"I saw the lights come on, so I figured that the reactor must be working again." Adam said back to Salvatore who just walked out of the reactor room.
"Yeah well don't get too excited yet, according to your Mr. Handy there, it still requires a lot more work." Adam nodded.
"I noticed the radiation leaking out still, so what's wrong?"
"Fuck if I know." Salvatore said with a soft chuckle and a shrug before lighting up a cigarette for himself. "But the robot said it's running at 50% operating efficiency or some shit like that. He said he'd write you a list of things he needed but that, so long as there are no unexpected surprises, he can keep things running like this for at least a year without any extra supplies."
"Good to know we have leeway with our timetable… did he say what we would not have access to when we are operating only at 50%?"
"Nah, I didn't think to ask." Salvatore said as he leaned against the wall and took a long hit of his cigarette. "Figure he can make adjustments, cut power to sections we aren't using."
"Yeah that makes sense." Adam paused to think. "Well, I guess, until the reactor room is no longer leaking radiation, it's going to be up to you and Rae to be the intermediaries." Adam paused again. "Did Remington say what he needed to stop the radiation from leaking?"
"Didn't ask." Salvatore repeated again, Adam chuckled.
"Some liaison you are." he teased.
"Hey, I'm a mercenary not an engineer, I didn't think of it. But I doubt it's something that can be solved today anyway." he shrugged. "I can ask tomorrow, but for now I want to get some sleep." Adam looked off down the hall that led to the habitat wing.
"Yeah that's probably a good idea, many of the rooms are clean now thanks to the people from Naper, so let's go find a nice bed to sleep in."
"Best idea you've had all day." Salvatore returned with a grin.
Adam and Salvatore then returned down the hall towards the living quarters where all the people from Naper were generally finishing the last bits of cleaning and beginning to either settle down for food or turn in for the night.
Now that Adam was inspecting the rooms to find himself one to stay in he noticed there were three types of rooms to choose from.
There were the standard apartment suites made for a couple or a single adult, with a kitchen/dining room separated only by a different tiled floor from a living room, a bathroom, and a master bedroom. The space was not extravagant but for one person it was more than enough.
Then there were the domiciles built for families, with much the same layout as the single bedroom apartments but with more space in all rooms, a second bathroom and a total of 3 bedrooms.
The third and final room could be considered the 'luxury suites' . It was designed like the rooms for families but they were much bigger, had some extra amenities that the others did not, and also seemed furnished a bit nicer. Though these were few in number Adam could only question what their purpose was. Perhaps they were for the chief scientist and head of security and those in positions of power? He could only guess.
All of the luxury suites had not been taken, it seemed like the people from Naper were more than happy to stay in the regular rooms. Salvatore saw no reason to hold himself back and, with Adam's casual permission, seized one of the luxury suites for himself.
Adam was about to just take one of the single apartments for himself, as he was alone and didn't need for much, but he was stopped by one of the Naper citizens.
"Ah, are you looking for a room? We worked together to make one up for you!" A woman from Naper who stopped him said with a great big smile.
Adam didn't know what she meant but he had no problem being led to whatever room they had picked out for him. So he willingly followed her as she led him to the edge of the living quarters and then up a flight of stairs. The stairs led to a single door that when she opened it led to a small second floor. Adam looked around confused and then saw as she gestured him inside.
"So um… which room is mine?" He asked, not sure what she meant with her gesture.
"Oh! This whole floor is yours! This space seemed to be the biggest room we found!" She smiled happily. Adam was quite taken aback.
There were multiple floors he knew that much, at least. He confirmed that previously when he awoke here and found the overseer's office on the second floor. The office had, overlooking through a big circular window, a view on the main room and community space. But the living quarters themselves were also at least two floors, he had not explored too extensively but there were a lot of living spaces and they were stacked on top of each. On the second floor, outside the rooms with plenty of space still to walk, there were railings surrounding openings in the floor that led to the first floor. This made the space, especially on the first floor, feel much more open and less cramped as with the increased ceiling height from the second floor the area was much more roomy. The overlook from the second to the first floor also allowed people to communicate across floors, or, if they were feeling industrious, transfer items without traversing the stairs. Overall it just made the living quarters feel more spacious.
However this seemed to be a separate stairwell entirely from the stairwell one would normally use to get to the second floor of the living quarters. This floor seemed to be at least somewhat separated from the other second floor. However more than anything this was way too much space for him alone, even the luxury suites were too much, this was just excessive.
"I… can't live here, this is too much for me, can't one of the families just…" Adam began and then the woman wagged her finger.
"Non." She said, in French for some reason. "This space is for you, we all agreed."
"I'm perfectly fine with a smaller space-" Adam began before she took his hands in hers.
"This is your home, we are just guests, it makes sense for the master of the house to stay in the nicest space. Besides, we put all this effort into cleaning it up. Please accept it as a token of our gratitude." She half pleaded. Adam let off a heavy sigh.
"Alright, if you are going to ask that much I will. Thank you all, I appreciate it." She smiled brightly.
"Not at all, you have done so much for us, cleaning this space is nothing compared to that." She then smiled. "I will go now, but you have a wonderful night, Adam."
"You too." He smiled back and then watched as she descended the stairs. Once she was out of sight Adam sighed again and then entered the floor that now belonged to him.