Chapter 137 - 137

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The man standing at the bar who had just greeted them was wearing a dressed down suit with a bright red tie and vertical striped suit pants that matched his vest. His hair was a stark black and swept back neatly with only two small cow licks on either side of his head that stood a part of his hair up in a curved motion. His voice was smooth, deep, and almost intoxicating and he was devilishly handsome. All of this to say that despite whoever might have been in the bar, this man was definitely a standout. However when Adam's attention broke away from the bar where he was standing he noticed a really eclectic group of people. More than eclectic, absurd was more like it. There were men in business suits sharing a table with ghouls who seemed to be from the deep south. There were very obviously raiders decked out in their intimidating garb only one table over from two men who were probably mercenaries. There was a table where a bookish looking woman was sitting with a Caravan worker, and at the bar were two men who looked like bikers sitting next to an elderly man who looked one foot in the grave. It was such an insane hodgepodge of people it was almost more impressive that Adam had only noticed them after he noticed the host. "The name is Belphegor." He said with a polite and charming smile as he welcomed them inside. "I am your host, you are welcome to take up seats anywhere you want, so long as you follow my one rule~" He holds up a single finger before speaking. "No fighting." He smiled knowingly. "This here is neutral ground, if you are here you do not fight, you do not yell, you do not argue with other patrons. Otherwise I do something about it." The door then opened up behind the two of them and two super mutants of all things walked in casually. They didn't seem to be looking for a fight at all and while they did have weapons on them they were not drawn. "Human. We require meat!" One of the two super mutants said, towering over Adam and Deccanus while ignoring them entirely. The weirdest part, well besides the fact they were even here, was the fact that unlike every other time he had heard super mutants speaking this one seemed to not be yelling. Instead he was using something of an inside voice? Or as much of one as he could muster anyway, he was still speaking loudly with an intense tone but he was not yelling. Which was good because Adam was right in front of him. "No worries fellas, I got your order right here." He flashed them a charming smile and then almost magically procured a plate of still bleeding meat from below the counter, out of Adam's sightline, and presented it to them. The super mutants rudely brushed past Adam and Deccanus to walk over, grab the plate and then took a seat at the back table for them to eat. It would be a bit comical to see those hulking super mutants sitting in tiny bar booths to eat if not for how surreal the whole situation was. "Anyway, where was I?" Belphegor said, turning his attention back to Adam and Deccanus. "Feel free to grab a seat wherever you like, there's a menu on every chair. First time customers get a drink on the house." He said with a silky tone before he gently walked to elsewhere at the bar to handle another customer. Adam was so confused by what he was seeing, he had hoped to gain some clarity by coming in here but even as he turned to look at Deccanus, he too was confused. Though Deccanus seemed to be hiding it better. After a moment to process Adam shrugged and walked over to an empty table, the last empty table, and took a look at the menu. It was huge. Well, it was honestly pretty average for an old world restaurant, in fact he had even been to some that had much more extensive menus. But this was impressive for the post-apocalyptic world. The menu had 3 pages, as well as a back where all the drinks were laid out. A person could have a full feast here and still not have tried everything on the menu. The names of all the food items were written in another language, French, maybe? Spanish? Who knows maybe it was Latin, but honestly it was probably French. Regardless, after deciding on what food he wanted a waitress walked up wearing a bubblegum pink t-shirt, a pink and white striped skirt, and was chewing bubble gum. "Hello, my name is Lilith, I will be your waitress today. What can I do ya for boys?" She said with a strong north atlantic accent. She then turned to Deccanus and gently touched his arm as she spoke to him specifically. "And we do accept Denarii here, for the record." She said with a polite smile before blowing a bubble. "You… know of the Legion currency?" Deccanus said in surprise. She rolled her eyes and put the hand with the notepad on her hip with a sassy smile. "Of course I do, we get all types in here. Some even from way out west. I got guys paying with caps, denarii, scrit, I've even seen some NCR money pass through here." She shrugged. "It's all the same to me, hun. So, you boys know what you are gonna order?" "Uhhh…yeah." Adam said, momentarily taken aback by a number of strange things going on at this place but quickly putting himself back together. "Can I get the chicken salad and the chef's special?" Adam asked, pointing to the items on the menu and saying what he thinks they would be in English because, aside from the ingredients, the menu items were not in english. "Sure can do, hun. And for you soldier?" She said, looking at Deccanus now. "Venison… please…" He said back. "Wonderful." She smiled and blew another bubble. "Let me just take those menus off your hands and I'll let the chef know your orders." She turned to walk away but Adam spoke up before she did. "Uh, excuse me, do you have a moment?" "Oh sure, hun, what's up?" "We are actually looking into the details of the missing caravans from The Pier to Midway, I was wondering if you might know anything about that?" Adam inquired, it might be a long shot but it was worth a try. "Hmmmm." She hummed aloud as she thought for a moment. "No, sorry. I don't know nothing about no missing caravans. Though plenty of caravans do stop here so maybe one of them was your people. Sorry I can't help more, hun." Adam waved her off. "That's fine, thank you for your help. I look forward to the food." Adam smiled. "Oh trust me, it is to die for." She smirked and then walked off with their orders.

Chapter 137 - 137

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