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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 2597977" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p><strong>Thursday April 6th, 1882 "Premonition"</strong></p><p></p><p>Minerva has difficulty sleeping and it is almost dawn before she finally sucumbs to exhaustion. She is awakened soon after by Nanuet as he brushes his lips lightly across hers. "It is time to wake up my spanish beauty." he whispers softly in her ear. </p><p></p><p>She rolls toward him and with a sleepy smile reaches out to deepen the kiss before she remembers where they are and why. Her eyes fly open and she sits up quickly. "Where is Ruby? Is she safe? is everyone safe?"</p><p></p><p>"Yes, everyone is safe. Jake must have hurt him bad enough that he didn't want to bother us last night. The day time is our time, he can't touch us now, at least if he is what we think he is. I am glad you got some sleep, hopefully more than the others. I think Jake wants us to go back to Gonzalez, and check with Mother Jiminez again. Do you think you've exhausted your resources or is there anywhere else you can check?"</p><p></p><p>"I will ask Senor Lacey where the Bishop went and send him a message, but I do not know if he would respond in time. I feel so helpless, Nanuet. I don't know what I can do against such an abomination. He is beyond my abilities." she says throwing up her hands in helplessness. "I called upon my gods twice last night in an attempt to turn the creature away and also to try and shield Ruby from it's evil cohersion, but they did not answer my plea," she says with a touch of bitterness. </p><p></p><p>"Wake up everybody, not that you all slept too much, but our guardian The Sun is awake now and will watch over us for the day. Let's figure out what we are going to do for here." Nanuet says calmly. He leaves the others to get up and begins tending to the horses.</p><p></p><p>Ruby goes through her normal morning ritual, stretching and confirming Jake still loves her. She seems to have forgotten most of her cares, more worried about the headache now pounding inside her head.</p><p></p><p>Katherine woke sandy-eyed and tired. Sleep had been elusive, and the sounds coming from the other side of the camp had made it much more difficult to keep her mind off someone she had been missing. She had slept only lightly, waking at each rustle or snore.</p><p></p><p>Chester wakes up with bleary eyes. "Morning, already? I just went to sleep." Stretching, he mutters to himself, "I must be getting soft." He says a prayer to Helios and then cleans his firearms. "So, what are we doing next?"</p><p></p><p>Chester finally asked out loud what the others were asking Jake with their glances. "We go back to Promise City and see Gonzalez, check again for Jiminez, and ask around about Turner." Jake has dark circles under his eyes and blinks against the morning sun until he pushes his black hat down over his forehead. </p><p></p><p>"I hope we can put bathing on that schedule," Kate added. "I feel absolutely... well, I need a bath. But we can see Mr. Gonzales first for certain."</p><p></p><p>"Chet, I forgot to ask you about it last night. What did you learn at the Marshall's office?" Jake asked.</p><p></p><p>"Keep this under your hat, except to the rest of us here. During the festival a couple people were found dead in town. One of them was someone in town for the festival, the other was a new dancer at the Palace. They were both drained completely of blood and had bite marks on their necks. Berg, Eduardo, and Doc Eaton are the only other ones who know about the cause of death. I haven't seen Helen yet, so she doesn't know. Eduardo doesn't know who Turner is. He hasn't seen him around town, but I asked him to keep an eye out."</p><p></p><p>"Minvera, didn't you say they could turn others into creatures like them with a bite?” Jake asked. “Chet, don't you think we ought to be worried about that?"</p><p></p><p>"I forgot about that,” he answered. “When we get back to town, I'll ask Berg where they're buried. I hope we get back in the daytime. I don't like the idea of rooting around Boot Hill in the dark."</p><p></p><p>Ruby sits quietly twirling her hair while the others discuss what to do this day. She doesn't pay attention to most of the talk, uninterested in the details. She tries to remember what happened the day before but the details were fuzzy and it seemed every touch from Jake made them melt further away. </p><p></p><p>When she gets a chance she says to Chester but looks at Jake, "What are those stick things Chester was making last night?"</p><p></p><p>"They're tent stakes. According to Nanuet, they're the best weapon against whatever monster Turner is. Just stab him in the heart with one of these."</p><p></p><p>"What?" Ruby's eyes pop open and she looks shocked. "Stab him in the heart with a tent stake??" Her calm demeanor fades as she stands off the ground and paces back and forth. She looks at each of her friends faces before stopping her gaze on Jake. "If I grow fangs will you stab me in the heart too?"</p><p></p><p>Chester fumbles the stake he's holding. He stammers, "No. No. If you grow fangs... I mean, we won't let him get you."</p><p></p><p>Jake seems completely dumbstruck by the question. He stands there facing Ruby, not moving except that his eyes are opened wide and locked on her own. Finally, "If you grow fangs?" Until this moment he had not even considered that he would fail her again. A lump in grew in his throat and his chest hurt. "Don't talk like that," he snapped at her, "I'm not going to let him get to you. Do you hear me?" <em>Who are you trying to convince Mr. Cook?</em> </p><p></p><p>He turns away from her and wipes his eyes. "Damn I'm tired." He takes a couple of deep breaths. "I didn't mean to holler." He begins picking up their gear to pack up the horses.</p><p></p><p>Ruby kicks some dirt with her toe, "Sorry Jake."</p><p></p><p>"We're all tired and cranky. We should get back to town and do our business so we can all get some real sleep while we feel safe." Kate quickly folded up her blankets and tied them behind her saddle, ready to ride.</p><p></p><p>Ruby stands there watching the weary group pack up their belongings for a few moments. Then she falls to her knees and pets the puppies, who are obvilious to the tension in the group. </p><p></p><p>Finally Jake says, "All done packing, let's get back to town. We have to try to figure things out before he comes back." </p><p></p><p>"Oh, we have some time." Ruby's face shows no emotion, and she continues to pet the pups without looking up. "He's not coming back soon."</p><p></p><p>Once again, Jake seems completely dumbstruck and stands facing Ruby. The only sound is the puppies growls and yips playing with and around Ruby. Jake finally blinks a few times and asks, "How do you know this?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby looks up and shrugs, "I feel it." </p><p></p><p>She stops and thinks about what she just said and furrows her brows but says nothing further.</p><p></p><p>The opportunist part of Jake immediately wants learn everything he can about his enemy through Ruby's feelings. Simultaneously his heart grows cold with terror every time he thinks of that monster having a hold of Ruby, wondering if her thoughts are her own or put there by him. </p><p></p><p>Jake is tired and his thoughts are getting muddled. He walks slowly over to her, nearly stumbling on a root. He lowers himself slowly to the ground next to her. His face is drawn from lack of sleep; he has not slept well or long over the last several days and last night he forced himself not to sleep at all. Sitting on the grass and patiently ignoring the dogs nipping at him he says, "What else do you feel? Do you know where he is? Is he telling you what to do or where to go?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby runs her hand gently over Jake's cheek. "Oh baby, you look so tired. We should get back so you can rest. I'll even keep you warm," she smiles softly, "I always feel better when I get to keep you warm." </p><p></p><p>Looking down at the puppies, she picks up Lucky and hugs her. Jake isn't sure she is going to add anything else but finally she says, "I just felt him coming, I knew he was going to come yesterday. And I felt him when he left, not until very late last night, after we were here and I fell asleep." </p><p></p><p>She looks into Jake's eyes, "He isn't telling me what to do. Except yesterday when you stabbed him I felt like I couldn't help. I felt so helpless." Ruby's lip starts to tremble and she looks away. "I couldn't call for you, I couldn't help you, even though I desperately wanted to..." </p><p></p><p>She shakes her hair around her face. "I just feel it. You hurt him and he won't come back right away. But he's angry."</p><p></p><p>"He's angry!" Jake snaps again and spits. He looks back at her and realizes he is upsetting her. "Sorry." He peers around and all the eyes are on them. He reads concern and fear among the emotions on display in his friends eyes. <em>No, I will be strong for Ruby and for them. I need them and they will work better if I am strong.</em> </p><p></p><p>He defies his sore muscles and rises, offering her his hand. "Let us go back to town and do what we planned."</p><p></p><p>Ruby places Lucky down and takes Jake's hand. She pulls herself up and starts to hug him, but only very briefly before she pulls herself away. "I'm sorry too," she spurts, then starts hurrying away from him, rubbing her eyes.</p><p></p><p>"Ruby, don't..." but she moves away and he is too tired to chase her. He walks slowly to his horse and climbs into the saddle. He postions his horse behind Ruby's so he can watch her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 2597977, member: 12815"] [b]Thursday April 6th, 1882 "Premonition"[/b] Minerva has difficulty sleeping and it is almost dawn before she finally sucumbs to exhaustion. She is awakened soon after by Nanuet as he brushes his lips lightly across hers. "It is time to wake up my spanish beauty." he whispers softly in her ear. She rolls toward him and with a sleepy smile reaches out to deepen the kiss before she remembers where they are and why. Her eyes fly open and she sits up quickly. "Where is Ruby? Is she safe? is everyone safe?" "Yes, everyone is safe. Jake must have hurt him bad enough that he didn't want to bother us last night. The day time is our time, he can't touch us now, at least if he is what we think he is. I am glad you got some sleep, hopefully more than the others. I think Jake wants us to go back to Gonzalez, and check with Mother Jiminez again. Do you think you've exhausted your resources or is there anywhere else you can check?" "I will ask Senor Lacey where the Bishop went and send him a message, but I do not know if he would respond in time. I feel so helpless, Nanuet. I don't know what I can do against such an abomination. He is beyond my abilities." she says throwing up her hands in helplessness. "I called upon my gods twice last night in an attempt to turn the creature away and also to try and shield Ruby from it's evil cohersion, but they did not answer my plea," she says with a touch of bitterness. "Wake up everybody, not that you all slept too much, but our guardian The Sun is awake now and will watch over us for the day. Let's figure out what we are going to do for here." Nanuet says calmly. He leaves the others to get up and begins tending to the horses. Ruby goes through her normal morning ritual, stretching and confirming Jake still loves her. She seems to have forgotten most of her cares, more worried about the headache now pounding inside her head. Katherine woke sandy-eyed and tired. Sleep had been elusive, and the sounds coming from the other side of the camp had made it much more difficult to keep her mind off someone she had been missing. She had slept only lightly, waking at each rustle or snore. Chester wakes up with bleary eyes. "Morning, already? I just went to sleep." Stretching, he mutters to himself, "I must be getting soft." He says a prayer to Helios and then cleans his firearms. "So, what are we doing next?" Chester finally asked out loud what the others were asking Jake with their glances. "We go back to Promise City and see Gonzalez, check again for Jiminez, and ask around about Turner." Jake has dark circles under his eyes and blinks against the morning sun until he pushes his black hat down over his forehead. "I hope we can put bathing on that schedule," Kate added. "I feel absolutely... well, I need a bath. But we can see Mr. Gonzales first for certain." "Chet, I forgot to ask you about it last night. What did you learn at the Marshall's office?" Jake asked. "Keep this under your hat, except to the rest of us here. During the festival a couple people were found dead in town. One of them was someone in town for the festival, the other was a new dancer at the Palace. They were both drained completely of blood and had bite marks on their necks. Berg, Eduardo, and Doc Eaton are the only other ones who know about the cause of death. I haven't seen Helen yet, so she doesn't know. Eduardo doesn't know who Turner is. He hasn't seen him around town, but I asked him to keep an eye out." "Minvera, didn't you say they could turn others into creatures like them with a bite?” Jake asked. “Chet, don't you think we ought to be worried about that?" "I forgot about that,” he answered. “When we get back to town, I'll ask Berg where they're buried. I hope we get back in the daytime. I don't like the idea of rooting around Boot Hill in the dark." Ruby sits quietly twirling her hair while the others discuss what to do this day. She doesn't pay attention to most of the talk, uninterested in the details. She tries to remember what happened the day before but the details were fuzzy and it seemed every touch from Jake made them melt further away. When she gets a chance she says to Chester but looks at Jake, "What are those stick things Chester was making last night?" "They're tent stakes. According to Nanuet, they're the best weapon against whatever monster Turner is. Just stab him in the heart with one of these." "What?" Ruby's eyes pop open and she looks shocked. "Stab him in the heart with a tent stake??" Her calm demeanor fades as she stands off the ground and paces back and forth. She looks at each of her friends faces before stopping her gaze on Jake. "If I grow fangs will you stab me in the heart too?" Chester fumbles the stake he's holding. He stammers, "No. No. If you grow fangs... I mean, we won't let him get you." Jake seems completely dumbstruck by the question. He stands there facing Ruby, not moving except that his eyes are opened wide and locked on her own. Finally, "If you grow fangs?" Until this moment he had not even considered that he would fail her again. A lump in grew in his throat and his chest hurt. "Don't talk like that," he snapped at her, "I'm not going to let him get to you. Do you hear me?" [I]Who are you trying to convince Mr. Cook?[/I] He turns away from her and wipes his eyes. "Damn I'm tired." He takes a couple of deep breaths. "I didn't mean to holler." He begins picking up their gear to pack up the horses. Ruby kicks some dirt with her toe, "Sorry Jake." "We're all tired and cranky. We should get back to town and do our business so we can all get some real sleep while we feel safe." Kate quickly folded up her blankets and tied them behind her saddle, ready to ride. Ruby stands there watching the weary group pack up their belongings for a few moments. Then she falls to her knees and pets the puppies, who are obvilious to the tension in the group. Finally Jake says, "All done packing, let's get back to town. We have to try to figure things out before he comes back." "Oh, we have some time." Ruby's face shows no emotion, and she continues to pet the pups without looking up. "He's not coming back soon." Once again, Jake seems completely dumbstruck and stands facing Ruby. The only sound is the puppies growls and yips playing with and around Ruby. Jake finally blinks a few times and asks, "How do you know this?" Ruby looks up and shrugs, "I feel it." She stops and thinks about what she just said and furrows her brows but says nothing further. The opportunist part of Jake immediately wants learn everything he can about his enemy through Ruby's feelings. Simultaneously his heart grows cold with terror every time he thinks of that monster having a hold of Ruby, wondering if her thoughts are her own or put there by him. Jake is tired and his thoughts are getting muddled. He walks slowly over to her, nearly stumbling on a root. He lowers himself slowly to the ground next to her. His face is drawn from lack of sleep; he has not slept well or long over the last several days and last night he forced himself not to sleep at all. Sitting on the grass and patiently ignoring the dogs nipping at him he says, "What else do you feel? Do you know where he is? Is he telling you what to do or where to go?" Ruby runs her hand gently over Jake's cheek. "Oh baby, you look so tired. We should get back so you can rest. I'll even keep you warm," she smiles softly, "I always feel better when I get to keep you warm." Looking down at the puppies, she picks up Lucky and hugs her. Jake isn't sure she is going to add anything else but finally she says, "I just felt him coming, I knew he was going to come yesterday. And I felt him when he left, not until very late last night, after we were here and I fell asleep." She looks into Jake's eyes, "He isn't telling me what to do. Except yesterday when you stabbed him I felt like I couldn't help. I felt so helpless." Ruby's lip starts to tremble and she looks away. "I couldn't call for you, I couldn't help you, even though I desperately wanted to..." She shakes her hair around her face. "I just feel it. You hurt him and he won't come back right away. But he's angry." "He's angry!" Jake snaps again and spits. He looks back at her and realizes he is upsetting her. "Sorry." He peers around and all the eyes are on them. He reads concern and fear among the emotions on display in his friends eyes. [I]No, I will be strong for Ruby and for them. I need them and they will work better if I am strong.[/I] He defies his sore muscles and rises, offering her his hand. "Let us go back to town and do what we planned." Ruby places Lucky down and takes Jake's hand. She pulls herself up and starts to hug him, but only very briefly before she pulls herself away. "I'm sorry too," she spurts, then starts hurrying away from him, rubbing her eyes. "Ruby, don't..." but she moves away and he is too tired to chase her. He walks slowly to his horse and climbs into the saddle. He postions his horse behind Ruby's so he can watch her. [/QUOTE]
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