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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4453633" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Twenty-one, “Making a break for it” - 2:30 A.M., Thursday, June 15, 1882 – The hills near Canon City Colorado</strong></p><p></p><p>The DM comments how he expected the gunshots and kills to take place after the prisoners encountered the other guards, not before that. “That covers about fifty-percent of the players too,” a player states.</p><p></p><p>Pamela and Angus continue to argue about ‘the plan’ and who messed things up. Pamela insists that Rex was getting them out and it was foolish to fight with him. Angus says, “Well your plan had flaws, or did you forget that Pinto was murdered in cold blood.” Mongo exclaims, “But Pinto reached for Rex’s gun? Why did he do that?” Angus exclaims, “He didn’t you simpleton.” “Don’t you be yelling at Mongo,” Pamela exclaims. </p><p></p><p>Sally states, “Well, don’t you be blaming any of this horse manure on me.” “Well don’t it on me either,” Pamela exclaims. “I didn’t, did I?” Sally says. “Yes you did!” says Pamela. Sally says, “I did not, I only blamed that dream stuff you made up on you, the rest of it was the fault of these idiots over here.” Pamela exclaims, “That dream stuff is what got us out of the prison!” The yelling continues for another ten minutes. By the time they finish arguing they notice that the experienced tracker Buckskin Bennett is nowhere to be found, nor do they have any idea when he separated from them. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the aforementioned Bennett is over a mile away heading south towards the tallest mountains. It had not taken long into the verbal argument for him to realize that their yelling had the potential to attract a posse, so sticking with this group was potentially suicidal. He decides to take a round-about-route to seek out his former Indian companion. </p><p></p><p>Heading west, the others stop and look at a map that Rex had put in the saddlebags and light a candle to look at it. They realize that they are heading in the direction of the Royal Gorge, an impressive chasm that would be rather difficult to get across. Angus suggests that they change direction, suggesting they go towards the Current River. They change direction from west to south, riding hard while they still have the cover of darkness. </p><p></p><p>At the first light of dawn Buckskin Bennett is well up into the mountains and looks southward to see if there is a posse following. There are no lawmen to be seen, but he does notice the other five outlaws around a mile-and-a-half back heading in the same direction. Bennett states an explicative. He decides to dismount walk his horse up into steep backcountry where the others are unlikely to follow. </p><p></p><p>Back down below, with light to see now they start to look though the saddlebags to see what Rex has packed for them, distributing the food and water evenly among them. They panic at first at finding the guns in none of their horse’s saddlebags, fearing that Bennett might have them. They then check the saddlebags in the two extra horses, breathing a sigh of relief when they find the guns there. The revolvers are evenly distributed among the outlaws. Pamela is relieved to find a medical kit also with the extra mounts. </p><p></p><p>They follow the Great River southward, stopping only for short breaks to feed and water the horses and also alternating with the two extra horses to continually lighten the load. Lacking Bennett, they rely on a combination of Angus’s knowledge of wilderness survival skills and Sally’s rustler knowledge of the great outdoors for suggestions. The conversation then degenerates into another verbal cat-fight between Sally and Pamela until Mongo of all people intervenes and gets them to both apologize to each other. Sally jokingly suggests to Mongo that he should ask Pamela to marry him. </p><p></p><p>The group starts to talk about ‘longer term’ plans. Shamus decides that he’ll head out to California and resume his fighting career under an assumed name. Angus agrees with that plan but also suggests that he seek fights in smaller towns and avoid the cities, for fear that he might be recognized. When they reach the major fork in the river the four say goodbye to Shamus, as he rides westward while the others continue southward. </p><p></p><p>The others eventually find a secluded area to stop and get a few hours rest, alternating watches. </p><p>By Thursday nightfall they reach the small mining town of West Cliff, Colorado, around twenty miles southwest from Canon City. There are no telegraph lines going into the town, so they conclude that news of the prison break would not have reached here yet. They avoid the buildings in town and ride until they find a farmhouse a little bit off from the town. They let Shamus and Sally do the talking, tell the farmer a tale of heading south to join a cattle drive. The farmer puts them up for the night in his barn. </p><p></p><p>Friday, June 16th, 1882:</p><p></p><p>The group gets up, buy some more supplies from the farmer at rather generous prices, and continue on to the south staying near but not directly alongside the river. Angus has some concerns with Shamus knowing they were heading south, fearing that he might tell the authorities if he were caught. Pamela suggests that the group change direction, to make a long round-about turn to the northeast to the place where they had stashed the stage coach months earlier as it would be a safe place to hold up and rest. They turn east and ride on for the remainder of the day. </p><p></p><p>June 17th to June 23rd 1882:</p><p></p><p>Taking their time, keeping to low ground where possible, and avoiding communities the quartet eventually travel the 150 miles to reach the abandoned mine. Once there Pamela surprises the others by retrieving a hidden saddlebag filled with money. She counts out the $ 124,000 in front of the others and divides it into four even stacks of $ 31,000 for each of the four, telling them that is the remainder of what she and Mongo had left from the Leadville robbery. Pamela’s act of generosity impresses the others and goes along way towards regaining Sally’s trust. </p><p></p><p>When she has some time to herself Pamela also heads back into the cave retrieves a second saddlebag with $ 200,000 in larger bills, which she conceals on her own horse unbeknownst to the others. </p><p></p><p>The group discusses where to go next. Since they have killed Federal soldiers they conclude that leaving the country might be the best idea and debate heading to Canada or Mexico. Given that Sally, Pamela and Mongo are familiar with the Arizona climate the idea of a warmer area appeals to them more than the Canadian Rockies. They decide to head northwest to Wyoming and then change direction southward through Utah. </p><p></p><p><em>[This concludes Game Four. The campaign will continued with Game Five, played the following year with a different group of players.]</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4453633, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Twenty-one, “Making a break for it” - 2:30 A.M., Thursday, June 15, 1882 – The hills near Canon City Colorado[/B] The DM comments how he expected the gunshots and kills to take place after the prisoners encountered the other guards, not before that. “That covers about fifty-percent of the players too,” a player states. Pamela and Angus continue to argue about ‘the plan’ and who messed things up. Pamela insists that Rex was getting them out and it was foolish to fight with him. Angus says, “Well your plan had flaws, or did you forget that Pinto was murdered in cold blood.” Mongo exclaims, “But Pinto reached for Rex’s gun? Why did he do that?” Angus exclaims, “He didn’t you simpleton.” “Don’t you be yelling at Mongo,” Pamela exclaims. Sally states, “Well, don’t you be blaming any of this horse manure on me.” “Well don’t it on me either,” Pamela exclaims. “I didn’t, did I?” Sally says. “Yes you did!” says Pamela. Sally says, “I did not, I only blamed that dream stuff you made up on you, the rest of it was the fault of these idiots over here.” Pamela exclaims, “That dream stuff is what got us out of the prison!” The yelling continues for another ten minutes. By the time they finish arguing they notice that the experienced tracker Buckskin Bennett is nowhere to be found, nor do they have any idea when he separated from them. Meanwhile, the aforementioned Bennett is over a mile away heading south towards the tallest mountains. It had not taken long into the verbal argument for him to realize that their yelling had the potential to attract a posse, so sticking with this group was potentially suicidal. He decides to take a round-about-route to seek out his former Indian companion. Heading west, the others stop and look at a map that Rex had put in the saddlebags and light a candle to look at it. They realize that they are heading in the direction of the Royal Gorge, an impressive chasm that would be rather difficult to get across. Angus suggests that they change direction, suggesting they go towards the Current River. They change direction from west to south, riding hard while they still have the cover of darkness. At the first light of dawn Buckskin Bennett is well up into the mountains and looks southward to see if there is a posse following. There are no lawmen to be seen, but he does notice the other five outlaws around a mile-and-a-half back heading in the same direction. Bennett states an explicative. He decides to dismount walk his horse up into steep backcountry where the others are unlikely to follow. Back down below, with light to see now they start to look though the saddlebags to see what Rex has packed for them, distributing the food and water evenly among them. They panic at first at finding the guns in none of their horse’s saddlebags, fearing that Bennett might have them. They then check the saddlebags in the two extra horses, breathing a sigh of relief when they find the guns there. The revolvers are evenly distributed among the outlaws. Pamela is relieved to find a medical kit also with the extra mounts. They follow the Great River southward, stopping only for short breaks to feed and water the horses and also alternating with the two extra horses to continually lighten the load. Lacking Bennett, they rely on a combination of Angus’s knowledge of wilderness survival skills and Sally’s rustler knowledge of the great outdoors for suggestions. The conversation then degenerates into another verbal cat-fight between Sally and Pamela until Mongo of all people intervenes and gets them to both apologize to each other. Sally jokingly suggests to Mongo that he should ask Pamela to marry him. The group starts to talk about ‘longer term’ plans. Shamus decides that he’ll head out to California and resume his fighting career under an assumed name. Angus agrees with that plan but also suggests that he seek fights in smaller towns and avoid the cities, for fear that he might be recognized. When they reach the major fork in the river the four say goodbye to Shamus, as he rides westward while the others continue southward. The others eventually find a secluded area to stop and get a few hours rest, alternating watches. By Thursday nightfall they reach the small mining town of West Cliff, Colorado, around twenty miles southwest from Canon City. There are no telegraph lines going into the town, so they conclude that news of the prison break would not have reached here yet. They avoid the buildings in town and ride until they find a farmhouse a little bit off from the town. They let Shamus and Sally do the talking, tell the farmer a tale of heading south to join a cattle drive. The farmer puts them up for the night in his barn. Friday, June 16th, 1882: The group gets up, buy some more supplies from the farmer at rather generous prices, and continue on to the south staying near but not directly alongside the river. Angus has some concerns with Shamus knowing they were heading south, fearing that he might tell the authorities if he were caught. Pamela suggests that the group change direction, to make a long round-about turn to the northeast to the place where they had stashed the stage coach months earlier as it would be a safe place to hold up and rest. They turn east and ride on for the remainder of the day. June 17th to June 23rd 1882: Taking their time, keeping to low ground where possible, and avoiding communities the quartet eventually travel the 150 miles to reach the abandoned mine. Once there Pamela surprises the others by retrieving a hidden saddlebag filled with money. She counts out the $ 124,000 in front of the others and divides it into four even stacks of $ 31,000 for each of the four, telling them that is the remainder of what she and Mongo had left from the Leadville robbery. Pamela’s act of generosity impresses the others and goes along way towards regaining Sally’s trust. When she has some time to herself Pamela also heads back into the cave retrieves a second saddlebag with $ 200,000 in larger bills, which she conceals on her own horse unbeknownst to the others. The group discusses where to go next. Since they have killed Federal soldiers they conclude that leaving the country might be the best idea and debate heading to Canada or Mexico. Given that Sally, Pamela and Mongo are familiar with the Arizona climate the idea of a warmer area appeals to them more than the Canadian Rockies. They decide to head northwest to Wyoming and then change direction southward through Utah. [I][This concludes Game Four. The campaign will continued with Game Five, played the following year with a different group of players.][/I] [/QUOTE]
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