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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 2604158" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p><strong>Influence</strong></p><p></p><p>Jake lets Nanuet or Chester guide them back to town. Quickly he discovers that was a good choice as he struggles to keep his eyes open. Fortunately, his horse willingly follows Ruby's. After nodding off once, Jake wraps the reins around his hand a couple of times and then once around the saddle horn. He is adamant about watching Ruby but with every blink it becomes more and more difficult to open his eyes again.....</p><p></p><p>Ruby notices Jake falling asleep behind her. She pushes her horse to slow and keeps him next to Jake's. She starts singing softly to keep Jake awake. </p><p></p><p>When they get back to town Ruby can see how absolutely exhausted Jake is. She announces, "Let's all go rest and meet up after lunch. Then we can continue our chores." </p><p></p><p>She asks Nanuet to take their horses and she says to Jake, "Will you take a nap with me? I'm tired and want you with me."</p><p></p><p>"I'm not leaving you alone for a minute." He says groggily. "Shouldn't you see Gonzalez as soon as possible? Wasn't he going to find a way to banish the influence?" Jake rubs his eyes. "Whatever you want."</p><p></p><p>"Baby, you're passing out. And I'm still tired too," she lies, "And have a headache. Let's go and snuggle properly." </p><p></p><p>Ruby takes Jake's hand and the group agrees to meet up after lunch, at 1:00 at the El Parador to meet with Me. Gonzales. </p><p></p><p>As they walk back to the Lucky Lady Ruby starts to say something to Jake but stops herself. <em>I don't want to make you worry darling but I don't believe Mr. Gonzales can help me.</em> Instead she squeezes his hand and leads him to their room.</p><p></p><p>Ruby climbs into bed with Jake and lets him get comfortable. It isn't long before he falls asleep with his head on her shoulder. </p><p></p><p>She keeps her fingers moving through his thick brown hair and every once in a while she caresses his cheek or lips. Jake is so used to her touch he does not flinch, he only moves towards her or sighs contentedly. </p><p></p><p>She sighs as her thoughts run wild, going back to the day she met Mr. Turner though yesterday's fastly becoming fuzzier events. Her emotions can't seem to settle but everytime she starts growing more upset she looks down to her lover lying in her arms and they seem to calm. "I know you'll take care of me," she whispers, before kissing the top of his head. </p><p></p><p>Ruby's eyes start to close but right before they do they wander to the closed window. She softly slips out of the bed and opens the window. Sliding back in she then cuddles back up to Jake. </p><p></p><p>She naps for a bit but even when she wakes she stays in her warm comfortable bed where the feel of Jake comforts and strengthens her. </p><p></p><p>Finally she gently wakes up Jake and they prepare and head to the El Parador to meet everyone for their meeting with Gonzales.</p><p></p><p>Chester stops by the Marshall's office. Helen Barker is behind the desk. "Good morning, Chester. Your shift doesn't start yet." </p><p></p><p>"Morning, Helen. Has Mitch filled you in on the the recent murders?" </p><p></p><p>She says, "Not much. Just that an out-of-towner and a showgirl at the Palace were found dead during the festival. Is there something else?" </p><p></p><p>"Yeah. According to Doc Eaton, they died from complete blood loss. And their necks had bite marks. The leading suspect is a man called Colin Turner. He's dangerous, so watch your step around him. If you can find out anything about him, tell me or Mitch."</p><p></p><p>Kate stabled Meribel, making sure to give her plenty to eat and drink before she went inside herself. She walked with her eyes half-closed through the Cantina toward the stairs. Before she could start up she felt a hand on her arm. </p><p></p><p>"Katherine, are you alright? You look exhausted." </p><p></p><p>She turned to see Conrad Booth, up too early but still his impeccable self, looking down at her with concerned eyes. "I ah... yes, I'm alright, just very tired. You're up early." </p><p></p><p>"Some of the patrons from the Lucky Lady came by the Long Branch. They said some kind of creature had been there, and after it left you all disappeared. I was worried." </p><p></p><p>Taking his hand, Kate led him over to a table in the corner. "We all stayed together last night, out at a place Jake and Ruby like to go. You remember that man, the one who asked me to dance at the ball?" She explained briefly about his obsession with Ruby and his manipulations of herself in pursuit of her. </p><p></p><p>"Kate, that's terrible. Are you sure you're alright?" he asked, taking hold of her hand. </p><p></p><p>"I'm not sure, but I'm too exhausted and numb to think straight right now. I can tell you more about it after I've gotten some sleep." She looked down for a minute. "We slept, or at least we tried to sleep outside last night and I wished for you," she said with a blush. "I felt stronger when you held me, and I wanted to feel that again." </p><p></p><p>Conrad cleared his throat. "I would have come, you know." </p><p></p><p>She nodded. "I know, but I can't just ask you to run off from your work every other day for me. Jake and Ruby own their saloon, no one is going to fire them. We can't have Kate Higgens getting angry with you." Kate stood up and kissed his cheek. "I must sleep. We'll talk more later." </p><p></p><p>He held onto her hand for a moment longer, then let go. It was only a few minutes before Kate was in bed and asleep, after spending a few minutes talking with Ginnie. She woke again around 12:30, got herself dressed, then brought her teacher downstairs to meet the others for lunch.</p><p></p><p>* * *</p><p></p><p>When Ruby and Jake enter the El Parador they take their normal table. Ruby asks Dorita to please prepare lunch for all of them. Jake still looks sleepy so she lets him stay at the table while she gathers some glasses and some whiskey. </p><p></p><p>Pouring each of them a glass, she says to Jake, "You know, I was thinking while you were napping. I'm not sure Mr. Gonzales is going to be able to help me." She continues hestitantly, "And maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to know when he is coming back." </p><p></p><p>She notices Kate and Gonzales enter the main room out of the corner of her eye. </p><p></p><p>"It was just a thought."</p><p></p><p>"Knowing when he is coming back is valuable. I find the price of that knowledge too dear." Jake gives Ruby's hand a small squeeze but he is unable to give her the reassuring smile he intended.</p><p></p><p>Used to being able to smile through anything, Ruby does smile back at Jake, keeing her hand on his. </p><p></p><p>"Afternoon Kate, hope you feel rested. And I trust Ginnie is alright?" </p><p></p><p>"She's alright, although I was hoping to spend more time with her in the next few days. I thought things would quiet down."</p><p></p><p>"Mr. Gonzales, have you found out anything that can help us?" Ruby asked.</p><p></p><p>"Yes my Golden Eagle, I will try to help you. Perhaps you and Katherine would accompany me upstairs?" </p><p></p><p>"Of course," Ruby responds, standing. "Kate?"</p><p></p><p>Kate nodded and the three headed upstairs, leaving a concerned Jake behind to wait for the others. Once they were in the mansion Kate went to Mr. Gonzales and hugged him, staying there for a few moments. "Do you think you can help us? I can't stand wondeirng when it will happen again, and worse what I'll do."</p><p></p><p>"I can try the dispel magic spell. It should work for now, but as soon as he comes back he can easily do the same to you. What you need going forward is some way to bolster your will. That will help prevent him from doing it again or at least make it more difficult for him to succeed at it." </p><p></p><p>Gonzalez casts dispel magic on both Ruby and Kate. "So, how do you feel? I think you are free from his control for the time being."</p><p></p><p>Ruby feels the warmth of the spell wash over her and she holds her breath of a few moments in anticipation. After those few moments go by she looks to Mr. Gonzales. "I don't feel any different. Should I? I mean, I didn't really feel that different before, only when he was here I felt like I couldn't stop myself from leaving with him."</p><p></p><p>"I am sure there were other subtle commands he had given you. From the research I have done it seems as though he can give you commands from anywhere using his thoughts. Anywhere on this plane, but if you were to go to my mansion then he wouldn't be able to touch you."</p><p></p><p>Ruby bites her lip while she thinks for a moment. "Well, I don't feel differently but I'm sure you know what you're doing Mr. G. I guess I do feel better." </p><p></p><p>Ruby smiles as she remembers the magic lessons she gave Jake. "How do we make it easier to resist his, uh, power?"</p><p></p><p>"That is generally more of a divine ability, the strengthing of the will. Perhaps the Spanish priestess or the shaman that is her companion may be able to help with that. As far as knowing what I'm doing, I am still learning every day, but I have a good idea now and again." he says with a wink.</p><p></p><p>"The shaman?" Ruby furrows her brows. "Oh you mean Nanuet. I forget that is what his people call a priest. I, we, can certainly ask him or Minerva. But I'm not sure why they wouldn't have offered that advice already." </p><p></p><p>Ruby seems hestitant to continue but does softly, "Mr. Gonzales, do you know what he is? What happened to him? I mean, what's it like being what he is..."</p><p></p><p>"They may not have offered because they did not know that it would help. I am not sure how much experience with undead they have. As for what he is, he is a rare, powerful, abomination of life. He is the opposite of life, he is unlife and his rare gifts allow him to control others and to add to the ranks of his race. What it is like being what he is? That is something I hope to never learn anything about. I can imagine that it is a cold, lonely existance, losing everything you knew in life. To never again see the sun would be terrible."</p><p></p><p>"Which could explain why he would want our Ruby,” Kate said. “She is the antithesis of cold and lonely, and there are those who would argue that the sun pales in comparison."</p><p></p><p>Ruby walks over to Kate and squeezes next to her in the big chair. She gives her a geninue smile before wrapping her arms around the petite woman. She stays wrapped around Kate but her smile is short lived as Ruby returns to her thoughts. </p><p></p><p>"Mr. Gonzales, if we, I was under his control could he, uh, really make me do things to, uh..." she pauses, and continues softly, "Hurt the people I love?"</p><p></p><p>"To be honest, I really don't know, but I guess he could really make you do anything he wants. From what I understand, what I know of how this mind control works, you can fight it. You can fight it when he tries to get you to do something, something you wouldn't usually do."</p><p></p><p>Ruby blinks, then blinks again. She wants to ask how to fight but her heart feels like it stopped beating in her chest and she is already dead. She forces a deep cough to get it beating again as she pats on her chest to feel it pounding. Her face pale she stands slowly and tries to act nonchalant. </p><p></p><p>"Thanks Mr. Gonzales for your help," she says already heading for the door. "I'm going to get some air and let you two talk." </p><p></p><p>Ruby hurries out the door without another word. Once she is down the hallway she leans her arm up against it for strength as she stops and tries to settle her breathing. Tears long to come but she holds them back as she places her hand on her stomach. Standing up straight she gets her bearings and breathes in deeply. She unconsciously fluffs her hair and heads back to Jake.</p><p></p><p>Kate stayed upstairs and talked to her teacher for only a few minutes, holding onto his hand. As they finished up their talk Kate said, "I mentioned this to the others, but I'm not sure how seriously they took me. I will do my best to fight any command Turner tries to give me, but I already know that he <em>can</em> smother my will. If I start acting strangely, do whatever you have to in order to stop me. I would rather wake up with a headache and a few bruises than be Turner's puppet again."</p><p></p><p>"Well I may not be there if the need arises, but your attitude is commendable. Did this Mr. Turner person leave Promise City? Perhaps you should find out where he is staying and pay him a visit, that may be something that he does not expect."</p><p></p><p>"Don't you think that's a rather dangerous idea? I could find out where he's staying, but to see him? You just went through the work of freeing me from his influence, if I went to see him I could just be right back in the same situations."</p><p></p><p>"My Little Sandpiper. One thing you must learn is to stand up to bullies and to face your fears. As Jake discovered with Ringo, you can let him rule your life and force you to live in fear or you can go after him, turn the tables. Anyways, it was just an option. At least you might find out something about your foe."</p><p></p><p>"I have faced plenty of fears in the last few months. Most of my friends would have been far happier to see me stay behind than to face Ringo with them, and yet I went." </p><p></p><p>Katherine paused and looked at her teacher. It didn't seem like something he would encourage her to do. Turner had been here when she wasn't. Had talked to Dorita...perhaps he had talked to Mr. Gonzales. She took a deep breath. </p><p></p><p>"Thank you for your help," Kate said and kissed the elderly elf's cheek. "I think it's best I stay away from Mr. Turner for now." She waited a moment to see if he would try to convince her again.</p><p></p><p>"Perhaps you are right. I am not sure I meant you personally, but was more speaking about you and your companions as a whole. Perhaps you would like to spend some time in my mansion, where you know you are safe."</p><p></p><p>"It may be a good idea for Ginnie and I to sleep there, but as long as the sun is up we are safe. Thank you. I'll see you later," Kate said with a smile before she quietly left the room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 2604158, member: 12815"] [b]Influence[/b] Jake lets Nanuet or Chester guide them back to town. Quickly he discovers that was a good choice as he struggles to keep his eyes open. Fortunately, his horse willingly follows Ruby's. After nodding off once, Jake wraps the reins around his hand a couple of times and then once around the saddle horn. He is adamant about watching Ruby but with every blink it becomes more and more difficult to open his eyes again..... Ruby notices Jake falling asleep behind her. She pushes her horse to slow and keeps him next to Jake's. She starts singing softly to keep Jake awake. When they get back to town Ruby can see how absolutely exhausted Jake is. She announces, "Let's all go rest and meet up after lunch. Then we can continue our chores." She asks Nanuet to take their horses and she says to Jake, "Will you take a nap with me? I'm tired and want you with me." "I'm not leaving you alone for a minute." He says groggily. "Shouldn't you see Gonzalez as soon as possible? Wasn't he going to find a way to banish the influence?" Jake rubs his eyes. "Whatever you want." "Baby, you're passing out. And I'm still tired too," she lies, "And have a headache. Let's go and snuggle properly." Ruby takes Jake's hand and the group agrees to meet up after lunch, at 1:00 at the El Parador to meet with Me. Gonzales. As they walk back to the Lucky Lady Ruby starts to say something to Jake but stops herself. [I]I don't want to make you worry darling but I don't believe Mr. Gonzales can help me.[/I] Instead she squeezes his hand and leads him to their room. Ruby climbs into bed with Jake and lets him get comfortable. It isn't long before he falls asleep with his head on her shoulder. She keeps her fingers moving through his thick brown hair and every once in a while she caresses his cheek or lips. Jake is so used to her touch he does not flinch, he only moves towards her or sighs contentedly. She sighs as her thoughts run wild, going back to the day she met Mr. Turner though yesterday's fastly becoming fuzzier events. Her emotions can't seem to settle but everytime she starts growing more upset she looks down to her lover lying in her arms and they seem to calm. "I know you'll take care of me," she whispers, before kissing the top of his head. Ruby's eyes start to close but right before they do they wander to the closed window. She softly slips out of the bed and opens the window. Sliding back in she then cuddles back up to Jake. She naps for a bit but even when she wakes she stays in her warm comfortable bed where the feel of Jake comforts and strengthens her. Finally she gently wakes up Jake and they prepare and head to the El Parador to meet everyone for their meeting with Gonzales. Chester stops by the Marshall's office. Helen Barker is behind the desk. "Good morning, Chester. Your shift doesn't start yet." "Morning, Helen. Has Mitch filled you in on the the recent murders?" She says, "Not much. Just that an out-of-towner and a showgirl at the Palace were found dead during the festival. Is there something else?" "Yeah. According to Doc Eaton, they died from complete blood loss. And their necks had bite marks. The leading suspect is a man called Colin Turner. He's dangerous, so watch your step around him. If you can find out anything about him, tell me or Mitch." Kate stabled Meribel, making sure to give her plenty to eat and drink before she went inside herself. She walked with her eyes half-closed through the Cantina toward the stairs. Before she could start up she felt a hand on her arm. "Katherine, are you alright? You look exhausted." She turned to see Conrad Booth, up too early but still his impeccable self, looking down at her with concerned eyes. "I ah... yes, I'm alright, just very tired. You're up early." "Some of the patrons from the Lucky Lady came by the Long Branch. They said some kind of creature had been there, and after it left you all disappeared. I was worried." Taking his hand, Kate led him over to a table in the corner. "We all stayed together last night, out at a place Jake and Ruby like to go. You remember that man, the one who asked me to dance at the ball?" She explained briefly about his obsession with Ruby and his manipulations of herself in pursuit of her. "Kate, that's terrible. Are you sure you're alright?" he asked, taking hold of her hand. "I'm not sure, but I'm too exhausted and numb to think straight right now. I can tell you more about it after I've gotten some sleep." She looked down for a minute. "We slept, or at least we tried to sleep outside last night and I wished for you," she said with a blush. "I felt stronger when you held me, and I wanted to feel that again." Conrad cleared his throat. "I would have come, you know." She nodded. "I know, but I can't just ask you to run off from your work every other day for me. Jake and Ruby own their saloon, no one is going to fire them. We can't have Kate Higgens getting angry with you." Kate stood up and kissed his cheek. "I must sleep. We'll talk more later." He held onto her hand for a moment longer, then let go. It was only a few minutes before Kate was in bed and asleep, after spending a few minutes talking with Ginnie. She woke again around 12:30, got herself dressed, then brought her teacher downstairs to meet the others for lunch. * * * When Ruby and Jake enter the El Parador they take their normal table. Ruby asks Dorita to please prepare lunch for all of them. Jake still looks sleepy so she lets him stay at the table while she gathers some glasses and some whiskey. Pouring each of them a glass, she says to Jake, "You know, I was thinking while you were napping. I'm not sure Mr. Gonzales is going to be able to help me." She continues hestitantly, "And maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to know when he is coming back." She notices Kate and Gonzales enter the main room out of the corner of her eye. "It was just a thought." "Knowing when he is coming back is valuable. I find the price of that knowledge too dear." Jake gives Ruby's hand a small squeeze but he is unable to give her the reassuring smile he intended. Used to being able to smile through anything, Ruby does smile back at Jake, keeing her hand on his. "Afternoon Kate, hope you feel rested. And I trust Ginnie is alright?" "She's alright, although I was hoping to spend more time with her in the next few days. I thought things would quiet down." "Mr. Gonzales, have you found out anything that can help us?" Ruby asked. "Yes my Golden Eagle, I will try to help you. Perhaps you and Katherine would accompany me upstairs?" "Of course," Ruby responds, standing. "Kate?" Kate nodded and the three headed upstairs, leaving a concerned Jake behind to wait for the others. Once they were in the mansion Kate went to Mr. Gonzales and hugged him, staying there for a few moments. "Do you think you can help us? I can't stand wondeirng when it will happen again, and worse what I'll do." "I can try the dispel magic spell. It should work for now, but as soon as he comes back he can easily do the same to you. What you need going forward is some way to bolster your will. That will help prevent him from doing it again or at least make it more difficult for him to succeed at it." Gonzalez casts dispel magic on both Ruby and Kate. "So, how do you feel? I think you are free from his control for the time being." Ruby feels the warmth of the spell wash over her and she holds her breath of a few moments in anticipation. After those few moments go by she looks to Mr. Gonzales. "I don't feel any different. Should I? I mean, I didn't really feel that different before, only when he was here I felt like I couldn't stop myself from leaving with him." "I am sure there were other subtle commands he had given you. From the research I have done it seems as though he can give you commands from anywhere using his thoughts. Anywhere on this plane, but if you were to go to my mansion then he wouldn't be able to touch you." Ruby bites her lip while she thinks for a moment. "Well, I don't feel differently but I'm sure you know what you're doing Mr. G. I guess I do feel better." Ruby smiles as she remembers the magic lessons she gave Jake. "How do we make it easier to resist his, uh, power?" "That is generally more of a divine ability, the strengthing of the will. Perhaps the Spanish priestess or the shaman that is her companion may be able to help with that. As far as knowing what I'm doing, I am still learning every day, but I have a good idea now and again." he says with a wink. "The shaman?" Ruby furrows her brows. "Oh you mean Nanuet. I forget that is what his people call a priest. I, we, can certainly ask him or Minerva. But I'm not sure why they wouldn't have offered that advice already." Ruby seems hestitant to continue but does softly, "Mr. Gonzales, do you know what he is? What happened to him? I mean, what's it like being what he is..." "They may not have offered because they did not know that it would help. I am not sure how much experience with undead they have. As for what he is, he is a rare, powerful, abomination of life. He is the opposite of life, he is unlife and his rare gifts allow him to control others and to add to the ranks of his race. What it is like being what he is? That is something I hope to never learn anything about. I can imagine that it is a cold, lonely existance, losing everything you knew in life. To never again see the sun would be terrible." "Which could explain why he would want our Ruby,” Kate said. “She is the antithesis of cold and lonely, and there are those who would argue that the sun pales in comparison." Ruby walks over to Kate and squeezes next to her in the big chair. She gives her a geninue smile before wrapping her arms around the petite woman. She stays wrapped around Kate but her smile is short lived as Ruby returns to her thoughts. "Mr. Gonzales, if we, I was under his control could he, uh, really make me do things to, uh..." she pauses, and continues softly, "Hurt the people I love?" "To be honest, I really don't know, but I guess he could really make you do anything he wants. From what I understand, what I know of how this mind control works, you can fight it. You can fight it when he tries to get you to do something, something you wouldn't usually do." Ruby blinks, then blinks again. She wants to ask how to fight but her heart feels like it stopped beating in her chest and she is already dead. She forces a deep cough to get it beating again as she pats on her chest to feel it pounding. Her face pale she stands slowly and tries to act nonchalant. "Thanks Mr. Gonzales for your help," she says already heading for the door. "I'm going to get some air and let you two talk." Ruby hurries out the door without another word. Once she is down the hallway she leans her arm up against it for strength as she stops and tries to settle her breathing. Tears long to come but she holds them back as she places her hand on her stomach. Standing up straight she gets her bearings and breathes in deeply. She unconsciously fluffs her hair and heads back to Jake. Kate stayed upstairs and talked to her teacher for only a few minutes, holding onto his hand. As they finished up their talk Kate said, "I mentioned this to the others, but I'm not sure how seriously they took me. I will do my best to fight any command Turner tries to give me, but I already know that he [I]can[/I] smother my will. If I start acting strangely, do whatever you have to in order to stop me. I would rather wake up with a headache and a few bruises than be Turner's puppet again." "Well I may not be there if the need arises, but your attitude is commendable. Did this Mr. Turner person leave Promise City? Perhaps you should find out where he is staying and pay him a visit, that may be something that he does not expect." "Don't you think that's a rather dangerous idea? I could find out where he's staying, but to see him? You just went through the work of freeing me from his influence, if I went to see him I could just be right back in the same situations." "My Little Sandpiper. One thing you must learn is to stand up to bullies and to face your fears. As Jake discovered with Ringo, you can let him rule your life and force you to live in fear or you can go after him, turn the tables. Anyways, it was just an option. At least you might find out something about your foe." "I have faced plenty of fears in the last few months. Most of my friends would have been far happier to see me stay behind than to face Ringo with them, and yet I went." Katherine paused and looked at her teacher. It didn't seem like something he would encourage her to do. Turner had been here when she wasn't. Had talked to Dorita...perhaps he had talked to Mr. Gonzales. She took a deep breath. "Thank you for your help," Kate said and kissed the elderly elf's cheek. "I think it's best I stay away from Mr. Turner for now." She waited a moment to see if he would try to convince her again. "Perhaps you are right. I am not sure I meant you personally, but was more speaking about you and your companions as a whole. Perhaps you would like to spend some time in my mansion, where you know you are safe." "It may be a good idea for Ginnie and I to sleep there, but as long as the sun is up we are safe. Thank you. I'll see you later," Kate said with a smile before she quietly left the room. [/QUOTE]
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