The trip back to Midway was uneventful, thankfully. There were no encounters with any horsemen, no super mutants, no monsters, no deathclaws, nothing, just a nice peaceful walk. Aside from being poisoned by the radscorpion earlier, this was exactly what Adam had hoped for, something simpler, less exciting than normal. The haul might yield less than normal, but not every trip out into the wasteland had to be such a massive event. He was a Scaver, not some sort of comic book hero like Grognak the Barbarian. Not everything he did had to be action packed. Even if the fight with the bugs was not part of his plan.
After, as per usual, listening to the spiel from the gate guards, they got back inside the walls of Midway and headed right to Ghoul Town. If Deccanus was dissatisfied he made no show of it and instead followed without saying anything.
"Well well well." Hobson said as he saw Adam arrive in front of his shop again, plopping his bags and the flamethrower down on his counter. "I didn't expect to see you here again so soon." he grinned.
"I actually have to leave for at least a few days soon, figured I'd get one more run in before I have to leave."
"I ain't complaining." Hobson grinned. "As always you are a great supplier." He said as he began to examine the goods.
"Quite the variety of things you brought this time." He said, interested, as he pulled out a steel desk fan from the bag to examine it.
"I hit a warehouse nearby, so naturally the loot was quite varied." Adam smiled.
"Well I can buy most of this… except that." he gestured to the flamethrower. "I don't got clients for that, as interesting as it is." He shrugged.
"No worries, I have a buyer for it in mind."
"Good." Hobson said as he reached for his saddlebag to pull out some caps. "How about 750 caps for… three fourths of your lot?" He offered.
"Depends which fourth gets left behind." Adam grinned and Hobson waved him off playful and annoyed.
"Right right…" He said as he began to separate the things he wanted. "How about these?" He asked as he had chosen his items from the lot.
"Make it 800 and you got a deal, I got to split it with my partner here."
"You can split 750 just as easily, you know." Hobson frowned.
"Yeah, but this lot is worth 800." Adam grinned. Hobson scoffed and then took out the 800 worth of caps and handed them over to Adam.
"You should leave some room for me to make money." Hobson grumbled.
"Aw, I'm sure a merchant with your skills could make a tidy profit on all these goods." Adam smirked as he began to refill his bags with the items left over.
"Flattery will get you nowhere after you ripped me off." Hobson then sighed. "Take care on your trip, bring back some goodies to sell won'tcha?" He grinned a bit.
"I'll do my best, Hobson. I'll be seeing you." Adam said with a wave before handing Deccanus 400 of the caps and then making his way into Midway proper.
"I got you something fun today." Adam said as he dropped the flamethrower on the counter of Jay's store.
"Ooh!" Jay said, his interest peaked as he picked it up. "This ain't no flamer." He mused aloud.
"No, it's not. I think it's a commercial grade flamethrower, you know the kind they used to clear crops and the like?"
"Yeah, you might be right." Jay said as he looked it over. "This all you got for me today?" he asked, curious.
"Yeah, it wasn't a location full of weapons, this was all I grabbed." Adam shrugged.
"Well that's fine with me." He put the flamethrower down. "250?" He offered.
"Sounds more than fair."
"Wonderful." He then handed 250 caps to Adam which he immediately split between himself and Deccanus.
"I got somewhere to go for a while so I might not be in town for a bit as soon as you are done with the holster, just so you don't think I've died. If you don't mind, can you let Olivia know too?"
"Sure thing, pal." Jay grinned. "As soon as the holster is done I'll let you know, probably the day after tomorrow. And as always, stay safe out there."
"Will do, Jay." Adam then turned to Deccanus. "Last stop, Lune's."
"Smaller haul than normal, eh, Adam?" Lune grinned as she looked at the smattering of items he had pulled out of his bags for her.
"Sorry, it was a smaller sort of run today, as well as I already sold a good haul of it to another merchant." She just shrugged in response.
"Don't matter much to me, just bustin' your balls." She chuckled and then looked down at the items. "I can do 435 for the whole lot." Adam looked through the items for a moment and then nodded.
"That sounds more than fair." He agreed quickly.
"Wonderful" He said as she handed over the caps. Adam split it, giving Deccanus the greater half.
"I'm going to be leaving town for a bit so I won't be stopping by as often."
"Ah, well then stay safe then." She said casually as she began to put the loot away for 'organization' later, or whatever she considers organized in this very unorganized shop.
"Actually, I was wondering if you could do me a favor." Adam asked hopefully.
"Oh?" Lune returned, looking up from what she was doing to look at Adam again.
"I recently acquired a construction model protectron model. I was wondering if you knew anyone in the market to buy one? Or, barring that, if you would put your ear to the ground and if you find someone interested to let me know?"
"What makes you think I'm not interested?"
"Are you interested?" Adam asked, surprised.
"Not at all." She grinned. Adam rolled his eyes and smiled a bit.
"Well I'll let you know if something comes up, but I'm not doing it for free, I expect to be compensated for this." Adam thought for a moment and then shrugged.
"5%?"
"10." She countered. Adam sighed.
"Fine, 10%." She grinned.
"I am curious though, who did you steal the bot from?" She grinned, clearly just teasing him again, since she had even once specifically told Adam she didn't ask her suppliers where they got their goods. Obviously meaning she didn't care if she was buying stolen merchandise.
"I didn't steal it." He paused and then looked at the goods he had just sold her. "No more so than those things I just sold you anyway. The morality is in question but the owners are dead so…" He shrugged. "I reprogrammed the Protectron myself, it was just sitting in its pod rusting away so I took it.
"Fair enough. Well I'll let you know if something comes up. Don't get your hopes up though, it's a pretty niche model, not often someone needs a bot like that, now if it was a Mr. Handy…" She said as she stole a glance at her own Mr. Handy that was organizing the shop. "That would be a different story."
"Well I don't have any of those in stock." Adam laughed.
"Well stay safe out there Adam." She casually waved Adam off as she returned to handling her stock.
"You too Lune."