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Fernando

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #310 - Aug 26^th, 2015, 4:35pm

"Hikaru, not to get on your or anyone's else's case here, but the hell with the past. The hell with the future as well. We got a job to do here and now. So how about we just do it? You need to get some things from Doc Brown? Go get them. We need to discuss the next stop before the sun goes down or else I'm going to have to dig a couple of holes in the ground for us to piss and shit into if we have to camp out in wild. You going to explain to the girls that they need to squat down above a hole to do their business? You going to hold their hands so they don't slip and fall into the hole? I'll do what I have to do, but lets not delay this any further." He tells her.

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #311 - Aug 26^th, 2015, 6:16pm

Jeanette addresses Fernando's question. "Need to do that. The Spirit asked me to try a pair of goggles before I asked to talk with you in private." Jeanette returns to the shop and accepts the case with the goggles.

The Spirit and Jeanette disappear. Jeanette sees that the two of them are now in a modern examination room.

"I need for you to try on the goggles." The Spirit asks.

Jeanette opens the case and pulls out a pair of tinted goggles.

"They are tinted, prescription safety goggles."

Jeanette removes her glasses and puts the goggles on.

"Are they comfortable? How do they feel?"

"They're comfortable. Why are these so dark?"

"We try to keep them as light as possible while going for the look you need. People you will be dealing with cannot see your eyes. Have a seat here and tell me what you see."

Jeanette reads what she sees.

"Good. You may get up."

Jeanette gets up, removes the goggles and puts her glasses back on.

The Spirit goes to a computer and enters the data. As she does, Jeanette looks at the keyboard. "That's the same alphabet in a book I saw yesterday. That's your language."

"Correct. Each letter represents a shape of the hand. The placement of the vertical line indicates which hand is used." The Spirit crosses her wrists and demonstrates by making shapes with her hands.

"Oh, you use a form of sign language. Do you have a spoken language?"

"No."

Jeanette thinks back to when she was a child. She heard that the Mayans believe there is no spoken language in the afterlife. She's unable to confirm this since there isn't a lot of material on what the Mayans believe.

Now that Jeanette is talking with a Spirit, in plain English, she can get some answers to questions. "A few weeks ago, when a crow was perched on my monitor, it communicated by opening up a spreadsheet program. There was something I did not understand. On Sheet 1 the self-adhesive bandages were removed from the Chinook medical kit and transferred to Sheet 3."

"The items listed in Sheet 3 are what you don't need at this time. However, others can put them to use. We're picking up the rest of the tab but those things listed are to be traded for the supplies you will pick up. You need a purse but a smaller one. What you have in your purse now will be transferred to your suitcase. You're purse doesn't have any special meaning to you, does it?"

"No."

"Good. With the passengers and supplies you will be picking up, the two Campers will begin to feel cramped. When we get back to Dr. Brown's Shoes, I need for you to get your Pelican case and Chinook medical kit."

"Okay. I have another question about the spreadsheet. Why were the three medical kits separated?"

"The Guide I is the kit you will use on the general public during the trek. Once the trek is over, you are to trade what's left of that medical kit with Charlton Hospital for what you will need for your job at Old School. We will give you a pair of Lister bandage scissors which you can use for the general public."

"Why Lister bandage scissors?"

"You may find them handy in this world. Doc Blue's medical kit is for the party. The Chinook medical kit is for those whom we called, you, Chihiro, Danielle, Elsa and Gabrielle. Hikaru was also called but she doesn't need medical care."

"What about Fernando, wasn't he called?"

"Yes, he was." The Spirit pauses. She appears to be thinking. "He didn't have as much medical supplies as we thought he would have on him. If he needs something for himself from that kit . . . so yes, include him in the sub group. The individual first aid kit is just for you. If you need anything for your self from any of the medical kits, go ahead. Start from the Chinook kit and work your way up to the Guide I kit until you get what you need. With the sub group, they can get something they need for themselves from Doc Blue's kit and then the Guide I if it's not in the Chinook kit. Finally, anyone in the party can get what they need from the Guide I if it's not in Doc Blue's kit. That process does not work in reverse."

"Wait a minute, there are a lot of medical supplies for the party but I can only use one kit for the general public?"

"We're testing the Guide I." The Spirit answers. "We know your needs. That's what the list of personal protection equipment is for. You may use them with any kit and on any person."

"I noticed when I increased the number of gloves on that list, the number of hand wipes and biohazard waste bags would increase. I don't need one biohazard waste bag per pair of gloves. I have gone ahead and ordered 500 biohazard waste bags since that is the number the crow entered in the spreadsheet."

"You don't need 500 biohazard waste bags?"

"No." Jeanette pauses. "I'm not from this world so maybe here I do. Anyhow, back to the Guide I medical kit, it's part of some sort of test?"

"Correct."

"I won't be able to treat a lot of people with just that kit and extra personal protection equipment."

"It can be supplemented with what's available here. These are the terms of the agreement."

"What agreement?" Jeanette asks.

"By getting the items listed in the spreadsheet, you agreed to the terms of the spreadsheet. We will send you back to 2010 at any time you want, just say the word. As long as you are on the mission, you will abide the terms you agreed to."

"Did I agree to anything else?"

"No."

"Good. No more agreements until both parties fully understand what she or it is getting into."

"When we get back to Dr. Brown's Shoes, I need for you to get your Pelican case and Chinook medical kit."

Jeanette holds the case with the goggles and the two of them reappear in Dr. Brown's Shoes.

Note: There's a lot more to come; I will pause here.

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #312 - Aug 26^th, 2015, 9:08pm

Hondo woke to a pounding headache. He sat up with a groan. He heard a clank, and something tugged He squinted as he looked around He was in the jail cell with his leg chained to the still standing iron bars. Someone spoke from further outside the bars and Hondo looked up at him slowly.

Voice: You have caused me a lot of trouble.

Hondo: General Douglas Custer, the asshole, would be dictator. I imagined you’d be taller, an’ not quite so homely.

Gen. Douglas: And you are?

Hondo: The guy who’s gonna put you down.

Gen. Douglas: Big words for a man about to die.

Hondo: I feel alright, besides this headache.

Gen. Douglas: You can thank my falcon friend for the headache. He knocked a rock on your head. As for the dying, you took away my Indian. I had plans to hang him. Since I can’t hang him I will just have to hang you. It will be awful hard to “put me down” when you are dead.

Hondo: I’ll get you an’ your little bird too! Besides, I have friends. They won’t let me hang.

Gen. Douglas: Oh, I’m counting on this drawing out any of your friends. Oh, and you will hang. And your friends will either be used as slaves and a little birdy tells me you have a woman, well, your woman and any women that help her will be used as fresh pieces of ass for the whore house I own. If they don’t cooperate they will die.

Hondo: You #$@!in’ bastard.

Gen. Douglas: What? No smart remarks?

Hondo: I might have lost but someday someone will take you down, jumped up little upstarts like you never win for long!

Gen. Douglas: You are mistaken. I have the upper hand. I always win.

Hondo: #$@! you!

Gen. Douglas: You’re not my kind, but maybe your woman is. I’ll just #$@! her instead.

Hondo lunged at the bars but the leg chain was short and caused him to fall on his hands and knees.

Gen, Douglas: Finally, you assume the right position, but unfortunately begging will not help you.

Hondo snarled at the general as he walked away. The bird on his arm looked back at him with red glowing eyes. Hondo could only grit his teeth and stare back defiantly. After they left Hondo stood back up and staggered to his cot and sat down. He gingerly rubbed his sore head. The guard stood up and walked over to the bars about then.

Guard: Save your energy. Might as well kick back and relax.

Hondo: How long do I have.

Guard: They are hanging you at 8pm and it’s almost 1 pm now.

Hondo: Not gonna wait and hang me at noon tomorrow, eh?

Guard: The General insisted. He was all ready for a hanging tonight and doesn’t want to be disappointed.

Hondo: No wouldn’t want him and tweety bird to be disappointed. How can you work for that guy as his crony? You have no morals or sense of right??

Guard: I have a family. I can’t afford to go against him.

Hondo: You probably aren’t the only one either. Wish I could rid y’all of him.

Guard: Please, say no more. If he or that bird were to hear this I’d be a goner. I have two teen daughters. I don’t want them to end up as whores working for him until they are used up.

Hondo: Understand.

Hondo lay back on his cot and covered his eyes with his arm to block out the sunlight. Unless they ran him through a wood chipper or cremated him he’s heal with time, but he wasn’t thrilled about the whole deal. He only hoped Valentine wasn’t foolish enough to come after him alone. He knew the Indians wouldn’t help and as long as the evil falcon spirit guarded this place the crow spirits couldn’t help. Her only hope would be to press on without him he hoped

(earlier)
Valentine had the jeep ready when the Stealthy Panther ran out. Valentine directed him to the jeep and jumped into the driver seat.

Valentine: Where is Hondo?!

Panther: Who?

Valentine: The cowboy that was with you?

Panther: You mean Bill carson?

Valentine: Yes, His real name is Hondo. Where is he?!!

Panther: he said if he wasn’t right behind me to go without him so go.

Valentine: but . ..

Panther: He said go so GO! The soldiers will be here soon!

The soldiers started to pour out of the wall and drew their guns as they came at the jeep. Valentine hit the gas and took off in a cloud of dust. Several soldiers raised rifles at them as she could see in her rear view mirror, then suddenly a flock of crows came down out of the sky and forced the soldiers to retreat within the walls. Valentine and Panther raced away from that place as fast as the jeep would take them. They took a couple turns to make sure they were not being followed. When they were satisfied that no one was following them they headed straight to the village. By about 1:30 pm they found themselves back at the Native Americans encampment. There was much joy and celebration upon his return. The chief wanted to hold an all-night party to celebrate his sons return and to praise the heroes who returned her. Valentine gave the chief the news that Hondo didn’t make it out and asked to bow out of the celebration because she needed to return and get him out of there. The chief told her it was suicide and she was begged not to go, but asked to stay and make their village her home. She refused. The chief understood, offered his condolence and told her she was free to go. He gave Valentine several crates of fresh fruit, vegetables, home baked bread, and 8 bottles of locally made wine. Villagers stashed it in her Bronco. She was wished well and left to her own devices. Valentine got out her guns and started to gear up. She didn’t know what she was going to do exactly, but busting through the front gate, guns blazing, crossed her mind. She jumped into the bronco’s driver seat and looked up to see a cowboy standing in her way. He looked familiar some how but she couldn’t place him. She rolled down her window to yell out to him.

Valentine: I need to go, please move.

Cowboy: You can’t run off halfcocked like this. It won’t work.

Valentine: You don’t know what I’m doing.

Cowboy: You are thinking about driving through the front gate of fort Dickenson and jump out, guns blazing. You’ll never save Da . . uh, Hondo that way.

Valentine got out of the bronco and the cowboy walked up to her.

Valentine: How do you know this? Are you one of these Spirits I’ve heard about or do you talk to them?

Cowboy: Neither, We will get him out but we need to take both your vehicles. We can’t return here.

Valentine: Oh sure, you say this, get me out of sight, run me off the road and take everything.

Cowboy: You got me wrong.

Valentine: Oh? You want me too, huh! Want to blow your load in me or something like that!!

Cowboy: Yick, Hell no!

Valentine: Yick? Oh, so I repulse you?

Cowboy: No! Nothing like that. You don’t understand. You have to trust me!

Valentine: How can I trust you?

Cowboy: You just can.

Valentine: That’s not good enough. Now give me a reason or get the hell outta my way!

Cowboy: Ok, wait. You can trust me because . . I’m your son.

Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #313 - Aug 27^th, 2015, 12:05pm

While Jeanette and the Spirit were in the examination room, four cedar cases with brass hardware and leather-wrapped handles were brought out. Each case is built solid to take abuse. Not that they should be abused as they are beautiful in their simplicity. Each case has a nameplate: Jeanette, Chihiro, Danielle and Gabrielle. The nameplate on Chihiro's case is written in Japanese (月島雫), Danielle's is in Braille.

Also brought out is a brimmed hat given to Chihiro.

Chihiro accepts the hat. "I had a hat just like this one." She puts it on and opens the case. On top is a grey and white sailor dress, identical to her junior high school uniform. In her case are other clothes identical to what she wore when she was living in her time, dresses, shorts, shirts, two pairs of shoes, pajamas and other items she needs such as a laundry bag.

In Danielle's case are more of the scouting uniforms she likes and a dress suitable for Sunday services. She too has a laundry bag in her case.

Jeanette and the Spirit return. Jeanette begins to leave the shop with her purse and safety goggles case as she goes to get her Pelican case and Chinook medical kit.

"Jeanette," the Spirit says, "you don't need your purse and goggles to get your other equipment."

Jeanette sets her purse and goggles case down and only brings the keys to the Camper with her. She checks her surroundings. Everything is clear. She goes to the side door, unlocks it and retrieves her Pelican case and Chinook medical kit. She closes the side door, locks it and returns to the shop.

"Before any trade is made," the Spirit begins, "try out your clothes."

Jeanette opens her case and the first thing she sees is a pioneer style dress.

"The dresses are for around camp. Try it on. Mrs. Brown will show you the way."

Dr. Brown retrieves a pair of black boots. "These are for your pioneer dresses and uniform."

Jeanette accepts the boots, and retrieves a dress, a matching bonnet and a white apron. She goes with Mrs. Brown to try on the outfit.

In the back, where she's trying on the outfit, she puts on the apron and notices something in the apron's pocket. She pulls out a pair of white cotton gloves and a white handkerchief. She puts on the gloves and looks in the mirror. "Except for the gloves, I look like Laura Ingalls Wilder."

"Laura Ingalls Wilder, the writer?" Mrs. Brown asks.

"Yes." Jeanette returns to the front of the shop in her Laura Ingalls Wilder dress.

"How do the boots feel?" Dr. Brown asks.

"They feel like they were made for my feet." Jeanette answers.

"That's because they were."

Note: I will stop here in case anyone wants to add something. There is more to write, the characters are not leaving the shop just yet. Don't worry, the characters have plenty of time. It should be around lunchtime.

Edited to show what is written on the nameplate of Chihiro's case.

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« Last Edit: Aug 28^th, 2015, 11:06pm by Jeanette »

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #314 - Aug 27^th, 2015, 10:28pm

Valentine: My son!?!

Cowboy: Yes, I am your son Logan.

Valentine: but . ..but . . I don’t have any kids.

Logan: I’m your future son, or am at least in this timeline. Dad and Uncle G. aren’t sure if you guys are from the same timeline.

Valentine: Who is your father?

Logan: Who do you think?

Valentine: Hondo. That’s good. And I take it Uncle G. is . . .

Logan: Fernando. Yup. He sent us to help you two.

Valentine: Us, there are more? And where is Fernando? And for that fact, where are we?? Are we dead?

Logan: Settle down, Ma.

Valentine: Please don’t call me that.

Logan: Sorry, force of habit. You look exactly like I last saw you. I should have thought before I spoke. I imagine it has to be unsettlin’.

Valentine: It is.

Logan: Sorry. Anyway, you guys are in asia, somewhere. Fernando left to help you. Why these so called spirits needed the past you is beyond me. The only thing we can figure is a timeline shift. If it is then they needed someone outside to see the difference.

Valentine: how did we get to asia in this mess?

Logan: Dad’s derigable. Sorry, but that’s all I can say about that. I don’t want to mess things up by tellin’ ya too much.

Valentine: No, that’s the right thing to do. Fernando taught you well.

Logan: My folks taught me a lot too. You guys may be a little green still where you come from, but in this time line y’all are the best of the best.

Valentine: You still haven’t said who all is with you.

Logan: Let’s just say it’s more family.

Valentine: ok . . . so what do we do?

Logan: We go save Dad.

Valentine and Logan stopped talking and turned to a sound behind them. It was Stealthy Panther.

Panther: Uh hmm! Excuse me. Did I hear you are going back to save the one who saved me?

Valentine: Yes. We are going to save Hondo.

Panther : How many of there are you?

Logan: Four.

Panther: It isn’t enough.

Valentine: We are going, none the less.

Panther: I don’t mean to stop you, I mean to go with you.

Logan: How can you help? You a good rifle shot?

Panther: Better wit bow and arrows. Never good at shooting from moving vehicle, but I am top driver here and I can talk with the spirits.

Valentine: What do the spirits have to do with this?

Panther: We need them. And evil spirit guards that fort. He knows the spirits chose you two. He will stop at nothing to kill you both! It is my fault for not listening to the spirits. They knew this would happen. Hondo would not be in trouble if it wasn’t for me.

Valentine: You are welcome to come along.

Logan: How do we take out this bad spirit.

Panther: Kill or severly wound it’s host body. Then the crow spirits can move in and capture the spirit and contain him.

Logan: Ok, we need to get moving. They hang him at 8pm.

Valentine: WHAT!?!

Logan: Sorry, must have left that out. You drive the bronco, I’ll take Dad’s truck. Panther, take your jeep. The more confusion we can cause the better. We will leave the camper south of the old interstate on hwy 85 south. I know a small coulee we can leave it in. We will then come straight to the front door in the bronco and jeep. Valentine, we will pick up help. You two will stop colse to the gate and shoot to keep the guards heads down. Panther and I will crash through to get Hondo.

Valentine: How will you get him?

Logan: We have it all taken care of. Panther, can your spirit friends cover our leaving while taking care of this evil spirit.

Panther looked over at a crow that was sitting on a fence. It cawed at him and he nodded.

Panther: They said they can handle it.

Logan: I love it when a plan comes together. Lets Roll!

Valentine: You are your fathers son.

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #315 - Aug 28^th, 2015, 4:02pm

"Try on the uniform." The Spirit says.

This time Jeanette closes the case and brings it with her as she is escorted to the back. Jeanette removes the boots and the pioneer dress. She puts on a white long-sleeve shirt with an EMT patch on the sleeve, a pair of black pants, black belt and puts her boots back on. She transfers the pouch from the uniform she was wearing to the one she's wearing now.

Mrs. Brown retrieves a small black purse, slightly bigger than a coin purse but with a strap. It's big enough her I.D. and coins, that's it. "Put this on."

Jeanette has the strap of the small purse crossing her torso.

Mrs. Brown retrieves the red hooded cape from the suitcase. On it is an EMT patch. "Now the cape."

Jeanette puts on the red cape.

Finally Mrs. Brown retrieves the black leather gloves. "Put these on."

Jeanette puts the gloves on and returns to the front of the shop. The Spirit looks at her. "Attach your fixed-blade knife to your belt."

Jeanette opens her Pelican case, retrieves her knife and sheath, loosens her belt and attaches her knife to her side, opposite to her black pouch.

"Now the goggles."

Jeanette removes her glasses and puts on the goggles.

The Spirit looks. "The hair. Lose the pony tail."

Jeanette lets her hair down.

"Where's your brush, in your purse?" The Spirit asks.

"Yes. I'll get it." Jeanette retrieves her hairbrush and hands it to the Spirit.

"Have a seat."

Jeanette sits down and the Spirit works with Jeanette's hair. She pulls the hood over Jeanette's head and adjusts it. "Take a look a in the mirror."

Jeanette looks in the mirror. "Little Red Riding Hood grew up, became an EMT and has a thing for steam punk goggles."

"What you need is a marriage of practical work clothes and image. You need to be easily identified as someone in emergency medicine but you also need present the image of someone who is not to be messed with. The costume helps but the rest is up to you."

Still looking at herself in the mirror, the actress gets into character. "That's Mrs. Riding Hood."

Note: If no one is going to post anything, I'll probably wrap up this trade deal in one more post.

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #316 - Aug 28^th, 2015, 8:29pm

Valentine and Panther followed Logan to the hidden coulee where they would leave the camper. Valentine parked beside the camper and got out of her bronco. She started going over her weapons and checked out the bronco. Panther and Logan soon joined her.

Logan: Relax, Muh . .Miss.

Valentine: Nice save. And don’t bother trying to get me relaxed.

Logan: Yeah, I know. You tried to hide it from us but you got like this every time Dad was gone.

Valentine: Please don’t do that either. Call him Hondo. You just don’t know how unsettling that is.

Logan: You do handle weird situations better in the future.

Valentine: I’ll hafta remember to beat a little more respect into my kids.

Logan: You tried, lady.

Valentine: Maybe we need to rethink kids.

Logan: You wouldn’t know it but I’m your favorite.

Valentine: I must have done something really wrong.

Logan: You always said we were your greatest achievements.

Valentine: I guess my life just goes downhill from here.

Logan: I always knew Milo got his sarcasm from you.

Valentine: Is that who we are waiting for?

Logan: Yeah. Milo and his wife Molly.

Valentine: Dare I ask?

Logan: My twin brother.

Valentine: #$@!! Here I am, out of time, in a possibly wrong time line, working with my future family who I’m suppose to trust, learning things that may hurt my time line and the only person here I truly know and love is about to hang! I’m tryin’ not to fall apart and cry but . . .

Logan walked up and gave her a hug. She didn’t know him but it felt like she did at that moment.

Logan: Hang in there. I know you have been through hell and will go through a lot more. But remember you are strong. You taught us to be strong, to think, and to fight. You held the family together so many times. There are things you will learn that could shatter any timeline but you always handle it right. I know you don’t like this talk but Dad couldn’t have done all he did without you and most of us wouldn’t hve survived without your strength and cunning. Your genius made living for us easier and more comfortable than most had it and you love held us together. Things seem bleak now but in the future you will have any people who love you and look up to you for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.

Valentine was silent as she processed it. Hondo had been the first in ages that cared for her and though his family was nice to her, for the most part, she didn’t feel at home. To have a family that was hers and cared about her that much was more than a dream of hers. She was interrupted from her thoughts as a modified ford 1978 four door f350 pickup roared over the hill. It was battered up but looked strangely familiar. It pulled up and a bit bigger, taller man with a dark mustache stepped out followed by a shorter athletic blond.

Milo: Yeah, you recognize the truck. Pa and I rebuilt it a couple times. He gave it to me as a wedding gift.

Valentine: Logan, I thought you said you were twins?

Logan: We are, just not identical twins.

Valentine: That’s obvious.

Milo: Has he been talking again. I told him the world would be a better place if he’d just shut his yap.

Logan: Oh, and Mr. Strong and silent knows all.

Molly: Sorry. They take getting used to.

Valentine: Guess I’ll get there someday. Are you going with us too?

Molly: No. I have a fake knee and am blind in one eye. I’m not good in a fight anymore. I retired to exac and coordinator 5 years ago.

Valentine: How old are you guys?

Molly: I’m 40. Logan and Milo are 48.

Valentine: You all don’t look that old. How? . .oh, wait.

Milo: Fernando had a hand in it. Let’s just leave it as that. Speaking of the Devil. Lets so rescue your Hondo so you guys can meet up with Fernando.

Valentine: I thought Fernando was in asia helping the us of this time line.

Logan: He is.

Valentine: So we are going to asia too?

Milo: No, the Fernando from your timeline is here too. You are to join him and someone else you might know.

Valentine: Who?

Milo: You will hafta find out on your own.

Valentine: Can the Fernando of this time get us back home?

Milo: No. These spirits are not allowing him to find out exactly where you are from. You will hafta hope they will send you back or someone from the past comes to find you.

Valentine: Great. Anything else you can tell me?

Milo: Not now. We need to get moving. Molly will stay here and make sure the trucks are safe. If we don’t get back tonight she will go for help. Ok, time to get this wagon train a movin’!
Valentine: Definitely see your father in you guys.

The group gathered their gear and headed to the fort. Meanwhile, Molly set to repainting the camper truck and trailer with camo plasti-dip (http://search.eastwood.com/autheto/Plasti%20Dip). It would make it not stand out so bad right now but would easily be pealed off later on. The Bronco was alright as it was a faded flat black.

Valentine and Milo road together in the Bronco ready to keep the entrance to the fort clear, while Panther and Logan road in the Jeep that would crash through the front gate. Valentine was lost in thought. What is it didn’t work? What if she lost Hondo and was stuck here? Could she truly be strong enough to raise a family in times to come? As she drove she saw a flock of crows in the distance headed the same way.

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Re: After Chaos
Reply #317 - Aug 29^th, 2015, 9:44pm

While the voice actress is getting into character for an off-Broadway performance of Little Red Riding Hood, the Spirit brings out a laptop bag and gives it to Chihiro. Chihiro opens it and removes a PowerBook 1400 with System 7.6.1 and a solid-state drive. With it are three PCMCIA cards: Ethernet, USB and a wireless card.

Chihiro recognizes the Ethernet card but holds up the two she's not familiar with. "What are these?"

"This one is a USB card."

"USB?"

"Universal Serial Bus is a bus used for the connection of peripherals, initially released in 1996. The other is a wireless networking card, introduced in 1997."

"1996 and 97? Oh."

"We included a digital copy of Whisper of the Heart as reference material and you have a dot matrix printer waiting for you when you return to Old School. The paperwork is in the laptop bag. Now, go find Baroness Louise."

Chihiro smiles and nods. She returns everything to the laptop bag.

Jeanette, meanwhile, looks at the unopened case. "This one is for Gabrielle?" Jeanette refers to the case. "May I?"

"Sure."

Jeanette opens the case and pulls out a child-size black and white dress. It, along with the other articles of clothing, has wing slits in the back. Jeanette sees a brush but it does not look like a hairbrush. She picks it up. "What kid of brush is this?"

"It's for cleaning wings." The Spirit answers.

Jeanette returns the brush to the case and closes it.

Dr. Brown, meanwhile, brings out a box with a pair of Lister bandage scissors loosely on top.

The Spirit already mentioned the Lister bandage scissors. "The box contains oral rehydration salts."

"Other things we have available are parts for a CPR mask. Bring your CPR mask to a hospital, and they will sterilize it for you and replace the parts. You can also get your oxygen tank tested and refilled and get triangular bandages."

Jeanette did not fully understand Dr. Brown. "I would hope triangular bandages are available. Cloth bandages have been around for thousands of years."

Dr. Brown goes to his clinic in the back of the shop and returns with a pre-packaged triangular bandage. "These are way more expensive now as plastic bags are several times more expensive than they were before the happening."

The Spirit brings out the rest of the case of ammunition she promised Danielle. "Danielle, this is the rest of the ammunition I promised you."

Danielle retrieves a box from the case, opens the box, pulls out a bullet, twists it around, puts it back in the box and returns the box to the case.

"Jeanette," the Spirit begins, "about those items you don't need."

Jeanette removes her black leather gloves and goes to her Chinook medical kit, removes all thirty self-adhesive strips and gives them to Dr. Brown, which he is happy to accept. She turns to the Spirit. "What else?"

"Your large purse."

"Right. I need to transfer . . . wait, my suitcase is still in the back." Jeanette returns to the back, folds her old uniform and puts it in the laundry bag. She puts the laundry bag with the folded laundry back in the suitcase closes it and returns to the front of the shop. She opens her purse, returns her glasses to her eyeglass case and puts it in the suitcase. She then transfers everything else from her purse to the suitcase. "Anything else?"

"The twelve aLOCSAK bags you use for your socks and undergarments."

Jeanette empties the ten remaining aLOCSAK bags and puts those contents in the suitcase. "Anything else?"

"That's it." The Spirit answers. "We'll pick up the rest of the tab."

Dr. Brown retrieves his violin case and opens it. "Chihiro, I heard you can sing."

"Sing? I haven't sang in nearly two years."

Dr. Brown places one end of his violin on his shoulder, rest his chin and with his bow, he plays a few notes. "I was told you know this one."

Chihiro looks at the Spirit, not happy that she put her on the spot.

Dr. Brown begins to play. Fans of John Denver would immediately recognize the tune.

Chihiro stands there, stiff. She taps a foot, like a metronome.

I dreamed of living, alone but fearless,
Secret longing, to be courageous.

She stops with the tapping but remains stiff.

Loneliness kept, bottled up inside,
Just reveal your brave face, they’ll never know you lied.

Country Road, may lead me home,
Know I belong there, all on my own.
Destiny calls, motionless I stall,
No I can’t go, Country Road.

Chihiro begins to loosen up.

No matter how dark the world’s inside me,
I’ll never stop to show a tears that I’ve shed.
But now I have to walk so fast,
Running, sprinting to forget, what is lodged in my head.

Country Road, may lead me home,
Know I belong there, all on my own.

Chihiro begins to move with the music.

Destiny calls, motionless I stall,
No I can’t go, Country Road.

Country Road, may lead me home,
You’re a good friend, I’ll never know.

She starts to clap. Finally she seems to be enjoying herself.

Same tomorrow, regret and sorrow,
Can’t take you home, Country Road.

Chihiro gets misty-eyed and wipes a tear away. She's reminded of the last time she sang.

"Nice vocals." The professional singer critiques.

Jeanette Isabelle

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Arik Newbies Posts: 147	Re: After Chaos Reply #318 - Aug 29^th, 2015, 9:46pm Hikaru gets misty-eyed as Chihiro sings and claps when Chihiro finishes. "Chihiro, I did not know you could sing."
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Jeanette Experianced Posts: 1154	Re: After Chaos Reply #319 - Aug 29^th, 2015, 9:47pm "Hikaru, what are you going on about?" Jeanette asks. "You haven't met Chihiro except through my journal." Jeanette Isabelle
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