#that doesnt come until theyve been traveling with arcade for a long while

[plasma-packin-mama]

(Asking with my main blog, but this is supposed to come from my fallout sideblog @eattheglowingmoss. Tumblr let sideblogs send asks.)

BUT as someone who also has a funky GNC courier who also causes Arcade problems (Ame Ortiz - 10 Luck, 3 intelligence my beloved). I have to know how Delilah met Arcade. Did they meet him the regular way in the Old Mormon fort? Did they know each other when they worked for the Followers before getting shot? Do you imagine they met some other way?

Love their design!

ok 1st of all. please know that i lost my whole entire mind when i read this ask thank you SOOOOO much for asking about delilah!!!! it means so much to me :') i really really appreciate the chance to talk about them. i did some art to make my answer a bit less "wall of text" bc i have a LOT of thoughts about Arcade and Del. Delilah actually first heard about Arcade from a friend at the Boneyard Library before they transferred to the vegas branch, since it seemed like they had a lot in common!

[they changed their name a LOT in their old life. Nobody is sure why. they were going by Sunny when they left boneyard.]

Julie very enthusiastically told arcade this same info when she heard from HQ that their new transfer was a tech enthusiast.

Unfortunately though... Sunny never made it to the mormon fort. Julie and everyone else waited, but after a few months they were forced to assume that she'd died on her way there. So nobody batted an eye when Delilah strolled in, very enthusiastic to learn about what the Followers were all about!!

They dont specifically remember that they were a follower, but they got a real good feeling when they stepped foot in the mormon fort. (they chose not to examine the source of this feeling. theyre just that kind of person.) they periodically popped in and out of the fort for a few weeks, dumping a pile of medical supplies at Julies feet each time and then poking around for awhile, chatting with all the doctors.

They had an especially good feeling about Arcade. They werent sure why, but when they talked to him, something just felt right for the first time in a long time. They KNEW they had to befriend this guy so they immediately put on their best Cool Guy persona to impress him.

this did not work.

they were not deterred though!!! if delilah is anything, theyre stubborn. so they came back later and tried again.

it wasn't easy for them to convince him though. backpedaling and explaining that they only said that stuff because they thought itd impress him required a level of vulnerability they're unaccustomed and unwilling to provide. so it took awhile of popping in and saying hi and being genuinely interested in what he was doing.

id like to tell about the time they finally do recruit arcade in its own comic, so ill leave this off here for now :)

again thank you so so much for asking about delilah!!!!!! this ask made my whole week and really encouraged me to draw this scene id been wanting to draw for a long time. (also, Ame seems so cute!!! ill have to doodle him sometime soon hehe)

#this ask made my whole week #or two weeks #i dont know how long this took me #fallout oc #fallout new vegas #fonv #fnv #arcade gannon #art #arcade #delilah #ask #eattheglowingmoss #digital #comic #also to clarify #delilah uses they/them pronouns exclusively #but they hadnt actually transitioned yet during these comics #that doesnt come until theyve been traveling with arcade for a long while #ALSO that followers npc from the first drawing is 100% just maru from stardew valley. i didnt do it on purpose but #i am not one to deny reality #peepie art