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5 Also, if James was shot as he was drinking coffee..why did no one mention the coffee stains back in Preston Springs? Odd, that.
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# ? Oct 28, 2018 10:24 |
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Coffee stains- maybe they got him just as he finished the last cup? Put me on the #5 train too- it seems like a good offer. Maybe we can put Jack on the 3:10 to Yuma.
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# ? Oct 28, 2018 13:59 |
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5 Hey, anything weird, or does the game acknowledge if you name your character Steele?
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# ? Oct 29, 2018 01:46 |
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Rockopolis posted:Hey, anything weird, or does the game acknowledge if you name your character Steele? Doesn't look like it, no conditionals based on the playername in the script for this chapter. We're not going to grind the wheels of justice to a halt, but maybe we can smooth out their turning. quote:"Jack, I can't promise anything on account of what you've done. But I will do what I can to have you serve your sentence where you won't freeze for four months." Oh hey, free theater. quote:Take in a play while I am down here. With that sorted, we can go see Yiska. quote:Go find Yiska's office and ask for legal advice. quote:"Those were Mister and Misses George Gantz. Or they will be once they get properly married. As it turns out, Tahoma, a saloon keeper can't join two people in matrimony no matter how much whiskey everyone drinks." Got to go straight to business here Yiska. quote:Yiska takes up a thin volume entitled the 'The United States Constitution' from his library shelf. After a brief read he extracts another tome entitled 'Judiciary Acts, 1789 to present'. A simple flip of those crisp pages draws forth a serious nod. quote:Yiska lays the book out before you. The page he taps is entitled Judiciary Act of 1789. That was probably helpful. Looks like it's time to send out some messages. quote:Visit the trans-continental telegraph station. quote:The young man gives a puff of his cigar, turns a little green, and nearly retches up. quote:The end of the cigar is snuffed by a pinch of fingers and the tobacco length retreats into a little wooden case in his pocket. quote:"Tell me about the telegraph here." quote:"I'd like to send a message." Who is Marshal Shen going to contact? We can send messages to every option available if we'd like, but if we're dealing with Tumbleweed Jack we've got to pick one of the three options. Also, there's going to be one more choice after this- how long are we staying in town waiting for a reply? Some responses may take longer to come back to us than others, but if we don't have any more pressing concerns we can wait around as long as it takes if we'd like to.
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# ? Oct 29, 2018 04:42 |
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So I'm a little confused. If Marshal James isn't going to be around to hold us to account, what's to stop us from just noping out of this whole situation and our role as 'marshal'?
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# ? Oct 29, 2018 04:52 |
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"I need to contact Marshal James. City of San Francisco." "I need to contact the Department of the Treasury, Washington D.C." "I need to contact the authorities in New Orleans concerning a marshal who worked in Arizona and Southern Nevada. Last name of Steele." 1. "I need to contact Carson City and arrange to have Tumbleweed Jack put in the prison there before winter comes and kills him." Let's not telegraph President Johnson. He's probably busy letting the rebels off easy instead of setting Grant and Sherman break them forever and won't have time for some marshal out west.
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# ? Oct 29, 2018 05:33 |
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Contact everyone and wait as long as it takes. 1. arrange to have Jack put in the prison
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# ? Oct 29, 2018 07:23 |
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contact everyone Arrange for a jail for Jack Jack most certainly deserves a hanging, since he killed several people quite intentionally, but seeing as he is repentant AND cooperative, we can give him a chance to start his life over once he gets his due punishment. The Lone Badger posted:So I'm a little confused. If Marshal James isn't going to be around to hold us to account, what's to stop us from just noping out of this whole situation and our role as 'marshal'? Point A: we don't know if he actually died. Current evidence suggest it might have been staged, although that means that Jack either missed, had his bullets unknowingly switched, or James had some kind of body armor w/fake blood poutches that jack did not notice. Point B: if he died, it MIGHT have been a ghost who appointed us, in which case he can very, very easily get us. Point C: How exactly do we even know the man WAS James? A little makeup, and voila. Not like we can confirm much. Regallion fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Oct 29, 2018 |
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Contact everyone, await replies, and send Jack to jail. Hanging him is tempting and would keep to the letter of our agreement if hell is warm, but nah. Marshal James is also watching over some friends of ours back west, and leaving this mess violates the plot. achtungnight fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Oct 29, 2018 |
# ? Oct 29, 2018 11:53 |
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Don't contact the President. That's going a bit high.
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# ? Oct 29, 2018 12:24 |
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are we in a rush to be somewhere? the only time-sensitive matter i can think of is marshal steele trying to move into preston springs, and we have arrangements there already send telegrams to everybody! especially the president! put jack in jail!
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# ? Oct 29, 2018 16:04 |
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"He had a coffee pot on the stove, it being cold out, and so I waited until he got thirsty then aimed right through the crack in the wall. " - Poor Marshal James. He never got a chance to drink that coffee. "I need to contact Marshal James. City of San Francisco." "I need to contact the Department of the Treasury, Washington D.C." "I need to contact the authorities in New Orleans concerning a marshal who worked in Arizona and Southern Nevada. Last name of Steele." Hang Jack. He killed a marshal.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 00:59 |
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Time to send messages to anyone who will listen, and put Jack in a warmer cell.quote:"I need to contact Marshal James. City of San Francisco." Now the waiting begins. quote:"We're done here." Pretty prompt response for a dead guy. We'll stick around for a while... quote:The inquiry into Marshal Steele's background finds you waiting half the day. But eventually Martin steps out of the shack and gives you a wave, "It's a long one, Marshal. And I think the man is on the other end is waiting for you to reply." How interesting... quote:Wait for more telegrams. In it until the end! quote:Wait for more telegram messages. Even the president says this is our spot. Now, what are we going to do about Steele?
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 04:02 |
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5 we were asked to arrest him, and we will do that if he can. Impersonating a marshal is a crime, but not quite the one you shoot the suspect for on the spot.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 06:06 |
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I like #3. I wish we could get told after “describe suspect” that if we want him dead, shoot him fast, hard, and several times. It’d be funnier than what we got. “Of course he is” is funny enough I guess.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 06:35 |
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Going for 5 Because we're playing by the rules so far. Also if he doesn't, well we got a real high pistol score for a reason. we're focusing on law and order, so we make him draw first.. Rule fo westerns - good guy is the one that doesn't draw till the other person has. We're playing it narratively 'by the rules' so we keep it up. If he draws, then it's self defense and we're in the clear fast as we take the pistol from the holster. But we play it right. That's how the westerns go.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 08:49 |
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3. "If I can talk it over with him, that's fine. If we have to throw down, that's fine too."
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 09:09 |
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Avalerion posted:3. "If I can talk it over with him, that's fine. If we have to throw down, that's fine too."
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 09:12 |
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wedgekree posted:Going for 5 What we’re aiming for is “he pissed her off, she fired, he fell. It was so fast I didn’t see no draw.”
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 09:32 |
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achtungnight posted:What we’re aiming for is “he pissed her off, she fired, he fell. It was so fast I didn’t see no draw.” Acceptable. Consider vote changed.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 09:34 |
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5 Come at me, pardner.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 09:38 |
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Pity we couldn't make an arrangement with Tilumbleweed. He's good at killing marshals. Also, ghosts can send telegrams! Woooooo
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 10:05 |
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The Lone Badger posted:Pity we couldn't make an arrangement with Tilumbleweed. He's good at killing marshals. This guy is not a marshal though so he'd be of no use.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 11:08 |
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LightWarden posted:"I'll send in the paperwork soon enough. And remember, I'll be looking after your friends back here. And I'll try not to let the fact that you killed Priscilla Upton shade our relations none." LightWarden posted:'Recently employed by company STOP'
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 11:56 |
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5 We're still an honest marshal.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 12:50 |
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Ephemeron posted:Oh dear. Who was Priscilla?
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 18:56 |
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dreadmojo posted:Who was Priscilla? Woman we murdered that got us sentenced to hang in the first place.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 19:24 |
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That has to change our strategy here. We need Preston to arrest the lawbreaker in his town, and then he needs to... resist arrest, which will result in unfortunately having to put him down. He knows our real story, and why he's not broken it is beyond me.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 19:49 |
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He may not know our real story, he may just be a minion of someone who does. Or maybe that person doesn't know we're alive- we did get hung in public and are now operating under an assumed name. Can't say much, spoilers, let's just see how the game plays out.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 20:00 |
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achtungnight posted:Or maybe that person doesn't know we're alive- I'm still not fully convinced that we aren't a ghost marshal.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 20:38 |
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Dong Quixote posted:I'm still not fully convinced that we aren't a ghost marshal. One of those people we had fisticuffs with would have probably noticed the ghostiness. Or that bear.
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# ? Oct 30, 2018 23:04 |
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DmitriX posted:One of those people we had fisticuffs with would have probably noticed the ghostiness. Or that bear. Maybe we're a very heavy ghost. Weighted down with sin.
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# ? Oct 31, 2018 02:34 |
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Looks like we're playing this by ear.quote:"If I can talk it over with him, that's fine. If we have to throw down, that's fine too." Nothing else in Elko so time to head back. quote:Head back to Preston Springs. We've already gotten the others covered, so it's time to head over to the Grand Haven Hotel. quote:Head to the lobby of the Grand Haven Hotel and confront Steele with what I know. quote:A solid thump upon the floorboards makes you turn as Carlos fills the doorway. Maria's uncle appears little different than he had at your first meeting; his nearly bald head is only partially hidden by the jaunt of a tilted, round brimmed hat. In his hand rests a stout mug and judging from the nip of it in the air, it is not merely coffee. "I always wanted an angel to watch over me." quote:"So did I. Once," Carlos says and glances toward the main room of the hotel. "If you should see one, send them by. I could use the rest." "When do you sleep then?" quote:"Never," he replies and from the tone you know it is not entirely bravado. quote:"Sorry, Emperor Maximilian?" quote:"While I've got a minute, I was wondering if we could talk a bit. Just you and me." We've got a few minutes to chat before interrupting Steele's drinking. I'll move it to the next post.
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# ? Oct 31, 2018 02:51 |
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quote:"While I've got a minute, I was wondering if we could talk a bit. Just you and me." quote:"Is there something you wished to ask me?" Maria has a question for us on our behavior out here, plus we've got two more opportunities to talk about where we both live.
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Poetry that lives in the soul Perhaps if you went further west so you were in the far east I am who I am and that's all I yam because I'm the Marshall Ma'am
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# ? Oct 31, 2018 02:59 |
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2,2,2
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# ? Oct 31, 2018 03:02 |
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achtungnight posted:2,2,2
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# ? Oct 31, 2018 03:39 |
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quote:"The poetry that lives only in the soul." quote:"Perhaps if you went farther west until you were in actually in the far east…" quote:"This place has changed me, for the better I'd hope." We're getting along pretty well here. quote:"How important are your titles to you?" "You have a married name, but I haven't heard anything about your husband." quote:"Nor will you, I expect. I am widowed. It happened very early in our marriage. Indeed, not long after consummating our vows in the wedding bed he…collapsed, and did not recover," she says and looks down a long moment. When she looks up her eyes are twin pools of loss. "I do not pretend to understand God's will in the matter, but if there is a reason then I cannot see it." "You are out here on account of your marriage?" "On account of my being widowed so neatly. Vows before God and consummated before witnesses are binding, but for those who press the issue there are courts and…other methods. Already they spread lies about me, calling me a virgin widow. A cruel twist on the name of the Basilica of the Virgin of Zapopan where we said our vows. But words are not enough for some. More than a few of my husband's family would like me to be buried alongside him, as a convenience," she relates in steady tones that bristle with long familiar anger. "I, of course, refused such a 'settlement' and so…after a little 'disagreement' with some 'debaters', my father bade me to hinterlands until the matter has resolved itself. I have done so, in my uncle's care, to the most remote and most interesting locale I could imagine. A proposed hermitage in Nevada." "This is all very confusing." "Yes it is," she admits. "I barely understand the twists and turns as they relate to myself. There are almost certainly many that are hidden from my sight." quote:"Perhaps," she muses. "I am here because there are those who are trying to murder me in order that I and my family not inherit my deceased husband's estate. This is the most remote, most difficult place to which I could retire without being entirely cast away from civilization." (-5 Maria) "Indeed. I am glad you have been listening," she notes with a small smile. (+5 Maria) quote:"You may do so. I may not," she notes coolly. (-5 Maria) Since we talked through the rest of her dialogue tree we have a fair idea of her backstory and can follow along pretty easily. quote:"You are a fascinating woman. I would very much like to know you better." [Begin Romance] This is about the point where we could launch a romance with her, but duty calls. quote:"That's a great story. Thanks for telling it. I've got to go." Time for a showdown. What's our strategy? Are going to try to arrest him right of the bat, get the crowd on our side first or just throw down? quote:Miss Shen Ruolan: LightWarden fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Nov 1, 2018 |
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2 coming in and reciting evidence basically at empty air is just idiotic, but we would like to avoid bloodshed if at all possible.
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