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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: 4291561" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Eighteen, “Rex’s Decision”, Tuesday, June 13, 1882 – Canon City Colorado</strong></p><p></p><p>Early evening comes around and Rex heads to the second floor to change the buckets in the rooms. He arrives at the cell with Mongo and Pinto Joe. Rex gestures with his left hand so that Pinto Joe sees that there is a note cupped in it. Pinto Joe comes over and reaches his hand through the bars to be passed the note. Rex opens his hand to release the note into Pinto Joe’s.</p><p></p><p>Rex then lowers his hand, grabbing Joe’s. Pinto looks up at Rex and says “Huh?” while Rex’s right hand simultaneously drops down to his sidearm. In a voice only loud enough for only Pinto to hear Rex states “Sally deserves better.” Rex then fires three shots at point blank range into Pinto’s chest. As Pinto’s body falls to the cellblock floor Rex loudly exclaims, “He grabbed for my gun!” </p><p></p><p>[This action came as a complete surprise to the GameMaster and players, but the unanimous consensus around the table is that it was a brilliant move. The GameMaster comments how he is surprised that this rather violent campaign has managed to go four games before the first player casualty.]</p><p></p><p>Other guards soon arrive at the sound of gunfire. Rex repeats his story about Pinto Joe Weams grabbing for his gun, which nobody questions. The fact that Pinto’s back was to Mongo when it happened, with Mongo muttering “Joe shouldn’t have done that! Why did Joe do that?” further confirms Rex’s story. One of the other guards takes over for Rex, and he is told that he has to head over to the Warden’s house to make a report on the incident. </p><p></p><p>Rex goes to the Warden and again repeats his story. The Warden is concerned that his guard may be shaken up over killing a man, so gives him the rest of this day and the following day off with pay to recuperate, telling him not to report back until his Thursday mid-afternoon shift. Rex is pleased about this, since he can now go to Pueblo to get the supplies for the escape. </p><p></p><p>Upstairs, the women have heard the gunshots but do not know what has transpired. Sally assumes the worst and tells Pamela “This is all your fault you bitch!” They later see that Rex is no longer on duty and try to ask the replacement guard what happened but in accordance to prison policy he doesn’t speak to them. [DM’s note: The 19th Century Colorado Prison rule #8 read: “Guards shall not allow any convict to speak to them about any subject not immediately connected with their duty, employment or wants and all familiarity between convicts and officers is strictly forbidden and prohibited.]</p><p></p><p>Wednesday, June 14, 1882:</p><p></p><p>Rex rides over to Pueblo to purchase the supplies. He stays the night there, to ride back to Canon City the next morning. The women do not see Rex at all this day, which in turns creates more anxiety, as he would always tell them in advance if he was to be getting a day or two off. Sally is concerned about Pinto Joe while Pamela is fretting over the fact that something might have happened to Rex, as he was their only way out. </p><p></p><p>Thursday, June 15, 1882:</p><p></p><p>Rex shows up again on the top floor at around 4:00 in the afternoon, bringing the women their evening meal. Pamela exclaims in a sweet voice “Rex, you’re alright! When we didn’t see you the other day I thought maybe something happened to you.” In a despondent voice he replies, “I’m mostly alright.” “What…what’s wrong?” Sally asks. Rex angrily snaps “I told you that damned fool was no good!” “What?” Sally states. </p><p></p><p>Rex exclaims, “I told you he was just leading you astray.” Pamela asks, “What happened?” Using acting talents that he never knew he had Rex exclaims in a choked up voice and with tears in his eyes, “You said that he was honorable….so I didn’t keep a close eye around him. I was handing him a note about the planned escape and he reached right past it towards my holster.” Pamela notes that Rex is avoiding direct eye contact with them, a clear indication that he is lying. </p><p></p><p>Rex lowers his voice and says, “There was nothing I could do.” Pamela says, “I take it we’re not talking about Mongo.” Rex shakes his head and says, “No.” Pamela comments, “A person has to defend himself. I had thought that maybe Pinto Joe had changed his ways.” Rex says, “I guess he decided that he was going to bust his way out. That note he sent you, that must have been his way of saying goodbye.” He stretched his hands out on the bars with an anguished look on his face. A long pause follows.</p><p></p><p>Pamela asks, “Are you under any sort of investigation from this incident? Are you in any sort of trouble?” Rex replies, “No, Mongo saw the whole thing. He told the other guards just what had happened.” Sally still appears to be in shock. She mutters “Mongo saw the whole thing?” Pamela mutters softly to herself in a sarcastic manner, “Mongo, he’s real observant.” She then speaks up and says, “Poor Mongo, loosing his friend. The sooner we get him away from these types the better.” Sally doesn’t say anything else, turning her back to Rex. He soon walks away. Turning to keep Pamela from seeing, Sally begins to cry. </p><p></p><p>Rex next heads down to the men’s cells. Angus engages him in conversation, telling him he had no choice in having to shoot Pinto, that the man was a mad killer, the type of folks who bounty hunters have to deal with. Rex agrees. Angus says, “That’s the type of snap decision you have to make in this line of work. You did well.” Angus asks Rex if he knows whether his hanging has been scheduled yet. Rex replies, “Yes, ten days from now. A lot can happen in ten days.”</p><p></p><p>Angus says, “Well, I know a lot about the phrase ‘dead or alive’ and can tell you, alive is much better. Even when capturing people for a bounty alive is always better, usually more money and fewer questions asked.” Rex says, “I never wanted to kill anybody but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.” </p><p></p><p>Rex fills Angus in on his plan, outlining where the stable, dynamite shack and best spot to blow the wall are. He says that he picked up clothes and extra firearms, which are now in his horse’s saddlebags out in the stable. Angus comments “The engineer in me wants to tell you that the dynamite will be the trickiest part. You have to set it just right to get the result you want, won’t do any of us any good if you just blow a hole in the ground and leave the wall still standing.” Rex says, “I know what I’m doing, I’ve used dynamite before.” “That’s good,” Angus replies. </p><p></p><p>Angus says, “It sounds like you thought of everything. So when will you be opening up the locks to these cells?” “Soon,” he states. “Hope so, my time is finite,” Angus replies. </p><p></p><p>Shamus lets Rex know that he hasn’t ridden many horses and is not very proficient in that task. Rex begins, “Ah, well back in the Pony Express….” followed by several lengthy stories which essentially work out to mean “Don’t worry about it, I know everything there is to know about horses, we’ll be fine.” </p><p></p><p>Pamela gives Sally time alone. Eventually she starts talking to her about understanding how she feels, having felt this way after her own husband was killed. Pamela eventually tells her “When he comes back you have to be friendly with him, otherwise we’ll see the hangman’s noose.”</p><p></p><p>Rex eventually makes his way back upstairs to the women. He and Sally start a low-key conversation on the relatively safe subject of prison food. Sally comments about how she can cook up a mighty fine steak. “I would like that,” Rex replies. “I can cook up a mighty fine cherry pie,” Pamela interjects. “I would like that too,” states Rex. Pamela says, “I hope we’ll get that opportunity.” Rex replies, “You will, I’ll be back in a few hours and we’ll go.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4291561, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Eighteen, “Rex’s Decision”, Tuesday, June 13, 1882 – Canon City Colorado[/B] Early evening comes around and Rex heads to the second floor to change the buckets in the rooms. He arrives at the cell with Mongo and Pinto Joe. Rex gestures with his left hand so that Pinto Joe sees that there is a note cupped in it. Pinto Joe comes over and reaches his hand through the bars to be passed the note. Rex opens his hand to release the note into Pinto Joe’s. Rex then lowers his hand, grabbing Joe’s. Pinto looks up at Rex and says “Huh?” while Rex’s right hand simultaneously drops down to his sidearm. In a voice only loud enough for only Pinto to hear Rex states “Sally deserves better.” Rex then fires three shots at point blank range into Pinto’s chest. As Pinto’s body falls to the cellblock floor Rex loudly exclaims, “He grabbed for my gun!” [This action came as a complete surprise to the GameMaster and players, but the unanimous consensus around the table is that it was a brilliant move. The GameMaster comments how he is surprised that this rather violent campaign has managed to go four games before the first player casualty.] Other guards soon arrive at the sound of gunfire. Rex repeats his story about Pinto Joe Weams grabbing for his gun, which nobody questions. The fact that Pinto’s back was to Mongo when it happened, with Mongo muttering “Joe shouldn’t have done that! Why did Joe do that?” further confirms Rex’s story. One of the other guards takes over for Rex, and he is told that he has to head over to the Warden’s house to make a report on the incident. Rex goes to the Warden and again repeats his story. The Warden is concerned that his guard may be shaken up over killing a man, so gives him the rest of this day and the following day off with pay to recuperate, telling him not to report back until his Thursday mid-afternoon shift. Rex is pleased about this, since he can now go to Pueblo to get the supplies for the escape. Upstairs, the women have heard the gunshots but do not know what has transpired. Sally assumes the worst and tells Pamela “This is all your fault you bitch!” They later see that Rex is no longer on duty and try to ask the replacement guard what happened but in accordance to prison policy he doesn’t speak to them. [DM’s note: The 19th Century Colorado Prison rule #8 read: “Guards shall not allow any convict to speak to them about any subject not immediately connected with their duty, employment or wants and all familiarity between convicts and officers is strictly forbidden and prohibited.] Wednesday, June 14, 1882: Rex rides over to Pueblo to purchase the supplies. He stays the night there, to ride back to Canon City the next morning. The women do not see Rex at all this day, which in turns creates more anxiety, as he would always tell them in advance if he was to be getting a day or two off. Sally is concerned about Pinto Joe while Pamela is fretting over the fact that something might have happened to Rex, as he was their only way out. Thursday, June 15, 1882: Rex shows up again on the top floor at around 4:00 in the afternoon, bringing the women their evening meal. Pamela exclaims in a sweet voice “Rex, you’re alright! When we didn’t see you the other day I thought maybe something happened to you.” In a despondent voice he replies, “I’m mostly alright.” “What…what’s wrong?” Sally asks. Rex angrily snaps “I told you that damned fool was no good!” “What?” Sally states. Rex exclaims, “I told you he was just leading you astray.” Pamela asks, “What happened?” Using acting talents that he never knew he had Rex exclaims in a choked up voice and with tears in his eyes, “You said that he was honorable….so I didn’t keep a close eye around him. I was handing him a note about the planned escape and he reached right past it towards my holster.” Pamela notes that Rex is avoiding direct eye contact with them, a clear indication that he is lying. Rex lowers his voice and says, “There was nothing I could do.” Pamela says, “I take it we’re not talking about Mongo.” Rex shakes his head and says, “No.” Pamela comments, “A person has to defend himself. I had thought that maybe Pinto Joe had changed his ways.” Rex says, “I guess he decided that he was going to bust his way out. That note he sent you, that must have been his way of saying goodbye.” He stretched his hands out on the bars with an anguished look on his face. A long pause follows. Pamela asks, “Are you under any sort of investigation from this incident? Are you in any sort of trouble?” Rex replies, “No, Mongo saw the whole thing. He told the other guards just what had happened.” Sally still appears to be in shock. She mutters “Mongo saw the whole thing?” Pamela mutters softly to herself in a sarcastic manner, “Mongo, he’s real observant.” She then speaks up and says, “Poor Mongo, loosing his friend. The sooner we get him away from these types the better.” Sally doesn’t say anything else, turning her back to Rex. He soon walks away. Turning to keep Pamela from seeing, Sally begins to cry. Rex next heads down to the men’s cells. Angus engages him in conversation, telling him he had no choice in having to shoot Pinto, that the man was a mad killer, the type of folks who bounty hunters have to deal with. Rex agrees. Angus says, “That’s the type of snap decision you have to make in this line of work. You did well.” Angus asks Rex if he knows whether his hanging has been scheduled yet. Rex replies, “Yes, ten days from now. A lot can happen in ten days.” Angus says, “Well, I know a lot about the phrase ‘dead or alive’ and can tell you, alive is much better. Even when capturing people for a bounty alive is always better, usually more money and fewer questions asked.” Rex says, “I never wanted to kill anybody but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.” Rex fills Angus in on his plan, outlining where the stable, dynamite shack and best spot to blow the wall are. He says that he picked up clothes and extra firearms, which are now in his horse’s saddlebags out in the stable. Angus comments “The engineer in me wants to tell you that the dynamite will be the trickiest part. You have to set it just right to get the result you want, won’t do any of us any good if you just blow a hole in the ground and leave the wall still standing.” Rex says, “I know what I’m doing, I’ve used dynamite before.” “That’s good,” Angus replies. Angus says, “It sounds like you thought of everything. So when will you be opening up the locks to these cells?” “Soon,” he states. “Hope so, my time is finite,” Angus replies. Shamus lets Rex know that he hasn’t ridden many horses and is not very proficient in that task. Rex begins, “Ah, well back in the Pony Express….” followed by several lengthy stories which essentially work out to mean “Don’t worry about it, I know everything there is to know about horses, we’ll be fine.” Pamela gives Sally time alone. Eventually she starts talking to her about understanding how she feels, having felt this way after her own husband was killed. Pamela eventually tells her “When he comes back you have to be friendly with him, otherwise we’ll see the hangman’s noose.” Rex eventually makes his way back upstairs to the women. He and Sally start a low-key conversation on the relatively safe subject of prison food. Sally comments about how she can cook up a mighty fine steak. “I would like that,” Rex replies. “I can cook up a mighty fine cherry pie,” Pamela interjects. “I would like that too,” states Rex. Pamela says, “I hope we’ll get that opportunity.” Rex replies, “You will, I’ll be back in a few hours and we’ll go.” [/QUOTE]
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