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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2042207" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Eight, “Travel Plans”, Friday, March 10th, 1882, 8:30 A.M. </strong> </p><p></p><p>Ruby gets out of bed with the sheet and sits sideways on Jake lap, putting her head on his shoulder and pulling her legs up. "No...” she looks up him innocently with big eyes. “Well, I may have left a little mess in the kitchen.” She pauses but then continues on quickly, “I was going to clean it up after I had a little more sleep and my headache went away. But I need some of this," she reaches out far for the whiskey, letting Jake hold her from falling, "To help." She takes another drink, "Aaahhhh." </p><p></p><p>With the hand the bottle in is, she points to the room, "So... how do you like the new room now that you've stayed in it? The squeaky bed was kinda, um, funny." "That's a relief." Jake says in a very low voice. "I like it. I still can't get over having a room like this, that actually belongs to us." He brushes some flour out of her hair. "I didn't really notice if the bed was squeaking or not last night. I did hear you get back in this morning though." </p><p></p><p>Jake chuckles a bit before continuing. "Ruby darling, you are a fantastic singer, a crack shot, one of the best sleight of hand artists I've ever encountered, and have some other skills that I find most pleasant indeed." He blows on the powder that is still clinging to sheet and it dusts up between them. "I appreciate the kindness to get up and make me breakfast, especially with a champagne hangover." He gently brushes some flour from her cheek. "Let Maria cook. That is why we pay her. Otherwise she'll go hungry and so will we." Jake then takes the bottle out of her hand and has a small swig. "Besides, if the Marshall sees that steak you murdered he'll put you in jail."</p><p></p><p>"Jake! I didn't murder it, I just cooked it," Ruby says with a small pout. "Besides, Maria doesn't cook breakfast and I was hungry. I'm still hungry..." Ruby puts her head back down on Jake's shoulder and looks around the room. "Yes, it is nice, isn't it? Our very own room. I wanted it to be perfect before you saw it." Ruby is quiet for a few minutes, thinking to herself. She turns her head back to Jake and kisses him. "Oh, good morning, by the way," she says with a smile. </p><p></p><p>"What do we have to get done today? I'm going to need a nap later, tonight will be a late night. I think we should stay open as long as people want to stay." "A late night will be fine. Maybe we can keep the music going with some others too and have a little fun ourselves. If not tonight, then another night soon." He sneezes some flour away. "Heh. Today I want to see Condon and Berg, but neither will take long."</p><p></p><p>"I want to do that tonight! Have fun that is. I want dancing and I want to play cards! And NO champagne..." Ruby says scrunching her face. "I guess I need a bath with all this stupid flour all over the place. Hum... what should I wear tonight?" Ruby seems deep in thought. </p><p></p><p>Jake seems deep in his own thought as he scratches his beard. "I want you to look at that gold box. I'm tired of carrying it around. It's the box the South American money was in. Some book too. Anyway, I couldn't sell it in Tucson, there are two many gold and silver boxes around because of all the mines. Why don't you make a guess at what it's worth and we give it to someone who's been helping out. I don't need it." She replies, "Sure, as soon as we get up I'll look at it. What do you need to see Berg and Condon for? Working on another business deal?"</p><p></p><p>"I already have too many businesses to run." Jake says with a sigh. "No, I need to make sure that Condon is keeping an eye on Scarface. So I'm gonna tell him a story. I want to ask Berg some questions about Adair. That and I think I'm going to put him on retainer for us." Jake pushes a strand of red hair from her face. "Not that I think we'll need a lawyer any time soon." Jake shrugs. "I will just make me feel better that he is looking out for us."</p><p></p><p>Nanuet makes his way back downstairs and hears a tapping sound coming from the front door. He heads over that way and sees Manuel Gonzales standing outside with a wooden box in his hands. "Good morning Sir!" Nanuet says holding the door open for him. "I have not seen you in quite some time. Please come in. Is there something I can help you with?" </p><p></p><p>He answers, "Yes, do you know if Ruby and Jake are awake yet? I need to talk to the three of you." Nanuet replies, "Well at least one of them was up earlier today for sure. Let me go get them, in the meantime, make yourself at home." Nanuet bounds up the stairs and knocks on the door to Ruby and Jake's room.</p><p></p><p>Ruby hears the knock and hops off Jake's lap. She opens the door in only the sheet, which she is barely holding up. "Morning Nanuet, how are you feeling today?" Ruby giggles. "Come in," she says opening the door wide. Nanuet's face immediately turns bright red and he averts his eyes from the scene on the other side of the door. </p><p></p><p>He stammers "Well, uh, hem... thanks for the invite, but Mr. Gonzalez, eh, Manuel that is, is downstairs and he needs to speak with us. I will meet you down there." Nanuet turns and looks at the ground as he walks away from the door. "I'd have looked." Jake says matter of factly as he gets up and puts on his shirt, boots and straps on his favorite Colt.</p><p></p><p>Ruby turns to Jake, "What? You'd think I was naked or something!" Ruby giggles again. "I wonder what Mr. Gonzales wants? Hum..." She wanders over the closet and starts pulling out clothes. "I guess me looking at that box will have to wait. I'll do it this afternoon." Ruby starts pulling on her clothes. She has Jake do up her corset, "My headache feels much better, thank goodness." She finishes getting dressed. "Ready?" She gives herself one last peek in the mirror before they head downstairs. Jake and Ruby go down stairs and meet Nanuet and Gonzalez. </p><p></p><p>"Buenes dias, Senor Gonlazez." Jake says in a friendly tone. He answers, "Hello. Look, I'll get straight to the point. You all, well maybe not you Nanuet, but you two saw how upset Kate was last night. I spoke to her afterwards, after she...well....she wasn't her usual self. Angry and destructive would be apt terms. She is beside herself about this Morgan Earp situation. I'm not sure what should be done about this. I have a few ideas, but wanted to talk to the three of you first. How do you think we should proceed?"</p><p></p><p>"I would be too. Except I would have put a bullet in the man already. I know, that won't do for Kate." Ruby sighs. "She thinks 10 minutes will make her feel better and be able to move on. I think we should get her 10 minutes with Morgan Earp." Nanuet says, "To be honest with you Mr. Gonzalez, I think that is something only Kate can deal with. It is her demon, she must face it. Of course we, or at least I, will do what I can to help if she were ever to ask or show that she wanted my help."</p><p></p><p>"Morgan's brothers will do ANYTHING to keep him from going to jail for the murder of Tom Kale. That includes burying Katherine." Jake had started to raise his voice but lowers it again. "I'm not a against doing something." Jake kicks the dirt on the floor. "Old Caleb White once told me, We all live in the protection of certain cowardice’s which we call our principles." He laughs. "Well mine's a pretty short list, but on it is keeping my friends alive. I'll do what it takes, but we need to avoid making the other Earps angry..." Jake then wiggles his Colt Peacemaker in it's holster. ".... or be willing to deal with the consequences."</p><p></p><p>Gonzales says "Well, I may have only known Katherine for ten weeks now but I think of her like a daughter. I will do what I have to in order to protect her. If I thought that killing Morgan Earp would rid her of those demons I would not hesitate to do so." </p><p></p><p>He pauses and then says, "But she wants a conversation, one that his brothers will not allow. My fear was that she would run off to Tombstone when she awoke this morning, so I, well, gave her something to help her sleep. Sleep until after the stagecoach for Tombstone had departed. I also asked Grant Keebler to take her horse out with him as well when he did his morning ride, to keep her from riding off until we've had a chance to talk some sense into her. </p><p></p><p>I don't know how to proceed. But regardless of the challenge facing me I have always found preparation to be of importance. The only one of us who knows Tombstone is Katherine, but she's not in the right frame of mind for a scouting mission. I'm inclined to head off there now myself, and was wondering if any of you would care to join me?"</p><p></p><p>"Count me in," Nanuet states. Ruby doesn't need to think it over. "Let's go." Then she pauses. "Wait, are you saying you drugged Kate?" Gonzales says "I gave her some special tea to help her sleep, and explained that to her before she drank it." </p><p></p><p>"I think we need some supplies in Tombstone for the Lucky Lady. Supplies that are only available in Tombstone. You know which supplies I mean, right Nanuet?" Jake says matter of factly. Nanuet states, "Oh sure, those supplies yeah. I almost forgot all about them." “What supplies is he talking about?” Nanuet thinks to himself, “Sometimes he loses me with his slick white man ways.” Jake says, “I have a couple of things to do today before I go though. shouldn't take long."</p><p></p><p>Gonzales sets his wooden box up on the table and begins to take some items out. Jake and Ruby both recognize the brazier as the one that he uses for the teleportation spell. He then places four other items on the table, one being Sonoma’s hairclip, another being Mr. Austin's glasses, another being a silver ring with a green gem and the final one being a solid black necktie. He says, "I would suggest that you hurry with your errands Mr. Cooke, I would like to be back before Mrs. Kale wakes up and we all still need to change."</p><p></p><p>"Jake, can't you do that stuff later, when we get back?" Ruby looks closer at the items on the table. "All right, I'll skip one of them. I'll be right back." Jake rushes over just up the street to Condon's house, to visit with the brother that is not working. "Mr. Condon," Jake says to Frank with a serious and troubled look on his face "I have some information and have been torn whether to tell you or not. I believe you are an righteous man, so I have come to the conclusion it would be only fair that you should know. It pains me when people spread rumors, and I don't want to be like the kind that do. It is doubly painful when it is someone I know and has said good things ab-" Condon interrupts "Martin! What's Martin up to?" </p><p></p><p>"No sir," Jake continues smoothly, "it's not Chester Martin, that boy is honest as the day is long. It's.... it's Danby Jones. I don't really know him very well, and was surprised when he gave me a reference. I needed the work and meant to give you my honest best so I didn't think too much about it. </p><p></p><p>Back when I first met Jones there were folks that suggested he had an unsavory reputation. I never saw him do anything of the kind, and that's why it pains me to say anything to you. I doesn't seem right to besmirch a man's reputation on hearsay." Jake looks down at his feet and back to Condon before continuing, the troubled look back on his face. "I myself have been the victim of that. You treated me right though, and I want to pay that back. So don't treat Jones unfairly, just keep an eye on him." </p><p></p><p>Jake laughs, "It's not like you've seen him trying to see the combination to the safe, or eavesdropping in on secrets like where the real money is hidden, or had your bank or home keys in his possession." His expression changes to one of contemplation. "You know Jones did imply to me that I owed him a favor for getting the job, not sure what he meant by that...." Jake goes back to smiling. "You won't tell anyone I said anything will you? That really takes a load of my conscience telling you and knowing you'll keep that secret between us and your brother." Frank takes all of this information in and thanks Jake, finishing with "I'll look into this."</p><p></p><p>After Jake goes running off Ruby turns to Gonzales. "So, what do we have to do? And what do you mean, get changed?" Ruby pauses. "And I'd like to get some of that tea, the stuff that helps you sleep..." Gonzales replies, "Oh, I need you awake today my golden eagle.” She answers, "Not for now, the tea. Would I be able to make it for myself, like for a night I couldn't sleep?" </p><p></p><p>He asks, “How do you feel about being 'Louise' today?" She answers, “No I don't mind being Lousie at all. What do I do?" He tells her to put the clip in her hair as Sonoma had done and just say "mo`opuna ula". Ruby takes a quick look around the room, noting that no one is there. She does as Gonzales tells her and she transforms. She runs over to look at herself in the mirror behind the bar and giggles, especially at the blond hair. "Red is better," she says to herself. "Oh but can't I have a better name that Lousie? How about Lola?" she laughs. Nanuet laughs at Ruby's new name .</p><p></p><p>He replies "Well, we at least made her dress red for you, although it is a bit more conservative than you are used to. Unfortunately Louise was waitress here long enough that some Tombstone folks might recognize her, so you'd better play her as Sonoma did. Hope you can do a Boston accent."</p><p></p><p>He turns to Nanuet and says "I have three choices for you. One is a wood elf and the other two are human. You are already familiar with Mr. Austin. The wood elf is a much younger version of myself. The other human is a handsome blonde haired young man wearing traditional western garb." Nanuet says, "I think I will go for the younger version of you if you don't mind." Ruby says, "Oh yay! I can't wait to see that!" Gonzales hands him the necktie and tells him to tie it and put it around his neck and then say the phrase "Ungt menneske brun"</p><p></p><p>Nanuet puts the necktie on and attempts to say the activation phrase "Ungt menneske brun." Nanuet is surprised that the man he turns into is wearing a brown three-piece suit and polished black shoes. He does look like a Gonzales, but at half the age, with not a hint of gray or white in the long dark beard and full head of hair. Nanuet playfully bumps Ruby out of the way of the mirror so that he can admire his new appearance. "Not too shabby I must say. I could get used to this I think."</p><p></p><p>"Yes, this neck is rather tight," Ruby replies pulling at it. "But I thought we were going to Tombstone? Do they know her there?" "She's never been there, but this saloon gets a regular mix of folks who frequent both town. And we know that Morgan was here in Promise City while she was playing Lousie. One thing about using magic is you never want to do anything to make people suspect you are using it. For a person to suddenly start acting differently raises suspicion. </p><p></p><p>"And Mr. Gonzales, of course I can do the accent!" She starts talking in a nearly perfect Boston accent. With a flourish or her arms, "Don't you know what I really want to do is be an actress?" She spins around the room laughing at her. She looks up to see a not-so-happy Mr. Gonzales. "Alright, I'll behave." She hops up on a poker table, swinging her legs, but least is quiet, until Nanuet transforms that is. "Oh, Mr. Gonzales, you are a very handsome man," Ruby says with only a hint of surprise.</p><p></p><p>“Now that Mr. Cooke had best hurry back soon or we will have to leave without him,” Manuel says. Jake runs back to the Lucky Lady. "I'll be right down stairs!" He says as he bolts past them. He grabs his duster, sawed off shotgun, long barrel Colt, and Ruby's dagger and heads back down stairs. He is just finishing putting everything together when he notices the not so subtle change in who is with Gonzalez. "Uh, not more ma..." he stops himself.</p><p></p><p>"You like blondes mister?" Ruby says in a Boston accent while laughing. "Get changed so we can get out of here. People might get suspicious if I start kissing Miss Ruby's boyfriend." Gonzales has transformed himself into Mr. Austin. He hands the ring to Jake and says "Take off your guns and anything else you are going to want in the other form. Then say, "menehune akahele kultihin"</p><p></p><p>Gonzales has transformed himself into Mr. Austin. He hands the ring to Jake and says "Take off your guns and anything else you are going to want in the other form. Then say, "menehune akahele kultihin" Jake looks into the mirror sees a tall rugged muscular cowboy with long blonde hair, clean shaven, with deep green eyes whose retina patterns he still recognizes as his own. He is wearing a tan cotton shirt with a beaded swirl design on it, a thick leather belt and darker brown work pants. His feet are in a large pair of brown leather cowboy boots. </p><p></p><p>Gonzales says "It unlikely that anyone around her has ever met my friend "Tex" before, but if you can do a Texas accent that would be appreciated. "I'll do the best I can with the accent." Jake says as he puts outfits himself with the weapons. "I can do Missouri real well, but I'll try and do Texas and keep the speech to a minimum." Ruby and Nanuet both look at him with disbelief. "Alright, alright, I'll practice the Texas accent."</p><p></p><p>Ruby gives a whistle while hopping off the table. "Nice to meet you Tex. How lucky am I, I get to be accompanied by three handsome men today!" She turns to Gonzales, "Are we ready now?" Gonzales says "Yes, gather around.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 2042207, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Eight, “Travel Plans”, Friday, March 10th, 1882, 8:30 A.M. [/B] Ruby gets out of bed with the sheet and sits sideways on Jake lap, putting her head on his shoulder and pulling her legs up. "No...” she looks up him innocently with big eyes. “Well, I may have left a little mess in the kitchen.” She pauses but then continues on quickly, “I was going to clean it up after I had a little more sleep and my headache went away. But I need some of this," she reaches out far for the whiskey, letting Jake hold her from falling, "To help." She takes another drink, "Aaahhhh." With the hand the bottle in is, she points to the room, "So... how do you like the new room now that you've stayed in it? The squeaky bed was kinda, um, funny." "That's a relief." Jake says in a very low voice. "I like it. I still can't get over having a room like this, that actually belongs to us." He brushes some flour out of her hair. "I didn't really notice if the bed was squeaking or not last night. I did hear you get back in this morning though." Jake chuckles a bit before continuing. "Ruby darling, you are a fantastic singer, a crack shot, one of the best sleight of hand artists I've ever encountered, and have some other skills that I find most pleasant indeed." He blows on the powder that is still clinging to sheet and it dusts up between them. "I appreciate the kindness to get up and make me breakfast, especially with a champagne hangover." He gently brushes some flour from her cheek. "Let Maria cook. That is why we pay her. Otherwise she'll go hungry and so will we." Jake then takes the bottle out of her hand and has a small swig. "Besides, if the Marshall sees that steak you murdered he'll put you in jail." "Jake! I didn't murder it, I just cooked it," Ruby says with a small pout. "Besides, Maria doesn't cook breakfast and I was hungry. I'm still hungry..." Ruby puts her head back down on Jake's shoulder and looks around the room. "Yes, it is nice, isn't it? Our very own room. I wanted it to be perfect before you saw it." Ruby is quiet for a few minutes, thinking to herself. She turns her head back to Jake and kisses him. "Oh, good morning, by the way," she says with a smile. "What do we have to get done today? I'm going to need a nap later, tonight will be a late night. I think we should stay open as long as people want to stay." "A late night will be fine. Maybe we can keep the music going with some others too and have a little fun ourselves. If not tonight, then another night soon." He sneezes some flour away. "Heh. Today I want to see Condon and Berg, but neither will take long." "I want to do that tonight! Have fun that is. I want dancing and I want to play cards! And NO champagne..." Ruby says scrunching her face. "I guess I need a bath with all this stupid flour all over the place. Hum... what should I wear tonight?" Ruby seems deep in thought. Jake seems deep in his own thought as he scratches his beard. "I want you to look at that gold box. I'm tired of carrying it around. It's the box the South American money was in. Some book too. Anyway, I couldn't sell it in Tucson, there are two many gold and silver boxes around because of all the mines. Why don't you make a guess at what it's worth and we give it to someone who's been helping out. I don't need it." She replies, "Sure, as soon as we get up I'll look at it. What do you need to see Berg and Condon for? Working on another business deal?" "I already have too many businesses to run." Jake says with a sigh. "No, I need to make sure that Condon is keeping an eye on Scarface. So I'm gonna tell him a story. I want to ask Berg some questions about Adair. That and I think I'm going to put him on retainer for us." Jake pushes a strand of red hair from her face. "Not that I think we'll need a lawyer any time soon." Jake shrugs. "I will just make me feel better that he is looking out for us." Nanuet makes his way back downstairs and hears a tapping sound coming from the front door. He heads over that way and sees Manuel Gonzales standing outside with a wooden box in his hands. "Good morning Sir!" Nanuet says holding the door open for him. "I have not seen you in quite some time. Please come in. Is there something I can help you with?" He answers, "Yes, do you know if Ruby and Jake are awake yet? I need to talk to the three of you." Nanuet replies, "Well at least one of them was up earlier today for sure. Let me go get them, in the meantime, make yourself at home." Nanuet bounds up the stairs and knocks on the door to Ruby and Jake's room. Ruby hears the knock and hops off Jake's lap. She opens the door in only the sheet, which she is barely holding up. "Morning Nanuet, how are you feeling today?" Ruby giggles. "Come in," she says opening the door wide. Nanuet's face immediately turns bright red and he averts his eyes from the scene on the other side of the door. He stammers "Well, uh, hem... thanks for the invite, but Mr. Gonzalez, eh, Manuel that is, is downstairs and he needs to speak with us. I will meet you down there." Nanuet turns and looks at the ground as he walks away from the door. "I'd have looked." Jake says matter of factly as he gets up and puts on his shirt, boots and straps on his favorite Colt. Ruby turns to Jake, "What? You'd think I was naked or something!" Ruby giggles again. "I wonder what Mr. Gonzales wants? Hum..." She wanders over the closet and starts pulling out clothes. "I guess me looking at that box will have to wait. I'll do it this afternoon." Ruby starts pulling on her clothes. She has Jake do up her corset, "My headache feels much better, thank goodness." She finishes getting dressed. "Ready?" She gives herself one last peek in the mirror before they head downstairs. Jake and Ruby go down stairs and meet Nanuet and Gonzalez. "Buenes dias, Senor Gonlazez." Jake says in a friendly tone. He answers, "Hello. Look, I'll get straight to the point. You all, well maybe not you Nanuet, but you two saw how upset Kate was last night. I spoke to her afterwards, after she...well....she wasn't her usual self. Angry and destructive would be apt terms. She is beside herself about this Morgan Earp situation. I'm not sure what should be done about this. I have a few ideas, but wanted to talk to the three of you first. How do you think we should proceed?" "I would be too. Except I would have put a bullet in the man already. I know, that won't do for Kate." Ruby sighs. "She thinks 10 minutes will make her feel better and be able to move on. I think we should get her 10 minutes with Morgan Earp." Nanuet says, "To be honest with you Mr. Gonzalez, I think that is something only Kate can deal with. It is her demon, she must face it. Of course we, or at least I, will do what I can to help if she were ever to ask or show that she wanted my help." "Morgan's brothers will do ANYTHING to keep him from going to jail for the murder of Tom Kale. That includes burying Katherine." Jake had started to raise his voice but lowers it again. "I'm not a against doing something." Jake kicks the dirt on the floor. "Old Caleb White once told me, We all live in the protection of certain cowardice’s which we call our principles." He laughs. "Well mine's a pretty short list, but on it is keeping my friends alive. I'll do what it takes, but we need to avoid making the other Earps angry..." Jake then wiggles his Colt Peacemaker in it's holster. ".... or be willing to deal with the consequences." Gonzales says "Well, I may have only known Katherine for ten weeks now but I think of her like a daughter. I will do what I have to in order to protect her. If I thought that killing Morgan Earp would rid her of those demons I would not hesitate to do so." He pauses and then says, "But she wants a conversation, one that his brothers will not allow. My fear was that she would run off to Tombstone when she awoke this morning, so I, well, gave her something to help her sleep. Sleep until after the stagecoach for Tombstone had departed. I also asked Grant Keebler to take her horse out with him as well when he did his morning ride, to keep her from riding off until we've had a chance to talk some sense into her. I don't know how to proceed. But regardless of the challenge facing me I have always found preparation to be of importance. The only one of us who knows Tombstone is Katherine, but she's not in the right frame of mind for a scouting mission. I'm inclined to head off there now myself, and was wondering if any of you would care to join me?" "Count me in," Nanuet states. Ruby doesn't need to think it over. "Let's go." Then she pauses. "Wait, are you saying you drugged Kate?" Gonzales says "I gave her some special tea to help her sleep, and explained that to her before she drank it." "I think we need some supplies in Tombstone for the Lucky Lady. Supplies that are only available in Tombstone. You know which supplies I mean, right Nanuet?" Jake says matter of factly. Nanuet states, "Oh sure, those supplies yeah. I almost forgot all about them." “What supplies is he talking about?” Nanuet thinks to himself, “Sometimes he loses me with his slick white man ways.” Jake says, “I have a couple of things to do today before I go though. shouldn't take long." Gonzales sets his wooden box up on the table and begins to take some items out. Jake and Ruby both recognize the brazier as the one that he uses for the teleportation spell. He then places four other items on the table, one being Sonoma’s hairclip, another being Mr. Austin's glasses, another being a silver ring with a green gem and the final one being a solid black necktie. He says, "I would suggest that you hurry with your errands Mr. Cooke, I would like to be back before Mrs. Kale wakes up and we all still need to change." "Jake, can't you do that stuff later, when we get back?" Ruby looks closer at the items on the table. "All right, I'll skip one of them. I'll be right back." Jake rushes over just up the street to Condon's house, to visit with the brother that is not working. "Mr. Condon," Jake says to Frank with a serious and troubled look on his face "I have some information and have been torn whether to tell you or not. I believe you are an righteous man, so I have come to the conclusion it would be only fair that you should know. It pains me when people spread rumors, and I don't want to be like the kind that do. It is doubly painful when it is someone I know and has said good things ab-" Condon interrupts "Martin! What's Martin up to?" "No sir," Jake continues smoothly, "it's not Chester Martin, that boy is honest as the day is long. It's.... it's Danby Jones. I don't really know him very well, and was surprised when he gave me a reference. I needed the work and meant to give you my honest best so I didn't think too much about it. Back when I first met Jones there were folks that suggested he had an unsavory reputation. I never saw him do anything of the kind, and that's why it pains me to say anything to you. I doesn't seem right to besmirch a man's reputation on hearsay." Jake looks down at his feet and back to Condon before continuing, the troubled look back on his face. "I myself have been the victim of that. You treated me right though, and I want to pay that back. So don't treat Jones unfairly, just keep an eye on him." Jake laughs, "It's not like you've seen him trying to see the combination to the safe, or eavesdropping in on secrets like where the real money is hidden, or had your bank or home keys in his possession." His expression changes to one of contemplation. "You know Jones did imply to me that I owed him a favor for getting the job, not sure what he meant by that...." Jake goes back to smiling. "You won't tell anyone I said anything will you? That really takes a load of my conscience telling you and knowing you'll keep that secret between us and your brother." Frank takes all of this information in and thanks Jake, finishing with "I'll look into this." After Jake goes running off Ruby turns to Gonzales. "So, what do we have to do? And what do you mean, get changed?" Ruby pauses. "And I'd like to get some of that tea, the stuff that helps you sleep..." Gonzales replies, "Oh, I need you awake today my golden eagle.” She answers, "Not for now, the tea. Would I be able to make it for myself, like for a night I couldn't sleep?" He asks, “How do you feel about being 'Louise' today?" She answers, “No I don't mind being Lousie at all. What do I do?" He tells her to put the clip in her hair as Sonoma had done and just say "mo`opuna ula". Ruby takes a quick look around the room, noting that no one is there. She does as Gonzales tells her and she transforms. She runs over to look at herself in the mirror behind the bar and giggles, especially at the blond hair. "Red is better," she says to herself. "Oh but can't I have a better name that Lousie? How about Lola?" she laughs. Nanuet laughs at Ruby's new name . He replies "Well, we at least made her dress red for you, although it is a bit more conservative than you are used to. Unfortunately Louise was waitress here long enough that some Tombstone folks might recognize her, so you'd better play her as Sonoma did. Hope you can do a Boston accent." He turns to Nanuet and says "I have three choices for you. One is a wood elf and the other two are human. You are already familiar with Mr. Austin. The wood elf is a much younger version of myself. The other human is a handsome blonde haired young man wearing traditional western garb." Nanuet says, "I think I will go for the younger version of you if you don't mind." Ruby says, "Oh yay! I can't wait to see that!" Gonzales hands him the necktie and tells him to tie it and put it around his neck and then say the phrase "Ungt menneske brun" Nanuet puts the necktie on and attempts to say the activation phrase "Ungt menneske brun." Nanuet is surprised that the man he turns into is wearing a brown three-piece suit and polished black shoes. He does look like a Gonzales, but at half the age, with not a hint of gray or white in the long dark beard and full head of hair. Nanuet playfully bumps Ruby out of the way of the mirror so that he can admire his new appearance. "Not too shabby I must say. I could get used to this I think." "Yes, this neck is rather tight," Ruby replies pulling at it. "But I thought we were going to Tombstone? Do they know her there?" "She's never been there, but this saloon gets a regular mix of folks who frequent both town. And we know that Morgan was here in Promise City while she was playing Lousie. One thing about using magic is you never want to do anything to make people suspect you are using it. For a person to suddenly start acting differently raises suspicion. "And Mr. Gonzales, of course I can do the accent!" She starts talking in a nearly perfect Boston accent. With a flourish or her arms, "Don't you know what I really want to do is be an actress?" She spins around the room laughing at her. She looks up to see a not-so-happy Mr. Gonzales. "Alright, I'll behave." She hops up on a poker table, swinging her legs, but least is quiet, until Nanuet transforms that is. "Oh, Mr. Gonzales, you are a very handsome man," Ruby says with only a hint of surprise. “Now that Mr. Cooke had best hurry back soon or we will have to leave without him,” Manuel says. Jake runs back to the Lucky Lady. "I'll be right down stairs!" He says as he bolts past them. He grabs his duster, sawed off shotgun, long barrel Colt, and Ruby's dagger and heads back down stairs. He is just finishing putting everything together when he notices the not so subtle change in who is with Gonzalez. "Uh, not more ma..." he stops himself. "You like blondes mister?" Ruby says in a Boston accent while laughing. "Get changed so we can get out of here. People might get suspicious if I start kissing Miss Ruby's boyfriend." Gonzales has transformed himself into Mr. Austin. He hands the ring to Jake and says "Take off your guns and anything else you are going to want in the other form. Then say, "menehune akahele kultihin" Gonzales has transformed himself into Mr. Austin. He hands the ring to Jake and says "Take off your guns and anything else you are going to want in the other form. Then say, "menehune akahele kultihin" Jake looks into the mirror sees a tall rugged muscular cowboy with long blonde hair, clean shaven, with deep green eyes whose retina patterns he still recognizes as his own. He is wearing a tan cotton shirt with a beaded swirl design on it, a thick leather belt and darker brown work pants. His feet are in a large pair of brown leather cowboy boots. Gonzales says "It unlikely that anyone around her has ever met my friend "Tex" before, but if you can do a Texas accent that would be appreciated. "I'll do the best I can with the accent." Jake says as he puts outfits himself with the weapons. "I can do Missouri real well, but I'll try and do Texas and keep the speech to a minimum." Ruby and Nanuet both look at him with disbelief. "Alright, alright, I'll practice the Texas accent." Ruby gives a whistle while hopping off the table. "Nice to meet you Tex. How lucky am I, I get to be accompanied by three handsome men today!" She turns to Gonzales, "Are we ready now?" Gonzales says "Yes, gather around.” [/QUOTE]
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