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"Revenge, Renewal and the Promise of a New Year" (Boot Hill/D&D)
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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1821680" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter Twenty-eight, “ Katherine’s Transformation”, January 6th, 1882:</strong></p><p></p><p>Al and Nanuet are finishing up with the horses. They head inside and Nanuet begins to go towards the stairs to head up to his room when it occurs to him that he no longer has one and the owners will not know who he is. When she was here with the others at noon Al had not bothered checking then about a room. </p><p></p><p>The two of them head up to bar and ask Pedro about getting a pair of rooms. He says, "Sorry, all booked up." Suspecting that this refusal has something to do with the unknown bare-chested Indian standing beside her suggests to Nanuet that he go find them a couple of chairs. She then says to Pedro "No, I don't want trouble about racial stuff, we just want two rooms!" He replies, "Lady, I'd give them to you if I had them. It's Friday night! Several dwarven prospectors come into town every weekend to blow off steam and relax and since I'm the only place in town that will rent to dwarves they stay here. I'm all booked up."</p><p></p><p>Nanuet manages to find two empty seats after a minute or so of looking around. He watches Al and reads the expression on her face. He thinks to himself... "Where will we sleep tonight? We need to rest well to be ready for tomorrow." As he watches Sonoma and remembers the kindness that she showed him he remembers yet again that she will no longer recognize him or remember him. He calls Sonoma over and asks for a couple of bowls of stew and some bread and also says "It's a shame there are no more rooms available as I like the looks and hospitality of your place here. Know where else a man of my sorts can find a room around Promise City?"</p><p></p><p>Sanoma says, "I would suggest that you try the Celtic church, the only other place might be the barn out back. I may be able to convince my father to allow you to sleep in the loft for some small coins. The town does not have a friendly face for the native people, there has been too much trouble between the whites and others."</p><p></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, as they headed upstairs Ruby asked Kate “By the way, what happened? And did you notice the wonderful sunset tonight? It was just spectacular! And I think we should have some dancing tonight at the Lone Star, that would be so fun! What do you think?"</p><p></p><p>Dorita's grandfather, Manuel Gonzalas, spots them and calls out to Katherine. She stops for a minute and he says to her "Those books that you loaned me are wonderful! I've already finished two and am now on the third. I am so grateful, when you have a chance please stop by my room and I'll give you something in return." She gets the impression that, unlike Mr. Gomez, this kindly old man is sincere in that request and that it has nothing to do with 'companionship'. Kate smiles at the old gentleman. "Of course. We just need to run upstairs and get cleaned up for work this evening. We'll stop by on the way out." </p><p></p><p>She takes Ruby upstairs to her room and feigns a twisted ankle. They go through looking it over and Kate lets Ruby put a bandage around it and slides her shoe back on. She takes her time with putting on a new dress, letting her hair out of its pins, combing it, and putting it back up. The longer she can keep Ruby in the room with her, the easier it will be to keep her away from that lecher downstairs. </p><p></p><p>After a few minutes she decides to tell Ruby about Nanuet now. Ruby is in such a happy mood that hopefully she can accept it. Kate explains what happened that day, especially about meeting the Indians and the spell they cast over Nanuet. "I know you won't remember him," Kate said finally, "but that's the nature of the magic. It should help some things make more sense now, since it was his mission that brought us to the boarding house."</p><p></p><p>That certainly sounds like an exciting day, Katherine!” Ruby ponders a bit while helping Kate with her hair. “So you are saying that I know this guy Nanuet already? I really don’t recognize him at all. But I guess anything is possible. Sorta makes sense the whole thing.” Ruby leans over and whispers, “Jake was asking me why we were involved with the shootout and I couldn’t remember. Oh yeah, I told him about that by the way. I’m sure we can trust him.” Ruby pauses and smiles. “Besides, it’s always nice to make new friends… or err, old friends I guess. And now that makes three new friends in one day! What a wonderful day this has been. I’m sure tonight is going to be great!” </p><p></p><p>Ruby pats Katherine’s head. “There, all finished. You know Kate, you really are very beautiful. I’m sure some color would liven you up a bit. Have you considered it yet? A pretty red dress really does make everyone happy.”</p><p></p><p>"Ruby! How can you suggest such a thing?" Katherine began to pace around the small room, twisting her wedding ring around her finger. "I have months to go before it's proper to even wear jewelry again. To wear red? Twenty years ago it would have been four years before I could even think of it. It's less time now, but not that much less." </p><p></p><p>She went over to the bedside table and picked up Tom's picture. "I had thought that propriety doesn't seem to mean that much out here, and it probably won't be practical to stay in mourning the appropriate time. But it's only been three months." She stopped and looked at the picture and felt herself calming. "Still, Tom never did really approve of the whole mourning tradition. He always wondered why society required a woman to act as if she'd died as well....</p><p></p><p>Ruby comments "I'm sorry Katherine. It was just such a beautiful day with and such a promising night ahead of us, I don't know what came over me. I hope you're not mad but I want you to be happy." She pauses, lost in thought, and then continues. "But it's true you can't stay mourning forever and it has been a while. So when you're ready I have a nice red dress you can borrow." She looks Kate up and down. "Although it might not fit you as you as you are used to." </p><p></p><p>Kate replies "I'm not mad, Ruby, I just.... I've been feeling a little bit guilty. Since we got to Promise City I've been feeling so much better, and I've been thinking how nice it would be to wear color again." </p><p></p><p>Ruby comments "Anyway, where did Jake go? I thought we were meeting his friend tonight." She was puzzled, but only for a moment. "Oh well. Guess we should get ready for tonight. It's going to be great!"</p><p></p><p>Ruby gets ready for the night. As she fixes her hair she hums to herself and chats with Kate. Suddenly she stops. "You know Kate, I think I lost some money. I had a bunch this morning and now I have none. I know I bought Jake a horse today but... well, maybe I got robbed! She looks down the front of her bodice again. It's just not there. It would be quite hard for someone to get down there without me knowing though. Well I guess that I'd better sing extra special tonight. I think we need to have some fun. Do you like to dance Kate?"</p><p></p><p>"You bought two horses this morning, Ruby. One was for Nanuet." She straightened one of Ruby's hairpins. "As for dancing, I haven't done that in a long time. But yes, I did like to dance." She kept up chatting with Ruby, putting off their return to the common room downstairs. Now and then she looked down at her somber black clothes. During her time in Tombstone they had felt right. But since she'd come to Promise City, they felt more like an anchor. "I don't think I'm quite ready for red," she said suddenly. </p><p></p><p>Kate went over to her trunk and flipped the lid open. She took the black dresses off the top and reached down to the dresses she had brought from the east. A moment later she found the one she was looking for. "Help me, Ruby?" she asked as she rapidly began pulling the pins from her hair.</p><p></p><p>“I bought Nanuet a horse?” Ruby says surprised. “Well that was nice of me!” </p><p></p><p>Ruby watched with interest as Katherine started going through her trunk. Kate started pulling out what she was looking for but Ruby couldn’t tell what it was. Ruby was curious so she walked a little closer. When she saw the beautiful deep green dress Katherine pulled out she almost gasped. It was the most expensive looking dress Ruby had ever seen. Ruby smiled and put her hand on Kate’s shoulder. She said softly, “You shouldn’t feel guilty Kate. Like you said, Tom wouldn’t want you to be sad forever. Sure, you’ll never forget him and he’ll always be a part of you but you still have to live. And I’m completely jealous over this dress so let’s get it on you, shall we?” Ruby helps Katherine put on the dress and fix her hair. </p><p></p><p>“Kate, you look so classy and perfect. You don’t belong working at the Lone Star, that’s for sure.” Ruby sighed. Kate had a wonderful future ahead of her, she was sure of it. </p><p></p><p>“Let’s go down a get a drink before we have to leave. It’s going to busy tonight since its Friday. Besides there are lots of people to say hello to down there!” </p><p></p><p>“Oh and I wonder what happened with Nanuet and Al?” Ruby doesn’t ponder too long. “Well, I’m sure they are fine…” Ruby starts her half skip out the door and down the stairs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 1821680, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter Twenty-eight, “ Katherine’s Transformation”, January 6th, 1882:[/B] Al and Nanuet are finishing up with the horses. They head inside and Nanuet begins to go towards the stairs to head up to his room when it occurs to him that he no longer has one and the owners will not know who he is. When she was here with the others at noon Al had not bothered checking then about a room. The two of them head up to bar and ask Pedro about getting a pair of rooms. He says, "Sorry, all booked up." Suspecting that this refusal has something to do with the unknown bare-chested Indian standing beside her suggests to Nanuet that he go find them a couple of chairs. She then says to Pedro "No, I don't want trouble about racial stuff, we just want two rooms!" He replies, "Lady, I'd give them to you if I had them. It's Friday night! Several dwarven prospectors come into town every weekend to blow off steam and relax and since I'm the only place in town that will rent to dwarves they stay here. I'm all booked up." Nanuet manages to find two empty seats after a minute or so of looking around. He watches Al and reads the expression on her face. He thinks to himself... "Where will we sleep tonight? We need to rest well to be ready for tomorrow." As he watches Sonoma and remembers the kindness that she showed him he remembers yet again that she will no longer recognize him or remember him. He calls Sonoma over and asks for a couple of bowls of stew and some bread and also says "It's a shame there are no more rooms available as I like the looks and hospitality of your place here. Know where else a man of my sorts can find a room around Promise City?" Sanoma says, "I would suggest that you try the Celtic church, the only other place might be the barn out back. I may be able to convince my father to allow you to sleep in the loft for some small coins. The town does not have a friendly face for the native people, there has been too much trouble between the whites and others." Meanwhile, as they headed upstairs Ruby asked Kate “By the way, what happened? And did you notice the wonderful sunset tonight? It was just spectacular! And I think we should have some dancing tonight at the Lone Star, that would be so fun! What do you think?" Dorita's grandfather, Manuel Gonzalas, spots them and calls out to Katherine. She stops for a minute and he says to her "Those books that you loaned me are wonderful! I've already finished two and am now on the third. I am so grateful, when you have a chance please stop by my room and I'll give you something in return." She gets the impression that, unlike Mr. Gomez, this kindly old man is sincere in that request and that it has nothing to do with 'companionship'. Kate smiles at the old gentleman. "Of course. We just need to run upstairs and get cleaned up for work this evening. We'll stop by on the way out." She takes Ruby upstairs to her room and feigns a twisted ankle. They go through looking it over and Kate lets Ruby put a bandage around it and slides her shoe back on. She takes her time with putting on a new dress, letting her hair out of its pins, combing it, and putting it back up. The longer she can keep Ruby in the room with her, the easier it will be to keep her away from that lecher downstairs. After a few minutes she decides to tell Ruby about Nanuet now. Ruby is in such a happy mood that hopefully she can accept it. Kate explains what happened that day, especially about meeting the Indians and the spell they cast over Nanuet. "I know you won't remember him," Kate said finally, "but that's the nature of the magic. It should help some things make more sense now, since it was his mission that brought us to the boarding house." That certainly sounds like an exciting day, Katherine!” Ruby ponders a bit while helping Kate with her hair. “So you are saying that I know this guy Nanuet already? I really don’t recognize him at all. But I guess anything is possible. Sorta makes sense the whole thing.” Ruby leans over and whispers, “Jake was asking me why we were involved with the shootout and I couldn’t remember. Oh yeah, I told him about that by the way. I’m sure we can trust him.” Ruby pauses and smiles. “Besides, it’s always nice to make new friends… or err, old friends I guess. And now that makes three new friends in one day! What a wonderful day this has been. I’m sure tonight is going to be great!” Ruby pats Katherine’s head. “There, all finished. You know Kate, you really are very beautiful. I’m sure some color would liven you up a bit. Have you considered it yet? A pretty red dress really does make everyone happy.” "Ruby! How can you suggest such a thing?" Katherine began to pace around the small room, twisting her wedding ring around her finger. "I have months to go before it's proper to even wear jewelry again. To wear red? Twenty years ago it would have been four years before I could even think of it. It's less time now, but not that much less." She went over to the bedside table and picked up Tom's picture. "I had thought that propriety doesn't seem to mean that much out here, and it probably won't be practical to stay in mourning the appropriate time. But it's only been three months." She stopped and looked at the picture and felt herself calming. "Still, Tom never did really approve of the whole mourning tradition. He always wondered why society required a woman to act as if she'd died as well.... Ruby comments "I'm sorry Katherine. It was just such a beautiful day with and such a promising night ahead of us, I don't know what came over me. I hope you're not mad but I want you to be happy." She pauses, lost in thought, and then continues. "But it's true you can't stay mourning forever and it has been a while. So when you're ready I have a nice red dress you can borrow." She looks Kate up and down. "Although it might not fit you as you as you are used to." Kate replies "I'm not mad, Ruby, I just.... I've been feeling a little bit guilty. Since we got to Promise City I've been feeling so much better, and I've been thinking how nice it would be to wear color again." Ruby comments "Anyway, where did Jake go? I thought we were meeting his friend tonight." She was puzzled, but only for a moment. "Oh well. Guess we should get ready for tonight. It's going to be great!" Ruby gets ready for the night. As she fixes her hair she hums to herself and chats with Kate. Suddenly she stops. "You know Kate, I think I lost some money. I had a bunch this morning and now I have none. I know I bought Jake a horse today but... well, maybe I got robbed! She looks down the front of her bodice again. It's just not there. It would be quite hard for someone to get down there without me knowing though. Well I guess that I'd better sing extra special tonight. I think we need to have some fun. Do you like to dance Kate?" "You bought two horses this morning, Ruby. One was for Nanuet." She straightened one of Ruby's hairpins. "As for dancing, I haven't done that in a long time. But yes, I did like to dance." She kept up chatting with Ruby, putting off their return to the common room downstairs. Now and then she looked down at her somber black clothes. During her time in Tombstone they had felt right. But since she'd come to Promise City, they felt more like an anchor. "I don't think I'm quite ready for red," she said suddenly. Kate went over to her trunk and flipped the lid open. She took the black dresses off the top and reached down to the dresses she had brought from the east. A moment later she found the one she was looking for. "Help me, Ruby?" she asked as she rapidly began pulling the pins from her hair. “I bought Nanuet a horse?” Ruby says surprised. “Well that was nice of me!” Ruby watched with interest as Katherine started going through her trunk. Kate started pulling out what she was looking for but Ruby couldn’t tell what it was. Ruby was curious so she walked a little closer. When she saw the beautiful deep green dress Katherine pulled out she almost gasped. It was the most expensive looking dress Ruby had ever seen. Ruby smiled and put her hand on Kate’s shoulder. She said softly, “You shouldn’t feel guilty Kate. Like you said, Tom wouldn’t want you to be sad forever. Sure, you’ll never forget him and he’ll always be a part of you but you still have to live. And I’m completely jealous over this dress so let’s get it on you, shall we?” Ruby helps Katherine put on the dress and fix her hair. “Kate, you look so classy and perfect. You don’t belong working at the Lone Star, that’s for sure.” Ruby sighed. Kate had a wonderful future ahead of her, she was sure of it. “Let’s go down a get a drink before we have to leave. It’s going to busy tonight since its Friday. Besides there are lots of people to say hello to down there!” “Oh and I wonder what happened with Nanuet and Al?” Ruby doesn’t ponder too long. “Well, I’m sure they are fine…” Ruby starts her half skip out the door and down the stairs. [/QUOTE]
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