We jumped forward a day or so and open with the group having arrived in Live Oak. Piss was offscreen, trying to keep the 10K Maniacs in line while we stayed in town. Lithium and Duke went to meet with Gog, the leader of Live Oak, who's also an old acquaintance of Duke's. We completed the deal for the guns we had brought (which we established that we took from another gang called the Old Bastards, which we wiped out). Gog paid us 10 barter for the guns, but Lithium angled for a little more. Gog told them that there was a small group of bandits nearby that have been raiding the town and if we took them out, he'd throw some more reward our way.
Meanwhile, Cupid and Want were in the market looking for some weapons. They met a seller named Lamprey and Cupid tried to buy some arrows from him. Things got awkward as it turned out he was actually Cupid's brother-in-law and because Cupid is crazy now, he didn't remember him at all. Things got tense for a moment and two guards came over and separated everyone. Want ended up taking mushrooms with his/her guard, who promptly blacked out and walked away. Cupid managed to intimidate his guard into leaving him alone. Want also spoke with a group of his/her students who he discovered had cornered the market of gasoline in Live Oak and were thinking about leaving town. Want convinced them to stay and gave them a big bag of mushrooms.
Eventually Lithium came back and found Want, who had started up a new deal with Lamprey who was thoroughly annoyed and trying to leave for the night. Want was attempting to buy a Derringer, but Lamprey was reluctant. Lithium offered to trade a 9mm Glock she had for Derringer, which Lamprey took and then left as fast as he could. Lithium then made Want come with her to her room to talk in private. Things took a turn as it became awkwardly clear that Lithium was trying to bone to Want. She gave her/him the Derringer as a token, but then got VERY sexually aggressive. Want turned down her advances, but managed to smooth things over. Lithium then ate some mushrooms and went dancing through the night. Eventually she found Cupid wandering around and through a weird interaction mind-controlled him into going to sleep.
Meanwhile, Duke went off look for cigars. He found out that Tricia, his dead wife's best friend, had some. He went to visit her and they reconnected and had some tender moments. Then they boned hard, because Duke is a stone cold pimp. Tricia made it clear that she wanted Duke to stay with her in Live Oak, and while he told her he had to leave, he seemed to indicate that he would eventually come back to her.
The night before, prior to being put to sleep by Lithium, Cupid had treated a rich guy for his various STDs. The guy told him about a town to the north called The Mill, where there were some shady characters who were looking for children to buy essentially. Specifically they were looking for Brainer children. Cupid thought that this was probably where Duke's daughter was taken to, or at least it could be a clue on that path. The next morning he told the group about it and suggested they go to The Mill and check it out. At hearing of the description of the kidnapped and sold Brainer children, Lithium totally freaked out, tackling Cupid and screaming nonsense. Eventually, despite her protests, the group decided that the best plan of action was to go check out The Mill and try to avoid the bandits that Gog had told them about.
No comments:
Post a Comment