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[verylittlesugar]

[A solemn young face wearing a disapproving expression appears on screen. She has on the issued jumpsuit, but with a man's overcoat that's clearly many sizes too big on over top of it.]

I am told we are on a ship and cannot leave it, and though we admittedly do not have much sailing in Yell County, I have seen pictures of ships and am not so easy as that to fool.

[A deep breath. There are no trials that cannot be overcome by a strong will and a sense of justice.]

It would seem I have also lost my traveling companions, and nearly all my money with them. But I have a good revolver and a California gold piece, and I would consider bartering them for a guide who knows his way around and possesses some skill in tracking, and who has half a head of sense.

And does not reek of whiskey.

Comments

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[puppydogeyes]

You think?
Who is this guy?

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[verylittlesugar]

he smelled of drink when i last saw him

tom chaney but he uses false names and deception to hide like a coward

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[puppydogeyes]

Are you sure he's even here?

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[verylittlesugar]

i have him with my own eyes

or a man who is his spitting image

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[puppydogeyes]

Okay.
I'll give it a shot.

text; ("have seen him" ffff sorry)

[verylittlesugar]

you can track him by his scent? do you have hounds?

text; (s'alright, I knew what you meant!)

[puppydogeyes]

Dogs, yeah.
But it's a huge fucking ship.
I can't promise anything.

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[verylittlesugar]

of course. i do not expect immediate results though at least if i understand the situation correctly he is bound to stay on the ship. that is something at least.

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[puppydogeyes]

Yeah, we're stuck here.
Sometimes people disappear during the jumps.
But the ship doesn't stop anywhere or let people off.
I'll let you know if I find him.
Or anything.

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[verylittlesugar]

what is a jump? where do they go when they disappear?

my name is mattie ross. so that you may contact me if you find him.

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[puppydogeyes]

Jumps are things the ship does to get across large distances.
They're monthly.
We all have to go back into the gravcouches while it does it.

We don't know where they go.
Think they appear back where they came from.

Tyke.