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"They Rode to Perdition" starring Arcade's Gang (D&D/Boot Hill)
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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2580647" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 91, “Establishing Roots in the Community”, Saturday, March 18th, 1882, 6:00 P.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>The Gang sits down for dinner at the El Parador. Dorita brings them all full plates of food and Morgana compliments her cooking saying, “I’ve really missed you cooking. The food over in England was awful, they boiled everything!” Arcade exclaims, “Who are you to complain about boiled food! You grew up in an Irish household.” </p><p></p><p>The gang gets into a debate about what to do with the dirigible with Hank insisting that they need to keep it as their primary mode of transportation. Louie says, “But you’re a Texas cowboy, aren’t you supposed to have a horse as your main transportation?” Arcade says, “Nah, he’d rather keep the horse as his primary love interest.” Hank says, “The balloon is a wonderful invention. I think you should all embrace the concept of the balloon.” Louie says, “I’d rather embrace Mary Wong.” </p><p></p><p>While they are dining Gonzales returns accompanied by the male employees of the El Parador who are carrying two of the trunks. He assures the party that he left trusted guards back at the mine. He heads upstairs with them, keeping a watchful eye on the trunks. They then depart and soon return with the other two trunks. Gonzales heads upstairs and does not immediately return. </p><p></p><p>Conrad Booth arrives for dinner and is gestured to join them. Arcade asks, “So Conrad, how is it that Wyatt Earp got to be the Marshall of this town?” Booth replies, “Well, the Merchant’s Association hired him primarily to keep you guys away.” Hank says, “Guess that didn’t work too well.” Conrad says, “Well, he helped lay down the law right away once he arrived, killed a couple of guys who were disturbing the peace.”</p><p></p><p>“And since then?” Louie asks. Conrad replies, “He’s been kept pretty busy. A group of cattle rustlers known as the Cowboy Gang have been causing trouble the last few months. Then in January the infamous bank robber Deadeye Douglas and his gang robbed Condon’s Bank. Earp also had a shootout with one of the saloonkeepers in town.” “And here at the El Parador?” Morgana asks. He replies, “No great change since you left. Dorita and Pedro make sure that things stay peaceful around here. Too bad you didn’t get back sooner, they held a pretty exciting party here two nights ago.” </p><p></p><p>“Anything else new in town?” Hank asks. Conrad replies, “Well, Several houses and businesses were destroyed when the dynamite shed at Sam Slade’s Hardware blew up. The owner of the Lone Star Dance Hall and Saloon ran off with a saloon girl so his wife sold the place. The new owners now call it the Lucky Lady. The owner of the Trail Dust Saloon was the one who shot at Wyatt Earp. He’s now dead and his saloon is the Arizona Territorial Office Building. And the town just got a new Priestess for the Greek and Roman church in town.”</p><p></p><p>Booth then asks, “So, what exactly did you guys do over in England?” Morgana gestures to Arcade and says, “We got married.” Arcade adds, “And we visited my family.” Morgana adds, “Yeah, I discovered that my brother-in-law and father-in-law were possessed demons and monsters.” Conrad says, “A lot of people think that about their in-laws.” Louie says, “Yeah, but we managed to help them get better.” Arcade looks at Morgana and says, “You want to talk in-laws? We found your father naked and living in a cave.” Conrad says, “So, she’s half-elvan, Native American elves do that.” Arcade says, “Except that this was the human side of her family and in Ireland.” </p><p></p><p>Louie interjects, “We also smuggled an elephant out of England.” “An elephant?” Booth exclaims. Morgana says, “We brought it across the Atlantic for P.T. Barnum’s circus.” Conrad says, “That guy sure gets around. He sent Buffalo Bill Cody here to Cochise County to hunt down a dragon.” “Did he find one?” Sam asks. Conrad replies, “Yeah and he killed it then dragged it back east for Barnum to stuff and display at his museum.”</p><p></p><p>Conrad asks, “So, are you back to stay?” Arcade says, “Planning to, looks like no rooms at the inn at the moment.” Conrad says, “Just on weekends, that’s when the dwarven miners come to town and since this is the only hotel that takes non-humans they come here. They should have some vacancies tomorrow night, Monday at the latest.” Morgana says, “We should seriously think about buying a house.” </p><p></p><p>Sam notices a copy of a newspaper lying over near the piano with the banner “Tombstone Epitaph – Promise City Edition” and comments, “They have a new newspaper? Did that other one go out of business?” Conrad says, “The Herald is still barely hanging on, only publishing every –other-week at this point while the local edition of that Tombstone paper comes out every four to five days. An overeager halfling reporter is in charge of it and has had a lot of success. His paper’s tend to be three or four times the size of the Herald.” </p><p></p><p>Arcade rubs his chin and says, “You know…that Baxter guy who runs the Herald had himself a pretty nice house. You say his business is in trouble?” Conrad smiles and says, “Yes, it certainly is.” Arcade says, “Maybe we should go pay him a visit. I’ve always been interested in the news business.” [Hank’s player quips, “Sure, with the blimp we could do our own eye-in-the-sky traffic reports.”] Sam asks, “But what about that overeager halfling competitor?” Hank says, “We could hire him, he’d probably just want a couple of pies a week.”</p><p></p><p>Once the dinner is over they decide to go follow up on this idea. Morgana and Arcade make their way over to the Promise City Herald’s offices, finding them closed but the typesetter Josiah Young inside. They knock on the door and the terrified boy lets them in exclaiming,” I didn’t write anything about you! Honest!” They explain what they want and their interest in becoming his new employer. He expresses relief and satisfaction about that idea. They ask about the building, being told that Baxter owns both the office and his home, plus the building that Young and his family live at and rent from Baxter. </p><p></p><p>They decide to go pay Baxter a visit, finding him half-drunk at the Gay Lady Variety Hall and Saloon. They help escort him back to his home without explaining what they want. He is rather intimidated but appears to sober up as soon as they tell him they want to buy him out. He says, “You want to buy my paper?” Hank says, “Yeah, Louie here has always wanted to be a beat reporter.” Arcade says, “Yes, we’ll send him out to report and he’ll get beaten.” </p><p></p><p>They begin to negotiate price, indicating that they want all three buildings including the contents of both the newspaper office and Young household but that Baxter may keep the furnishings and contents of his house provided that he and his things are out of it by noon the next day. Baxter starts by asking $ 1,200 to which they counter with $ 500. They eventually settle upon a price of $ 950. They drag him over to the office of lawyer Mitchell Berg to handle all of the necessary paperwork and witness the cash transaction. </p><p></p><p>Next they stop by the Alhambra saloon to look for the Tombstone Epitaph’s reporter, as that is where he stays when in town. The saloonkeeper Steve Lord tells them “Chumbley came in on the early afternoon stage but left again for Tombstone an hour later as he needed to go back and revise the front page of his paper. He should be back tomorrow.” “We’ll catch him then,” Arcade states. </p><p></p><p>They head back to the El Parador to relax and celebrate their new business venture. Conrad Booth has already left for his gambling table at the Long Branch Saloon. Morgana sits down at the piano and begins to play and sing some lively tunes, including many from the pubs that she visited in England, Ireland and Scotland. Gambler Carlos Ramirez is leading a card game, working girls Pepita Alvarez and Angelica Huesca are entertaining a pair of male patrons at another table, and many of the other familiar Saturday night regulars eating and drinking. It continues to pour outside. </p><p></p><p>A stagecoach pulls up outside and lets two human woman off who head into the Cantina. One heads into the kitchen to talk briefly with Dorita. The other woman takes a seat alone at one of the tables and gives the Gang a curious look. The first woman comes out from the kitchen accompanied by the Cantina's handyman Grant Keebler. She asks Keebler to escort her friend over to the bathhouse. After they leave the woman heads upstairs. When Keebler returns Sam asks who the two women were. He says that the one who he walked to the bath house if Miss. Florencia, the town's new Priestess and that her friend is Mrs. Kale, an El Parador resident and the pianist at the Lucky Lady. </p><p></p><p>The others continue to relax as they still have a few hours before they have to head out. The place starts to get crowded with patrons on this rainy Saturday evening. Dorita and Pedro’s daughter Sonoma no longer waitresses there, having established a ranch a mile outside of town, but they are now assisted by a young human girl named Ginnie. </p><p></p><p>By 9:00 PM the place is packed with elves, dwarves and a few humans with Morgana accompanying elvan musician Estaban Fuente with entertaining the house. An hour later the storm is at its most violent point, with loud clasps of thunder and lightning striking near, so Hank opts to wait a while longer before riding out to get the balloon. </p><p></p><p>The weather continues to get worse, with a few exterior shutters being torn from their hinges and blankets of water striking against the walls. An almost deafening clasp of thunder sounds accompanied by a massive bolt of lightning that forks just above the El Parador and strikes the ground on all three sides of the building but does no damage other than three burn marks on the ground. The storm then begins to slow down in intensity, allowing Hank and Hans to then ride off to get the transportation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 2580647, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 91, “Establishing Roots in the Community”, Saturday, March 18th, 1882, 6:00 P.M.[/B] The Gang sits down for dinner at the El Parador. Dorita brings them all full plates of food and Morgana compliments her cooking saying, “I’ve really missed you cooking. The food over in England was awful, they boiled everything!” Arcade exclaims, “Who are you to complain about boiled food! You grew up in an Irish household.” The gang gets into a debate about what to do with the dirigible with Hank insisting that they need to keep it as their primary mode of transportation. Louie says, “But you’re a Texas cowboy, aren’t you supposed to have a horse as your main transportation?” Arcade says, “Nah, he’d rather keep the horse as his primary love interest.” Hank says, “The balloon is a wonderful invention. I think you should all embrace the concept of the balloon.” Louie says, “I’d rather embrace Mary Wong.” While they are dining Gonzales returns accompanied by the male employees of the El Parador who are carrying two of the trunks. He assures the party that he left trusted guards back at the mine. He heads upstairs with them, keeping a watchful eye on the trunks. They then depart and soon return with the other two trunks. Gonzales heads upstairs and does not immediately return. Conrad Booth arrives for dinner and is gestured to join them. Arcade asks, “So Conrad, how is it that Wyatt Earp got to be the Marshall of this town?” Booth replies, “Well, the Merchant’s Association hired him primarily to keep you guys away.” Hank says, “Guess that didn’t work too well.” Conrad says, “Well, he helped lay down the law right away once he arrived, killed a couple of guys who were disturbing the peace.” “And since then?” Louie asks. Conrad replies, “He’s been kept pretty busy. A group of cattle rustlers known as the Cowboy Gang have been causing trouble the last few months. Then in January the infamous bank robber Deadeye Douglas and his gang robbed Condon’s Bank. Earp also had a shootout with one of the saloonkeepers in town.” “And here at the El Parador?” Morgana asks. He replies, “No great change since you left. Dorita and Pedro make sure that things stay peaceful around here. Too bad you didn’t get back sooner, they held a pretty exciting party here two nights ago.” “Anything else new in town?” Hank asks. Conrad replies, “Well, Several houses and businesses were destroyed when the dynamite shed at Sam Slade’s Hardware blew up. The owner of the Lone Star Dance Hall and Saloon ran off with a saloon girl so his wife sold the place. The new owners now call it the Lucky Lady. The owner of the Trail Dust Saloon was the one who shot at Wyatt Earp. He’s now dead and his saloon is the Arizona Territorial Office Building. And the town just got a new Priestess for the Greek and Roman church in town.” Booth then asks, “So, what exactly did you guys do over in England?” Morgana gestures to Arcade and says, “We got married.” Arcade adds, “And we visited my family.” Morgana adds, “Yeah, I discovered that my brother-in-law and father-in-law were possessed demons and monsters.” Conrad says, “A lot of people think that about their in-laws.” Louie says, “Yeah, but we managed to help them get better.” Arcade looks at Morgana and says, “You want to talk in-laws? We found your father naked and living in a cave.” Conrad says, “So, she’s half-elvan, Native American elves do that.” Arcade says, “Except that this was the human side of her family and in Ireland.” Louie interjects, “We also smuggled an elephant out of England.” “An elephant?” Booth exclaims. Morgana says, “We brought it across the Atlantic for P.T. Barnum’s circus.” Conrad says, “That guy sure gets around. He sent Buffalo Bill Cody here to Cochise County to hunt down a dragon.” “Did he find one?” Sam asks. Conrad replies, “Yeah and he killed it then dragged it back east for Barnum to stuff and display at his museum.” Conrad asks, “So, are you back to stay?” Arcade says, “Planning to, looks like no rooms at the inn at the moment.” Conrad says, “Just on weekends, that’s when the dwarven miners come to town and since this is the only hotel that takes non-humans they come here. They should have some vacancies tomorrow night, Monday at the latest.” Morgana says, “We should seriously think about buying a house.” Sam notices a copy of a newspaper lying over near the piano with the banner “Tombstone Epitaph – Promise City Edition” and comments, “They have a new newspaper? Did that other one go out of business?” Conrad says, “The Herald is still barely hanging on, only publishing every –other-week at this point while the local edition of that Tombstone paper comes out every four to five days. An overeager halfling reporter is in charge of it and has had a lot of success. His paper’s tend to be three or four times the size of the Herald.” Arcade rubs his chin and says, “You know…that Baxter guy who runs the Herald had himself a pretty nice house. You say his business is in trouble?” Conrad smiles and says, “Yes, it certainly is.” Arcade says, “Maybe we should go pay him a visit. I’ve always been interested in the news business.” [Hank’s player quips, “Sure, with the blimp we could do our own eye-in-the-sky traffic reports.”] Sam asks, “But what about that overeager halfling competitor?” Hank says, “We could hire him, he’d probably just want a couple of pies a week.” Once the dinner is over they decide to go follow up on this idea. Morgana and Arcade make their way over to the Promise City Herald’s offices, finding them closed but the typesetter Josiah Young inside. They knock on the door and the terrified boy lets them in exclaiming,” I didn’t write anything about you! Honest!” They explain what they want and their interest in becoming his new employer. He expresses relief and satisfaction about that idea. They ask about the building, being told that Baxter owns both the office and his home, plus the building that Young and his family live at and rent from Baxter. They decide to go pay Baxter a visit, finding him half-drunk at the Gay Lady Variety Hall and Saloon. They help escort him back to his home without explaining what they want. He is rather intimidated but appears to sober up as soon as they tell him they want to buy him out. He says, “You want to buy my paper?” Hank says, “Yeah, Louie here has always wanted to be a beat reporter.” Arcade says, “Yes, we’ll send him out to report and he’ll get beaten.” They begin to negotiate price, indicating that they want all three buildings including the contents of both the newspaper office and Young household but that Baxter may keep the furnishings and contents of his house provided that he and his things are out of it by noon the next day. Baxter starts by asking $ 1,200 to which they counter with $ 500. They eventually settle upon a price of $ 950. They drag him over to the office of lawyer Mitchell Berg to handle all of the necessary paperwork and witness the cash transaction. Next they stop by the Alhambra saloon to look for the Tombstone Epitaph’s reporter, as that is where he stays when in town. The saloonkeeper Steve Lord tells them “Chumbley came in on the early afternoon stage but left again for Tombstone an hour later as he needed to go back and revise the front page of his paper. He should be back tomorrow.” “We’ll catch him then,” Arcade states. They head back to the El Parador to relax and celebrate their new business venture. Conrad Booth has already left for his gambling table at the Long Branch Saloon. Morgana sits down at the piano and begins to play and sing some lively tunes, including many from the pubs that she visited in England, Ireland and Scotland. Gambler Carlos Ramirez is leading a card game, working girls Pepita Alvarez and Angelica Huesca are entertaining a pair of male patrons at another table, and many of the other familiar Saturday night regulars eating and drinking. It continues to pour outside. A stagecoach pulls up outside and lets two human woman off who head into the Cantina. One heads into the kitchen to talk briefly with Dorita. The other woman takes a seat alone at one of the tables and gives the Gang a curious look. The first woman comes out from the kitchen accompanied by the Cantina's handyman Grant Keebler. She asks Keebler to escort her friend over to the bathhouse. After they leave the woman heads upstairs. When Keebler returns Sam asks who the two women were. He says that the one who he walked to the bath house if Miss. Florencia, the town's new Priestess and that her friend is Mrs. Kale, an El Parador resident and the pianist at the Lucky Lady. The others continue to relax as they still have a few hours before they have to head out. The place starts to get crowded with patrons on this rainy Saturday evening. Dorita and Pedro’s daughter Sonoma no longer waitresses there, having established a ranch a mile outside of town, but they are now assisted by a young human girl named Ginnie. By 9:00 PM the place is packed with elves, dwarves and a few humans with Morgana accompanying elvan musician Estaban Fuente with entertaining the house. An hour later the storm is at its most violent point, with loud clasps of thunder and lightning striking near, so Hank opts to wait a while longer before riding out to get the balloon. The weather continues to get worse, with a few exterior shutters being torn from their hinges and blankets of water striking against the walls. An almost deafening clasp of thunder sounds accompanied by a massive bolt of lightning that forks just above the El Parador and strikes the ground on all three sides of the building but does no damage other than three burn marks on the ground. The storm then begins to slow down in intensity, allowing Hank and Hans to then ride off to get the transportation. [/QUOTE]
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