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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2595939" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><em>Yes Orchid, it can be a little challenging running parallel campaigns with two different gaming groups, although thus far the overlaps have been minimal. Right now the 'Arcade's Gang' posting is a few character days ahead of the "Wizards, Whiskey and Wonderful Things" Story Hour, and so much happened in our Play-by-Post game during those days that it will be at least a dozen chapters until we get to that same point in the story. Now, back to this tale....</em></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Chapter 92, “The Atlantian’s Mausoleum”, Saturday, March 18th, 1882, 11:00 P.M.</strong></p><p></p><p>Arcade, Louie, Morgana and Sam accompany Manuel Gonzales back to the nearby Liberty Hill Mine where Gonzales dismisses the two men he had left on guard duty. He has brought with him some magical levitation devices. They are magnetic so he attached them to the metal handles of the casket and casts the incantation to activate them. Nothing immediately happens.</p><p></p><p>“Well, when will those things kick in?” Arcade asks. Gonzales replies, “They already have, but the total weight of the stone sarcophagus still exceeds the lifting capacity of the devices by a good 300 to 400 pounds. We’ll still have to help lift it ourselves even with the magic doing the majority of the work. They decide to wait until the dirigible has arrived to move it, given that Hank is also one of the strongest in the party. </p><p></p><p>The rain has now ended but the damp stormy weather has managed to keep most of the townsfolk inside, so nobody sees the large dark object approaching from the northwest. Hans uses his skills to turn the Zeppelin around and lowers it so that the large rear door of the passenger compartment is as close to the mine entrance as possible. Hank helps the others to move the casket on board, with the levitation devices being sufficient to carry enough of the weight to get the craft airborne. </p><p></p><p>They fly back northeast until they are clear of the town and then turn to the southeast. Gonzales directs them deep into the heart of the Chiricahua Mountains, home of the Apache. Hank has a stray thought and says, “Hold on a minute, what’s to keep us from being attacked by Apaches?” Morgana tells him that a short while ago she had sent a bird to deliver a message she wrote out to the Apache Shaman. Sam asks, “Do we have any way of knowing that it delivered the message?” Arcade says, “Sure, when we see a barrage of flaming arrows flying up at us we can assume that it didn’t” </p><p></p><p>It is a relatively short flight as they see the distant lights to the east of the town of Galeyville, Arizona. Gonzales directs them to towards the side of a mountain around two miles away from the town. He has Hans fly towards a point about two-thirds of the way up the mountain along the eastern side. They see a road up the mountain through the thin forests that ends at a clearing with a large pile of rubble near the entrance to a large cave. Gonzales has Hans bring the Zeppelin to a plateau over a hundred feet above this where two more caves head into the mountain. </p><p></p><p>There is not enough room on the twenty-foot-wide and fifty-foot long plateau for Hans to land so he hovers just above the outer edge of it as Hank uses his magical rope to safely get himself, Arcade and Sam down onto the plateau. Ropes are then used to help secure the sarcophagus, which is then lowered down to the plateau that the other three pull it onto. Sure shot Sam is pulled back up to watch Hans while Morgana and Gonzales slide down the rope to join the others. Hans then flies the blimp a little bit further out so that there is no risk of the wind blowing it against any of the jagged rocks on the mountainside. </p><p></p><p>Before doing anything else Morgana tells the others to wait until she has spoken with the Apache, who she says are nearby and now observing them. She makes some animal calls and hears similar ones in response. A group of four men all in native garb comprised of three high elves and one human come out from hiding. The leader of the group is the Shaman Kajika, who they had all met the previous year at the same ceremony where they met Geronimo. He introduces his three companions as Kanweock, Gray Fox and Harvey Knowles. </p><p></p><p>Morgana eyes Knowles suspiciously. Kajika explains to her in the Apache language, “He helped our tribe to survive the last winter. Game was scare and he brought us cattle. When the human authorities sought to arrest him we offered to provided him sanctuary with the tribe.” She asks, “Why were they after him.” Kajika replies, “The cattle were not his.” She says, “Can he be trusted?” Kajika replies, “Yes. The United States Army knows that he is now here under our protection. If he leaves our land he will be arrested and imprisoned. His leaving would also jeopardize the most recent treaty with the military so we will ensure that he does not attempt to leave.”</p><p></p><p>Morgana translates this for the others. “Why did they bring him here?” Arcade asks. Knowles answers directly “Because the Apache are afraid of these caves and will not enter them. I used to live in them so know which passageways to take. Consider me your guide.” Gonzales says, “I know of these caves. Please bring us to the cross-shaped room with the three chambers deep within the mountain.” Knowles says, “Yeah, I figured that was where you wanted to go.” Knowles takes a torch and leads the way. </p><p></p><p>They head into the cave to their left, which begins with a twenty-foot diameter room with a passageway in the rear. It continues for fifty feet before curving right at a downward angle. After another hundred feet it reaches a T-intersection at which point Knowles leads them to the right. They continue down a series of downward sloping corridors and avoid a number of side passageways that sprout off from it. A few sections of the corridor are narrower and it is difficult to get the sarcophagus through them. They eventually reach a section with a pit and narrow wooden bridge crossing it. Hanks rope is used to help get the casket and people across this section. </p><p></p><p>On the opposite side of the pit is an iron door. The door is locked but Knowles has a key. He opens it to an X-shaped room that is lit with magical light. Each of the two sections of the X is sixty feet long and twenty feet wide. They walk to the center of the room where they can see that the at each of the other three sections of the X there is a chamber. Dust and rubble cover the room and the chamber on the left has a partially collapsed roof.” “What was this place?” Sam asks. </p><p></p><p>Knowles replies, “Native legends say that the Dark Elves once lived here. Most recently it was the Headquarters for the Cowboy Gang’s leaders. That ended in January when the Earps cornered them here.” He gestures to the chamber with the partially collapsed roof and says, “The Gang’s leader Curly Bill Brocious died in there after the Earps tossed in some sticks of dynamite.” </p><p></p><p>He gestures to the chamber at the opposite end of the doorway and says, “That was Johnny Ringo’s room. He escaped and still has another key to the iron door to this room.” He gestures to chamber on the right and says, “Better room belonged to Tom and Frank McLaury. They both died here” Arcade says, “The McLaury brothers? We kept those from getting killed by the Earps last October in Tombstone.” Louie comments, “Looks like all we did was postpone it.”</p><p></p><p>The casket is brought into the chamber to the right. Gonzales casts a spell and then removes the levitation devices. He then casts some magical wards onto it casket. They then exit the room and he casts another spell, which appears to create a stone wall blocking the doorway. They exit the chamber and the door is locked. Gonzales then casts another spell on the iron door and pockets the key. </p><p></p><p>Gonzales warns Knowles “For everyone’s safety please make sure that nobody attempts to come down here to open these up….that includes you.” Knowles replies, “I won’t, robbing from the dead isn’t my style. The Apache will make sure nobody disrupts your mausoleum.” </p><p></p><p><strong>Sunday, March 19th, 1882:</strong></p><p></p><p>It is shortly after midnight when they all exit the caves and Morgana speaks to Kajika about keeping the caves safe from all intruders. Hans flies back in and the magical rope is used to pull the others back up to the Zeppelin. Arcade says, “That was quick and easy. How about we spend the rest of the night finding out what those Frenchmen are up to?” The others agree and the Zeppelin turns east towards the mountains of New Mexico. They fly over the northern end of the Hidalgo Mountains, not seeing anyone and continue east towards the Animas Mountains. </p><p></p><p>Towards the southwestern end of these mountains they find evidence of where a small army had camped out. From here there are fresh horse tracks of two-to-three dozen animals as well as wagon wheel tracks from eight vehicles heading west. Arcade estimates the tracks to be between six and eight hours old. He says, “Looks like they spent the day here and are traveling at night.” Morgana says, “Make’s sense, that’s the easiest way to travel in rugged terrain with a hot daytime sun.” </p><p></p><p>Sam asks “What’s with all of the wagons?” Hans interjects, “Those may not be wagons but cannon, that’s what they went to Mexico to get.” Arcade investigates further and says, “I think he’s right, these ruts look to have been made by horse drawn two wheel vehicles not four, and are rather close together to be wagons.” Hans is concerned about cannon being fired up at the airship. </p><p></p><p>Hank says, “Don’t worry, we’ll take this slow and careful. We can travel much faster than them so they aren’t going to get away. There’s no need to be reckless.” Arcade gives Hank and odd look and says, “Who are you? You look like Hank Hill but you sure don’t talk like him.” Louie interjects, “He finally found something he cares about, not his teammates but his vehicle.” Hank says, “You all can better defend yourself now than it can. But once I mount a gattling gun on it that’ll be a different matter.”</p><p></p><p>They have the Zeppelin fly low and to the southwest, the moon providing enough light to illuminate and follow the tracks twenty-five feet below the passenger compartment. The trail continues on towards the southern Hidalgo Mountains. They land near the first of the mountains, with Arcade getting out and checking the tracks, which he says are only a few hours old. They decide to fly north of the tracks and circumnavigate around the first couple of mountains. </p><p></p><p>They continue to watch diligently, finally spotting some movement in a valley a little more than a mile to the southwest. They immediately pull back behind a mountain to keep from being seen and fly on ahead and around this mountains to a point a mile ahead of where the French are riding. Hans flies as close as he can get using the mountain as cover. </p><p></p><p>They decide to set up an ambush on the ground, and only have the Zeppelin fly in from behind if they run into trouble. They discuss who to leave behind to guard Hans. The German pilot assures the party that he is as anxious to defeat these Frenchmen as they are and that the prospect of living in the United States appeals to him. Gonzales says, “I say we trust him….and I also have the means to find him anywhere in Mexico if he does attempt to escape.” Hans says, “I will not leave. I would not want Arcade’s Gang to come hunting after me.” “Good man,” Arcade replies. The six exit the dirigible, giving Hans instruction to fly back around the mountain and wait in the rear until he sees a signal of light from them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 2595939, member: 8530"] [I]Yes Orchid, it can be a little challenging running parallel campaigns with two different gaming groups, although thus far the overlaps have been minimal. Right now the 'Arcade's Gang' posting is a few character days ahead of the "Wizards, Whiskey and Wonderful Things" Story Hour, and so much happened in our Play-by-Post game during those days that it will be at least a dozen chapters until we get to that same point in the story. Now, back to this tale....[/I] [B]Chapter 92, “The Atlantian’s Mausoleum”, Saturday, March 18th, 1882, 11:00 P.M.[/B] Arcade, Louie, Morgana and Sam accompany Manuel Gonzales back to the nearby Liberty Hill Mine where Gonzales dismisses the two men he had left on guard duty. He has brought with him some magical levitation devices. They are magnetic so he attached them to the metal handles of the casket and casts the incantation to activate them. Nothing immediately happens. “Well, when will those things kick in?” Arcade asks. Gonzales replies, “They already have, but the total weight of the stone sarcophagus still exceeds the lifting capacity of the devices by a good 300 to 400 pounds. We’ll still have to help lift it ourselves even with the magic doing the majority of the work. They decide to wait until the dirigible has arrived to move it, given that Hank is also one of the strongest in the party. The rain has now ended but the damp stormy weather has managed to keep most of the townsfolk inside, so nobody sees the large dark object approaching from the northwest. Hans uses his skills to turn the Zeppelin around and lowers it so that the large rear door of the passenger compartment is as close to the mine entrance as possible. Hank helps the others to move the casket on board, with the levitation devices being sufficient to carry enough of the weight to get the craft airborne. They fly back northeast until they are clear of the town and then turn to the southeast. Gonzales directs them deep into the heart of the Chiricahua Mountains, home of the Apache. Hank has a stray thought and says, “Hold on a minute, what’s to keep us from being attacked by Apaches?” Morgana tells him that a short while ago she had sent a bird to deliver a message she wrote out to the Apache Shaman. Sam asks, “Do we have any way of knowing that it delivered the message?” Arcade says, “Sure, when we see a barrage of flaming arrows flying up at us we can assume that it didn’t” It is a relatively short flight as they see the distant lights to the east of the town of Galeyville, Arizona. Gonzales directs them to towards the side of a mountain around two miles away from the town. He has Hans fly towards a point about two-thirds of the way up the mountain along the eastern side. They see a road up the mountain through the thin forests that ends at a clearing with a large pile of rubble near the entrance to a large cave. Gonzales has Hans bring the Zeppelin to a plateau over a hundred feet above this where two more caves head into the mountain. There is not enough room on the twenty-foot-wide and fifty-foot long plateau for Hans to land so he hovers just above the outer edge of it as Hank uses his magical rope to safely get himself, Arcade and Sam down onto the plateau. Ropes are then used to help secure the sarcophagus, which is then lowered down to the plateau that the other three pull it onto. Sure shot Sam is pulled back up to watch Hans while Morgana and Gonzales slide down the rope to join the others. Hans then flies the blimp a little bit further out so that there is no risk of the wind blowing it against any of the jagged rocks on the mountainside. Before doing anything else Morgana tells the others to wait until she has spoken with the Apache, who she says are nearby and now observing them. She makes some animal calls and hears similar ones in response. A group of four men all in native garb comprised of three high elves and one human come out from hiding. The leader of the group is the Shaman Kajika, who they had all met the previous year at the same ceremony where they met Geronimo. He introduces his three companions as Kanweock, Gray Fox and Harvey Knowles. Morgana eyes Knowles suspiciously. Kajika explains to her in the Apache language, “He helped our tribe to survive the last winter. Game was scare and he brought us cattle. When the human authorities sought to arrest him we offered to provided him sanctuary with the tribe.” She asks, “Why were they after him.” Kajika replies, “The cattle were not his.” She says, “Can he be trusted?” Kajika replies, “Yes. The United States Army knows that he is now here under our protection. If he leaves our land he will be arrested and imprisoned. His leaving would also jeopardize the most recent treaty with the military so we will ensure that he does not attempt to leave.” Morgana translates this for the others. “Why did they bring him here?” Arcade asks. Knowles answers directly “Because the Apache are afraid of these caves and will not enter them. I used to live in them so know which passageways to take. Consider me your guide.” Gonzales says, “I know of these caves. Please bring us to the cross-shaped room with the three chambers deep within the mountain.” Knowles says, “Yeah, I figured that was where you wanted to go.” Knowles takes a torch and leads the way. They head into the cave to their left, which begins with a twenty-foot diameter room with a passageway in the rear. It continues for fifty feet before curving right at a downward angle. After another hundred feet it reaches a T-intersection at which point Knowles leads them to the right. They continue down a series of downward sloping corridors and avoid a number of side passageways that sprout off from it. A few sections of the corridor are narrower and it is difficult to get the sarcophagus through them. They eventually reach a section with a pit and narrow wooden bridge crossing it. Hanks rope is used to help get the casket and people across this section. On the opposite side of the pit is an iron door. The door is locked but Knowles has a key. He opens it to an X-shaped room that is lit with magical light. Each of the two sections of the X is sixty feet long and twenty feet wide. They walk to the center of the room where they can see that the at each of the other three sections of the X there is a chamber. Dust and rubble cover the room and the chamber on the left has a partially collapsed roof.” “What was this place?” Sam asks. Knowles replies, “Native legends say that the Dark Elves once lived here. Most recently it was the Headquarters for the Cowboy Gang’s leaders. That ended in January when the Earps cornered them here.” He gestures to the chamber with the partially collapsed roof and says, “The Gang’s leader Curly Bill Brocious died in there after the Earps tossed in some sticks of dynamite.” He gestures to the chamber at the opposite end of the doorway and says, “That was Johnny Ringo’s room. He escaped and still has another key to the iron door to this room.” He gestures to chamber on the right and says, “Better room belonged to Tom and Frank McLaury. They both died here” Arcade says, “The McLaury brothers? We kept those from getting killed by the Earps last October in Tombstone.” Louie comments, “Looks like all we did was postpone it.” The casket is brought into the chamber to the right. Gonzales casts a spell and then removes the levitation devices. He then casts some magical wards onto it casket. They then exit the room and he casts another spell, which appears to create a stone wall blocking the doorway. They exit the chamber and the door is locked. Gonzales then casts another spell on the iron door and pockets the key. Gonzales warns Knowles “For everyone’s safety please make sure that nobody attempts to come down here to open these up….that includes you.” Knowles replies, “I won’t, robbing from the dead isn’t my style. The Apache will make sure nobody disrupts your mausoleum.” [B]Sunday, March 19th, 1882:[/B] It is shortly after midnight when they all exit the caves and Morgana speaks to Kajika about keeping the caves safe from all intruders. Hans flies back in and the magical rope is used to pull the others back up to the Zeppelin. Arcade says, “That was quick and easy. How about we spend the rest of the night finding out what those Frenchmen are up to?” The others agree and the Zeppelin turns east towards the mountains of New Mexico. They fly over the northern end of the Hidalgo Mountains, not seeing anyone and continue east towards the Animas Mountains. Towards the southwestern end of these mountains they find evidence of where a small army had camped out. From here there are fresh horse tracks of two-to-three dozen animals as well as wagon wheel tracks from eight vehicles heading west. Arcade estimates the tracks to be between six and eight hours old. He says, “Looks like they spent the day here and are traveling at night.” Morgana says, “Make’s sense, that’s the easiest way to travel in rugged terrain with a hot daytime sun.” Sam asks “What’s with all of the wagons?” Hans interjects, “Those may not be wagons but cannon, that’s what they went to Mexico to get.” Arcade investigates further and says, “I think he’s right, these ruts look to have been made by horse drawn two wheel vehicles not four, and are rather close together to be wagons.” Hans is concerned about cannon being fired up at the airship. Hank says, “Don’t worry, we’ll take this slow and careful. We can travel much faster than them so they aren’t going to get away. There’s no need to be reckless.” Arcade gives Hank and odd look and says, “Who are you? You look like Hank Hill but you sure don’t talk like him.” Louie interjects, “He finally found something he cares about, not his teammates but his vehicle.” Hank says, “You all can better defend yourself now than it can. But once I mount a gattling gun on it that’ll be a different matter.” They have the Zeppelin fly low and to the southwest, the moon providing enough light to illuminate and follow the tracks twenty-five feet below the passenger compartment. The trail continues on towards the southern Hidalgo Mountains. They land near the first of the mountains, with Arcade getting out and checking the tracks, which he says are only a few hours old. They decide to fly north of the tracks and circumnavigate around the first couple of mountains. They continue to watch diligently, finally spotting some movement in a valley a little more than a mile to the southwest. They immediately pull back behind a mountain to keep from being seen and fly on ahead and around this mountains to a point a mile ahead of where the French are riding. Hans flies as close as he can get using the mountain as cover. They decide to set up an ambush on the ground, and only have the Zeppelin fly in from behind if they run into trouble. They discuss who to leave behind to guard Hans. The German pilot assures the party that he is as anxious to defeat these Frenchmen as they are and that the prospect of living in the United States appeals to him. Gonzales says, “I say we trust him….and I also have the means to find him anywhere in Mexico if he does attempt to escape.” Hans says, “I will not leave. I would not want Arcade’s Gang to come hunting after me.” “Good man,” Arcade replies. The six exit the dirigible, giving Hans instruction to fly back around the mountain and wait in the rear until he sees a signal of light from them. [/QUOTE]
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