Novac was next on Omar’s blood-soaked way
And he pranced into town in no mood to play
“Dear people of Novac, come close, come near”
“If you answer my questions, there is nothing to fear”
“I look for a man in a checkered suit”
“He did me a wrong, shot me for loot.”
Manny Vargas stepped forth, Novac’s stout defender
But if he messed with Omar, he’d be a mouse in a blender
“You help us, we help you, this way we can deal”
“You take care of some ghouls, and we do a reveal.”
And the digger, he smiled, with teeth black as sin
No sight in the world is worse than that grin
“Dear Manny, I have a most curious feeling”
“That I, as well, can do some revealing”
“The ghouls are – methinks - just the first part of a quest”
“which leads to nightkin, and more ghouls for Novac’s guest”
“And more nightkin, more ghouls, in REPCONN’s old site”
“Still more nightkin, some ghouls and their noble fight”
“To get their asses in rockets and travel in space”
“Which they can’t until some parts are in place”
“Which would force me to travel up and down the whole land”
“Until those fucking parts are fucking finally at hand”
“To sum up, in short, it’s a big-ass quest, and a chore at that”
“And all this grinding just to get what is under your hat”
“Or I could just shoot you”
And Manny grew pale under Novac’s hot sun
Not quite sure how to end this exchange in good fun
While Omar, that old demon, the furious old digger
Just kept smiling and playing with a well-thumbed trigger
And Manny swallowed his pride with a shiver
Because nothing is worse than being Omar’s quest-giver
And he points to his room in Novac’s motel
“Just go in there and look around for a spell”
“Then there’s no need for you to linger around”
“The next hero along will save Novac town”
“Much obliged” said Omar, when he returned from the room
And thus Manny Vargas evaded his doom
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