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On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 9:09 AM Angel Heart via Groups.Io <qsangel95=[email protected]> wrote:

(Old Chase)

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Chase was not in the mood for a catfight even though a part of him wanted to see it himself.? They needed one another and not all battered and bruised.? He breathed as he looked at them.? “No, I did not kidnap her!? I am not a monster!”? He said leaving out the word completely, part of him was though.? Chase wanted to be diplomatic seems everyone thought he was some knight to the damsel…but he was far from it and the woman thought the other man was her night and wanted nothing to do with Chase from what he reckoned.

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He deep down just wanted her safe and he wanted his life back and that rested in Miller’s Crossing where they all needed to go to get free…him most of all!

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“She called herself homunculi…some nonsense like that and wanted to detain us….however, she could. Some more easily than others,” he said thinking that his loneliness nearly got the better of him.

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“Get everyone out then, I can hold them off should they get in.? Ten minutes do or you need longer?”? He asked as he would take off his shirt leaving on only his vest for his top, the pants didn’t rip but he would like to keep the hat so he put that on his lanyard and waited for them to move as he moved to bar the door a bit more to have a little more time.

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“Can you all get a move on already?”? He asked rolling his back as he prepared for the slight pain that he knew was bound to come with his change.? If Etienne didn’t like him before…she damn sure wasn’t going to like him now.? She might very well not let him touch her again.

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But it wasn’t something he wasn’t used too.

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“They are demons…their form is loose so they can hide in the wind but they have to be solid to attack.

Now go!”? He said holding of his change for as long as possible.

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(Old Charity)

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Charity danced. She'd been dancing for hours, dancing as a madwoman, still nude, and now in the town square of Millers Crossing. The few 'townsfolk' who were about at this hour ignored her, as they did the pounding of her drum. Although ignored, Charity's drumming overlayed the town, and everything in it and the surrounding countryside seemed to move to it's rhythm. As her dance reached its crescendo, her movements, now in a flurry of naked flesh, she stopped dead and simply stood still as pond water. Sweat dripping off of the wendigo's mortal form was her only motion. Even the town and countryside seemed to pause for a moment, until a coyote howled far off in the distance, breaking the spell.
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In Bendo the spirits of bear, wolf, and coyote shrieked outside of the sheriff's office along with the others, both natural and unnatural, clawing at the pokie. Just as Charity finished in Millers Crossing the maelstrom outside the hoosegow stopped, plunging Bendo into total silence. Outside, in the streets, every mortal human who had drank the water left their abode and dropped dead. Somewhere, far in the distance, a coyote howled. Sheriff Miller stood up, and before any of the others could challenge him he dropped to the floor. In an almost inaudible whisper, as if the ghost of ol' Dan were still present, he said, "they all daid." Then Sheriff Miller, too, died.

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(Callie Carson)

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"Homunculi?" Callie repeated, looking toward Etienne, then she glanced back at Flynn to see if he recognized the word. She did. It had been among teachings she'd received at the Vatican. She knew a homunculus was a tiny human, created by an alchemist. Perhaps there were other meanings of the term, but this is what she knew. The girl certainly wasn't tiny, but still the reference made no sense. Maybe Flynn had different insights.

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? Before she could ask him, the noises and wind outside the sheriff's office stopped abruptly and an eerie silence enveloped them. Among the group, only one person moved immediately after the storm outside ended...Sheriff Miller. He simply keeled over where he stood, collapsing to the floor.

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(Flynn)

Flynn noticed Callie's questioning glance but could only shrug.? "I've heard of 'em.? They're like livin' puppets that you can make and have do stuff for you. Different kind of magic from the kind I can do, though."

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"I'd need less than a minute to make a portal," Flynn said to Sicilien. "And since no one here knows Miller's Crossing, it'll have to be to Cullenville.? So--"

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Suddenly the howling outside stopped, leaving only silence. At the same time, the sheriff staggered and collapsed, whispering "They all daid" with his last gasping breath.? He watched as Callie checked the man and pronounced him dead.

"De réir na sean-déithe go léir," the pookah muttered, staring in consternation at the sheriff's now-lifeless body.? "It seems our immediate threat has been eliminated," he said after a moment. "But I declare, I'm gettin' sorely weary of always being a day late and a dollar short in this affair. Somebody - or some _thing_ - has been out-manuevering us from the get-go. And right now, they must be laughin' their heads off."

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[Sicilien]

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"Are you telling me that a mere homunculus is capable of all this?!" Sicilien incredulously asked, pointing with his thumb out the window.? Whether or not he believed that didn't matter since it changed nothing.? They still had to leave lest they become chow for whatever demons this manikin had summoned, so he wasted no time in getting ready for flight, getting up off his chair and donning on the dusty longcoat.? Making sure that his revolvers were safely nestled and clipped into their holsters, Sicilien then grabbed hold of his sniper rifle and slung it over his back.? Chase seemed to be doing the opposite, however, stripping down to his pants, receiving a quizzical look from Sicilien but the bounty hunter's face changed to one of who was just enlightened.? That's right, he remembered getting a glimpse of the beast inside his makeshift partner's eyes.? But before any of them could make a move though, the sheriff suddenly dropped dead, ragdoll-ing to the floor.? What escaped the dead man's lips wasn't lost on them as it suddenly became eerily quiet.

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"Well, isn't this interesting," he said, walking up to the same window that Etienne was standing at.? The same storm that they braved through to reach the jail was now gone, leaving behind everything else.? All the dirt, sand, and whatever else the winds picked up mixed together to create patches of muck and grime that stuck to everything.? But that wasn't _exactly_ everything.? He had to confirm this for himself as he walked to the door, reaching for the handle with one arm, placing the other on Chase and squeezing his shoulder.? "Down, boy.? I think the worst is over.? Save the show-and-tell for another time, okay?"? Opening the door just slightly, he peeked with his eyes out the slit, making sure there wasn't anyone just waiting for them to come out and when he deemed it safe, opened the door wider as he stepped through it to the outside.

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Immediately his nose was assaulted by the various smells all mixing together - petrichor, wet sand, mud, animal dung - everything.? This also brought out all the creepy crawlies, having to kick a centipede away from trying to crawl on top of his boot.? But that wasn't the most offensive thing.? The entire street, every nook and cranny was filled with fallen bodies.? It was as if the whole town just dropped dead.? He had to wonder just what the hell he got himself into mixing with these people.? Nothing that he's experienced in his existence was quite on the same level as this.? True, he's been in one too many hot spots but none involved putting down the whole populace.

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"Ya'll better get out here and see this," he called back into the pokie, turning his head to look inside the jail.? He had to squint a little as his eye adjusted from the sunny outside to the darkened inside.? "You tell me if we still need to spirit away into Cullenville."

(Etienne)

The more that went on around her, the less she wanted to be here. Things were happening beyond her control and she never liked that. She had to make sure she kept herself separate.? That was the only way she was going to stay safe. Keep these people safe. So when the man Sicilien came towards her, she turned around and backed away from him.?

And then the sheriff dropped to the ground. She knew the man was dead before the redhead announced it.?a very unladylike curse rolled off her lips.

She remembered Aimee then. Although she was dead, she was strong and cunning and nothing they did stopped her, only the thing pulling the strings stop Aimee. “We can’t stay here...we have to get out” ?she said “now.”?

Etienne quickly took the sheriff’s weapons. “Grab anything you can find as a means of defense and then we gotta get out of this town.”

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(Chase)
Chase pulled his shirt back on and stepped into his favorite boots once more.? Apparently the Sicilien knew full well that something was different about him without him showing all of his cards.? He didn’t want to reveal and he definitely didn’t want to scare Etienne away from him more than he had already but seems he was good at that.? He didn’t want to be weak and beg or tell her that they needed her, but he knew at the end of this the curse would be gone…or he would be…maybe both!? He turned to see the dead body of the sheriff as well hit the floor like a log.?

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He was still surprised at her words and she was again very right.? He moved to get his own weapons he checked the sheriff’s office for anything of value as well as the weapons before he moved to go down the street.? He his own weapons they would need ammo and lots of it anything silver would be coming with him.? They needed just a bit of time, but he knew the destination and he was going to head there on his own if he had too, but it was time for them to get there or every town would end up like this.? “You heard the lady we need to clean up and get gone, like pronto!”? He was not happy, but was he ever?

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Tag Chase, Callie, Flynn, Sicilien, Etienne, Charity (jumping in)

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