Chapter 151 - 151

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"How may I help you?" A bored looking woman said, cheek resting on her fist as she manned the kiosk with no one around to tend to. "We would like to turn in a bounty." Adam smiled and then motioned for Deccanus to pull out the fins. He did so and then laid them all on the table, each mirelurk had 3 head fins so that meant there were 24 fin spikes on the table. She stopped leaning on her hand as the fins were brought out. "Oh, that kind of bounty." She grinned a bit. "Well that I will be happy to help you with." she said as she began to separate all the fins, count them, and ensure there was no forgery or trickery going on. "Bounty for each lakelurk king is 50 caps, you got 8 here, it looks like, so that's 400 caps." She said as she began to pull out bags of preorganized caps to get 400. Adam wasn't sure why they didn't also have some sort of paper currency here but pre-organized bags of caps actually seemed to be a decent work around. Adam split the caps between him and Deccanus, 200 each. "Thank you ma'am." Adam smiled. "No, thank you." She grinned. "These bastards are the cause of all our problems, the more of them that are dead, the better, i'll gladly shell out any day i learn these fuckers have been slaughtered like they deserve." She smiled as she took the fins and put them in a chest, probably for disposal later. "Also I was wondering if you might give me some directions? We have a lot of loot to sell and I was wondering where the best place to offload is." Adam asked, using the momentum of the goodwill to see if he can get some useful information. "Well if you are looking for the shopping district that's in the centermost building, the largest one, nearest the ferris wheel, you can't miss it. But it's already pretty late so you will have to wait until tomorrow, the shops will be closed by now." Adam nodded. "Thank you." He smiled at her. "Anytime." She smiled back. "And if you kill any more of these bastards, tell them Darla sent you." She chuckled. Adam and Deccanus then headed back to the hotel to offload their gear, both men were tired and hungry and thus they decided to put their stuff down and grab some food. Unlike Midway, The Pier did not seem to have as bustling of a nightlife. Midway almost always had something open, even at one in the morning. But here it seemed everything closed at more reasonable times. Still Adam and Deccanus had their pick of places to eat and they chose one without much discussion. Food, any food, was their goal, they just wanted it fast. After paying 24 caps for dinner Adam went back to his room and showered and then headed right to bed. The next day came unceremoniously as Adam slept in, as he so very much enjoyed, and as he walked out of his room to grab some food for breakfast he noticed that people were already beginning to set up for the promised festival. He was getting excited for the event, but for now he stuck to his task. He grabbed breakfast at the same lakeside cafe as last time, another 24 caps, and then met up with Deccanus at the shopping district to sell off everything they had gathered. It seemed like The Pier did not have nearly as many Scavers living in town as Midway did, as the shopkeepers were pleasantly surprised to see Adam and Deccanus come with goods to offload. Though, after consideration, Adam had also been told he was a very good Scaver so perhaps it may not simply be that there were no Scavers at The Pier, but instead none that were able to bring as many goods as Adam. In either case their gratitude for such a variety of new goods to sell extended to their prices. Adam got a whopping 1286 caps from this run. Of course this was split with Deccanus giving each man 643 caps each. It was a good haul, and he made even more friends selling. His name was already known in the town, and he hadn't even especially introduced himself. Seemed like his actions the day before had left more of an impact than he thought. Perhaps outsiders rarely helped defend the town when it was attacked? In either case he was grateful to have a new place where the people would be friendly. Now that Adam had offloaded everything of value he only had to wait a while until the festival began. The time was spent fishing, ironically, as he was lent a fishing rod by one of the locals so he could try his hand at catching some non crab related lake dwellers. As it turned out he had neither the patience nor the skill for fishing, as even with 3 hours invested he had caught nothing. However it was all done to kill time as when he wrapped up his fishing adventure it was time to enjoy himself. The entire dock had been lit up with lanterns, electric lights, glowing objects, and pretty much anything that could be seen at night, stalls were opened throughout the streets selling foods Adam had never seen before, offering games of chance or deduction, there were musicians playing music, at least three separate bands, one near the entrance, one near the center of the pier by the ferris wheel, and one near the end of the pier, each with their own musical flare. Adam even found an artist who claimed he was from out of town, for only 20 caps he painted Adam a caricature which had an exaggerated pip boy that was the size of his already huge head and gold trim on his vault suit that was so bright it was reflecting the light of the sun and cooking a nearby fish on the characterized docks. It was exceptionally amusing and quite well done. Well worth what he paid. He tipped the man an additional 5 caps and then took his art with him as he continued to explore the festival. Throughout the event Adam met with and spoke with a number of locals, some he recognized from the bar, some he didn't, all of whom thanked him for his efforts, some even thanking him for killing the lakelurk kings the other day, and more than one person asking if he had seen Deccanus, which he had not. If Adam was to guess Deccanus was in his hotel room, sharpening his machete or something. Anything to keep him away from the party. At the end of the festival everyone was loaded onto a handful of boats and brought out a bit further into the lake to watch a firework display that was coordinated a few blocks away from The Pier's walls. The explosions lit up the night sky beautifully and there would be no better way to end the night in Adam's eyes. By the end of the festival, not including the 25 caps Adam had paid for the artwork, he had spent an additional 85 caps on various food he ate and games he played. He had a wonderful time.

Chapter 151 - 151

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