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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: 2680101" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 95, "The Mirror", Sunday, March 19th, 1882, 4:00 P.M. </strong> </p><p></p><p>Towards late afternoon there are several gunshots fire outside, but the group is all so tired that only Hank is awakened by them. He sits in bed for a while debating whether to get up or not when the shots end. He decides to go back to sleep but just as he is about to fall asleep is awakened by the sound of more gunfire, with this sounding closer than the other shots. </p><p></p><p>Hank gets up and looks out the window where he sees an Indian standing at the intersection of South and Fremont Streets and shooting at somebody to the east. He also notices that the lower end of Fremont Street is littered with burning debris that appear to have been clothing and a mattress. </p><p></p><p>The Indian then gets shot by a human in western garb further up Fremont Street near the County Claims Office. Another cowboy who is standing at the intersection of Fremont and Main Streets then shoots this man. Not knowing who any of these people are, or what is going on, Hank decides to head downstairs to investigate. Not bothering to put on his shirt, vest or pants, he straps his gunbelt on over the red long johns he was sleeping in, dons his Cowboy hat, and heads downstairs to the Cantina lobby. </p><p></p><p>He goes to the front door of the El Parador, by which time the town’s new Priestess is busy tending to the rather wounded Indian while other people are checking the other dead cowboy. A wood elf wearing a Deputy’s badge is talking to the man who had fired the final shot but does not appear to be planning to arrest him. </p><p></p><p>Hank overhears something being said about Johnny Ringo, a man who he had met last October in Tombstone. Hank looks around but the gunslinger doesn’t look to be anywhere in the vicinity, nor is he the dead cowboy. Hank is then spotted by Bill Watkins, owner of the Great Western Boarding House across the street. Hank had lived there until Watkins evicted him the previous summer. Watkins glares angrily and Hank. Hank smiles back, then heads back inside and upstairs to bed, figuring that whatever the commotion was is now over. </p><p></p><p></p><p>It is close to 8:00 P.M. when Arcade’s Gang is all awake and sit down for dinner at the Cantina. Each group tells the other about what they have been up to since leaving the battle site. Gesturing to their new chef and new pilot at the end of the table Arcade asks, “What are we going to do with them?” Morgana calls Dorita over and makes arrangements for the two new hirelings to keep the rooms at the El Parador where they are staying this evening. </p><p></p><p>Sam comments, “So right now we have us a Chinaman, an Italian, a German, an Irishwoman, an Englishman, a few Americans and are eating at a Mexican restaurant.” Arcade comments, “Yeah, it’s like we’ve founded our own filthy little League of Nations.” Hank interjects, “Don’t forget, Texas was its own country too.” “Like you’d ever let us forget,” Louie states. Hans is told that he can keep one of the extra horses for himself, as he will need it for the five-mile ride out to where the Dirigible is parked. He is very thankful for that, saying that he always wanted to have a horse of his own. </p><p></p><p>Following the dinner they head over to the Alhambra saloon to find the halfling newspaperman Chumbley. The fast-talking hyperactive little man is very surprised to hear that Arcade’s Gang is back in town and even more surprised to hear that they have bought out his competitor. He is then flabbergasted when they make him the offer to be Editor of the paper. Chumbley is a good negotiator and manages to convince them to pay him a significant amount of the profits from each paper as his salary. He says that he is very interested but will have to first speak to the owner of the Tombstone paper John Clum before he can formally accept their offer. </p><p></p><p>Monday, March 20th, 1882:</p><p></p><p>Morgana meets with the County Claims Manager to finalize the purchase of the valley where the Dirigible now sits. She purchases the entire 300-acre valley for $ 5.00 an acre. The group meets and decides that they will possibly offer a rental agreement to Count von Zeppelin rather than attempting to resell the property to him. </p><p></p><p>Tuesday, March 21st, 1882:</p><p></p><p>Morgana and Hank travel with Manuel Gonzales via teleport spell to Chihuahua, Mexico to meet with Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin to explain to him about the status of the dirigible and Hans Schmidt. She strongly suggests to von Zeppelin that due to the French invading America he would be very wise to distance himself from them and that incident as there will probably be serious international repercussions. </p><p></p><p>She suggests that he should probably relocate his operations to the United States and to Promise City, Arizona in particular and suggests that she might know of an ideal location in that area. They then spend an hour of so walking around the city, during which time Manuel bumps into elvan woman who he introduces as “an old friend” although neither Hank or Morgana think that she looks very old at all. They eventually are ready to head back, with Morgana gesturing to Hank and saying, “You can’t go leaving a Texan down here in Mexico, he’ll try to annex it.” </p><p></p><p>Wednesday, March 22nd, 1882:</p><p></p><p>Chumbley accepts the position as Editor of the paper. After a lengthy debate about the new name for it they decide upon calling it the Promise City Mirror. Arcade visits Burton Lumley, owner of the Gay Lady Saloon and current President of the Promise City Merchant’s Association to make him aware of the change in ownership of the newspaper. </p><p></p><p>Thursday. March 23rd, 1882. </p><p></p><p>At the morning meeting of the Promise City Merchant’s Association Burton Lumley introduces Josiah Arcadiam as the new owner of the Promise City Mirror, formerly the Promise City Herald, and states that he will be taking Parker Baxter’s membership in the association. </p><p></p><p>The main order of business that morning is the appointment of a new Marshall and new Deputy Marshall as Wyatt and Warren Earp have both resigned. Some of the Arcade’s Gang members consider volunteering for the positions but opt not to. The positions are filled by others present at the meeting. Afterwards Hank complains about not getting to wear a badge. Morgana says, “What do you expect? The other day you went outside without wearing pants.” Sam says, “Well, at least they accepted Arcade as a business owner.” Louie comments, “That means we really are now respectable gang.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 2680101, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 95, "The Mirror", Sunday, March 19th, 1882, 4:00 P.M. [/B] Towards late afternoon there are several gunshots fire outside, but the group is all so tired that only Hank is awakened by them. He sits in bed for a while debating whether to get up or not when the shots end. He decides to go back to sleep but just as he is about to fall asleep is awakened by the sound of more gunfire, with this sounding closer than the other shots. Hank gets up and looks out the window where he sees an Indian standing at the intersection of South and Fremont Streets and shooting at somebody to the east. He also notices that the lower end of Fremont Street is littered with burning debris that appear to have been clothing and a mattress. The Indian then gets shot by a human in western garb further up Fremont Street near the County Claims Office. Another cowboy who is standing at the intersection of Fremont and Main Streets then shoots this man. Not knowing who any of these people are, or what is going on, Hank decides to head downstairs to investigate. Not bothering to put on his shirt, vest or pants, he straps his gunbelt on over the red long johns he was sleeping in, dons his Cowboy hat, and heads downstairs to the Cantina lobby. He goes to the front door of the El Parador, by which time the town’s new Priestess is busy tending to the rather wounded Indian while other people are checking the other dead cowboy. A wood elf wearing a Deputy’s badge is talking to the man who had fired the final shot but does not appear to be planning to arrest him. Hank overhears something being said about Johnny Ringo, a man who he had met last October in Tombstone. Hank looks around but the gunslinger doesn’t look to be anywhere in the vicinity, nor is he the dead cowboy. Hank is then spotted by Bill Watkins, owner of the Great Western Boarding House across the street. Hank had lived there until Watkins evicted him the previous summer. Watkins glares angrily and Hank. Hank smiles back, then heads back inside and upstairs to bed, figuring that whatever the commotion was is now over. It is close to 8:00 P.M. when Arcade’s Gang is all awake and sit down for dinner at the Cantina. Each group tells the other about what they have been up to since leaving the battle site. Gesturing to their new chef and new pilot at the end of the table Arcade asks, “What are we going to do with them?” Morgana calls Dorita over and makes arrangements for the two new hirelings to keep the rooms at the El Parador where they are staying this evening. Sam comments, “So right now we have us a Chinaman, an Italian, a German, an Irishwoman, an Englishman, a few Americans and are eating at a Mexican restaurant.” Arcade comments, “Yeah, it’s like we’ve founded our own filthy little League of Nations.” Hank interjects, “Don’t forget, Texas was its own country too.” “Like you’d ever let us forget,” Louie states. Hans is told that he can keep one of the extra horses for himself, as he will need it for the five-mile ride out to where the Dirigible is parked. He is very thankful for that, saying that he always wanted to have a horse of his own. Following the dinner they head over to the Alhambra saloon to find the halfling newspaperman Chumbley. The fast-talking hyperactive little man is very surprised to hear that Arcade’s Gang is back in town and even more surprised to hear that they have bought out his competitor. He is then flabbergasted when they make him the offer to be Editor of the paper. Chumbley is a good negotiator and manages to convince them to pay him a significant amount of the profits from each paper as his salary. He says that he is very interested but will have to first speak to the owner of the Tombstone paper John Clum before he can formally accept their offer. Monday, March 20th, 1882: Morgana meets with the County Claims Manager to finalize the purchase of the valley where the Dirigible now sits. She purchases the entire 300-acre valley for $ 5.00 an acre. The group meets and decides that they will possibly offer a rental agreement to Count von Zeppelin rather than attempting to resell the property to him. Tuesday, March 21st, 1882: Morgana and Hank travel with Manuel Gonzales via teleport spell to Chihuahua, Mexico to meet with Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin to explain to him about the status of the dirigible and Hans Schmidt. She strongly suggests to von Zeppelin that due to the French invading America he would be very wise to distance himself from them and that incident as there will probably be serious international repercussions. She suggests that he should probably relocate his operations to the United States and to Promise City, Arizona in particular and suggests that she might know of an ideal location in that area. They then spend an hour of so walking around the city, during which time Manuel bumps into elvan woman who he introduces as “an old friend” although neither Hank or Morgana think that she looks very old at all. They eventually are ready to head back, with Morgana gesturing to Hank and saying, “You can’t go leaving a Texan down here in Mexico, he’ll try to annex it.” Wednesday, March 22nd, 1882: Chumbley accepts the position as Editor of the paper. After a lengthy debate about the new name for it they decide upon calling it the Promise City Mirror. Arcade visits Burton Lumley, owner of the Gay Lady Saloon and current President of the Promise City Merchant’s Association to make him aware of the change in ownership of the newspaper. Thursday. March 23rd, 1882. At the morning meeting of the Promise City Merchant’s Association Burton Lumley introduces Josiah Arcadiam as the new owner of the Promise City Mirror, formerly the Promise City Herald, and states that he will be taking Parker Baxter’s membership in the association. The main order of business that morning is the appointment of a new Marshall and new Deputy Marshall as Wyatt and Warren Earp have both resigned. Some of the Arcade’s Gang members consider volunteering for the positions but opt not to. The positions are filled by others present at the meeting. Afterwards Hank complains about not getting to wear a badge. Morgana says, “What do you expect? The other day you went outside without wearing pants.” Sam says, “Well, at least they accepted Arcade as a business owner.” Louie comments, “That means we really are now respectable gang.” [/QUOTE]
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