Kade
Palmetto was a blur. All traders and caravans, hustle and bustle, teeming with citizens all peddling their finds from scavenging and excavations. Kade was anxious at first, having arrived filthy and poor, with little more than her backpack and a few trinkets she deemed worthless while trekking alone. Vale and she had parted ways, though she thought of the rugged fellow fondly when there was any time for such an occurrence. Perhaps his travels had led him north after all. Shouldering her pack, the nomad skirted around the main square to lay out a collective of half chewed magazines and pamphlets, finding she did better when not clustered with the other vendors.
Beneath a marigold sun, her patience paid off as collectors of memorabilia skimmed the rat eaten pages with looks of interest. Little by little, copies of Reader's digest and Vanity Fair found buys, leaving Kade with enough supplies for her next adventure into the wasteland. Content for the time being, she was prepared to pack up shop when a chuckle sounded from around the corner where she sat, the message following something out of a bad dream.
"You came an awful long way ta sell dirty mags, Kade. Were ya gone so long because ya had to track more down, or didja think you and I'd parted ways for good?"
Instinctively, Kade ground her teeth behind pursed lips. Given the choice, she'd push Robbie Marx off a cliff, and watch the body on it's fall down.
"Aw, now yer gonna keep your lid shut?" Standing broad and tall, Robbie peered over her small gathering of magazines before nodding. "I got it. Yer still mad at me."
"An' here I thought ye couldn' get any dumber, but ye've proven me wrong again. Good on ye fer keeping a high standard when it comes ta how goddamn stupid ye can be. 'm sure yer a record holder if anyone keeps track ov that kinda stuff." Shuffling the last of the brochures into her backpack, Kade rose to her feet and gave an exaggerated bow. "Bravo."
Robbie's face contorted into a faux wince in response, a hand finding his heart against the loose cotton shirt he wore. "Ooooh, ya got me. Dumb as a stump. Lucky for you though, this stump has word of a big job."
"What's that supposed ta mean?" The skepticism plastered over Kade's features was enough to earn a laugh from Robbie, but she pressed on with, "Nah, seriously, what the fuck are ye on about? Finally thought I'd been done with ye, and yer back on my trail, blowin' smoke up my ass. Why?"
"No, no. Ya got me wrong, kiddo. I mean it when i say there's a big job cookin' here. The sort of job a scraper like you might be interested in- the sort that pays well."
Grubby hands raked through the golden spill of her bangs, anchoring the loose follicles behind her ears. "A job? What sorta job then?"
"Guess something valuable is still in the old ruins, off to the southwest. Raiders ditched the city, but from what they're talking about, they've got need for hands because it'll be a big excavation."
"That's it then?" Kade asked indignantly, her nostrils flaring in dismay. "Somethin' out there? That's it? Fuck if that ain' vague. I'm not gonna go hoofin' it out in the fuckin' middle of the desert with a buncha yahoos, lookin' fer 'somethin' or whatever. Ye can keep yer job to yerself, Robbie. I don' got time ta fuck around with you and yer boys while diggin' in that dirt."
"And what if it ain't just something, eh? What if it's like, I dunno, a major find. Like a weapon stash, or an old military base? You'd rather be mad at me than check it out for yourself?" He leaned his side against the wall before adding, "Ya never seemed like you'd be so boring, Kade."
"Boring?!" One of Kade's hands yanked at her scarf to show the aged scar tissue circling her throat. "Fuck you fer thinkin' I'd get over ye ditchin' me ta fuckin' marauders! Ain' been a day that went by I didn' wish ye were dead, an' so help me, Robbie, ye come my way again and I'll wrap you up a pole by yer guts." Snarling as she finished, Kade made an about face and headed back towards the inn, leaving Robbie laughing as the sun set above Palmetto.
Even after he was out of sight, his words weren't forgotten. If anything, Kade was obsessive about what he had proposed, though to go with a group that was willing to hire Robbie wasn't an option. Her pride was too much a part of her thought process to even consider an option with Robbie in it. Instead, she thought about going alone; she worked better on her own. Over dinner, travelers much like herself discussed the roads and the dangers, mentioning new gangs and old shortcuts everyone knew by now. Kade nodded along with the topics, but she couldn't be tasked with actually conversing, given how self absorbed her current plans made her.
If she went ahead of this job Robbie mentioned, she could be real quick with her investigation, but thorough enough to figure out just what the fuss was. If the city held secrets, Kade wasn't afraid to find out for herself. After all, it wasn't like she had anyone else to rely on in Palmetto. By the time Kade packed up her goods and settled into the threadbare bed the inn provided, she had a plan worked out. As she drifted to sleep, she wondered if it would work, but otherwise, if Vale would have come with her.
She reckoned he would of. Much like her, he wasn't boring.
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