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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 4401836" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Three, “Field Trip”, Thursday, November 23, 1882:</strong></p><p></p><p>Ginnie heads up to Mr. Gonzales’s library to Confirm that the name Jaun Phillipe Sebastian Mendoza is who she thinks. It is indeed the name of the sole survivor of a expedition from Mexico into the lands that are now Arizona and New Mexico during which Coronado’s sword was buried. Manuel Gonzales has been searching for this sword for decades, in fact, that was the main reason that his Granddaughter Dorita and her husband Pedro moved to this region after the lands were ceded to the United States.</p><p></p><p>Ginnie realizes that this clue to the sword’s whereabouts is very time sensitive, that if they wait until Gonzales returns from his current errand the map and treasure will probably have already been obtained by Mendoza’s descendent. Ginnie rounds up her teenage friends Emily, Colleen, Cathleen and Morgan to inform them that the five are heading out on a trip. “Where are we going?” Emily asks. Ginnie replies, “It will be fun. There will be plants there that you have not seen before. </p><p></p><p>The others want to know what is going on. Not wanting to give away too many of Gonzales’s secrets she says, “I have this really possibly fun field trip in mind for us. It will get you out of school for quite a few days…” “I’m with you!” Emily interjects. Ginnie continues, “We’ll have some great new stories. A whole town full of people you don’t know that you can talk to. Just come on.” “Yay!” Cathleen interjects. “Okay, where and why?” Colleen asks. </p><p></p><p>“Is your mother going to let you do this?” Emily asks. “I don’t have a mother,” Ginnie replies. “Okay, your guardian,” Emily repeats. Colleen asks again, “Ginnie, where are we going and why?” Ginnie says, “Ma’am Kate probably will let us go, but she might decide that we need a chaperone.” “She’s not going to let us go by ourselves,” Emily states. Colleen repeats in a more emphatic tone, “Ginnie, where are we going and why?” “We’re going to New Mexico!” Ginnie answers. Colleen says, “Fine, but why?” Emily says, “It’s not school, who cares.” “Meet you back here in a hour,” Ginnie exclaims as she runs off to the El Parador Hotel. </p><p></p><p>Ginnie arrives and Dorita welcomes her enthusiastically. “We need to talk,” Ginnie states. “I always like talking with you,” the middle-aged elf replies in broken English. Dorita adds, “Come on in the kitchen, I teach you how to cook, somebody need to know how to cook in your house.” Ginnie says, “No, we need to go talk in your Grandfather’s room.” Dorita replies, “Grandfather is away. I usually not go there when he not here. He not like that.” “He’s like it this time,” is Ginnie’s reply. “Okay,” she states and they head upstairs. </p><p></p><p>Once in the room Ginnie reads her the article. “Oh my goodness,” is Dorita’s answer. “Which means this has to happen now,” Ginnie states. “Where is this Dead Mule place?” Dorita asks. Ginnie shows her on a map that it is around 75 miles to the east. “That a long trip and we not know that anything is there,” Dorita states. “This is the first good clue we’ve gotten,” she states. Dorita replies, “That is further east than we thought it was.” </p><p></p><p>Ginnie replies, “I think it’s just a map that is there, I think it will show the treasure is somewhere closer to here.” “That could be, yes,” Dorita states. “But we need the map,” Ginnie says. “According to this article this Dutch guy has it,” the older elf comments. “Yes, which means that we need to get it before this Mendoza guy does,” the girl answers. “How will we do this?” Dorita inquires. Ginnie says, “I’m not one-hundred percent sure. I got the kids together and I think we can pull it off.” “Pull what off?” Dorita asks. “Getting there and finding where the map is,” she replies. </p><p></p><p>Dorita has an alarmed look on her face and states, “Too dangerous. You kids can’t go. This is a job for grown-ups.” “Uh huh,” Ginnie answers adding “And you’re going to go?” Dorita states, “Pedro and I can go if we have to.” “No, you can’t go,” Ginnie interjects. “Why can’t we go?” Dorita asks. “Because somebody has got to run this place.” “But this is more important! Grandfather would want me to do this,” Dorita answers. </p><p></p><p>“How much practice have you had lately?” Ginnie asks. “Practice doing what? I cook?” replies the elf. Ginnie says, “Yeah, we’re not going to cook them to death.” “We are not planning to kill them!” Dorita exclaims. Ginnie replies, “No, we’re not planning on it. We’re going to acquire the map.” Dorita asks, “And how will we acquire map?” Ginnie asks “Do you have acquisition talents?” The well-structured middle-aged elf admits that she does not. The conversation winds down. </p><p></p><p>Ginnie heads back up to Manuel’s library and looks up information about Coronado’s original expedition into the United States looking for cities of gold. There are notes on the way back how the Spaniards were going to put to death some Mexican Indian servants they had brought along but that these women were rescued by Jadito, Mother Jaminez and a few others. Those women escaping into the hills surrounding what is now Promise City, with many of the local elves and half-elves of Mexican descent having mothers or grandmothers in that group. </p><p></p><p>A few decades later, after Coronado had died, a second Spanish expedition came into the region again searching for these cities of gold. Part of this expedition including the burying of some of Coronado’s possessions, including his sword. This expedition was led by Manuel de Carlos in 1548. Most of the men with him were veterans of Coronado’s first expedition with Mendoza the only survivor. He died within a year of his return to Mexico, leaving his descendents with a map. </p><p></p><p>Gonzales’s next note references the year 1760, citing a Frederico Mendoza who traveled back to this general area. The specific location is not mentioned but the notes say that he encountered both Navaho and Apache, thus the border area between what is now Arizona and New Mexico. This Mendoza was slain on the journey but others in this expedition did return to their homes in Mexico with gold. That was the final reference that Gonzales had. </p><p></p><p>Ginnie decides it is time to talk to her guardian. She arrives at the house and blurts out “I need to go on a trip.” Kate smiles and with a slight amount of apprehension in her voice says, “You need to go on a trip. What kind of trip?” Ginnie hands her the newspaper and points to the article. As Kate knows the story she immediately understands the importance of this trip. Ginnie senses the thoughts going through the mind of her eight-plus-months pregnant guardian and exclaims, “You’re not going anywhere. I ain’t birthing no babies.”</p><p></p><p>Kate replies, “I’m not going anywhere because even with this magical ring I can’t keep up with you.” Ginnie says, “I got the crew together.” “Is there a crew at the moment? As far as I know it’s just me, Jake and Chester at the moment,” Kate states. Ginnie says, “Not YOUR crew, I got MY crew together.” Kate pauses and reluctantly asks, “Who is your crew?” Ginnie says, “I’ve got my twins!” “Meghan’s daughters,” Kate states. Ginnie says “Um humm, and Em.” “The Mayor’s niece,” Kate comments. Ginnie says, “Yeah, and the new kid.” “Someone you barely know. This doesn’t sound like the best of plans,” Kate adds. </p><p></p><p>Ginnie says, “We’ll take a horse.” Kate says, “I think you’ll need to take a horse each, plus one for the ADULT who goes with you.” Ginnie ignores the adult comment and says, “The twins will take their buggies, you only need one horse for two people with those.” Kate says,”I can’t say that I like this but I understand that somebody needs to go.” “And it can’t be you,” Ginnie states. Kate nods agreement and says, “And it can’t be me. </p><p></p><p>Ginnie says, “And it can’t be Dorita and Pedro, they’d only get in the way. I don’t want to risk putting either of them in a firefight. And not too many other people know about this…or should.” Kate nods and interjects, “Our teacher has lost enough children. But you do need an adult. I assume that you will use stealth and brains rather than fighting power for this task.” Ginnie nods agreement and adds “Okay.” </p><p></p><p>The two take an inventory of the skills available, with Ginnie being a magic-User/thief, the O’Hara twins being a fighter and a druid, Emily being a druid and Morgan as a bard. Kate reiterates, “As I said, stealth and smarts.” “I really really hate this,” Kate says. Ginnie replies, “Well, Mr. Gonzales is away, Mother Jiminez doesn’t leave, I’m not going to drag around the priest from the church.” “Mr. Valdez?” Kate adds. “Or that Haggler guy, so I’m out of adults.” Ginnie says. </p><p></p><p>Kate smiles and states, “No, you’re not…..there’s Jake.” Ginnie exclaims, “You told me I had to bring an adult, not bring Jake! I’m more of an adult than he is.” Kate replies, “Technically, he’s an adult. He also knows how to be discrete and when to be quiet. He knows how to be stealthy. He also seems to have more than just a little bit of luck.” Ginnie still appears reluctant until Kate adds, “He also knows how to shoot really well if it comes down to it.” “Alright,” Ginnie reluctantly states. Kate finishes with “And I will shoot him if anything happens to you.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 4401836, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Three, “Field Trip”, Thursday, November 23, 1882:[/B] Ginnie heads up to Mr. Gonzales’s library to Confirm that the name Jaun Phillipe Sebastian Mendoza is who she thinks. It is indeed the name of the sole survivor of a expedition from Mexico into the lands that are now Arizona and New Mexico during which Coronado’s sword was buried. Manuel Gonzales has been searching for this sword for decades, in fact, that was the main reason that his Granddaughter Dorita and her husband Pedro moved to this region after the lands were ceded to the United States. Ginnie realizes that this clue to the sword’s whereabouts is very time sensitive, that if they wait until Gonzales returns from his current errand the map and treasure will probably have already been obtained by Mendoza’s descendent. Ginnie rounds up her teenage friends Emily, Colleen, Cathleen and Morgan to inform them that the five are heading out on a trip. “Where are we going?” Emily asks. Ginnie replies, “It will be fun. There will be plants there that you have not seen before. The others want to know what is going on. Not wanting to give away too many of Gonzales’s secrets she says, “I have this really possibly fun field trip in mind for us. It will get you out of school for quite a few days…” “I’m with you!” Emily interjects. Ginnie continues, “We’ll have some great new stories. A whole town full of people you don’t know that you can talk to. Just come on.” “Yay!” Cathleen interjects. “Okay, where and why?” Colleen asks. “Is your mother going to let you do this?” Emily asks. “I don’t have a mother,” Ginnie replies. “Okay, your guardian,” Emily repeats. Colleen asks again, “Ginnie, where are we going and why?” Ginnie says, “Ma’am Kate probably will let us go, but she might decide that we need a chaperone.” “She’s not going to let us go by ourselves,” Emily states. Colleen repeats in a more emphatic tone, “Ginnie, where are we going and why?” “We’re going to New Mexico!” Ginnie answers. Colleen says, “Fine, but why?” Emily says, “It’s not school, who cares.” “Meet you back here in a hour,” Ginnie exclaims as she runs off to the El Parador Hotel. Ginnie arrives and Dorita welcomes her enthusiastically. “We need to talk,” Ginnie states. “I always like talking with you,” the middle-aged elf replies in broken English. Dorita adds, “Come on in the kitchen, I teach you how to cook, somebody need to know how to cook in your house.” Ginnie says, “No, we need to go talk in your Grandfather’s room.” Dorita replies, “Grandfather is away. I usually not go there when he not here. He not like that.” “He’s like it this time,” is Ginnie’s reply. “Okay,” she states and they head upstairs. Once in the room Ginnie reads her the article. “Oh my goodness,” is Dorita’s answer. “Which means this has to happen now,” Ginnie states. “Where is this Dead Mule place?” Dorita asks. Ginnie shows her on a map that it is around 75 miles to the east. “That a long trip and we not know that anything is there,” Dorita states. “This is the first good clue we’ve gotten,” she states. Dorita replies, “That is further east than we thought it was.” Ginnie replies, “I think it’s just a map that is there, I think it will show the treasure is somewhere closer to here.” “That could be, yes,” Dorita states. “But we need the map,” Ginnie says. “According to this article this Dutch guy has it,” the older elf comments. “Yes, which means that we need to get it before this Mendoza guy does,” the girl answers. “How will we do this?” Dorita inquires. Ginnie says, “I’m not one-hundred percent sure. I got the kids together and I think we can pull it off.” “Pull what off?” Dorita asks. “Getting there and finding where the map is,” she replies. Dorita has an alarmed look on her face and states, “Too dangerous. You kids can’t go. This is a job for grown-ups.” “Uh huh,” Ginnie answers adding “And you’re going to go?” Dorita states, “Pedro and I can go if we have to.” “No, you can’t go,” Ginnie interjects. “Why can’t we go?” Dorita asks. “Because somebody has got to run this place.” “But this is more important! Grandfather would want me to do this,” Dorita answers. “How much practice have you had lately?” Ginnie asks. “Practice doing what? I cook?” replies the elf. Ginnie says, “Yeah, we’re not going to cook them to death.” “We are not planning to kill them!” Dorita exclaims. Ginnie replies, “No, we’re not planning on it. We’re going to acquire the map.” Dorita asks, “And how will we acquire map?” Ginnie asks “Do you have acquisition talents?” The well-structured middle-aged elf admits that she does not. The conversation winds down. Ginnie heads back up to Manuel’s library and looks up information about Coronado’s original expedition into the United States looking for cities of gold. There are notes on the way back how the Spaniards were going to put to death some Mexican Indian servants they had brought along but that these women were rescued by Jadito, Mother Jaminez and a few others. Those women escaping into the hills surrounding what is now Promise City, with many of the local elves and half-elves of Mexican descent having mothers or grandmothers in that group. A few decades later, after Coronado had died, a second Spanish expedition came into the region again searching for these cities of gold. Part of this expedition including the burying of some of Coronado’s possessions, including his sword. This expedition was led by Manuel de Carlos in 1548. Most of the men with him were veterans of Coronado’s first expedition with Mendoza the only survivor. He died within a year of his return to Mexico, leaving his descendents with a map. Gonzales’s next note references the year 1760, citing a Frederico Mendoza who traveled back to this general area. The specific location is not mentioned but the notes say that he encountered both Navaho and Apache, thus the border area between what is now Arizona and New Mexico. This Mendoza was slain on the journey but others in this expedition did return to their homes in Mexico with gold. That was the final reference that Gonzales had. Ginnie decides it is time to talk to her guardian. She arrives at the house and blurts out “I need to go on a trip.” Kate smiles and with a slight amount of apprehension in her voice says, “You need to go on a trip. What kind of trip?” Ginnie hands her the newspaper and points to the article. As Kate knows the story she immediately understands the importance of this trip. Ginnie senses the thoughts going through the mind of her eight-plus-months pregnant guardian and exclaims, “You’re not going anywhere. I ain’t birthing no babies.” Kate replies, “I’m not going anywhere because even with this magical ring I can’t keep up with you.” Ginnie says, “I got the crew together.” “Is there a crew at the moment? As far as I know it’s just me, Jake and Chester at the moment,” Kate states. Ginnie says, “Not YOUR crew, I got MY crew together.” Kate pauses and reluctantly asks, “Who is your crew?” Ginnie says, “I’ve got my twins!” “Meghan’s daughters,” Kate states. Ginnie says “Um humm, and Em.” “The Mayor’s niece,” Kate comments. Ginnie says, “Yeah, and the new kid.” “Someone you barely know. This doesn’t sound like the best of plans,” Kate adds. Ginnie says, “We’ll take a horse.” Kate says, “I think you’ll need to take a horse each, plus one for the ADULT who goes with you.” Ginnie ignores the adult comment and says, “The twins will take their buggies, you only need one horse for two people with those.” Kate says,”I can’t say that I like this but I understand that somebody needs to go.” “And it can’t be you,” Ginnie states. Kate nods agreement and says, “And it can’t be me. Ginnie says, “And it can’t be Dorita and Pedro, they’d only get in the way. I don’t want to risk putting either of them in a firefight. And not too many other people know about this…or should.” Kate nods and interjects, “Our teacher has lost enough children. But you do need an adult. I assume that you will use stealth and brains rather than fighting power for this task.” Ginnie nods agreement and adds “Okay.” The two take an inventory of the skills available, with Ginnie being a magic-User/thief, the O’Hara twins being a fighter and a druid, Emily being a druid and Morgan as a bard. Kate reiterates, “As I said, stealth and smarts.” “I really really hate this,” Kate says. Ginnie replies, “Well, Mr. Gonzales is away, Mother Jiminez doesn’t leave, I’m not going to drag around the priest from the church.” “Mr. Valdez?” Kate adds. “Or that Haggler guy, so I’m out of adults.” Ginnie says. Kate smiles and states, “No, you’re not…..there’s Jake.” Ginnie exclaims, “You told me I had to bring an adult, not bring Jake! I’m more of an adult than he is.” Kate replies, “Technically, he’s an adult. He also knows how to be discrete and when to be quiet. He knows how to be stealthy. He also seems to have more than just a little bit of luck.” Ginnie still appears reluctant until Kate adds, “He also knows how to shoot really well if it comes down to it.” “Alright,” Ginnie reluctantly states. Kate finishes with “And I will shoot him if anything happens to you.” [/QUOTE]
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