Pete Rutledge

Pete Rutledge is a merchant with the Atlantic City Municipal Government at city hall .
==Background==
An overworkedPete Rutledge: "I need a vacation." Muni merchant selling what he call legitimate goods at legitimate prices,Pete Rutledge: "You deal with me, you get legitimate goods at legitimate prices. None of that razzle-dazzle bull you'll get from the Showmen." Pete is an honest merchant working for the Munis. All of the goods he sells are guaranteed by the Municipal Government. They might not be fancy,Pete Rutledge: "It may not be fancy, but everything here is guaranteed by the Municipal Government. You won't be disappointed." but they're not stolen goodsPete Rutledge: "Unlike things you might buy from the Lombardis, nothing here fell off the back of a truck." or overpriced "razzle-dazzle bull". As every cap goes to the city's treasury, rather than into Pete's pockets,Pete Rutledge: "Every cap spent here goes to keeping AC running, not lining my pockets." he doesn't hand out any kinds of discounts, even to people who do contract work for Mayor Lane.Pete Rutledge: "You did good work out there for the Mayor, it's appreciated. No discounts, though. Business is business." He can hardly believe the Responders got a Vertibird running again.Pete Rutledge: "Heard a vertibird fly over. Can't believe someone's got one running."
Pete isn't picky about his customers. In fact, he doesn't care who they are and where they came from, as long as they're paying customers.Pete Rutledge: "I don't care who you are and I don't care where you came from. You buy, I sell, we're square." He doesn't have an interest in people's stories or idle chatter either, focusing purely on buying and selling,Pete Rutledge: "I don't need your life story. Buy something or don't, but I'm not here to chat." from anyone who comes by.Pete Rutledge: "A tourist, huh? Well, City Hall isn't normally a hotspot for your sort, but I'll still take your caps." As such, he keeps his whole inventory on hand and unlike some traders, doesn't keep anything "in the back".Pete Rutledge: "Have a look at what I've got. And before you ask, no, I don't have 'more in the back'." What customers see is what they get.Pete Rutledge: "What you see is what you get. Gotta be something here you need." Since Pete keeps track of everything and takes stock whenever he's not busy trading, everything is accounted for.Pete Rutledge: "Two ten.. two twenty... two twenty-seven... everything accounted for."
Being a Muni at City Hall means that he has an ear to the ground and is up to date on the current developments, be they Overgrown infestations,Pete Rutledge: "Quiet today. Guess the Overgrown are taking a day off." Devil attacks,Pete Rutledge: "Patrol came back torn up today. Another Devil attack..." or leaks and moldPete Rutledge: "Is that mold? Another damn leak..." at the once-impressive City Hall.Pete Rutledge: "This place must've been something, once..." He also keeps on top of personal relations within the Muni community. He is skeptical of Anna Barone and Buttercup ever becoming a thing,Pete Rutledge: "Anna and Buttercup? Can't see it myself." sees the stress slowly get to Frieda Lane,Pete Rutledge: "Frieda's looking stressed. More than usual, anyway." and finds Mayor Tim's unflappable attitude and calm in the face of adversity downright inspiring.
Pete Rutledge: "Another day, another crisis. And Tim's calm as ever." He would also love to see Vin Russo back to help the Munis out.Pete Rutledge: "Wonder where the Russo kid went. We could use his help around here."
Pete isn't thrilled about working together with either the Lombardi Family or the Showmen. To him, the former are thieves specializing in poisoning people with chems,Pete Rutledge: "We don't deal in chems, so don't ask. Head to the Casino Quarter if you want to poison yourself." while the latter are merely a bunch of homicidal clowns.Pete Rutledge: "Showmen. Bunch of homicidal clowns, and we have to take them seriously." He seems to despise their bombastic attitude and behavior the most.Pete Rutledge: "If you want a song and dance routine, talk to the Showmen. I sell stuff, it's that simple."
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview===
==Inventory==
==Appearances==
Pete Rutledge appears only .
==Behind the scenes==
Pete was previously known as simply "Muni vendor" in early datamines of the Public Test Server.
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:America's Playground human characters
Category:Muni characters
Category:City hall characters