So the Concord city streets are bright again and Jake has hustled us home for the time being. Poe has decided to see what’s out there beyond the three settlements that she’s been maintaining— Sanctuary, Red Rocket, and the Abernathy Farm.

Heading up to the far corner, we find this ol’ dude. Eli. Was a bit wary at first, seeing as he has a turret and I really don’t want to be shot up, but turned out he was looking for bibles. And the one in particular he wants is in the Glowing Sea. That sounds like a bad time right now, so we’re putting him on hold.

But he does have a bunch of nice little knick-knacks to look at.

Ranging further… the edge of the map arrived a lot more quickly than I thought it would. There’s this little dopey fence out there that I suppose is meant to mark the map boundary but it’s so pathetic… of course I passed it. Nothin’ doin.

And then I find this. The thing about having so many mods is that I don’t know what is mod or vanilla anymore, not really. It’s been a hot minute since I played, after all, and usually I just shot straight for Diamond City so I could grab Nick. Not this time, of course; Poe is charting out the territory and clearing things out as she comes to them. Meticulously fanning over the map.

On the front step is a grave for Francis McBride. If this is a reference, I am unaware. RIP

I don’t know who this dude is either, but it felt wrong to just pick him up. It woulda felt worse to take him away from home. He’s living really nice here, he’s got his life together. Dude can stay right where he is.

So back on to Abernathy Farm, because this??? Right next to the bed??? Bro. No. Y’all ain’t barely living out here.

Had to put a door on the bathroom as well. Yes, I removed the mattress on the floor. We aren’t floor people. We’re going to sleep on an elevated surface away from the elements, and what’s more, we’re gonna shit in private.

I even put a fucking fireplace in.

And then back to ranging. Something flew over Poe while we were walking through Concord to start on the way to Tenpines Bluff, and trying to find where it landed ended up with Poe getting sidetracked briefly by these jokers…

Von Trapp was ignored, but Ron was sent to Abernathy to help out. There are some other folks about, but I’ll throw them wherever someday.

So Poe is still circling around and around in the top left hand area of the map. We did find Tenpines Bluff, but that was after I was rudely reminded that I installed expanded ghouls and saw some mortifying creatures loping around like gorillas with broken limbs. It was most unpleasant.