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After Chaos (Read 186757 times)
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Reply #630 - Apr 3rd, 2016, 10:24pm
 
Fernando stops as Hondo and Val drive off to the truck stop, allowing Jeanette to get behind him.
 
He picks up his radio and talks into it, "The choice is yours, camp out with Hondo and Val at the truck stop or drive into two to a hotel. If Hondo's experience is in this place is anything I think it to be, I do not blame him for not leaving his truck and towed equipment. Did you get a good look at it..."
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Reply #631 - Apr 3rd, 2016, 10:43pm
 
Jeanette presses the button. "I thought it is understood we stick together. Is there a reason to split up besides the fact lodging is relatively cheap?"
 
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Reply #632 - Apr 3rd, 2016, 11:02pm
 
"It is for you and I to stick together to keep the group together. Hondo just joined us, if you can call it that. He has his reason not to go into a hotel, and I'm not going to push him to go to a hotel. If he is comfortable with the truck stop, then it should be fine with us with him being there. Now, what do you want? Truck stop or hotel room? At least the hotel room will have bathrooms, warm beds and some privacy. The truck stop has some accommodations but can the girls deal with it? At least Hondo offered supper before we sleep if we want to take it." Fernando explains. "Besides, we will be in the same town area, we wont be splitting up. This place is not as big as the last two places, and if we go to the truck stop, we do not have to go through a mutant check point. That is on you. But in my mind, this camper of 'mine' needs a day or two of charging though the batteries I bought will be good for a week, the main batteries should be charged up for just in case. And we do not have to spend money if we camp out with a few truckers. Again, it is on what you think you and the girls want and need."
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Reply #633 - Apr 4th, 2016, 10:04am
 
Jeanette presses the button. "Hikaru did say a hotel room for a night is an ounce of silver. Given the minimal cost, we can stay in a hotel. As for supper, we ate about two hours ago. We have the sandwiches you made, stuff to make more sandwiches, milk and the two cases of soda we got at Anne's."
 
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Reply #634 - Apr 4th, 2016, 1:24pm
 
Fernando puts his camper into gear and drives up to the toll gate entrance of the town. As it was starting to get dark, approaching the toll gate lit up with bright lights as a couple of officers approached either side of the VW Camper. A couple of other guards stood at their posts with long fire arms held at their sides.
 
Obviously tired from standing around all day, the officer on the driver's side leans against the door as he look over Fernando and what is inside the camper from his vantage point.
 
"What's your name and reason for coming here?" the officer says as he looks over his clipboard.
 
"We're a medical transport with a couple patients going to Texas just passing through and stopping for the night for some food and rest." Fernando answers as he holds out his papers to be reviewed and points to the Medical Emblem on the side of the camper.
 
The guard looks over the driver's side of the camper before nodding to the other guard on the other side who steps back and after some figuring out, opens the rear sliding door. He looks inside, taking note of the camper's interior before closing the door. He heads back to the front of the camper and nods to the first guard.
 
"You can pass through." The guard tells him as the toll gate goes up.
 
"Thank you." Fernando tells him before putting the camper in gear and slowly pulls into the the town. He stops about 50 yards away and waits for Jeanette.
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Reply #635 - Apr 4th, 2016, 3:05pm
 
Inside the Camper, Moro helps Elsa. She wraps the quilt around Elsa and adjusts it for appearances. "I need for you to remove your gloves and keep your hands on you lap, palms down."
 
With the quilt wrapped around her, Elsa removes her gloves and places her hands palms down on her lap.
 
Jeanette drives to the entrance.
 
"Hands and face. Hands and face."
 
Jeanette removes her black leather gloves, shows her hands and lifts up her glasses. Danielle lifts up her dark colored glasses.
 
The side door is opened. "Hands and face. Hands and face." The guard looks at Elsa. "Is the child all right?"
 
"She's hypothermic." Moro answers. "We are on our way to a settlement with an excellent medical facility."
 
"Miss, I still need to see your hands." He touches Elsa's hands. "They're cold."
 
"May I put my gloves back on?" Elsa asks.
 
"Go ahead."
 
Moro helps Elsa get her gloves back on.
 
Anna removes her mittens.
 
"You're clear." The guard closes the door.
 
Jeanette pulls forward and gets on the radio. "I see a motel to our right. Do we want to check it out?"
 
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Reply #636 - Apr 4th, 2016, 9:39pm
 
"Check it out and let me know." Fernando says on the radio, "If you decide to stay here or wherever, after we settle down, I'm going to pay Hondo a visit. Macey will be with me and we will be walking, not driving. So don't wait up."
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Reply #637 - Apr 4th, 2016, 10:19pm
 
As Hondo went through supplies Valentine prepared for supper. She wasn't sure who was coming yet so they decided on hamburgers beans, and mac salad. Hondo cracked open a cold beer while he inventoried the supplies.
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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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Reply #638 - Apr 4th, 2016, 11:18pm
 
Fernando drives into the parking lot after Jeanette and parks his VW Camper next to hers.
 
"I'll wait out here for your decision." He says to her.
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Reply #639 - Apr 4th, 2016, 11:38pm
 
"I'll check it out." Hikaru exits the side door after Jeanette pulls in. She goes in the office of the old motel and approaches the front desk. "There are nine people in our party," Hikaru is still including Anna, "one of them is big. What accommodations do you have?"
 
"Every room has two beds. Each bed is either a full size or a queen. You will need three rooms. How long will your party be staying?"
 
"We're staying just for the night. Do you have laundry service?"
 
"Three rooms for one night will be three ounces of silver. Laundry service will be an additional ounce of silver."
 
An ounce of silver for laundry service is the same asking price the hotel in the fort asked fort. "Why is laundry service so expensive in this area?"
 
"We have to pay our employees in the laundry room. I can offer you the three rooms for four tenths of gold ($400) and I'll throw in laundry service and meals for free."
 
"We brought our own food and I'll be paying with silver. Before I do, may I see one of the rooms we'll be staying in? At least one bed needs to be a queen size."
 
The desk clerk gets a key and the two of them go to one of the rooms. The clerk unlocks it and they go in. It's old but clean. It's not like it was in the past when rooms had a telephone and TV. She checks out the bathroom. It has towels and toilet paper, nothing else. She checks the shower, the shower works. She goes back in the room and sits on one of the beds. The bed is still firm. She sniffs the room. There's no unusual smell. "We'll take it."
 
"Lets go back to the office."
 
In the office Hikaru pays the clerk four ounces of silver. She gets keys to three rooms and proof that laundry service is paid for.
 
Hikaru returns to the Camper. "We have three rooms and laundry service."
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