quote:
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
--Matthew Arnold, "Dover Beach"
Near Sundown, April 11th, 1879. The outskirts of Blackthorn. Good Friday.
Some Mood Music
The ground rumbles as the riders thunder into town on the wings of the storm. They head straight for the church.
Jake Cuthings
The trip to the church is short and uneventful, but eerie. There's something foul in the air that Jake can't quite trace. Could be the fact that the town feels too empty. There aren't any lights on in the houses he passes. There isn't any music from the saloon. This place feels like a Ghost Town.
The feeling of unease doesn't leave as he comes within sight of the church. The crossroads around the place shows signs of a violent struggle. There's blood in the streets.
And, just to make things worse, a dozen riders are making their way toward him...
Jake Lawrence, Alouette, John Smith, Carl Allans
Once all the people injured in the riot are in the church, Alouette and jake continue bantering on about repentance while John helps Evans tend the wounded. The Priest also tends to the wounded, though he spends a lot of time with Carl the Dust Adder. Evans mixes up some sort of strange, noxious brew using holy water, communion wine, sawdust, and some of that fresh-baked pie Alouette fetched earlier that seems to actually work at making people feel better (the first person he tests it on is himself).
As people in the church discuss events, the sound of riders on horseback can be heard outside...
Wildcat Hawkins, Adrian Vega
Wildcat and Adrian are discussing plans with Al Milburn, who has some very vocal things to say about Wildcat's so-called "plans," most of them negative...
((OOC: And we're off!))
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