Fallout 4 scavenger Jake Aspinwall has confirmed that he is nearly finished looting a house, despite carrying seven thousand pounds of household junk and being unable to turn around without taking part of the porch with him. Aspinwall said he would head straight back to his settlement as soon as he checked the upstairs bathroom, the shed and a cupboard he was fairly sure he had already checked.
“It’s not hoarding if it’s for crafting,” he explained, tightening the rope holding a sofa to the top of his backpack. The collection beneath it includes desk fans, typewriters, fifty-six clipboards and several coffee pots whose contents he has not investigated. Asked what he intended to build, Aspinwall said he did not want to limit himself this early in the process.
His current project is a minor weapon improvement which he began gathering supplies for several expeditions ago. He has since passed the materials back at his workbench on several occasions, but has been reluctant to stop because he keeps spotting buildings that might contain more of them. “You’d feel pretty stupid needing a screw and remembering you walked past a fan,” he said, picking up a fan.
Local settlers have learned to recognise his approach from the sound of loose cutlery. One offered to help unload the pack, but withdrew after Aspinwall explained that the coffee mugs were supporting the chair, which was supporting the lamp, which was the only thing preventing the clipboards from falling into the road. A suggestion that he abandon the chair was dismissed because chairs contain materials.
Aspinwall remains confident that the trip will save time in the long run, once he reaches the stage of the journey at which his character can move at a useful speed. He has declined to return for a second load on the grounds that making two trips would be inefficient, and is instead making one trip expected to last most of the afternoon.
By sunset, he had finally worked himself free of the doorway and was preparing to leave when he noticed a chipped mug on the porch. He said he could not remember whether he already had that one.
