This post was last modified: Mar 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM by Deathborn.

Hollywood Bowl
You know, I was hoping for a normal movie shoot. Was that so much to ask? Just wanted to get in and out and make a paycheck.

Honoka Kosakatua
If I'm being honest... I pretty much expected this once I got here and realized how isolated this place actually is.

Momoyo Himemushi
'Least it didn't ruin the place too much, right? If you guys collapsed the mine I'd be saaaad.

Agent Evangeline
Well. We all know what this means, and we're all prepared for it. All that's left is the authority.

The reason for the reactions is lying right in front of everyone.

A body has been discovered! @Pohatu has been found dead in the Ruined Mine!

Spoiler: Show

You are the Ultimate Jobber, a professional in wrestling... at losing. Someone's gotta put the other guy over for a paycheck, right? It just so happens that's you. You're incredibly talented at taking falls and bumps, and you know it. If you're gonna do the job, you're gonna do it right! Additionally, your wrestling experience means that you can identify wrestling moves from how they were used. If anyone ever uses a wrestling move on someone, one look at their injuries, and you'll know the move!

Forbidden Action: You're here to do the job, and you're going to do it well. You may not win any wrestling matches that occur during the game.

An evil laugh comes from behind the group. The four NPCs turn around to look at Deathborn, the only one to be quiet.

Deathborn
Yes, it has begun. My personal Killing Game! Nothing that happens in Silver Junction happens without my jurisdiction, and that applies to this as well. I, the evil emperor Deathborn, desire to demonstrate my power, and this Killing Game is the opening shot!

Hollywood Bowl
You know, nothing is stopping us from just walking out, is it? We could always get in the bus and-

Hollywood Bowl is cut off by an explosion, as the bus they drove in blows up. It's left in a burning, smoldering wreck.

Hollywood Bowl
...Well, it wasn't TOO long to a gas station. We can walk-

Deathborn activates a second detonator. Another series of explosions cause several boulders to collapse, completely blocking the pass out of Silver Junction. All that's left is mountains and desert in all directions.

Hollywood Bowl
Dangit.

Honoka Kosakatua
Well... nothing to do but to start investigating!

CASE FILES
-The victim's body is lying in the Ruined Mine, near the entrance to Mining Equipment
-The victim's body is covered with bits of metal
-Bits of metal are scattered all around the Ruined Mine
-A large burnt pile sits in the middle of the area between the two doors in the mine
-The signs of a large party can be found in the Saloon
-The piano in the Saloon has been destroyed
-The Target Range shows signs of activity
-There's a large mess by the Water Tower

THE MAP

First Floor: Show

Purple Building
Desert Sage Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of desert flowers.
Sheriff's Office: The office of the one lawman in the town. Contains an officer's desk, several guns, and the Jail Cell.
Jail Cell: A jail cell, to, unsurprisingly, jail people. Anyone who starts their night in the jail cell is inflicted with Jailbird upon exiting.
General Store: A store stocked with all sorts of dry goods. The destination for all items you could want in the Wild West that aren't stocked elsewhere! There's a locked trapdoor in the floor.
Army Post: A well-equipped military depot, with everything from rations to weapons that a handful of soldiers might need.

Blue Building
Lobby: This building is fully modern, unlike the old-timey other five buildings. The glass-walled lobby full of plush chairs to sit in is a great example.
Theater: An old fashioned movie theater with modern projection equipment. Perfect for screening Wild West films after making them!
Archives: A large number of filing cabinets sit in this room, full of information on past Wild West film shoots that took place in Silver Junction. The door is locked.
Executive Office: A fancy, plush office with a large chair and larger desk, for whoever's in charge of the current movie productions.

Green Building
Prickly Pear Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of cacti.
Chapel: A non-denominational chapel to pray to whatever you may choose to pray to. We don't judge.
Newspaper: A room to run off the day's paper, complete with a printing press and a few desks for the newshounds.
Bank: A fancy, well-equipped bank, complete with a manager's office and plenty of tellers - as well as some money lying around. The back has a large vault door.
Vault: A locked vault behind a large vault door in the bank. It looks very complex to open, and it's marked High Security.

Yellow Building
Saloon: The big bar of Silver Junction. Lots of booze behind a bar, a piano with curtains on the side, plenty of tables, and of course every door is the swinging saloon doors.
Gun Store: A store selling all kinds of guns, from pistols to shotguns to rifles. Free to take and use to all customers!
Farrier: A small shop containing everything one could need to take care of a horse properly.
Stable: A stable currently inhabited by four horses. Whoever stocked them was cheeky enough to pick a red horse, a black horse, a white horse, and a pale gray horse.

Orange Building
Century Agave Dorm: One of the three large dorm rooms. This one is decorated with a bunch of low-growing desert plants.
Blacksmith: With a furnace at full blast, this blacksmith's shop is fantastic for making metal tools.
Carpenter: This room is full of woodworking tools and wood to work with for those tools.
Ruined Mine: The collapsed remains of a mineshaft, creating a deep hole in the middle of the building. Plenty of rocks to poke at if you want.
Mineral Storage: A place to store whatever minerals were dredged up from the mine when it was active. It's full of pyrite.
Mining Equipment: A large room, full of shovels, pickaxes, and any other non-explosive mining equipment your heart could possibly desire.
Explosives Storage: A room with plenty of dynamite, blasting caps, and whatever else you'd need for a big boom. The door is locked.

Red Building
Train Platform: An open-air platform for people to wait for the train. Contains a few clocks and a few benches.
Passenger Lounge: A comfortable waiting area and ticket counter for people to relax while waiting for the train.
Post Office: A small station to store, sort, and receive letters, of which there are currently a blizzard's worth.
Telegraph Office: An office to send and receive telegrams up and down the line. The door is locked.
Locomotive: A full-sized steam locomotive with a tender, three passenger cars, and a caboose attached. Several necessary parts of the engine have been removed, so it's not going anywhere.

Exterior Locations
Cemetery: A graveyard. It's currently devoid of graves beyond a few old headstones, but that could very well change here.
Livestock Corral: A small pen, holding several cattle. There's also a few chickens, for some reason.
Water Tower: An elevated water tower. It contains, surprise, water.
Outhouse: The only bathroom or bathroom-equivalent on the entire map. If it breaks you're not getting another one.

Second Floor: Show

Purple Building
Officer's Club: A fancy bar meant for army officers. With the lack of those in the vicinity, it's become open to all.
Schoolhouse: A small, one-room school. Well equipped for general lessons, less well equipped for specialized.
Mayor's Office: The office of the Mayor of Silver Junction, holding all kinds of documents and records relating to the old town.
Courthouse: The judicial location of the county, back in the day. Contains a judge's bench, witness stand, desks for attorneys, and a jury box.
Hallway: An ordinary hallway to connect the 2F rooms in the purple building. There's some paintings on the walls, at least.

Blue Building
Soundstage: A big soundstage, perfectly designed for filming. There's a few different backdrops available to choose from, all fitting the Wild West theme.
Film Equipment: A storage room for the movie set building, holding the camera equipment and plenty of props for any Western you care to film.
Recording: A soundproof room for recording voice. Full of recording equipment, ranging from the gramophone to the modern systems.
Breakroom: A comfortable room to relax in during all the filming. Has several couches and tables, a coffee machine, and a fridge.

Green Building
Tailor: Plenty of clothing lies around in this store, all of it befitting the Wild West aesthetic on display.
Laundry: A hand-wash laundry, with everything you need to wash 'em and dry 'em both.
Barbershop: A fancy barbershop, equipped well for both haircuts and dentistry as necessary.
Law Office: The office of the town's only lawyer. Contains difficult-looking legal books in a row, a nice desk, and far too many papers.
Tobacconist: A tobacco shop, full of plenty of cigars, cigarettes, and chewing tobacco to imitate whatever noir or western trope you desire.

Yellow Building
Restaurant: A nice restaurant, complete with a small kitchen. Unimpressive compared to the OCGA Central Facility.
Gambling Parlor: A smoke-filled room set up for all sorts of games of chance and luck.
Brewery: A room set up for the easy production of moonshine. Saloon's gotta stay supplied, right?
Hotel: A small hotel with a few beds set up for sleeping. Perfect for quick layovers.

Orange Building
Doctor's Office: A basic doctor's office, for taking care of injuries in the West. Contains various doctor's tools, a cot, and a locked medicine cabinet.
Funeral Home: An undertaker's room, to work on laying to rest the deceased. When there's not a constant supply of them you can't keep up with, that is.
Pharmacy: With plenty of cheap drugs, nothing here is as good as the medicine in the Doctor's Office, but it can still come in handy.
Target Range: A shooting gallery set up to practice your gunplay. If you didn't bring your own, it's got plenty of guns and ammo ready to go.
Trading Post: A small trading post that caters specifically to selling to the miners, rather than the open nature of the general store.

Red Building
Railworker Quarters: A small sleeping area for employees of the railroad. It's got beds and not much else.
Station Storage: A storage room located in the train station. Contains various parts for the track and gear for employees.

Exterior Locations
Water Tower: An elevated water tower. It contains, surprise, water.

LIVING PLAYERS
Desert Sage Dorm
-@Not Shane
-@North Star
-@Bud
-@Madame Zalsarona
-@Theodore Noise
-@Hifumi
-@Cascabela
-@Tsavorae
-@Elster
-@Hollywood Bowl (NPC)
-@Momoyo Himemushi (NPC)

Prickly Pear Dorm
-@Partitio Yellowil
-@Mizzlebip
-@Akira Kogami
-@Strong Bad
-@Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
-King of Clubs (@Amoeba)
-@Lynne
-@Gyro Zeppeli
-@Reginald Fikwerther
-@Deathborn (NPC)
-@Agent Evangeline (NPC)

Century Agave Dorm
-@Marisa Kirisame
-@Neil Marshall
-@Derek Stiles
-@Ranger
-@Roland
-@Kroos the Keen Glint
-@Nico Yazawa
-@Jessica
-@McJango
-@Honoka Kosakatua (NPC)

The phase will end in 48 hours, at 7 PM EST on Sunday, January 19th.

This post was last modified: Jan 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM by Marisa Kirisame.

Oh dang, an incident out here? Well, don't worry, I'm an expert in these sorts of situations! You just beat up the culprit until they say sorry or die!

I guess we have to find who did this first, and then we can beat both them and the red guy up.

Investigate the mining equipment room

This post was last modified: Jan 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM by Roland.

Well... I'd say I'm surprised, but I'm not delusional.. One way or another, I expected something like this to happen. At least it seems like everything at the Saloon went down without a hitch. Suppose only time will tell us that story though.

Well, I'm not squeamish at least. I guess I'll examine the body in the meantime. That's how this is supposed to go, right?

Investigate the mining equipment room

You investigate the Mining Equipment room. It seems a few pieces of equipment have been removed from here - some rope, a couple shovels, a lantern, a utility belt, and a hand-sized steel ball.

Well, I'm not squeamish at least. I guess I'll examine the body in the meantime. That's how this is supposed to go, right?[/color]

You examine Pohatu's body. It appears he has a lot of small puncture wounds, as if the metal dotting his body was driven into him by force. They cover him basically head to toe.

There are no other injuries.

Marshall
.........Shoulda known.

Marshall
Got a contact down at the Prosecutor's Office then, Mr. Deathborn? Ain't no other explanation for why I wasn't allowed to shut this place down.

My brother was investigatin' these things, y'know. Killin' Games. Makes one wonder why they were askin' for a Marshall out here... Got an answer for that?

Marshall
(Was Hollywood Bowl in on this? Didn't seem like it, after the conversation we were havin' last night...)

(One way or another, there's no way in hell I'm lettin' anyone else fall victim to one of these games.)

Dios mio...this is not part of script, yesss?

Investigate the bits of metal. What is their rough size/shape/color? Do the bits on the body match the bits everywhere else?

(The ol' intuition's sharp as ever, but believe you me partner, sure wish this had been the time I had it wrong…)

Ain't that a doozy… just as we were all spinnin' yarns and breakin' bread, too. All due respect to ya and this empire o' yours you've built, Mr. Deathborn, but you oughta know now this ain't the kinda incident I can go and overlook. Ain't a theft one more heinous than swipin' another man's life.

Reckon we oughta compare notes if we're hopin' to stand any chance of crackin' this mystery open, but gettin' a recollection from everyone'll take time, and daylight's burnin'. Might as well get on the job by inspectin' that burnt pile to see what's all in it.

This is completely unacceptable. People die every day from preventable illnesses, there's no need for more bloodshed like this.

For now... I'll perform an Autopsy on the body, along with Roland.

Marshall
Got a contact down at the Prosecutor's Office then, Mr. Deathborn? Ain't no other explanation for why I wasn't allowed to shut this place down.

My brother was investigatin' these things, y'know. Killin' Games. Makes one wonder why they were askin' for a Marshall out here... Got an answer for that?

Deathborn
Hmm hmm. Mr. Marshall, there are machinations here at far higher levels than you could imagine. But to answer one question... the Deathborn Empire does indeed have influence that reaches to the Prosecutor's Office.

I recommend leaving it there. For your own health, my legal consultant.

Dios mio...this is not part of script, yesss?

Investigate the bits of metal. What is their rough size/shape/color? Do the bits on the body match the bits everywhere else?

Hollywood Bowl
It sure isn't! I have a terrible track record with Killing Games, I wouldn't want to run ANOTHER one!

You investigate the metal. It appears that all the metal scattered in the Ruined Mine, both in Pohatu's body and in the rest of the room, is pyrite.

For now... I'll perform an Autopsy on the body, along with Roland.

You don't find any additional information, but it's useful to confirm that there's definitely nothing else. Pohatu died from a lot of metal piercing him, the end.

Reckon we oughta compare notes if we're hopin' to stand any chance of crackin' this mystery open, but gettin' a recollection from everyone'll take time, and daylight's burnin'. Might as well get on the job by inspectin' that burnt pile to see what's all in it.

You check out the burnt pile. It appears to be a burned pile of loose wood. A turned-on blowtorch with a wire tied to it lies on top of the pile.

Marshall
...Ya've got some nerve, Deathborn, but I know when I'm backed into a corner. Very well. For now, I'm playin' by yer rules.

(I'll figure out somethin' in the interim...)

Marshall
S'pose there's one way of solvin' a murder. And that's...

Marshall
Treatin' it like court.

Marshall
Evidence's king, where I'm from. What's the deal with that there blowtorch and wire?

Marshall
Evidence's king, where I'm from. What's the deal with that there blowtorch and wire?

You look at the blowtorch and the wire. It's a solid piece of wire, which could be found in Equipment in the blue building. The blowtorch appears to be nearly empty, with the wire tied around it in a way to depress the trigger and keep it constantly burning. You could find a blowtorch like this in the Blacksmith or the Army Post.

This post was last modified: Jan 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM by Derek Stiles.

...I guess we should all line up and explain what we were up to last night. Not to sound overly suspicious, but right now we're all suspects, right? Maybe one of us saw something important to the murder.

Spoiler: Show

I started my night in the Agave dorms... pretty comfortable! Not the worst I've had to stay in when I go on these international expeditions. I don't mind sleeping bags so much... but after the third or fourth day I'm really wishing to go back to a regular bed...

...I digress. The Ranger was outside when I left. He asked me about someone named "Texas Red." I can't say I really know who that is, so I told him as much and went over to the Newspaper room. I wanted to poke around a bit and see if they were real.. don't laugh. I know they're just movie props, but some of them actually look like they were sourced from a museum, or at least something similar. The newest of the old papers I could find was from 1873. They don't seem to discuss anything super relevant to our... situation, but it's interesting by itself.

Next I went to the Bank via the Chapel, I was looking for a souvenir for my nurse, Angie. She likes antiques and stuff like this, so I grabbed her some coins. Maybe only about 2 dollars worth, honest... I also went to go see what the situation in the General Store was like. It's about what I expected, but there's no medicine in there. Until we get that storehouse opened up, I'm afraid I can't do anything serious to help with anyone's pains. I recommend rest and a hot beverage until then. Ginseng tea is a favorite of mine, it has several benefits for your heart, and...

I'm getting off track again. I saw that Zepelli fellow with a Red Horse. He left, and I went to go see the Stables. I saw Mrs. Zalsarona here killing the hog for the party later in the evening. She dressed the carcass and brought it into the saloon for preparation, and I went outside. Mr. Fikwerther was climbing the water tower. I suggest we all agree to stay away from that, I doubt Deathborn is going to supply us with a new one if we break it somehow. We saw each other, and I went around to join the party in the Saloon.

Ace Ventura, the King of Clubs, McJango, Marisa, Evangeline, Lynne, Roland, and of course Zalsarona were there mingling. Roland decided to destroy the Piano with a flying leap... which is a real shame. I actually know how to play, I was hoping to have some time later to practice a bit. I ended up at the same table as Deathborn, and we had a short chat. It was a tad strange, knowing he's keeping us all here now. I did learn that he's been the one writing some of the newspapers that I found. I wasn't planning on tying one on, I know Angie would kill me if she knew I was drinking on the job, but Mr. Ventura insisted. Momoyo was passed out on the floor by now, and Hifumi took my spot and enjoyed the rest of my drink before passing out herself. I decided to go back to my room and sleep it off.

Marshall
Let's see the Army Post and the Blacksmith shop. We oughtta source the torch.

Marshall
Let's see the Army Post and the Blacksmith shop. We oughtta source the torch.

You check out the Army Post and Blacksmith.

The Army Post is missing a flamethrower, but it looks much larger than the blowtorch in the Ruined Mine. The Blacksmith is missing a blowtorch of the type in the Mine.

I don't think anyone's checked the rest of the mine out, so I'll do that. Is there anything I can see in the mine other than the obvious burnt pile and body

I don't think anyone's checked the rest of the mine out, so I'll do that. Is there anything I can see in the mine other than the obvious burnt pile and body

Besides that, there's nothing of significance in the upper level of the mine. When you rappel down to the lower level, you notice an abandoned pair of gloves sitting here.

This post was last modified: Jan 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM by Ranger.

Now the stranger started talking, made it plain to folks around

Was an Arizona ranger, wouldn't be too long in town

He came here to take an outlaw back alive, or maybe dead

And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red

After Texas Reeeeed~

Okay Marty you can stop narratin' now

Wasn't long before-

MARTY

Y'all I have to apologize for him he's been dead for 40 years and doesn't have nothin' better to do than hang around me all the time

Anyway, looks like there's been a murder, so obviously one of y'all is Texas Red in disguise, just as I 'spected. Let me tell y'all what I did last night so we can hopefully catch that dang outlaw.

I started in my dorm where I saw Derek Stiles and asked him about Texas Red. Then I went to the Gun Store 'cause I needed a new big iron and saw Strong Bad leavin' at the same time. Then I went to the Stable to try and figure out if them horses knew anything, but they didn't. So then I went on down over to the Sheriff's Office and asked Not Shane, Tsavorae, and Theodore Noise about Texas Red. Theodore just said somethin' weird 'bout bread and went over to the General Store. Madame Zalsarona came from the Army Post and went on south, then I went to the General Store m'self to do some shoppin' and saw Theodore leave. I also went to the cactus dorm 'cause I wanted a cactus. Hope y'all don't miss it. I dropped the stuff off back at my dorm and then went on down to the Saloon. Only Honoka and Ace Ventura was in there at the time, so I went on up to the Restaurant to grab some ketchup fer later then decided her singin' could use some banjo and I played along. Then King of Clubs came in followed by Agent Evangeline, then later Madame Zalsarona and Roland comin' in together and goin' upstairs followed by Lynne. Then Partitio, Momoyo, and Marisa came in, then those three who were upstairs came back downstairs and started servin' the food. Roland destroyed the piano fer some reason and then Akira Kogami showed up and smacked me off stage.

Now, I dunno if you know this, but that ain't very polite, I don't think you should do that and I would 'preciate if it don't happen again

Anyway, after that I left through the Farrier to go over to the Water Tower, where I set up my special trap to catch Texas Red. While I was doin' that I saw Reginald Fikwerther sittin' up on top. Now I figured what I'd do is set up some string to make Texas Red trip into some ketchup on the ground, then I'd haul him on down to the Sheriff's Office. While I was waitin', Theodore Noise showed up again ridin' on a cow but he didn't fall fer the trap. Then he came right at me so I pulled out my big iron but he tricked me and escaped! I dunno if he's Texas Red but that's mighty strange if y'ask me. Then I went to the Movie Theater fer some popcorn and went to bed.

This post was last modified: Jan 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM by Momoyo Himemushi.

Sounds to me like some people wanna know what went down. Can't blame 'em! Last time I was in a Killing Game, it wasn't easy. Spent most of it dead though.

Anyway! I woke up, and knew I had to check out that mine as soon as possible. So I ran down to Mining Equipment, though I didn't need to grab a shovel or a pickaxe. Brought my own favorites! Y'know, I named them? There's Alicia the shovel, and Fredrick the pickaxe. Two of a kind!

Once I had some rope, I went over to the mine and rappeled riiight into it. Did some really nice digging. Place is a nice vibe, that's for sure. Lots of silver, too. I could live down there if they let me...

Some time into the digging, Partitio showed up! He's a cool guy. Gave me a coin. Lemme tell you, that coin was delicious! Would eat again if he let me. What's a girl gotta do to get a bag of them? Me and Partitio spent our time digging together, and once we were done, we both climbed up together and went up to the north. Met Marisa coming from that green building, she's a cool gal. The three of us went to the Saloon.

That place was a riot, lemme tell you. Especially once they brought the food down. Spent some time talking with Marisa over the food, and then I decided to get some drinks. Ace Ventura sure knows how to serve them. In fact, I think I overdid it because I passed clean out. Nice time, though!

This post was last modified: Jan 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM by Partitio Yellowil. Edit Reason: Zepelli -> Zeppeli

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Didn't mean to keep you waitin'. Findin' Pohatu with more metal in him than a locomotive… I ain't gonna feel shame in admittin' it got my blood boilin' hotter than steam. Cooled my head, so I s'pose it's high time I get to tellin' you my tale. Won't help Pohatu to rest in peace none, but if there's any good in this night, I was able to make the acquaintance of a lot o' ya.

Left the ol' coat back home before I hit the long dusty trail, so I moseyed out o' Prickly Pear and up to the Tailor to nab a replacement. Ran into one Strong Bad while I was pickin' it out. Ya got a mighty colorful look to ya, fella!

Told y'all I'd be payin' a visit to the Bank, and I kept my word. Looked to me everything was in order, least when I passed through. Took a trip across the road from there and stepped inside that Mineral Storage. Won't be any shortage of pyrite 'round these parts, that's for certain! If you got it on your mind to ask why I was rootin' around the Orange Building, it's 'cause I wanted to see for myself what kind o' ground they have round these parts. No merchant worth his salt would pitch a tent on dirt like this on word alone.

Info's worth a pretty penny in my line o' work, but you only invest in what you lay your own two eyes on. Sounds like you share the principle, Mr. Marshall, huh?

I passed on through the mine, hearin' the sound of diggin' from within. Gearin' myself up in Mining Equipment, I ran into Mr. Roland and Mr. Zeppeli. As I remember it, Mr. Roland came down those creakin' stairs, and Mr. Zepelli still had dust on his boots as he stepped inside from the road. To finish up my preparations, I put boots on the stairs myself and bought a bucket from the Trading Post. Ms. Marisa Kirisame was scurryin' out of the Pharmacy like a dormouse out its nest. You an apothecary of some kind, miss?

Had all the gear I needed at that point, so I made my way back to the Ruined Mine. S'pose the room was a touch less ruined when I climbed down it than it is now… Ms. Momoyo and I had ourselves a good time workin' up the sweat of an honest night's work! Much obliged to have a conversational partner to make the work go by quicker, miss. You got yourself the musk of a miner! We oughta have ourselves a little dirt-movin' competition sometime. You win? I'll bring you an ounce of the finest Oresrush silver you can eat!

Once I had topped off a good bucket o' dirt, Ms. Momoyo and I hauled ourselves up and hit the road. We met up with Ms. Marisa Kirisame again and had ourselves a pleasant walk-and-talk on our way to get supper at Madame Zalsarona's event.

Y'all sure do know how to throw a hootenanny! Caught sight of Ms. Kroos, that fresh-faced Lynne character, McJango, the Ranger, Ms. Honoka, that Deathborn, Mr. Venture, and even a King o'... Clubs, was it? Work hard, and you get to play hard, so I mingled for a bit until Doc Stiles showed up and Madame Zalsarona brought down the supper.

Mighty obliged to ya, ma'am. You sure know how to make a free-roamin' merchant feel welcome!

Ol' Mr. Roland had some kinda spell, slicin' up the the piano. You okay there, partner? If work's gettin' to ya, you might consider takin' a rest for a spell. Change of scenery does a man wonders. Hard work's mighty commendable, but don't you go throwin' away your health!

Saw the Ranger leave after that, but I didn't have the mind to track where the feller was off to! My stomach was rumblin'! Madame Zalsarona makes a fillin' meal, but I rustled up some extra feed I needed after all that diggin'. Bud passed me by as I hit the road, and I found my path crossin' with Ms. Cascabela 'fore I made it out the door.

Appreciate the photograph, miss. I'm sure hootin' and hollerin' for you all along the rails, with the kind o' beauty you've got for yourself. You can rest assured I won't go forgettin' your face. When we wrap up here in Silver Junction, I might just have a lead on some outfits - finest silken fabric you've seen on this side of the continent - you might fancy.

Night's light was dyin' out, so I walked off supper by makin' my way down near Carpentry, where I spotted Ms. Nico Yazawa and struck up a conversation with Ms. Hifumi. Was pleasant-goin' right 'til sounds of poppin' came out of the building, a scream followin' em.

Don't know if that rattled Ms. Hifumi, but she made to wet her whistle at the Saloon, so I wandered my way back to the Green Building as Not Shane poked a head out o' Carpentry. Gave my coat a wash, then I nodded off to wait for the rooster's crowin'.