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GM: Preacher, after you get done with the corpses and they are all buried, you see the familiar face of Lila on a horse speeding hastily towards the city. GM: Inside the church Joan is standing, her shotgun ready, and the chinaman and the indian lie in a blissful slumber. Zoltar: "Naughty naughty" Preacher: "Good afternoon, ma'am." Lila: "Hey Preacher, what's goin on here?" GM: Lila you see quite a bit of blood in several pools on the ground. Lila: "Looks like quite a blood bath." Preacher: "Someone decided to move in before us." Preacher: "Their survivors are in the church." Lila: "Any of the town folk hurt"? Preacher: "I don't believe." GM: The townspeople start to get to work clearing some of the rubble and salvaging what's usable. Lila: "Thanks, he sure could." Grabbing the reins she leads her horse to the trough, pumping the handle up and down a few times till the water runs freely. Preacher: ((GM, are all the graves in the graveyard in proper order?)) GM: Not really, no. GM: The men formed SOMEWHAT orderly rows, but once in awhile they squeezed some in sideways to make more room. GM: The dirt is all in place though, it doesn't look like anything was disturbed TOO often. GM: Preacher, those corpses sure are gooey. GM: You bring two headless corpses outside, slung over your backs, your back hurts quite a bit, especially climbing those stairs. You feel the blood and gore seeping through the material on your back. GM: Joan looks at you with a raised eyebrow. Lila: "Geezus Preacher, how many of em ya got to bury?" Preacher: "Give or take." GM: Preacher, its a chunkey purple goo filled in blood. GM: As you bring the corpses over the hill the three men look at you. "Damnit, now we're gonna need a bigger hole..." Preacher: "No." Preacher: "These men deserve marked graves." GM: The men sigh. "How'd theese'uns die?" Preacher: "The cultists..." GM: Each starts digging a different grave. GM: There is a huge pile of dirt. You expect there will soon be another hill in town, possibly to support its own outhouse. GM: ((LOL! "These men deserve marked graves...ewww...*rub rub*")) Preacher: ((No one likes strange purple goo that smells like an old man's ass.)) GM: They simply fall over and keep snoring away...sleepy bastards. GM: They're "all tuckered out". Preacher: ((Spit.)) GM: Lila, you dig a grave, and get leering stares from the other three men. GM: Preacher, you drop two more corpses as the other two are being tossed in a grave. GM: Joan looks at you, "What the hell did you guys do down there?"
 * Preacher peers into the church to make sure everything's alright before heading out to greet her.
 * Zach is inside resting.
 * Lila arrives at Burmington after a hard ride, her horse is lathered and panting from the grueling trip.
 * Preacher has shed his duster the overshirt of his clericals, his sleeves rolled up over his forearms.
 * Zach hits a cultist getting a little to rowdy with the butt of his pistol a few times and then ties him up.
 * Preacher approaches Lila from the church's hill, his boots muddy and bloody.
 * Lila pulls her horse to a halt outside the church, taking a look around.
 * Zach sits down in the empty doorway of the church and pulls out a deck of cards, rolling it around in his hand.
 * Lila lifts her leg over the saddle horn then slides off her horse, landing smartly on her feet. She stretches, "That's good. Dang, I'm stiff from the ride."
 * Preacher points toward the burning remains of a tavern, "There's a water pump down that way, looks like your horse could use some."
 * Preacher heads back into the church, patting Zach on the shoulder as he passes.
 * Preacher looks the remaining cultists over as he passes through into the basement room, trying to bring up two corpses at a time.
 * Lila lets her horse drink his fill, then leads him back over to the church. Tying him to a hitching post, she heads toward. the Preacher.
 * Preacher grimaces to Joan as he walks through the church.
 * Preacher exits the church with two corpses slung over his shoulders like potato sacks.
 * Preacher looks at Lila as he steps into the sunlight, "Counting these two...twenty-eight more."
 * Lila grabs a shovel and follows the preacher to the hill...
 * Preacher drops them onto a clear portion of hill.
 * Preacher runs his hand over his back, grimacing.
 * Lila pitches in, sticking the shovel into the dirt, she presses her foot down, shoving the spade into the earth, then lifting it, she piles the dirt up on her right.
 * Zach sits in the church thinking.
 * Preacher wipes his hand off on the corpses shirt and goes back into the church for more of them, this time making good use of the bedsheets so it doesn't get all over his back.
 * Lila pushes a lock of hair from her damp forehead with the back of her hand, smudging it with a little dirt.
 * Preacher kicks Evan and the chinaman awake to help him.
 * Preacher hauls the bodies all by himself in that case.
 * Lila digs and digs, working up an unladylike sweat.
 * Lila's shirt clings to her damp body, sweat trickling down her neck and down between her breasts.

Zach rolled -+ 1 6 7 3 +- Result -> 7

GM: Preacher, as you get to the top of the stair and turn the corner, another headless corpse floats past you, leaving a trail on the ground. GM: You drop the two corpses on the ground and grab your gun, the corpse starts floating right out the door. GM: The corpse stops floating and drops to the ground outside. GM: Zach's got a few cards in his hand. Preacher: "You doing that, kid?" GM: Another corpse floats up the stairs, goes out the door and falls on the other. GM: Lila, you finish with your grave. GM: "Thats what it seems you're doing now..." GM: Evan suddenly wakes up. GM: Lila, one of the men tosses a body in there. Preacher: "I appreciate your help, ma'am." GM: Evan, you see some corpses floating up the stairway and out the door, falling into a pile, like in Fantasia. GM: Preacher, a pile of 8 headless corpses are lying at the front of the church now. EvanSB: "What's going on?" Preacher: "You alright?" Zach: "Tired." Preacher: "Lets move you inside then." GM: Lila, one of the men says, "Thanks, missy," and hands you a hankerchief. Lila: "Thanks." She takes the 'hankie' dabbing her forehead, then rubbing her throat and down her chest, wiping the sweat from between her ample "mounds". Lila: "Good birdy, wanna peanut?" Zoltar: "Yummy." GM: Evan looks at a corpse, his cheeks puff out and his eyes roll back, he faints. GM: Eventually you get all the bodies out. 30 graves now sit above the hill, along with a huge mound of dirt under which 27 cultist corpses lay. GM: The three men start building makeshift crosses out of burnt wood from pre-buildings and start pounding them at the 'head' side of the grave. No pun intended. GM: The sun is just about to start setting. The townspeople have started moving into the tents that the cultests USED to own, and Charlie announces that building should start tomorrow. GM: Lila, there's the gore filled church, or an unoccupied tent, or an unoccupiable building perhaps. GM: "Now...what should we be doin' with these prisoners?" Preacher: "They're responsible for murdering these people." Preacher: "Two of which were men of God." GM: Preacher, the cultest whom you first met says, "I told you! We're peaceful people!" GM: "We didn't hang anyone!" Preacher: "Then who strung those up? And hung each of these corpses?" GM: "Uhmm...I dunno, we found 'em like this!" GM: He says "We're not children here!" He looks at Zach, "...well...maybe we can work something out?" Preacher: "Why are you dodging my question?" Preacher: "What are you hiding? Who put the corpses down in that basement?" GM: "I dont know!" GM: "We didnt desecrate anything! We worship here!" Preacher: "Worship WHAT?!" GM: "We...found it like this! I swear!" Preacher: "..." Preacher: "You're saying you didn't use the alter?" GM: "Yes! Thats exactly what I'm saying!" Preacher: "Yet you left it that way? In YOUR house of worship?!" GM: "........no...you dont understand..." Preacher: "Then you'd best start explaining." GM: "Well...you see, this is how it went." GM: He looks up at your boot, "You see...there...look over there!" GM: He squirms around. Preacher: "Not going to work again, boy." GM: "Ok, didja hear about the church that burned down?" Preacher: "What church?" GM: "Holy smoke!.....Oh, not much for comedy, alright, alright, uhhmmm..." GM: The guy in the corner who asked this question before says, "Can we leave now?" Preacher: "Maybe if your friend starts telling the truth." GM: "No! No! I'll tell you everything!" Preacher: "Then start talkin'. Just be mindful of what's comin' if you lie." GM: "Well...we came across this town a few days ago...and started rebuilding...and came to the temple of worship...and started praying...and our leader came and told us what to do...and we did it...and you came...and...uhmm...here I am, *nervious laugh*" GM: "So...what's your story, Mr. Priestman...sir..." Preacher: "Who's your leader?" Preacher: "And WHAT did he say to do?" GM: "Oh...Im not really sure..." Preacher: "..." Preacher: "I warned you, boy." Preacher: "Who is you leader, and where is he?" Preacher: "What did this to the church? And if you didn't, WHY did you leave it this way?" GM: "I can't tell you that, Im sworn to silence..." GM: "Yes, yes sir, yes sir..." Preacher: "I'm waiting." GM: "My leader is Bubba, he is off meditating. We didn't do this to the church, and Bubba told us to leave it." Preacher: "Bubba?" GM: "Yeah, Bubba." GM: "I didn't!" GM: "It's Bubba!" GM: He says, "Can I go now?" Preacher: "Maybe if you told some truth, I wouldn't waste your friend." GM: "He's telling the truth...look, I got a luncheon appointment..." He motions to the door with his head. Preacher: "Shut up." Preacher: "Where is this 'Bubba'?" GM: "Meditating."
 * Preacher starts, dropping the two he carries to the floor and going for his pistol.
 * Preacher watches the corpse, his Peacemaker leveled.
 * Preacher looks down at Zach.
 * Preacher slowly lowers his pistol to his side.
 * Zach's eyes float to Preacher's, he is concentrating pretty hard.
 * Preacher nods and holsters his six-shooter, shouldering the corpses he so messily dropped to the church floor.
 * Preacher averts his eyes from it while he carries his own two.
 * Preacher looks at Joan, "I already told you, I was burying the dead."
 * Lila leans on the shovel, her breast heaving as she draws air into her lungs, winded from the digging.
 * EvanSB is a light sleeper.
 * Preacher looks at Lila, watching her for a few moments after he's dropped his two corpses on the pile.
 * Lila waits for someone to lower a corpse into the grave she dug.
 * Lila sighs, then begins to shovel dirt into the hole, covering the body, "Just trying to be of help, Preacher."
 * EvanSB stares for a while.
 * Preacher averts his eyes from the floating corpse, stepping past it.
 * Zach drops his cards to the ground, they flutter and vanish, then he drops onto the ground sweating pretty hard.
 * Preacher looks at Evan, "Bringing the corpses up from the basement. Could've used your help, but you and the chinamen were bother tuckered out."
 * Preacher moves to the kid and crouches beside him.
 * Zoltar flies from the candleholder pearch to Zach's shoulder.
 * Lila fills the hole with dirt...tapping the rounded mound lightly with the shovel.
 * Zach nods.
 * Preacher helps the kid up, waving the bird away and moving him beside the chinaman.
 * Zoltar flies back to the candle holder.
 * Zach lays down and sets his hat on his face.
 * Preacher looks at Evan, "Use the bedsheets, their heads are leaking some kind of...somethin'."
 * Zach falls into a nice warm welcome sleep.
 * Preacher moves down into the basement for more corpses.
 * Zoltar flies out of the church and lands on a somewhat standing building looking around.
 * Zoltar flies down and lands near Lila, "KAW!"
 * Lila digs in her pocket, finding a peanut, she tosses it high in the air.
 * Preacher shakes his head and continues to haul bodies.
 * Zoltar spreads his wings, steps about, points his head up in the air and catches it, swallowing it down.
 * Preacher cleans his hands and retrieves a leatherbound bible from his back pack, moving to each of the 30 graves and reciting a blessing in Latin.
 * Lila stands, listening respectfully.
 * Zach saunters out of the church, a groggy look on his face. He appraoches the preacher and pulls his hat off revealing shiny black hair long enough to cover his ear but not his neck.
 * Lila looks for a place to sleep.
 * Preacher finishes his blessings and looks at Charlie.
 * Zoltar flies from a perch and lands on Zach's shoulder.
 * Preacher spins on him, "Then why did you hang these people?"
 * Preacher looks to the unoccupied nooses on the tree.
 * Preacher looks at the man's wounded leg, "You see what happened last time you lied to me."
 * Preacher walks toward the man, "What are you hiding?"
 * Preacher continues to stalk toward him, "Then why did you desecrate a house of God?"
 * Preacher jams a finger toward the blood-stained alter, "What did you sacrifice there, then?"
 * Preacher backhands the man, putting an ichor-covered boot to the side of his face and pressing his head to the floor.
 * Preacher applies a little pressure to hi foot, "Talk!"
 * Lila, hearing raised voices looks out of her tent towards the Preacher and the ruckus.
 * Preacher stand with his boot on the side of the man's head, listening with little patience remaining.
 * Preacher presses harder.
 * Preacher draws his pistol and presses it to the man's temple.
 * Preacher cocks the hammer back.
 * Lila walks swiftly towards the church, reaching the steps, she climbs to the top one, standing just outside the doorway, she listens to the goin's on inside.
 * Preacher presses the pistol down harder, "You can now."
 * Preacher is hunched over in a half crouch, his boot pressing a man's head to the floor and his pistol against the same man's temple.
 * Preacher's grimace deepens, "I told you not to lie to me."
 * Preacher looks at the other man, the one who constantly asked to leave.
 * Lila shivers, a chill running down her back as she stands in the shadows just outside the church.
 * Lila looks around, peering into the darkness, shivering again as though touched by the cold hand of death.
 * Preacher applies more weight to the man below him, "WHERE?"

Zach rolled -+ 2 11 8 12 +- Result -> 12 Zach rolled -+ 4 +- Final Result -> 16

GM: "In the desert..." Preacher: "Which way?" GM: "South." Preacher: "And how far out?" GM: "At least a mile..."

Preacher rolled -+ 9 9 +- Result -> 11

GM: The guy in the corner says, "Can you untie me? My cake is falling..." Preacher: "No." Preacher: "Get comfortable." Preacher: "You sleep here tonight." Preacher: "Wake up, Evan." GM: He jerks awake. GM: "WHA?!?" GM: "What you want, paleface? Me heap want sleep, heap soon." Preacher: "Not yet, you've been out all day." Preacher: "We have to find a man out there in the desert." GM: Evan is asleep again. GM: "WHA?!?" Preacher: "We have to go, Evan." GM: "State business now! Whiteman." Preacher: "You're a tracker, so I need you to find a man south of here." Preacher: "The leader of these people."
 * Lila mutters under her breath, "Sure is spooky round here."
 * Preacher places his thumb in the hammer of his pistol, pulling the trigger and lowering the hammer slowly.
 * Preacher lets off the man and stands.
 * Preacher looks the group over and holsters his pistol.
 * Preacher looks behind him at whoever's in the church.
 * Lila turns, going down the steps, as she reaches the bottom her stride lengthens, carrying her swiftly to her tent, she lifts the flap, ducking. She enters, flopping down on her bedroll in exhaustion.
 * Preacher boots the indian.
 * Zach walks into the church and goes down into the basement past Preacher.
 * Preacher gives pause, looking at the kid, "..."
 * Zach comes back upstairs with two clean sheets.
 * Preacher watches Zach for a few moments more before turning back to Evan.
 * Zach lays them out on the ground and starts drawing on them with charcoal.
 * Preacher boots him awake.

Zach rolled -+ 2 4 +- Result -> 4

GM: He nods. GM: "5 more minutes, paleface." Zach: "SHIT!" GM: Zach draws a few stick figures on a sheet. Some with extra body parts. Preacher: "What is it??" Preacher: "..." Zach: "A horde" Preacher: "Where? Summoned by them?" Zach: "The fat one." Preacher: "Bubba?" Preacher: "How do you know this? Where are they at?" Preacher: ((I'm not even there yet, darlin'! Calm down!)) GM: Evan says, "That good map, small-fry." GM: "You heap good at mapping. Drawing heap not." Zach: "Bad day. Hard to draw with cards in your hand." GM: "Hah, hah, hah. Good joke." Zach: "Lots of them..." Preacher: "I need half of the best men you have." GM: Charlie nods. Preacher: "Leave the other half here for the second line." GM: He walks out. Joan says "What should I do?" And Evan says, "You done with me, paleface?" Preacher: "Zach, are you in any shape to use some of you...power?" Preacher: "No Evan, I'll need you to ride with us." GM: #BOOOOOONG# #DOOOOONG# GM: Lila, you wake up. GM: Some moron is ringing the church bell. GM: Preacher, Joan follows you, Evan contemplates sleeping again, but gets up and follows you instead. Preacher: "Joan, stay inside the church and watch those people." Preacher: ((Is Joan still out here, GM?)) GM: No, she grudgingly walks back inside, saying, "Careful, ya'hear?" Preacher: "Yeah." GM: Almost as if cued, the clouds start to gather and you hear thunder way off. GM: Preacher, Charlie approaches you with several other men, the jerky guy who says you have 'moxy' included. GM: He laughs. Preacher: "Charlie, everyone need to bring themselves here, to the church." Zach: "We may need her." Preacher: "And Joan DOES need her." GM: "Why?" GM: Lila, Joan gives you a smirk, and a raised eyebrow. GM: ((It's more of a "Who do you think you are, missy" smirk.) Preacher: "There's something nasty headed toward this town and all of us." Zoltar: "Nasty" Preacher: "We can either turn tail and forget about Burmington, or try and fight it off." Preacher: "We've got time for both." GM: It starts to drizzle, Joan sighs and sits down on one of the pews. GM: Zach, the town outhouse was burnt down. GM: The women, children, and 'pussy' men start coming into the church. GM: Some of the real men come, and stand outside, with makeshift weapons and rifles. Preacher: "Then I take it you're all ready to fight?" Preacher: "Saddle up and load up." Preacher: "There's no time to waste." GM: After a few minutes all the guys get on horses, and now you have a party about 15 strongback men, plus Zach, Evan, Cassidy, and Preacher. Zach: "The monsters are all around us." Zach: "The man is south." Preacher: "..." Preacher: "If we kill the man, do we stop the beasts?" Zach: "I don't think they hang around with each other normally, maybe something holding them together." Zach: "Maybe not." Preacher: "Alright, 5 more of you need to stay here." Preacher: "Defend this church no matter what." Preacher: "Because the creatures are on their way." Preacher: "The rest of us ride south." Preacher: "There's a man leading these things, and if we stop him we'll stop them." Cassidy: "Let's go find this 'man'." Preacher: ((Stop stepping out of some shadow and get on your bloody horse.)) GM: They all start getting rowdy. The drizzle becomes heavier, and lightning strikes a short ways off. GM: Evan says "Lets go paleface, me heap want sleep." GM: The other men get rowdy too, some shooting several times in the air. Preacher: "Show us the way, Zach!" GM: After about 5 minute of riding, the rain turns into an all out storm. The plateau that was FAR south only a few moments ago grows ever closer. Zach leads you to a small oasis. Zach: "This is where I saw 'im." Preacher: "Where are they, Zach?" Zach: "He was right here, don't know now." Preacher: "Can you find him?" GM: You see no signs of a person. You see a herd of cows a short while south. Cassidy: "Well then." GM: The small oasis is simply a little freshwater pond with a small amount of greenery. GM: Cassidy, the party of rowdy men all look at you. GM: "Where da'fuck is dis guy?" GM: Perception tests, stat. Cassidy: "Maybe he needed wakin up."
 * Preacher motions to the group of cultists with his head.
 * Zach walks over to the guy trussed up and kicks his teeth in.
 * Preacher looks at Zach.
 * Zach walks over to Preacher a concerned look on his face, "Monsters."
 * Zach shakes his head.
 * Zach points to a somewhat fat stick figure on his sheet.
 * Zach shrugs.
 * Lila falls into fitful slumber, her body swathed in perspiration as her head rolls from side to side, whimperings escape her lips.
 * Zach draws a map on the sheet.
 * Preacher watches the boy draw silently.
 * Zach makes an X, "There."
 * Preacher looks at Charlie, "Get everyone together, make sure they're armed."
 * Zach drops his cards.
 * Preacher turns around and heads to the church bell.
 * Zach pulls the sheet over them before they vanish.
 * Zach nods.
 * Preacher grabs the thick rope for the church bell and begins tugging on it, ringing the bell to wake the town.
 * Zach walks out of the church.
 * Zach heads to Lilas tent.
 * Lila wakes with a start, sitting straight up, her eyes wide and a look of bewilderment on her face.
 * Preacher walks outside to his horse, peeling off his ichor-soaked shirt.
 * Preacher puts it with his blood-stained pants and slides a clean one on, buttoning it down.
 * Preacher finishes putting on a new shirt and slides on his duster.
 * Preacher pulls a box of bullets from his bedroll and makes sure his belts are loaded.
 * Preacher looks out over the town and the plains beyond.
 * Preacher nods to him.
 * Zach returns to Preacher with Lila, "She says she shoots."
 * Preacher looks at Zach, "Then she can help Joan watch the others."
 * Lila raises an eyebrow.
 * Preacher looks at Charlie, "What other building is left standing?"
 * Lila looks at Joan.
 * Zoltar flies from the direction the storm is in and lands on Zach's shoulder carefully, "KAW!"
 * Preacher looks over the men Charlie assembled.
 * Lila looks at the Preacher, "She needs more help than I can give her I fear."
 * Preacher looks at Lila, "Try and work together, ma'am."
 * Zach walks behind the church.
 * Preacher looks at Joan and gives her a reassuring nod.
 * Preacher turns back to the men, "Well?"
 * Zach looks for the outhouse.
 * Zach pees on a burnt building.
 * Lila walks to the door of the church, looking up at the sky.
 * Preacher nods.
 * Lila slides her skirt up her leg to her thigh, pulling the Colt from the thigh holster, she checks the ammo, then slips it back in place and lowers her skirt.
 * Zach comes back and walks to the stable.
 * Zach mounts his horse and trots back to Preacher.
 * Preacher unties his horse and mounts it.
 * Preacher waits for everyone to follow suit (Evan included).
 * Preacher looks at Zach, "Which way?"
 * Zach makes the cross of St. Peter on his chest and bows his head for a moment.
 * Preacher lowers his head as well.
 * Zach thinks of something.
 * Zach rides over to Preacher and whispers in his ear.
 * Preacher finishes his prayer and looks out over the men as Zach rides over to him.
 * Preacher speaks with Zach in hushed tones.
 * Zach shrugs.
 * Preacher nods...
 * Preacher looks up, his face a grim mask.
 * Zoltar flies from Zach's shoulder to the top of the church bellfry.
 * Preacher looks over the men again.
 * Cassidy steps out of the shadows.
 * Cassidy cocks his shotgun.
 * Preacher looks at the old man, "We're waiting on you."
 * Preacher looks at the other mounted men.
 * Cassidy follows Preacher still.
 * Zach pulls his duster around him, "Let's move"
 * Preacher rears his horse around and spurs it forward, heading south, "YAH!"
 * Zach heads off in a light gallop due south shooting a look over his shoulder to the church one last time.
 * Cassidy snaps the reigns.
 * Preacher keeps Zach, Evan, Charlie, and Cassidy at the front line with him; having some idea of their talents.
 * Zach rides out in front and leads the group.
 * Preacher rides beside the boy, not tom fool enough to put a 13 year old at the front of a charge.
 * Preacher watches for these creatures, keeping his eyes peeled and riding like the devil.
 * Cassidy mutters "What ever happened to a plan?"
 * Cassidy crosses himself quietly.
 * Zach talks to Preacher in hushed tones.
 * Zach shakes his head no.
 * Preacher scans the plains.
 * Cassidy holds up his shotgun and fires off a shot into the air.

Preacher rolled -+ 7 1 +- Result -> 9 Zach rolled -+ 4 3 8 9 +- Result -> 9 Cassidy rolled -+ 3 1 6 4 +- Result -> 6 Cassidy rolled -+ 4 +- Final Result -> 10

Cassidy: "That the guy yer lookin' fer?" GM: Evan says, "That one large hombre, paleface." GM: You all see the shadowy figure of a fat man on the top of the plateau. GM: Lightning strikes all around him. GM: His arms are raised. GM: His body forms a bulgy X. Preacher: "Shoot him, Evan." GM: "Too far, too high, whiteman." Preacher: "Then RIDE!" GM: Evan and the other rowdy individuals start riding. Preacher: ((And my horse is FAST.)) Cassidy: ((My horse is REAL FAST! :) )) Preacher: ((My horse is REAL FAST and REAL SMART.)) Preacher: ((So ha!)) Preacher: ((And his dick is bigger.)) Zach: ((My horse is black and shiny.)) Cassidy: ((LOL!))
 * Cassidy points up to the top of the plateau.
 * Preacher looks where the old man's pointing.
 * Zach looks where Cassidy is pointing.
 * Zach nods.
 * Preacher slaps the reigns pushing his horse as fast as it will go.
 * Cassidy follows 'em along.
 * Zach follows after Cassidy.
 * Zach rides behind Preacher and Cassidy.
 * Cassidy keeps riding ...