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Post by Jacky on Nov 20, 2011 11:28:14 GMT
Nicolas held on to Jane's arm to keep himself from falling off the horse now that his sense of orientation was largely gone. Despite the black spots in front of his eyes, he still noticed the lack of activity in the town though. "Ghosttown?" He mumbled, mostly to Jane. There were plenty of those villages in the West.. places that had been mining communities once, until there was no more gold. Residents left those places sooner or later, leaving empty towns behind.
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Post by Jacksblackpearl on Nov 20, 2011 11:34:38 GMT
"seems like it.." Jane mumbled, looking over to Jax "Seems dead" she told him.
Jax got off his horse and walked further into the town. There were about 6 houses, a saloon and some sort of a shop, but everything was dark, shabby, it seemed as if the places had been empty for months...
"I'll look for residents, you guys go find out if there's a doctor or if there was one who left some stuff behind..."
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Post by Jacky on Nov 20, 2011 11:43:46 GMT
Nicolas agreed to that plan wordlessly. He climbed off the horse, waited a second until the ground felt steady under his feet, and stumbled over the deserted road. The house next to the empty saloon had boarded up windows and sandcovered steps leading to the door, but the sign on the wall said 'Doctor'. Nicolas ignored the much more noticable 'CLOSED' sign that hung on the doorknob. He tried the door first, found it locked, then pushed his shoulder into the door and forced the door open. He stumbled inside, into a dark room full of dust. The musty, stale smell was hard to ignore. Nicolas waited for his eyes to be adjusted to the dark, before he feverishly walked through to the cabinets, and pulled them open to look for medication.
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Post by Jacksblackpearl on Nov 20, 2011 16:27:55 GMT
Jax had asked/ordered Cecelia and Agnes to look through the other houses of the town, he did the same.
Jane pulled one of the planks, that had closed a window, open for some more light. She followed Nicolas in, her eyes on the floor. Whoever had lived here had left in a hurry, since there were some supplies scattered around the floor. She picked it up, gauze, bandages, a needle..
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Post by Jacky on Nov 20, 2011 17:46:34 GMT
Nicolas rummaged through the cupboard and pulled out whatever he could use. He found a disinfectant liquid, more gauze bandages, and tincture of opium. Since he was in a state where he would've killed for pain alleviation, he opened the opium solution and took a swig directly from the bottle. He then looked over to Jane, whose silouette was only dimly lit in the room. "Jane.. could you..?" He asked, holding up the gauze and disinfectant. He wasn't thrilled to be asking for her help again, but he was so dizzy he doubted he could find his wound properly, let alone secure the bandage around it.
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Post by Jacksblackpearl on Nov 20, 2011 17:59:02 GMT
"yeah, course" she took the bottle and ripped his blooded shirt open with ease. She dabbed the disinfectant substance onto the wound, she then wrapped a bandage around it, making sure it was tight enough. "we'll take this with us, it can always come in handy"
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Post by Jacky on Nov 20, 2011 18:09:21 GMT
"Good thinking," Nicolas said, leaning back tiredly against the cupboard he'd just raided. Despite his exhaustion and nausea, the gears in his mind were still turning. "There should be more useful good here. Weapons, canned food.." He mumbled, "We could stay here for the night.. carry on in the morning with renewed supplies."
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Post by Jacksblackpearl on Nov 21, 2011 7:27:10 GMT
"Yeah, I'm sure Jax, Agnes and Cecelia are looking for weapons and food, don't worry about that" Jane told him "You just worry about yourself" she took a dirty piece of cloth that was lying around on the floor, she put the supplies in it and tied it up. "Come on, let's find a more comfortable place for you to rest, need me to lean on ?"
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Post by Jacky on Nov 21, 2011 9:49:05 GMT
"No thanks.. I'm good." Nicolas said, not exactly feeling like he'd happily run a mile, but he was getting tired of being dependent of her help. He stumbled along with Jane, back to the deserted main road. Of all the buildings in the town, the empty saloon seemed like the least dust- and mold-filled (it was probably the last thing to be deserted), so they entered there. "I'm going to find a bed," Nicolas told Jane, with a nod towards the stairs. "I'll see you lot in the morning."
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Post by Jacksblackpearl on Nov 21, 2011 12:27:59 GMT
"see ya" Jane sat down on a chair and watched as Jax searched behind the bar for booze. "You guys found something to clean him up?"
"Yeah, hopefully" she shrugged, not sure if it would work since she was not a doctor. "How about you ?"
"Some ammunition that I think people forgot, no guns yet though..
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