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[cowboycrap]

Both groups that turned over their outlaws were paid the handsome sticker price. The Sheriff was disconcerted about the missing bounty, but it appears so long as they have Martin they're not too worried about the straggler. You must have been tired after the long day yesterday, so hopefully you've rested up and taken advantage of the hotel rooms and actual beds. By the time morning rolls around, a steady stream of people are heading to the court house for the town meeting. Check it out Y/N?

The bounties are still secured in the jail. They are heavily guarded, or as much as they can be in a town with such divided resources.

[Mission: town hall meeting before you depart from westworld anyone?]

Comments

[cowboycrap]

[there's only but the one and it's the front door. of course there are windows in the cells but they're barred and there's a deputy sitting in a chair keeping an eye on the cells]

[recurred]

[so they need a distraction]

[fainting isn't going to help them in this situation and she's not about to set a building on fire (although it was one of the options)]

[somebody stole my horse or they're going to feed my baby to jackals or there's a cougar in my outhouse]

[cowboycrap]

[the deputy picks a piece of horse shit off the bottom of his boot and flicks it into a corner idly.]

[recurred]

[okay she has about 10 seconds to choose between one of those, but looks like the doctor's going in because he's disappeared and left her with one job. she has one job.]

[waits a moment trying to pump herself up for this. give herself a little pep talk because it's possibly the worst idea to ever exist, but if she backs out now, she's letting the doctor down]

[fixes hat and slides away briefly before getting a running start. cue dramatics]

HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME!

[cowboycrap]

[perks up and knocks a bottle of whiskey off his desk. hat falls off. looks around before getting up and running out]

Miss?? Somethin the matter?

[recurred]

[grabs him by the shoulders. breathless.]

Please. You have to help! My horse, it's been stolen. It was everything I had...it.. it has everything I've got. They just took it and rode off! Please..

[cowboycrap]

Calm down, miss. What did this horse o yours look like? And the fella?

[sheriff told him not to abandon his station, but it is a lady in need]

[recurred]

[deep breath. slight head shake]

Horse was brown and white. The man was tall, dark haired, bearded. Dark coat. I..I didn't see his face. [that's like 1/3 of the population and even a few outsiders, she had august in mind. sorry not sorry]

He's run straight out of town, he's getting away!

[throws a look in the other direction, trying to edge him that way subtly]

[cowboycrap]

[he nods, caught up in the moment as he starts to get up on his own horse]

[another deputy bowlegs out of an outhouse next to the jailhouse and looks them up and down]

Buck where you think you're goin? Sheriff Clyde done told us not to leave this jailhouse for nothin.

[cowboycrap]

Billy Bob this lady here's horse was stolen, now I can't just stand idly by while that takes place under my nose, as a man of the law!

[poor buck keeps trying to get on his horse, billy bob is clearly judging him as he adjusts his belt to head back into the station]

Alright now, make it quick.

[cowboycrap]

[there's some hollerin as deputy billy bob reenters the station to see the attempted jailbreak. shots were fired. i imagine cardboard doctor ought to remove himself from the situation before he finds himself with a cardboard bullet in his skull]

[recurred]

[aw hell]

[he can't go inside. not when they're this close!]

[reaches out for billy bob woefully]

Wait--!

[recurred]

[frozen with her hands out]

[son of a bitch\]

[cowboycrap]

[poor gullible deputy buck pauses with his foot halfway over his horse]

...You in on this miss?


Think you can just pull one over on ol' deputy Buck?

[recurred]

[oh my god what do i do this is like baby's first dui except it's baby's first western arrest. she was going to faint but that wont work. can't run unless she steals a horse. can she gran theft horse this and accumulate more damage? probably. will she?.... . .. . .. .. .


. ..
..

no. can she spin this? she'll try]

Congratulations...! You passed the test.

[cowboycrap]

Miss?

[slowly slides back off horse, approaching her with a jangle of his spurs

while billy bob chases the doctor out of the station in the bg]

[recurred]

This was a drill. To see if you men we're doing your job. Jail breaks like these happen all the time you know in...Golden Dwelling and...Bukmek. [what other cities are here i dont even]

[folds arms and nods. play it cool clara]

Close call on that one.- [turns to look at the doctor scampers off]

He's really into the bit. You'll get bonus points. If you catch him. He's really wily.

[cowboycrap]

A drill from who, miss?

[kind of a slackjawed look as he runs off, then back to her. he's not the brightest bulb in the box but he tries. oh my god does he try]

[recurred]

[starts backing away]

The I....I . . F. International Inspection Force.

[that sounds fancy enough]

Keeping everyone up to code. You know. Regulations. Stuff and ...things.

[nod or two in there like she knows what she's talking about]

We'll mail you your gold star. Excuse me.

[legs it]

[cowboycrap]

[he's gonna get a gold star!]

[breathes on his nails and rubs them against his shirt. you go buck]

[cowboycrap]

[billy bob clocks him over the head in the background as she runs off]

[recurred]

[holy shit clara thank god you got the dense one]

[now to go off looking for lost cardboard in a town so small]