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All things considered, Teddy is easy to please. If you're non-hostile, she'll hear you out if she thinks it beneficial. Teddy enjoys "The Game" of Mojave politics and is always eager to learn a new perspective. When traveling with companions, Teddy is easy-going and is always up for fetch-quests and errands; no task is too small! She is seldom ever seen without Yes Man or Benny by her side, dragging them along on all of her Mojave adventures!

Pre-Game

While Teddy doesn't personally remember the details of her past, she was originally from California, she lived in a coastal town and led a life that was dominated by her family's work. With altercation after altercation taking place, she decided to leave and start her life anew somewhere far away from where she'd grown up. She was in a bar when on the radio, she heard a job call for a package courier job in the Mojave, with delivery leading her to fabulous New Vegas. Slamming a wad of NCR dollars on the counter, she hurried home, grabbed her scant belongings and began her journey to a job that would change her life, for better or worse.

Events of Fallout: New Vegas

Nothing prepared her for how bright Goodsprings was in the mornings. Blue skies and the ambient sounds of a small town made her feel at home, but she couldn't help but be fascinated with the strange events that unfolded around her. She was shot by some dandy in an obnoxious suit, buried by Great Khans, and saved by a Securitron and an old vault-dweller? What a wild west, indeed! The mystery man that shot her seemed to be on a mission, and if he was killing people over it, Teddy knew it had to be high-stakes. And she wanted in! But where in the world was she going to find people as crazy as her that wanted to tag along?

As it turned out, friends in the Mojave are in no short supply. Despite the world being a wasteland, a little kindness took Teddy a long way. She befriended mutants, nightkin, protectrons, ghouls and humans across all factions, and some of them even laid down their lives to protect her (and she them). Part of her was glad she didn't have her past memories; she had so much love and light in her life now, the platnium chip and the lights of New Vegas still seemed so far away to her.

Finding Benny at the Tops didn't feel real. It felt like everything she'd done over the past... however long was supposed to be coming to an end. This was supposed to be the climactic crescendo confrontation she'd been dreaming of, and it felt almost dream-like. The man who shot her was in fact, just a man, and not some mythic god of death that singled her out for some kind of higher purpose other than the package she was carrying. Staring at his checkered back as she slowly approached him, she felt at peace. It was all going to be easy from here. She'd survived Black Mountain, Brotherhood Bunkers, done dealings with Red Lucy, beheaded Legion Centurions... all to get where she was right now.

"Hello! The one everyone saw go in the Lucky 38, that was you? Oh shit." Benny's guards tensed, but the Chairman remained calm. He was impressed. And she was outnumbered. She smiled and nodded her head, shrugging her shoulders. "I'm the one!" She cooed, as though it wasn't a big deal that she somehow crawled out of a grave and dragged herself all the way here... and looked pretty good doing it, too.

"So, you're Benny? My name is Teddy, and I've been looking everywhere for you." The courier put her hands on her hips and let out a huff, as though scolding him. Benny couldn't help but be a bit taken aback by how lax she was. Didn't she know what her being here meant? It meant she was a living wildcard in this game, instead of a dead joker. He was supposed to be the only wildcard in this play.

"When you shot me, you ran off so fast I never got your name. But I'm sure you'll make it up to me, right?" She asked, taking a step closer to him; this time, he tensed up, and he knew she saw it because of the way the corner of her mouth quirked up. His guards drew their weapons, but wouldn't attack unless Benny told them to. "You making a pass at me, sister? 'Cause I'm outta your league." He coudn't remember the last time he'd lied so badly. He liked her, wanted to take her up to his suite and make it up to her.

"Are you? Looks like we're running in the same league to me. Aren't you interested in hearing about how I can sweeten your pot?" She asked, her amused smirk growing as the eyebrow just below a gnarly scar on her head raised. The nerve of this one! Benny liked it. It wasn't every day people told him how they really felt. He could blow her brains out right here, to the tune of a slot machine hitting a jackpot. He'd catch her and lay her down, act like she fainted or something. It would be very clean... hell, it would have to be after his apparent slop-job the first time around.

Post-Game

As it turned out, there was plenty Teddy could do to better the Chairman's plans. After the events of Hoover Dam, Teddy and Benny began to date, and established a council of faction representatives after Mr. House's death in response to the future of New Vegas. Teddy did not want complete and total power over the city and elected to spread power out equally between Vegas' resident factions. Each faction has a representative that meets with the others at the Lucky 38 bi-weekly.

Council member factions include the Kings, the Followers of the Apocalypse, the Chairmen, the White Gloves, and the Omertas. NCR, Brotherhood and Legion have no influence over the strip, the latter being squashed at the battle of Hoover Dam, and the other two warned to keep their distance unless for peaceful trading or commerce.

Teddy represents herself under the Courier faction, aided by Yes Man and her companions. The goal of the council is to divide power equally amongst Freeside and New Vegas inhabitants with priorities such as trade, safety, defense, healthcare, and so on. She is typically wrapped up with this in her day-to-day, and any time that she's not striving to make Vegas bigger and better, she can be seen hanging out with Benny, Yes Man, or any of her other loved ones!

• Teddy cannot cook; her hunger is at the mercy of her companions! She claims Yes Man makes the best BLAMCO Mac and Cheese, but Yes Man insists that he simply follows the directions on the box. Benny has years of culinary recipes that were passed down to him from the Bootriders, so he’s surprisingly quite the chef!
• She dyes her hair gray-blue to match the colors of Securitrons, making her easy to distinguish in combat and among allies across the Mojave. While hairdye isn't commonplace in the wasteland, Teddy makes her own with anything from old crayons, food coloring, whatever she can find!
• Teddy loves scavenging for old-world holotapes, specifically musicals and radio shows! She has Yes Man play them for her when they travel together. If Benny is with them, he'll occasionally swing and twirl Teddy around to the tune of an old world song.
• Once the Hoover Dam conflict is over, she can usually be found hanging around the Tops, especially by the pool! She loves to swim, and Benny doesn't mind hanging around and grilling for her (and watching her long legs)!
• The courier has an affinity for anything brahmin-patterned! She loves wearing brahmin-skin clothing and loves to pet them on her travels. Despite her love for treating herself, Teddy is always thinking of her companions and friends; she frequently brings presents to her loved ones, no matter where she goes!
• After the Big MT, Teddy got her spine replaced; it dramatically helped her phyiscal prowess and ability to take damage, but she still suffers affects from her head wounds. Every now and then, she returns to the Sink to get herself checked up on.
• Nobody ever really uses her full name, and she couldn't remember her name before she'd been shot. "One of the things that never came back," as she put it. Teddy was a chosen name for herself, and Lucky just stuck becuase of all of the "Lucky you!"'s she got after explaining her story about being shot in the head and living. Folks mostly call her Teddy, Ted, or Courier Teddy; Benny's confidantes at the tops sometimes teasingly call her Teddy Tops, a joke referencing how Benny is super whipped for her and how (they assume) Mojave politics aren't the only thing Teddy dominates in!
• Her checkered ascot is a strip of fabric that she took from Benny's suit as a token of their friendship (which would eventually become romantic). She is most often seen wearing it around her neck like an ascot, but she also wears it in her hair, around her wrist, or any number of ways. It is one of her most cherished possessions.

Companion Wheel

I think we should travel together: “Alright, let’s saddle up!”
Use Melee: “Bark bark! Big stick! Hah!”
Use Ranged: “Time for me to mosey!”
Open Inventory: “What’s mine is yours! Except for my spinal cord. I went through a lot for this spinal cord.”
Stay Close: (Assuring) “I’ll be sure to hold your hand if I get scared.”
Keep Distance:(Sarcastic, playful) “I love to see you leave but I hate to watch you walk away… (Realizing mistake, to herself) wait. That can’t be right, can it?”
Stealth: (Whispering loudly) “Uh oh. Bull in China shop!”
Back Up: “Does my breath stink or something? Ha!”
Be Passive: “We’ll see how long this lasts!” / “Easy breezy, sure.”
Be Aggressive: “Time for them to pony up!” / “I hope nobody goes for my head.”
Use Stimpack: “Phew, thank you!”
Wait Here: (Chipper) “Sure thing. That’s why I brought holotapes!”
Follow Me: (Playful-dramatic) “Like a cazador on... well, is there anything they don't relentlessly follow?”
Send her to the Lucky 38: “Can I put Yes-Man on the big screen? I’m totally going to put Yes Man on the big screen.”
Send her Home [The Tops]: “To the pool!”
Injured: “Yow! That smarts! Or maybe, that stupids!”
Taking damage: (Laughs jovially) “You’re hurting my doctor more than me!” / “Arcade is going to be so mad!”
Death: (Panicked, desperate) “Are you kidding me?! It’s not time to cash out yet!!”

Personal Quest I: Hello Teddy!

Teddy can be found first via random encounter in the Mojave. Assuming the Courier does not immediately become hostile, she will give the player her first personal mission, “Hello, Teddy!”. She asks the Courier to help her find a box of “important findings” that one of her Mojave-roaming Securitrons stashed for her somewhere. If the Courier has Perception of 7+, or the Scrounger perk, they will be able to find it marked on their map, with dialogue options:

(Skill Check, general location marked on map):

• “Something like that might be in this area. Let’s take a look.”

(Perception Check):

• “I’m pretty sure I’ve seen something that before. I’ll take you to it.”

(Failed skill/perk check):

• “I’ll let you know if I come across it.”

(Disinterested, refuses mission):

• “I don’t have time for this right now.”

When the Courier and Teddy arrive at the general location, Teddy will confirm this is the general area via a radio transmission from her pip-boy. Ambient dialogue for Teddy in this area includes:

• “I can’t believe I lost such an important package…… again.”

• “Shouldn’t have tested out this new software from so far away…”

• “‘Yes was so confident this was gonna work!”

Upon finding the package, she will award the player with a generous amount of caps and quickly confiscate the box. The player can demand to see its contents for a small Karma loss, or simply offer to give it to her. If the player surrenders it to her without prying, Teddy opens the box and takes out an old-world musical holotape and gives it to the Courier.

“(Sincere) Here you go. For your troubles. (Playful) And some caps for hush money. I’m going to get these back home, but you can have that one; it’s a duplicate for me, but it swings, I promise! Don’t be a stranger now!”

The quest concludes with a roaming Securitron appearing at her side to escort her back to New Vegas, where she can be found at the Tops and available to recruit. If the Courier plays the holotape, it is an old-world recording of “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”.

Personal Quest II: He Knows I Love Him (Too Much)

For her second quest, one can find her missing from the poolside and in she and Benny’s shared suite. Upon speaking with her, she will confess that she can’t find the Chairman anywhere. A speech check of 75 or high strip affinity will allow Teddy to accept the Courier’s help right away. If speech check is failed, one will have to cycle through dialogue to console her before help can be offered, and the quest “He Knows I Love Him (Too Much)” will activate. The Courier may respond:

(Skill check/fame - Good Karma)

• “Don’t worry, I’m sure he’s around. Let’s get to looking for him.

(Skill check/fame - Bad Karma)

• “You’re seriously surprised he’s missing? He really did blow out your brains.”

Teddy expresses concern over Benny, but accepts the Courier’s insult with no karma loss to the player. She becomes much more vocal about her own personal politics, noting the failures of the NCR, House and Legion to the Courier and explaining that she believes Vegas should belong to its people, and as head of one of the Strip casinos, Benny is an important part of that. Some dialogue possibilities:

(Courier is aligned with the NCR) “The NCR would be good for Vegas. They have done a lot for California.”

• (Trying to be polite, slightly irritated) “Yeah, well this isn’t California. How many times have you had to clean up NCR’s mess? We’re just mailmen. And since when has doing things like before the bombs fell ever been a good move?

(Courier is aligned with the Legion) “Caesar would make Vegas his Rome. It would be untouchable to our enemies.”

• (Openly disgusted) “How about this: we find Benny, and then when we’re done with that, we can discuss it at the Tops penthouse. Hope you enjoy the view from upside-down, since I’ll be dangling you off of the balcony by your fucking ankles.”

(Courier is aligned with Mr. House) “Why shouldn’t New Vegas stay in House’s control? He’s the one that cleaned it up.”

• (Dry laugh, pause) “Oh, wait, you’re not joking. (Hums thoughtfully) Not that I don’t appreciate a billionaire who refuses to do anything outside of his own personal interests, but… (Quiet laughter) has he given you his space spiel yet? I shouldn’t have to elaborate any further, really.”

Teddy marks several locations on the Courier’s map to try and find Benny. After traveling to a few of them with little success, Teddy begins to get rather shaken. The Courier can comfort her, or make another quip about Benny’s loyalty, and reminds the Courier that they are not obligated to help her look for him. The following dialogue may ensue:

“Why are you sticking your neck out for a guy who shot you in the head? He went after every courier that he thought might have the chip.”

• (Worried, frustrated) “He’s not loyal, I get it. And I get why you might hate him, I don’t have any qualms with that. You can leave anytime you want, I’m not going to judge you.”

“You seem to care a lot about Benny.”

• (Wary, distracted - Courier did not speak to Benny before freeing him at the Fort) “Awfully curious, huh? Yeah, you’re right. I do… if he was just some bandit or fiend that shot me over some petty caps, I’dve blown his head off. But the things at play here… he’s right, there’s too much at stake. We should talk about that later, though.

• (Wary, distracted - Courier spoke to Benny before freeing him at the Fort) “We both know why he did what he did. Being angry isn’t my style, but this isn’t even about just one person. The Strip is my home now, hell, the whole Mojave. It’s home to a lot of people. And I care about what happens to it. House, Caesar, NCR… they’re bad news. I’m not going to tell you what to do, but I’m going to fight for my home, and my family. I’d like you to be a part of that.”

• (Shy, reluctant) “I… guess you could say that. I won’t give you RAD damage with my schmooz, but… he makes me laugh. (Vulnerable) I don’t think there’s anything more romantic than that. (Joking, trying to hide weight of confession) If there is, Benny doesn’t know it. But that’s okay, I love’im all the same. (Dry, genuine) Even after I run him over with Yes Man’s tire for making me fuss over him so much.”

“Benny’s… savvy. I’m sure he’ll come around.” (+Karma)

• (Relieved) “I hope so. Thank you for doing this for me. Means a lot that you’d personally see to something so silly.”

Eventually, the Courier and Teddy will find Benny at the Vikki and Vance Casino. Benny will notice Teddy and the Courier as soon as they walk in, and mutter a guilty “Oh shit.” The Courier can confront Benny by:

“What are you doing here? Teddy’s been looking for you.”

• (Sheepish) “Oh, Teddy-bear… and my second favorite mailman! Sheesh, you didn’t have to come lookin’ for little old me… I don’t know what it may look like, baby, but if you’re mad, it’s not how it looks. Speaking of looking, you look prettier than a diamond flush, by the way.”

“I’m getting really tired of having to hunt you down, Benny.”

• (Nervous laughter) “I know, I know. I look like a nightstalker caught in a gecko nest. Listen, I ain’t… well, I was a shuckster. A real big one. But I promise this ain’t even business. It’s… (Fluster? Embarrassment) something I was tryin’ to set up for you.

“So… you were trying to do something nice? For someone else?”

• “Yes Man said there’d be some swinging Vikki and Vance holotapes here, and I thought I’d pick ‘em up and surprise you with them. Turns out I ain’t quite as good with these ‘bots as you are, Teddy-bear. (Flirtatious) Should’a just made this a day trip… (Seductive, corny) with lots of pit-stops.”

Teddy expresses her relief and excitement to see that Benny is okay, and berates him for running off. Teddy successfully copies the holotapes with the help of Primm Slim and offers to do the same for the Courier for all of their help. The Courier can tease or berate Teddy for liking Benny, to which she’ll once again jest-fully agree, and remark about making sure he doesn’t run off again. Benny will personally thank the Courier for their help, and offer them a permanent 15% discount at the Tops (Food, drink, gambling).

Perks and Rewards

After finishing her first companion quest, Teddy will be recruitable as a companion. She will give the courier her perk, “Snuggle Up”. This perk gives the Courier additional head-shot resistance, and Teddy will absorb 3% of all damage the Courier takes if she is instructed to stay at close range to the player.

Upon successfully finishing her second companion quest, Teddy will have max affinity points with the Courier, and will gift them with strip fame and an on-call Securitron protection module for their pip-boy (similar to NCR radio). Teddy can be recruited (or dismissed) at the Tops any time and will gladly travel with the Courier at their request. Her perk, “Snuggle Up”, has now been increased to 7% damage-absorption.