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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: 4161696" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><em>DM’s Note: I had recorded the games but this was a difficult chapter to transcribe as the female characters on the prison’s third floor and male characters on the prison’s second floor made maximum use of the game’s four-hour slot by played out their individual conversations simultaneously, so I had to listen to the recording multiple times in order to catch all of the dialogue.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Chapter Fifteen, “Establishing Trust”, June 11, 1882 – Canon City Colorado</strong></p><p></p><p>After Rex moves on Pamela says, “You could have been a little friendlier to him.” Sally replies, “I know what you were trying to do, I’m not stupid, I may not be as wise as you but I’m not stupid I tell ya.” Pamela says, “Well, quit talking about smoking cigars, you have to act more ladylike, make him think of you like a lady, preferably his lady. That’s what he wants to hear.” Sally replies, “I can’t be what I’m not.” Pamela replies, “Well, would you rather be dead?’ </p><p></p><p>Sally says, “I smoke cigars all the time. I want one. Do you know how long it’s been since I had one.” Pamela says, “Not in here you don’t, you don’t have any, no reason to talk about things that don’t pertain to our present situation.” “Well….maybe,” is Sally’s answer, “But I’m not good at lying.” Pamela says, “So don’t lie, just don’t talk about things he doesn’t want to hear. </p><p></p><p>Rex continue his patrol, this time passing on Sally’s earlier message. Black Angus MacTavish is astute enough to have picked up the ‘longing’ in Rex’s voice when he mentioned Sally, and after Rex walks off comments to Pinto “Hey Pinto, I think he’s hitting on your girl.” Pinto replies, “Oh no, he wouldn’t do that. Rex is an okay guy compared to these other prison guards. And look, if we’re going to get out of here we may need him. He hates it here, we can use that.” </p><p></p><p>MacTavish replies, “Yes indeed, so you think he might actually help us?” Pinto replies, “Sure, he’s a sucker, he doesn’t know that I’m going to shoot him once we get out of here. We just need him to help us get to the other sides of the gate, then he becomes a liability. You’re going to be hung next week and it won’t be that much longer until we each see a noose. We need to get out of here any way we can.” </p><p></p><p>MacTavish says, “You haven’t even been tried yet, how do you know you’ll be found guilty?” Pinto says, “Witnesses saw me killing at least half-a-dozen soldiers, maybe even a dozen, there’s no way they’ll give me anything but a death sentence……Oh, but don’t tell Rex I killed anyone, I told him Deadeye Douglas did all the killings.” MacTavish asks, “I wonder how much a guy makes as a prison guard around here?” Pinto replies, “Probably not much, we can ask him, here he comes.” </p><p></p><p>As Rex approaches MacTavish asks, “Hey Rex, How much money do you make around here?” “Barely any,” Rex replies. Angus says, “Do you know how much money can be made as a bounty hunter.” Rex says, “I was wondering about that.” Angus says, “A lot, and you help the world in the process.” Rex says, “There are a lot of people out there who deserve justice.” Angus says, “Hundred of them, hundreds. But you can’t just start off doing that type of work, bounty hunting is difficult to get into, you really need a mentor to help you get your way there.” </p><p></p><p>Pinto interjects to Angus “Who was your mentor?” This earns him an icy state from Angus who turns back towards Rex and says, “My father was my mentor.” Angus lowers his voice and says, “Rex, come over here for a minute.” Rex gets closer. </p><p></p><p>Angus says, “Laddie, you going to have a choice in front of you. Laddie, you’ve got to take your choices when you’ve got a chance, because if a chance misses you bye, you know what’s gonna happen, you’ll rot your life around here. They treat you like a criminal here even though you’re on the other side of the bars. You don’t need that. You should be right and free, doing justice where it'’ needed.” Rex asks in reply, “Do you know anything about bounty hunting out in California?” Angus says, “Oh yeah, I’ve been out to California loads of times. But bounty hunting is the same all over.” Pinto interjects “Rex, I’ve noticed that you’re different than the other guards. They swear at us, they hate us. You don’t….how do they treat you?” “They treat me alright,” Rex answers insincerely. </p><p></p><p>Angus looks over to Shamus O’Sullivan and says, “Shamus, you be a prizefighter are ya?” He replies, “Ah, yes, all over.” Angus asks, “Do you win much?” Shamus replies, “Aye, yes, I win much.” Angus asks, “So what did you do to get in here? Shamus replies, “Caught up with a gentleman who wouldn’t keep with his bets. Hit him a little too hard.” Angus says, “Don’t you hate it when they’re weak like that.”</p><p></p><p>Back upstairs, Pamela tells Sally, “You need to get that Rex guy all sympathetic, talk up the bad things that have happened to you, the folks who have mistreated you, get him to feel sorry for you and want to help.” Sally replies, “What do you mean?” Pamela says, “We can’t be giving him clues that you might not be the person he thinks of you as.” Sally replies, “I am who I am.” Pamela replies, “Which will get you hung, we have an opportunity here. Just be careful what you say, it’s not always easy to get into somebody else’s head.” </p><p></p><p>Pamela asks, “Do you know of anybody else who are down there with Pinto and Mongo?” Sally says, “I heard that Black Angus is in with them, he’s a former bounty hunter.” Pamela says, “I’ve heard of him, he was a good bounty hunter. Why is he is prison?” “I don’t know exactly, rumor is he shot the wrong person,” Sally answers. Pamela asks, “And you don’t know any of the other ones who are down there?” Sally replies “No.”</p><p></p><p>After a short pause Sally says, “It wasn’t very nice of you to take advantage of Mongo, just cause he’s not the brightest person.” Pamela says, “Our leaving was to help all of us. All of us staying together was like hanging a target around our necks, and Mongo was the most identifiable one because of his size.” Sally says, “Didn’t do any of us much good, we’re all in prison.” </p><p></p><p>Pamela says, “Not all, Deadeye, Mae and Flying Arrow aren’t.” “Only because Pinto and I led the soldiers away,” is Sally’s response. Pamela says, “Any chance they’ll try to bust us out, like he did before.” Sally replies, “Not likely, I’m the one who talked him into it both times and I’m not with him.” Pamela says, “Doesn’t sound like he has much gratitude.” “They don’t make them like the used to,” is Sally’s response. </p><p></p><p>Pamela says, “By the way, you realize that Rex reads those notes you send down to Pinto.” Sally says, “Of course he does, I’m not stupid.” Pamela says, “Well, what exactly do you write to him?” Sally says, “The most recent one? I told Pinto not to be angry with Mongo, that they both probably could use a friend to talk to at this point.” </p><p></p><p>Pamela says, “I’m worried about Mongo.” Sally says, “Feeling guilty?” Pamela answers, “I’m not feeling guilty, I did what I could to protect him.” “From us?” Sally comments. “From being caught,” Pamela replies. Sally exclaims, “And you were so successful at that.” Pamela says, “That wasn’t our fault, we were betrayed.” “By who?” Sally asks. Pamela says, “The wife of the guy who owned the safe house.” “Doesn’t sound like a very safe house,” Sally states. Pamela says, “The guy who owned the house, he was a nice guy, it was his wife who turned us in for the reward.” </p><p></p><p>Sally says, “You still shouldn’t have taken advantage of Mongo.” Pamela says, “The guy needs looking after, he’s a big teddy bear.” “You’re so right about that. But he’s a darn useful member of a gang,” Sally states. Pamela says, “You know, I’ve been thinking, the four of us are much better together than apart. There’s no need to fight over what happened before, won’t do us one bit of good now.” Sally replies, “Not sure if I can trust you again.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4161696, member: 8530"] [I]DM’s Note: I had recorded the games but this was a difficult chapter to transcribe as the female characters on the prison’s third floor and male characters on the prison’s second floor made maximum use of the game’s four-hour slot by played out their individual conversations simultaneously, so I had to listen to the recording multiple times in order to catch all of the dialogue.[/I] [B]Chapter Fifteen, “Establishing Trust”, June 11, 1882 – Canon City Colorado[/B] After Rex moves on Pamela says, “You could have been a little friendlier to him.” Sally replies, “I know what you were trying to do, I’m not stupid, I may not be as wise as you but I’m not stupid I tell ya.” Pamela says, “Well, quit talking about smoking cigars, you have to act more ladylike, make him think of you like a lady, preferably his lady. That’s what he wants to hear.” Sally replies, “I can’t be what I’m not.” Pamela replies, “Well, would you rather be dead?’ Sally says, “I smoke cigars all the time. I want one. Do you know how long it’s been since I had one.” Pamela says, “Not in here you don’t, you don’t have any, no reason to talk about things that don’t pertain to our present situation.” “Well….maybe,” is Sally’s answer, “But I’m not good at lying.” Pamela says, “So don’t lie, just don’t talk about things he doesn’t want to hear. Rex continue his patrol, this time passing on Sally’s earlier message. Black Angus MacTavish is astute enough to have picked up the ‘longing’ in Rex’s voice when he mentioned Sally, and after Rex walks off comments to Pinto “Hey Pinto, I think he’s hitting on your girl.” Pinto replies, “Oh no, he wouldn’t do that. Rex is an okay guy compared to these other prison guards. And look, if we’re going to get out of here we may need him. He hates it here, we can use that.” MacTavish replies, “Yes indeed, so you think he might actually help us?” Pinto replies, “Sure, he’s a sucker, he doesn’t know that I’m going to shoot him once we get out of here. We just need him to help us get to the other sides of the gate, then he becomes a liability. You’re going to be hung next week and it won’t be that much longer until we each see a noose. We need to get out of here any way we can.” MacTavish says, “You haven’t even been tried yet, how do you know you’ll be found guilty?” Pinto says, “Witnesses saw me killing at least half-a-dozen soldiers, maybe even a dozen, there’s no way they’ll give me anything but a death sentence……Oh, but don’t tell Rex I killed anyone, I told him Deadeye Douglas did all the killings.” MacTavish asks, “I wonder how much a guy makes as a prison guard around here?” Pinto replies, “Probably not much, we can ask him, here he comes.” As Rex approaches MacTavish asks, “Hey Rex, How much money do you make around here?” “Barely any,” Rex replies. Angus says, “Do you know how much money can be made as a bounty hunter.” Rex says, “I was wondering about that.” Angus says, “A lot, and you help the world in the process.” Rex says, “There are a lot of people out there who deserve justice.” Angus says, “Hundred of them, hundreds. But you can’t just start off doing that type of work, bounty hunting is difficult to get into, you really need a mentor to help you get your way there.” Pinto interjects to Angus “Who was your mentor?” This earns him an icy state from Angus who turns back towards Rex and says, “My father was my mentor.” Angus lowers his voice and says, “Rex, come over here for a minute.” Rex gets closer. Angus says, “Laddie, you going to have a choice in front of you. Laddie, you’ve got to take your choices when you’ve got a chance, because if a chance misses you bye, you know what’s gonna happen, you’ll rot your life around here. They treat you like a criminal here even though you’re on the other side of the bars. You don’t need that. You should be right and free, doing justice where it'’ needed.” Rex asks in reply, “Do you know anything about bounty hunting out in California?” Angus says, “Oh yeah, I’ve been out to California loads of times. But bounty hunting is the same all over.” Pinto interjects “Rex, I’ve noticed that you’re different than the other guards. They swear at us, they hate us. You don’t….how do they treat you?” “They treat me alright,” Rex answers insincerely. Angus looks over to Shamus O’Sullivan and says, “Shamus, you be a prizefighter are ya?” He replies, “Ah, yes, all over.” Angus asks, “Do you win much?” Shamus replies, “Aye, yes, I win much.” Angus asks, “So what did you do to get in here? Shamus replies, “Caught up with a gentleman who wouldn’t keep with his bets. Hit him a little too hard.” Angus says, “Don’t you hate it when they’re weak like that.” Back upstairs, Pamela tells Sally, “You need to get that Rex guy all sympathetic, talk up the bad things that have happened to you, the folks who have mistreated you, get him to feel sorry for you and want to help.” Sally replies, “What do you mean?” Pamela says, “We can’t be giving him clues that you might not be the person he thinks of you as.” Sally replies, “I am who I am.” Pamela replies, “Which will get you hung, we have an opportunity here. Just be careful what you say, it’s not always easy to get into somebody else’s head.” Pamela asks, “Do you know of anybody else who are down there with Pinto and Mongo?” Sally says, “I heard that Black Angus is in with them, he’s a former bounty hunter.” Pamela says, “I’ve heard of him, he was a good bounty hunter. Why is he is prison?” “I don’t know exactly, rumor is he shot the wrong person,” Sally answers. Pamela asks, “And you don’t know any of the other ones who are down there?” Sally replies “No.” After a short pause Sally says, “It wasn’t very nice of you to take advantage of Mongo, just cause he’s not the brightest person.” Pamela says, “Our leaving was to help all of us. All of us staying together was like hanging a target around our necks, and Mongo was the most identifiable one because of his size.” Sally says, “Didn’t do any of us much good, we’re all in prison.” Pamela says, “Not all, Deadeye, Mae and Flying Arrow aren’t.” “Only because Pinto and I led the soldiers away,” is Sally’s response. Pamela says, “Any chance they’ll try to bust us out, like he did before.” Sally replies, “Not likely, I’m the one who talked him into it both times and I’m not with him.” Pamela says, “Doesn’t sound like he has much gratitude.” “They don’t make them like the used to,” is Sally’s response. Pamela says, “By the way, you realize that Rex reads those notes you send down to Pinto.” Sally says, “Of course he does, I’m not stupid.” Pamela says, “Well, what exactly do you write to him?” Sally says, “The most recent one? I told Pinto not to be angry with Mongo, that they both probably could use a friend to talk to at this point.” Pamela says, “I’m worried about Mongo.” Sally says, “Feeling guilty?” Pamela answers, “I’m not feeling guilty, I did what I could to protect him.” “From us?” Sally comments. “From being caught,” Pamela replies. Sally exclaims, “And you were so successful at that.” Pamela says, “That wasn’t our fault, we were betrayed.” “By who?” Sally asks. Pamela says, “The wife of the guy who owned the safe house.” “Doesn’t sound like a very safe house,” Sally states. Pamela says, “The guy who owned the house, he was a nice guy, it was his wife who turned us in for the reward.” Sally says, “You still shouldn’t have taken advantage of Mongo.” Pamela says, “The guy needs looking after, he’s a big teddy bear.” “You’re so right about that. But he’s a darn useful member of a gang,” Sally states. Pamela says, “You know, I’ve been thinking, the four of us are much better together than apart. There’s no need to fight over what happened before, won’t do us one bit of good now.” Sally replies, “Not sure if I can trust you again.” [/QUOTE]
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