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¡°So this is what we have come too? Killing our own? What is the point if we are simply going to slaughter each other? We have already lost.¡± He looked at them all more than exasperated. He honestly couldn¡¯t wait for this to be over!!!
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He waited for the Sicilien to get himself together, right now there was still a chance to save her or go after her, but he wasn¡¯t getting there by magical means, that was for damned sure!
[Sicilien]
"You don't understand what it's like for me to lose, gain, and lose again the essence of my life!" the bounty hunter snapped, his eyes throwing daggers at the medicine man and his gun slinging lover.? "Like a ghost she came into existence, and like a ghost she left it.? Poof.? Smoke and mirrors."? But he was no fool.? Sicilien immediately dropped his hold on Flynn's collar when the cold hollow of the metal barrel kissed the skin on the back of his head.? He drew his hands up, stepping away from Flynn, wearing a scowl on his face but making no other movements that would cost him the one price he wasn't willing to pay.? Yet.
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"My apologies," he finally said after taking a few deep breaths, counting to ten, and then relaxing, his shoulders drooping in response.? Sicilien touched the stone wall of the cavern, looking up as his fingers curled into a fist and then his arm dropped to his side.? "None of ya'll have done wrong by me, and I won't do wrong by you either.? I'm ready to go on."
(Callie Carson)
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Callie eased back the hammer of her pistol, then lowered the weapon away from Sicilien's head. She stepped back and then looked over to Flynn.
"Where exactly are we?" she asked him. "Which way to Miller's Crossing?"?
It was almost beginning?to feel like an obsession for the redhead. She was tired of the delays. They had given the evil in Miller's Crossing plenty of time to prepare for their arrival. She reckoned it would not be easy to undo all that had been done there at this point.
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(Flynn)
The Pookah relaxed when Sicilien released his grip and stepped back and Callie lowered her weapon as well.? He spent a moment soothing his horse, then looked to Callie.? "We're down below the cave you were just in, 'bout seventy, seventy-five feet or so.? This is part of a whole complex of caverns that runs under the lands in this territory.? And this particular cavern..." he gestured to the cool rock walls surrounding them that formed a large tunnel that extended ahead of them into darkness "...goes all the way to Miller's Crossin'. Or rather under the Crossin'.? Them undead ain't likely to be botherin' us down here, so we should be safe.? Till it's time to go up to the surface again, anyways."
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Flynn then held out one hand, palm up, and concentrated.? A glowing ball of silver-white glamour seemed to grow out of his fingers and then float in the air, the glow lighting up and penetrating the darkness around them.? He whispered a few words to it and it began moving down the tunnel ahead of them.? "Just follow the wisp and it'll show the way," he said to everyone in the little band.? "It'll stop when we're under the Crossin'. But don' go wanderin' off nowheres.? Whatever sent them undead at us is still gonna be lookin' for us, so we gotta stay close together in case it finds us."
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The Pookah paused to exchange a grateful look with Callie.? "Thanks for comin' to me rescue there, lover," he said softly, giving her hand a squeeze.? "Ah probably could'a managed on me own, but you saved me from havin' to spend any glamour dealin' with that poor lovesick fool.? And ah think ah'm gonna need ever bit I can hang on to for when we finally come face to face with whatever's been causin' all this trouble."
TAG - Chase
Update Posting Order: Flynn, Chase, Sicilien, Callie
