Wasteland Medic

[rebelhealer]

Another day of exploration behind him, Anders made his way to Diamond City. While it wasn't his favorite location, it did have the best trade offers for scrap and the best selection of medical supplies. Plus, it had at least a few people that he liked to visit, like the old lady with the many cats. Sometimes he brought them food or toys. He also had a certain fondness for Piper, and usually picked up a copy of the paper when he was in town.

There was also Nick Valentine. Anders decided to stop at his place first, having picked up some things he thought the detective might appreciate. Hopefully he was in and not out on a case. Anders wasn't on a time crunch or anything, but he wanted to stop by Goodneighbor before the end of the week.

Stepping into the office, he found the synth at his desk.

"I bring tithing, Valentine."

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[detectivetoaster]

At his desk and leaned over a bunch of reports on cases. He closed the folder he had been looking at as he heard the door open and lifted his gaze to see who had just walked in. Offering a smile at seeing a familiar face. He would have smiled at a client too, of course, but there was a difference in his expression depending on who stepped through his door.

"Anders," He greeted with a nod of the head.

"What have you got for me?"

He gestured at the chair in front of his desk— a wordless offer for him to sit down.

"Would you like something to drink?"

That something would probably be water. With Ellie out of the office it was about the only thing he knew how to find without poking through every part of the office to find it. Given that he didn't partake in food or drink himself.

"Or a cigarette?"

He remember if Anders smoked or not. But the offer was there. Plus he was pretty confident he could find his way to where a pack of cigarettes was.

[rebelhealer]

"I haven't taken up smoking since the last time you saw me. I'll take that drink, though." Diamond City water was usually pretty clean.

He brought out his pack and opened it, taking out an old phone. "It still has some wiring in it, including some copper." He next brought out an bag with various bits of circuitry and wiring. "You'd be amazed at what you can find in an old electronics store. They also had some old radios, but I could only carry so much out."

[detectivetoaster]

Nick nodded and moved to fetch him water. Not with the same practiced ease as Ellie, but at least he didn't knock over any boxes or papers in his search. He set the water on the desk in front of Anders and then sat back down in his chair.

"That's a great find," He said, looking interested. Some of those parts could be used for his own repairs given that he couldn't just go knock on the Institute's door for them to repair him. He wouldn't even know where to start looking.

He sat down in his chair again. Practically feeling the creak of old joints as he did and pulled a cigarette out of the box in his pocket and lit it, putting it to his lips. He leaned back in his chair at least to keep it as much away from his guest as possible. Even though the smell of cigarette smoke was hard to avoid given that his whole office already smelled of it.

"Surprised it hadn't been picked clean. You thinkin' of going back for those radios?"

Going out for that purpose wasn't something he often did. But Anders had brought him something that would be useful for him. Only right that he offered to go out there so he could bring back something that'd sell for a decent amount of caps.

[rebelhealer]

Anders sipped the water, glad that Diamond City had at least a rudimentary filtration system. He would have lectured Nick on the smoking, if it weren't for the fact that as a synth, he didn't have any lungs. Sometimes he thought about subtly telling Ellie that vodka was surprisingly good at getting smoke smell from furniture.

"I might. You'd be surprised at how much radios can go for." They were one of the few electronics that could still reliably work and people still used. Anders even kept a small radio clipped to his belt when he travelled.