Melody

Melody is a child slave at The Fort in 2281.
==Background==
Melody mostly helps with taking care of the brahmin of the Fort and can usually be found at the brahmin pen. When not helping with the brahmin, she brings food and water to the legionaries.The Courier: "What do you do here?"Melody: "Um... I help take care of the Brahmin. I sometimes bring water and food to people. Um... that's it."(Melody's dialogue) Her onlyThe Courier: "Not so fast. What will you give me for him?"Melody: "But... I don't have anything. I thought you were my friend!"(Melody's dialogue) comfort from her duties as a slave is her stuffed bear, Sergeant Teddy, but has to keep it hidden or else it'll get confiscated,The Courier: "They let you have toys here?"Melody: "I kept him secret, but I think somebody told on me."(Melody's dialogue) which is exactly what happened when Antony found out about her toy.The Courier: "Why did Antony take him away?"Melody: "Antony said he was punishing me for trying to hide it from the Legion."(Melody's dialogue) He gave the toy to his dogs, whom chewed it up.The Courier: "I'm here for Melody's bear."Antony: "The stupid girl should know by now that even the rags on her back are a privilege. Anyway, my mongrels like their new toy. Tell you what - you square off with four of my best dogs. No armor and no weapons except a machete. You survive and I let you have the bear. You ready to fight my mongrels, then?"(Antony's dialogue)The Courier: "I got Sergeant Teddy - he's a little chewed up."Melody: "That's okay, I'll fix him! Can I have him now?"(Melody's dialogue)
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
===Quests===
* Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy: The player can ask if she needs any help with anything, to which she will respond that Antony took Sergeant Teddy away.
===Other interactions===
* When first talking to her, she's very hesitant to talk to the player, but after a speech check (50),The Courier: ""Melody: "[SUCCEEDED] I guess that's okay. Um, if you're a friend, can you help me?"(Melody's dialogue) she'll be more open to the player character. A low Intelligence option is also available to get her to talk (3 or less Intelligence).The Courier: ""Melody: " Um... can you help me?"(Melody's dialogue)
==Inventory==
==Appearances==
Melody appears only .
==Bugs==
* Melody may not appear at all after reaching a certain point in the storyline. This may be if you've fought in the Arena, in which case she can be at the other side of the drawbridge gate. Even by not fighting in the arena yet killing every Legion including Caesar, Melody from this point will not open dialogue with the player, meaning you get stuck with her teddy bear quest item in your inventory. 
** A possible fix for this bug may be to use the console commands , , , and , in that order. This will revive Melody and place her where you are, allowing you to talk to her.
* After starting the Saving (or Savaging) Sergeant Teddy unmarked quest, the 'goodbye' option for Melody may not appear, and your only dialogue choice is to ask her what she does at The Fort. This can be fixed by reloading an earlier save. For PC players, entering "cam" into the console will close the dialogue, but keep in mind that this WILL disable Steam achievements until you restart the game.
==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas human characters
Category:Fallout: New Vegas slave characters
Category:The Fort characters
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