"He's right!" Dan says stepping up to the mob. "He's not the killer! I saw the killer, and it wasn't him!"

The crowd around them hesitates, and then turns back to the problem of dumping water on the burning building. Not that it seems to be doing any good.

Dan hustles up to Jack and Jane. "What did you mean when you said that stuff about him coming back?" He looks over at Kate. "One minute I'm shooting a man who won't die, the next I'm being dragged to find a shovel to desecrate a grave, and now you're telling me he's coming back somehow? Can someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?"

James had no real idea what was what in the town so he began heading towards the closest blaze he saw... the jail.

"Listen! whatever is happening here we have to let the Marshall deal with it! Whoever that man in there was, it's up to them to figure that out!  Right now we need to save the town!" Kate pointed to the building that was on fire.

(OOC: don't have persuasion so using Intimidation:

08:03, Today: Kate Hillary rolled 24 using 1d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of (6+6+6+4)22. Intimidation.
08:04, Today: Kate Hillary rolled 3 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 3.

"We're not fucking done yet!" growled Jane.  She pointed her gun at Dan,  "This ain't fucking done till Al Swearengen gets his! Where is he?"
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Calamity Jane raises her gun and starts shouting, which compels some of the crowd trying to fight the fire to jump away...but not all of them.

Not all of Al's thugs had been killed by Bill, after all, and most were in the bucket brigade. And with Jane declaring her involvement for all to hear, well, that was the last straw for them.

"I lost friends tonight! Die, you cowardly bitch!" One shouts as he levels his rifle at her. The shot doesn't come anywhere close to touching her, but like a dam bursting the frustration, anger, and fear boils over and suddenly the mob is turning towards Calamity Jane.

"Get her!"

"String her up!"

"Tar her! Feather her! Run her out on a rail!"

((OOC: Congrats. You've just openly admitted you were part of this bloody attack in front of a whole mob of people who'd be upset to know that little fact.

Everyone there, draw cards for Initiative.

Angry mob (including Dan): 9D))

In reply to James Wilder (msg # 8):

James runs through the crowd, which parts at the sudden appearance of his odd attire. Not everyone moves fast enough, though, and someone blunders into him.

"Help!" The man cries, grabbing the strange, shiny material that makes up the suit. "Fire...blood...dead! Dead!" He waves a bloody knife in Wilders' face. "Help!" He yells again.

And then James recognizes him. It's Jimmy! He's disheveled, and his torn clothes are smeared with blood and ashes. He looks like he's been in a fight, and he's weaving and unfocused, possibly injured somewhere. He seems disoriented, too, as if he were drunk. Or in shock.

((OOC: Wilder, make another Natural Healing roll. I don't want to have you down at 2 wounds this whole while...))

Jane fires her gun into the air.  "Y'all know who I fucking am!" she shouts.  "Do you really want to cross me!"

OOC: Intimidate time!  I note that I have the Reputation Edge, which boosts Intimidate, but not the Intimidation skill.  Oh well.  My best roll is a 4, which may or may not be enough to intimidate the leader of the crowd.



04:29, Today: Calamity Jane Canary drew the single card: AH using a deck of 54 cards. Init.

04:29, Today: Calamity Jane Canary rolled 0,4 using d4-1,d6-1, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5. Last White Chip.

04:28, Today: Calamity Jane Canary rolled 1,1 using d4-1,d6-1, rerolling max with rolls of 2,2. White Chip.

04:28, Today: Calamity Jane Canary rolled 1,2 using d4-1,d6-1, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3. Intimidation.

In reply to James Lonefeather (msg # 12):
OOC: I can dig it
09:23, Today: James Wilder rolled 4,1 using 1D8-2,1D6-2, rerolling max with rolls of 6,3. Natural Healing (-2 wounds).
thats good enough for a wound ... blue chip to get the second
09:23, Today: James Wilder rolled 1 using 1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1. Blue Chip.
No such luck, rerollin' it all! White chip
09:24, Today: James Wilder rolled 5,9,2 using 1D8-2,1D6-2,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,(6+5)11,2. White Chip reroll.
9 should get rid of all those pesky wounds

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The gunslinger grabbed hold of his friend, trying to keep him upright as he spoke, "Jimmy it me James... what are you talking about man?!" James looked towards where his friend had come from an trying perhaps to see if he can figure out what happened.

08:56, Today: Kate Hillary drew the single card: 7C using the Deadlands system. Initiative.

In reply to Calamity Jane Canary (msg # 13):

((OOC: Yeah, I didn't build this profile...it's the one out of the book, with a few tweaks. She has the Reputation edge, but no Charisma bonus and only a small penalty (which was one I added because I switched around one of her hindrances).

I'm actually going to make an adjustment to her sheet (my prerogative as the Marshal) to better reflect her character. Once I'm done, you can reroll that Intimidate check. I refund all your chips.))

In reply to James Wilder (msg # 14):

"James?" The half-breed looks up, into the faceplate of the suit. It takes him a couple seconds to focus on the face inside. "James? Where...where are we? Last thing I remember, we were fighting Sioux...I took an arrow...then I wake, and I'm in a burning building, and there's bodies everywhere..."

He waves with his knife hand down main street. There's another curl of smoke rising into the air, several blocks to the south, which explains why James didn't see it when he initially left the theater.

Still don't have much of a roll, but here goes:

11:08, Today: Calamity Jane Canary rolled 6,3 using d6+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1. White chip.

11:08, Today: Calamity Jane Canary rolled 3,5 using d6+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 1,3. Intimidate, take two.
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In reply to James Lonefeather (msg # 17):

"Jimmy, stop wavin' that blade around ... there are lots of folks runnin' round out here."  James grabbed his friend's hand. "What do you mean you don't remember anything after the fight with the Sioux?! You talked to me in the Miner's Alliance this afternoon, saying how you'd go into town and ask around about things..."

19:41, Today: Black Jack Boudreaux drew the single card: QH using a deck of 54 cards. initiative.

"What is that quaint little expression?" says a voice from behind Calamity Jane. A dark-haired man in a duster with one of those fancy Smith & Robards armored vests steps out of the crowd of angry miners. "'I'm you're huckleberry,' is it? Well I am, see you. And I swear to God Above that I will cross you, and I will end you, unless you drop that rifle and surrender. So what's it to be?"

((OOC: A wild MADDOX appears!

He rolls to resit the intimidation.

20:26, Today: Maddox rolled 4,4 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4.

20:27, Today: Maddox rolled 5,2 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 5,2. white chip. not quite high enough to beat Jane.

That's a fail, but even though Calamity Jane has a +2 bonus against him, he's confident he can take her and steps up to challenge her anyway.

I roll the die to add him to the turn order:

Card: RJ!

Huh. Well, that changes things.))

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Turn Order:
Maddox: RJ! (holding to interrupt any action taken by Calamity Jane)
Calamity Jane: AD
Black Jack: QH
Angry Mob: 9D
Kate Hillary: 7C

"Blade?" Jimmy says, looking down...and suddenly drops the knife as if it'd burned him. "What...I don't remember...what's going on? What things? Where are we?"

In reply to Maddox (msg # 21):

Jane spits.  "Well, look who fucking crawled out from under a fucking rock.  You want a piece of me?  Get this fire put out, and I'll meet you tomorrow at high noon.  Unless you ain't got the fucking stones, that is."

16:12, Today: Black Jack Boudreaux rolled 5,11 using d6+2,d10+2, rerolling max with rolls of 3,9. persusion.

Black looked around "This town is burning to the ground. Let's save these arguments for later and save Deadwood."

James gave his friend a hard look, trying as he might to see if Jimmy was being funny or not. "Don't play with me like that Jimmy, don't you dare!" the gunslinger's voice was hard as his sized up the half-breed. "Too much shit going on right fer me to help you sort out whatever's happenin' in your head man. So either come with me or get to safety." James started moving towards the jail again, leaving his friend to make his choice.

There's a strange red shine in the gunslinger's eyes as he takes in the fire, the angry mob, and the woman with the rifle.

He sighs. "You had your chance." He say, and fires.

The bullet creases Calamity Jane's brow, digging a deep furrow into her skull and sending cascades of blood into her eyes. The shot has enough force to send her staggering, and her ears ring.

Even through the ringing, she can hear Maddox speaking to her. "Now, see you, I'm taking you down for the murders you committed by yir. Throw down your gun, and it'll be a cell for you. Shoot, and it'll be a pine box. Your choice."

((OOC: Maddox aims to finish this fight in one shot. He has a +2 bonus from the Marksman edge and a +2 bonus from his Joker, so he's going to make a called shot at Calamity Jane's head. The penalties cancel out his bonuses, so it's a straight roll.

22:46, Today: Maddox rolled 4,4 using d10,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,4. Shooting! That's a hit.

He gets +2 damage from the Joker, and +4 damage from headshot.

Damage: 18 (Shaken and 2 wounds for Calamity Jane)

His card for the next round: 4H))

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Calamity Jane is up next!

Jimmy looks a bit panicked as he follows along behind James. "I swear to God, James, I'm not playing anything! Don't leave!"

Ahead, the jail is burning merrily. There's a number of crumpled, robbed bodies around the place...folks who look unconscious or perhaps dead, it's hard for him to tell.

From the side of the building is a shouting match...a dark-haired man with well-trimmed mustache is pointing a gun at a bloody fellow with a rifle aimed at a Chinese man, who is also holding a pistol, though he seems to be trying to diffuse the situation rather than aggravate either the bloody man or the mustached man.

((OOC: This will put Wilder in to the action on the Greatest Show On Earth thread))

The rifle is thrown from Jane's hand as she drops to the ground.  "Knew... you ain't... got the... fucking stones." she whispered, before her head lolled over.

Managed to soak one wound, but was still shaken, so she's going to lie down for a nap.

00:42, Today: Calamity Jane Canary rolled 1,5 using d10,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 1,5. Soak.

"Come on then Jimmy... town's gonna burn down and we ain't closer to gettin' what we came for."

"The hell... ain't folks got better things to do right now?"

In reply to James Wilder (msg # 29):

((OOC: James, please look over at the Greatest Show On Earth thread, looking for Bullock, McCall, and Dr. Han Lee. You'll be posting there again.))

In reply to Calamity Jane Canary (msg # 28):

The man in black sighs. "Americans. What is this obsession with dueling in the bloody streets?" He looks over at Black Jack. "You there! Help me cart her to the bleedin' Marshal, now, would you kindly?"