn Sentinel! I am one step below being an elder! I understand a lot more than you think!” Inculta narrowed his eyes at me.

“I'll let that one slide, but do not speak to me like that again.”

“Well don't treat me like a child and I won't!” I sharply nodded and folded my arms across my chest.

“Don't act like one and I wouldn't treat you like one.”

I stared at him with my eyes wide open.
Did he really just say that?

“Excuse but how have I been acting like a child?”

He made a pfffft noise and chuckled.

“Easy you can't obey a simple order of stay out, and you're thoughtlessly proud of your former faction.”

“I-I-I...UGH! That does not make me a child! And I am still part of the Brotherhood!”

Inculta rolled his eyes and gave his head a small sad shake.

“Mmmm not for long my dear.” He said with a sinisterly cold smile creeping up on his diabolically handsome face.

My gut twisted in a knot, something wasn't right.

“W-what do you mean ‘not for long’?”

“You see if you were to marry a Legionary like myself, you'd lose your position in the Brotherhood.”

My brain went numb, leaving me scrambling.

“I-I-I don't understand.” I stammered confused and brain fogged, Inculta chuckled and stood up.

He stalked towards me like lion towards a gazelle that was frozen in place.

When he finally reached me after what seemed like an eternity, He sighed and tilted my face upwards towards his, his crisp blue eyes were darkening second by second

“You're going to be my wife…”