Episode 1

Fallout: Nuka Break
Season 1 - Episode 1
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Episode 1
Date Posted	August 29, 2011
Previous Episode	Pilot
Next Episode	Episode 2
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Twig, Ben, and Scarlett look to make some money.

Cast Appearing

• Twig (Zack Finfrock)
• Ben (Aaron Giles)
• Scarlett (Tybee Diskin)
• Chet (Jason Grasl)
• Raider Withoutachance (Andrew Owens)
• Raider John (Robert Hardin)
• Raider Jimmy (Chad Villella)
• Raider James (Jason Molomoney)

Setting

• Goodsprings
• Mojave Wasteland

Running time

Nine minutes, three seconds

Script

The wasteland... A desolate place darkened by the shadows of a dead civilization. There are no heroes, only survivors. This is the story of one man's quest to find happiness. The perfect Nuka-Break...
Fallout: Nuka Break
In front of a General Merchandise store in Goodsprings, a radroach scuttles by... The store owner drags Twig out the doorway.
Twig sits up, shaking himself upright. He turns to look at Chet.
Twig	I told you! Tha-that's what he gave me!
Chet	And I told you I ain't paying for the wrong delivery!
Twig	Aww come on, Chet! You know this isn't my fault.
Chet	(sighs) You always say that.
Twig	Well, yeah, that's because it's always true.
Chet	You ever think maybe... you're just a terrible courier?
Twig	No. Wh-ar-y-how ya mean--
The sound of a laser rifle fires up, and Chet holds his hands up as Scarlett points her rifle behind his neck. Chet sighs again.
Scarlett	You know as well as I do that all he did was carry the boxes and didn't choose what was in it.
Twig	Scar, don't--
Scarlett	You! Shh... (to Chet) I'd pay the kid if I were you.
Chet reluctantly takes his wallet out of his pocket and tosses it to Twig. Twig shakes the wallet and hears a handful of caps inside.
Chet	There. Ya happy?
Scarlett	Very.
Chet	Now get outta here. And you can forget about any more business with me, or this town!
Ben leaves the store with three Sunset Sarsaparillas and bumps into Chet.
Ben	'Scuse me.
Chet	Scuse-- AUGH!
Chet is frightened by the ghoul and runs back into the store, shutting the door.
Ben	Don't worry, y'all are excused. (to Scarlett) Prick.
Scarlett gives Twig a hand as he brushes dirt off himself.
Twig	(sighs) Really?
Scarlett	What? He wasn't gonna pay us but I'm starving!
Twig	Yeah! I'm starving, too!
Ben	You're full'a meat, fatty.
Twig stares at Ben.
Twig	Anyway... I thought we talked about this! I mean, you and I. We--we said that we talked about you not aiming guns at people, or, or, or shooting them, or punching them, or yelling at them, and--
Scarlett identically mimicks Twig's speech as if they've had this conversation before.
Scarlett	Yeah, I got it. We got paid, didn't we?
Twig	Yeah, actually, yeah... let's see...
They get about five caps for their efforts. Ben sighs and shakes his head.
Ben	Barely.
The team hang their heads in disappointment.
Ben	Well, wasn't a total loss. (showing the bottles) Look what I got. Cooler than a bloodbath.
Twig	(looking at the bottle) You stole these?
Ben	If it was crime.
Twig	How so?
Ben	Nobody died.
Twig	(disbelief) That's not--
Scarlett	(interrupting) No, he's right.
Twig shuts his mouth, and returns the bottle back to Ben.
Twig	That's not my brand, anyway.
Ben	Well, suit yourself fat boy. More for me.
Scarlett	(sighs) So now what?
Ben	Set up our courier scam in another town.
Scarlett	What?
Ben	What?
Scarlett	Scam?
Ben shrugs like it's the usual thing.
Twig	Yeah! It was like every single package we delivered from the beginning was robbed!
Scarlett glances from Twig back to Ben.
Ben	Yeah, that was weird. I thought like one of us was switching out the other when we were supposed to deliver with useless crap which definitely the whole point was.
Scarlett hangs her head in dismay. She walks past Ben, glaring at him. He quickly steps to the side.
Ben	Don't touch my back.
Scarlett	Goddammit, Ben.
Ben	What!? I got the score and we got paid. What's the problem?
Scarlett quickly walks toward Ben, pointing the rifle at him. Ben holds his hands up.
Ben	'Weevs give some levels...
Scarlett	The problem is that now nobody can trust us. We're labelled as thieves, and now no one's gonna hire us! You screwed us!
Ben	(puts the muzzle down) Th-That-bu-just... you know what that's gonna do to me, just... ok Just, no, it's not that big of a deal, ok? The town south-west of here, this buddy of mine, will have some work for us.
Scarlett looks away. Unsure whether to trust Ben. She puts the gun on him again.
Scarlett	Something legit?
Ben	It's all legit!
Scarlett raises an eyebrow.
Ben	Kinda.
Scarlett	(hesitantly) Fine.
Ben	(far away) Geez, why'd you get so...
Meanwhile, Twig was figuring out the scam himself, and had only come to an conclusion now.
Twig	Oh! Oh you were stealing! Oh, man...
He follows them as they leave Goodsprings... As they trekked the Wasteland...
Scarlett	(to Ben) Man, how old are you?
Ben	Old enough.
Scarlett	Then how old were you when the War started?
Ben	Mid-twenties, I guess? I don't remember.
Scarlett	So, how much do you actually remember?
Ben	Nothing... for the rough?
Scarlett	Yeah.
Ben	Lots of things.
Scarlett	Like?
Ben stops, thinking over a cigarette...
Ben	By mannan.
Scarlett	What was that?
Ben	I dunno. I think like a ham or something.
Scarlett	What, like from an old religion?
Ben	Must be. You know those things you stick in your head?
Scarlett	Huh.
Ben	Hmm.
Twig walks ahead only to trigger a frag mine. He stops.
Twig	Aww, crap!
The mine explodes, and Twig gets blown back. The trio get shot at by three raiders. Ben immediately kills one of them with his shotgun. One of the two raiders runs past while shooting wildly, as Scarlett and Ben trade fire.
Ben	Let's get outta here!
Scarlett manages to help Twig up and they retreat, hiding behind a rock.
Twig	(coughing from dust) What was that?
Ben	Raiders. Didn't think they'd be out this far.
Scarlett	They're not raiders. They're too organized.
Twig	They're way too well-equipped.
Scarlett	So what are we thinking? (a bullet ricochets past her) Ugh! Radroaches in a barrel?
Ben	If I'm in charge.
Scarlett	Dead man's feint?
Ben	(pointing at Twig) I'd love him to be the human target.
Twig	Oh, come on, man! Those ideas are just people shooting at me!
Ben	Hey, statistically, two-thirds of us survive. I like those odds.
Twig shakes his head sighs in distress.
Scarlett	Ok, what about the lucky charmer?
Twig	Aww, no! I hate that one too!
Ben	Well, it's either that, or...(hands him a stimpak and a frag grenade) Chucky the suicide bomber!
Twig	Aww... stimpak. I... For the record, I hate you.
Ben	Go right ahead, I don't give a shit.
Twig administers the stimpak. Another bullet ricochets near Scarlett. Twig grabs the grenade and stands up, raising his arms.
Twig	Okay, STOP SHOOTING! Stop shooting. Hey, heeyyy... (to the raiders) Hey, guys! Hey, hey, hey. You guys, I just wanna talk! You guys know how to do that, right?
John	Shut up! I don't wanna hear from you, fat man!
The raider whistles at Scarlett. She shakes her head. The raider grins slyly and nods.
Twig	(pointing to self) No, hey, hey. Up here. You guys obviously know what you're doin'. So, y'know. Let's, let's talk it out. Y'know, you guys get what you want, and I get to go right that direction with my own life!
John	Yeah? Well, what if I wouldn't want us to kill ya?
He looks at the other raider, who nods. The other raider nods as well.
Twig	H-hold on. You, you just said you wanted to hear from me.
John	Yeah, we lied. We're raiders.
He fist pumps the first raider.
Twig	(scoffs) Or not.
James	(stuttering) Are... are too.
He nods at the middle raider, who nods back.
Twig	No. You guys are way too well-dressed to be raiders.
Jimmy	Aww, he noticed!
John	We set up an ambush, we fired at you behind, which makes us raiders.
James	Big time!
Jimmy	I think I'd rather be a bounty hunter than we're in now!
John	Jim, we'll talk about this later, ok?
Jimmy	There's good money in bounties!
James	Y'know... we're kinda doing bounty hunting right now.
John	James! We will talk about this later, ok?
Jimmy	Why are you always saying that? Why can't we talk about it now?
Twig laughs in amusement at the ongoing quarrel between the raiders.
John	Well, I'm tellin' ya, it's not a good time!
Jim starts crying.
James	Look what you did, you got him all upset!
John	You got him upset even when he cries! He always cries!
Ben nods at Scarlett. They take their chances and move out of their hiding spot to their position.
John	We're gonna talk about it later, ok, Jimmy?!
Jimmy	-I think we should talk about it now!
The quarrel becomes incoherent.
Twig	Ladies! Hey, ladies... ladies? What you guys really need to worry about right now, are the two guns pointing right at your heads.
Ben cocks his shotgun. Scarlett aims her rifle nearby.
Jimmy	Aww, man...
Ben shoots James at the neck, and Scarlett disintegrates Jim into a fine dust. Twig takes out That Gun and enters VATS. He shoots the last raider's weapon off, his left arm, and his head, in that order. The battle is over.
Scarlett	By mannan, nice shootin'!
Twig unloads his gun.
END