Jornada Springs, New Mexico - a Tale of the Old West: Part 20

It's been 10 year near on 10 years since we last spoke on the morning of the Battle of Yellow Tavern when the bastard Yankees took the general from us.

For the benefit of the listener, Tony and I both turned to Andy and looked at him with a hard stare.

Get on your feet, lieutenant. You're a fucking mess. I cannot share those memories as you must have known my father was an abolitionist. My son is a father. Remember? As was I, and I only joined it when the North invaded Virginia. Sometimes your sins will find you out.

But on your own, those 31st infantry guys are gonna kill you.

He's not on his own.

have any jobs. But the year is 18 69, And there are historical records indicating there were ninjas. Here in fucking Japan. I'm Dave. I am the GM and co designer of Tales of the Old West.

I am the other co designer of Tales of the Old West, and my name is Matthew. I'm also playing in this actual play, Marion Freeman.

My name is Andrew. I play Nathaniel Hawcock.

I'm Tony. I'm playing Jimmy Harston.

But with 6 of us, we could deal with those.

No more blood, I think. Where's the so where's the nearest,

Cavalry fort.

Not cavalry fort. I think the nearest sheriff to here.

It'd be Las Cruces, which is 50 something miles to the south. Don't know where the other map's gone. So here we go. Las Cruces is there. The scale is 5 miles per thing. There it is. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. About 12. So it's about 60 miles to the south.

Seeing this one, you have?

K. The other 2 guys are sort of more slowly, but they're getting to their feet.

I think I do not like lynch mobs, but I think sometimes you have to pay for your sins.

Sounds to me like a captain is telling you to run.

Sounds like the captain is accepting his own death. Maybe the case.

We each of us here have faced death.

I won't. I can't hand a gun like a knife. I can't. I saw I thought I turned around and said to you, sir, I'll come up hand them over to,

Fine. Now I I saw that straight away. That's why I'm telling these people that they're wasting time talking to you. And they can get on their horses and get out of town.

Yeah.

Yeah. I think, yes, we want to make our scene sooner. I'm not going to add add to it.

Yeah. Elliot sort of nods his head slowly.

Mhmm. I keep going inside to see what he's doing, you know, because I'm moving my

Okay. Yeah. Make an insight roll. Yep. Can you have help? Have for us? Probably not on this one. No. I think because this is more insight in the in the second rather than

Yeah. Like you said, he was one of the main corporates, wasn't it? That's what I

remember. What

you told me, if memory serves. Yes.

Bear with me. No. Elliot was possibly the one of the least involved in this.

Oh, right. They're wrong.

The McDermott was

Oh, was McDermott? A

winning participant. Alright. Reid was, you think, was involved.

Yeah. Oh, I forgot.

But perhaps

not. Okay.

Well, well,

well, well, well, Oh, I forgot. But perhaps

not all these elements. Okay. Well, well, Elliott's look okay. Well, Elliott, anyway. Elliott's kind of

No. I'm not pushing.

You always knew Elliott as a loyal Yeah. Loyal to his friends, and you think

Yes. No. I get anything. Got 21. No. I'm gonna push that.

No successes.

No successes. No. Okay.

Okay.

Elliot does look quite mournful.

Mhmm.

Sad. The other 2 are a bit more angry,

a

bit more aggrieved. And he's like, okay. Let's go. And they sort of back away to the door, not turning their backs on you. Mhmm. And then stepping out through the lounge and out of the home sweet home.

I will, at a distance, follow them. Okay. I'm watching from the door. They they've got horses wrapped up outside.

Yeah. They probably have. Or actually, I think, no. Their horses are probably not there. There there is a dog, a very big and evil looking dog tied up to the to the horse post out there, which one of them unties. Mhmm. And then they walk, down to the path and then back up to the road.

Can I see from this is 8? Can I see which way they turn at the end of the road or is that how to say?

No. It's not very far. What is 2? 2 is a sundown, isn't it? Yeah. They notice you watching, but then they head this way. By by this way, they they are heading up into the center of town. Yeah. For the purposes of the tape.

Hey. I imagine they're gonna fetch their horses.

Mhmm. Do you

want me to keep an eye on them?

Yeah. I think watch them till they go. And I appreciate if you never use the the, ever use a tiler captain again. It's something I don't wish to ever be reminded of ever again.

I was doing

it for that. Basically, every every 5 minutes, you're gonna call you captain.

Right. So I'll I'll go

I'll go with you.

K. So we'll we'll head off there. Just, you know, following a discreet distance, but kinda making sure that eating time. Okay. They, Well, you're sorry. Tony might be coming straight after them and pissing the shit out. No.

No. I mean, probably just treatise. They don't really care that they whether they see us or not. I'm quite happy if they

do. But, okay. They, they walk up towards delivery, walk past delivery, over over the over the stream, over the spring, and go into the trials hotel.

Yeah. Tell me they've done that.

And they're talking quite closely and intently with one another as they go.

Maybe he was going to oh, we can see from we can watch the trials from the environments of the, Blessings.

From Blessings. Yeah. Absolutely. Because that is up on a ridge, and it overlooks down. Yeah. And each deck is about 50 feet, so it's about a couple of 100 feet.

So, I got for that conversation. I fancy a drink. Shall we sit outside?

Seems like a fine idea.

It's got

another afternoon. It's

a lovely it's a lovely eve. What time of day is it now? Is it

It's early afternoon, I guess, by now.

You got mine about joining you then?

Well, you can come and join us later. You can't you can't you can't say that because you're not here.

So so what are you doing, Andy? What's the you are following?

That's half of me is that 10% is gonna be my days are obviously numbered to stay down at the, No. So, give my regards to the to the host hostess and head up towards the blessings then. Might as well. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Madam Chastity is there, and I think she's couldn't overhear what was being said,

but here

it was a tense conversation. And so thank you, thank you, Nathaniel, for sorting out those men for me.

Must say my brother. My pleasure.

They look like, a troublesome sort.

Yes. Just the old past. Yeah. And I'll get like I said, I'll say good day under Abel up the street.

Yep. Okay. Cool.

So we're watching. You meet us there. Mhmm. We all three watch. I like my first plan. But I understand why you can't.

Mhmm. That's it.

I would, of course, approach for you. We only have their word that they're hunting everybody on this list. This 4 pillar, this massacre that happened off us, were they all involved?

Yes. They were there.

And why were you not involved?

Because I was a gal I was running the air messenger.

Yeah. I can understand. A bunch of people out for vengeance. That might not matter that much.

Indeed. Yeah. But maybe I should have stopped it when I got there. But there, it was none of dusting when I got back.

Probably don't say that. Mhmm. Don't say maybe I should have stopped it. I'm interested to know whether they're going to leave town.

Mhmm.

That hotel is you're prevented by the McGinn's.

No. Yes. That's why

a unit past me.

Past him, you mean? You got the smile that's why I had his smile on his face, you mean?

I I I might not be surprised if that's why he was smiling so poorly.

So if what they say is true and these guys are coming for revenge and they're a day behind, what are their their options apart from just carrying on running? Unless they try and take him down and hand him over in the hope that that would save their lives.

Yeah, mister captain. We were saying following

orders. We're not

Or I guess, so if they talk to the beginners, maybe they could

Could you

would you try and

change their identities and pretend just to be begin employees.

And what as long as the

Under assumed names.

I can't get the answer.

What would you do for me to do with that? Assuming that what they told us is true.

We're still recording at the moment. Yeah.

We don't know that they are working with the McGinns.

No. This is we don't We

have, therefore, at this point, no reason to expect that the beginners will come out and stand alongside them. If they don't run, then sooner or later, a boss is gonna come into this town.

And cause trouble.

And we can point them to the hotel. And let's face it. I don't mind if the McGinn's Hotel gets trashed.

It's not the

McGinn's Hotel.

Yeah. I know it's not the McGinn's Hotel, but it's the one that

How long have they been in there? What do you say now? Since I've joined you.

Oh, yeah. The afternoon has passed.

So They haven't moved out?

Several hours. Yeah.

So you don't look like they're moving on.

Unless they snuck out the back where we can't see them.

Yeah. I got it wrong. The house is a bit blurry.

Seems to me the McGinn has just caused travel problems after problems in this town.

We we let let

let me

just be really clear. We're not saying it begins, of course. No. No. Any of this trouble. Maybe it was the people that murdered the regiment of black folk that caused the trouble

that we

are dealing with now. Just just put that down there. We are we are hypothesizing that, obviously, the one Hotel Webster is the one that is Dunnington begins. That's all. That's all. I'm also noticing, though, that they're not leaving town and were they so scared of this mob. That they're not leaving town means either that mob ain't coming a day behind us, they said. They did say day behind.

They did. They did that. Yes.

And getting no support from you.

I can start with you.

Or from the 6 of us as they said. We can hold them off.

Did it say how many people were in this one?

No, they didn't.

They didn't. But they they I

don't think people could take them down.

I sort of feel one of us, and it shouldn't be me, and it shouldn't be you. Let me just check.

Let's face facts first.

It's you. Yeah.

Well, she's going there. How to tell them.

She'd go in our.

I'll never live. Yeah.

And I'm sure Tony's the best equipped to have that conversation, but I don't. I don't.

I'm sure they're gonna they're gonna

It could be you, I suppose. Tell us.

It could be me. Yes.

I mean, why would they why would they tell us anything? So they're not necessarily anything true.

And I could go in and say I did ask, you know. I do that.

Well, I'm not going to the hotel on my, ticket front.

Free.

Confederate offices. Sorry.

Come here. He's just well, A man's gonna do what a man's gonna do. He's not gonna be stupid.

Oh, hell. Now the part of me says it's a shootout in the place. It's Yeah.

So I don't think you were actually barred. You were asked to leave because you were bad mouthing the begins loudly at the bar.

Yeah. But Andy takes that personally because he's been barred from so many times.

It's not that

many. How many?

Trying to think now.

Well, there's the sportsman. Yeah.

The dance floor three times. That was that's my proudest effort.

Okay. That's 4 at least.

How many of you were buying 3 times? The first two times obviously didn't really count. No.

No. But it was different landlords because it showed

you a bit.

So they do, Cam. So to the rest of us, put your hand out if you've ever been barred from the place. Go and keep them up.

For the benefit of the tape, nobody else but that.

I'll do it.

Yeah. Only 4.

From 3 times, it was the same pub.

Three times the same pub. Yeah.

That that would

be different angles.

Different angles. Good effort.

Yeah. Right then.

So I'm not sure yeah. I'm still not sure what we'll gain by going and confronting them again, because they're not gonna tell us anything.

Right. So do I get anything that That's you and I should go back to the lunch. You should spend the night as you were suggesting at the

Home sweet home.

Home sweet home. Then if these people really are, if they really have a list and they're doing their detective work and they know where you live, they'll be coming to the branch. Now if they meet us there, we may be able to better explain what's going on here. And I'm sorry, but whatever your considerations are, I will take them straight to that hotel. If they come into town

Mhmm.

You'll be in town, and there'll be 4 people hanging up for trees. But, that that that might be the downside of it.

What do artists think?

You could you could the blessing's like us. You could stay here. If they think you're rated, they won't be expecting to find you in this. Or you could come home with us to ranch.

And get links to the ranch?

No. We face off. We can convince them to see the other way.

Maybe my last night, so I'll go down to the thing.

Home to be home.

Yeah. Maybe I'll get a discount now.

Not sure. Well, actually, yeah.

I think you might do because you did run I think, yeah, I think you get

a Key for the

price of

1. Yes.

Exactly. I think, yeah, I think you

get a a discount. Yes.

Let's see.

I think we should go home, but

Yep. Let's see what

tomorrow man.

Let's Okay. We'll head back to the ranch then.

Let's see what tomorrow brings in.

Let's see what tomorrow brings. Okay. How do we get on with the guy at delivery stables?

I think you get on with him fine. I don't think there's any anything either way particularly. Yeah. What's his name? His his name is Palmer Wright and he is a Oh, jeez. He is an emancipated player.

He already has a name, so he

Yeah. He's a he's a he's an ex slave, He runs oh, no. Hang on. No. Okay. So the blacksmith and the livery are kind of run side by side, so connected but not. Palmer Rowe runs the blacksmiths. Mhmm. The livery sabers is run by Palmer's friend, a guy called Cello Cayetana. Okay. And so Palmer is a is a emancipated slave. Cello is a Mexican. So I'm here on

the way home. We maybe ask Palmer to keep an eye on the hotel across the across the way for us. Maybe even explain some of the story.

Yeah. And so we can let us know if if they well, we can check first. Have they do these guys have they left their horses at the stables? Or they

Yeah.

Are you going with them, Andy? Or No.

What's that?

To talk to the livery? Or are you too busy getting your 2 for the price of 1?

I must be getting the 2 for the price of 1.

Dedicated to the narrative, obviously. Yeah. So it's just a joke I said. It

will have to

it might be well.

You know, we don't we

don't want to have to explain that, yeah, what he did once upon a time. He was a captain in the regiment that did this terrible massacre. I'm a Confederate taboo.

Okay. So, you obviously know Parma. Make a role. Make a performing role to see what your relationship with him is like at this point.

What's your

I have Ford icing

for me. Okay. Well, tell you what, I've put 4 dice in the form in 2 pictures. I take

one of

your dice. No. This is about how you've just Just a step. Over the over the time. So this isn't

Right. Okay.

So both of you are all separately. Okay. But I think you can both have a bonus die because of your behavior dealing with the Tannenhol gang and stuff.

No. And one success.

Okay. So you don't really know him. You haven't really, done anything. I think he was I think William was probably friendly with him. So you don't particularly know him, but he feels warmly towards you because of his friendship with William. So yeah, he he he kind of welcomes you when he when he sees you gives you a little wave.

So, yeah. A little bit of faith that you'll ask us. 3 guys in town.

How how are they dressed? They're dressed. They're gonna check out the fire. They're not wearing non red coats. No. They're not wearing Confederate uniforms. You can describe it. They're wearing fairly standard sort of cowboy trail.

I took

you guys from out of town. They just wanna find out if they if they left their horses here.

And then what,

what what, what what

what business is it of yours, you know, Jimmy?

Well,

I think we'll just explain pretty much. The truth is our old comrades of, what's his names?

Reputation? Minus 500 then.

K.

On a 66, Palmer was at Fort Pillay.

Yeah. Girl.

That was quite close. Yeah. Marvelous.

These guys, they've got themselves in some some troubles, and fellas are after them. They're trying to drag a cockroach into it. We're trying to you know, it's nothing to do with him. We're trying to make sure he stays at we can keep him out of it. So we basically told them earlier that,

we

want nothing to do, they should get out of town, but as far as we can tell, they haven't yet. So we're just,

what what do you what do you what do

you need me to do, Jimmy? Well, I don't need to do anything. We're just we're just kind of asking if they,

Make a performing role.

Take a point for me? Yeah. Can you have

a point for Matthew on this occasion?

I think I'm gonna push it anyway. Okay. So I've got a success, but I've got 2.

One case. I

will I've got plenty of faith. I'll buy both of them off.

Okay.

So I've got one success.

Right. Yeah. He says, you know, I I don't know what trouble you're getting yourself into young Jimmy, but for, as you know, as a good friend of your brother, mourn his loss. Yeah. They, they've got some horses here. If it's the 3 men I I think you're, you're talking about. Rode into town first thing this morning. Yeah. We've got the horses here if, and what you want you wanna know when when they leave.

If, if they do leave,

if you could get

wedged, that would be a big

help. Yeah.

And where where where are you gonna be? Are you gonna be all the way out at your ranch or because that's that's a bit of I can't promise how quickly I can get a message to you out there. Or you could be in town somewhere.

The rest and welcome.

Look. I'm gonna be honest with you.

You haven't been honest with me so far?

No. No. I'm gonna I'm gonna tell you the whole truth here. This trouble follows is a 131st, which travel?

31st. 30 1st, isn't it? Infantry regiment of the USTC, as it was called. The US or

CT. NEC, wasn't it?

US Coast Troops. Wow. Alright.

What's the name of that?

I don't see it.

This is about a battle at Fort Pillow. I don't know if you've heard of it.

I I think most educated people have heard of fork pillow.

Maybe you're a blacksmith. Sorry.

I can I can read, you know, mister mister, mister Freeman? Better than most.

Yeah. So you know what happened in pork pit up. Those 3 behind it. There were some survivors. I'm guessing relations of those that were killed or who are hunting them down.

Now And what's this got to do with, with mister Hawcock?

Must have changed my name now. Mister Grand. Yes.

They're trying to pull him into this conflict. Was he, was

he was he

involved? Not that I not to my knowledge.

Why why are they picking on, on mister Hawcock?

They know him from the past. But the key then is I don't care what happens to them. My sympathies lie more with those that are chasing them as within themselves. But whatever happens with them don't need to happen in this town which has seen enough violence already. I'll show you the way.

I can yeah. I can

do that. Yeah. If these

are if these men are bad men, then as you say, it'd be nice to see them stroll on out of town before, before any trouble starts.

All I care about is symbolism happen here. It can happen a mile down the road.

Yeah. He agrees. He'll get a message to to, to chastity. Chastity or charity? Charity.

I think it's was it charity?

I thought it's chastity.

Chastity. No, it is chastity. Yeah. Chastity Mariel.

That's an ironic name. Of course. Lord chosen. Right. Okay. I think that's the best we can do. That's right. Yeah. So much.

That's meant to be too

my protective almost finally where I'm seeing I've gotta get to the. Yeah. I knew that would work on me.

And it did because I didn't And

it did because I didn't have to make a swaging

Man, very well done, Matthew. Very well done. Very clever.

Thank you. I like you clever.

I'm presuming you're gonna stop by the, the home sweet home and let Chastity know. Yes.

So I'm gonna say, we've got somebody watching the hotel. I'm not gonna be I'm gonna be conveyed about names, but I said someone's gonna watch another big man. Gonna report on their movements. You get a message back here. Don't tell them that mister Hawcock is here, but pass the message on to mister Hawcock.

Cool. I

seem to be spending a lot of time in that place at the moment.

A lot of time. A lot of money.

Do you?

Okay. So you guys have gone back to the ranch.

Yep. Mhmm.

You're spending the night Yep. Getting tired.

Getting tired.

So I

don't get her for a fake appointment.

You don't get a point of faith of sleeping with her. You explain yourself. I'm not gonna give him a point just because he's, you know, high of 2 girls.

Okay. Okay.

But I've I under circumstances, this does seem to be you know, you're obviously not capable of forming a proper relationship with the girls. No.

So how long did you get married?

So I think in this case I'll say. I think, you've gone there for comfort and for solace. So I think I am gonna give you a point of faith.

Thank you, sir.

Yeah. I am gonna clean my gun as well in the proxy.

Mhmm. And who's every man's right. Okay. The next morning comes around.

And I've led it to Canada.

So no messages from

Well, you do get woken quite early. Mhmm. Or maybe you're awake. You're just cleaning your gun perhaps. And, madam chastity dropped us on the door

and says,

just had a

a message from Palmer

down at the blacksmiths. Mhmm. Those those those men

Yes.

They they appear to be just in the town square, kind of waiting, standing. Quite unusual. But I thought I'd I thought I'd let you know.

Oh, well. It was good character.

You're very

You're very fair to let's speak about a cat, aren't you? Yeah. I remember with, Amhar Ironblood, whatever his name was.

Yeah.

Oh, yes. I thought

he was a dead man when we

When he pulled me up against the mountain. Yes.

We were playing Game of Thrones, and he was fighting the mountain. Of course.

We all knew he was a bit.

We did. Yeah. I didn't think you'd win it as easily as you did, actually. But Well,

I think it went on for quite a while. I think they'll It did,

but I think once you got the upper hand, you're you're fighting defensively very well.

I think it's good. I had lots of faith points or whatever you wanna

call it.

I think that's using lots of

Glory, I think it's Glory. Glory. Or destiny points.

Destiny, whatever it was. Yes. But there was a lot of parrying going on, I see.

There was a lot of defending.

Yes. Yeah.

Which is what won it for you.

Yeah. God, you got a good memory, mate. Oh, bad. Yeah.

Yeah. Now I remember

My panic.

Yeah. Dead. And you just reached on a weed out of it at every point, and me working out the way of making you

I wasn't gonna weed on out of it.

To do it when Oberyn said, yeah. That'd be a great idea. Go on, sir. I'm a crack on. I feel enjoy watching it.

Well, he is really

on your face. Oh, fuck. I'm dead.

Yeah.

You can't Anyway, back to Granada Springs.

Just like now.

She offers to send, a rider out to the ranch to tell

Okay. Yeah. And Freeman, what's happening? Mhmm. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So I guess yeah. Okay. And I shall get myself You've

probably got an hour before they turn up, assuming that they decide to come into town.

They'll do this.

I think

we should wait

here. Yeah.

We don't need to get involved in this.

No. No.

We do. We need

to stop the violence happening in this town.

How far is it to Canada?

About 3000 miles.

At least that a little. Maybe

not 3. 2 and a half 1000 miles maybe.

Near to Mexico. Oh, what the hell?

You are quite close to Mexico. El Paso to the south is a 100 miles away or something.

Well, I suppose I'll get myself cleaned

up. Yep.

Yeah. Just ask just just ask. Are they still out there, or are they still standing out there? Can I can I see the

No? Not

where you are. You're you're here in

the south of the town Mhmm. And the the thing is there, so it's a few 100 feet away.

Just one way.

4, 500 feet away, and there's properties and

And ways? And stuff

in the way. Yeah.

What time in the morning is it? Is it Quite early. Quite early. What? 6, 5?

Not quite first light, but it was yeah. It's not the sun's not long been up.

Mhmm. Okay. Let's start walking out new new

character names.

When the messenger gets to, to the ranch, what are you 2 doing?

Well, when they actually arrive, I'm doing some actual ranch work, but, I think

Okay.

I'm suddenly thinking, here's what we're spending all this time having adventures. Whereas, I've got a business to run, I would say.

Yeah. Turning the horses out. Yeah. Or whatever.

But I see the messenger coming.

Is it just being like, was it unforgiving, wasn't it? There you are.

Wait. Except for my food farmer.

No. Don't worry about it. I'm forgiving was a lady, and I wasn't who came back with a message.

So this is a young woman, is it,

or a horse?

No. It's probably a teenage boy.

Who's that?

But with with the message that is?

He's been told to tell you that the the 3 men are are are up and about and in the town square in Granada Springs. Don't know what that means. Thank

you. I'll give him 50¢. Cool. Thank

you very much, mister Freeman, sir.

How much do I take off my

$1. $1.

Okay.

That's half price for double.

Okay. Excellent. Excellent value.

Can I have your wrapper?

And actually I mean, yeah.

Erase it.

It's less than half price because, yeah, you spent you spent the night there as well.

Town. Mhmm. Alright, kid.

Yeah. Candy. Yeah. You're dressed. You're clean. Clean. Your hands clean.

Well,

what they are.

Okay. Once we get to this message, I'm gonna get

hidden to town. Yeah. Yeah.

I'll hang as well.

How long has it been, Rufe, since I since they told me it's been a since they passed the message on to me?

Half an hour?

Half an hour.

For you to get ready and

well, sometimes. Yeah. Just start walking up the town then. Yes.

Okay. Yeah. And as you walk along the road, you can see there's a few people milling about. Visitors of the day is starting.

Again, they sent some of these guys. You know, are they picking up any vibes for the people of town or not?

So now it all seems to be fairly fairly normal. Mhmm. The 3 the 3 men have now but when you walk up to here, you can see they've got chairs from somewhere.

Alright.

And they're just sitting in the middle of the square Mhmm. On their chairs, kind of looking in this direction, sort of towards the to the west, towards the road. Right. They're obviously armed, but they're not sitting there.

Where's the No. But

Sitting there as if they're, you know, they're not they're not in a kind of defensive position or anything like that. They're just sitting on chairs in the in the middle of the of the, of the town square. Obviously, waiting.

Waiting. What direction is that route in?

South.

Okay.

We said we didn't see any signs of an approaching posse of Oh, as we approach the town.

The the ranch will say, if anybody comes calling looking for Just tell them that the people they're looking for are in town. Okay. Yep.

Make a little call. Roll the time.

Two successes.

Okay. You other than the dust kicked up by the by the teenage boy on the horse running back into town, you can't see anything that looks out of ordinary.

K.

You have 2 successes on it. Okay?

Which means

I'm not coming from that direction.

Maybe. Yeah. Well, We'll walk up some

Okay. So, anyway, yeah, you you're you're sort of

Yeah. Yeah.

And how

do they react when they see me walking up the street?

Wary, but Mhmm.

Otherwise not

Alright. Otherwise, not too, Not too

Too bothered?

Too bothered, it seems. No?

Hello?

I think as you as you sort of walk across the big cube bit so this this the springs

Mhmm.

Is quite narrow, so it can be crossed, particularly on the horse. So it's not like it's a big running river or anything. But, obviously there were bores over here, so you can't get their feet wet. As I do see, they do they do stand up.

Right.

And Elliott says, have you come to your senses, captain, and decided to join us?

No. Well, I never repeat myself. I said, what was said was was, said yesterday. Although, I did ask that you left and not bring the shit to this town. Well, then again, I feel you're still not telling me all the truth.

Can I

have a Hawkeye role here?

What are you looking for?

Well, I'm Phil. I just I say you're still not telling me all the facts.

So that wouldn't be

It'd be that'd be inside role.

Insight. Okay. My apologies.

And you can make an inside roll. Yeah.

I wonder whether what is inside. Where is it? We find it. Oh, inside 26. Yes. It is 6. So it's 5 red and one green, isn't it? That's right.

Yep. Isn't it? Yes. If you got 6 dice Yeah. 5 would need to be covered.

Okay. Just see what they've got. And how many face points have I got left?

Oh, one success.

Yeah. It won't success.

Just one.

Should I push it?

No one's there?

No one's there. Oh, what the hell? You gotta push it. Okay.

I might have done.

Oh, 2 more. Success.

2 more. 3 successes.

3 successes. On your trouble?

One on my yeah. There's 2 ones on your 2 one.

2 two trouble.

What have I got? 5, 3 So I'm gonna but you spend

the faith to push Yeah. So you're down to 4

Mhmm.

And you got 2 points of toggle.

So then we don't take 3, won't you?

No. You don't have 2 if you both did both.

Yeah. You keep 1 and

then you just go down 1 or 4.

Oh, oh, what the hell? That pushed me down 2.

Or you just take your your luck on 2 d six and roll on the table.

Oh, I'll get rid of it. I'm down to 2 fief then. Get rid

of both of

them. Yes. Solid.

And so how many successes in? Yeah. You

guys came down because you've got the table. I know.

Yeah. I'm not so wrong.

6. Well, dude. Would've

well, 6 would've been, you're lucky you slipped, triple stomped. You say the wrong thing or do

something that looks out of

place, but no one really notices and this has no adverse impact. However, you're shaken by the close call and lose one point of faith. So you lost 1 you would have lost 1 instead of 2 on that dialogue.

Right. Oh, no.

So how many success did you get? 3.

3. Yeah.

You're not sure whether or not they're hiding anything, but they do look pretty tense. Now you see it. And with 3 successes, you you you feel you feel threatened. Like, they dance towards you. Because if they might

draw,

they might do something going, yeah, threatening.

Right. Okay.

Well, if you've come here to not to join us, then, then why why are you here?

I'm here because I've tried to make a decent a new a decent life for myself in this town, and you basically boys are fucking it up. I want the past gone. We all made mistakes.

And We're not fucking it up.

Yes. You are.

The 31st inventory are. If they'd leave us alone and let Beiers be Beiers gone, then none of this would be happening.

If you what's which one did he say was it was wasn't Elliot, was it?

Which one? What?

The derma, wasn't it? It was the bloodthirsty, wasn't it? Yes. Yeah. If people like not why not mister Dermott there? I haven't been so fucking hot headed and caused all the shit while, you know, the colonel had been so weak. Now this trouble have happened, will it?

You're beginning to put a little attention Uh-huh. From the people around.

They're beginning to cause

a bit of a sin. Look. What happened 10 years ago happened 10 years ago. It doesn't all all we wanna do is see ourselves clear so we can do what what you're doing and to start a new life. Well,

which way is Mexico? South. South. Well, I'll point that direction. Well, the horse is in your horses are in the stables. I'm not stopping it.

Yeah. But we can't run forever. The point has to come, man.

Well, not in this town. If you wanna make your last stand, make your last stand somewhere else.

Well, you're happy being here for now, captain.

Would we normally it's normally boot here, isn't it?

Sorry. What do you mean?

Normally boot here would have a shoot out, so that's really the last time.

Oh, you have had one shoot out in here. The first one was Yes.

I'm trying to be a

And then and then he had to shoot out by then.

I'm trying to be a good man yet again. I'm trying to be a better man, I feel. So, okay, boys. I will give you, yet again, for for old time's sake, Half an hour to air to go to leave or you can point up to Boot Hill. The choice is yours.

Are you calling us out, captain?

No. Your choice. You're bringing trouble to this town. I don't want the trouble. Now if there is, if you say, a possum is way, well, then that is something we deal with when it arrives.

Make a performing role.

That's I can't read it now. That is probably 3. 35

no 7

Yeah. No.

I don't know. I wanna look great. Here we go. Give me a 6. Oh, I've got a 6. And a 1, but I'm not gonna push it.

You're not pushing. No. Okay. They don't seem intimidated by by that. And, McDermott, he called him out, and he says, you do what you like, Hawk. What do we care?

Uh-huh. Well, I care that you're gonna cause trouble here. This is the whole point of this stupid argument, isn't it?

We're not causing trouble. The posse will be.

How people reacting to that sort of voices, you know?

Because I

only get really out of time to think

fuck off. People are confused because they don't know what's Uh-huh. You know, what they're hearing is this talk, and they don't know what's behind it.

Mhmm. Well, it's your choice, boys. You gotta leave or I see you up at the at the booth in half an hour.

Were you 2 just moseying into town, or were you galloping?

I was just asking that question myself, actually. But I'll ask my colleague here, Tony, Billy.

I think we're probably Tony. Yes. Jacobs.

Marion? Well, I think we're I

think probably riding quite hard. Yeah.

Can I bring you?

Should I make riding, Rob? Yeah. I think you need

to make another one handle, new girls.

I'm gonna go for a wee while.

My handling is 5. But do I do something for my horse?

Depends on what your horse is qualities are.

I've got hot horse plus 1.

That's plus 1 when galloping.

Yep. That's a plus one when galloping. Cool. I don't use the horse's equipment, so you

No. This is your animal handling. Right. So if I if I riding.

But I can go to plus 1 for horse.

So her horse, specifically, let me just for the purposes of the tape, explain. So, yeah, Hot Horse. And is that a mustang you got, really? Just out of interest.

I haven't got meat on this Okay. Sheet.

It could be random, but No. Mustangs are hot horses by standard because that's that's they're they're temperament. So hot horse

What's they're calling them Ford?

Is got hold of animal handling when galloping because these these horses love to run.

Okay. So I've got fast and sure fitted. I think fast, when I so I could push on the hand twice on the gallop.

Yep. I'm not sure if it's the horse gains plus 1 to move. Oh, to quick. If it needs it.

Okay. So it's not that's not

relevant to me.

But this one means you could push the roll twice if you want.

But simply at a cost of faith each time.

Yes. Absolutely.

Okay. I

have 3 in Alhandling and 4 kinds. 7.

Nice. And if you want to you can push it twice.

I probably won't. That's 2 successes.

Yeah. Okay. Probably human. And methanol success. Yeah. Okay. So you're no risk of falling off. Your horses are running well. You are galloping towards town. So you will appear at a narrow Too much of your question. Andy, as you all stood there Mhmm. In the square here you go. Let's do a little drawing just for fun. You've kind of got the pond there.

Don't tell me a posse of 20 suddenly turns up.

You've got the springs there. You got the the wood wooden planks over it there. And then you've got Reuben's house here. And you've got the road that comes in. And then you've got the 3 houses over there. So yeah. So they are in the middle over here. Mhmm. You are, I think, over here. Mhmm.

And as you're in the

middle of this this standoff, you can hear, the sound of riders

Alright.

Coming down this road. And as you look, you see 5 horsemen.

Okay. That's more than 2, isn't it?

All Yeah. We're cutting out

the other one. All all black men riding, and they kind of ride into, the end of the road where the where the where the square is. And they see the the the scene there. They see the 3 men. They see you, and they kind of reign in reign in themselves Mhmm. And and stop them surveying the scene. You can see from the reaction Mhmm. Of Elliot, McDermott, and Reid that these are the men there.

Mhmm. About.

Jesus. Okay.

And Elliot immediately steps forward and says, just wait a minute, guys. Just wait. Don't do anything stupid. We've got a deal. We can make a deal. Mhmm. And the the men on the horses start to dismount. I think at this point, you boys are probably riding up the road here.

Okay. Right. We'll start down to a counter. Tell me, don't get in danger.

Yeah. So Well, you obviously don't know that anything's happening up there, but apart from that square, like

so fun fact. I know. Where where

But you were told that the 3 of them were in the town square. Yeah.

Okay.

And these these men, like, get off their horses. They look tough.

Mhmm. They

look weather worn. Mhmm. But they look kind of resolute. They're confident. One of them has a dog that was running alongside them.

Another another dog.

Oh, I

mean, a do easy one. Yep.

They've got a dog.

Alright. Dogfight. Dogfight.

Yes. This dog where where where their dog is a big, effectively guard dog, star dog, the one that they've got isn't. There's a tracker dog.

Alright. Okay.

And it's it starts to bark. Mhmm. Yeah. So these men get off their horses and sort of step forward, One slightly ahead.

Mhmm.

They're all holding. They've all got shotguns

and rifles. Marvelous. So this is gonna get messy.

And the first one the first one says, why on earth have we been making a deal with you, Elliot. We've been chasing you down. And he says, yeah. But you don't really want us, Dee. You? You want you want the leaders. You want the captains. You want the colonels. And we can give you that.

You're right.

This man here was our captain. He was the one behind it, and he draws a gun and points it in your direction. And we can get you the colonel. Colonel Keith, we know where he is. You let us live, and you can have the men to really to really cause the problems.

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