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"They Rode to Perdition" starring Arcade's Gang (D&D/Boot Hill)
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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 1393038" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p>Gary, Sounds like we're a little different than your group was. Right now we have a group of seven ranging in age from 38 to 50. Now for the next chapter:</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Chapter 41, “A Day and Night in Santa Fe”, November 27th, 1881:</strong></p><p></p><p>The group exits the stage in Santa Fe and Arcade suggests, “Why don’t we spend the next hour scraping the dust off our tongues.” They head to the office of Territorial Governor Lionel Sheldon. The Governor’s Executive Secretary is taken aback at the group of three human cowboys, two elvan Indians, a centaur Indian and a half-orc who charge unannounced into the office and demand an audience with the Governor. Morgana is tired and cranky from the long uncomfortable journey and with no attempt at tact or diplomacy announces, “I am the killer of Billy the Kid and I want the reward money.” </p><p></p><p>The Secretary attempts to dismiss her, which upsets Morgana’s friend Qualtaqa, who says, “I’ll find him for you.” The centaur kicks open the doors to the next room and charges in, finding the Governor sitting back in his chair and smoking a cigar, his feet propped up on his desk. The rest of Arcade’s Gang follows him in, with the Secretary frantically apologizing to Governor Sheldon for letting them get by. </p><p></p><p>Morgana blurts out. “I want paid the money you owe me!”. The Governor is confused and says, “Madam, I’ve never see you before in my life.” She then explains who she is and what she wants. He states that he didn’t personally promise her anything, that it was his predecessor Governor Wallace who had offered the reward money. She reiterates that the proper paperwork was filed over three months earlier and that the Territorial Governor had made the offer in good faith. He attempts to then tell them he doesn’t have the money on hand. Louie gestures to the fancy desk, velvet curtains, stocked bar and humidor of fine cigars and says, “All this stuff cost a lot. Money around here somewhere.” </p><p></p><p>Qualtaqa loses his patience with the stalling and grabs the Governor by his lapel, lifting him off his feet and up into the air. “Pay her!” the centaur states. Sam says, “You’d better do as he says. That guy keeps Geronomo happy.” Aiden whispers to Hank, “Should he really be threatening this land’s chief? Where I come from doing that is really bad.” Hank whispers back, “Nah, this won’t get bad until one of us decides to shoot him.” Aiden replies, “Shoot which one? The centaur or the governor?” Hank replies, “Take your pick.”</p><p></p><p>The Governor is a retired Civil War General and is unaccustomed to being manhandled. He is about to order his Secretary to fetch nearby Army troops when he reconsiders, figuring that if soldiers draw weapons on Arcade’s Gang it will probably just get a lot of people killed including himself. He says, “All right, I’ll see what I can do. Come back tomorrow.” This is unacceptable to Morgana, who insists that they be paid right now. </p><p></p><p>Governor Sheldon says, “We’ll have to see the New Mexico Treasurer.” “Let’s find him,” Morgana states. The Secretary leads them to the Treasurer’s Officer, with Qualtaqa still holding the Governor high in the air. Qualtaqa then grabs the Treasurer with his other arm, lifting him up into the air as well. The centaur is eventually convinced to let the man down so that he can pay them. The Treasurer says that he has to go to the bank, which he can’t do until the following day. Arcade says, “In that case we’ll all just stay here until then.” Governor Sheldon tells the Treasurer, “Go find the Bank President right now and pay these people what they are due!” The Treasurer leaves with Morgana and Hank insisting on accompanying him. </p><p></p><p>Morgana is eventually given a stack of bills totaling $ 500. They head back and collect the others, the centaur finally letting the Governor down. Morgana tells Sheldon “It was nice doing business with you.” Louie adds, “Yeah, if you’re ever in Promise City look us up, we’ll buy you a drink.” The party decides it is best to head straight from there to the railroad on the off chance that they might now be in some trouble with the local authorities. </p><p></p><p>At the Acheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station they find that the next passenger train heading east won’t be leaving until the following morning. Morgana again expresses reservations about returning to Boston. Arcade suggests, “We don’t have to go there at all. We can book passage to England out of New York City.” She agrees to that, and they purchase tickets to travel by rail east to Topeka, changing trains there to Kansas City and Saint Louis.</p><p></p><p>The group debates spending the night right at the train station, but Arcade says, “I want to spend the night at a decent hotel for a change.” They head out and find lodgings at one of the better establishments in town, which requires Qualtaqa to stay in the stable. There are some initial concerns by the hotel management about people of Louie and Aiden’s races staying there, but as soon as Arcade drops his name those issues are immediately dispelled. Arcade and Morgana decide to splurge, getting themselves the fanciest room in the hotel. The other four share a pair of rooms with a connecting door and alternate having one stay awake and on guard all times “just in case.” </p><p></p><p>This is the first time on the journey that Arcade and Morgana have had any time alone and she comments, “You still haven’t told me anything about this family of yours.” He replies, “You haven’t told me about yours either.” She answers, “Yes, but we’re on our way to visit yours. I’d like to be prepared for whatever we are walking into.” “I wouldn’t know where to begin,” he states. She replies, “How about telling me why you ran away from England. I’m sure it wasn’t just because you don’t like to drink tea.” He says, “I didn’t like what was expected of me, as the first born son of a Lord of the Manor.” </p><p></p><p>She is a little taken back by that and says, “Lord of the Manor? Wait a minute here. What is your real name?” He replies, “Josiah. Josiah Arcadian. My father is Lord Arcadian and he has a large estate.” Her mind is now racing and she says, “Okay, so you want out of this?” He answers, “With father dying there’s no easy way out.” She asks, “Do you have any brothers?” He says that he has one younger brother but would rather not talk about him. She replies, “Well we need to come up with some way to solve this problem for you.” He responds with, “I’m guessing lots of ammunition.” </p><p></p><p>“So, what exactly prompted you to run?” she asks. He answers, “Seemed like a good idea at the time. Go to America and disappear into the melting pot. I figured I’d get as far away from civilized society as I could. I barely found Promise City myself and I live there. I presumed that nobody else would find me there either. Instead, I’ve now become world famous. I should have just faked my own death when I had the chance.” </p><p></p><p>After a long pause he says, “I thought I would have more time, Father was in fine health when I left.” Morgana gives him a passionate embrace and says, “Well, I can relate to what you’re going through. You’re not the only one who is running from family.” He then astonishes her by asking, “Can you see yourself settling down with me and being the Lady of a large estate?” She asks, “Is that what you want?” “I wouldn’t want to without you,” he replies. “And the others?” she asks. He answers, “The hole-in-the-wall-gang can head back west…unless you want to keep Sam around to help out.” She replies, “I’d rather keep Louie. Look, let’s just take this one day at a time.” He answers, “Fine, but I’m still sticking with my old motto of ‘When in doubt, shoot it’.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 1393038, member: 8530"] Gary, Sounds like we're a little different than your group was. Right now we have a group of seven ranging in age from 38 to 50. Now for the next chapter: [B]Chapter 41, “A Day and Night in Santa Fe”, November 27th, 1881:[/B] The group exits the stage in Santa Fe and Arcade suggests, “Why don’t we spend the next hour scraping the dust off our tongues.” They head to the office of Territorial Governor Lionel Sheldon. The Governor’s Executive Secretary is taken aback at the group of three human cowboys, two elvan Indians, a centaur Indian and a half-orc who charge unannounced into the office and demand an audience with the Governor. Morgana is tired and cranky from the long uncomfortable journey and with no attempt at tact or diplomacy announces, “I am the killer of Billy the Kid and I want the reward money.” The Secretary attempts to dismiss her, which upsets Morgana’s friend Qualtaqa, who says, “I’ll find him for you.” The centaur kicks open the doors to the next room and charges in, finding the Governor sitting back in his chair and smoking a cigar, his feet propped up on his desk. The rest of Arcade’s Gang follows him in, with the Secretary frantically apologizing to Governor Sheldon for letting them get by. Morgana blurts out. “I want paid the money you owe me!”. The Governor is confused and says, “Madam, I’ve never see you before in my life.” She then explains who she is and what she wants. He states that he didn’t personally promise her anything, that it was his predecessor Governor Wallace who had offered the reward money. She reiterates that the proper paperwork was filed over three months earlier and that the Territorial Governor had made the offer in good faith. He attempts to then tell them he doesn’t have the money on hand. Louie gestures to the fancy desk, velvet curtains, stocked bar and humidor of fine cigars and says, “All this stuff cost a lot. Money around here somewhere.” Qualtaqa loses his patience with the stalling and grabs the Governor by his lapel, lifting him off his feet and up into the air. “Pay her!” the centaur states. Sam says, “You’d better do as he says. That guy keeps Geronomo happy.” Aiden whispers to Hank, “Should he really be threatening this land’s chief? Where I come from doing that is really bad.” Hank whispers back, “Nah, this won’t get bad until one of us decides to shoot him.” Aiden replies, “Shoot which one? The centaur or the governor?” Hank replies, “Take your pick.” The Governor is a retired Civil War General and is unaccustomed to being manhandled. He is about to order his Secretary to fetch nearby Army troops when he reconsiders, figuring that if soldiers draw weapons on Arcade’s Gang it will probably just get a lot of people killed including himself. He says, “All right, I’ll see what I can do. Come back tomorrow.” This is unacceptable to Morgana, who insists that they be paid right now. Governor Sheldon says, “We’ll have to see the New Mexico Treasurer.” “Let’s find him,” Morgana states. The Secretary leads them to the Treasurer’s Officer, with Qualtaqa still holding the Governor high in the air. Qualtaqa then grabs the Treasurer with his other arm, lifting him up into the air as well. The centaur is eventually convinced to let the man down so that he can pay them. The Treasurer says that he has to go to the bank, which he can’t do until the following day. Arcade says, “In that case we’ll all just stay here until then.” Governor Sheldon tells the Treasurer, “Go find the Bank President right now and pay these people what they are due!” The Treasurer leaves with Morgana and Hank insisting on accompanying him. Morgana is eventually given a stack of bills totaling $ 500. They head back and collect the others, the centaur finally letting the Governor down. Morgana tells Sheldon “It was nice doing business with you.” Louie adds, “Yeah, if you’re ever in Promise City look us up, we’ll buy you a drink.” The party decides it is best to head straight from there to the railroad on the off chance that they might now be in some trouble with the local authorities. At the Acheson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Station they find that the next passenger train heading east won’t be leaving until the following morning. Morgana again expresses reservations about returning to Boston. Arcade suggests, “We don’t have to go there at all. We can book passage to England out of New York City.” She agrees to that, and they purchase tickets to travel by rail east to Topeka, changing trains there to Kansas City and Saint Louis. The group debates spending the night right at the train station, but Arcade says, “I want to spend the night at a decent hotel for a change.” They head out and find lodgings at one of the better establishments in town, which requires Qualtaqa to stay in the stable. There are some initial concerns by the hotel management about people of Louie and Aiden’s races staying there, but as soon as Arcade drops his name those issues are immediately dispelled. Arcade and Morgana decide to splurge, getting themselves the fanciest room in the hotel. The other four share a pair of rooms with a connecting door and alternate having one stay awake and on guard all times “just in case.” This is the first time on the journey that Arcade and Morgana have had any time alone and she comments, “You still haven’t told me anything about this family of yours.” He replies, “You haven’t told me about yours either.” She answers, “Yes, but we’re on our way to visit yours. I’d like to be prepared for whatever we are walking into.” “I wouldn’t know where to begin,” he states. She replies, “How about telling me why you ran away from England. I’m sure it wasn’t just because you don’t like to drink tea.” He says, “I didn’t like what was expected of me, as the first born son of a Lord of the Manor.” She is a little taken back by that and says, “Lord of the Manor? Wait a minute here. What is your real name?” He replies, “Josiah. Josiah Arcadian. My father is Lord Arcadian and he has a large estate.” Her mind is now racing and she says, “Okay, so you want out of this?” He answers, “With father dying there’s no easy way out.” She asks, “Do you have any brothers?” He says that he has one younger brother but would rather not talk about him. She replies, “Well we need to come up with some way to solve this problem for you.” He responds with, “I’m guessing lots of ammunition.” “So, what exactly prompted you to run?” she asks. He answers, “Seemed like a good idea at the time. Go to America and disappear into the melting pot. I figured I’d get as far away from civilized society as I could. I barely found Promise City myself and I live there. I presumed that nobody else would find me there either. Instead, I’ve now become world famous. I should have just faked my own death when I had the chance.” After a long pause he says, “I thought I would have more time, Father was in fine health when I left.” Morgana gives him a passionate embrace and says, “Well, I can relate to what you’re going through. You’re not the only one who is running from family.” He then astonishes her by asking, “Can you see yourself settling down with me and being the Lady of a large estate?” She asks, “Is that what you want?” “I wouldn’t want to without you,” he replies. “And the others?” she asks. He answers, “The hole-in-the-wall-gang can head back west…unless you want to keep Sam around to help out.” She replies, “I’d rather keep Louie. Look, let’s just take this one day at a time.” He answers, “Fine, but I’m still sticking with my old motto of ‘When in doubt, shoot it’.” [/QUOTE]
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