2. The Valley

Jan 4, 2024 2:16 pm

Manny stood amidst the wreckage of the 1926 Oldsmobile, his body frozen in shock as the dust settled around him. The sudden appearance of a stranger added a layer of confusion to the chaos.

Manny, nursing bleeding forehead and aching arms, couldn't help but feel disappointment as Jimmy emerged unscathed.

He then remembered the cargo in the trunk.

We gotta get everything out of the car! He exclaimed as he stood a good distance away, just in case the Olds decided to blow.

Lenny Valentine

KoldikSteelskin

Jan 4, 2024 3:39 pm

2. The Valley

"I was driving, wasn't I?" Lenny thinks confused, if It'd been Mickey driving he would have been looking for a way to make it look as though well as though Mickey had been driving responsibly, make it look as though the crash had been someone else's fault but if he was driving, what'd happened?

he'd turned of the road, he could see that much, and the speed which he must have gone over the bank, he couldn't figure out for the life of him why he'd have been going that fast.

"What Happens Now?" he asks glad for once that Jimmy was around Mr. Mcbride would get all the blame when they got back, even though he hadn't been driving it'd be his fault he hadn't been driving, and he could make decisions for how they we're supposed to get out of this while Lenny focused on Mickey's health.

Rolls

Lenny Valentine: First Aid(30) - (d100)

(40) = 40

Mickey Valentine

Antiproduct

Jan 4, 2024 7:27 pm

2. The Valley

Mickey pushed his brother's hands away as he was trying to help him.
"I'm fine." he said, although still visibly shaken - not from the crash itself as most would presume, but from what he saw; what he thought he saw. He turned and as he came together snapped at him.
"What the hell Lenny! Was this the first time you sat behind a steering wheel or something?"

Hector Winney

Edmund_Balworth

Jan 5, 2024 3:06 am

2. The Valley

Hector Winney

Lenny pulls the key and the engine rattles to a stop as the stranger pops the hood and pokes the contents of his bucket over the hot engine. A hiss of steam billows out of the car for a moment before all is silent save the weak dribble of gasoline where the tank was ruptured.

The stranger steps back from the car, rubbing his face with a shaking hand. The group all sees the telltale signs, the bulbous red nose, chalky skin and slight shake of a hard drinker. He shifts nervously from foot to foot and averts your gazes, as if ready to bolt at the slightest noise. As Lenny and Jimmy focus on the man, they realize he was the one standing in the road just after the bridge.

Sorry… I… I thought you might buy my… fish… His speech is raspy and quiet and comes out stunted and slow. The man coughs and spits on the ground, furtively looking up at each of you seemingly hoping to salvage a sale.

Jimmy McBride (CoC7e)

C1NDER

Jan 5, 2024 6:20 am

2. The Valley

Jimmy purses his lips, both embarrassment and anger flaring within him. What would his brother think? he wonders, He'll blame me, of course, for not being the one behind the wheel. It would always be his fault. "Sorry," he says through gritted teeth, approaching the man. He pulls his revolver, twists it around, and swings the butt of the gun at the mans head.

OOC:

I'll spend 4 luck to make that hit

Last edited January 5, 2024 11:47 am

Rolls

Jimmy McBride (CoC7e): Fighting (Brawl)(65) - (d100)

(69) = 69

Jimmy McBride (CoC7e): Pistol Butt(65) - Dmg - (d6+d4)

(2) + (4) = 6

Edmund_Balworth

Jan 5, 2024 6:13 pm

2. The Valley

Jimmy steps up and clocks the stranger on the temple with the butt of his pistol. The man drops as quickly as a bag of cement in the Boston harbor. The scene returns to silence other than the soft drip from the car's gas tank.

OOC:

Natural world checks! Lenny please also roll a spot hidden, a hard success.

The late morning sun shines through the dense trees to your north. To the west is a small grassy area before the land cuts away to the dry creek bed the covered bridge was spanning. To the south is the embankment leading back up to the road. To the east, the road slowly descends to the valley floor and onward to a grouping of houses and larger buildings.

Lenny Valentine

KoldikSteelskin

Jan 5, 2024 6:31 pm

2. The Valley

'I just put in the work to not hit this man and now you go an' hit him?' Lenny thinks furiously doing his best not to glare at Jimmy, then he turns back to Mickey, they'd never owned a car but Lenny certainly had driven them before it was a stupid question really, Mickey should've known the answer but it was also a question that suited his younger brother maybe he didn't remember.

"Green Ruxton Roadster...
Black Model-T...
Brown Cadillac Runabout...
Black Chase Touring...
Black Oldsmobile..."

Last edited January 5, 2024 6:31 pm

Rolls

Lenny Valentine: Natural World(10) - (d100)

(95) = 95

Lenny Valentine: Spot Hidden(55) - (d100)

(98) = 98

Manny Ziegler

SJoyner72

Jan 5, 2024 9:50 pm

2. The Valley

Manny looks at the downed townie and asks What’re you gonna do with him? He wipes his brow, smearing blood all over his handkerchief.

Rolls

Natural World (10) - (d100)

(26) = 26

Jimmy McBride (CoC7e)

C1NDER

Jan 6, 2024 3:07 am

2. The Valley

Jimmy looks to Manny, then the others. "Me? I 'aint gonna do a thing. Lenny, Mickey - you're the muscle, be the muscle." He gestures to the body, "If this guy goes flappin' his gums, we'll find ourselves out here havin' to explain a trunk fulla cash and guns. There's no way we can carry all that from here.

We'll need to hide the body and stash the load." He looks over the scene -

Rolls

Jimmy McBride (CoC7e): Natural World(10) - (d100)

(69) = 69

Mickey Valentine

Antiproduct

Jan 8, 2024 11:36 am

2. The Valley

Mickey grunts and without saying a word, approaches the Oldsmobile and takes out his old pocket knife.
He's been keeping it mostly as a keepsake from his younger days - before the war, and it gave him a bit of a hard time to cut the belt from the car.
As he removed the seatbelt he turned around and presented it to Jimmy, while he looked around for a spot to stash their stash, this poor sod or both.

Rolls

Mickey Valentine: Natural World(10) - (d100)

(74) = 74

Mickey Valentine: Spot Hidden(65) - (d100)

(98) = 98

Lenny Valentine

KoldikSteelskin

Jan 8, 2024 1:54 pm

2. The Valley

"Put Where?" Lenny says grunting as he lifts the crate, "Also... What Do We... Keep." he asks, it's been a while since he's done a job with Jimmy and he'd forgotten how easily it made everything Jimmy's fault if they did something wrong, it might be the only thing he liked about Jimmy actually that he took all the blame for everything.

Rolls

Lenny Valentine: Spot Hidden(55) - (d100)

(52) = 52

Jimmy McBride (CoC7e)

C1NDER

Jan 8, 2024 11:54 pm

2. The Valley

"I'll hold a stack of cash - I think we'll need it to show good faith in our deal. You know, show them we mean business and 'aint here just runnin' our mouths." He helps unload things and hide them with the others.

Manny Ziegler

SJoyner72

Jan 9, 2024 12:26 am

2. The Valley

No fiddle cases for the Thompsons? asks Manny.

He grabs his briefcase stuffed with paperwork, and his small suitcase with his spare shirts, underwear and socks.

Edmund_Balworth

Jan 9, 2024 1:45 am

2. The Valley

As Lenny and the others unload gear from the trunk and shuffle some under the bridge into a rather inconspicuous hiding spot, Lenny notices something across the dry creek bed. On the side of the bridge the group came from and on the same side of the road as they are currently standing there is fresh tilled dirt in odd trenches. From the angle you are looking at it, it would seem the tall grasses growing on the embankment almost perfectly shielded the site from the view of the road.

Edmund_Balworth

Jan 11, 2024 11:09 am

2. The Valley

The group makes quick work of stashing the weapons and money under the bridge, keeping any items they think fit on their persons. The drunk is tied up with seat belts from the car and left in the underbrush of the trees.

The party clambers back up the embankment to the road and continues the walk to the east and their destination, Blackwater Creek.

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