Adam finished up his conversation with Eve and then turned in for the night. It was late, he was tired, and ready for sleep, but he wanted to meet Eve before the night was over. That done he had nothing left stopping him from heading back to his room.
Adam showered, enjoying the multiple shower heads in his fancy bathroom and then turned in for the night on his luxurious bed. Honestly this was the fanciest hotel Adam had ever stayed in, even before he woke up in the vault. He slept extraordinarily well that night.
The next day Adam woke up and immediately went to the market. He promised himself he would cook his own food for breakfast so that was exactly what he would do. Finding all the ingredients was not as easy as he had hoped, there was no singular 'one stop shop' for the things he needed like he had hoped, despite how common the ingredients he was getting were. The extra time, however, allowed him to reconfirm that the expensive part of his plan was still available, however.
Eventually he made it back to his room and put all his ingredients on the counter, ready to make pancakes, eggs, and bacon. The interesting part of buying all the ingredients was that the food was all sold in individually priced small amounts. Eggs were sold individually, flour was scooped into bags at the customer's behest and then weighed, the same went for milk, and everything else he needed was more or less like that. It took longer than if he could buy a package of flour off a grocery shelf but it meant he was likely to have no leftovers, which was perfect. All in all it cost him only 10 caps to buy the ingredients.
Adam cooked and ate his breakfast with gusto, enjoying himself thoroughly. He may have cooked one too many pancakes so he was feeling stuffed. So he decided to lay down on his luxurious bed for a bit, after all he had a few more hours before he had to vacate the hotel.
Once Adam was feeling better he got up. He brewed himself a cup of complimentary coffee and then stood on the balcony while watching the people moving around below. By the time his coffee was done it was time to leave his little taste of luxury so he grabbed his things, including Buddy, and checked out of the room, heading back to the Layover.
Luckily this time they had rooms available so Adam booked the hotel for 2 nights like usual and paid 250 caps. Once his stuff was once more tucked away into the room along with Buddy once more he set out to head to ghoul town, to see if Salvatore was back in town yet.
"Hey kid, been busy without me?" Salvatore said with a grin as he sat at his usual place at Claire's bar when he walked in.
"Sure have, you missed all kinds of fun." Adam chuckled as he sat down next to him.
"Ah, welcome back Adam." Claire said pleasantly as she walked over. "Can I get you anything?"
"Sure. I'll take some light lunch food right now if you got it, like a sandwich or something?"
"Sure thing!" Claire said as she walked over to start making a sandwich for Adam. Adam then turned back to Salvatore.
"What about you? How was your trip?" Salvatore then frowned.
"Bad." He admitted with a sigh. "Things are getting rough out there kid."
"What do you mean?" Adam returned, confused.
"The Horsemen." Salvatore shook his head and took a big swig of his drink. "It's getting worse on the extremities."
"What did you see?" Adam said, leaning in a bit.
"There are more ferals than ever in the East, its damn near a fuckin' wall over there, and I saw at least two battles between Pestilence and War, things seem to be getting worse."
"Damn." Adam said with some hesitancy. He then paused and decided to shift the topic. "Well I do have a new job for us if you are interested."
"Sure, it probably beats what I just did." Adam learned in close and kept his voice to a whisper.
"I'm going to raid the Federal Ration Stockpile." Adam grinned. Salvatore frowned again.
"You are crazy." He said casually as he took another drink.
"No no hear me out, I'm putting together a team for it, it wouldn't just be me and you besides the loot from there would be more than worth it."
"Yeah it would if the place wasn't covered in super mutants."
"I get what you are worried about, but trust me I got some reliable back up." Salvatore sighed.
"Figured you traveling alone again without me might've set you right; stop trying crazy things. Guess that was wishful thinking." Adam chuckled.
"Well no, in fact I have done crazier since you left. But besides that I wasn't alone."
"Oh?" Salvatore said as he turned to look at him. "You found yourself another lackey?" He grinned. "Who did you buy out this time? Someone not as handsome as me, I bet." He grinned, playfully.
"Actually It was Deccanus, the Legionnaire." Adam corrected with a smile. "And I didn't hire him, he asked to join me. Wanted to 'try to use me as an example of how to live his life' or something." Adam shrugged.
"Wow, free labor huh? Must've been nice." Salvatore teased as he went back to his drink. Adam laughed softly.
"Trust me it wasn't free, I split everything with him. In the long run it was more expensive to travel with him, I think. At least with you I paid you once and that's it." Adam chuckled.
"Anyway." Adam continued. "Are you down to at least hear out my 'crazy idea' about how we are going to tackle this?" Salvatore threw his hands up in an 'I give up' sort of motion.
"Sure, you hired me, I ain't got the right to say no to anything other than suicide missions. I'll bite."
"Good." Adam smiled and patted Salvatore on the back. Claire walked over and gave Adam his sandwich.
"Here you go, honey. I hope you enjoy."
"I'm sure I will." He said with a smile back to her before she turned and left again. Adam then turned to Salvatore once more.
"Now." He began slowly. "Let me catch you up on what I've been up to since you have been gone. I think you will see it's been anything but normal."