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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 375 Location: Oklahoma

Rebecca makes soothing noises at her horse. When he's finished drinking, she puts her now wet hat back on. Cowboy hats are made for that sort of thing, so water doesn't hurt it and now it will keep her head cool for a time.

She pulls a cigar from her inside pocket and bites the end off. She blow it out onto the ground before lighting up. Rebecca turns to Kade, offering him a stogy. "Risk an ambush with speed, or ride slow and risk bein' overtaken?"

Arkadios · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Good old Yookay

OOC: I assume Rebecca told Kade about the canyon?

With a shrug Kade declines the proffered smoke, then he smiles twistedly, “Either option I suppose, although if we are to be attacked I would prefer more avenues of escape than back the way we came.”

Kade stands watching the advancing riders for a moment then grins, “I think we’d best ride... let’s not risk the ambuscade, if we can see ‘em we can kill ‘em eh!”

Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 375 Location: Oklahoma

[No. She was just giving choices. Smile

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She shrugs, puts the declined stogy back in her pocket and adjusts her hat. Then she pulls herself up to stand with one foot in the stirrup, pausing a moment. "Stay along side. I'll turn 'round if somethin' comes up behind us." Then she swings her leg over and settles herself in the saddle.

"We're headin' left. It'll be slower goin'"

She is tempted to go with Demon's idea and just bull through, but she sure the mother horse can handle it without a longer rest.

Arkadios · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Good old Yookay

"After you." he replies, gesturing for Rebecca to lead. Kade then mounts up, he ensures pistol, rifle and sword are all readily available. Rebecca knows the way so he does as she says.

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:18 am Post subject:

Rebecca and Arkadios follow the rocky hilltop to their left and trek for about a half hour. The contingent makes their way toward them. The battle below continues and by the time they lose sight of it and the contingent of armed men, they have found their way to Cimarron. They are a mere three hour ride from the Lone Pine.

The Black Road is gone and Arkadios does not feel its touch upon this Shadow. Rebecca, however, notices something unsettling: There is a series of smoke columns rising where Silver City lays. It is hard to ignore. She also recognizes that heavy troop movement has trampled a trail through the familiar plains of her childhood.
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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 375 Location: Oklahoma

Demon is fit to be tied, and Rebecca is visibly angry. She looks towards the column of smoke and for a moment is tempted to go there first. But everything she loves and holds the most dear in this place is 3 hours away from where they stand. If there were aggressive forces at play, the men of the Lone Pine would have planted themselves and refused to move.

"C'mon," she says gruffly. "We can rest when we get there."

She leans down and pats Demon's neck. "I know ya want to lay it in, but ya still gotta keep to Sha’lee's pace." Demon snorts impatiently briefly, and they were off once again.

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject:

The three hour ride turns into five hours and when they cut across the trampled path, they see hoof marks, footprints and long lines of what appears to be extremely wide carriages with large treads. War machines?
The path continues toward Silver City.

Rebecca looks in the direction of the Lone Pine ranch and finally sees what looks like white tents everywhere. Some sort of settlement has been established with makeshift horse paddocks holding about a thousand horses between all of them, as far as she can guess.
There are also carriages and carts bunched everywhere and it looks like the ranch is at the center of the settlement itself.

They are about fifteen minutes away. They can also see a group of ten riders approaching fast from the ranch.
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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 375 Location: Oklahoma

Rebecca and Demon pull to a startled stop with the stallion bellowing orders to Sha'lee. "Buggerin' hell," the cowgirl curses. She stands in the stirrups and lets her eyes trail over her white dotted land, towards Silver City and back. "I'ma gonna guess refugee camp," she says as she drops back down in the saddle. "Best not be the damned army commandeering my land."

She eyes the approaching riders, looking for something familiar in them.

"Ya wanna try trumpin' Finn and bring 'em through?"

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:46 am Post subject:

Wyatt! One of them is Wyatt, and he's still riding Singer! Gotta be him by the way he moves!
The others are unknown, but it's too far to tell... A few more miles...
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Arden · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 375 Location: Oklahoma

Overcome by a vast sense of relief Rebecca nickers at Sha'lee to keep with Demon so Kade doesn't have to concern himself with driving if he decides to call Finn. Her stallion doesn't have to be told what to do; he starts down to meet the riders.

But she is mindful of the myriad of ways the forces behind the Road could still mess with them, she she keeps her rifle at hand and her finger on the trigger.

Arkadios · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 71 Location: Good old Yookay

Kade shrugs but digs out his trumps, carefully dealing himself the one showing Finn's sullen features. As best he can he tries to contact their erstwhile battle leader as his mount canters along.

He does keep half an ear and eye on the approaching group however.

Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject:

[OOC: I'm sorry to put you guys on hold while I finish dumping info onto Finn and Faylinn. I might start your pre-game individual threads if it starts taking too long. Please send me a PM with what part of your character's past you wished to rp through; it can be more than one thing if there's just a few things you want to establish via pre-game scenes... Thanks! Smile

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Nihilistic Mind · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

[OOC: back on track!]

The trump answers. Finn recognizes Kade and his current environment. He recognizes Cimarron, they have arrived!
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Finn · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 121

"I hope you're a friendly face..."

Finn's image resolves, and it looks as if he's been to a butcher shop, and he was the butcher. His face is wiped clean, but his clothes are bloodied, and if possible, he looks especially grim, and possibly angry.

sandrayln · Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 172

Faylinn is there as well, taking advantage of Finn's warning touch to join the call. She looks irritated, though considerably less blood-covered.