The Negotiation: A Tale of Spies and Rubles

As our two spies sat down to discuss a potential trade, one thing was clear: they were both desperate for resources. The first spy, a seasoned veteran with years of experience, eyed the table littered with various goods and commodities. They had managed to gather a significant amount of information about their surroundings, including the location of a secret area underneath Kresna's nominee.

"We're not going to give him any rubles," the spy declared, their voice firm but cautious. "We're just going to make the trade." The second spy nodded in agreement, a hint of excitement in their eyes. "I think I'm going to do it right here, with the Naked Pistol." They reached for a small pistol on the table, its barrel glinting in the dim light.

The first spy's eyes narrowed as they considered the proposal. "What other books do we have here?" they asked, their voice neutral. A small notebook caught their eye, filled with notes and codes that only they could decipher. They tucked it into their pocket, deciding to hold onto it for now. The second spy, meanwhile, was busy haggling over the price of a grenade. "462. 20 to 35?" they asked, their voice rising in excitement.

The first spy's face remained impassive, but their eyes betrayed a hint of frustration. They knew that this grenade was worth a significant amount of money, and they didn't want to give it up without getting a fair price. "We need that for the zip gun," they explained, trying to reason with the second spy. The two of them continued to negotiate back and forth, their conversation peppered with coded references and hidden meanings.

As they discussed the details of the trade, another item caught their eye: a set of knives. The first spy's eyes widened in surprise as they realized that these knives were rare and highly valuable. "We're going to get rid of these knives," they declared, making a quick decision. "Let's do this."

The second spy nodded in agreement, and the two of them began to pack up the knives and other items. They reached an agreement on the price of a few small trinkets, including a microchip and a pair of buckshot rounds. The first spy's eyes sparkled with excitement as they realized that these tiny items could be used for more than just trade – they could also be used to gain an upper hand in their negotiations.

As they finished up the trade, the two spies couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction. They had managed to get a good deal, and they knew that this would be a valuable resource in the coming days. But as they stood up to leave, one of them spotted something on the wall – a small sign with a typo in it.

"Oh come on," the first spy said, laughing. "You're going to change it for something minor?" The second spy shrugged, their eyes sheepish. "I know I know there's a typo all the time." The two of them shared a laugh, and then they were off, disappearing into the shadows like ghosts.

Their mission was complete, but the real question was: what would happen next?

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello and welcome back to the lost library and the continuing story from adam rpg we are underground we are right now below the city of krasnoze fidel and i met this very interesting character here somewhat of a mutant and on fidel's advice we're gonna leave him be perhaps if we weren't suffering the effects of this withdrawal we might put him out of his misery but we just don't know what kind of abilities this guy has and with our withdrawal right now we're at a disadvantage so i think what we're going to do is we're going to move out but before we move out i think we're going to take this opportunity to just do a little bit of quick quick crafting here because we do need to kill as much time as possible hopefully that's the answer to the cure of this withdrawal it's not going to last with us forever but we don't know how long it will last so let's get the uh trusty little magnifying glass out i don't think we need a ziggy how many ziggy's do we have here we have two ziggy's yeah i think we're gonna save this one now here's something i've been thinking about remember back up in krasnoda's nominee how much we sold that joint for sold that joint to that hotel clerk for i think 119 rubles and look at this we have this devil's weed here i'm thinking what if we were to combine this devil's weed i mean it's this is not the weed wastelanders like to grow under powerful lamps this grass was harvested by the white-haired old men of the chuas valley under a hot summer sun so this is the real mccoy and we have paper we have paper we have paper right here with plenty of waste paper so why don't we try that at least and if it doesn't work we know but it's been bothering me because we could sell those joints for a couple hundred rubles easily get a couple couple hundred rupees for those joints so let's go take this waste paper right here and let's try this let's see what happens and you know what we'll gain some experience if we're successful ah we lost the devil's weed i sneeze and the weed ends up scattered on the wind pity ah that that hurts that really hurts okay well that little experiment is over let's continue now we're going to look at the map here and i think what we're going to do is we're going to head in this direction i mean all this is on unexplored so we're going to explore this area here which way should we go should we go this way first yeah maybe we should go this way might be a better idea this way we can cover our back let's go this way we might run into some more rats here i don't know and is there anything along the way here that we can grab you know i'm still puzzled about that secret door that bothers me oh what's that it's probably just an empty bottle we'll take it yeah have we not been down here before maybe we were oh who's this is this a new guy no we haven't been here at all let's look at this map here what is this okay well there's probably nothing there so let's go this way instead looks like there's something over here what is this there's a guy sitting in a chair here oh he's talking these rats almost sound like they're talking to one another no way there's two people there this is not fun i'll leave we better be careful though okay what are we dealing with here let's just see here what this is you come to a reinforced metal door someone is watching you through a slit made in the upper part of it oh look at this guy right here okay we're not expecting guests oh look at this show your thief passport yeah yeah closer i can't see the gatekeeper looks you over and gets away from the tiny window you hear some mechanical sounds from the other side and suddenly a bell rings all across the sewers this is probably the guard's way of telling the locals they have a new guest go on in just don't cause any trouble capisce freaking tough guy whoa well well fine fine i won't god knows what i saw some horned figure okay so we are in some kind of this must be a guild i don't feel so good yeah i know i know i know i just feel like crap right now there's not much i can do about it though maybe in here though somebody will have something for us okay we're gonna you know what we're gonna do we're gonna play it real carefully here and just do a little bit of reconnaissance work here i don't think we're gonna do anything more because we don't know if we should be talking to anybody in here or what but look at this there are quite a few people here what there's a boat here oh no way look at this okay well this is interesting this is interesting what is this let's talk to her first is that i think so yep a fair-haired woman of around 40 or so is argue with an ironic grin on her lips she notices that you are looking back at her she nods and invites you to come closer this would all look very friendly and lovely although one detail ruins the picture a large knife in the woman's left hand don't be scared i won't stab you you'll stab yourself for me well if you agree to play the knife game that is if not you won't even get hurt at all how's that huh i'm here for a chat care to answer some questions personality i suppose what do you want oh who are you what's your name that does the name or you can just call me the earwing like everyone else around here earwig why are you called that that's human psychology for you when a man uses a corkscrew to open bottles like our barkeep over here it's considered normal the woman looks at the bearded fella near the bar but when a girl uses the same corkscrew to stab a guy through the ear and scrabble his brains because he's a drunken who tries to cause trouble in the den she instantly gets a nickname for it i see and what do you do for a living i'm in the mercenary business however i became very picky as of late when some strategist forms a team for a dangerous battle i pass escorting people guarding shipments manning guard towers and such now that's a job for me the pay is low but the danger is even lower interesting stuff well what can you tell me about this place this hole is a-okay in my book and tons better than the places they got up north that's for sure even newbies are allowed to walk in for free care to tell me something interesting interesting huh well some say that rivlin of celestia a famed mutant hunter tried joining a local mercenary group they were raiding some bandits one time and almost lost the whole fight thanks to that weirdo he decided he'd fire at the bandits from his silver ak-47 he normally only used sparingly against mutants and beasts three short bursts later his silver barrel melted and bent like the letter l why didn't he use his normal ak-47 you ask why that's because he thought of hiding it in a local dumpster before the battle for tactical advantage and it was stolen never hide your in dumpsters that's true for both the legendary mutant hunters and for simple folks yeah i can't believe revlon made such a grave mistake let's change the subject matter that's it i need to go i'm not playing that knife game no way but you know what we could do is maybe barter what does she have ah she has just a biscuit for 17 rubles that's not very much no what would she give us for that joint let's just see oh she only has six rubles she only gives us 67 rubles the other guy who's going to give us 119 up top wow what else she doesn't have any money okay so let's let's move out i guess we'll go talk to this guy right here a thin fair-haired man is sitting at the table when he notices you watching him he smiles and points at the stool opposite you probably need the rest after your long trip you're new around here right buddy yes it's my first time here it really shows anyway don't worry you won't get bored easily around here and you might even earn some cash i'm helping out new folks around here and i have a good feeling about you a feeling that we might become partners oh i'm flattered but first can i ask your name the man winks at you and extends his hand you can call me simon schmack what's your name lost nice to meet you lost now that we're finished with the formalities let me ask you something i'm sure not i'm sure i'm not the first to ask but what do you think about killing are you ready to kill and i don't mean a mutant to an animal no no are you ready to kill a human being if it was ever really truly needed i think i would do it never doubted you for a second buddy goes to show how well we understand each other but before i tell you about my problem would you like to hear the backstory or do you want to get straight to business no tell me the backstory i'm curious okay well we're all smugglers around here it's a nice job but there's a lot of competition from all over civil people have already talked things through and divided the wastes into territories for their operations there's always some newcomers wanting their own slice of the pie petty thugs index bandits who just realized the war is finally over these people neither nor care about the rules we've established for our smuggling operations they just don't care they insert themselves at the most inappropriate times you get where this is going you need to lose some of this newfound competition right go on mountain pass of woes recently became the main hub for the drugs and weapons trade in the region and a village called foggy lovafka became a popular rest stop for smugglers taking the pass it's a cozy place what can i say some time ago a very unsavory character was spotted near fagalka this so-called tawfiq mozambique is working for a newly formed gang of some kind that wants to try its hand in the lucrative drug smuggling business i want you to deal with them my friend all of my usual hitmen are busy but someone needs to kill him apostate do we have a mutual understanding fidel grabs my shoulder and whispers in my ear i was silent all this time out of respect for your wits amigo but do you really think it's wise to join a criminal gang we have a mission after all it has nothing to do with helping out petty crime lords my pal is right how much am i getting for this job oh don't worry about the pay my friend it will be enough to get you some ammo and also a nice slice of beetroot pizza ah you talked me into it he's somewhere in uh huh anyway tawfiq mozambique must be staying in the guy in lure him out of the village and send him to meet his maker just remember my friend no talking you don't want to chat with that snake just pull the trigger as quick as you can and leave anyway why am i coaching you i can see you already know what to do punish him for sticking his nose into my affairs now then i'm not paying you for chatter but real action go forth i really hope you'll pay now can i ask you a few questions ask away my friend so what can you tell me about the waist life is pretty different in different parts of the waist here it's all good much better than in most other cities but still not as good as some you want my opinion folks tend to think they're the smartest and everyone else around them are idiots they think they know how the world works but under their very noses unspeakable things are happening and they're none the wiser that's one rule that applies in any part of this wasteland no matter if you're rich or poor oh thanks for the sage advice i'm listening yeah what can you tell me about the city kresna's nominee a nice city indeed i'm not a local and at some point i'll move on but i already know i'll miss this place not just because i have business and buddies around here but because there's this freedom in the air you know gosh hope no military types ever barge in with a bunch of strict laws and pointless rules we'll see about that and what do you do for a living i work in a factory 24 hours a day seven days a week i pay taxes as well and i'm really hoping for a raise ha that was sarcasm i'm a smuggler kid who do you think i was some lousy pro i didn't think anything so what's interesting well some say that sayonma veronic a rich bandit from another part of the waste brought his forces to this region i'm from the north myself so i've heard a lot about him and boy i really feel bad for you people this bastard actually decides to attack everyone here is gonna have a bad time here's hoping a hero will throw a wrench in his plans before it's too late who knows anyway i gotta go actually what do you have to buy oh and you only have 10 ruble you have nothing 159 oh you're selling so those are ziggy's yeah don't have a lot of money you better have more than 10 rubles when it's time to pay up better buddy buddy all right well we'll see it's interesting i suppose oh what's that what do we have here let's see if they notice if we take something fidel can you can you distract this i don't think she'll notice ah it's beer again man they like their beer take it fidel don't try and steal anything uh yeah yeah okay what's in here uh port wine and empty bottle no okay so they can see us i guess they can see us so we're stealing oh what's up what's through here okay we can't go in that direction so let's keep going and we'll go through here okay so that's interesting now that's not the guy we i don't think that's the same guy that was talking to the uh the guard oh here we go we have more people here and it looks like we have a wall here so is this it is this the end oh no it's a door so it's leading to something else here okay what do we have here that takes us back up okay who's this guy and i suppose we can can you i'm busy okay we should be able to go through yep we can okay good so far so good it's got to be some kind of a guild of thieves guild something like that i'm thinking okay let's go this way should we go down here no jeez this place is huge so let's go over here oh we got spiders oh and we got major spiders here look at this uh you know we could probably take those two little spiders but i'm just not sure if that one's gonna come out and there's two of them no there's three of them yeah we're in no shape to take these spiders no way you know what were we here before i think we were actually here before oh that's a rat and that gives us enough of a challenge i think we were here before let me see something yeah so what what's going on here so we came through why is this green i thought we explored all this or we did we'd come through here getting a little mixed up where's our map here okay that's that area there where that secret door is where's that room oh this is it okay so we came through here oh yeah i see so wow that's all there is to this place oh is there something in here there might be something in here okay so let's go back over here you know what we might have missed that so let's go back over here yeah look that there's another hinge this is another door but i don't see anything here why can't we open this door what are we missing no yeah this withdrawal is killing me should we talk to this guy yeah let's talk to this guy we haven't talked to him yet let's talk to him the huge beard guard looks at you with distrust more so he looks like he's about to attack you because you looked at him the wrong way what's new nothing good giant spiders recently started breeding in the sewers as if rats weren't enough well who are you guarding this here hallway why haven't you heard what happens to nosy people around here fine i'll be going unless you have something wow it's got 98 rounds of 30 calibers armor piercing cartridges yeah that could come in handy for the rifle right no what is the 30 caliber oh yeah the negant pistol for 98 rubles we'd get eight rounds how much do we have right now that we only have two rounds left two rounds we should probably buy that and 98 i think is a good deal let's grab that okay 98 rubles you know what let's see if we can trade something for here let's see 31 with the shovel we'll hang on to the shovel oh he'll give us he'll give us five rubles for two empty cans so he can have that uh let's see wire no geez he'd give us eight rubles for those dice i don't know what the dice ah nah just we'll hang on to them never know it's no harm in hanging on to these dice toilet paper no lantern battery no i think we'll hang on to all this it's the soap we'll hang on to that potato i thought we had some stuff we could get rid of though go hang on to all this it's food i only give a 71 ruble doesn't have the money anyway okay cheese oh he'd give us 26 rubles for three apples and what does it do it's one to three health minus 50 hunger and minus one toxic yeah it's good for toxic damage isn't it so we'll leave that uh i think we've got plenty of alcohol let's get rid of some of this alcohol because i don't think we're gonna use it i don't ever see us using let's start selling some of this alcohol i don't see the real advantage to it i mean look plus one luck plus one endurance but then we we knocked down our radiation by 150 with that but then we lose our intellect for 30 minutes our endurance goes up it's only 30 minutes but then we get alcoholism addiction yeah but i think we have enough we don't need this strength i don't know maybe not maybe that's not a good idea maybe we should hang on to this alcohol gives us strength and it gives us luck might have something here we can sell oh what about this why do we have that there why aren't we wearing that okay we gotta remember that that thing is kind of useless this custom made crossbow i really don't like it so let's get rid of it that's 85 ruble now we've got these old knives too okay there's a sharpened knife here and look we've got three knives here soon and we need that one i guess what else can we get rid of here some of that metal we don't need all that metal we can find metal easy enough there's a clock i don't know what we would do with that clock though okay let's get rid of some of this let's get rid of a couple of those okay oh yep and he can give us oh he doesn't have any money so let's go with one yep there we go and uh we owe him a ruble that we can do that we can do okay good we just picked up eight more rounds of ammo here for our naked pistol we are not gonna buy that because that is i think what's giving us this withdrawal right now i believe see that or it's these super stimulants 21 rubles we already have four of them no we're not going to do that mind you we could always give them to fidel because fidel seems to be immune to this he doesn't seem to be suffering the same effects because i know he took this as well the last battle maybe we will grab that 21 ruble uh what else can we sell or trade empty bottles let's get rid of some of these empty bottles i think seven will do it no let's move one okay it's perfect all right there we go it's a perfect trade we gave them six empty bottles and we still have four we gave them our custom-made crossbow we gave him some scrap metal which we can find anywhere we gave him some of this pre-war gorilla or 15 ruble and that does what plus one luck plus one endurance plus one endurance it's the same as the other so let's do that train okay good all right i'll be going okay well did we just come in here for that mission so i guess there isn't any more than that in here oh who are these people we never talked to that guy who's this guy the man on the stool is pondering something and as you come closer he lifts his head and starts talking in a low voice with a barely audible lisp well well how can i help you by showing off my sweet wares maybe got the best contrabrand here especially for those who plan a big hustle barter we're useless at that but we can try we could also maybe put our cap on our fedora cap would that make a difference i don't think so yeah that kind of true but only here we only have fixed prices there's no changing them that's the will of the suppliers not mine yeah what are the suppliers have to do with that anyway show me the stuff whoa look at this guys wow a militia man anna skin versus radiation poisoning recipe this book will teach you to craft a third tier zip gun that's gonna be something i'm gonna grab yeah i like that oh look at this look at this but it's 932 ruble oh wow okay he's got ammo and we need what do we need we need uh 5.45 milliliter uh milli millimeter milliliter millimeter it's got a macro pistol for 536 damage is 36 to 48. three four four three five i mean five six five what's the range on that okay a rifle is long range this is this is long range as well this macro pistol this is affordable this looks affordable okay why is that 40 weapon accuracy in red this pistol was a soviet union standard military and police sidearm from 1951 on oh i'd like to get my hands on this i think i'd like to get my hands on this isn't this better than the uh noggin okay because 36 to 48 look at the noggin 30 to 46 that's pretty good too three four five action points this is three four four that means i could get two shots off it carries uh eight rounds the nugget carries only seven rounds and he's gonna give me 357 for the noggins i think i'm gonna make that switch or fidel you know what maybe i don't need that because it's a third tier zip gun why would i want that if i could get fidel i could give fidel to nagant oh this is exciting this is real exciting look at this he's also got this rusty m712 jamming chance is 10 see there's no jamming chance on this thing it's 453 30 to 43 damage long range but the same with this thing though no i think i like uh this is the german pistol developed in the 19th century this is exciting oh what is this a rusty tt pistol 30 to 43 a rusty makarov pistol no way we're not taking anything rusty here okay what do we need for ammo with this we need nine millimeter i think he has that right here pretty decent pricing too this guy's offering us oh we've already got 15 rounds oh this is cool this is real cool what are we going to do here i want to make a mistake with this guy okay i think for sure i'm going to take that why would i take that book i get the recipe but i might be able to craft something that i can sell for a pretty good penny and it's only 53 rubles so let's say we sell okay what would we get for this pistol right now we don't know because i think he's carrying it he's carrying the zip gun isn't he yeah fidel's carrying the zip gun but let's say the zip gun i think we'd get more than 53 rubles so this might be a good trade if we could craft one and then sell it okay so let's take that macro pistol i love that i love that and that's my specialty pistols and submachine guns so that's fif that's very cool so should we get rid of the noggin pistol and instead uh because i don't want to spend the cash no why am i taking that rifle long range no way 67 percent weapon accuracy 40 weapon accuracy okay so i guess we're more accurate with this rifle is that what that means uh i think that's what that means how much would you give us for a joint 68 rules only it's not a lot give us yeah we want to keep those ziggy's ah this is this is uh this is an important trade here we can't make a mistake because we are so desperate for rubles so desperate for rubles we could sell that knife we have five of them so we don't need five knives so let's sell four of them it's 161 rubles we sold one knife we have a sharpened knife for 61 rubles we'll hang on to both knives the nkvd he'll give us 382 why is this so good oh because it lets us skin animals so do these critical chances plus two percent yeah that's nothing though the damage is three to eleven damage here is six to twenty one damage six to sixteen melee okay ap cost is two three three three four four that's why that's why you get more attacks with this thing okay okay we'll give them that what about the booze how much will they give us for booze i think they'll give us yup he'll give us 33. get rid of those booze they're not gonna help us no way get rid of that there okay 227 do we have any more what else could we give them okay we have another sharpened knife here fidel has one so we should probably have two sharpened knives yeah so let's leave that alone uh that spiked club is worth geez he'll give us 114 with that spike club 9 to 22 6 to 22. four of five ranges melee ranges melee why would we want that spike club oh chance to ignore armor is 15 same with this sharpened knife though there's no advantage here with this club none oh a stun chance at 15 okay no we'll hang on to that uh that homemade grenade no i think we'll hang on to that oh we'd give us 462 for that grenade no well hang on the metal he'll give us uh 35 ruble not a lot there i don't think there's anything else that fidel has that we're willing to trade lost i don't think i have anything myself here do i uh i mean this is important can't make a mistake here i mean what are these books doing for us look at this we could always give him this uh hunter's memo three recipes which we already know yeah we don't need that let's get rid of that we'll trade a book for a book there look at that we're getting closer okay and this is a short dictionary of criminal slang uh i don't think that's gonna help us i don't believe that'll help us why are these uh is that to read is that why must be i think that's what that means so we're only down uh what are we down here only down a couple 26 rubles that's it and we can do this trade with this guy he'll get a nice new macaron pistol and we'll get a recipe i like that i like that i give him these apples three apples they're good for toxic though yeah maybe we'll hang on to those let's get rid of one of these babushka scarves that'll do it okay so that's 594 and he can give us the rest yep okay we'll do the trade with you pal oh yeah we'll happily do this trade with you did i get ammo do i have enough ammo nine millimeter how much do i have of that i think i have quite a bit of 15 rounds but you know what i think he's selling it at a pretty good yeah take it take that take it all take everything he has an ammo his ammo is a real good deal actually i think the noggin pistol is 30 round isn't it yep 30 caliber i mean so grab that too i mean look at the pricing i should maybe just take it all 5.45 i think we use that for the rifle yep take it grab that too take all that ammo okay ah i kind of want to take more from this guy 7.62 uh do we have that we only have oh we have 25 rounds no then we don't need any of that okay what is this this yellow newspaper cutout will teach you to craft a fourth tier percussion revolver wow well yeah i love these recipes love this this guy's loaded he's got great stuff there's this german is it rusty it's rusty it's got the negan we already have that it's rusty rusty okay that's it so we still have to come up with more now uh waste paper will hang on too we could get rid of some of this no no we better not we better hold on that food food is everything don't make that mistake i don't want to give this guy uh i don't want to give him uh any rubles nope we're just going to make the trade i think i'm going to do it right here the naked pistol and then i can give but then i could all i could give that to fidel it could be a mistake it could be a mistake okay what other books do we have here we have this book i think i'll hang onto that book for now criminal slang that's only 16. it's not worth a lot ah i don't want to give up any more rubles what's that microchip no i mean he gives us a fair price for everything that grenade is 462. 20 to 35 yeah i think we better hang on to that i think we better hang on to that yeah i think we'll regret giving that up gunpowder we need that for the zip gun actually you know what not as much anymore because we have the negan pistol we have six rounds 20 how much is that worth why is that worth so much it's a true friend six well those are buckshot rounds that's why and those are zip gun rounds yeah that gun powder is a true we'll hang on to that uh unless we get back something i don't want to this is the tough decision here we have three knives what we could do is we could take over okay we need a mealy weapon for rats and stuff like that okay so we have a spike club that's one mealy weapon oh and he has the axe okay yeah you know what we're gonna get rid of these knives let's do this here and let's do this here okay it's a few knives we're going to keep this one here the nkvd knife it's rare we'll hold on to it and what we'll do is we'll get fidel so we don't forget this okay to go like that oh there's two of them oh well let's sell one okay we'll sell one okay fidel sell sell that one right there okay getting closer what is that that's uh we're about 150 rules down right yep 150 rubles away should we give them that meat 63 rubles because i think we have 10 here don't we how many do we have nine and then yeah we have 10. that's a lot let's give them that food okay we're only down about 85 rubles that's it i think we can do this we're getting there okay uh the metal no because we might need that oh another sharpened knife 61 rubles yeah because you've got the axe fidel take that sell him that knife throw that knife there i think we can do the deal now that's good that's only going to cost about 20 some rubles 26 rubles good i don't think there's anything else we want to sell just wait let's just go through it closely with fidel's ah these stupid things we're looking at what do we ever use those four get rid of those these svenchatkas okay 884. so we're only down now what uh 16 18 rubles that's it so 18 rubles we could sell that potato queen of the wastes originally from south america this root vegetable can now be found all over the globe we have two of them yeah get rid of the potato i don't know what it does okay and that's five more ruble that's it okay that's it i get rid of these apples get rid of one apple because you've got more up there and then he's gonna give us three rubles back what a trade oh that was fun that was fun okay we are going to look this over carefully and what do the suppliers have to do with that let's see maybe you can answer a few questions let's ask this guy i suppose what do you want how are things in the surrounding territories as always hey fidel do you know that your sign has a typo in it it should be el pollo loco with two l's oh come on you too i know i know there's a typo okay but it's a good sign otherwise why change it for something that minor hey don't shoot the messenger i'm just saying people notice this all the time i'm not a language nazi myself but still haha fidel you penny pincher anyway we need to go that was great oh that was a good trade i enjoyed that so this was more than worth it to come through this sort of secret area underneath kresna's nominee i hope you're enjoying the continuing story from adam rpg and if you are please smash that like button if you're not a subscriber love to have you on as one hitting that subscribe button thank you very much for watching and we'll be back soonhello and welcome back to the lost library and the continuing story from adam rpg we are underground we are right now below the city of krasnoze fidel and i met this very interesting character here somewhat of a mutant and on fidel's advice we're gonna leave him be perhaps if we weren't suffering the effects of this withdrawal we might put him out of his misery but we just don't know what kind of abilities this guy has and with our withdrawal right now we're at a disadvantage so i think what we're going to do is we're going to move out but before we move out i think we're going to take this opportunity to just do a little bit of quick quick crafting here because we do need to kill as much time as possible hopefully that's the answer to the cure of this withdrawal it's not going to last with us forever but we don't know how long it will last so let's get the uh trusty little magnifying glass out i don't think we need a ziggy how many ziggy's do we have here we have two ziggy's yeah i think we're gonna save this one now here's something i've been thinking about remember back up in krasnoda's nominee how much we sold that joint for sold that joint to that hotel clerk for i think 119 rubles and look at this we have this devil's weed here i'm thinking what if we were to combine this devil's weed i mean it's this is not the weed wastelanders like to grow under powerful lamps this grass was harvested by the white-haired old men of the chuas valley under a hot summer sun so this is the real mccoy and we have paper we have paper we have paper right here with plenty of waste paper so why don't we try that at least and if it doesn't work we know but it's been bothering me because we could sell those joints for a couple hundred rubles easily get a couple couple hundred rupees for those joints so let's go take this waste paper right here and let's try this let's see what happens and you know what we'll gain some experience if we're successful ah we lost the devil's weed i sneeze and the weed ends up scattered on the wind pity ah that that hurts that really hurts okay well that little experiment is over let's continue now we're going to look at the map here and i think what we're going to do is we're going to head in this direction i mean all this is on unexplored so we're going to explore this area here which way should we go should we go this way first yeah maybe we should go this way might be a better idea this way we can cover our back let's go this way we might run into some more rats here i don't know and is there anything along the way here that we can grab you know i'm still puzzled about that secret door that bothers me oh what's that it's probably just an empty bottle we'll take it yeah have we not been down here before maybe we were oh who's this is this a new guy no we haven't been here at all let's look at this map here what is this okay well there's probably nothing there so let's go this way instead looks like there's something over here what is this there's a guy sitting in a chair here oh he's talking these rats almost sound like they're talking to one another no way there's two people there this is not fun i'll leave we better be careful though okay what are we dealing with here let's just see here what this is you come to a reinforced metal door someone is watching you through a slit made in the upper part of it oh look at this guy right here okay we're not expecting guests oh look at this show your thief passport yeah yeah closer i can't see the gatekeeper looks you over and gets away from the tiny window you hear some mechanical sounds from the other side and suddenly a bell rings all across the sewers this is probably the guard's way of telling the locals they have a new guest go on in just don't cause any trouble capisce freaking tough guy whoa well well fine fine i won't god knows what i saw some horned figure okay so we are in some kind of this must be a guild i don't feel so good yeah i know i know i know i just feel like crap right now there's not much i can do about it though maybe in here though somebody will have something for us okay we're gonna you know what we're gonna do we're gonna play it real carefully here and just do a little bit of reconnaissance work here i don't think we're gonna do anything more because we don't know if we should be talking to anybody in here or what but look at this there are quite a few people here what there's a boat here oh no way look at this okay well this is interesting this is interesting what is this let's talk to her first is that i think so yep a fair-haired woman of around 40 or so is argue with an ironic grin on her lips she notices that you are looking back at her she nods and invites you to come closer this would all look very friendly and lovely although one detail ruins the picture a large knife in the woman's left hand don't be scared i won't stab you you'll stab yourself for me well if you agree to play the knife game that is if not you won't even get hurt at all how's that huh i'm here for a chat care to answer some questions personality i suppose what do you want oh who are you what's your name that does the name or you can just call me the earwing like everyone else around here earwig why are you called that that's human psychology for you when a man uses a corkscrew to open bottles like our barkeep over here it's considered normal the woman looks at the bearded fella near the bar but when a girl uses the same corkscrew to stab a guy through the ear and scrabble his brains because he's a drunken who tries to cause trouble in the den she instantly gets a nickname for it i see and what do you do for a living i'm in the mercenary business however i became very picky as of late when some strategist forms a team for a dangerous battle i pass escorting people guarding shipments manning guard towers and such now that's a job for me the pay is low but the danger is even lower interesting stuff well what can you tell me about this place this hole is a-okay in my book and tons better than the places they got up north that's for sure even newbies are allowed to walk in for free care to tell me something interesting interesting huh well some say that rivlin of celestia a famed mutant hunter tried joining a local mercenary group they were raiding some bandits one time and almost lost the whole fight thanks to that weirdo he decided he'd fire at the bandits from his silver ak-47 he normally only used sparingly against mutants and beasts three short bursts later his silver barrel melted and bent like the letter l why didn't he use his normal ak-47 you ask why that's because he thought of hiding it in a local dumpster before the battle for tactical advantage and it was stolen never hide your in dumpsters that's true for both the legendary mutant hunters and for simple folks yeah i can't believe revlon made such a grave mistake let's change the subject matter that's it i need to go i'm not playing that knife game no way but you know what we could do is maybe barter what does she have ah she has just a biscuit for 17 rubles that's not very much no what would she give us for that joint let's just see oh she only has six rubles she only gives us 67 rubles the other guy who's going to give us 119 up top wow what else she doesn't have any money okay so let's let's move out i guess we'll go talk to this guy right here a thin fair-haired man is sitting at the table when he notices you watching him he smiles and points at the stool opposite you probably need the rest after your long trip you're new around here right buddy yes it's my first time here it really shows anyway don't worry you won't get bored easily around here and you might even earn some cash i'm helping out new folks around here and i have a good feeling about you a feeling that we might become partners oh i'm flattered but first can i ask your name the man winks at you and extends his hand you can call me simon schmack what's your name lost nice to meet you lost now that we're finished with the formalities let me ask you something i'm sure not i'm sure i'm not the first to ask but what do you think about killing are you ready to kill and i don't mean a mutant to an animal no no are you ready to kill a human being if it was ever really truly needed i think i would do it never doubted you for a second buddy goes to show how well we understand each other but before i tell you about my problem would you like to hear the backstory or do you want to get straight to business no tell me the backstory i'm curious okay well we're all smugglers around here it's a nice job but there's a lot of competition from all over civil people have already talked things through and divided the wastes into territories for their operations there's always some newcomers wanting their own slice of the pie petty thugs index bandits who just realized the war is finally over these people neither nor care about the rules we've established for our smuggling operations they just don't care they insert themselves at the most inappropriate times you get where this is going you need to lose some of this newfound competition right go on mountain pass of woes recently became the main hub for the drugs and weapons trade in the region and a village called foggy lovafka became a popular rest stop for smugglers taking the pass it's a cozy place what can i say some time ago a very unsavory character was spotted near fagalka this so-called tawfiq mozambique is working for a newly formed gang of some kind that wants to try its hand in the lucrative drug smuggling business i want you to deal with them my friend all of my usual hitmen are busy but someone needs to kill him apostate do we have a mutual understanding fidel grabs my shoulder and whispers in my ear i was silent all this time out of respect for your wits amigo but do you really think it's wise to join a criminal gang we have a mission after all it has nothing to do with helping out petty crime lords my pal is right how much am i getting for this job oh don't worry about the pay my friend it will be enough to get you some ammo and also a nice slice of beetroot pizza ah you talked me into it he's somewhere in uh huh anyway tawfiq mozambique must be staying in the guy in lure him out of the village and send him to meet his maker just remember my friend no talking you don't want to chat with that snake just pull the trigger as quick as you can and leave anyway why am i coaching you i can see you already know what to do punish him for sticking his nose into my affairs now then i'm not paying you for chatter but real action go forth i really hope you'll pay now can i ask you a few questions ask away my friend so what can you tell me about the waist life is pretty different in different parts of the waist here it's all good much better than in most other cities but still not as good as some you want my opinion folks tend to think they're the smartest and everyone else around them are idiots they think they know how the world works but under their very noses unspeakable things are happening and they're none the wiser that's one rule that applies in any part of this wasteland no matter if you're rich or poor oh thanks for the sage advice i'm listening yeah what can you tell me about the city kresna's nominee a nice city indeed i'm not a local and at some point i'll move on but i already know i'll miss this place not just because i have business and buddies around here but because there's this freedom in the air you know gosh hope no military types ever barge in with a bunch of strict laws and pointless rules we'll see about that and what do you do for a living i work in a factory 24 hours a day seven days a week i pay taxes as well and i'm really hoping for a raise ha that was sarcasm i'm a smuggler kid who do you think i was some lousy pro i didn't think anything so what's interesting well some say that sayonma veronic a rich bandit from another part of the waste brought his forces to this region i'm from the north myself so i've heard a lot about him and boy i really feel bad for you people this bastard actually decides to attack everyone here is gonna have a bad time here's hoping a hero will throw a wrench in his plans before it's too late who knows anyway i gotta go actually what do you have to buy oh and you only have 10 ruble you have nothing 159 oh you're selling so those are ziggy's yeah don't have a lot of money you better have more than 10 rubles when it's time to pay up better buddy buddy all right well we'll see it's interesting i suppose oh what's that what do we have here let's see if they notice if we take something fidel can you can you distract this i don't think she'll notice ah it's beer again man they like their beer take it fidel don't try and steal anything uh yeah yeah okay what's in here uh port wine and empty bottle no okay so they can see us i guess they can see us so we're stealing oh what's up what's through here okay we can't go in that direction so let's keep going and we'll go through here okay so that's interesting now that's not the guy we i don't think that's the same guy that was talking to the uh the guard oh here we go we have more people here and it looks like we have a wall here so is this it is this the end oh no it's a door so it's leading to something else here okay what do we have here that takes us back up okay who's this guy and i suppose we can can you i'm busy okay we should be able to go through yep we can okay good so far so good it's got to be some kind of a guild of thieves guild something like that i'm thinking okay let's go this way should we go down here no jeez this place is huge so let's go over here oh we got spiders oh and we got major spiders here look at this uh you know we could probably take those two little spiders but i'm just not sure if that one's gonna come out and there's two of them no there's three of them yeah we're in no shape to take these spiders no way you know what were we here before i think we were actually here before oh that's a rat and that gives us enough of a challenge i think we were here before let me see something yeah so what what's going on here so we came through why is this green i thought we explored all this or we did we'd come through here getting a little mixed up where's our map here okay that's that area there where that secret door is where's that room oh this is it okay so we came through here oh yeah i see so wow that's all there is to this place oh is there something in here there might be something in here okay so let's go back over here you know what we might have missed that so let's go back over here yeah look that there's another hinge this is another door but i don't see anything here why can't we open this door what are we missing no yeah this withdrawal is killing me should we talk to this guy yeah let's talk to this guy we haven't talked to him yet let's talk to him the huge beard guard looks at you with distrust more so he looks like he's about to attack you because you looked at him the wrong way what's new nothing good giant spiders recently started breeding in the sewers as if rats weren't enough well who are you guarding this here hallway why haven't you heard what happens to nosy people around here fine i'll be going unless you have something wow it's got 98 rounds of 30 calibers armor piercing cartridges yeah that could come in handy for the rifle right no what is the 30 caliber oh yeah the negant pistol for 98 rubles we'd get eight rounds how much do we have right now that we only have two rounds left two rounds we should probably buy that and 98 i think is a good deal let's grab that okay 98 rubles you know what let's see if we can trade something for here let's see 31 with the shovel we'll hang on to the shovel oh he'll give us he'll give us five rubles for two empty cans so he can have that uh let's see wire no geez he'd give us eight rubles for those dice i don't know what the dice ah nah just we'll hang on to them never know it's no harm in hanging on to these dice toilet paper no lantern battery no i think we'll hang on to all this it's the soap we'll hang on to that potato i thought we had some stuff we could get rid of though go hang on to all this it's food i only give a 71 ruble doesn't have the money anyway okay cheese oh he'd give us 26 rubles for three apples and what does it do it's one to three health minus 50 hunger and minus one toxic yeah it's good for toxic damage isn't it so we'll leave that uh i think we've got plenty of alcohol let's get rid of some of this alcohol because i don't think we're gonna use it i don't ever see us using let's start selling some of this alcohol i don't see the real advantage to it i mean look plus one luck plus one endurance but then we we knocked down our radiation by 150 with that but then we lose our intellect for 30 minutes our endurance goes up it's only 30 minutes but then we get alcoholism addiction yeah but i think we have enough we don't need this strength i don't know maybe not maybe that's not a good idea maybe we should hang on to this alcohol gives us strength and it gives us luck might have something here we can sell oh what about this why do we have that there why aren't we wearing that okay we gotta remember that that thing is kind of useless this custom made crossbow i really don't like it so let's get rid of it that's 85 ruble now we've got these old knives too okay there's a sharpened knife here and look we've got three knives here soon and we need that one i guess what else can we get rid of here some of that metal we don't need all that metal we can find metal easy enough there's a clock i don't know what we would do with that clock though okay let's get rid of some of this let's get rid of a couple of those okay oh yep and he can give us oh he doesn't have any money so let's go with one yep there we go and uh we owe him a ruble that we can do that we can do okay good we just picked up eight more rounds of ammo here for our naked pistol we are not gonna buy that because that is i think what's giving us this withdrawal right now i believe see that or it's these super stimulants 21 rubles we already have four of them no we're not going to do that mind you we could always give them to fidel because fidel seems to be immune to this he doesn't seem to be suffering the same effects because i know he took this as well the last battle maybe we will grab that 21 ruble uh what else can we sell or trade empty bottles let's get rid of some of these empty bottles i think seven will do it no let's move one okay it's perfect all right there we go it's a perfect trade we gave them six empty bottles and we still have four we gave them our custom-made crossbow we gave him some scrap metal which we can find anywhere we gave him some of this pre-war gorilla or 15 ruble and that does what plus one luck plus one endurance plus one endurance it's the same as the other so let's do that train okay good all right i'll be going okay well did we just come in here for that mission so i guess there isn't any more than that in here oh who are these people we never talked to that guy who's this guy the man on the stool is pondering something and as you come closer he lifts his head and starts talking in a low voice with a barely audible lisp well well how can i help you by showing off my sweet wares maybe got the best contrabrand here especially for those who plan a big hustle barter we're useless at that but we can try we could also maybe put our cap on our fedora cap would that make a difference i don't think so yeah that kind of true but only here we only have fixed prices there's no changing them that's the will of the suppliers not mine yeah what are the suppliers have to do with that anyway show me the stuff whoa look at this guys wow a militia man anna skin versus radiation poisoning recipe this book will teach you to craft a third tier zip gun that's gonna be something i'm gonna grab yeah i like that oh look at this look at this but it's 932 ruble oh wow okay he's got ammo and we need what do we need we need uh 5.45 milliliter uh milli millimeter milliliter millimeter it's got a macro pistol for 536 damage is 36 to 48. three four four three five i mean five six five what's the range on that okay a rifle is long range this is this is long range as well this macro pistol this is affordable this looks affordable okay why is that 40 weapon accuracy in red this pistol was a soviet union standard military and police sidearm from 1951 on oh i'd like to get my hands on this i think i'd like to get my hands on this isn't this better than the uh noggin okay because 36 to 48 look at the noggin 30 to 46 that's pretty good too three four five action points this is three four four that means i could get two shots off it carries uh eight rounds the nugget carries only seven rounds and he's gonna give me 357 for the noggins i think i'm gonna make that switch or fidel you know what maybe i don't need that because it's a third tier zip gun why would i want that if i could get fidel i could give fidel to nagant oh this is exciting this is real exciting look at this he's also got this rusty m712 jamming chance is 10 see there's no jamming chance on this thing it's 453 30 to 43 damage long range but the same with this thing though no i think i like uh this is the german pistol developed in the 19th century this is exciting oh what is this a rusty tt pistol 30 to 43 a rusty makarov pistol no way we're not taking anything rusty here okay what do we need for ammo with this we need nine millimeter i think he has that right here pretty decent pricing too this guy's offering us oh we've already got 15 rounds oh this is cool this is real cool what are we going to do here i want to make a mistake with this guy okay i think for sure i'm going to take that why would i take that book i get the recipe but i might be able to craft something that i can sell for a pretty good penny and it's only 53 rubles so let's say we sell okay what would we get for this pistol right now we don't know because i think he's carrying it he's carrying the zip gun isn't he yeah fidel's carrying the zip gun but let's say the zip gun i think we'd get more than 53 rubles so this might be a good trade if we could craft one and then sell it okay so let's take that macro pistol i love that i love that and that's my specialty pistols and submachine guns so that's fif that's very cool so should we get rid of the noggin pistol and instead uh because i don't want to spend the cash no why am i taking that rifle long range no way 67 percent weapon accuracy 40 weapon accuracy okay so i guess we're more accurate with this rifle is that what that means uh i think that's what that means how much would you give us for a joint 68 rules only it's not a lot give us yeah we want to keep those ziggy's ah this is this is uh this is an important trade here we can't make a mistake because we are so desperate for rubles so desperate for rubles we could sell that knife we have five of them so we don't need five knives so let's sell four of them it's 161 rubles we sold one knife we have a sharpened knife for 61 rubles we'll hang on to both knives the nkvd he'll give us 382 why is this so good oh because it lets us skin animals so do these critical chances plus two percent yeah that's nothing though the damage is three to eleven damage here is six to twenty one damage six to sixteen melee okay ap cost is two three three three four four that's why that's why you get more attacks with this thing okay okay we'll give them that what about the booze how much will they give us for booze i think they'll give us yup he'll give us 33. get rid of those booze they're not gonna help us no way get rid of that there okay 227 do we have any more what else could we give them okay we have another sharpened knife here fidel has one so we should probably have two sharpened knives yeah so let's leave that alone uh that spiked club is worth geez he'll give us 114 with that spike club 9 to 22 6 to 22. four of five ranges melee ranges melee why would we want that spike club oh chance to ignore armor is 15 same with this sharpened knife though there's no advantage here with this club none oh a stun chance at 15 okay no we'll hang on to that uh that homemade grenade no i think we'll hang on to that oh we'd give us 462 for that grenade no well hang on the metal he'll give us uh 35 ruble not a lot there i don't think there's anything else that fidel has that we're willing to trade lost i don't think i have anything myself here do i uh i mean this is important can't make a mistake here i mean what are these books doing for us look at this we could always give him this uh hunter's memo three recipes which we already know yeah we don't need that let's get rid of that we'll trade a book for a book there look at that we're getting closer okay and this is a short dictionary of criminal slang uh i don't think that's gonna help us i don't believe that'll help us why are these uh is that to read is that why must be i think that's what that means so we're only down uh what are we down here only down a couple 26 rubles that's it and we can do this trade with this guy he'll get a nice new macaron pistol and we'll get a recipe i like that i like that i give him these apples three apples they're good for toxic though yeah maybe we'll hang on to those let's get rid of one of these babushka scarves that'll do it okay so that's 594 and he can give us the rest yep okay we'll do the trade with you pal oh yeah we'll happily do this trade with you did i get ammo do i have enough ammo nine millimeter how much do i have of that i think i have quite a bit of 15 rounds but you know what i think he's selling it at a pretty good yeah take it take that take it all take everything he has an ammo his ammo is a real good deal actually i think the noggin pistol is 30 round isn't it yep 30 caliber i mean so grab that too i mean look at the pricing i should maybe just take it all 5.45 i think we use that for the rifle yep take it grab that too take all that ammo okay ah i kind of want to take more from this guy 7.62 uh do we have that we only have oh we have 25 rounds no then we don't need any of that okay what is this this yellow newspaper cutout will teach you to craft a fourth tier percussion revolver wow well yeah i love these recipes love this this guy's loaded he's got great stuff there's this german is it rusty it's rusty it's got the negan we already have that it's rusty rusty okay that's it so we still have to come up with more now uh waste paper will hang on too we could get rid of some of this no no we better not we better hold on that food food is everything don't make that mistake i don't want to give this guy uh i don't want to give him uh any rubles nope we're just going to make the trade i think i'm going to do it right here the naked pistol and then i can give but then i could all i could give that to fidel it could be a mistake it could be a mistake okay what other books do we have here we have this book i think i'll hang onto that book for now criminal slang that's only 16. it's not worth a lot ah i don't want to give up any more rubles what's that microchip no i mean he gives us a fair price for everything that grenade is 462. 20 to 35 yeah i think we better hang on to that i think we better hang on to that yeah i think we'll regret giving that up gunpowder we need that for the zip gun actually you know what not as much anymore because we have the negan pistol we have six rounds 20 how much is that worth why is that worth so much it's a true friend six well those are buckshot rounds that's why and those are zip gun rounds yeah that gun powder is a true we'll hang on to that uh unless we get back something i don't want to this is the tough decision here we have three knives what we could do is we could take over okay we need a mealy weapon for rats and stuff like that okay so we have a spike club that's one mealy weapon oh and he has the axe okay yeah you know what we're gonna get rid of these knives let's do this here and let's do this here okay it's a few knives we're going to keep this one here the nkvd knife it's rare we'll hold on to it and what we'll do is we'll get fidel so we don't forget this okay to go like that oh there's two of them oh well let's sell one okay we'll sell one okay fidel sell sell that one right there okay getting closer what is that that's uh we're about 150 rules down right yep 150 rubles away should we give them that meat 63 rubles because i think we have 10 here don't we how many do we have nine and then yeah we have 10. that's a lot let's give them that food okay we're only down about 85 rubles that's it i think we can do this we're getting there okay uh the metal no because we might need that oh another sharpened knife 61 rubles yeah because you've got the axe fidel take that sell him that knife throw that knife there i think we can do the deal now that's good that's only going to cost about 20 some rubles 26 rubles good i don't think there's anything else we want to sell just wait let's just go through it closely with fidel's ah these stupid things we're looking at what do we ever use those four get rid of those these svenchatkas okay 884. so we're only down now what uh 16 18 rubles that's it so 18 rubles we could sell that potato queen of the wastes originally from south america this root vegetable can now be found all over the globe we have two of them yeah get rid of the potato i don't know what it does okay and that's five more ruble that's it okay that's it i get rid of these apples get rid of one apple because you've got more up there and then he's gonna give us three rubles back what a trade oh that was fun that was fun okay we are going to look this over carefully and what do the suppliers have to do with that let's see maybe you can answer a few questions let's ask this guy i suppose what do you want how are things in the surrounding territories as always hey fidel do you know that your sign has a typo in it it should be el pollo loco with two l's oh come on you too i know i know there's a typo okay but it's a good sign otherwise why change it for something that minor hey don't shoot the messenger i'm just saying people notice this all the time i'm not a language nazi myself but still haha fidel you penny pincher anyway we need to go that was great oh that was a good trade i enjoyed that so this was more than worth it to come through this sort of secret area underneath kresna's nominee i hope you're enjoying the continuing story from adam rpg and if you are please smash that like button if you're not a subscriber love to have you on as one hitting that subscribe button thank you very much for watching and we'll be back soon\n"