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Anyway, without further ado, here's the show.
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Alright, so where did we leave off?
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Kitten.
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Alright, we are in Short Tree Falls.
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And No way.
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Yeah, we are.
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And we are we had been planning on how to assault slash confront uh the cult hideout stronghold, which was referred to as Sierriton.
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Correct.
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Alright, cool.
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Tate spent his day away from Birdie trying to formulate a plan with the sheriff's deputies, um, checking out their armory, what they had to offer, and working on pooling some resources for some special ting.
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Some overt operations as opposed to covert.
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Overt, yes.
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Some protective operations.
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Nice.
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Um Bertie, after uh leaving the conversation with Augustain and uh the other folks, went to the train station to check on the telegraph situation from uh Connie.
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Heidi.
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Heidi.
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I don't know why Connie's in my brain.
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Yeah, you also mixed it's uh Augustus Fontaine.
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You said Augustine.
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Oh, okay.
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Fontaine.
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Okay, there you go.
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I like Augustine, though.
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That's a good that's like a good band name, right?
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Augustine, man.
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Anyway, um, so Bertie went to the train station to check on telegraphs, and while he was there, he met an odd gentleman and a train pulled up.
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I'm being brief so as to not spoil anything for Mr.
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Sudesky.
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Um, and then a train arrived.
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And Sudesky, whereabout did Clay leave things?
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I believe last we were with Clay, he was still in the armory.
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Or he had just finished up with the armory and went to find Bertie.
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Yeah, we can probably, you know, time skip it a little bit, whatever you know he did.
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Uh I think we left it off with he's got a few duffel bags of this and that.
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And uh I think the sheriff or the the deputy is gonna look for like a carriage or gonna look for a carriage and and his his pals.
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Yeah, find the local woodwork carries together.
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Yeah.
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And I think we plan with them to like move out in a day or so.
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I think it was potentially that evening because we wanted to move quickly before potential reinforcements showed up in Short Tree Falls on the train, but I could be mistaken.
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Yeah, I don't remember exactly when we said, but your masked purple-eyed friend needs to put up a fire.
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Which when I come back is probably the first place he'll go.
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To where?
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The inn that we're staying in.
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Oh.
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Okay.
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Alright, well, we're gonna open our scene with Bertie Johnson, so why don't you go have a beer in the AC.
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Bye.
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He just farted.
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Yeah, he did.
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Okay, so a more a more involved uh sit uh recap was Birdie was at the train station and then a very large man with purple eyes, right?
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Yep, uh spoke to Birdie while at the telegraph slash post office, and he was an emissary from Sierriton, and he basically said, Leave and we won't follow, or something along those lines, right?
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He also said, Give us Alexander.
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That's right.
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Give us Alexander, and Alexander was um who is Alexander?
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You don't know.
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Oh, okay.
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All right, so maybe you could make some assumptions.
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Who do you think Alexander would be?
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Alexander is probably the the shadowy figure that uh Tate Clay is getting assistance from.
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Now, what makes you think that?
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Because he also has purple eyes.
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Very good.
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Weird.
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Um, I forgot about that.
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Um, and then as he said that the train uh showed up, and I believe there were a bunch of military-aged males on board that train.
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Wearing military uniforms.
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That's right, it was.
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They were wearing actual military uniforms.
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Yes, yeah, actual army uniforms.
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Hmm.
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And uh we don't know who sent them, but we have an idea.
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Yep.
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Well, Divisio.
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One of the one of the telegraphs that you guys deciphered, I believe said something about you know sending.
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Yeah, that that was uh the reinforcements sent because they were concerned about the man in the white suit.
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No, close.
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Those were two different um telegraphs.
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I mean, try to pull this telegraph up.
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There's there were three telegraphs.
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The first one, high value, high value, danger elevated, confirmed, protective movement activated, urgent movement, standby, visitor likely black feather.
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Now you've already deduced that black feather is probably referring to the figure that you saw in your vision.
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There's a small black figure speaking to the sheriff in his vision that showed him the address.
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Uh the second one just says be on lookout for a man, calls himself Jay Callaway, leader of blah blah blah blah, right?
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Yes.
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And then the third one was shipment received, funds inbound, send confirmation of the next shipment.
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That's right.
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So so you've got one saying, you know, danger elevated, protective movement activated.
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And hence the train cars full of soldiers.
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Presumably.
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Presumably, yeah.
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So the large dark-skinned man with the purple eyes that really freaked out Birdie gave him an ultimatum, essentially, right?
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Uh give us this person named Alexander and leave us, or you know, some of your questions will be answered.
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There's a threatening connotation there.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah, give us Alexander and leave, or else.
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You're going down that pit.
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That's right.
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Yep.
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Yep.
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You're gonna meet the blessed below.
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So curious about it.
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I'm gonna meet it with uh 50 pounds of dynamite.
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Yeah!
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Kura.
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It's like the guy from uh Doctor Strangelove, right?
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Writing the bomb down.
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Yes, you know?
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Anyway, Bertie's in the train station.
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Large man just walked out, the one that'd been talking to him.
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Made an ultimatum.
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A threat.
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Birdie was trying to leave.
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Seemed like he was eager to get out of there once he realized that the train had not been delayed, knowing about what was on it.
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But then he saw through the windows and saw a lot of military uniforms, a lot of army uniforms, soldiers.
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The train is still slowly grinding to a halt.
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He's standing in the doorway.
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What does he do?
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Uh Bertie is going to uh right face and walk back into town briskly, but he's not gonna run.
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Um running, I think, would attract too much attention.
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So Bertie's just gonna walk back into town quickly.
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He's back into town, no problem.
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The train is stopping behind him.
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He is going to the hotel hoping to find Tate and Fontaine and Zwarsen.
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Roll an intuition check.
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47.
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Oh, yeah.
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I actually have a sheet for this game.
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Is that an intelligence check?
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Yes.
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Oh, okay.
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47 under 85.
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Pass.
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He's got a feeling that he's being watched.
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Then he gets back to the hotel.
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Uh Bertie, if he has the feeling he's being watched, is not gonna go back to the hotel.
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Okay, where does he go?
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He's gonna go to the restaurant that we would eat at.
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How long's he gonna be there for?
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Um, he's gonna go there and walk in and go to the bar and basically like order a beer and keep an eye on the front door and try to see if there's a way he can get out the back.
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I know that that's like many things, but yeah, yeah.
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Hey, how's it going?
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It's going all right.
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How you doing?
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Uh I forget the bartender's name.
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Horse.
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I've been better, I've been worse yourself.
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Good.
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If I could get a beer, that'd be just fantastic.
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And I might need to ask a small food.
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He nods.
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The place is moderately.
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There's a decent crowd in there.
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It's not too much.
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Comes back with the beer.
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What do you mean?
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Uh Bertie's gonna put a dollar on the He raises his eyebrows.
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I might need to finish this quick and head up.
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He with two fingers pulls the dollar to him, puts it in his pocket.
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Thank you, Captain.
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Uh when you're done, is I'll show you.
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Perfect.
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Uh, Bertie's gonna That beer's got maybe two minutes left before he's done with it.
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Two minutes go by, he's drinking, looking.
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Uh, rolling a spot hidden shit.
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Hard.
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Hard means I roll it twice and take the worst.
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No, it's uh it has to be under half of your spot hidden.
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Oh, I rolled a 75 um over 73 fit.
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Okay.
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He finishes his beer.
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He looks up, Horace is looking at him kind of expectedly.
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Horace leads him.
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At first it looks like toward where the privy would be, but then takes a sharp turn around a corner and then through the kitchen, through a little storage area, and then out the back door.
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I do appreciate this.
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He nods, shakes your hand, gets back to work.
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Bertie's gonna do that, you know.
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I'm assuming the door swings in.
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Sure.
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Alright.
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Bertie's gonna do the like open like shortly and kind of just look out.
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See if he sees anything.
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Roll another intuition check.
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Secret.
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Oh, uh, just throw it, throw it my way.
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I'll I'll tell you.
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He still feels that feeling.
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There's there's definitely somebody like looking at him right now.
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Uh he's gonna shut the door and kinda And there's almost a sense of like fear, like predatory eyes.
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Okay, Bertie is going to put his back to the door, and like he's still inside, and he's just gonna take in his surroundings.
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Like, where the hell is this coming from?
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You know, he's just gonna look.
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Look hard.
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Can I see your character sheet?
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Yep.
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He has no idea where it's coming from.
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When he opened that door, he right away felt eyes on him.
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Intense.
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When he closed it, now, you know, he feels like there's some level of safety in that immediate little area.
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Uh Bernie's gonna walk back through the the storage room in the kitchen, and he's gonna go back into the bar and go into the bathroom.
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Like, not quick, but he's you know, he's when you rush, you draw attention.
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He's just he he owns the place.
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That's his intent.
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Okay.
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Yeah, like does he still feel this feeling?
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Yes, it's almost like paralyzing.
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Hmm.
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Shit.
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He's a smart educated person, though.
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Is there anything he could do to really like figure this out?
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Hmm.
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Okay, he feels like he's he feels like there are eyes on him.
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Um he's gonna he's gonna like take off his coat and inspect it, take off his hat and look it over.
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Like, you know, he's gonna really like give himself a once over.
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Like, is there something on him?
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Like, why does he feel like this?
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Um that's what he he's gonna inspect himself.
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Uh okay, roll roll me a stat of some some kind.
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That is an 80 over it doesn't matter because I failed.
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He finds a small stain on his jacket and struggles to think.
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Did he make that stain?
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Where did that come from?
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He's trying to sift through his memories of when that happened.
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Was that him?
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Yeah, what the hell is this?
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Um, Bertie likes his coat.
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Uh Bertie's gonna try to wash it off.
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Okay.
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Seems old.
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I mean, it's small, it's one you'd have to really look for.
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Kind of like, you know, in in between a fold underneath a pocket type of thing.
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Bertie's gonna roll a cigarette and try to calm down.
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Like, you know, he's racking his brain.
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Like, okay, you're you're in a bar, you've been here before, you felt like something was watching you when you were outside, got in here, the feeling kind of went away.
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As soon as you tried to leave again, you felt that look again.
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Um God, now I can't remember if I'm not playing my character correctly.
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Bertie meditates, right?
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Yeah, I mean, he does some some frou-frou stuff.
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Yeah.
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And I I wanna Yeah, yes.
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Yeah.
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Bertie's gonna try to he's just gonna try to clear his mind, those uh you know, breathing exercises.
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He's not gonna like start doing yoga, right?
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But uh, he's definitely like, alright, man, something made right, you know.
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Just figured I was gonna splash some water in his face.
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Does Bertie still have a gem on him?
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I don't think so anymore.
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Yeah, I don't think so either.
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Okay.
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Okay, Bertie's gonna go back to the back door.
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Well, let me let's go through this like breathing exercise, right?
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Okay.
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What why does he feel like he's being watched?
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Birdie's uh breathing in through his nose, count into three, breathing out through his mouth, count into three.
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He's gonna do that for a minute or two, right?
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To really calm himself down.
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Is there a mirror in the bathroom?
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There's a mirror.
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It's not too big.
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It's got a nice frame around it.
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Brady's gonna look at himself in the mirror.
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Better than that.
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You know what you gotta do?
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Go out there and get it done.
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I had enough of this shit.
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Okay.
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Bertie's gonna walk back out of the bathroom and he's going through the kitchen and to the back door, and he's just opening it, and he's gonna take another look around real quick.
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He's still doing the crack.
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He's got a lot more confidence, he feels a lot better.
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Um he's only gonna look for a second to see if there's like anybody standing out in the in the back that you know, like immediately by the door.
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No, no, there's some people, you know, throwing trash in the dumpster down the alleyway, but nothing that like sticks out to him right away.
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Perfect.
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Uh Bertie's gonna step out, close the door behind him, and he's gonna walk with confidence, and he's heading towards the end.
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Okay.
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Let's go get uh the other one.
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Alright.
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So that's good.
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Where is Tay Clay right now?
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Is he back at the hotel?
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No, he's probably just you know, taking a walk across the park in town or something.
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Uh Tay Clay at this point would be going to try to reconvoin, reconvene with Birdie, first of all.
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Where is he going to do that?
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We assumed that in.
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If he's going other places, we'll kick him out.
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Um where were we talking about Birdie going before?
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The train station?
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Yes.
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So that's where Tate would be heading.
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Uh should we do a single roll to see how lucky we are or no?
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Go ahead and step out of the time.
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Unless it ends on the way, I don't know, but it's not out of the way.
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So he would stop at whatever is closer.
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As he's walking, he hears the song of a harmonica playing.
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Keeps walking, keeps walking.
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It's louder.
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He's walking past that same gentleman, missing the limbs.
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He tips his head to him.
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Hey, he turns the corner.
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He sees a train.
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Train that was supposed to be delayed by his purple-eyed friend.
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It's stopped.
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There's a lot of men getting off.
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Men in a uniform.
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Army uniforms.
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They're all congregating and getting ready to move.
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Does he see any signs of Birdie?
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He does not.
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He is uh walk away towards the inn, and once he's out of sight, he is really picking up the pace.
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He gets back to the inn.
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Around the exact same time that Birdie is showing up.
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Right.
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Takes a little out of breath.
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A little sweaty.
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I thought I would find you at the train station, but it's a good thing you didn't go there.
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We got a whole train car full of soldiers.
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And I think we need to get stepping before them.
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Yes, exactly.
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I gotta I gotta get to the roof.
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The roof?
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I gotta light a signal.
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Okay.
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Uh all the all the TNT's packed in a cart, right?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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All right, I'll be down.
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at the cart.
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We should we gotta move quick.
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Yeah we gotta get the see if we can't grab them deputies too.
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Okay.
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They did seem they did seem really busy right dealing with all the you know there's like seven or eight new missing people like all last night.
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Tate will run to the roof and he's gonna light off his signal put the torch up there that the purple eye guy is supposed to be watching for right after he lights it he turns around he's standing right there ready to move?
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We got a problem another one?
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Yeah um let's go inside should I call Birdie up here?
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No let's let's go down Clay gets the impression he was on the roof the whole time he just didn't see him Tate's gonna make his way down they're both sharing the room right yes you haven't met him yet have you nope Bertie's in the room what's he doing when these two figures walk in uh he was packing up his shit getting ready to uh get down to the the wagon okay Bertie this is the guy he already knows you pleasure to meet you um you were visited by somebody today yeah it kind of looks like you have you told him yet I met a man at the train station I haven't told anybody this yet um big fella purple eyes dark skin and in not so many words he said I'm guessing your name's Alexander right he looks down at the ground yes that's my name all right so big fella gave us an ultimatum he said give us Alexander and leave town and uh basically said or else well it's a damn good thing I don't know no Alexander good call who is this guy anyway village elder or something something like that his name's Scipio one of them you said we gotta watch out for yeah uh yeah yeah he definitely he ain't hard to spot like I said he's a big man oh so he's gonna be a problem for sure I think our most immediate problem though is the train pulling up with a bunch of soldiers in it.
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I'm guessing he can get back to Sierra 10 a lot faster than we can.
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I tried to stop the train they're oh they're after me I might need to leave I'd rather have you with us than with them so I'm thinking we move out we move out now.
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Yeah yeah nice to meet you but you're right time for nicety is over we gotta get out of here like two Sierra Roll can I have both of you roll like uh education intelligence kind of like a planning thing I rolled a nine under 85 for intelligence nine yep no nine nine nine nine nine I know that movie oh yeah I rolled a 10 and let's do under I'm just trying to use a skill that he didn't use I guess an idea check which would be an intelligence check yeah 10 under 85 okay so there's a secret tunnel right into the village but it's obviously gonna be guarded right what is a very good distraction uh explanation explosion of the village or or maybe uh or maybe a large uh group of army dudes in the area potentially probably there to lay siege to the village you know that's a you know now I think about it like they wouldn't send a train load of soldiers after us right that seems like that's it's it's not a proportionate response to what's going on because the telegraph we we went over the telegraphs again the telegraph one said high value danger elevated protective movement activated and some other stuff but that those are the important things what are they there to protect what do they want what do you what do you guys know they're after the green gems right what are the green where are the green gems they're coming from the blessed below so what does Divisio want?
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They want to take over the the they want to take over the town they want to take the town and you guys could intuit that right yes that's why there's a military there.
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That makes a lot of sense not trying to like back seat game for you guys.
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I just want to make sure that the important plot beat isn't missed.
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That's making sense.
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Yeah so Alexander you're uh people in the train are after you or uh way hey Scipio's after you Scipio I meant to stop the train as I said I was interrupted we'll say the village I guess you might call them elders they want me back.
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Why why do they want you back so bad to be honest I don't want to get into that right now Scipio is special I guess you could say I am too all right so now here's a real question for you that train had I'd probably you know add a guess probably 30 40 soldiers on it right maybe more maybe a little less I don't know closer to 60.
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Okay closer to 60 is a group of 60 soldiers enough to pose a serious threat to Sierra with the right equipment yes okay although they will have a difficult time we uh they've been preparing for something like this there's months of food there's water in the caves and they have a lot more weapons than they let on but it would but it would be a conventional siege battle yes and they've been prepared for something like that.
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So they could siege something with the hopes to get something that ain't there no more What do you mean why don't we let them attack Sierra 10 we sneak in we uh destroy or try to destroy the blessed below and we get out like we weren't even there.
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Yeah you think a pile of TNT would do it I guess I don't know.
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I mean there's not a lot around that wouldn't get messed up good by a good old pile of dynamite I think it'd be worth a shot at least bury it I say we grab some tents some cam supplies and maybe load out on the wagon how quick are you able to move?
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Now Yeah we gotta get out of here.
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How quick are you able to get from point A to point B by yourself?
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Very quick.
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Would you be able to keep an eye on the soldiers let us know their timetable and then meet us I don't know Tate's gonna pull out a map and point to a spot a little bit southwest of Sierriton or no what way would the road be coming in?
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The road would be coming in like southwest west ish right from yeah south from short southwest yeah so southwest to east southwest of short of Sierriton and then you're yeah so looking at the map he goes what's uh pick a spot on here I can make that quick and point to a place on the map that'll be pretty inconspicuous where it looks like there might be some high ground but it'll also be pretty wooded and and hidden meet us back here when they're moving I can do that.
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And Tate will circle that part on the map so we have it.
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And I feel like we already picked up camping supplies and stuff.
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Yeah you picked up pretty much everything you needed from a the general store at some point.
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Yep yeah including uh like ruck sacks and duffel bags and shit like that so well let's get our friends and move on.
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Yeah we gotta move now um I had no time like the prison.
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Uh Tate will write a little note that says steer clear of the army maybe follow them at a distance to save the lost folk and on their way out he will slip that to if the deputy's there or not he's not there but he knows where to leave it so the deputy can find it.
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Yeah he just leaves him a pretty generic note that like steer clear but follow all right we should be able to get Zwarsen and Fontaine here too let's move Alexander departs from you guys he moves very quick unnaturally quick something about it's uncanny there's this flow to him almost like wind you guys make your way to Zwarsen and Fontaine I presume gentlemen time is now we gotta move I hope you got your bags packed and your uh throats cleaned out better but it'll be a little while before it's really clean yeah they got they got a platoon plus of soldiers here just got off the train so we gotta uh let's let's talk on the cart we gotta move though yeah guessing Divisio sent in some heavy reinforcements no shit yeah we got a plan we'll fill you in but let's assume you guys are walking and talking yeah Fontaine's checking his revolver puts back in his holster this might actually work to our advantage believe it or not Fontaine looks a little sweaty still I think I'd mentioned that before he looked kind of sweaty like a little bit unwell but he's together yeah the way we see it here based on those telegraphs we intercepted from the sheriff I think that this army here's come to take claim of Sierra I think there's about to be a battle kind of like they tried to do with uh yeah Apollo's cradle interesting but there weren't locals with Apollo's cradle nope right yeah so this time and we have it on uh good authority Sierriton's been preparing for just such a a siege so I think it's gonna get loud real quick.
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Well I guess Apollo's cradle started with some locals yeah I guess they just got the word fast enough and the group was so small they could just step over him right quick.
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Mm-hmm we're we're holding fast that they're gonna they're gonna take CR10 or at least try yeah we figure while that's going on that tunnel probably not going to be as well guarded as it should be because they're gonna have bigger fish to fry up top I had an idea with that what if don't take this the wrong way you two and he points toward Zwarsen and Bertie what if the two of us and he's pointing toward Clay now what if Clay and I went down in there with your friend Well we were already planning on keeping Bertie out of it.
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No offense Bertie but you're a little left footed sometimes I can cover the entrance if that's what you think is best.
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And Zwassen well with your you know I can hang out.
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Make sure we can get out clean and easy that's the goal we're gonna we're gonna need to keep our hands on some of the dynamite well we got that and we got these fire cocktails so yep yeah yeah best to have it and hope we don't need to use them as they're walking say they get to they've gotten to the carriage now the town is kind of busy but not too much but they can hear bugles they can hear calls they can hear footsteps a lot of people moving at this point in time right like things there weren't radios you know things were still coordinated by whistles and people yelling and horns right music drums bells they can hear all that moving quick cadence the sooner we get out of here you know we want to stay ahead of this army we don't want to we don't want them catching up to us because we'd have a real hard time explaining why we got a wagon full of dynamite well let's get let's get moving and yeah that and I wouldn't be shocked if they knew exactly who we are wouldn't surprise me they at least know something of us but so yeah we gotta clearly they got friends in the right places we're we're a federal organization and we ain't got that kind of pull yeah at least not that I know of as they're imagine now they've gotten to the carriage they're moving they look down the street they can see these soldiers forming up and getting ready to move and they see one person talking to what looks like a high ranking official one of the captains will say this guy stands out he's wearing darker colors not a uniform but the way he's talking to the captain looks like he holds the authority and then they're out of sight I think that about sums it up we got some div here and crack the reins to get the horse moving just a little faster got some div here I like that put that on a shirt and wear it got some div here I have no clue what he just said got some div isn't that what you just said looks like we got some div here oh yeah yeah got some div here while I said it and I didn't even know what was he's so in character he doesn't even know what what a t-shirt is yeah we had slacks and button ups yep yes sir the carriage is moving at a pretty quick pace the horse is out of breath but it's continuing and continuing he would slow it down a little bit outside of town just let the horse walk he pulls out the map we're gonna end up right here set up a little camp stay ready well fed and well slept until the guy lets us know they're coming.
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Hey let me uh take a peek at that map real quick Tate passes it over uh Bertie's gonna look it over and he's gonna he's gonna start thinking like a cavalryman again like all right if they're about to do this here you know that army might just march straight up the road if they don't really know what they're doing or if they're confident in their abilities.
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But if I were them I'd definitely have my flanks covered and I might push my flanks out far enough to maybe meet where we're about to be.
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Oh that's why I put us so far on the other side okay I'm sorry let me do a super quick map because I'm not I might not be understanding Tate picked a spot like opposite of the role that they would be coming in.
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Yeah I mean essentially toward the back kind of by where the cave entrance would be yes okay so all right then then never mind um I was thinking something definitely would have picked a pretty strategic spot not just uh my thought was uh um short tree falls Sierra 10 and then like due south you know I was like yeah they'd probably cover that but if you're trying to get over here or something yeah we would be closer to the end goal okay yeah you know they you know in a siege you typically surround you know typically surround the the place to make sure everybody nobody gets out you know so we gotta be cognizant of them spreading out around this place.
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Yeah I don't know how much they're worried about people getting out much as they're worried about overtaking it.
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That's a good point.
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If I had to guess right they're charging at the same wall altogether single point of entry can work their way through from there have their strongest force on it didn't look like they had enough people to surround the all of Sierra Tan unless they were standing ten feet apart.
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Yeah and I didn't see any you know I didn't see any artillery no cannons or nothing so we didn't look too close but true but they can assume I mean how much does he know about the army I know Clay was Marines his cavalry was like that was that army absolutely okay so he would know that they're at least gonna have a couple like machine rifles yeah maybe a machine gun right so like there was uh there was a a clip fed uh like 30 aught six or something that would like it was the 1909 Marie bur se or something right and you it it it was uh like an accordion no not like that it was like you'd slip a clip in the side and then it would go and you'd have to constantly feed it clips through the side or there was that like 1895 like you know big machine gun right with a tripod.
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That was water cooled wasn't it um maybe or like force air or something right water cooled for a long time like the maximum right I I don't know if the particular one I'm thinking of was but and just because the army has it doesn't mean this particular you know chunk of the army has it.
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Well sixty men you know safe bet.
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Probably a couple.
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Yeah absolutely so the carriage continues on down this dirt road they take a turn following the map there's this cool breeze that starts to blow through the leaves it's cold it's a hot day it feels odd feels targeted feels like pinpricks both of you roll power checks 75 over fifty birdie fails twenty-four under seventy five tight success birdie starts to feel this connection to something this like urge does he look weird at all just get cold out here he looks like he wants to find somebody do you guys feel that Tate's gonna kinda put his hand around his shoulder onto like the back of the neck and shake him a little bit and then slap his water skin onto his chest like not gently but kind of kinda hard have some water and snap out of it Bertie numbing out here that's a good way of putting it Bertie's gonna drink some water Bertie cover your ears real quick don't sing no from the halls of Montezuruma Bertie feels like he really needs to find this person and he kind of intuits that it's Alexander he really feels like he needs to he needs to find him but he realizes that he's surrounded by people who maybe don't share that sentiment he needs to play along for a little bit and that's where we'll end this episode and cut to the shores of Tripoli everybody thank you for listening it's your boy Cody Zenner uh coming at you with a post show hello and a big thank you to the Patreon supporters that's Totorose Bang Bus Steak Paul Davis Carter Garcia Glanzdilzig canned bread Xander is here and Crutch uh thank you all very much for listening and if you're not already a Patreon subscriber please check it out got some cool stuff on there okay some upcoming cool stuff on there some some regular cool stuff on there also merch store cool merch uh coffee cups you know t shirts uh all that shit so go check it out uh I'm gonna keep it short and sweet tonight but I will talk to you guys pretty soon
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Alright, so where did we leave off?
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Kitten.
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Alright, we are in Short Tree Falls.
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And No way.
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Yeah, we are.
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And we are we had been planning on how to assault slash confront uh the cult hideout stronghold, which was referred to as Sierriton.
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Correct.
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Alright, cool.
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Tate spent his day away from Birdie trying to formulate a plan with the sheriff's deputies, um, checking out their armory, what they had to offer, and working on pooling some resources for some special ting.
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Some overt operations as opposed to covert.
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Overt, yes.
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Some protective operations.
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Nice.
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Um Bertie, after uh leaving the conversation with Augustain and uh the other folks, went to the train station to check on the telegraph situation from uh Connie.
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Heidi.
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Heidi.
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I don't know why Connie's in my brain.
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Yeah, you also mixed it's uh Augustus Fontaine.
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You said Augustine.
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Oh, okay.
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Fontaine.
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Okay, there you go.
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I like Augustine, though.
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That's a good that's like a good band name, right?
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Augustine, man.
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Anyway, um, so Bertie went to the train station to check on telegraphs, and while he was there, he met an odd gentleman and a train pulled up.
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I'm being brief so as to not spoil anything for Mr.
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Sudesky.
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Um, and then a train arrived.
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And Sudesky, whereabout did Clay leave things?
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I believe last we were with Clay, he was still in the armory.
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Or he had just finished up with the armory and went to find Bertie.
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Yeah, we can probably, you know, time skip it a little bit, whatever you know he did.
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Uh I think we left it off with he's got a few duffel bags of this and that.
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And uh I think the sheriff or the the deputy is gonna look for like a carriage or gonna look for a carriage and and his his pals.
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Yeah, find the local woodwork carries together.
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Yeah.
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And I think we plan with them to like move out in a day or so.
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I think it was potentially that evening because we wanted to move quickly before potential reinforcements showed up in Short Tree Falls on the train, but I could be mistaken.
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Yeah, I don't remember exactly when we said, but your masked purple-eyed friend needs to put up a fire.
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Which when I come back is probably the first place he'll go.
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To where?
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The inn that we're staying in.
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Oh.
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Okay.
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Alright, well, we're gonna open our scene with Bertie Johnson, so why don't you go have a beer in the AC.
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Bye.
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He just farted.
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Yeah, he did.
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Okay, so a more a more involved uh sit uh recap was Birdie was at the train station and then a very large man with purple eyes, right?
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Yep, uh spoke to Birdie while at the telegraph slash post office, and he was an emissary from Sierriton, and he basically said, Leave and we won't follow, or something along those lines, right?
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He also said, Give us Alexander.
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That's right.
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Give us Alexander, and Alexander was um who is Alexander?
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You don't know.
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Oh, okay.
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All right, so maybe you could make some assumptions.
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Who do you think Alexander would be?
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Alexander is probably the the shadowy figure that uh Tate Clay is getting assistance from.
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Now, what makes you think that?
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Because he also has purple eyes.
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Very good.
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Weird.
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Um, I forgot about that.
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Um, and then as he said that the train uh showed up, and I believe there were a bunch of military-aged males on board that train.
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Wearing military uniforms.
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That's right, it was.
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They were wearing actual military uniforms.
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Yes, yeah, actual army uniforms.
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Hmm.
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And uh we don't know who sent them, but we have an idea.
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Yep.
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Well, Divisio.
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One of the one of the telegraphs that you guys deciphered, I believe said something about you know sending.
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Yeah, that that was uh the reinforcements sent because they were concerned about the man in the white suit.
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No, close.
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Those were two different um telegraphs.
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I mean, try to pull this telegraph up.
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There's there were three telegraphs.
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The first one, high value, high value, danger elevated, confirmed, protective movement activated, urgent movement, standby, visitor likely black feather.
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Now you've already deduced that black feather is probably referring to the figure that you saw in your vision.
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There's a small black figure speaking to the sheriff in his vision that showed him the address.
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Uh the second one just says be on lookout for a man, calls himself Jay Callaway, leader of blah blah blah blah, right?
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Yes.
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And then the third one was shipment received, funds inbound, send confirmation of the next shipment.
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That's right.
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So so you've got one saying, you know, danger elevated, protective movement activated.
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And hence the train cars full of soldiers.
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Presumably.
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Presumably, yeah.
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So the large dark-skinned man with the purple eyes that really freaked out Birdie gave him an ultimatum, essentially, right?
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Uh give us this person named Alexander and leave us, or you know, some of your questions will be answered.
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There's a threatening connotation there.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah, give us Alexander and leave, or else.
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You're going down that pit.
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That's right.
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Yep.
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Yep.
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You're gonna meet the blessed below.
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So curious about it.
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I'm gonna meet it with uh 50 pounds of dynamite.
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Yeah!
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Kura.
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It's like the guy from uh Doctor Strangelove, right?
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Writing the bomb down.
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Yes, you know?
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Anyway, Bertie's in the train station.
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Large man just walked out, the one that'd been talking to him.
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Made an ultimatum.
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A threat.
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Birdie was trying to leave.
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Seemed like he was eager to get out of there once he realized that the train had not been delayed, knowing about what was on it.
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But then he saw through the windows and saw a lot of military uniforms, a lot of army uniforms, soldiers.
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The train is still slowly grinding to a halt.
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He's standing in the doorway.
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What does he do?
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Uh Bertie is going to uh right face and walk back into town briskly, but he's not gonna run.
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Um running, I think, would attract too much attention.
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So Bertie's just gonna walk back into town quickly.
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He's back into town, no problem.
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The train is stopping behind him.
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He is going to the hotel hoping to find Tate and Fontaine and Zwarsen.
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Roll an intuition check.
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47.
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Oh, yeah.
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I actually have a sheet for this game.
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Is that an intelligence check?
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Yes.
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Oh, okay.
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47 under 85.
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Pass.
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He's got a feeling that he's being watched.
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Then he gets back to the hotel.
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Uh Bertie, if he has the feeling he's being watched, is not gonna go back to the hotel.
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Okay, where does he go?
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He's gonna go to the restaurant that we would eat at.
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How long's he gonna be there for?
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Um, he's gonna go there and walk in and go to the bar and basically like order a beer and keep an eye on the front door and try to see if there's a way he can get out the back.
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I know that that's like many things, but yeah, yeah.
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Hey, how's it going?
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It's going all right.
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How you doing?
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Uh I forget the bartender's name.
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Horse.
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I've been better, I've been worse yourself.
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Good.
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If I could get a beer, that'd be just fantastic.
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And I might need to ask a small food.
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He nods.
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The place is moderately.
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There's a decent crowd in there.
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It's not too much.
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Comes back with the beer.
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What do you mean?
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Uh Bertie's gonna put a dollar on the He raises his eyebrows.
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I might need to finish this quick and head up.
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He with two fingers pulls the dollar to him, puts it in his pocket.
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Thank you, Captain.
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Uh when you're done, is I'll show you.
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Perfect.
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Uh, Bertie's gonna That beer's got maybe two minutes left before he's done with it.
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Two minutes go by, he's drinking, looking.
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Uh, rolling a spot hidden shit.
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Hard.
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Hard means I roll it twice and take the worst.
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No, it's uh it has to be under half of your spot hidden.
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Oh, I rolled a 75 um over 73 fit.
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Okay.
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He finishes his beer.
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He looks up, Horace is looking at him kind of expectedly.
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Horace leads him.
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At first it looks like toward where the privy would be, but then takes a sharp turn around a corner and then through the kitchen, through a little storage area, and then out the back door.
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I do appreciate this.
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He nods, shakes your hand, gets back to work.
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Bertie's gonna do that, you know.
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I'm assuming the door swings in.
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Sure.
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Alright.
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Bertie's gonna do the like open like shortly and kind of just look out.
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See if he sees anything.
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Roll another intuition check.
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Secret.
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Oh, uh, just throw it, throw it my way.
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I'll I'll tell you.
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He still feels that feeling.
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There's there's definitely somebody like looking at him right now.
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Uh he's gonna shut the door and kinda And there's almost a sense of like fear, like predatory eyes.
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Okay, Bertie is going to put his back to the door, and like he's still inside, and he's just gonna take in his surroundings.
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Like, where the hell is this coming from?
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You know, he's just gonna look.
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Look hard.
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Can I see your character sheet?
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Yep.
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He has no idea where it's coming from.
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When he opened that door, he right away felt eyes on him.
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Intense.
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When he closed it, now, you know, he feels like there's some level of safety in that immediate little area.
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Uh Bernie's gonna walk back through the the storage room in the kitchen, and he's gonna go back into the bar and go into the bathroom.
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Like, not quick, but he's you know, he's when you rush, you draw attention.
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He's just he he owns the place.
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That's his intent.
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Okay.
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Yeah, like does he still feel this feeling?
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Yes, it's almost like paralyzing.
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Hmm.
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Shit.
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He's a smart educated person, though.
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Is there anything he could do to really like figure this out?
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Hmm.
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Okay, he feels like he's he feels like there are eyes on him.
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Um he's gonna he's gonna like take off his coat and inspect it, take off his hat and look it over.
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Like, you know, he's gonna really like give himself a once over.
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Like, is there something on him?
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Like, why does he feel like this?
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Um that's what he he's gonna inspect himself.
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Uh okay, roll roll me a stat of some some kind.
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That is an 80 over it doesn't matter because I failed.
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He finds a small stain on his jacket and struggles to think.
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Did he make that stain?
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Where did that come from?
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He's trying to sift through his memories of when that happened.
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Was that him?
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Yeah, what the hell is this?
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Um, Bertie likes his coat.
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Uh Bertie's gonna try to wash it off.
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Okay.
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Seems old.
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I mean, it's small, it's one you'd have to really look for.
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Kind of like, you know, in in between a fold underneath a pocket type of thing.
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Bertie's gonna roll a cigarette and try to calm down.
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Like, you know, he's racking his brain.
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Like, okay, you're you're in a bar, you've been here before, you felt like something was watching you when you were outside, got in here, the feeling kind of went away.
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As soon as you tried to leave again, you felt that look again.
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Um God, now I can't remember if I'm not playing my character correctly.
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Bertie meditates, right?
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Yeah, I mean, he does some some frou-frou stuff.
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Yeah.
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And I I wanna Yeah, yes.
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Yeah.
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Bertie's gonna try to he's just gonna try to clear his mind, those uh you know, breathing exercises.
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He's not gonna like start doing yoga, right?
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But uh, he's definitely like, alright, man, something made right, you know.
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Just figured I was gonna splash some water in his face.
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Does Bertie still have a gem on him?
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I don't think so anymore.
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Yeah, I don't think so either.
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Okay.
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Okay, Bertie's gonna go back to the back door.
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Well, let me let's go through this like breathing exercise, right?
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Okay.
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What why does he feel like he's being watched?
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Birdie's uh breathing in through his nose, count into three, breathing out through his mouth, count into three.
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He's gonna do that for a minute or two, right?
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To really calm himself down.
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Is there a mirror in the bathroom?
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There's a mirror.
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It's not too big.
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It's got a nice frame around it.
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Brady's gonna look at himself in the mirror.
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Better than that.
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You know what you gotta do?
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Go out there and get it done.
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I had enough of this shit.
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Okay.
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Bertie's gonna walk back out of the bathroom and he's going through the kitchen and to the back door, and he's just opening it, and he's gonna take another look around real quick.
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He's still doing the crack.
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He's got a lot more confidence, he feels a lot better.
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Um he's only gonna look for a second to see if there's like anybody standing out in the in the back that you know, like immediately by the door.
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No, no, there's some people, you know, throwing trash in the dumpster down the alleyway, but nothing that like sticks out to him right away.
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Perfect.
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Uh Bertie's gonna step out, close the door behind him, and he's gonna walk with confidence, and he's heading towards the end.
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Okay.
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Let's go get uh the other one.
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Alright.
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So that's good.
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Where is Tay Clay right now?
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Is he back at the hotel?
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No, he's probably just you know, taking a walk across the park in town or something.
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Uh Tay Clay at this point would be going to try to reconvoin, reconvene with Birdie, first of all.
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Where is he going to do that?
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We assumed that in.
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If he's going other places, we'll kick him out.
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Um where were we talking about Birdie going before?
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The train station?
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Yes.
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So that's where Tate would be heading.
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Uh should we do a single roll to see how lucky we are or no?
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Go ahead and step out of the time.
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Unless it ends on the way, I don't know, but it's not out of the way.
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So he would stop at whatever is closer.
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As he's walking, he hears the song of a harmonica playing.
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Keeps walking, keeps walking.
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It's louder.
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He's walking past that same gentleman, missing the limbs.
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He tips his head to him.
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Hey, he turns the corner.
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He sees a train.
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Train that was supposed to be delayed by his purple-eyed friend.
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It's stopped.
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There's a lot of men getting off.
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Men in a uniform.
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Army uniforms.
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They're all congregating and getting ready to move.
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Does he see any signs of Birdie?
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He does not.
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He is uh walk away towards the inn, and once he's out of sight, he is really picking up the pace.
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He gets back to the inn.
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Around the exact same time that Birdie is showing up.
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Right.
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Takes a little out of breath.
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A little sweaty.
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I thought I would find you at the train station, but it's a good thing you didn't go there.
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We got a whole train car full of soldiers.
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And I think we need to get stepping before them.
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Yes, exactly.
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I gotta I gotta get to the roof.
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The roof?
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I gotta light a signal.
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Okay.
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Uh all the all the TNT's packed in a cart, right?
00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.319
Yeah.
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Okay.
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All right, I'll be down.
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at the cart.
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We should we gotta move quick.
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Yeah we gotta get the see if we can't grab them deputies too.
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Okay.
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They did seem they did seem really busy right dealing with all the you know there's like seven or eight new missing people like all last night.
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Tate will run to the roof and he's gonna light off his signal put the torch up there that the purple eye guy is supposed to be watching for right after he lights it he turns around he's standing right there ready to move?
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We got a problem another one?
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Yeah um let's go inside should I call Birdie up here?
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No let's let's go down Clay gets the impression he was on the roof the whole time he just didn't see him Tate's gonna make his way down they're both sharing the room right yes you haven't met him yet have you nope Bertie's in the room what's he doing when these two figures walk in uh he was packing up his shit getting ready to uh get down to the the wagon okay Bertie this is the guy he already knows you pleasure to meet you um you were visited by somebody today yeah it kind of looks like you have you told him yet I met a man at the train station I haven't told anybody this yet um big fella purple eyes dark skin and in not so many words he said I'm guessing your name's Alexander right he looks down at the ground yes that's my name all right so big fella gave us an ultimatum he said give us Alexander and leave town and uh basically said or else well it's a damn good thing I don't know no Alexander good call who is this guy anyway village elder or something something like that his name's Scipio one of them you said we gotta watch out for yeah uh yeah yeah he definitely he ain't hard to spot like I said he's a big man oh so he's gonna be a problem for sure I think our most immediate problem though is the train pulling up with a bunch of soldiers in it.
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I'm guessing he can get back to Sierra 10 a lot faster than we can.
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I tried to stop the train they're oh they're after me I might need to leave I'd rather have you with us than with them so I'm thinking we move out we move out now.
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Yeah yeah nice to meet you but you're right time for nicety is over we gotta get out of here like two Sierra Roll can I have both of you roll like uh education intelligence kind of like a planning thing I rolled a nine under 85 for intelligence nine yep no nine nine nine nine nine I know that movie oh yeah I rolled a 10 and let's do under I'm just trying to use a skill that he didn't use I guess an idea check which would be an intelligence check yeah 10 under 85 okay so there's a secret tunnel right into the village but it's obviously gonna be guarded right what is a very good distraction uh explanation explosion of the village or or maybe uh or maybe a large uh group of army dudes in the area potentially probably there to lay siege to the village you know that's a you know now I think about it like they wouldn't send a train load of soldiers after us right that seems like that's it's it's not a proportionate response to what's going on because the telegraph we we went over the telegraphs again the telegraph one said high value danger elevated protective movement activated and some other stuff but that those are the important things what are they there to protect what do they want what do you what do you guys know they're after the green gems right what are the green where are the green gems they're coming from the blessed below so what does Divisio want?
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They want to take over the the they want to take over the town they want to take the town and you guys could intuit that right yes that's why there's a military there.
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That makes a lot of sense not trying to like back seat game for you guys.
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I just want to make sure that the important plot beat isn't missed.
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That's making sense.
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Yeah so Alexander you're uh people in the train are after you or uh way hey Scipio's after you Scipio I meant to stop the train as I said I was interrupted we'll say the village I guess you might call them elders they want me back.
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Why why do they want you back so bad to be honest I don't want to get into that right now Scipio is special I guess you could say I am too all right so now here's a real question for you that train had I'd probably you know add a guess probably 30 40 soldiers on it right maybe more maybe a little less I don't know closer to 60.
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Okay closer to 60 is a group of 60 soldiers enough to pose a serious threat to Sierra with the right equipment yes okay although they will have a difficult time we uh they've been preparing for something like this there's months of food there's water in the caves and they have a lot more weapons than they let on but it would but it would be a conventional siege battle yes and they've been prepared for something like that.
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So they could siege something with the hopes to get something that ain't there no more What do you mean why don't we let them attack Sierra 10 we sneak in we uh destroy or try to destroy the blessed below and we get out like we weren't even there.
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Yeah you think a pile of TNT would do it I guess I don't know.
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I mean there's not a lot around that wouldn't get messed up good by a good old pile of dynamite I think it'd be worth a shot at least bury it I say we grab some tents some cam supplies and maybe load out on the wagon how quick are you able to move?
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Now Yeah we gotta get out of here.
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How quick are you able to get from point A to point B by yourself?
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Very quick.
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Would you be able to keep an eye on the soldiers let us know their timetable and then meet us I don't know Tate's gonna pull out a map and point to a spot a little bit southwest of Sierriton or no what way would the road be coming in?
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The road would be coming in like southwest west ish right from yeah south from short southwest yeah so southwest to east southwest of short of Sierriton and then you're yeah so looking at the map he goes what's uh pick a spot on here I can make that quick and point to a place on the map that'll be pretty inconspicuous where it looks like there might be some high ground but it'll also be pretty wooded and and hidden meet us back here when they're moving I can do that.
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And Tate will circle that part on the map so we have it.
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And I feel like we already picked up camping supplies and stuff.
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Yeah you picked up pretty much everything you needed from a the general store at some point.
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Yep yeah including uh like ruck sacks and duffel bags and shit like that so well let's get our friends and move on.
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Yeah we gotta move now um I had no time like the prison.
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Uh Tate will write a little note that says steer clear of the army maybe follow them at a distance to save the lost folk and on their way out he will slip that to if the deputy's there or not he's not there but he knows where to leave it so the deputy can find it.
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Yeah he just leaves him a pretty generic note that like steer clear but follow all right we should be able to get Zwarsen and Fontaine here too let's move Alexander departs from you guys he moves very quick unnaturally quick something about it's uncanny there's this flow to him almost like wind you guys make your way to Zwarsen and Fontaine I presume gentlemen time is now we gotta move I hope you got your bags packed and your uh throats cleaned out better but it'll be a little while before it's really clean yeah they got they got a platoon plus of soldiers here just got off the train so we gotta uh let's let's talk on the cart we gotta move though yeah guessing Divisio sent in some heavy reinforcements no shit yeah we got a plan we'll fill you in but let's assume you guys are walking and talking yeah Fontaine's checking his revolver puts back in his holster this might actually work to our advantage believe it or not Fontaine looks a little sweaty still I think I'd mentioned that before he looked kind of sweaty like a little bit unwell but he's together yeah the way we see it here based on those telegraphs we intercepted from the sheriff I think that this army here's come to take claim of Sierra I think there's about to be a battle kind of like they tried to do with uh yeah Apollo's cradle interesting but there weren't locals with Apollo's cradle nope right yeah so this time and we have it on uh good authority Sierriton's been preparing for just such a a siege so I think it's gonna get loud real quick.
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Well I guess Apollo's cradle started with some locals yeah I guess they just got the word fast enough and the group was so small they could just step over him right quick.
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Mm-hmm we're we're holding fast that they're gonna they're gonna take CR10 or at least try yeah we figure while that's going on that tunnel probably not going to be as well guarded as it should be because they're gonna have bigger fish to fry up top I had an idea with that what if don't take this the wrong way you two and he points toward Zwarsen and Bertie what if the two of us and he's pointing toward Clay now what if Clay and I went down in there with your friend Well we were already planning on keeping Bertie out of it.
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No offense Bertie but you're a little left footed sometimes I can cover the entrance if that's what you think is best.
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And Zwassen well with your you know I can hang out.
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Make sure we can get out clean and easy that's the goal we're gonna we're gonna need to keep our hands on some of the dynamite well we got that and we got these fire cocktails so yep yeah yeah best to have it and hope we don't need to use them as they're walking say they get to they've gotten to the carriage now the town is kind of busy but not too much but they can hear bugles they can hear calls they can hear footsteps a lot of people moving at this point in time right like things there weren't radios you know things were still coordinated by whistles and people yelling and horns right music drums bells they can hear all that moving quick cadence the sooner we get out of here you know we want to stay ahead of this army we don't want to we don't want them catching up to us because we'd have a real hard time explaining why we got a wagon full of dynamite well let's get let's get moving and yeah that and I wouldn't be shocked if they knew exactly who we are wouldn't surprise me they at least know something of us but so yeah we gotta clearly they got friends in the right places we're we're a federal organization and we ain't got that kind of pull yeah at least not that I know of as they're imagine now they've gotten to the carriage they're moving they look down the street they can see these soldiers forming up and getting ready to move and they see one person talking to what looks like a high ranking official one of the captains will say this guy stands out he's wearing darker colors not a uniform but the way he's talking to the captain looks like he holds the authority and then they're out of sight I think that about sums it up we got some div here and crack the reins to get the horse moving just a little faster got some div here I like that put that on a shirt and wear it got some div here I have no clue what he just said got some div isn't that what you just said looks like we got some div here oh yeah yeah got some div here while I said it and I didn't even know what was he's so in character he doesn't even know what what a t-shirt is yeah we had slacks and button ups yep yes sir the carriage is moving at a pretty quick pace the horse is out of breath but it's continuing and continuing he would slow it down a little bit outside of town just let the horse walk he pulls out the map we're gonna end up right here set up a little camp stay ready well fed and well slept until the guy lets us know they're coming.
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Hey let me uh take a peek at that map real quick Tate passes it over uh Bertie's gonna look it over and he's gonna he's gonna start thinking like a cavalryman again like all right if they're about to do this here you know that army might just march straight up the road if they don't really know what they're doing or if they're confident in their abilities.
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But if I were them I'd definitely have my flanks covered and I might push my flanks out far enough to maybe meet where we're about to be.
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Oh that's why I put us so far on the other side okay I'm sorry let me do a super quick map because I'm not I might not be understanding Tate picked a spot like opposite of the role that they would be coming in.
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Yeah I mean essentially toward the back kind of by where the cave entrance would be yes okay so all right then then never mind um I was thinking something definitely would have picked a pretty strategic spot not just uh my thought was uh um short tree falls Sierra 10 and then like due south you know I was like yeah they'd probably cover that but if you're trying to get over here or something yeah we would be closer to the end goal okay yeah you know they you know in a siege you typically surround you know typically surround the the place to make sure everybody nobody gets out you know so we gotta be cognizant of them spreading out around this place.
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Yeah I don't know how much they're worried about people getting out much as they're worried about overtaking it.
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That's a good point.
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If I had to guess right they're charging at the same wall altogether single point of entry can work their way through from there have their strongest force on it didn't look like they had enough people to surround the all of Sierra Tan unless they were standing ten feet apart.
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Yeah and I didn't see any you know I didn't see any artillery no cannons or nothing so we didn't look too close but true but they can assume I mean how much does he know about the army I know Clay was Marines his cavalry was like that was that army absolutely okay so he would know that they're at least gonna have a couple like machine rifles yeah maybe a machine gun right so like there was uh there was a a clip fed uh like 30 aught six or something that would like it was the 1909 Marie bur se or something right and you it it it was uh like an accordion no not like that it was like you'd slip a clip in the side and then it would go and you'd have to constantly feed it clips through the side or there was that like 1895 like you know big machine gun right with a tripod.
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That was water cooled wasn't it um maybe or like force air or something right water cooled for a long time like the maximum right I I don't know if the particular one I'm thinking of was but and just because the army has it doesn't mean this particular you know chunk of the army has it.
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Well sixty men you know safe bet.
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Probably a couple.
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Yeah absolutely so the carriage continues on down this dirt road they take a turn following the map there's this cool breeze that starts to blow through the leaves it's cold it's a hot day it feels odd feels targeted feels like pinpricks both of you roll power checks 75 over fifty birdie fails twenty-four under seventy five tight success birdie starts to feel this connection to something this like urge does he look weird at all just get cold out here he looks like he wants to find somebody do you guys feel that Tate's gonna kinda put his hand around his shoulder onto like the back of the neck and shake him a little bit and then slap his water skin onto his chest like not gently but kind of kinda hard have some water and snap out of it Bertie numbing out here that's a good way of putting it Bertie's gonna drink some water Bertie cover your ears real quick don't sing no from the halls of Montezuruma Bertie feels like he really needs to find this person and he kind of intuits that it's Alexander he really feels like he needs to he needs to find him but he realizes that he's surrounded by people who maybe don't share that sentiment he needs to play along for a little bit and that's where we'll end this episode and cut to the shores of Tripoli everybody thank you for listening it's your boy Cody Zenner uh coming at you with a post show hello and a big thank you to the Patreon supporters that's Totorose Bang Bus Steak Paul Davis Carter Garcia Glanzdilzig canned bread Xander is here and Crutch uh thank you all very much for listening and if you're not already a Patreon subscriber please check it out got some cool stuff on there okay some upcoming cool stuff on there some some regular cool stuff on there also merch store cool merch uh coffee cups you know t shirts uh all that shit so go check it out uh I'm gonna keep it short and sweet tonight but I will talk to you guys pretty soon
