Poor Murphs, he will be most disconcerted to be teleported to Hamburg. Go well!

On the theme of zappiness, one for the Stray:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrqdW4Miao

Jake is going to have some serious mental issues with the "spirit" crows he's been seeing coming to life... poor Jake.

Why do I have the feeling The Hawk isn't going to have much nice to say to Adrian?

At least he wasn't doing it in church or near its adoptive chick. It's not entirely happy with him, though, no.



You want to stroll on in there and go "'sup guys, I'm your replacement Charging Bear, nice ring o' torture you got going here. Mind if I put a few planks on the fire? Nice, let's break out the marshmallows."
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I have no idea, either...the Comanche are about looking for the intruder, Carl and Is Not Afraid there are going round in circles in their discussion...I'm a little at a loss myself.

Oh, and Alouette? what was the Go go angel touch meant to do this time around?

Just introducing Adrian and Adrian's little friend to the Hawk - spirit check.

Carl'll think of something. He's good at that. Probably something racist, though, since his vast ignorance is why he'll never get over d6 Smarts. It amuses me no end that he's far more of a savage than CB or most of the Comanches there will ever be. What's the bowman's name?

Ah. Right-o!

Yellow Buffalo.

Aww, it's nice to have fans, even though Carl and the Dust Adders aren't actually a Goth Rock/Country band...you could try de-crucifying a vampire for shits and giggles. Carl still might attack you if he notices, but his attention's more on his own "tribe".

Cause CB would WANT to unleash a vampire on the world... wait he doesn't.

True, but neither Carl nor CB know they're vampires...at least, not yet.

Carl suspects from Evans' and Wildcat's talking about vampires in the theatre in front of him, though he's not entirely sure what a vampire is (something that flies, possibly?) or how to deal with one.

...he'd probably free them anyway if he knew, since undead or not they're the right colour and female, and likely they'll want to take being horribly abused out on the Comanche rather than him.

In other news the dice roller hates me

oh and I'm running Warrior Dash this weekend!

Carl, did you want to control Jesse during this little bit, or leave him in my hands?

Carl would be very confused by that, but the magic 8 ball's mysterious sources say "no", [points at edited post] so I won't.

Clank-speak is catching...

So, I have a quandary. I don't want to ghost Wildcat, as I've not been given permission to do so, but her absence is beginning to get felt. Thoughts?

Has the player ever asked you specifically not to ghost them?

In the absence of such a request, I believe it is the GM's prerogative to ghost an absent player's character when necessary and appropriate.

If not, then I'd send a PM to let them know that their character's integral role in the story thus far somewhat begs their presence, and that unless asked otherwise informed you'll be ghosting them to keep them in the scene so they don't get left behind.

Even otherwise, to put myself in an absent player's shoes, I would rather Adrian be involved even though not under my control than sitting around somewhere, missing all the major action (which is every five minutes in Blackthorn) and then making an awkward transition back into the game where the other characters are wondering why they missed the whole shebang.

I'm so sorry, Charging Bear. The Dice Roller is trying to kill you!

But wait! I've noticed a mistake, and one of those massive hits against you has to be rerolled!
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...and is still massive.
You know, I my theory is the dice roller is psychic, and knows when a character's supposed to be lucky or unlucky - some of you will know what I'm talking about when I say it adores Kerry Faust in much the way it deplores Charging Bear.

What Adrian said. We can't leave Wildcat locked in the privy indefinitely, and it'd be hugely unfair to leave her ambiguously wandering the streets in the event of Comanche attack. You could do it mininmally, like "posse comes up to find Wildcat overseeing the hauling of hot water to roofs, she signals she'll talk to them in a minnit" so that you could give her a presence but didn't have to navigate the angel-talk, even.

It did seem to enjoy giving Faust the upper hand a lot. And it also seems to hate Danny, especially while he's trying to escape.

I figure she's currently engaged in that Streetwise Roll she made before we stated the new chapter threads, now that her conversation with William over. That was to check the towns defenses and see that everything was in place. This would put her over by either City Hall or The Old Mining Offices, both of which are out of earshot of the Grand Bull.
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Danny is not good at making friends. Aye, and you can guarantee that the only one likely to remain unaffected by this run of Jokers in combat is Alouette...

If she was at City Hall that'd give her a bit more time (waiting on Murphs to get back), the knowledge from the sucessful check that Carl's gone missing and access to any holy buckshot already being made. Tim's there for her to bother, too, though he'd probably just growl at her and make the Adders there close in and growl at her too if she tried.

Actually, Aloutte's Schizophrenia is activated each time any player draws a Joker in combat, not just those present around it at the time...though I don't think that counts for the GM's characters. So the Hawk might get a chance for a few words...

Makes sense. I'll do that, then.

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY does the Dice Roller hate Charging Bear so much!?

You ever kill a Comanche, CB?

Really? Really really? You said that was a myth last I asked. Kee...

I re-read it. It says ANY player. That should make things fun...

...unless Alouette just exploded. (Oops.)

Y'know, CB, I think letting Itza-Chu get his hands on the Doom Gun might be a really, really bad idea...