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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 2542548" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p><strong>The Shadow of Colin Turner Falls</strong></p><p></p><p>Clarisse sits at the table demurely while everyone else talks around her. </p><p></p><p>She delicately taps her napkin on her lip after she finishes. </p><p></p><p>"Well, I for one am very pleased with how the festival turned out. So many new people here in our little town!" She places her hand gently on Chesters. "And Chet, Mr. Martin, was so brave the past week with all the outlaws running around. I'm just glad you are all alright." She looks at Chester adoringly. "Especially you." She blushes then looks away.</p><p></p><p>Chester gently squeezes Clarisse's hand and kisses her. "I'm glad to be alright. But it was pretty close. I wasn't the only brave one. Everyone here played a major part in bringing down the Cowboy Gang. I hope this is the last we've seen of that lot."</p><p></p><p>"Oh, I hope so too. Besides being dangerous they took up all your free time, always running off and leaving me!"</p><p></p><p>"Well, now I can resume your courting." He winks at her.</p><p></p><p>Clarisse blushes. and looks down to her lap. "I'd like that very much," she says softly.</p><p></p><p>Nanuet smiles brightly when he sees Minerva enter the saloon in her eyecatching red gown. He thinks about his own state of dress in his plain clothes but his thoughts are quickly drawn back to Minerva. He stands up and makes his way over to her. </p><p></p><p>"Well, I must say you cleaned up nicely. I didn't expect this fancy, but you look so beautiful." he says and gives her a quick kiss. "And smell so nice as well. I think I'm in love," he says with a wink.</p><p></p><p>"I am glad that you find my attire pleasing, mi amor. I dressed special for you," she says giving a little spin. "I am in a festive mood and we have so much to celebrate. Come I would like to share my good news with our friends." she says and leads him over to the table. </p><p></p><p>”Buenas Tardes mi amigos!" She greets everyone around the table with a hug and a kiss on the cheek as Nanuet pulls out a chair for her.</p><p></p><p>"Wait just a minute, I think Ruby is still outside, we should wait for everybody to be present. Let me see if I can find something to toast with." </p><p></p><p>Nanuet makes sure Minerva is comfortable before heading to the bar to speak with Niles and arrange a celebratory toast.</p><p></p><p>Jake partially listens to the conversation between the priestess and Nanuet. He finally notices that Ruby did not come back inside. He stands and sees Ruby outside and the man who was talking to Maria is walking off the porch. Jake walks to the door. "Are you well? Was there something wrong with Maria's cooking?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby is startled into reality by Jake's voice. "That's the man," she whispers to him, staring off after Turner. "He's... he's..." Ruby stammers and then is silent.</p><p></p><p>"That is the man who was making you uncomfortable?" Jake asks her while pointing at the man's back.</p><p></p><p>Ruby looks at Jake with wide eyes and nods her head in response.</p><p></p><p>Jake steps off the porch in the man's direction and says loudly, "Hey, you there!" He continues walking quickly towards him.</p><p></p><p>The man stops walking and slowly turns back to face Jake. He stares at Jake with his intense light blue eyes. Without breaking his gaze, "Are you speaking to me, sir?"</p><p></p><p>"Yes I am." Jake walks steadily up to the man and faces him. </p><p></p><p>"Miss West finds your attentions uncomfortable and unwanted, you need to leave her alone. Do you understand me?" Jake meets his gaze with a firm expression.</p><p></p><p>Jake quickly realizes the feeling of discomfort that Ruby had previously mentioned as he meets the mans steely gaze. A chill runs up and down his spine and he feels his own will, the ability to control his actions and movements being suppresssed. </p><p></p><p>"Uncomfortable and unwanted you say? I don't believe she said unwanted, I believe those are your own words. I understand Miss West feelings of discomfort at this point in time and will check in on her at a later date, perhaps by then she will have grown comfortable with the offer I have made. Good day sir." </p><p></p><p>The strange man turns around and continues walking away from the Lucky Lady. Jake finds himself rooted in place, unable to continue his pursuit of Colin Turner.</p><p></p><p>Jake's fear of helplessness is quickly replaced by a consuming anger. Unable to get his legs to obey him, he quickly assesses what control he has, if any, of his body. <em>I have had enough of people attempting to make me their puppet! You are threatening the wrong man's woman.</em></p><p></p><p>Ruby runs up to Jake as Colin walks away. She can see the hate buring in his normally twinkling eyes. </p><p></p><p>"Baby! What happened?" She places her hand on his arm, "I couldn't hear from up on the porch. Are you alright? What did he say? You look so angry..."</p><p></p><p>With his left hand, Jake takes her firmly by the arm and turns her back towards the saloon. He says quietly through gritted teeth, "Did you see him cast a spell? Is that man another blasted wizard?" His right hand brushes his Colt. Ruby can feel Jake's hand shaking slightly as he holds her arm, but there is no fear in his eyes.</p><p></p><p>Ruby shakes her head no. "I didn't see him do anything," she says quietly in return. "Are you alright?" Ruby lets Jake pull her to the Saloon. "Maybe he won't come back?" she adds feebly.</p><p></p><p>"I'm fine. I don't think I am harmed." Jake stops her and says. "I couldn't move. The bastard did something so I couldn't move. Didn't you say there was a way to do that with a ..., you know...."</p><p></p><p>"Yes," she whispers, "But I didn't see him do anything. I was watching." She throws her arms around Jake's neck and holds him tightly. "Maybe he won't come back. Or maybe next time I can tell him no with more conviction..."</p><p></p><p>"What do you mean by that? What offer is he talking about?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby releases her arms from around Jake's neck and takes a step away from him. </p><p></p><p>The words come out of her mouth flat and without feeling. "He said he wanted to take me away and treat me how I should be treated." </p><p></p><p>She pauses before continuing, then she starts to ramble, "Yesterday... at the ball.. I didn't know where you were... everyone was in costume... I danced with him... Red came and saved me... I didn't know where you were...he disappeared..."</p><p></p><p>"Easy, easy, Ruby girl. It's alright, we need to figure out what in hades is going on here." Jake starts them moving again to the saloon. "Can you talk about it? Are you up to it? Perhaps we can ask the others as well, maybe they can help us understand what in blazes this guy is trying to pull on us."</p><p></p><p>"I guess I can talk about it, why couldn't I? But why do the others have to know?" She looks in the saloon at her friends eating dinner at the table then back to Jake. "What can they do?" The haze is falling away from Ruby and her mood lightning a bit. "They might get scared."</p><p></p><p>"I don't know what they can do. Do you know what we should do? I need to understand how he did that to me, and how to keep him from doing it again. I can't protect you if I can't move." Jake suddenly wishes he hadn't said that out loud. "He was talking to Maria. Go find out what he said to her." Jake nudges her along towards the kitchen. "I'll be sitting with the others. When you come back, decide if you want to say something. I would feel better if you did."</p><p></p><p>Ruby nods and walks to the kitchen. Once inside she starts casually chatting with Maria. 10 minutes later she appears back at the table with her friends. </p><p></p><p>She sits quietly for a moment, twirling her hair around her finger. Her voice soft she starts, "So did anyone notice the guy who was sitting in the corner earlier? There is something odd about him..." She tries not to look at the crazy stares she is getting from the group. </p><p></p><p>"He was a customer here, a couple months ago. He was nice enough. He came back for the festival. He's been... I've been... uh... something odd..." </p><p></p><p>Ruby starts more frantically twirling her hair on her finger. "He says he wants to take me away."</p><p></p><p>"He is... unusual,” Katherine said. “He spent a great deal of time talking with me, and there is something about the way he looks at you that makes it hard to think clearly. We danced at the ball, and it's like you want to run away and you want to stay all at the same time. He never hid his interest in you, Ruby. Has he said why he wants you to go with him?"</p><p></p><p>"No. That he wants to treat me like I should be treated. I told him no." Ruby pauses, very carefully considering if she should proceed. "When I said that he mentioned you and Maria, that you were lovely. Is he threatening me? Dammit!" She slams her hand on the table. "We just got over this crap." Ruby tugs on her hair a few times. "Where is the damn bourbon?" </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile Clarisse sits in silence with her hands in her lap, wide eyed.</p><p></p><p>Chester whispers to her, "Nothing like your school, is it?"</p><p></p><p>Clarisse nods her head slowly. "No," she whispers back to him and takes his hand, "Not at all. It's a very strange story." Her gaze turns to Ruby as Ruby continues to tell her story. "Maybe she's had too much to drink? She does like to drink..."</p><p></p><p>"I'd like to hear your story, when you're ready to tell it." </p><p></p><p>Clarisse giggles. "Not my story, silly, the one Ruby is telling. You know, about this man making people feel strange and wanting to take her away. I think she's trying to make Mr. Cook jealous. Or make an excuse for not being faithful to him."</p><p></p><p>Chester follows Clarisse's look. "When you've had as hard a life as she has, you need something to ease the pain. Do you disapprove?"</p><p></p><p>Clarisse replies, "Overindulgance in anything is against the will of the gods, Chet, you know that.”</p><p></p><p>While Chester and Clarisse whispered, the others continued discussing Mr. Turner. "I doubt he was threatening anyone, he seems the kind of man who makes it a habit to flatter and charm wherever he goes. It's something to keep in mind though,” Kate was saying.</p><p></p><p>Ruby looks down and keeps her gaze off of Jake. </p><p></p><p>"When I said Jake would never let him take me Mr. Turner said he didn't have to. That sounds like a threat to me. He said you were lovely. Are lovely. Not that you aren't... " Ruby shakes her head. </p><p></p><p>Again she is quiet and she bites her lip. "When I am around him I can't think very straight. I'm... uh..." She doesn't finish her thought.</p><p></p><p>Kate sighed. "That does sound a lot more like a threat. For now Ruby, I hate to say it but you shouldn't go around alone, and make sure you lock your doors at night. I'm not sure there's much else you can do."</p><p></p><p>"We'll keep an eye out for him Ruby. Hopefully he realizes that you aren't interested and he'll stay away. Let's try and turn this mood back around, I believe Minerva has an announcement to make." Nanuet says trying to raise the spirits of the group again. He has a bottle of champagne in his hand and there are several glasses on the table. He begins filling them and passing them out to all his companions and Clarisse.</p><p></p><p>Minerva puts her hand on Nanuet's arm. "Si I would like to make my announcement and then perhaps we could celebrate, but I am curious to hear what Ruby has to say first." She turns to him as if she is going to hug him and whispers. "She was acting quite strange out on the porch and she does not look well to me. Let us humor her." Minerva changed to her usual tone and said, "Por Favor, Ruby please tell us."</p><p></p><p>Nanuet whispers back, "I am sorry, I did not realize there was more to be said, of course let them finish speaking."</p><p></p><p>"Tell you what? I told you what I had to say, I think I remembered everything. It seems something about him makes me... forgetful. Jake just spoke with him outside, I think he has something to add..."</p><p></p><p>Jake has been quiet while they are all talking but now they seem to be looking at him. "I told the man to leave Ruby alone, more eloquently though." Jake does not laugh at his little attempt at humor. "He basically refused my request and then he did something to me. I don't understand how but I was unable to move at all while he walked away." Jake pauses and then adds, "Ruby didn't notice him do anything if you understand me."</p><p></p><p>"I didn't see him do anything," Ruby repeats, "I know I didn't, I was watching." </p><p></p><p>"I don't know what to do."</p><p></p><p>"Right now, I'm not sure either. And considering what I know of Cochise County, I wouldn't be surprised if he were talented. I have seen him, so has Ruby, Jake, and Maria. And probably some of the others as well. For now we keep our eyes open, and keep an eye on Ruby as well. </p><p></p><p>And now I'm going to suggest a very "Ruby" solution. We have a drink and enjoy our night. For now we are all together, and Mr. Turner gone. Let's enjoy it."</p><p></p><p>"Yes...drinks...good idea." Ruby pours herself another bourbon. </p><p></p><p>She glances at Jake. "What I'd really like to do is get out of here."</p><p></p><p>"Well, now that Ringo is gone it's much safter to travel. A little vacation might not be a bad thing." </p><p></p><p>"Yes, a vacation," Ruby comments, "Tombstone was nice." Ruby looks a bit uncomfortable as she glances around the room. "Maybe soon we can go. But I meant tonight, maybe just a ride, you know, get some air." </p><p></p><p>"Anyway, Minerva why don't you tell everyone your news."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 2542548, member: 12815"] [b]The Shadow of Colin Turner Falls[/b] Clarisse sits at the table demurely while everyone else talks around her. She delicately taps her napkin on her lip after she finishes. "Well, I for one am very pleased with how the festival turned out. So many new people here in our little town!" She places her hand gently on Chesters. "And Chet, Mr. Martin, was so brave the past week with all the outlaws running around. I'm just glad you are all alright." She looks at Chester adoringly. "Especially you." She blushes then looks away. Chester gently squeezes Clarisse's hand and kisses her. "I'm glad to be alright. But it was pretty close. I wasn't the only brave one. Everyone here played a major part in bringing down the Cowboy Gang. I hope this is the last we've seen of that lot." "Oh, I hope so too. Besides being dangerous they took up all your free time, always running off and leaving me!" "Well, now I can resume your courting." He winks at her. Clarisse blushes. and looks down to her lap. "I'd like that very much," she says softly. Nanuet smiles brightly when he sees Minerva enter the saloon in her eyecatching red gown. He thinks about his own state of dress in his plain clothes but his thoughts are quickly drawn back to Minerva. He stands up and makes his way over to her. "Well, I must say you cleaned up nicely. I didn't expect this fancy, but you look so beautiful." he says and gives her a quick kiss. "And smell so nice as well. I think I'm in love," he says with a wink. "I am glad that you find my attire pleasing, mi amor. I dressed special for you," she says giving a little spin. "I am in a festive mood and we have so much to celebrate. Come I would like to share my good news with our friends." she says and leads him over to the table. ”Buenas Tardes mi amigos!" She greets everyone around the table with a hug and a kiss on the cheek as Nanuet pulls out a chair for her. "Wait just a minute, I think Ruby is still outside, we should wait for everybody to be present. Let me see if I can find something to toast with." Nanuet makes sure Minerva is comfortable before heading to the bar to speak with Niles and arrange a celebratory toast. Jake partially listens to the conversation between the priestess and Nanuet. He finally notices that Ruby did not come back inside. He stands and sees Ruby outside and the man who was talking to Maria is walking off the porch. Jake walks to the door. "Are you well? Was there something wrong with Maria's cooking?" Ruby is startled into reality by Jake's voice. "That's the man," she whispers to him, staring off after Turner. "He's... he's..." Ruby stammers and then is silent. "That is the man who was making you uncomfortable?" Jake asks her while pointing at the man's back. Ruby looks at Jake with wide eyes and nods her head in response. Jake steps off the porch in the man's direction and says loudly, "Hey, you there!" He continues walking quickly towards him. The man stops walking and slowly turns back to face Jake. He stares at Jake with his intense light blue eyes. Without breaking his gaze, "Are you speaking to me, sir?" "Yes I am." Jake walks steadily up to the man and faces him. "Miss West finds your attentions uncomfortable and unwanted, you need to leave her alone. Do you understand me?" Jake meets his gaze with a firm expression. Jake quickly realizes the feeling of discomfort that Ruby had previously mentioned as he meets the mans steely gaze. A chill runs up and down his spine and he feels his own will, the ability to control his actions and movements being suppresssed. "Uncomfortable and unwanted you say? I don't believe she said unwanted, I believe those are your own words. I understand Miss West feelings of discomfort at this point in time and will check in on her at a later date, perhaps by then she will have grown comfortable with the offer I have made. Good day sir." The strange man turns around and continues walking away from the Lucky Lady. Jake finds himself rooted in place, unable to continue his pursuit of Colin Turner. Jake's fear of helplessness is quickly replaced by a consuming anger. Unable to get his legs to obey him, he quickly assesses what control he has, if any, of his body. [i]I have had enough of people attempting to make me their puppet! You are threatening the wrong man's woman.[/i] Ruby runs up to Jake as Colin walks away. She can see the hate buring in his normally twinkling eyes. "Baby! What happened?" She places her hand on his arm, "I couldn't hear from up on the porch. Are you alright? What did he say? You look so angry..." With his left hand, Jake takes her firmly by the arm and turns her back towards the saloon. He says quietly through gritted teeth, "Did you see him cast a spell? Is that man another blasted wizard?" His right hand brushes his Colt. Ruby can feel Jake's hand shaking slightly as he holds her arm, but there is no fear in his eyes. Ruby shakes her head no. "I didn't see him do anything," she says quietly in return. "Are you alright?" Ruby lets Jake pull her to the Saloon. "Maybe he won't come back?" she adds feebly. "I'm fine. I don't think I am harmed." Jake stops her and says. "I couldn't move. The bastard did something so I couldn't move. Didn't you say there was a way to do that with a ..., you know...." "Yes," she whispers, "But I didn't see him do anything. I was watching." She throws her arms around Jake's neck and holds him tightly. "Maybe he won't come back. Or maybe next time I can tell him no with more conviction..." "What do you mean by that? What offer is he talking about?" Ruby releases her arms from around Jake's neck and takes a step away from him. The words come out of her mouth flat and without feeling. "He said he wanted to take me away and treat me how I should be treated." She pauses before continuing, then she starts to ramble, "Yesterday... at the ball.. I didn't know where you were... everyone was in costume... I danced with him... Red came and saved me... I didn't know where you were...he disappeared..." "Easy, easy, Ruby girl. It's alright, we need to figure out what in hades is going on here." Jake starts them moving again to the saloon. "Can you talk about it? Are you up to it? Perhaps we can ask the others as well, maybe they can help us understand what in blazes this guy is trying to pull on us." "I guess I can talk about it, why couldn't I? But why do the others have to know?" She looks in the saloon at her friends eating dinner at the table then back to Jake. "What can they do?" The haze is falling away from Ruby and her mood lightning a bit. "They might get scared." "I don't know what they can do. Do you know what we should do? I need to understand how he did that to me, and how to keep him from doing it again. I can't protect you if I can't move." Jake suddenly wishes he hadn't said that out loud. "He was talking to Maria. Go find out what he said to her." Jake nudges her along towards the kitchen. "I'll be sitting with the others. When you come back, decide if you want to say something. I would feel better if you did." Ruby nods and walks to the kitchen. Once inside she starts casually chatting with Maria. 10 minutes later she appears back at the table with her friends. She sits quietly for a moment, twirling her hair around her finger. Her voice soft she starts, "So did anyone notice the guy who was sitting in the corner earlier? There is something odd about him..." She tries not to look at the crazy stares she is getting from the group. "He was a customer here, a couple months ago. He was nice enough. He came back for the festival. He's been... I've been... uh... something odd..." Ruby starts more frantically twirling her hair on her finger. "He says he wants to take me away." "He is... unusual,” Katherine said. “He spent a great deal of time talking with me, and there is something about the way he looks at you that makes it hard to think clearly. We danced at the ball, and it's like you want to run away and you want to stay all at the same time. He never hid his interest in you, Ruby. Has he said why he wants you to go with him?" "No. That he wants to treat me like I should be treated. I told him no." Ruby pauses, very carefully considering if she should proceed. "When I said that he mentioned you and Maria, that you were lovely. Is he threatening me? Dammit!" She slams her hand on the table. "We just got over this crap." Ruby tugs on her hair a few times. "Where is the damn bourbon?" Meanwhile Clarisse sits in silence with her hands in her lap, wide eyed. Chester whispers to her, "Nothing like your school, is it?" Clarisse nods her head slowly. "No," she whispers back to him and takes his hand, "Not at all. It's a very strange story." Her gaze turns to Ruby as Ruby continues to tell her story. "Maybe she's had too much to drink? She does like to drink..." "I'd like to hear your story, when you're ready to tell it." Clarisse giggles. "Not my story, silly, the one Ruby is telling. You know, about this man making people feel strange and wanting to take her away. I think she's trying to make Mr. Cook jealous. Or make an excuse for not being faithful to him." Chester follows Clarisse's look. "When you've had as hard a life as she has, you need something to ease the pain. Do you disapprove?" Clarisse replies, "Overindulgance in anything is against the will of the gods, Chet, you know that.” While Chester and Clarisse whispered, the others continued discussing Mr. Turner. "I doubt he was threatening anyone, he seems the kind of man who makes it a habit to flatter and charm wherever he goes. It's something to keep in mind though,” Kate was saying. Ruby looks down and keeps her gaze off of Jake. "When I said Jake would never let him take me Mr. Turner said he didn't have to. That sounds like a threat to me. He said you were lovely. Are lovely. Not that you aren't... " Ruby shakes her head. Again she is quiet and she bites her lip. "When I am around him I can't think very straight. I'm... uh..." She doesn't finish her thought. Kate sighed. "That does sound a lot more like a threat. For now Ruby, I hate to say it but you shouldn't go around alone, and make sure you lock your doors at night. I'm not sure there's much else you can do." "We'll keep an eye out for him Ruby. Hopefully he realizes that you aren't interested and he'll stay away. Let's try and turn this mood back around, I believe Minerva has an announcement to make." Nanuet says trying to raise the spirits of the group again. He has a bottle of champagne in his hand and there are several glasses on the table. He begins filling them and passing them out to all his companions and Clarisse. Minerva puts her hand on Nanuet's arm. "Si I would like to make my announcement and then perhaps we could celebrate, but I am curious to hear what Ruby has to say first." She turns to him as if she is going to hug him and whispers. "She was acting quite strange out on the porch and she does not look well to me. Let us humor her." Minerva changed to her usual tone and said, "Por Favor, Ruby please tell us." Nanuet whispers back, "I am sorry, I did not realize there was more to be said, of course let them finish speaking." "Tell you what? I told you what I had to say, I think I remembered everything. It seems something about him makes me... forgetful. Jake just spoke with him outside, I think he has something to add..." Jake has been quiet while they are all talking but now they seem to be looking at him. "I told the man to leave Ruby alone, more eloquently though." Jake does not laugh at his little attempt at humor. "He basically refused my request and then he did something to me. I don't understand how but I was unable to move at all while he walked away." Jake pauses and then adds, "Ruby didn't notice him do anything if you understand me." "I didn't see him do anything," Ruby repeats, "I know I didn't, I was watching." "I don't know what to do." "Right now, I'm not sure either. And considering what I know of Cochise County, I wouldn't be surprised if he were talented. I have seen him, so has Ruby, Jake, and Maria. And probably some of the others as well. For now we keep our eyes open, and keep an eye on Ruby as well. And now I'm going to suggest a very "Ruby" solution. We have a drink and enjoy our night. For now we are all together, and Mr. Turner gone. Let's enjoy it." "Yes...drinks...good idea." Ruby pours herself another bourbon. She glances at Jake. "What I'd really like to do is get out of here." "Well, now that Ringo is gone it's much safter to travel. A little vacation might not be a bad thing." "Yes, a vacation," Ruby comments, "Tombstone was nice." Ruby looks a bit uncomfortable as she glances around the room. "Maybe soon we can go. But I meant tonight, maybe just a ride, you know, get some air." "Anyway, Minerva why don't you tell everyone your news." [/QUOTE]
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