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Quote from Jeanette on May 5^th, 2017, 9:03am:

 
This is not her, but another character that is being planned by Hondo. There are hints to this in the past year’s worth of postings, a quick search finds:
http://www.hondosackett.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1428938728/1095#1095
http://www.hondosackett.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1428938728/1098#1098
http://www.hondosackett.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1428938728/1101#1101
http://www.hondosackett.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1428938728/1110#1110
 
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The issue is track tracking the thread to find the bits and pieces that creates the story. This is not a negative issue, however it is one that takes time to do the research.
 
In the recent example Jade mentions of the abandoned buildings. The only abandoned buildings are at the old train station that is not being used because the tracks are clogged. Though the other train that runs through the town, when it stops, it stops in a cleared area in the town and not at the station and what few things are dropped off, are dropped off there, whether it be cargo or passengers. With the Second Town clearing out their connecting tracks, the train station can be cleaned up, rebuilt and put into action again. Unfortunately for those who have used the area as their private shelter and even home, they are going to be chased out. The Second Town’s rail crew entering this town is only going to speed up the process, and add to the celebration that is going on. But what is good news to them is bad news to Jade and her friends.
 
This now becomes an issue for Moro to act on whether or not more people are taken in and why.

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Accidentally deleted Post Reply #2220. Had to delete #2221 (which became #2220) and reposted the posts to get this fixed.

Quote from Jeanette on May 5^th, 2017, 1:39pm:

 
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I agree that packing souvenirs and heirlooms being trivial.
 
It depends on the bus, actually, on some buses the bench seats (like that of a school bus) can fold down into a bed. But that is not the point, Moro does not need to trade in her truck and trailer for a school bus. There is another vehicle in the group that could help out.
 
Hint: Jason/Wilma's double tractor trailer. They have enough beds/seats for over 50 people and only have about less than 12 in there now.
 
But two issues are:
 
1) Fernando does not want to deal with Jason or his wanting to find lost relatives that were either killed or turned into wessens years ago.
 
2) Jason wants Fernando to do him this favor no matter the cost. But he has been told that it may not be possible time and time again. He does not know that Fernando is Fernando, as Fernando told him that his name was Francisco. So Jason is chasing a ghost by the name of Fernando.
 
3) There is a 50/50 change that Jason and his crew might want to go to Texas. It depends on whether or not their lost relatives can be found. They are at that edge of deciding whether they should or not. The thing that might get in their way is that they are hoarder/miners. If they see a junk heap during their travel to Texas, they want to stop and mine it for all they can get out of it. Doing so is their income and their skill. They can take a wrecked car and break it apart and melt it down into bars of steel, aluminum and copper and then sell the bars of material to various shops in the markets of the towns they go it. They can process rubber, glass and plastic on top of that. But doing this is not exactly environmentally safe, at least not to themselves. The fumes created in the process can cause issues like “Metal Fever.”
 
The thing is getting them to go along on the trip which they may have done before as they do a lot of traveling. If Moro can do this, and managed to keep Jason out of Fernando’s hair, she may have something to haul these people in. She just has to make the deal juicy enough for Jason and the Women in charge to take it. This includes free supplies to feed all these people.
 
Edit add on: Counted the beds on the trailer on the plans I have for it, there are 46 beds on the top level, stacked up as a navy bunk arrangement. There are also 8 bench seats that can be used as beds on the lower level. The beds have a chest/drawer under it for that person’s things. The bench seats do not have such provisions. There are two semi private toilets and shower stalls in it. The tractor itself has a sleeping station, this is where Jason and the “Women in Charge” sleep in.
 
Edit add on 2: They in their mining have also found precious metals like gold, silver, zinc, etc., and have melted that down into bars as well. They have taken old computer chips and extracted the gold from it (a long chemical process), and are morbid enough to raid the bodies out of wrecks and taken jewelry from them (like they are going to need it?) but also pulled out gold and silver fillings out of the mouths of the dead. It’s what they do. They also scavenge old deserted mines. It is what they do. But stated before, they also rescue people, for a price. What that price depends on the situation.
 
I had to recount the people in Jason’s tractor – 12 girls and 5 boys – all mid to late teens/young adults, probably rescued from the whore houses of towns they had went through. There are also 2 large dogs. One of the girls is “Lisa,” the girl Fernando witnessed having sex with the dog in Lacey’s whore house. Her dog “Bruno” (who she did it with) is also part of the group, being one of the 2 dogs there. That’s 17 beds they use up, the rest are free and available. What price they had to pay to be rescued is unknown. Who knows, they must be working for them in some form or another to pay off the debt.

Quote from Jeanette on May 5^th, 2017, 4:13pm:

 
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Well played, Jeanette.
 

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“Then I’m making the request under her name.” Fernando says to General Jastrey.
 
“Why?” General Jastrey asks.
 
“It is a matter of appearance. If we hide those wings, then she looks like a normal child. When we get to another city, their guards may or may not check our people for mutations and other want-nots. In that they may want to check identification. It has happened to us before.” Fernando explains.
 
“Thanks to what you did, things should be easy going for you and your group for the next several towns over. Also, if you come and go with the convoys, you will not be checked. Towns are more interested in exchanging goods and money than what ugly mutant could drive into town. If they dare delay a convoy, there a chance that convoy may not come back. They don’t want that.” General Jastrey explains.
 
“I can verify that you will not be checked if you come in with a convoy.” Jason comes towards the group with his ‘wife’ Wilma.
 
“For the most part, the borders are now open, though there are some trouble spots here and there.” General Jastrey adds, “Free trade and money for all. I remember my father used to sing a song a line said, ‘money for nothing and my chickens for free...’ As a little girl I asked him to explain that and he said that is how free trade was done; you did your business and made your money or trade, most often getting something for free, what he called ‘profit.’”
 
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“I see. OK. Then I won’t ask.” Fernando says.
 
“General Jastrey, where is Fernando? I want to meet him.” Jason asks.
 
Fernando jumps in before General Jastrey could answer, “I seen him in the market, he said he was picking up supplies. Maybe you can catch up to him.”
 
It took a second for General Jastrey to recover from that intercept, throwing in, “Yeah. Check Jerry’s Camping Equipment and Tom’s Fire Arms. He might be there. Ask around.”
 
“You heard that Wilma, let’s go!” Jason says before nearly hauling the woman away from the group.
 
After a couple of minutes they had entered into town, General Jastrey asks “Why are you hiding from them?”
 
“They want the impossible. They have missing relatives who may have been killed or turned into wessens many years ago. They think ‘I’ can find them. If I can find them, which I’m sure I can’t, they are probably a pile of bones on the side of a road somewhere. So I do not want anything to do with that. Not a damned thing.” Fernando explains.
 
“I see.” General Jastrey says.
 
“My question to you, what of the people in the abandoned train station?” Fernando asks.
 
“I would have to know who they are and why they are there before I can decide what to do with them. As is, their days there are now numbered.” General Jastrey says.

“If you take these people in Moro, there are a lot of things to get done – getting them washed up and cleaned of any parasites is one of them. Making a lot more food for them is another. You need to get with Joanna and Ruth about making a larger road meal dinner for all of us which means more supplies, and has to be compatible with what is being made. They can give you the details. Plus there are things to consider and they will definitely need another vehicle or two to get them going with us. That’s 18 people so far that we cannot handle with what we got. I can give you $500 in gold to get a SUV and a camper trailer if there is one for sale in town. And they will need their personal bagged up in plastic until we reach our destination and they can wash their clothing tomorrow.” Fernando explains.
 
“If they leave with you, I can get you an old double height bus we used as a troop carrier and camper for training missions. It needs some engine work but I can get Mako and Jerry to get it running in a short amount of time. Thing is, it has no kitchen or bathroom facilities but I can get Jerry to add in a small kitchen and shelves to stock supplies in.” General Jastrey throws in for a deal.
 

 
“Throw in a generator, and filtered plumbing, two 50 gallon water tanks, 20 blankets with sleeping bags  and a mini trailer like Karl’s so there is at least 1 bathroom and I’ll take it” Fernando says.
 
“That is if they go with you.” General Jastrey tells him, before turning to Moro, “Can you guarantee they will leave with you?”
 
“And who is going to drive it?” Maribelle throws in.
 
“I’ll have you drive it if nobody else does.” Fernando tells her.
 
“I’m not driving a bunch of flea bitten stinking brats anywhere.” Maribelle tells him.
 
“Then you can stay here.” Fernando tells her.
 
“I’ll drive it.” Karl’s voice says from behind.
 
Everyone turns around to see him.
 
“You are in no condition to drive, you can barely stand.” Fernando tells him.
 
“Don’t go above 20 and I should be fine.” Karl says.
 
“We will discuss this later. Right now there are things to be done.” Fernando tells them. “Moro, see what you can do. Meeting is at 5:00. You got until then to get the ball rolling.”