Hoshī no Gunman! [ Not Accepting / Started / IC ]

[Hotaru987]

Katie sighed in releif, before smiling in victory, but there was one last thing to do before she went to Flint. With a heavy limp, she walked to her discarded gun and picked it up. She aimed it at the area above Dock's head, "Red Bullet." She shot and, the now red colored bullet, was lodged into the rock. She dropped her arms and put her guns away. Katie wondered how they planned on getting out of this place. She doubted Ruth could carry everyone. Maybe three at the most but five is definately out of the question, "And with my leg, I can't do much walking." Katie shook her head deciding to jump that hurdle when it came.

Katie limped, hobbled, cursed, and leaned on the walls for support the entire treck down the tunnels. She tried to listen out for the sounds of either Flint or Black, but when she heard instead was Flint, and one other voice, but it didn't sound like Black's voice. A smirk came to her face, "He won. Didn't expect anything less from him." Slowly she came to the end of the tunnel, almost blinded by the light from above - so the cave in was what caused the explosion from earlier - but once she became accustomed to it, Katie spotted Flint looking worse for wear and the three ex-prisoners of Black, though they were unconsious. "Nice to see you're not dead." Katie called out to get his attention. "Looks like you got here in time....But where's Black?" She smiled, "Never mind. You can explain on the way back to West Town."

Ooc: Nice wrap up Blu!

[.:Blu:.]

Flint looked at the same spot where Byron was standing at. Flint kept wondering to himself who was that mysterious man, and why did he helped me. Flint didn't even remember about Black. Suddenly, Flint's deep thought was interrupted when he heard a familiar voice. Flint quickly turned around and looked at Katie with a smile. "Hehe, you won't be able to get rid of me that fast." Flint joked. Flint then stood up off the ground and looked towards the sky. "(That man.... I'll make sure to thank him the next time we meet....)" Flint thought before turning back to Katie. "Let's go." Flint said. Flint then went over to Catherine, Ron, and the bartender. They were still out cold so Flint had to carry Ron and the bartender.

Flint placed the bartender's arm over his left shoulder and Ron's arm over his right. "Alright Kai, you'll have to carry Catherine." Flint said. Suddenly, Flint noticed something in the horizon. "Huh?" Flint continued to stare, and finally Flint could see what it is. Flint's eyes lit up with joy as he saw a wagon coming their way. "Hey Kai, look! That's our ticket back to West Town!" Flint rejoiced. "Kai, since Ruth is close by, make sure to get him. I'll stop the wagon." Flint said before putting Ron and the bartender down. Flint then ran towards the wagon. It appears he still has quite the large amount of energy. After getting the wagon to pull over and explaining the situation, they were ready to go back to West Town.

"Alright, so I guess you'll take Ruth back. I'll meet up with you back at West Town." Flint said as he waved goodbye and ran off towards the wagon. Flint hoped onto the back of the wagon. "I better see you back there Kai!" Flint shouted from afar with a wide smile on his face. The wagon then took off to West Town. On the wagon, Flint rest his body on some hay and stared straight into the sky, keeping a pleasant smile on his face. "Finally, I can rest easy...." Flint said before closing his eyes and keeping the pleasant smile on his face.

[Later in West Town]

"Well I gotta say, if it weren't for you two we would be left for the vultures. Thank you." the bartender said with a smile. Flint placed both arms behind his back and smiled back at the bartender. "Hehe, it was nothing, don't mention it!" Flint replied. "Well, here are some supplies that should last you awhile on your journey to Silver Town. Good luck to the both of you whatever your plans are." Catherine said, handing Flint a dark green bag. "Thanks!" Flint responded. "Well, if you two are ever in town again, make sure to visit us." Ron said. "Don't worry, I will. I gotta get going now. See ya." Flint said before rushing out. Catherine then looked at Katie. "Flint's a good person, and so are you Kai. Please be careful in your journey and good luck." Catherine said.

[Hotaru987]

Katie nodded at Flint's idea, but waited until Flint had gotten all of the others and himself into the wagon above before moving herself. Once outside she whistled twice, and only had to wait a few minutes before Ruth trotted his way over to the wounded Gunman. "There you are." Ruth nudged Katie as if asking 'are you alright'. Katie simply smiled and mounted Ruth, careful with her burnt leg. "We gotta get back to West Town." She kicked Ruth's side - with her good leg - and they were soon off.

[West Town]

After a brutal yelling from Cheri about needing to take more care of herself, smacking Katie in the head for her recklessness, and then hugging her- which left Cheri was blushing the remainder of the evening - for helping Flint save those people, Katie was unsure whether Cheri was happy or mad. The entire time Cheir was wrapping her leg - the only thing Katie would allow since her arm unjury would require removing her shirt - and some of the inhabitants of the town were laughing at the so called "evil Red Bullet" being scolded by the Sheriff's daughter.

Next thing Katie knew she was standing with Flint being thanked by Ron, Catherine, and the bartender. Flint was given some bag, before he ran off with Katie, and the other three watching. Katie was about to leave with Catherine said something. She nodded, "Thanks...Well...Uh, bye." Katie left the building, a slight limp still in her step, and headed for the horse shed. There she saw Ruth munching on some apples Cheri probably placed there. Katie sighed. "What a strange day wouldn't you agree Ruth?"

[.:Blu:.]

((I think we should have Cheri following us, what do you think? Also, NoBeginning, this will be the final Chapter 1 post so right after Hotaru posts, it's on to Chapter 2 finally, thanks for being patient.))

Flint ran towards Katie with a smile. "Hey Kai!" Flint began as he neared Katie, finally stopping when he got to the horse shed. "I want to say thanks again Kai for everything you've done. I had fun these past two days, but I guess it's time to move on huh?" Flint said. "Hmm, maybe not...." Flint began, thinking to himself. "Hey Kai, you should go with me. You and me, we should join a professional gang!" Flint suggested, his eyes showing that he was surely serious. "C'mon Kai, think about it! Joining a professional gang will be fun! We'll have lots of adventures and friends. We'll be able to make big names for ourselves. Well we could do that on our own too, but a professional gang will be fun instead of traveling alone." Flint explained. Flint was quite serious, and he seemed very excited about it. "Well anyways, I don't want to seem like a bother, so I won't pressure you into joining one with me. So right here, right now, what do you say? Do you want to come with me?" Flint asked.

[Hotaru987]

Ooc: You mean like from town to town? Sure why not! ^^

Katie listened to Flint with a blank look on her face. "A professional gang, huh?" She mumbled as if she was mulling it over. "You and me...." Katie thought about what had happened earlier that day. It was actually kind of fun when she thought about it, and if she was honest she hadn't been more amused in her life then the time she was around Flint. [i]I may have more luck finding that man if I'm with Flint....If he hears about two powerful gunmen together then he may come out quicker.[/i] Without answering Flint, she hopped on Ruth her face still blank. Slowly a smile came onto her face, "Wouldn't it be you accompanying me?" She chuckled, "I mean I am the one with the horse." She motioned for him to hop on behind her. "So should I call you 'boss' now? You did start this little gang afterall." Katie joked stearing Ruth so he was walking out the shed.

[Mysterium Tremendum]

Albin turned around and began walking away, "I believe I can find my way out of this hole on my own. I will have the thief for you in a few days at most" Albin turned around and walked into the dark passage.

It took a few minutes, but Albin eventually came upon the pass opening to the daylight from where Dare had taken him down. As soon as he reached daylight, Albin began immediately in fulfilling the task he'd been given by Desmond. Despite his insanity, Albin thought quickly on how he'd find the "Red Thief"s next target. He had a small amount of people he'd go to whenever he needed information because there were many incompetant people who did it incorrectly and he considered them incompetant. Thinking on it, Albin realized he would have to be patient with this prey and set up and be ready to pounce when the time came. Finding him was going to be the hardest thing Albin had ever done. Normally, Albin would stake out taverns until he found the man, but this one won't be so easy. Sighing, he walked forth, a grotesque smile on his lips as he walked down the lane.

[.:Blu:.]

((Hotaru, we're not creating a gang, we're going to join one. NoBeginning, you can begin posting again. Mysterium, you can make a post about gathering information, I need some time to come up with a target for the Red-Skinned Theif.))

Flint smiled at Katie. "Well then, let's head off to our next destination shall we? Silver Town here we come!" Flint shouted happily as he hopped onto Ruth. And with that, Flint and Katie began their journey onto Silver Town....


[center][size="5"][b]CHAPTER 2: TRIAD VENTURE[/b][/size][/center]


Silver Town.... A town known widely for its production of high quality minerals. Though silver mines are almost nonexistent here, the founder of Silver Town still named it as so due to the fact that the iron that are produced here could be compared to real silver. Silver Town is quite a wealthy place as well. Though not the richest and nicest place to live, Silver Town is still a favored spot for young gunmen rather than places like West Town or Dust Town. Out of the five towns that borders the starting edge of the Great West Plains, Silver Town is the best due to its economy and somewhat friendly atmosphere. Even so, it seems some of the jobs here are pretty difficult, requiring more experienced gunmen to complete. However, the one feature that differentiates Silver Town from the other four border towns is that Silver Town has a train station that will take people further into the Great West Plain, most notably to the Green Lands, the lands where green, healthy vegetation isn't a rare thing to see.

Located within the Green Lands is the city of Doblin, argubly the largest and richest city in the Great West Plains. Furthermore, Doblin contains the headquarters of the famous professional gang, Sons of Liberty. Flint is looking to go there and join that gang. However, there is only one thing that stands in his way, money. A train ticket for Doblin will set a person back 10,000 daploons, quite a hefty price for most people living in border towns. The only ways one could get such money are saving it up, robbing a bank, or capturing a wanted outlaw. Flint missed his chance for this due to the fact that Black was taken by Byron Maverick so Flint couldn't have turn Black in for money. When Flint finally remembered about Black, he felt like a complete imbecile.

Finally, Flint and Katie have reached Silver Town, where hopefully, they can find a wanted poster that pays a lot of money. "Finally! We've arrived at Silver Town!" Flint shouted happily while jumping up a bit. Some people in the town stared at Flint as if he was a crazy person, jumping up and down with the hot sun beaming down on him. However, Flint didn't seem to notice the stares that he got. "Alright! Time to find something to eat!" Flint said, running into town, forgetting about Katie. In town, Flint first walked to the outdoor markets, checking out the shops as he walked along. His face showed signs of awe and curiosity. "Get your fresh fruits here! Only three daploons per fruit!" one vendor yelled, prompting Flint to go and check it out.

"Yum, these apples look juicy and delicious! I'll take four please!" Flint said as he took out his small money pouch. Opening it up, Flint noticed that he only had ten daploon, only enough for three. "Umm, on second thought, I think I'l just take two...." Flint said, his face showing a comically depressed expression. After paying for the apples, Flint look back to see if Katie was coming. "(Aww man, I can't be wasting money like this, but it is food, so maybe that's not wasting money at all.)" Flint thought to himself. Flint hadn't even taken a bite of his apple yet. His mind was more focused on finding a wanted poster to get money for Doblin.

[Hotaru987]

Ooc: Oh! Haha! Guess I misunderstood then

When the traveling duo finally arrived at Silver Town, Flint was the first to jump off of Ruth and proceeded to hop around like an idiot. Katie simply ignored him, though she wasn't quite used to traveling with someone, let alone someone with as much energy as Flint seem to always possess. She slid off of Ruth, but grabbed his reigns as to not lose him. When she turned back to Flint he was already running off, yelling something about eating. "I'm starting to wonder if actually traveling with him was a good idea." Katie mumbled. Ruth whinnied as if laughing at the young female gunman. "Oh well. Let's head to the market since there’s no doubt that’s where Flint is headed." At a more leisurely pace Katie followed in Flint's direction, slowly coming up onto the market. Ruth instantly perked up knowing that this meant he could get more apples.

"You're going to run me dry if you keep this up. Unless you get fat first." Her answer was a rough nudge on the back of her head. Her other hand flew up to the sore spot and she glared at the horse; who appeared to be trying to look innocent. "You know you never acted like this when you were nameless." Katie spotted Flint in front of a vender and made her way over. She purchased a dozen apples before putting them into the bag hanging from Ruth's bag, though one of them didn't make it in the bag and instead was eaten by Ruth. "You're definitely going to get fat." She then turned to Flint. "So what's our next destination? On the way you said something about joining the 'Sons of Liberty' gang right?" She asked still browsing over the fruit stand. "We'll need money for a ticket over to...Uh....Green Land, yes?" A smile it her face at the nice looking oranges sitting in a neat row. She pointed to them and asked for 4, paying for them once she was handed them.

"So we're going to look for a bounty to collect I assume." She noticed Flint was holding onto an apple, which hadn't been touched yet. "Um, Flint you might want to eat the a-" Her warning came too late since Ruth decided at that moment to eat the apple in one bite. Katie forced the giggle that wanted to escape to the back of her throat. "Told you so.....I'm not paying you back for that...." Katie shook her head, "Anyway, maybe we should check the Sheriff's department here, or the bar. They may have some posters hanging up in the bar, and if not we can probably hear some stories of the outlaws here."

[.:Blu:.]

Flint turned to Katie who had just arrived at the fruit vendor. Seeing Katie purchased a dozen apples, Flint's mouth began to water seeing each apple being put into Ruth's bag. Tears began to comically run down Flint's face. Flint felt jealous of Ruth being pampered as so. "I wish I was a horse right now...." Flint muttered quietly to himself, staying depressingly in a corner. Flint finally took a bite of one of the apple he had purchased, still, tears continued to comically run down his face as he imagined Ruth enjoying the apples. When Katie asked him about their next destination, Flint finally snapped out of his depression. "Yep, we're going to join the Sons of Liberty." Flint answered. Hearing about needing money, Flint opened up his money bag.

When Flint opened the bag, a small cloud of dust comically flew out of the bag, prompting Flint to depressingly sit in a corner again. "Don't remind me about money...." Flint said in a depressed voice. Seeing Katie buying oranges now, Flint even got more depressed, enough so to forget about the other apple he had bought. Suddenly, the apple was eaten by Ruth. Seeing this, Flint's face darkened with a shocked expression. "M-M-M-My apple!!!!" Flint shouted. A little bit later, Flint and Katie arrived at a local small restaurant. Flint's head was on the table, tears comically ran from his eyes down onto the table and then the ground. "My apple...." Flint said depressingly. "Do you think Ruth does these things on purpose....?" Flint depressingly asked.

Suddenly, a waiter approached the table. "How may I help you two gentlemen today?" the waiter asked. "I have water, and maybe a loaf of bread if you have leftovers...." Flint said, knowing full well that he was out of money. "Hey Kai, can you be a pal and share some of your money with me? At least let me have a decent meal so I can have strength to do a bounty mission...." Flint asked. The waiter still stood there, awaiting orders.

[Cozmosus]

((Sorry I haven't been posting, I haven't had Internet connection since Thursday, but I'm good now.))

John entered town riding his horse, a large smile on his face. The black horse he had borrowed trotted forward slowly, with the sun in the background, making it look even more, "Epic". Villagers awoke, slowly coming outside upon hearing the footsteps of the horses. One by one, they began to smile, and even clap at the excitement of the capture of the well known tyrant, Sims. More and more people began to walk out, and some ran up to him, cheering for him. He liked the attention, but was a little uncomfortable with having so many people crowd around him. "No need for gratitude, I'm just doing this to help!" he shouted. He quickly jumped off the horse, and ran away from. the crowd. There were too many people, he was being crushed. Sprinting, he yelled "You should call the army to pick him up! Byyyyyyeeee!!!"

John stopped about a mile away from the town. He found a sturdy tree in which he could sit down under for shade. He unzipped his bag and pulled out many pieces of paper from it. One of them was a list of those with a bounty on their head. He checked Sims off his list. "Whew, that was a tiring gunfight, maybe I should go back to small time villains for a while." he said. Putting away his list, he then continued to open and unfold pieces of paper until he found the one he was looking for. John opened up a map, but more specifically, the region he was in, which was the Green Lands. There were many lines, connected to different cities and towns that he had been in, including rest stops and unmarked destinations. He drew a line from the small town he had come from to where he approximately was, and marked it "Rest Tree".

He began looking for the next nearest town to enter, matching the destination with his list. "There", he said. His finger had rested on a place called Doblin. He had heard of a famous professional gang called "The Sons of Liberty". He wanted to join this "professional gang" in hopes of having a more organized way of doing things, as well as probably have proper transportation, food, and maybe a place to stay.

Since he had left the horse the previous town, he had to walk. Doblin wasn't for another few miles, and he was walking. He walked, and walked. And walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, until he collapsed. He reached behind him, and pulled out a water bottle from his bag. He needed to conserve water, but was almost dehydrated. John continued to walk, reaching a large pool, where he rested and marked as rest pool.

[Hotaru987]

Katie sweat dropped at Flint's behavior. He was becoming increasingly depressed, and after seeing the dust fly - how the hell was that possible - from his wallet Katie's sweat drop became even bigger. She only shook her head and followed the depressed gunman to a resturant. Katie had to tie Ruth up before following Flint inside and sitting across from him. "Are you still going on about that apple?" She laughed shaking her head. When the waiter came over and asked for their orders, Flint's order was of that of a poor man. Katie wondered if this was how it was going to be. Him being broke and she paying for them....They needed to find a bounty and fast. She wasn't sure if her money would last much longer. The haul from West Town was all she had on her.

"I really don't care what I eat, just make sure I have some tea." She mumbled crossing her arms. "So I guess....Whatever meat you have back there you can bring out." She never did say if she would buy Flint some food but he would understand that she wouldn't be able to eat all the food by herself. Besides, from how he ate at West Town he would need more than what he ordered.

[.:Blu:.]

Flint depressingly look up a Katie when she asked about the apple. ".... Yes...." Flint plainly said. Flint awaited for an answer but she never gave him one. Flint just watched as she ordered some meat dishes. Flint's face suddenly lit up when he heard the word "meat". Flint's mouth began to drool. "M-Meat?" Flint asked in a delirious state. "Your order will be brought out shortly." the waiter said before walking off. "Isn't tea expensive around this region? I mean, it's pretty much a barren wasteland we're traveling in. Ehh, but who cares about tea, all I want is some meat right now." Flint said, opening his mouth and revealing quite a set of sharp teeth. "Hmm, I wonder if buying raw meat would be cheap. That way I can cook the meat myself." Flint said, imagining himself spit-roasting a giant bison.

A little while later, the waiter came out with a large tray containing a variety of steaks, five to be exact, some side dishes like mash potatoes and gravy, steamed vegetables, and a cool cup of tea. The waiter also took out a smaller tray with a glass of water and a large loaf of bread since he felt bad for Flint. Thought Flint's reaction was just pure disappointment as he quickly lower his head. After the waiter left, Flint picked up the loaf of bread and just sort of stared at it for a bit. "How am I suppose to be full on this...." Flint said. Flint then looked at Katie's tray and his mouth began to water. "Hey Kai, those steaks look pretty delicious...." Flint said, eyeing the steaks instead of staring at Katie when he's talking.

[Hotaru987]

"I always order tea." Katie started. "If I have to pay extra for good tea then that's fine with me." She answered a few seconds before the waiter returned with their food. It took everything in Katie to not laugh histerically at Flint's face when what he ordered was placed in front of him. Katie looked at the food in front of her and smiled at Flint. "You do know you can have some. There is no way I would be able to eat all of this." In a quieter voice she added, "I'm not completely heartless you know." Katie took one of the stakes and piled on some of the side dishes, but didn't touch it right away. Instead opting to sip at her tea for a while.

"And make sure you eat your vegetables too, and not just the meat." She added smiling as that was her mother's favorite line when she was younger. "

[Cozmosus]

"Ah, that was refreshing" he said, walking out of the pool. He took a long swim, about half an hour long. He looked pale, and drained of energy. Dropping down on the edge, he looked to his right. On his hand, were small, black, wriggly creatures. Leeches covered his body. "AAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!" he screamed comically, jumping up and down, and running around, hitting himself and hitting himself on other things to get rid of the leaches. He finally got rid of them all, flicking one away. He put on his clothes, and walked away. "I'm never going in there again" he said. The rest of the trip was boring, but better, because there were more trees to shade him. All of the exotic plants and animals he saw on the way there were amazing. He even caught a large pig and roasted it and wrapped it up for later.

Eating his meal, he arrived at the edge of Doblin city. It was large, and filled with buildings, towering over the usual small constructs of other towns he's been. He walked through the entrance, a gold and marble gate, with the word Doblin mounted onto it. He walked through the large city, amazed at everything in it. First thing's first, he needed to find the Sons of Liberty. But there was one problem. He had no idea where to look.

[.:Blu:.]

Flint began to comically tear up as Katie told him he could have some. "T-T-Thank you Kai! I would kiss you right now you know that." Flint comically said before his feeding insticts took over him. Once it did however, Flint's one and only focus was on the plates of steaks in front of him. Flint then took up his fork, not even taking his knife, and prepared to sink his teeth into the delicious steaks. Flint began stuffing one of the steaks into his mouth, and chewing the steak whole. It must've been quite a sight as a few other people in the restaurant stared at Flint with awe, and some with shock and disgust. Though this usual eating for Flint. It was quite a sight to behold. After finishing eating his first steak, Flint eyed the next steak.

Flint's face seemed like those of a predator almost. Then Flint put the next steak into his mouth and began to chew the thing whole again. When Katie told Flint to eat his vegetables, Flint stopped his chewing for a moment and turned to look at Katie with the unchewed part of the steak sticking out of his mouth. "Vegetables?" Flint mumbled with his mouth full, making the word he said almost inaudible. Flint then tilt back his head and swallowed the steak whole. Flint then looked back at Katie. "Do I really have to eat vegetables?" Flint asked, in a way similar to a child. Flint then looked at the vegetables and began comically poking the vegetables with his fork. "Ewww...." Flint plainly said, his face becoming a bit green. "Umm, vegetables and me don't really see eye-to-eye." Flint said, his face showing comical dislike for the plate of steamed vegetables.

-Meanwhile-

The headquarters of the Sons of Liberty gang was quite a splendor to see. It is very large and has quite the rustic charm. If a person has never seen the other regions in the Great West Plains and they were to see Doblin, they would probably think the Great West Plains is a great place to live. When you first walk into the headquarters of the SOL gang, the first thing you'll notice is the huge saloon area where the members of the gang usually hang out. Located within the saloon is the SOL's "Wanted Board", which is basically a large board mounted on the wall that contains a large assortment of job posters ranging from simple tasks to bounty hunting. There are also other Wanted Boards in the higher levels of the headquarters, but those boards are off limit to most of the members due to the fact that they contain jobs of the highest difficulty.

Being a professional gang, the headquarters of the SOL doubles as housing, containing many spacious apartments for the gang members to rent or buy. The rent is 4,000 daploons a month depending on how large the apartment is, and if you want to buy one, it will set you back a pretty hefty 400,000 daploons, that is why most gunmen are travelers because they simply don't have enough money to buy that kind of luxary. It is said that the SOL gang is one of the better gangs to be in, due to the friendly and family-like atmosphere, and also the benefits. Gunmen of this gang are seen coming in and out everyday to go on missions or just to travel.

An old man walked along the street and stopped when he saw a young man. "Hmm, excuse me young man, are you looking for some place? I've lived in Doblin for quite a long time so I think I'll be able to help you find whatever place you're looking for." the old man said.

[Cozmosus]

"Me?" said John, pointing at himself with a blank look on his face. He was wondering if the old man was talking to him or someone else. Seeing as in a comical way no one else was there. "Oh" he said. He wondered if this man was for real. Maybe it was a trap, or something. [i]Wait a minute, I'm not[/i] that[i] well known. No one would want to set a trap for me[/i] he thought to himself. What did he have to lose? "I need your help to find the headquarters of the Sons of Liberty Gang. I was hoping to join it." He said.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

After making the 40,000 daploons from killing Harvey Michael felt like he had more than enough money than to get some rest and relaxation. Although he had already sent half of it to his mother and sister via mail which left him with 20,000 plus what he already had. That was still more than enough for him to get some rest and relaxation time but rest and relaxation time for Michael meant to get some hardcore training in. Everyday since beating Harvey he would train in the desert from after breakfast to lunch and sometimes again after dinner to dark. Well that was his routine when he had money to spend. It hadn't been to long since his fight.

His training mainly just consisted of breaking rocks with shockwave, shooting cactuses for target practice, and pistol whipping anything else he could find. Now he was just laying down in the hot sun using his jacket as a pillow and his belt with guns in them beside him. His eyes were closed so the sun wouldn't get them. "Ah...I don't get to relax like this too often..." He put his hand above his face and opened his eyes. His hand blocked most of the glsre from the sun. "I should get going now." As Michael sat up he yawned and stretched. He grabbed his belt and jacket and stood up putting the two on.

[b]-5 Minutes Later-[/b]

It didn't take long for Michael to get back to Silver town. He didn't want to get to far away in the first place for obvious reasons. He was now just walking through the streets of silver town when he saw a fruit stand. He bought a granny smith apple and continued his walk. "That's enough free time. I need to get back to work," he said as he took a bite out of the apple. It didn't take him to long to find a wanted poster on the wall of a small restauarant but when he reached to grab it the poster was quickly snatched away.

[Hotaru987]

Katie looked at Flint eyes wide, and mouth agape in disbelief. How on earth did one body find space to put all of that food? Noticing she was staring, Katie quickly regained her composure and coughed into her hand before eating her own food. Though, she made sure to use her table manners unlike her male companion, who continued to eat with much gusto. When he heard what she said about his vegetables he had a depressed, and deflated look on his face. It was apparent he didn’t like vegetables, but Katie wasn’t having any of that.

“You either eat the vegetables of I shove them down your throat myself. You have to stay healthy and just eating meat won’t give you all of the nutrition you need. You can’t survive on protein alone.” She lectured as she was finishing up her own plate. “Besides, what kind of gunman doesn’t like vegetables?” It was strange to be having this kind of conversation with someone, especially another gunman like herself. “

[Mysterium Tremendum]

Albin searched every information vender he was willing to travel to. Several venders offered to find the information he sought, but offered it at unreasonable prices that even Albin bulked at. As his search continued, Albin soon came to the realization that a little coercion was going to be necessary to get this information. Information venders these days seemed to think they could charge any price they wanted and could get away with it. The next one Albin checked was found in a small hobble of a home that looked like a tornado had come and stayed for the night. Trash littered the floor, it smelt of dust and other unpleasant odors, and what looked to be animal pelts were thrown around the back room. Albin walked carefully into the room, watching the floor very carefully. He'd anticipated the messiness, the man he wanted to meet was known as the town slob. Rumor had it that he had a network of contacts larger than Albins and could find almost any information no matter how scarce. Of course, the rumors had come from hobos Albin had tripped over in the streets so he wasn't getting his hopes up over the validity of the information. If the man did know something and refused to share it....well Albin had a few ideas of his own that were Sure to bring him to his way of thinking. Albin smiled maliciously as he thought over the delicious amount of blood would be spilt, it would fit right in with the decor of the room with the animal pelts scattered around it. He walked into the living room where the sunlight barely glinted through and sat down. As the beggars instructed Albin took all weapons he had on his person and placed them on the ground of the chair, although leaving the knife on the underside of his boot intact, and sat back. It took 5 minutes of waiting, but eventually Albin heard steps coming from the side by the door where he'd entered.

[.:Blu:.]

Hearing Katie's warning, Flint was a bit scared and nervous, a sweat drop could be seen on his head. Flint looked at a piece of broccoli on his plate, eyeing it as if he was eyeing an enemy. "(Be brave Flint, be brave....)" Flint thought to himself. Flint became quite a bit scarred, but quickly regain his composture and stabbed his fork into the broccoli. After taking a quick breather, Flint lifted the broccoli piece towards his mouth and swallow the broccoli whole. Suddenly, Flint's face became green with nausea. "I think I'm going to barf...." Flint said using one hand to cover his mouth and the other to hold the chair arm. Suddenly, Flint burped, and with that burp came a long stream of green flames. The green flame burp caused many people to direct their attention towards Flint in shock. "...." Flint was still a bit nauseous and he quickly stood up and ran towards the bathroom.

[Five Minutes Later]

The money has been paid for the meal that Flint and Katie just had, and Flint was feeling better after taking awhile to barf up the broccoli piece that he ate awhile ago. It seems Flint and vegetables just don't mix. Going out, Flint stretched his arms high into the air and gave a big yawn. "Ahhh man that was some good eating! Thanks again Kai." Flint said before putting his arms back down. "Now to look for a bounty." Flint said, a young gunman could be seen approaching the restaurant. Flint then turned around to see a poster on the restaurant's wall. It is a bounty poster worth 30,000 daploons. "Huh, what's this? It must've been put up just recently." Flint said as he saw the bounty poster. The young gunman walking towards the restaurant attempted to get the poster when suddenly Flint grabbed the poster first and completely ignored the young gunman, though this was unintentional.

"Hey Kai check it out! A bounty that's worth 30,000 daploons! That's the same bounty for Buck Lion!" Flint rejoiced. Flint's eyes showed signs of excitement as he finally found a bounty that would give him enough money to be able to afford train tickets to Doblin. Flint had a huge smile on his face even though a possible conflict is nearing him. "Whoohoo! All we need to do now is go and complete this bounty and get our reward money, then, it's off to Doblin and the Sons of Liberty headquarters!" Flint exclaimed, jumping into the air out of uncontained excitement.

-Meanwhile-

"The Sons of Liberty gang ehh? Boy, you're sure aiming high aren't you? That gang is recruiting right now, but I'm sure their recruiting process won't be an easy one. Anyways, let me show you to their headquarters." the old man said before walking towards the headquarters. "I hope you have enough daploons to rent a room at the headquarters or for a hotel or something. To rent a room it will take at least 4,000 daploons at the headquarters. Hefty money, but this gang is said to be one of the best in the world you know." the old man proclaimed. Walking for awhile, the sights and sounds of a city like Doblin would probably be quite strange to a gunman. Doblin is a pretty lively place. After awhile of taking a few turns, John finally reached the headquarters of the Sons of Liberty gang. The building is pretty large in size and quite fancy.

"Well here we are, good luck young man." the old man said before leaving.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

A huge drop of sweat appeared on Michael's head when the poster was taken right before he got a chance to. The huge drop of sweat dissappeared in steam as a giant nerve popped out of his head. Not only did he take it but not even notice him and apologize. "H-Hey!" The nerve dissappeared as he threw his apple core at the hyper boy's head. "You little bastard I was going to take that." He stopped in place when what the hyper kid just said registered into Michael's. "Wait...30,000 daploons?" He took the poster out of the hyper kid's hand and glared at it. "30,000..." Michael started to drool a bit at the thought of all that money.

[.:Blu:.]

((NoBeginning, Flint and Michael are about to have a little fist-to-fist talk. And Hotaru, seeing how your character is the only one with a brain at the moment, you should be the mediator.))

"Alright Kai, off to collect the boun-" Flint's statement was cut short when he felt something hit his head. When he looked at the ground and noticed that it was an apple core, the small amount of apple juice on his head faded to steam. Flint's body began to tremble a bit before he turned around, revealing a comically enraged expression. "Who the hell threw that damn apple core at my head and called me a little bastard?!" Flint yelled, still holding the poster in his hand. Then, the poster was taken out of his hand by a young gunman, to be more exact, the gunman that was going to take the poster in the beginning. Flint looked at him with comical dislike. "Hey you! Give me back that poster now!" Flint shouted.

However, Flint noticed that the young gunman's eyes were more focused on the poster than on Flint. "Arrg, that does it!" Flint then launched a fist towards the gunman, hitting in the face and sent him flying backwards. Flint then grabbed the poster that was floating in midair. "That's right! Now stay down or we can continue our conversation!" Flint shouted, steam comically rushed from his nostrils.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Michael layed on the ground pissed. He quickly stood up and used his sleeve to wipe the blood from his nose. "Oh you've done it now twerp." Michael quickly jumped back up and got into a fighting pose. "You shouldn't have done that kid." Michael was sure he was going to win. Close range combat was his specialty and unlike most gunmen he wasn't weapon dependant. "You're not going to get another di** move in again."

Michael quickly lept torwards the little twerp with both arms balled up into fists. His right fist was trailing a little bit behind him looking like it was ready to punch the little twerp in the face. This was merely a distraction for his real attack. His left was ready for an uppercut when when he was in front of him. "That bounty is mine!" When he was close he faked the punch with his right hand and went for the uppercut.

[Hotaru987]

Katie watched Flint closely to make sure he ate the vegetables he tried to avoid. She wasn't about to let him skip out on his nutrition. Katie deadpanned when Flint turned green after eating the broccoli and ran to the rest room to, no doubt, puke. She sighed and called the waiter over, "I'll take the check please." After paying for the meal Katie waited for Flint to come out, before heading outside Flint right after. "So we need to find a bounty right?" Her question fell on deaf ears since Flint was already off harrassing some kid. "Oy vey..." Her and Ruth shared a look, before Katie walked over, acting as a spectator.

Apparently Flint had found a bounty for 30,000, but the kid he was fighting was about to get the poster before Flint snatched it before the boy could. "Flint." Katie called, "Maybe you should calm down." Sadly her voice was once again ignored, and the two boys continued to fight. Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance. [i]Great...Not only am I surrounded by testosterone, but I'm also surrounded by idiots.[/i] How the hell do she find herself in these situations. Katie decided that she should probably stop both of them before someone really got hurt. Instead of speaking - since she was promptly being ignored by the males - she mearly brought her foot up and kicked Flint out of the way and into the wall of the resturant. Inadvertantly saving him from the other kid's uppercut.

Katie picked up the bounty paper, and glanced over it. "It really is 30,000 daploons.....That's a pretty sweet sum. Hey Flint! Stop lounging about or I'll keep all the money to myself." Katie then turned to the other kid. "I suppose I should apologize for his stupidity and rudeness....But well, you see, I find you just as idiodic as him." It was after she finished did she realize that she wasn't very nice. She should really work on that. Katie cleared her throat. "I mean...Maybe we should talk this whole misunderstanding out. Who knows, some good may come out of it." Katie really didn't care though. All she cared about was getting the bounty and buying a ticket to Dibaror - or whatever it's called.

Ooc: Lol how's that for a mediator?

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Michael was pissed when the little twerp was kicked out of the way. He looked at the person who then just went ahead and called him an idiot. with blind rage he grabbed the interlopers collar and pulled him in close. "What the he-" He looked at the face of what at first glance was seemingly a male was really a girl. "Uh...sorry..." He let go of her and stepped back. He then bowed as he said, although he still hated to say it, "S-sorry. Please excuse that last act of violence." Michael grumbled a bit and stood up straight again.

"Talking isn't something I'm exactly interested in doing right now. He punched me so I want to punch him." Michael cracked his knuckles. "And after I do that I want to go after the bounty in that poster you're holding." He sighed as he thought a little bit about it. "I don't have time to waste by playing with you snotty brats. There's bound to be more posters around." He looked back at the hyper twerp. "Hey little twerp number one. You better believe that I'll get you back for that punch." Michael began to walk off not wanting to get anymore involved with the two.