hot ghoul summer

When the courier first dragged him to the sunset sarsaparilla plant, Raul had laughed at the cowboy animatronic. 

It was tacky. In only the way a corporate mascot could be.  

Tacky, like donning a costume shop’s cheap, synthetic vaquero outfit.  

But it was something deeper in the plant that brought him back. Beyond the tourist fronts of the lobby, within the belly of the office spaces, slept an unused charro suit, cocooned behind dust-laden glass. 

It wasn’t extravagant, but the embellishments lent it something more than a working lifestyle. Practical, but showy. Something a professional rider might wear for rodeo.  

And it was something that found him again, after all these years.  

But back then, he hadn’t hesitated. Back then, the suit wasn’t about him. Every decision was for her. Anything to see her smile again, to keep her thinking about better times. 

Now, however, there was no one else. Just him, just his wants. A need to fulfill some desire he knew was juvenile. Absurd. Tacky… 

…Purposeful. 

Fallout 76 IS a good game!

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