[color=00a651][u][b]Dr. Arthur West- Salem Diner[/b][/u]
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[i]Ace smiled, "Mr Makovich was my dad, just call me Ace." Ace headed over to the fridge and picked up a cold Nuka Cola bottle and placed it in front of the doctor along with a clean cup, "It's on the house doc. You sure you don't want anything else? We have radstag stew, noodles, and um... freshly baked Mutfruit Pie? It's all pretty good."[/i]

"Ah well...." Arthur thought about it for a moment. The 'radstag stew' didn't sound appealing at all, but perhaps he could try the mutfruit pie. He'd have to get his stomach to tolerate surface food at some point, otherwise he'd starve once he ran out of nutritional supplements, or at least he'd be forced to return to Vault 88 for more, "I'll try a slice of the mutfruit pie as well I suppose. A small one though, I don't want to waste your food if I can't eat it." 

Once Ace had brought him his food and drink, Arthur took a sip of the Nuka Cola and cringed slightly. It was [i]alright[/i] for 200 year old soda but the taste was...off. He also got the slight tinge of a metallic taste, indicating the radiation in the drink. He was now absolutely sure that Bioscience had completely change the formula back at The Institute, although he couldn't say exactly what the difference was.

He stared at the mutfruit pie for a little while, examining it and poking at it like a child who's mother was forcing him to eat vegetables. Arthur looked around and watched the other patrons at the diner gorging themselves on food, smacking their lips, and telling Ace how delicious it all was. The thought of eating mutated meat and fruit, however, made him gag a bit. 

Hesitantly, he cut of a tiny slice of the pie with a spoon and brought it up to his mouth. He sniffed it slightly before taking a small taste with his tongue and finally putting it into his mouth. It was.....interesting. Not as bad as he was expecting, but he could already tell he was going to have stomach problems later if he ate the whole thing. He took another tiny bite and pushed the pie away for now to listen to the talk going around the diner. There was an argument going on about the mutant he'd seen earlier and some of the townsfolk obviously wanted to shoot it while some were asking to give the creature a chance. Then the topic of feeding 'Rook' had come up. 

[i]“May I ask what you plan on feeding him? From my experience fighting super mutants In DC they seemed to only eat one thing...humans and unless we have volunteers.” Steve said as he looked around at the people in the dinner “I think he’s gonna go hungry.”
“He’s not having the Horse either....”[/i]

"Oh well..." Arthur cleared his throat. He surprised himself with his own voice, as the patrons turned to him, "Actually...while the mutants might normally, um, [i]prefer[/i] the taste of human meat. They certainly don't have to have it. They're quite happy with a variety of different meat types, animal or otherwise. I suspect the creature will be able to feed himself quite well given the variety of local fauna around here. 'Rad-stags' and 'Mirelurks' I think they're called, seem to be quite common around Salem."

Edit:

Ace had then come down and set a bag down in front of Arthur. He seemed to be wanting to whisper something to him, 

[i]"I'm hoping we can keep what you saw on my arm to yourself."[/i]

Arthur looked into the bag and saw it was full of caps. He pushed it back towards Ace,

"Keep it," he said, politely, "You won't have to worry about me. Doctor-patient confidentiality still applies out here and I have no intention of telling anyone about it. I understand the value of privacy, and of keeping things in the past, [i]in the past[/i]."