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"Seven Outlaws in Search of a Bank" Sidewinder Recoiled - Game 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3554442" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Eleven, “Gun Battle at Rifle“, Tuesday, June 6th , 1882, 3:00 A.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>Sally and Pinto get dressed when they hear the sound of horses. They look out the window to see a pair of mounted riders each with a pair of saddled horses in tow riding up to the hotel entrance. Two more soldiers exit the hotel and approach them, each of these men on foot taking the reins of a pair of rider-less mounts. The two mounted men remain on horseback. </p><p></p><p>Across the hallway Flying Arrow retrieves her saddlebag from her own room and then rejoins Deadeye and Mae in their room. Mae looks out the back window, not seeing anybody below and comments “It‘s only a one-story drop, we should be able to get down.” There is a back door to the Tavern below but it hasn’t opened and the two first-floor windows along the back have shut curtains over them. She states, “The coast looks clear.” </p><p></p><p>Sally and Pinto go to make their way across the hallway to Deadeye and Mae’s room when they hear sounds on the staircase. Sally makes it into the other room without being seen but Pinto is still standing in the hallway when a pair of soldiers reach the top of the staircase. Pinto runs into the room and slams the door behind him as the soldiers charge down the hallway in that direction. “I think they know we’re in here,” Pinto exclaims to the others. A despondent Flying Arrow states “We’re all dead.” Deadeye “Not yet, we just lost the element of surprise.” Flying Arrow begins a tribal chant to grant them luck. </p><p></p><p>The window looks like the only way to go and Mae wastes no time in dropping her saddlebag out and then letting Deadeye lower her down as far as he can. She safely drops the remaining distance, not seeing anybody out the back way. She scoops up her saddlebag and begins to hurry towards the side door to the stable. Sally isn’t far behind Mae, copying her actions, and reaches the stable door shortly after Mae opens it. Mae gets her and Deadeye’s horses and quickly saddles them while Sally does the same for her and Pinto’s horses. </p><p></p><p>Deadeye and Pinto have locked the door then moved the bed and dresser over against the door to prevent the soldiers from entering. They first knock on the door, then hear the sound of a key unlocking it. The soldiers try to push the door open but the furniture helps to prevent that with Pinto braced to prevent them from budging. Flying Arrow is the next out the window and makes her way to the stable. </p><p></p><p>Pinto decides to go next, and having fallen from horses many a time is skilled in drop-and-roll techniques so manages to get safely onto the ground. Without Pinto bracing the furniture it begins to shift and with panic on his face Deadeye tosses his saddlebag and swan dives out the window. The saddlebag just misses landing on Pinto, with Deadeye himself then crashing down on top of his ally. Pinto lets out a choice explicative. </p><p></p><p>The men get up and charge in the direction of the stable. Assuming that more soldiers will soon be exiting the back door Deadeye fires a shot into each of the back windows in hopes of confusing whoever might be inside. As luck would have it one of these shots strikes one of them two soldiers still on the first floor and he falls, with his companion rushing over to assist him rather than exiting. As a further distraction Deadeye then yells out “Get the dynamite.” </p><p></p><p>Out front, the two mounted men respond to the gunshots behind the inn by kicking their horses to move to circumnavigate around the building towards the disturbance, telling the other two men holding the remaining horses to remain there and guard the front. Upstairs, the pair of soldiers finally manage to push the furniture aside and enter the room. </p><p></p><p>Deadeye and Pinto enter the stable to see that the women now have the five horses ready to ride. The men lock the side door behind them and move towards their horses. The stable has a pair of closed and bolted double doors in both the front and back. They quickly argue about whether to go out the front or back doors. Mae and Deadeye ride up to the front doors and Mae unlatches the door while Deadeye reloads his gun for the two spent shells. [The DM has the players each put their miniatures on a six-sided dice to indicate the horse. Deadeye’s player decides to name the horse Polyhedron.]</p><p></p><p>Pinto, Sally and Flying Arrow remain further back. Deadeye tells them “If we get separated I’ll see you in Carson City.” Sally replies, “Okay”, uncertain of when they decided to head to western Nevada. Flying Arrow considers using her bow and arrow but decides to ready her rifle instead. Deadeye gets ready to fire as Mae pushes the doors open, revealing two soldiers with four horses. One of the soldiers out front has climbed up onto his horse and at the sight of the doors moving the soldiers out front fires his gun into the barn while the other moves behind one of the three horses he is holding for cover. At the sound of gunfire and a bullet flying in Flying Arrow yells out “Close the door.”</p><p></p><p>The bullet hits Deadeye for a minor wound which is enough to convince Pinto and Sally to ride to the back doors instead. Pinto unlatches the back door and Sally pushes it open. Pinto sees two soldiers riding around back and fires on the first one but misses. Both riders charge towards the back door and draw their revolvers. </p><p></p><p>Deadeye at the man who shot at him and hits for a non-fatal wound. Flying Arrow shoots from still inside the barn at the soldier atop the horse, hitting him, and causing him to fall badly wounded from his horse and onto the ground. Mae fires at the other man who has now climbed up onto his horse, hitting him in the side. She then coaxes her horse forward. Deadeye and Mae are now outside making themselves the more visible targets so from the darkness of inside the barn Flying Arrow takes another shot, hitting the other soldier. Mae is closer takes another shot, causing him to slump in the saddle. </p><p></p><p>Out back, Sally rides forward and fires a shot from her revolver, missing the soldier she fired at. The soldiers both close on Sally. Pinto momentarily considers whether to come to her rescue or to turn around and join the others, also weighing the fact that most of the stolen money from the two of them is now in his saddlebags rather than hers. He picks the stupid but romantic option of following Sally. </p><p></p><p>Sally and Pinto continue forward, Sally firing on and hitting the already wounded one who is hurt but still in the fight. They both move to try to block Pinto from exiting. His riding skills are quite good however so he is able to get by them. However, by this point in time the two soldiers in the upstairs bedroom are looking out the window at what is going on, and drawn their guns as well at Pinto. </p><p></p><p>Out front both soldiers are down and Mae suggests that they grab the soldier’s horses to prevent them from riding after them. Flying arrow grabs up reigns of the four horses and knots them together, the three heading off. Because of the Colorado River with no easy way to cross the possible destinations are limited to east, southeast, south or southwest. Deadeye starts to ride to the southwest as it is the closest exit from the sparsely populated town. </p><p></p><p>Pinto and Sally both shoot at the two mounted men before them, missing, while Pinto gets shot by both of the soldiers from the upstairs window. Not knowing exactly who else is shooting at them he spurs his horse to ride off at maximum gallop with Sally trying to keep up. The soldiers each take another shot at them before they can ride behind the nearest building, with Sally getting shot for a non-lethal wound. They continue to ride onward, the two wounded soldiers on horseback still behind them. Pinto and Sally continue in the direction of the mountains to the south.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 3554442, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Eleven, “Gun Battle at Rifle“, Tuesday, June 6th , 1882, 3:00 A.M.[/B] Sally and Pinto get dressed when they hear the sound of horses. They look out the window to see a pair of mounted riders each with a pair of saddled horses in tow riding up to the hotel entrance. Two more soldiers exit the hotel and approach them, each of these men on foot taking the reins of a pair of rider-less mounts. The two mounted men remain on horseback. Across the hallway Flying Arrow retrieves her saddlebag from her own room and then rejoins Deadeye and Mae in their room. Mae looks out the back window, not seeing anybody below and comments “It‘s only a one-story drop, we should be able to get down.” There is a back door to the Tavern below but it hasn’t opened and the two first-floor windows along the back have shut curtains over them. She states, “The coast looks clear.” Sally and Pinto go to make their way across the hallway to Deadeye and Mae’s room when they hear sounds on the staircase. Sally makes it into the other room without being seen but Pinto is still standing in the hallway when a pair of soldiers reach the top of the staircase. Pinto runs into the room and slams the door behind him as the soldiers charge down the hallway in that direction. “I think they know we’re in here,” Pinto exclaims to the others. A despondent Flying Arrow states “We’re all dead.” Deadeye “Not yet, we just lost the element of surprise.” Flying Arrow begins a tribal chant to grant them luck. The window looks like the only way to go and Mae wastes no time in dropping her saddlebag out and then letting Deadeye lower her down as far as he can. She safely drops the remaining distance, not seeing anybody out the back way. She scoops up her saddlebag and begins to hurry towards the side door to the stable. Sally isn’t far behind Mae, copying her actions, and reaches the stable door shortly after Mae opens it. Mae gets her and Deadeye’s horses and quickly saddles them while Sally does the same for her and Pinto’s horses. Deadeye and Pinto have locked the door then moved the bed and dresser over against the door to prevent the soldiers from entering. They first knock on the door, then hear the sound of a key unlocking it. The soldiers try to push the door open but the furniture helps to prevent that with Pinto braced to prevent them from budging. Flying Arrow is the next out the window and makes her way to the stable. Pinto decides to go next, and having fallen from horses many a time is skilled in drop-and-roll techniques so manages to get safely onto the ground. Without Pinto bracing the furniture it begins to shift and with panic on his face Deadeye tosses his saddlebag and swan dives out the window. The saddlebag just misses landing on Pinto, with Deadeye himself then crashing down on top of his ally. Pinto lets out a choice explicative. The men get up and charge in the direction of the stable. Assuming that more soldiers will soon be exiting the back door Deadeye fires a shot into each of the back windows in hopes of confusing whoever might be inside. As luck would have it one of these shots strikes one of them two soldiers still on the first floor and he falls, with his companion rushing over to assist him rather than exiting. As a further distraction Deadeye then yells out “Get the dynamite.” Out front, the two mounted men respond to the gunshots behind the inn by kicking their horses to move to circumnavigate around the building towards the disturbance, telling the other two men holding the remaining horses to remain there and guard the front. Upstairs, the pair of soldiers finally manage to push the furniture aside and enter the room. Deadeye and Pinto enter the stable to see that the women now have the five horses ready to ride. The men lock the side door behind them and move towards their horses. The stable has a pair of closed and bolted double doors in both the front and back. They quickly argue about whether to go out the front or back doors. Mae and Deadeye ride up to the front doors and Mae unlatches the door while Deadeye reloads his gun for the two spent shells. [The DM has the players each put their miniatures on a six-sided dice to indicate the horse. Deadeye’s player decides to name the horse Polyhedron.] Pinto, Sally and Flying Arrow remain further back. Deadeye tells them “If we get separated I’ll see you in Carson City.” Sally replies, “Okay”, uncertain of when they decided to head to western Nevada. Flying Arrow considers using her bow and arrow but decides to ready her rifle instead. Deadeye gets ready to fire as Mae pushes the doors open, revealing two soldiers with four horses. One of the soldiers out front has climbed up onto his horse and at the sight of the doors moving the soldiers out front fires his gun into the barn while the other moves behind one of the three horses he is holding for cover. At the sound of gunfire and a bullet flying in Flying Arrow yells out “Close the door.” The bullet hits Deadeye for a minor wound which is enough to convince Pinto and Sally to ride to the back doors instead. Pinto unlatches the back door and Sally pushes it open. Pinto sees two soldiers riding around back and fires on the first one but misses. Both riders charge towards the back door and draw their revolvers. Deadeye at the man who shot at him and hits for a non-fatal wound. Flying Arrow shoots from still inside the barn at the soldier atop the horse, hitting him, and causing him to fall badly wounded from his horse and onto the ground. Mae fires at the other man who has now climbed up onto his horse, hitting him in the side. She then coaxes her horse forward. Deadeye and Mae are now outside making themselves the more visible targets so from the darkness of inside the barn Flying Arrow takes another shot, hitting the other soldier. Mae is closer takes another shot, causing him to slump in the saddle. Out back, Sally rides forward and fires a shot from her revolver, missing the soldier she fired at. The soldiers both close on Sally. Pinto momentarily considers whether to come to her rescue or to turn around and join the others, also weighing the fact that most of the stolen money from the two of them is now in his saddlebags rather than hers. He picks the stupid but romantic option of following Sally. Sally and Pinto continue forward, Sally firing on and hitting the already wounded one who is hurt but still in the fight. They both move to try to block Pinto from exiting. His riding skills are quite good however so he is able to get by them. However, by this point in time the two soldiers in the upstairs bedroom are looking out the window at what is going on, and drawn their guns as well at Pinto. Out front both soldiers are down and Mae suggests that they grab the soldier’s horses to prevent them from riding after them. Flying arrow grabs up reigns of the four horses and knots them together, the three heading off. Because of the Colorado River with no easy way to cross the possible destinations are limited to east, southeast, south or southwest. Deadeye starts to ride to the southwest as it is the closest exit from the sparsely populated town. Pinto and Sally both shoot at the two mounted men before them, missing, while Pinto gets shot by both of the soldiers from the upstairs window. Not knowing exactly who else is shooting at them he spurs his horse to ride off at maximum gallop with Sally trying to keep up. The soldiers each take another shot at them before they can ride behind the nearest building, with Sally getting shot for a non-lethal wound. They continue to ride onward, the two wounded soldiers on horseback still behind them. Pinto and Sally continue in the direction of the mountains to the south. [/QUOTE]
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