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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1814612" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Twenty-five, “A Cure for Intoxication”, January 6th, 1882, 4:00 P.M.:</strong></p><p></p><p>Ruby arrives back at the El Parador and walks up to the counter without even looking up to see who is there. "Can I get a nice strong drink please?" She pauses. "Wait you'd better make that a bottle." Pedro hands her one. </p><p></p><p>Ruby takes her bottle over to a table in the corner, takes a swig, and sits. "I hope Jake gets here before Katherine does" she thinks. "Or before I pass out..." She then looses track of the time.</p><p></p><p>Across town, closing time at the bank arrives and Jake takes his guidance from the Condon brothers for the routine, learning what they expect. As time allows he cleans as many of the weapons under the counter as he can while the tellers do the end of day routine. Jake does his best to keenly observe the tellers routine, where everything goes, and how it is secured; all the while appearing to be focused on the rifles. As he bids them good afternoon and see you on Monday, he heads out to the various saloons hoping to find Ruby before he goes looking for Baxter.</p><p></p><p>"A beautiful woman such as you should not be drinking alone" a deep voice states. Ruby glances up and sees a very handsome wood elf named Juan Gomez standing beside her table. </p><p></p><p>Ruby has seen him at the Cantina before, previously in the company of a very pretty and conservatively dressed human girl in her late teens. He appears to be alone this time and asks "May I join you?" Ruby glances at the bottle and notices it is about one-third gone, so she estimates that she has been sitting her for about an hour.</p><p></p><p>Ruby wonders for a moment if it is a good idea to sit with this man. Even though she has seen him around she doesn't know anything about him. Plus her thoughts are getting a little fuzzy, so maybe it's not the best idea... </p><p>"Sure why not? I could use some company. Name's Ruby."</p><p></p><p>Juan calls for Dorita to bring him a glass. When she does so he also pays for the entire bottle. He pours himself one and then refills hers. He comments about how he has seen her at the Cantina but was too shy to approach her before. Even in her intoxicated state Ruby realizes that this man doesn't have a shy bone in his body. </p><p></p><p>He continues to talk about himself, of growing up in a small fishing village along Mexico's Baha Peninsula. He says that he never was all that fond of the smell of the ocean, or the task of cleaning the fish his father and uncles caught, so when he reached the age of 100 (human equivalent of 14 - he is a wood elf) he left home and set out on his path of life. He talks of going to California thirty years earlier to find gold, finding some, and spending the next quarter-century enjoying it. When the money was finally gone he decided to start that process again when silver was discovered in southern Arizona. </p><p></p><p>The bottle continues to get lower as he tosses out every item in his repertoire designed to impress women - poetry, the sunsets that he has seen, his love of nature, his sensitivity to the oppression of women, quotes from Shakespeare in both English and Spanish, and even tosses in the line about how he is normally shy around women but that she has made him feel comfortable in her presence so that he has overcome it. </p><p></p><p>Gomez was pulling out all the stops. Ruby was used to hearing most of it. Oh, he was good looking for sure but she knew the better looking they were the more trouble she ended up in so she decided long ago not to get involved. "Yeah, like that works" she laughs to herself. Still it was nice to have someone there. And he wasn’t bad to look at… </p><p></p><p>After some time goes by Ruby is really feeling fuzzy. The room was getting loud and she is starting to get a headache. Normally she would never consider going somewhere private with a stranger but Jake was so late (or so she thought) and she needed to get away. That or have more drinks. </p><p></p><p>Ruby was lost in thought. She was glad Gomez was talking so much, that way she wouldn’t start talking and say something stupid. She was really worried about Katherine and she didn’t know what to do with the information she found out. Hopefully Jake would know. Where was he anyway? </p><p></p><p>The bottle is eventually empty and a few people have started to arrive at the Cantina for an early supper, indicating that it is now later in the afternoon. He comments about the room becoming crowded and he suggests that they could continue the conversation somewhere more private. Ruby contemplated what to do and was just about to agree with Gomez when Jake walked in.</p><p></p><p>Jake steps into the Cantina and scans the room for Ruby. Seeing her he heads for the table. As he approaches he sees she is with Gomez and then notices the empty bottle. "A little early for that..." He says under his breath, "but who am I to complain." </p><p></p><p>"Buenos Tardes, Senor y Senorita." Jake mangles the Spanish pronunciations. "I hope I am not too late..." he pauses only a second and smiles to himself, "... for our appointment, Ruby?" Jake had walked over to their table and started to speak. The only thing she understood was “our appointment”. “I must be really drunk, I can’t even understand English anymore” she thought. </p><p></p><p>Ruby stands up uncertainly, wobbling a bit. She uses Jake’s arm to steady her. Trying to be stern she says “You are SO late Jake *hic* This is Juan. He’s been *hic* keeping me company for a while, for a whole bottle actually *hic* while I’ve been waiting for you *hic*”</p><p></p><p>"My deepest apologies, Miss West." Jake starts to bow, but realizes that if he does Ruby will fall down. Instead he uses his other hand to clamp her hand on his arm. "Senor Gomez, I am in your debt. You are a shining example of a gentleman keeping Miss West company and watching over her. Next time the three of us get together it is MY turn to buy." As if that is ever going to happen unless I shave and put on a dress thinks Jake. "Have a pleasant evening sir." As Jake guides Ruby out of the Cantina she waves over her shoulder “Bye Mr. Juan!” She turns to Jake “Oh, he doesn’t *hic* look very happy.” </p><p></p><p>They walk a little ways, with Ruby wobbling and Jake holding her up. Suddenly she stops in the middle of the street. </p><p>“Wait! I have to tell you what I found out. Chumbley told me that… that… well we were right. Something DID happen to Katherine’s husband although he is afraid to say what it was. Everyone is afraid of the Earps. He said no one would tell us, except maybe James. James EARP! James Earp in Tombstone no less. AND he said that it was Tom’s dying wish that she not find out what happened.” She shakes her head. “I don’t know what we’re gonna do.” </p><p></p><p>Ruby sighs. “And there is some other stuff I should tell you too, about how we all met, but that has to be in private. And… I’m not feeling too well right now…” Ruby says as she starts to grow pale. Jake walks very slowly and whispers in her ear, "My dear you are stinking, falling down drunk. If you can let's walk over to the Lone Star." He then sees the complexion of her face go through various different stages of color. "Okay then...." Says Jake as he gently redirects Ruby from the direction of the Lone Star towards the local church. "Perhaps if we promise to repent and do a little social work the local priest will administer to your illness." </p><p></p><p>"Repent? I don't think church is such a good idea, Jake. I'll be ok, really. What about that Paxter guy? Aren't you supposed to meet him? And your friend? Why don't we go see them and I'm sure I'll feel better after that." Ruby is still very wobbly and pale but trying her hardest to fake being sober.</p><p></p><p>"Ruby, you've never repented before?" He continues to guide her to the church. "You don't know what you are missing. I'll stay with you. After all how repentant can you really be with me hanging around? It'll be alright. You have a lot of work to do tonight and you are in no condition for any of it." He opens the door and tries to guide her through without he banging into the doorframe.</p><p></p><p>Ruby and Jake enter the Celtic, Native American & Mexican church, run by the half-elf priest Thomas Valdez. They've seen the priest a few times before over at the Cantina but haven't conversed with him before. He recognizes them as well, commenting "You're staying at the El Parador?" "Yes," Jake replies, "and I could use some assistance." </p><p></p><p>The priest helps guide Ruby over too a cot and asks Jake "What led her to this." Jake whispers back "A guy named Juan Gomez was plying her with drinks." "Ah," the priest replies, "that one has lecherous ways. I believe that I can be of assistance here. Please wait while I prepare." </p><p></p><p>The priest goes to a closed cabinet with symbols of Central American gods brightly painted on it. From that he removes a snakeskin belt which he holds the end of the belt in his hand and wraps the rest of tightly around his wrist. He then takes a jar with a green liquid and rubs in various designs upon his face. He then re-dips his index finger in the liquid and returns to the cot. He rubs his finger across Ruby's forehead, cheeks and then taps her gently on the chin leaving a green dot there. He then reaches that hand into a bucket of sand, filling it with a fist full of sand and then begins an incantation. </p><p></p><p>Jake feels the temperature of the room drop nearly twenty degrees. The priest begins to swirl the arm with the belt around, the movement unwinding the snakeskin belt which swirls in the air above Ruby. He then holds out his other hand above her head, palm up. The sand has vanished and in its place is a clear glass-like sphere that is three-inches in diameter. </p><p></p><p>The incantation changes to a series of high-pitched yelps as the sphere's color changes from light green to dark green simultaneous to the green lines on his and her face disappearing. He then lets out a loud scream and then stops. </p><p></p><p>The room temperature returns to normal. Ruby blinks her eyes and is totally clear headed. She sits up on the cot. The priest hands her the glass ball filled with a green liquid. He tells her "The poison has been purged from your system as well as any negative emotions that you may have been feeling for the past few hours. Handle this ball with care. I would suggest that you bury it somewhere that it will not be easily broken." Seeing the mild look of concern on Ruby's face Jake asks the obvious, "So, what happens... you know, if it gets broken?"</p><p></p><p>Ruby smiles and laughs, "Don't be silly that won't happen I'm sure. Valdez replies, "I would advise against that. If you bury it in the desert it will dissipate into the sand over time and be gone completely within a few days. But if it should shatter before then the liquid inside would burn whatever it touches as acid and she would be overcome by the negative emotions with such force that the backlash could even impact those who she is near. </p><p></p><p>He then acts embarrassed and says, "I am sorry that I had to use such a potent version of the spell but it is the only one I know. This region has very deadly rattlesnakes and scorpions and it is those fast-acting fatal poisons that I have been trained to remove."</p><p></p><p>I feel so much better now! Mr. Valdez you are a very wise and powerful man. Thank you!" She says chipperly. "I think tonight will be fun, don't you think, Jake? I can tell my voice will be in fine shape and I'm sure there will be a very pleasant crowd at the Lone Star. And I have a feeling you'll do very well at your card game." Ruby half skips over to the window and peers out. "And it's so nice out we should go enjoy the weather." </p><p></p><p>Ruby turns to the priest. "Now before we go is there anything we can do for you Mr. Valdez?" He again acts embarrassed and says "Er, well, normally I'd ask for a donation for the church but I don't think I'll accept one from you until after the effects of the spell wear off. For now, you'll please me just by keeping that ball safe. I'll even store it here for you if you'd prefer?" A look of concern crosses his face and he quietly mouths to Jake "Sorry. Good luck."</p><p></p><p>"Oh believe me, it will be just fine, looks sturdy to me!" Ruby says as she looks at the green ball. She then proceeds to put it in her pocket and pat it. "How could anything bad happen on such a nice day?" "Muchos gracias, Senor Valdez", Jake says with a smile. I'm sure we'll have a chance to repay your kindness. "Ruby, why don't we ease Senor Valdez's worries and put the pretty ball out in the desert where it belongs? Besides, you can have a nice walk outside that way." Joke looks at her hopefully. "We are running a little short of time, and I still have a few errands to run before we start tonight at the Lone Star." And I wonder where Katherine is he thinks to himself.</p><p></p><p>"Of course, Jake, whatever you think we should do. If we still have a lot to do let's not waste anymore time." Ruby takes Jake's hand and starts pulling him out of the the Church. "And thanks again Mr. Valdez! I'm sure it will be my pleasure to meet you again!" </p><p></p><p>When they get outside Jake notices Ruby looking up and down the street. "Hum, where would be a good place to leave this?" she asks herself out loud. She shrugs her shoulders. "I'm sure no matter where we leave it will be a good choice. What do you think?" She looks quizzically at Jake. The opium den has nothing on Senor Valdez thinks Jake as he smiles at Ruby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 1814612, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Twenty-five, “A Cure for Intoxication”, January 6th, 1882, 4:00 P.M.:[/B] Ruby arrives back at the El Parador and walks up to the counter without even looking up to see who is there. "Can I get a nice strong drink please?" She pauses. "Wait you'd better make that a bottle." Pedro hands her one. Ruby takes her bottle over to a table in the corner, takes a swig, and sits. "I hope Jake gets here before Katherine does" she thinks. "Or before I pass out..." She then looses track of the time. Across town, closing time at the bank arrives and Jake takes his guidance from the Condon brothers for the routine, learning what they expect. As time allows he cleans as many of the weapons under the counter as he can while the tellers do the end of day routine. Jake does his best to keenly observe the tellers routine, where everything goes, and how it is secured; all the while appearing to be focused on the rifles. As he bids them good afternoon and see you on Monday, he heads out to the various saloons hoping to find Ruby before he goes looking for Baxter. "A beautiful woman such as you should not be drinking alone" a deep voice states. Ruby glances up and sees a very handsome wood elf named Juan Gomez standing beside her table. Ruby has seen him at the Cantina before, previously in the company of a very pretty and conservatively dressed human girl in her late teens. He appears to be alone this time and asks "May I join you?" Ruby glances at the bottle and notices it is about one-third gone, so she estimates that she has been sitting her for about an hour. Ruby wonders for a moment if it is a good idea to sit with this man. Even though she has seen him around she doesn't know anything about him. Plus her thoughts are getting a little fuzzy, so maybe it's not the best idea... "Sure why not? I could use some company. Name's Ruby." Juan calls for Dorita to bring him a glass. When she does so he also pays for the entire bottle. He pours himself one and then refills hers. He comments about how he has seen her at the Cantina but was too shy to approach her before. Even in her intoxicated state Ruby realizes that this man doesn't have a shy bone in his body. He continues to talk about himself, of growing up in a small fishing village along Mexico's Baha Peninsula. He says that he never was all that fond of the smell of the ocean, or the task of cleaning the fish his father and uncles caught, so when he reached the age of 100 (human equivalent of 14 - he is a wood elf) he left home and set out on his path of life. He talks of going to California thirty years earlier to find gold, finding some, and spending the next quarter-century enjoying it. When the money was finally gone he decided to start that process again when silver was discovered in southern Arizona. The bottle continues to get lower as he tosses out every item in his repertoire designed to impress women - poetry, the sunsets that he has seen, his love of nature, his sensitivity to the oppression of women, quotes from Shakespeare in both English and Spanish, and even tosses in the line about how he is normally shy around women but that she has made him feel comfortable in her presence so that he has overcome it. Gomez was pulling out all the stops. Ruby was used to hearing most of it. Oh, he was good looking for sure but she knew the better looking they were the more trouble she ended up in so she decided long ago not to get involved. "Yeah, like that works" she laughs to herself. Still it was nice to have someone there. And he wasn’t bad to look at… After some time goes by Ruby is really feeling fuzzy. The room was getting loud and she is starting to get a headache. Normally she would never consider going somewhere private with a stranger but Jake was so late (or so she thought) and she needed to get away. That or have more drinks. Ruby was lost in thought. She was glad Gomez was talking so much, that way she wouldn’t start talking and say something stupid. She was really worried about Katherine and she didn’t know what to do with the information she found out. Hopefully Jake would know. Where was he anyway? The bottle is eventually empty and a few people have started to arrive at the Cantina for an early supper, indicating that it is now later in the afternoon. He comments about the room becoming crowded and he suggests that they could continue the conversation somewhere more private. Ruby contemplated what to do and was just about to agree with Gomez when Jake walked in. Jake steps into the Cantina and scans the room for Ruby. Seeing her he heads for the table. As he approaches he sees she is with Gomez and then notices the empty bottle. "A little early for that..." He says under his breath, "but who am I to complain." "Buenos Tardes, Senor y Senorita." Jake mangles the Spanish pronunciations. "I hope I am not too late..." he pauses only a second and smiles to himself, "... for our appointment, Ruby?" Jake had walked over to their table and started to speak. The only thing she understood was “our appointment”. “I must be really drunk, I can’t even understand English anymore” she thought. Ruby stands up uncertainly, wobbling a bit. She uses Jake’s arm to steady her. Trying to be stern she says “You are SO late Jake *hic* This is Juan. He’s been *hic* keeping me company for a while, for a whole bottle actually *hic* while I’ve been waiting for you *hic*” "My deepest apologies, Miss West." Jake starts to bow, but realizes that if he does Ruby will fall down. Instead he uses his other hand to clamp her hand on his arm. "Senor Gomez, I am in your debt. You are a shining example of a gentleman keeping Miss West company and watching over her. Next time the three of us get together it is MY turn to buy." As if that is ever going to happen unless I shave and put on a dress thinks Jake. "Have a pleasant evening sir." As Jake guides Ruby out of the Cantina she waves over her shoulder “Bye Mr. Juan!” She turns to Jake “Oh, he doesn’t *hic* look very happy.” They walk a little ways, with Ruby wobbling and Jake holding her up. Suddenly she stops in the middle of the street. “Wait! I have to tell you what I found out. Chumbley told me that… that… well we were right. Something DID happen to Katherine’s husband although he is afraid to say what it was. Everyone is afraid of the Earps. He said no one would tell us, except maybe James. James EARP! James Earp in Tombstone no less. AND he said that it was Tom’s dying wish that she not find out what happened.” She shakes her head. “I don’t know what we’re gonna do.” Ruby sighs. “And there is some other stuff I should tell you too, about how we all met, but that has to be in private. And… I’m not feeling too well right now…” Ruby says as she starts to grow pale. Jake walks very slowly and whispers in her ear, "My dear you are stinking, falling down drunk. If you can let's walk over to the Lone Star." He then sees the complexion of her face go through various different stages of color. "Okay then...." Says Jake as he gently redirects Ruby from the direction of the Lone Star towards the local church. "Perhaps if we promise to repent and do a little social work the local priest will administer to your illness." "Repent? I don't think church is such a good idea, Jake. I'll be ok, really. What about that Paxter guy? Aren't you supposed to meet him? And your friend? Why don't we go see them and I'm sure I'll feel better after that." Ruby is still very wobbly and pale but trying her hardest to fake being sober. "Ruby, you've never repented before?" He continues to guide her to the church. "You don't know what you are missing. I'll stay with you. After all how repentant can you really be with me hanging around? It'll be alright. You have a lot of work to do tonight and you are in no condition for any of it." He opens the door and tries to guide her through without he banging into the doorframe. Ruby and Jake enter the Celtic, Native American & Mexican church, run by the half-elf priest Thomas Valdez. They've seen the priest a few times before over at the Cantina but haven't conversed with him before. He recognizes them as well, commenting "You're staying at the El Parador?" "Yes," Jake replies, "and I could use some assistance." The priest helps guide Ruby over too a cot and asks Jake "What led her to this." Jake whispers back "A guy named Juan Gomez was plying her with drinks." "Ah," the priest replies, "that one has lecherous ways. I believe that I can be of assistance here. Please wait while I prepare." The priest goes to a closed cabinet with symbols of Central American gods brightly painted on it. From that he removes a snakeskin belt which he holds the end of the belt in his hand and wraps the rest of tightly around his wrist. He then takes a jar with a green liquid and rubs in various designs upon his face. He then re-dips his index finger in the liquid and returns to the cot. He rubs his finger across Ruby's forehead, cheeks and then taps her gently on the chin leaving a green dot there. He then reaches that hand into a bucket of sand, filling it with a fist full of sand and then begins an incantation. Jake feels the temperature of the room drop nearly twenty degrees. The priest begins to swirl the arm with the belt around, the movement unwinding the snakeskin belt which swirls in the air above Ruby. He then holds out his other hand above her head, palm up. The sand has vanished and in its place is a clear glass-like sphere that is three-inches in diameter. The incantation changes to a series of high-pitched yelps as the sphere's color changes from light green to dark green simultaneous to the green lines on his and her face disappearing. He then lets out a loud scream and then stops. The room temperature returns to normal. Ruby blinks her eyes and is totally clear headed. She sits up on the cot. The priest hands her the glass ball filled with a green liquid. He tells her "The poison has been purged from your system as well as any negative emotions that you may have been feeling for the past few hours. Handle this ball with care. I would suggest that you bury it somewhere that it will not be easily broken." Seeing the mild look of concern on Ruby's face Jake asks the obvious, "So, what happens... you know, if it gets broken?" Ruby smiles and laughs, "Don't be silly that won't happen I'm sure. Valdez replies, "I would advise against that. If you bury it in the desert it will dissipate into the sand over time and be gone completely within a few days. But if it should shatter before then the liquid inside would burn whatever it touches as acid and she would be overcome by the negative emotions with such force that the backlash could even impact those who she is near. He then acts embarrassed and says, "I am sorry that I had to use such a potent version of the spell but it is the only one I know. This region has very deadly rattlesnakes and scorpions and it is those fast-acting fatal poisons that I have been trained to remove." I feel so much better now! Mr. Valdez you are a very wise and powerful man. Thank you!" She says chipperly. "I think tonight will be fun, don't you think, Jake? I can tell my voice will be in fine shape and I'm sure there will be a very pleasant crowd at the Lone Star. And I have a feeling you'll do very well at your card game." Ruby half skips over to the window and peers out. "And it's so nice out we should go enjoy the weather." Ruby turns to the priest. "Now before we go is there anything we can do for you Mr. Valdez?" He again acts embarrassed and says "Er, well, normally I'd ask for a donation for the church but I don't think I'll accept one from you until after the effects of the spell wear off. For now, you'll please me just by keeping that ball safe. I'll even store it here for you if you'd prefer?" A look of concern crosses his face and he quietly mouths to Jake "Sorry. Good luck." "Oh believe me, it will be just fine, looks sturdy to me!" Ruby says as she looks at the green ball. She then proceeds to put it in her pocket and pat it. "How could anything bad happen on such a nice day?" "Muchos gracias, Senor Valdez", Jake says with a smile. I'm sure we'll have a chance to repay your kindness. "Ruby, why don't we ease Senor Valdez's worries and put the pretty ball out in the desert where it belongs? Besides, you can have a nice walk outside that way." Joke looks at her hopefully. "We are running a little short of time, and I still have a few errands to run before we start tonight at the Lone Star." And I wonder where Katherine is he thinks to himself. "Of course, Jake, whatever you think we should do. If we still have a lot to do let's not waste anymore time." Ruby takes Jake's hand and starts pulling him out of the the Church. "And thanks again Mr. Valdez! I'm sure it will be my pleasure to meet you again!" When they get outside Jake notices Ruby looking up and down the street. "Hum, where would be a good place to leave this?" she asks herself out loud. She shrugs her shoulders. "I'm sure no matter where we leave it will be a good choice. What do you think?" She looks quizzically at Jake. The opium den has nothing on Senor Valdez thinks Jake as he smiles at Ruby. [/QUOTE]
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