Re: Ride to Fort Mount Pleasant
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 6:41 pm
Allerdice Springs.
Evening of Monday 5th May, 1879.
I will summarise the evenings activities for each character.
Jack LaGrone contacts the authorities at Fort Mount Pleasant, informing them of the attack upon the wagon train and the demise of the trooper detachment. He advises the location of the mass grave and the retreat of the renegade warparty into the eastern plains.
Doc Bolt. The hardback volumes and quarterly magazines which gather dust upon the shelves of the reading room contain few items if interest. The 'science breakthroughs' and latest discoveries are things you have already studied, the pages playing catch-up with the lectures and experiments of Salt Lake colleges.
The main subject of conversation between patrons in the room are debates on the boons or ills that Hellstromme inspired devices bring to the civilized societies. One man talks of horseless steam carrages and men levitating across the ground while another disparagingly disputes him with accusations of theatrical 'mirror and smoke' performances. They make mention of the Wasatch railroad which runs from the east to Denver and rumours of lines extending into this territory.
It might be worthwhile just noting in your background some history of why you left Utah and your specific leanings on the man Hellstromme. With your investigations not turning up anything more fruitful, you can engage the men in conversation with any comments or questions and then join the others in the saloon.
Wina picks up on the whispered comments which come her way. Also can you include a Smarts roll in your next post as you catch the melody drifting on the wind from the ghostly siren of Giselle Allerdice.
Malcolm Rap plays a few hands of poker. The games are low key and folk rotate seats as folds, busts and cash-outs happen. Give me three Gambling rolls. Each success wins you d6 dollars, each raise doubles your pot. A fail loses d6 dollars. Also include a Notice check in case you spot the huckster opposite.
Pastor Flanagan. The stragglers mowed down are the escapees fleeing the railroad camp massacre, running for the relative security of the Horseshoe Tunnel. The slowest were overrun by 'a great beast' who's fetid and sulphuric breath literally petrified the unfortunate labourers.
As far as the preaching and itinerant circle goes, you have not been this side of Cheyenne. You may have corresponded with the local minister, a Reverend Luther Neville. So this is new territory as far as established churches go. The church here sits in some landscaped gardens, the manse attached to the rear chapel building.
You do not know the history of the town but conversations can fill you in the basics. Originally the nearby bluff was used as an encampment for a Cheyenne tribe and the Union cavalry raided the place in order to rescue captives, one of whom was Giselle Allerdice. She died during the rescue, along with her children. The town emerged as a result of the creek being refreshed. The waters below the tor spring are rumoured to contain healing minerals though this is also the area reputedly used as the haunt of Giselle's spirit. Whatever the truth of that local legend really is remains to be discovered.
The Denver-Pacific railroad have a line built from Cheyenne (about 15 miles West) which turns northwards here across the plains to Laramie.
As the Pastor shares the experiences of the party from the initial meeting on the train to the deliverance of Bram and the wagon train attack you get some mixed responses. There is alarm concerning the fate of the buffalo hunters who animated as boneless flesh jackets. The likelihood is that they may have been former associates of hunters in the saloon.
The retelling of Bram's manifestation and deliverance is met with the usual scoffs of disbelief and 'amens'. At least your companions can testify their own witness of the ceremony. It is however your retelling of the wagon train attack which causes almost uproar in the saloon. The town is home to the DP labourers who have suffered first hand the attacks of the renegades. The boasting of your victory pales against their tragedy and losses. Some of the men challenge you to step outside, "so we can see what you are made of. " The atmosphere definitely changes to a volatile and confrontational one.
However your charisma is enough to persuade the foreman of your sincerity and he quells the trouble makers.
After you leave the poker table he meets you at the bar and over a beer suggests you may be 'an answer to prayer ' yourself. He offers that your presence among the labourers may provide them with more than spiritual aide, especially as they endeavour to reopen the line. He asks you to accompany the labourers in the morning, "at least to give our fallen a proper committal" and he shares regarding the news he received by telegram from the DP agents earlier.
okay. Everyone post an action and include relevant rolls. Ask any questions and decide on your next steps.
You may continue evening activity in town or follow up and threads.
Evening of Monday 5th May, 1879.
I will summarise the evenings activities for each character.
Jack LaGrone contacts the authorities at Fort Mount Pleasant, informing them of the attack upon the wagon train and the demise of the trooper detachment. He advises the location of the mass grave and the retreat of the renegade warparty into the eastern plains.
Doc Bolt. The hardback volumes and quarterly magazines which gather dust upon the shelves of the reading room contain few items if interest. The 'science breakthroughs' and latest discoveries are things you have already studied, the pages playing catch-up with the lectures and experiments of Salt Lake colleges.
The main subject of conversation between patrons in the room are debates on the boons or ills that Hellstromme inspired devices bring to the civilized societies. One man talks of horseless steam carrages and men levitating across the ground while another disparagingly disputes him with accusations of theatrical 'mirror and smoke' performances. They make mention of the Wasatch railroad which runs from the east to Denver and rumours of lines extending into this territory.
It might be worthwhile just noting in your background some history of why you left Utah and your specific leanings on the man Hellstromme. With your investigations not turning up anything more fruitful, you can engage the men in conversation with any comments or questions and then join the others in the saloon.
Wina picks up on the whispered comments which come her way. Also can you include a Smarts roll in your next post as you catch the melody drifting on the wind from the ghostly siren of Giselle Allerdice.
Malcolm Rap plays a few hands of poker. The games are low key and folk rotate seats as folds, busts and cash-outs happen. Give me three Gambling rolls. Each success wins you d6 dollars, each raise doubles your pot. A fail loses d6 dollars. Also include a Notice check in case you spot the huckster opposite.
Pastor Flanagan. The stragglers mowed down are the escapees fleeing the railroad camp massacre, running for the relative security of the Horseshoe Tunnel. The slowest were overrun by 'a great beast' who's fetid and sulphuric breath literally petrified the unfortunate labourers.
As far as the preaching and itinerant circle goes, you have not been this side of Cheyenne. You may have corresponded with the local minister, a Reverend Luther Neville. So this is new territory as far as established churches go. The church here sits in some landscaped gardens, the manse attached to the rear chapel building.
You do not know the history of the town but conversations can fill you in the basics. Originally the nearby bluff was used as an encampment for a Cheyenne tribe and the Union cavalry raided the place in order to rescue captives, one of whom was Giselle Allerdice. She died during the rescue, along with her children. The town emerged as a result of the creek being refreshed. The waters below the tor spring are rumoured to contain healing minerals though this is also the area reputedly used as the haunt of Giselle's spirit. Whatever the truth of that local legend really is remains to be discovered.
The Denver-Pacific railroad have a line built from Cheyenne (about 15 miles West) which turns northwards here across the plains to Laramie.
As the Pastor shares the experiences of the party from the initial meeting on the train to the deliverance of Bram and the wagon train attack you get some mixed responses. There is alarm concerning the fate of the buffalo hunters who animated as boneless flesh jackets. The likelihood is that they may have been former associates of hunters in the saloon.
The retelling of Bram's manifestation and deliverance is met with the usual scoffs of disbelief and 'amens'. At least your companions can testify their own witness of the ceremony. It is however your retelling of the wagon train attack which causes almost uproar in the saloon. The town is home to the DP labourers who have suffered first hand the attacks of the renegades. The boasting of your victory pales against their tragedy and losses. Some of the men challenge you to step outside, "so we can see what you are made of. " The atmosphere definitely changes to a volatile and confrontational one.
However your charisma is enough to persuade the foreman of your sincerity and he quells the trouble makers.
After you leave the poker table he meets you at the bar and over a beer suggests you may be 'an answer to prayer ' yourself. He offers that your presence among the labourers may provide them with more than spiritual aide, especially as they endeavour to reopen the line. He asks you to accompany the labourers in the morning, "at least to give our fallen a proper committal" and he shares regarding the news he received by telegram from the DP agents earlier.
okay. Everyone post an action and include relevant rolls. Ask any questions and decide on your next steps.
You may continue evening activity in town or follow up and threads.