" Can I Ask You Questions? " There Are Many Things The World Is Lacking Now, But Music Still Remains.

" can i ask you questions? " there are many things the world is lacking now, but music still remains. a great ᴄʀᴇꜱᴄᴇɴᴅᴏ then followed by scattered arpeggios brought the audience to their knees in both grief and unanswered prayer. minor chords now play their ballads as robotic bartenders pass out tainted drink. nate has stumbled out of the bar and into the night. goodneighbor holds no answers and its music, while smooth, no comfort. a graveyard holds a few ferals he dispatches with an empty, and now broken, liquor bottle.

their snarls are only made of discordant notes. rian appears, and the noise in his head finds its rightful key. " just some questions about death. you know, light stuff. " @ischaron

ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴇᴡ ɴᴀᴛᴇ ꜱᴜʟʟɪᴠᴀɴ, ꜱᴏʟᴇ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴠᴀᴜʟᴛ 111.

height: 6'3", muscular, broad shoulders. eyes: bright blue hair: blond age: appears 42, is 250+

affiliation: 2nd battalion, 108th infantry, us army sino-american war.

positive: patient, honest, reliable, kind. negative: defensive, self-destructive post-war, prone to heightened violent reaction around anything regarding deceased wife and missing son.

noticeable scarring: two gunshot wounds from the sino-am war (led to honorable discharge) both in torso after he was forced to abandon his power armor.

good to know: nate was hailed as a war hero. awarded the defense meritorious service medal (DMSM) for non-combat meritorious achievement. two years later, he's awarded the purple heart for being severely wounded in battle against the chinese forces and honorably discharged.

there are pre-war records that can be found in-and around boston and the neighboring cities that mention nate and his speeches. a terminal implies he's held in very high-regard, despite his anti-war stance. it is possible for nate to be recognized, but only if your muse is a history buff or searches bunkers.

× due to the time spent in cryogenic freeze, nate’s eye color was permanently altered to a light blue-ish grey. his sight is fine, only the color changed.

× he does not feel comfortable telling people he is from the time before the bombs or that he fought in the great war.

× nate is, canonically, a decorated war veteran. he has given speeches at vet halls and was due to give one the day the bombs dropped. his speech was… depressing. he’s disillusioned with war & finds it a wasteful use of life.

× nate, without nora, is cut in half. he still thinks of her, throws himself into this new world that is just the same as the last, only dirtier. war never changes. PEOPLE haven't changed. he closes the lid of her cryo-tank and tears a path through the commonwealth.

× seeing how the world turned out, he sides with the institute and his son, shaun. however, after shaun dies, he discontinues use of lifelike synths. he allies with the minutemen & believes the railroad to be misguided and the brotherhood, dangerous.

“ now he read in solitude and thought in solitude and hardly felt himself to be alive. ”

things that are very important to nate and must be done:

tell shaun about nora. about the neighbor's annoying son. the news anchor. codsworth. nora. REBUILD sanctuary. if nate leaves no mark on the commonwealth, he has failed. the most important place is always home. it won't be like new, but he'll polish the metal squares of the siding. blue, just like she liked.

i don't believe he would ever remarry. and even if he did love again, he wants to be buried beside her when he dies.

TAKE SHAUN HOME. bury him beside his mother. where nate will be.

grabs him by the throat. 💜

an hour passes and nate is restless. every step is a heavy stomp, arms crossed angrily over his chest. the next turn stops him. a metal hand grips his throat and he drops to his knees on silent command. instantaneous, even if his head does not clear. it hurts - how many problems he's trying to silently confront - but at least the other knows how to clear it.

Alan Ritchson as Anders Lassen THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE (2024) Dir: Guy Ritchie