Western RP: play thread

Buddy held Catori's hand and lifted her up, helping her into the carriage, smiling as she sat near him.

"I'm glad too..." he agreed. "Glad to see you alive and well." He moved his hand and hers to her sweet petite busom, and gently caressed, the soft smooth round...

...rock, the uncut diamond pendant that had saved her life
(what did you think, pervs?!)

"Always close to your heart..." Buddy looked deep into her eyes, still smiling thankfully. "Good girl." He kissed the back of her hand sweetly, and looked out for Lily, Victoria and any of the other renegades who might happen by from the hotel or the town square or surrounding side-streets and back alleys.

"We won't stay that way, or this lucky for long, once they get all the confusion sorted out... we'll still be wanted, by at least one of them..." he was thinking of Jericho again, even as he sat next to the vision of Native natural beauty whose sweet sdeductive eyes he worried he would never look into again...

come on, people! his mind roared out at the streets, even as he kissed Catori on the cheek once more. We've gotta skin outta here!

(ROFLMAO)

Catori smiled. "I know." she said calming down. She took a few deep breaths. "That was close."

((Tela you sick pervert 😛 😆 ))

Luis restored his gun to its holster beneath his fancy new vest, brushed himself off, and climbed in the carriage. He sat across from Buddy. After today, he had gained a new respect for the man and his "courage". For a long time, he had thought courage was a thing for fools, but now he knew differently... Even if only a little bit so. "Guess this makes us even, gringo."

Catori smiled at Luis. "Maybe." she said laughing nervously.

Buddy shook his head at the ever-dusty Vaquero, and released Catori's hand.

"Not even, not by a long shot..." he extended his hand to the Mexican, a show of respect and gratitude no words could measure.

"I still owe you... I owe you plenty, my friends..."

he didn't know how or when, but some how Buddy would repay all the kindness and strength and courage he had seen amongst this rag-tag band of renegades, if they, and Fate, would allow repayment of such a debt...

"You shall all be taken care of, paid handsomely for all services rendered, should you, 'Reno's Renegades, for lack of a better name, take contract in my employ.?." Cavendish promised, from the VIP seat, a third seat in the front of the carriage, making the offer sound as much as a question as a statement of fact.

In a way, they all, each of whom accepted the ride, owed Cavendish at least that much for spiriting them safely away... in another way, they were now free, as free as the will that had inspired Cavendish to make such a bold public move... so, it was up to them all, or each, in turn, to decide what to do next...

"Under your employment." it was a ig word for Catori. "What would we do for actual work?" she asked. "Not that I question your intergrity sir. I'm just curious."

Luis shook Buddy's hand and nodded in respect to him. Turning to Cavendish, he said, "I don't know about the name, boss. I don't know that I want to be listed under his name," he said jokingly.

Catori laughed. She nudged Buddy playfully. "It might e the other way around, Senor." she told Luis.

Buddy smiled still, even in the face of the 'insult' from his Mexican vaquero friend. "Alrighty then... you would prefer Pasilla's posse? hmmm...
(deepens his voice to a bass scratchy gnarled thing)
"Let me take a few pokes at Pasilla's posse... I'll loosen 'em right up, y'all..."

"Well, now, such vulgarity in the company of the ladies should not be permitted, I should think..." Cavendish continued. "Now, as to the lady's question: my interests in business, as well as in people, is varied greatly, from banking, to travel, simple shop-keeping, security, and all manner of business and service in between. My interest in people is the same degree of variety, from the finest of the upper crust to the low-down dregs, as they each fit and fulfill certain requirements within the structure of my various interests... as well as all of those qualities are presented here and now, in the rear of this carriage... -eh heh heh.. heh heh.. bullly! but I digress...

There are any number of opportunities for a Native lovely as you in my company, dear child, I assure you..." he smiled at the innocent girl he saw, hardly aware of the savage vicious cruel heartless murder machine she could be when wronged...

(aint that always the way between men and women?? 💃 😆 )

((ooh Catori's a murderer now is she 😗 ))

(((Well *falls out of chair laughing* )))

Catori lushes at Mr. C's comment. "Well, I assure you, if u...Mr. reno." she says playfully using his last name. "Decides to work for you then I will too."

((surely you remember the damage she unleashed at the CUR mining camp just at the mere thought that those fine miners had done something afoul to her dear sweet innocent Buddy?

how quickly they forget...

I wonder if anyone else currently in the story would forget so soon...
even if they had not yet been introduced back when the scalping had occured... hmmmmmm...

see now, you gone and done got me concocting more story... dagnabit!))

((I din't forget. It was a joke. ✅ ))

(As Buddy was not present during the scalping session, as he LAY DYING AT THE BOTTOM OF A COLD DAMP HOLE FOR DAYS while his 'friends' partied with the savages and murdered some white boys...)

Buddy mulls over the idea, the thought of steady pay for good hard days work, an almost certain roof of some sort over head, fire in the hearth at night... and a fine woman by his side thru those days and nights...

He nodded and smiled. "On one condition, if I may, Sir..."

Cavendish hmmmmmed and nodded.

"If it be possible for us to take contract in your employ out away from here, but still some place familiar to us, if not so familiar to you, where we might be more at ease and comfortable with the surroundings..."

"A place like... New Hope..." ((the name I just gave the city where we started, if that's OK)) Cavendish grinned, matching Buddy's.

"I can't think of a better place to start over again... again..." Buddy nodded, looking to the others for approval and agreement. "What say you, Reno's Renegades? We're a team now, a sacred hoop... there'll be no breaking this bond..."

he thrusts a closed fist into the center of the stage, glancing around, raising a curious eyebrow at his fellow companions...

(((Okay post story or I'll have Catori go crazy with Fever and end up killing the coach driver)))
Edit: Went before Slicky's post

Catori thought about it. "Okay." she gently put her hand into a fist and put it up to Buddys fist and looking sideways smiled at him.

Lily sat with them and also did Victoria. "I'll work of course," said Lily as she brought her gun back into its holster.

(( ROFLMAO 😆 ))

Luis glanced around at the others, reading their faces and reactions... Then he reluctantly extended his own fist to meet Buddy's.

(yuna's back YAAY!!)

Buddy looked to Lily and Victoria with concern.

"Are you sure it will be OK to go back there? I know it's your home Lily... and I guess you had moved on from there Victoria... Sheriff Sanders might still be holding a grudge behind all of the blacksmith murder nonsense, not to mention what happened to Steve in Abilene...

I can't promise it will be any easier going back 'Home' than it has been these past few days in the wilderness... if anyone wants out, now is the time to say so...

I have to go back, to clear my name, to make a name for myself, and for my kin, whoever they may be.. I have nothing but that what's in this wagon with me right now.. and that be all of you, whoever comes with me..."

Catori layed her head on Buddy's shoulder and looked at the two. yawning, she closes her eyes. Falling asleep almost immediately.

Buddy wrapped his arm around Catori, holding her close to his heart while she rested. He leaned toward her and closed his eyes too, smiling and resting a bit himself... ahhh...

"We'll work out the name of our little gang later, vaquero..." he muttered, dropping his fist to his knee... then sliding to Catori's knee smooth as he pleased... ahhh, indeed...