Old World Ways

Old World Ways
''[ Comes across a settlement ] [ Talks to Blacksmith ] [ Blacksmith asks you to retrieve pre-war books from ruined library ][ After clearing out ferals, you take the books back ] [ Blacksmith tells you to come back in a few days, that he might have more work for you ] [ Blacksmith tells you he needs gold and a diamond, that there is a bank with a gold brick in the wall behind the counter, and that there are gems in a super mutant camp ] [ Clears raiders from the bank, clears mutants from Bird Valley. Brings 'back' a gold bar and a pouch of gems] [ Blacksmith says it will take a while to cool, pays you, and the quest is over ] [ After waiting until the next morning, the Blacksmith approaches a Ghoul ]''

Blacksmith: Michael, can I talk to you for a minute. It's important.

Michael: Is something wrong? Did something happen?

Blacksmith: No, it's nothing like that... It's just... I've been thinking about you and me -

Michael: Alex, if you don't want this anymore you don't have to be so dramatic about it. I'm a big boy, you can just say it.

Blacksmith: What? No! That's not what I meant. Shit, this was so much easier in my head.

Micheal: What are you talking about?

Blacksmith: [Deep breath as he gets on one knee] Michael... Will you marry me? [Holds out diamond ring]

[ Michael is flabergasted ]

Blacksmith: I keep thinking about the first time we met - I could have never predicted how you would change my life. I was alone - I wanted to be alone. The world was a horrible place that I hid from, closing myself off to everyone and everything, but you opened my eyes to a world of possibilities. You showed me that life is worth living regardless of how things change - that no matter what, you can find your happiness if you only look for it. Well, I found mine and I don't want to let it go. So will you marry me?

Michael: Alex... I'm a Ghoul, I could live for -

Blacksmith: A hundred more years? Maybe. Maybe you live for the next thousand, maybe you live five more days. That doesn't matter. I know that I can't promise you forever no matter how badly I wish I could. I can't promise an eternity, but I promise that I'll love you until my heart stills in my chest. So please, Michael... Will you marry me?

Michael: Yes!