Chapter 119 - 119

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The two arrived at Midway about two hours later. Adam was happy to have gotten back to town and put that hell behind him. After, yet again, hearing the same spiel as ever from the gate guards he headed inside. "Ah, do you mind helping me lug this stuff around until it is all sold? I normally do it alone since my partner Salvatore wasn't allowed in Midway proper, but figured since you don't have that restriction if you were helped out it would be a lot easier. "Of course." Deccanus said back quickly. "I had every intention of seeing this through to the end with you. Think nothing of it." Deccanus said, almost confused why Adam was even bringing it up. Adam chuckled. "Thanks." he smiled and then headed into ghoul town first. Deccanus frowned. "I thought you would be heading into Midway?" He asked as Adam passed through the gate, Deccanus following close behind. "Oh I will. But I try to sell a bit here everytime first because they don't get as many fresh goods, besides earning a bit of goodwill is never a bad thing, no?" Adam smiled at him. "No but…" Deccanus began and then petered off. "Nevermind. You are right, of course." He said, seeming to cease his own thoughts on the matter. Adam had a guess what it was about but he kept his mouth shut too. Not worth a conversation over. He was helping him out even inside ghoul town, that was enough. "Hey Hobson." Adam said as he sauntered up to him carrying all his stuff over to his counter and putting it down. Deccanus followed suit shortly after. "Ah! If it isn't my favorite smoothskin." He grinned. "Good to see you again, Adam." He then looked at Deccanus. "You ditch the old bastard and pick yourself up another smoothskin?" He teased. "What? Oh no, Salvatore is doing something on his own, guess he got another job for a bit, so Deccanus here is my new partner." Hobson laughed a bit. "Well it don't matter to me much, just so long as you bring me the goods." "Don't worry, I have some things I'm sure you will be interested in." Hobson then began to look through the bags to sort through all the items while Deccanus seemed to look around the space as if inspecting it. He clearly had thoughts of his own but he was not voicing them, and Adam figured this was not a great space for voicing the thoughts he was probably having. "Well as per usual I can't buy everything from you." Hobson said after some time to look through the things Adam brought back. Adam chuckled. "Yeah I figured, that's okay, I have other people I need to sell to as well." Hobson grinned and then continued. "But thanks to your goods I have been able to move a lot more than usual, my liquid capital is higher than normal so I would be happy to take more off your back if you are willing." "I'm more than happy to offer whatever ghoul town needs." "You are a saint." Hobson grinned. "Unfortunately saints don't get discounts." Adam snapped his finger in a dramatic 'oh darn' sort of way though he was clearly just being playful. Hobson then sorted out some items and took what he wanted, a few guns, some of the lab stuff, some canned goods, and some odds and ends. "All in all, how about 432 caps for this?" He asked. Adam examined the items and then made a face. "How about 450?" Adam said, raising the price a bit. "Ah, now you are trying to haggle me huh?" He chuckled. "How far you've grown. So much for a saint." Adam smiled. "I'm also a man who needs to eat." "That you do. That you do." Hobson stuck out his hand. "450 it is then." Adam took it and shook it letting him take the things off the counter while Adam reloaded his bags full to move on. "Make sure you come back the next time you get a good haul of things! I'm always looking forward to your visits!" Hobson called as Adam and Deccanus began to walk off. "Don't worry! I'm not going to forget about you." He said as he left the terminal to head into Midway proper now. Deccanus was notably quiet as they left ghoul town and headed for the main entrance to the city proper. "I guess the Legion didn't like ghouls?" Adam asked once they were far enough away. But Deccanus did not answer, an answer in and of itself. Once inside he led the two of them right to Jay, who was happy to see him. "Adam!" He smiled widely as Adam entered his shop. "I'm glad to see you doing better!" He said with a loud jovial laugh. Adan chuckled. "Sorry, I was… going through some things last time you saw me, but I have myself sorted out now, I think." Jay walked over and slapped Adam's arm hard in good spirit as a comforting gesture. "I understand. And I know we aren't as close as friends but you don't need to be afraid to speak up if you got troubles." He smiled. "But whatever it was, I'm glad it's behind you." He then turned to Deccanus. "And who might this be?" He asked, curious. "This is my new partner, Deccanus." Adam said as he stepped aside a bit to let Deccanus stand unobstructed. "Pleasure, sir." Deccanus said seriously. Jay laughed. "Well any friend and partner of Adam is a friend of mine!" He smiled widely. "Welcome to my little slice of heaven, the most armed heaven is ever gonna be." He then turned to Adam again. "It's good to see you working with others, I was always worried you wouldn't come back since you were working alone." "But I wasn't working alone?" Adam said, confused. Then he realized what was going on. "Ah, My other partner, Salvatore, isn't in the area so I would have been going solo but then Deccanus offered to join me so I wasn't about to tell him no." "How come you never brought this Salvatore along then?" "Ah… well he's not allowed in the city." "Who did he piss off to get banned?" He laughed. "He wasn't banned, he's just a ghoul." "Oh…" Jay said, his laughter stopping as an awkward silence crept in before he cleared his throat and then walked over to his counter. "Well, what do you have for me today, Adam?" He smiled again, getting rid of the awkwardness from before.

Chapter 119 - 119

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