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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 2819527" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p>Ruby heads over to Chester and the girl. "Excuse me Miss, are you Colleen?"</p><p></p><p>"Sure honey. We're not looking for any other girls now though. Things have been kinda slow lately."</p><p></p><p>Ruby laughs easily again, "I should be offended. But that's alright, because you can't have me anyway. I'm," she emphasizes the word as she holds up her left hand ring finger, <em>"Married,</em>" her ruby ring resting perfectly on it, in Colleen's face. </p><p></p><p>"I'm wondering about one of your customers... he's a friend of mine. They say he might be upstairs right now? His name is Colin. Handsome guy...," As she speaks she looks the woman directly in the eyes.</p><p></p><p>Ruby looks into Colleen's eyes and sees them go completely blank. The woman blinks and stares blankly at nothing. She smiles weakly at Ruby and says "Nice ring darling. Sorry, don't know anyone by the name of Colin. If you don't mind I have some things to tend to, this is my busy time of day, I'm sure you understand." </p><p></p><p>Colleen turns around and heads towards the stairs, grabbing a bottle of liqour from the bar as she goes.</p><p></p><p>Ruby watches intently as the woman walks up the stairs. She pays close attention to what room she enters.</p><p></p><p>Colleen walks upstairs and using a key, she enters the second door on the left.</p><p></p><p>Kate had wandered away from Jake after dropping her information and sat back at the bar. She noticed when Colleen walked away from Chester and Ruby and saw her go to the door with the magic on it. She slipped off the stool and approached Ruby and Chester. "That door she just went in has magic on it," she whispered.</p><p></p><p>"You sure it's the door?" Ruby answers. She doesn't wait for a response before she quicky pulls up her skirts and hurries up the stairs, taking them 2 at a time. </p><p></p><p>Standing at the door for a moment, giving herself only seconds to concentrate, she bangs hard on the door. "Open up!"</p><p></p><p>When Ruby heads up the stairs suddenly Jake takes that as his cue. He stands and moves to the side of the room where he can see the upstairs best while keeping an eye on the entire down stairs. He nonchalantly pushes the flap aside on his duster, clearing the path to his Peacemaker. He watches the reactions of the others in the room.</p><p></p><p>Mostly everyone in the room gasps at Jake's brazen display. Greely takes a step forward towards the bar. He calls for Thom from the front door and the hulk of a man turns around and takes a step inside the saloon and replies with a "Yes boss?" Greely simply replies, "Just watch for trouble Thom." Nobody else seems to be reaching for a weapon and in fact most of the people in the bar appear to be scared. </p><p></p><p>Ruby hears a sobbing coming from inside the door. "Go away!" a woman's voice screams. "Just leave me alone, please!"</p><p></p><p>"I'm NOT leaving so you'd better just open up," Ruby yells back. She breathes in deeply then softens her voice as she leans closer to the door, "Listen, I may be able to help you, I might know what you're going through. Please let me in."</p><p></p><p>"Nobody knows what I am going through. If you really do understand then you know I can't let you in," she sobs. "It is not my choice!"</p><p></p><p>"No, I really do," Ruby says quietly through the door. She tries the doorknob. If she finds it locked she will quickly decide between kicking it down, if it looks weak, or picking the lock, if she thinks she can do it unseen.</p><p></p><p>The door is locked. Everyone from the first floor that has line of sight to the second floor, about 1/2 of the saloon, has their eyes on Ruby. </p><p></p><p>Without moving, Ruby yells down the stairs, "Mr. Greely, I think Colleen is in a lot of danger. Can you get this door open? She refuses."</p><p></p><p>Jake lets the flap of his duster fall over his holster as he walks towards the bar. "Greeley, being new in town why don't I treat everyone in here tonight to a round of drinks. Sort of a thanks for your warm welcome," Jake puts a five dollar bill on the bar, "while you help Colleen."</p><p></p><p>"What? Hold on a sec!" Greely searches frantically underneath the bar. He retrieves a small item that fits in his tightly grasped hand. Greely agrees with Jake as he is rummaging for the room key. "Sounds like a great idea. Thom get behind the bar, this young man just bought the house a round. Be right there, just got the key."</p><p></p><p>Greely jogs up the stairs, huffing and puffing by the time he gets there, his face red from the exertion. He knocks and announces that he is coming in and tries the key in the lock. The key does not work at first and Greely jiggles it in the doorknob before removing it and trying it again. This time the door opens to reveal a sobbing Colleen sitting on the bed, head in her hands. </p><p></p><p>"What is the trouble?" John Greely asks loudly. "Are you OK?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby enters the room cautiously, looking around, especially in the corners, before heading to Colleen. </p><p></p><p>She sits next to the woman on the bed and puts a hand on her arm. "You saw Colin today, didn't you?"</p><p></p><p>Colleen continues sobbing as she sits on the bed. She looks at Ruby with despair in her eyes. "Please just get out, I told you I can't help myself." She slowly raises a shaky hand that holds a derringer. She stops and looks at the gun in her hand which is held about chest height, not pointed at anyone in particular.</p><p></p><p>John Greely inhales sharply as he sees the gun. "Colleen honey, just relax. Nobody needs to get hurt. Put that down, we can help you." he says slowly entering the room.</p><p></p><p>Ruby doesn't hesitate, she reaches out quickly and tries to knock the derringer out of Colleen's hands.</p><p></p><p>Ruby swipes at the petite firearm and is able to grab it from the distraught woman's hand before she can get a chance to use it. Colleen lunges forward grabbing at the weapon but Ruby is able to keep her at bay. </p><p></p><p>Greely moves to close the door to prevent the sounds of the scuffle from being heard downstairs. "Colleen, sweetheart, calm down. What would make you do this? Let's talk about it," he says in a soothing voice.</p><p></p><p>Ruby quickly stuffs the woman's gun down her bodice and attempts to gently grasp the woman's struggling arms. </p><p></p><p>"Mr. Greely, I believe this woman is under someone else's influence. Please get my friends from downstairs, at least get..." <em>Damn, I can't say I know the others...</em> "Please get my husband. He's good at solving problems.”</p><p></p><p>Since Greely was already moving towards the door he nods and does as Ruby requests. "Sir! Mr. Jacobs! Could you please come up here for a moment your wife is requesting your presence." </p><p></p><p>He then waits by the door keeping an eye on Ruby and Colleen. </p><p></p><p>Colleen continues to struggle with Ruby while sobbing. Ruby is still able to control her but she is tiring.</p><p></p><p>Jake chuckles to himself and thinks, <em>It sounds pretty funny to hear that said outloud. Wife indeed.</em> He quickly climbs the stairs and goes sideways through the door that Greely is holding open. Seeing the struggle, Jake heads to the other side of the bed and pulls the struggling woman's arms behind her back trying to hold her still. "Easy now, we are not going to hurt you."</p><p></p><p>"Darling, I believe Colleen here has had a run in with my friend, Mr. Turner. You know how <em>persuasive</em> he can be." She looks Jake in the eyes, hoping he gets her meaning.</p><p></p><p>"That rat Turner did this to her? I never liked that man!" Greely exclaims. "What can we do to fix this?" he says sincerely. </p><p></p><p>Colleen continues to struggle against Jake making no progress. "Please just leave me alone, that is the only way things will work, it's the only way."</p><p></p><p>Ruby looks the girl in the eyes and says sympathetically, "What's the only way things can work sweetie? There is always more than one way to solve a problem."</p><p></p><p>"No, no there isn't! Not when he is in your head! There is only as he says, what he says. There is only his will!" She sobs again and continues her struggles despite the fact that she is now exhausted.</p><p></p><p>Ruby looks to Jake again, "You know, it's a shame we didn't bring Katherine this trip. I think she had written down what to do in these cases." Gently caressing the trembling woman's arms, "What did he tell you to do Colleen?"</p><p></p><p>Colleen gets a blank look on her face again, her eyes going glassy. She smiles and cocks her head a bit. "Nothing, he didn't tell me to do anything. Everything is fine now. Can we go downstairs and get a drink? I really need a drink, please."</p><p></p><p>Jake keeps one hand on one of Colleen's arms, with the other he pushes the hair away from her neck. He glances quickly for any wounds but doesn’t see any.</p><p></p><p>"No drinks until we find out what's going on." Ruby looks at Colleen imploringly. "Please tell us what's going on. We want to help you. I'm here to find Colin myself. Do you know where he might be? It's very important."</p><p></p><p>"Yeah, I know where he is, but I can't tell you!" she screams. "You say you might know what is going on, well then you know I am telling the truth. I need to get out of here, leave this place. He won't let me. He comes and goes as he pleases, does what he wants with me. Leaves me, then comes for me. Reads my thoughts, eats at my very soul. I wish I could tell you I really do, but he won't let me. I'm not strong, I can't fight him. I just can't."</p><p></p><p>"Have you heard enough Mr. Greely? Do you have any doubts that Mr. Turner is doing harm to this Lady?" Jake looks at the man, taking measure of his response without give away what he is thinking.</p><p></p><p>Greely looks scared and confused. "What do you want me to do about it? I... I... It's not like I know where he is or where he went. I didn't know anything was going on between these two other than normal business. How can I help? I want to help."</p><p></p><p>Ruby asks Greely "Is there a place you can keep her safe? A place away from Colin Turner?" </p><p></p><p>Greely blinks a few times and wipes his brow. "She can stay at my place, Colin ain't never been there. Should be safe enough. I can keep Thom with her if I have to, tell him not to let Colin near her. Would that work. Seems like you folks know more about Turner than I do, anything I should know?"</p><p></p><p>"Mr. Greely, you need to do that. Thom seems to be a good choice to stay with her. She's obviously upset and not feeling well." She looks to Jake but continues to speak to Greely. "I need to speak to J..." she stops herself, "My husband, we need to find Turner, that may be the only thing that can help her. And we need to do this quickly." </p><p></p><p>She looks at Jake, "And maybe we should speak to our other friends about this? They might be able to help us."</p><p></p><p>Nanuet had been waiting anxiously since Jake went upstairs. He decided he had waited enough and got up from his chair. "Minerva, they've been up there too long, I want to see what's going on." </p><p></p><p>Nanuet heads towards the stairs and takes a look at the crowd to judge their reactions. They seem for the most part to be working on the $5 that Jake left on the bar so he climbs the flight of stairs and listens at the door.</p><p></p><p>Jake scans the room intermittently. His keen eyes notice that the one window is open a crack. He notices that dust lies fairly thickly on the dresser which is the only other piece of furniture in the room. The chamber pot is empty and looks quite ancient. The bed linens appear to be undisturbed except for where Colleen was just sitting.</p><p></p><p>"OK, lets get her out of here. Just make sure she doesn't have anything that she could hurt herself or someone else with. I would hate for there to be a tragedy. I'll tell Thom he has the rest of the night off and have him escort Colleen over to my place." </p><p></p><p>Greely heads downstairs and finishes helping Thom dole out the $5 worth of drinks. </p><p></p><p>Nanuet jumps back when he hears someone coming towards the door. "Oops sorry, I just came to check on my friends" Nanuet offers as Greely exits the room." </p><p></p><p>Greely looks the elf up and down, a hint of distrust coming to his face. "Get yourself downstairs, we have everything under control here. Your friends are fine." </p><p></p><p>He stores the key back where he retrieved it from and tells Thom that once Colleen comes down that he is to walk her straight to his place and not to stop to talk to anyone. That he is to put her in the spare bedroom in the back and stay outside the room and not to let anyone in but Greely himself.</p><p></p><p>Once Greely leaves Ruby stands next to Jake, and out of the vision of Colleen, trying to be quiet. She whispers to him, "You know what we have to do, right? We have to let it be known that the singer Ruby West is in town and make him find her."</p><p></p><p>Jake whispers back, "No, I don't KNOW that." </p><p></p><p>He steps away from Ruby and opens the top drawer of the dresser. "You don't get many customers do you Colleen? At least not in this room. If one of the men downstairs paid to be next, which room would you use?"</p><p></p><p>"What do you need to know that for? You offering?" Ruby asks in a pissy tone.</p><p></p><p>"What? I get plenty of customers, we just don't tend to use the dresser. Greely charges $2 for the use of the room, have to be out by 9AM though. Most men just go home afterwards though. I suppose I would use any room that wasn't occupied, whichever one Greely told me to use. Colin just happened to rent this one tonight."</p><p></p><p>She walks a couple steps back over to Colleen. "So Colin was here tonight." She looks the woman in the eyes, "Why did he leave? Does he know I'm.." Ruby corrects herself, "...We're here?"</p><p></p><p>Colleen is starting to settle down but still looks exhausted. "He knows you're here. He was scared, I've never seen him scared before, he always seems so confident." </p><p></p><p>There is a light rap on the door. Nanuet pokes his head in and says "The bartender says that Thom is ready whenever you guys are. Everything OK in here?"</p><p></p><p>"Colleen, do you have any more weapons on you? I know you wouldn't use them against Mr. Turner." Jake tries to sense if she is telling then looks at Ruby and nods his head towards the woman. "We are almost done."</p><p></p><p>"No more weapons,” Colleen says, “just the gun you already got. What else do you need me to do?"</p><p></p><p>“Well, you don't mind if I just double check, do you?" Ruby approaches the woman slowly and attempts to check the normal spots for any other weapons.</p><p></p><p>Colleen offers no resistance and allows Ruby to search her. Ruby finds no weapons or any other hidden objects. She did have several dollar bills stuffed down her corset.</p><p></p><p>"Thanks Nanuet. Maybe you should get Minerva and come join us. But first, take Miss Colleen here to Thom. She's going on vacation for a while."</p><p></p><p>Nanuet nods and waits for Colleen to come to him. He escorts her downstairs to Thom who seems to understand what is going on, at least his part in it. Greely gives him the instructions again and Thom leaves the saloon with Colleen. The saloon itself still seems to be doing a brisk business despite the late hour. </p><p></p><p>Once Colleen is handed off to Thom, Nanuet heads over to Minerva. "They want us upstairs, not sure what they have figured out but I guess they are up to something."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 2819527, member: 12815"] Ruby heads over to Chester and the girl. "Excuse me Miss, are you Colleen?" "Sure honey. We're not looking for any other girls now though. Things have been kinda slow lately." Ruby laughs easily again, "I should be offended. But that's alright, because you can't have me anyway. I'm," she emphasizes the word as she holds up her left hand ring finger, [i]"Married,[/i]" her ruby ring resting perfectly on it, in Colleen's face. "I'm wondering about one of your customers... he's a friend of mine. They say he might be upstairs right now? His name is Colin. Handsome guy...," As she speaks she looks the woman directly in the eyes. Ruby looks into Colleen's eyes and sees them go completely blank. The woman blinks and stares blankly at nothing. She smiles weakly at Ruby and says "Nice ring darling. Sorry, don't know anyone by the name of Colin. If you don't mind I have some things to tend to, this is my busy time of day, I'm sure you understand." Colleen turns around and heads towards the stairs, grabbing a bottle of liqour from the bar as she goes. Ruby watches intently as the woman walks up the stairs. She pays close attention to what room she enters. Colleen walks upstairs and using a key, she enters the second door on the left. Kate had wandered away from Jake after dropping her information and sat back at the bar. She noticed when Colleen walked away from Chester and Ruby and saw her go to the door with the magic on it. She slipped off the stool and approached Ruby and Chester. "That door she just went in has magic on it," she whispered. "You sure it's the door?" Ruby answers. She doesn't wait for a response before she quicky pulls up her skirts and hurries up the stairs, taking them 2 at a time. Standing at the door for a moment, giving herself only seconds to concentrate, she bangs hard on the door. "Open up!" When Ruby heads up the stairs suddenly Jake takes that as his cue. He stands and moves to the side of the room where he can see the upstairs best while keeping an eye on the entire down stairs. He nonchalantly pushes the flap aside on his duster, clearing the path to his Peacemaker. He watches the reactions of the others in the room. Mostly everyone in the room gasps at Jake's brazen display. Greely takes a step forward towards the bar. He calls for Thom from the front door and the hulk of a man turns around and takes a step inside the saloon and replies with a "Yes boss?" Greely simply replies, "Just watch for trouble Thom." Nobody else seems to be reaching for a weapon and in fact most of the people in the bar appear to be scared. Ruby hears a sobbing coming from inside the door. "Go away!" a woman's voice screams. "Just leave me alone, please!" "I'm NOT leaving so you'd better just open up," Ruby yells back. She breathes in deeply then softens her voice as she leans closer to the door, "Listen, I may be able to help you, I might know what you're going through. Please let me in." "Nobody knows what I am going through. If you really do understand then you know I can't let you in," she sobs. "It is not my choice!" "No, I really do," Ruby says quietly through the door. She tries the doorknob. If she finds it locked she will quickly decide between kicking it down, if it looks weak, or picking the lock, if she thinks she can do it unseen. The door is locked. Everyone from the first floor that has line of sight to the second floor, about 1/2 of the saloon, has their eyes on Ruby. Without moving, Ruby yells down the stairs, "Mr. Greely, I think Colleen is in a lot of danger. Can you get this door open? She refuses." Jake lets the flap of his duster fall over his holster as he walks towards the bar. "Greeley, being new in town why don't I treat everyone in here tonight to a round of drinks. Sort of a thanks for your warm welcome," Jake puts a five dollar bill on the bar, "while you help Colleen." "What? Hold on a sec!" Greely searches frantically underneath the bar. He retrieves a small item that fits in his tightly grasped hand. Greely agrees with Jake as he is rummaging for the room key. "Sounds like a great idea. Thom get behind the bar, this young man just bought the house a round. Be right there, just got the key." Greely jogs up the stairs, huffing and puffing by the time he gets there, his face red from the exertion. He knocks and announces that he is coming in and tries the key in the lock. The key does not work at first and Greely jiggles it in the doorknob before removing it and trying it again. This time the door opens to reveal a sobbing Colleen sitting on the bed, head in her hands. "What is the trouble?" John Greely asks loudly. "Are you OK?" Ruby enters the room cautiously, looking around, especially in the corners, before heading to Colleen. She sits next to the woman on the bed and puts a hand on her arm. "You saw Colin today, didn't you?" Colleen continues sobbing as she sits on the bed. She looks at Ruby with despair in her eyes. "Please just get out, I told you I can't help myself." She slowly raises a shaky hand that holds a derringer. She stops and looks at the gun in her hand which is held about chest height, not pointed at anyone in particular. John Greely inhales sharply as he sees the gun. "Colleen honey, just relax. Nobody needs to get hurt. Put that down, we can help you." he says slowly entering the room. Ruby doesn't hesitate, she reaches out quickly and tries to knock the derringer out of Colleen's hands. Ruby swipes at the petite firearm and is able to grab it from the distraught woman's hand before she can get a chance to use it. Colleen lunges forward grabbing at the weapon but Ruby is able to keep her at bay. Greely moves to close the door to prevent the sounds of the scuffle from being heard downstairs. "Colleen, sweetheart, calm down. What would make you do this? Let's talk about it," he says in a soothing voice. Ruby quickly stuffs the woman's gun down her bodice and attempts to gently grasp the woman's struggling arms. "Mr. Greely, I believe this woman is under someone else's influence. Please get my friends from downstairs, at least get..." [i]Damn, I can't say I know the others...[/i] "Please get my husband. He's good at solving problems.” Since Greely was already moving towards the door he nods and does as Ruby requests. "Sir! Mr. Jacobs! Could you please come up here for a moment your wife is requesting your presence." He then waits by the door keeping an eye on Ruby and Colleen. Colleen continues to struggle with Ruby while sobbing. Ruby is still able to control her but she is tiring. Jake chuckles to himself and thinks, [i]It sounds pretty funny to hear that said outloud. Wife indeed.[/i] He quickly climbs the stairs and goes sideways through the door that Greely is holding open. Seeing the struggle, Jake heads to the other side of the bed and pulls the struggling woman's arms behind her back trying to hold her still. "Easy now, we are not going to hurt you." "Darling, I believe Colleen here has had a run in with my friend, Mr. Turner. You know how [i]persuasive[/i] he can be." She looks Jake in the eyes, hoping he gets her meaning. "That rat Turner did this to her? I never liked that man!" Greely exclaims. "What can we do to fix this?" he says sincerely. Colleen continues to struggle against Jake making no progress. "Please just leave me alone, that is the only way things will work, it's the only way." Ruby looks the girl in the eyes and says sympathetically, "What's the only way things can work sweetie? There is always more than one way to solve a problem." "No, no there isn't! Not when he is in your head! There is only as he says, what he says. There is only his will!" She sobs again and continues her struggles despite the fact that she is now exhausted. Ruby looks to Jake again, "You know, it's a shame we didn't bring Katherine this trip. I think she had written down what to do in these cases." Gently caressing the trembling woman's arms, "What did he tell you to do Colleen?" Colleen gets a blank look on her face again, her eyes going glassy. She smiles and cocks her head a bit. "Nothing, he didn't tell me to do anything. Everything is fine now. Can we go downstairs and get a drink? I really need a drink, please." Jake keeps one hand on one of Colleen's arms, with the other he pushes the hair away from her neck. He glances quickly for any wounds but doesn’t see any. "No drinks until we find out what's going on." Ruby looks at Colleen imploringly. "Please tell us what's going on. We want to help you. I'm here to find Colin myself. Do you know where he might be? It's very important." "Yeah, I know where he is, but I can't tell you!" she screams. "You say you might know what is going on, well then you know I am telling the truth. I need to get out of here, leave this place. He won't let me. He comes and goes as he pleases, does what he wants with me. Leaves me, then comes for me. Reads my thoughts, eats at my very soul. I wish I could tell you I really do, but he won't let me. I'm not strong, I can't fight him. I just can't." "Have you heard enough Mr. Greely? Do you have any doubts that Mr. Turner is doing harm to this Lady?" Jake looks at the man, taking measure of his response without give away what he is thinking. Greely looks scared and confused. "What do you want me to do about it? I... I... It's not like I know where he is or where he went. I didn't know anything was going on between these two other than normal business. How can I help? I want to help." Ruby asks Greely "Is there a place you can keep her safe? A place away from Colin Turner?" Greely blinks a few times and wipes his brow. "She can stay at my place, Colin ain't never been there. Should be safe enough. I can keep Thom with her if I have to, tell him not to let Colin near her. Would that work. Seems like you folks know more about Turner than I do, anything I should know?" "Mr. Greely, you need to do that. Thom seems to be a good choice to stay with her. She's obviously upset and not feeling well." She looks to Jake but continues to speak to Greely. "I need to speak to J..." she stops herself, "My husband, we need to find Turner, that may be the only thing that can help her. And we need to do this quickly." She looks at Jake, "And maybe we should speak to our other friends about this? They might be able to help us." Nanuet had been waiting anxiously since Jake went upstairs. He decided he had waited enough and got up from his chair. "Minerva, they've been up there too long, I want to see what's going on." Nanuet heads towards the stairs and takes a look at the crowd to judge their reactions. They seem for the most part to be working on the $5 that Jake left on the bar so he climbs the flight of stairs and listens at the door. Jake scans the room intermittently. His keen eyes notice that the one window is open a crack. He notices that dust lies fairly thickly on the dresser which is the only other piece of furniture in the room. The chamber pot is empty and looks quite ancient. The bed linens appear to be undisturbed except for where Colleen was just sitting. "OK, lets get her out of here. Just make sure she doesn't have anything that she could hurt herself or someone else with. I would hate for there to be a tragedy. I'll tell Thom he has the rest of the night off and have him escort Colleen over to my place." Greely heads downstairs and finishes helping Thom dole out the $5 worth of drinks. Nanuet jumps back when he hears someone coming towards the door. "Oops sorry, I just came to check on my friends" Nanuet offers as Greely exits the room." Greely looks the elf up and down, a hint of distrust coming to his face. "Get yourself downstairs, we have everything under control here. Your friends are fine." He stores the key back where he retrieved it from and tells Thom that once Colleen comes down that he is to walk her straight to his place and not to stop to talk to anyone. That he is to put her in the spare bedroom in the back and stay outside the room and not to let anyone in but Greely himself. Once Greely leaves Ruby stands next to Jake, and out of the vision of Colleen, trying to be quiet. She whispers to him, "You know what we have to do, right? We have to let it be known that the singer Ruby West is in town and make him find her." Jake whispers back, "No, I don't KNOW that." He steps away from Ruby and opens the top drawer of the dresser. "You don't get many customers do you Colleen? At least not in this room. If one of the men downstairs paid to be next, which room would you use?" "What do you need to know that for? You offering?" Ruby asks in a pissy tone. "What? I get plenty of customers, we just don't tend to use the dresser. Greely charges $2 for the use of the room, have to be out by 9AM though. Most men just go home afterwards though. I suppose I would use any room that wasn't occupied, whichever one Greely told me to use. Colin just happened to rent this one tonight." She walks a couple steps back over to Colleen. "So Colin was here tonight." She looks the woman in the eyes, "Why did he leave? Does he know I'm.." Ruby corrects herself, "...We're here?" Colleen is starting to settle down but still looks exhausted. "He knows you're here. He was scared, I've never seen him scared before, he always seems so confident." There is a light rap on the door. Nanuet pokes his head in and says "The bartender says that Thom is ready whenever you guys are. Everything OK in here?" "Colleen, do you have any more weapons on you? I know you wouldn't use them against Mr. Turner." Jake tries to sense if she is telling then looks at Ruby and nods his head towards the woman. "We are almost done." "No more weapons,” Colleen says, “just the gun you already got. What else do you need me to do?" “Well, you don't mind if I just double check, do you?" Ruby approaches the woman slowly and attempts to check the normal spots for any other weapons. Colleen offers no resistance and allows Ruby to search her. Ruby finds no weapons or any other hidden objects. She did have several dollar bills stuffed down her corset. "Thanks Nanuet. Maybe you should get Minerva and come join us. But first, take Miss Colleen here to Thom. She's going on vacation for a while." Nanuet nods and waits for Colleen to come to him. He escorts her downstairs to Thom who seems to understand what is going on, at least his part in it. Greely gives him the instructions again and Thom leaves the saloon with Colleen. The saloon itself still seems to be doing a brisk business despite the late hour. Once Colleen is handed off to Thom, Nanuet heads over to Minerva. "They want us upstairs, not sure what they have figured out but I guess they are up to something." [/QUOTE]
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