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Gwen gives Mo a concerned look. She recognizes a good bruise from a slap when she sees one. Memories of her own mom slapping her pop into her head. She shakes her head, trying to make them disappears. "Are you sure you are okay?" Gwen asks. "Wait-" she ducks into her cart and digs through one of the many barrels in her wagon. She pulls out a simple ointment, meant to soothe burns. It would work pretty much the same. "Take this" she offers. Leaning towards them with the ointment in hand.

Luke shrugs. He just stands there, doing nothing with his hood up. It shielded most of his face, but a little bit of it got through, showing his black hair. He had his golden necklace on. It wasn’t easy to see though, since it was small. He conceals it inside of his shirt. He didn’t want anyone to see. He saw Gwen. She looked kind enough. He repeated what he asked, “May I please join you in he wagon?”

Then she remembers how she got blamed for his death. Then her other have her a scar on her left forearm with a whip. But she was sorry for it.Meg snapped back to real life and picked up her stuff and the kitten and went out of the wagon.she went to hayes and asked"hi is there a empty wagon anywhere".

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Mo looks up at Gwen, clearly uncertain before Rosemary gently takes the ointment from Gwen with a small nod of thanks and applies it to Mo, who flinches as the cold medicine came in contact with her cheek. when Rosemary finishes she hands the oinment back to Gwen. "Thank you. . .um. . .I don't think I got your name."

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"I'm Gwen" Gwen responds. She had a feeling that Geo wanted to be left alone. Based upon his body language, it's clear he is doing everything he can to remain invisible. She can respect his wishes and leave him alone. Still, that didn't fix the fact that she was desperate to speak with someone. "And it's no problem, I have more than enough supplies" she had spent months overpreparing for this day. She earned a lot of scoffs from her family when they learned that she could do the math to figure out how much of every item she would need. Ladies don't need to know math, that's a man's job. She turns to Luke, realizing that he had just asked her a question. "I'm not sure if we have enough room" she glances back at the cart, where there was just barley a pathway to walk around in. It would be very uncomfortable to sleep back there. She shoots Luke an apologetic look.
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"Hm?" Hayes turns around and glances over at Meg. "There should be some up to purchase around here. People are selling wagons and supplies for really cheap" he points over to a crowd. Sure enough, many were desperate to make a quick buck off of everyone who was going on this trail. That's how Hayes was able to afford some last minute supplies.

Luke said, “It’s ok.” and nothing more, then went to go find another wagon to travel in. He had some money and found that he could buy a cheap wagons and some extra supplies. He does so and sets up the Ojka Cattle. He lets their heads and gets in the drivers seat, his supplies taking up lots of the space. He had gotten a small wagon. He drives it to where all of the others were and then took his hood down to get some air. He had black hair and purplish eyes. He had a calm and kind face. It was nice and even with no wrinkles or creases because he was young.

"Thank you"she said and walked off.Meg went to a man selling a wagon and supplies.she got them and rode to the wagon train and then stopped .she added her stuff in there and put mittens in the back in a box with blankets in it.she got into he front and took the rains.

Mittens was sound asleep on the blankets.

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Rosemary smiled and shook Gwen's hand. "Nice to make your acquaintance Gwen. I'm Rosemary, this is Mo and in the back are Willow and her little sister Sage." Mo gave a slight nod of thanks, Willow and her sister poked her head out of the back of their wagon, the latter giving a squeak of delight at the slight breeze.

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Mittens woke up and jumped into let's shoulder.Meg got off and saw willow and her sister and walked over and said"hello".

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There it was again... The feeling of eyes resting upon you, it felt like a cold knife against his skin. He did his best to remain calm, but it was no use. His anxiety had already shot through the roof, leaving his hands shaking like he was in an earthquake. He could barely hear the conversations around him as the blood roaring in his ears overwhelmed his senses. No no no... he couldn’t act up like this in front of everyone... He managed to calm himself enough to where his shaking was hardly noticeable, but he knew someone would catch on. Just smile... Have a great time, you’re starting a new life! You’ll finally be free from running from everyone, it’ll be great! he told himself. His mouth stretched slowly into a smile, comforting him a little. At least he was still able to smile...

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Luke had seen the shaking of Geo’s hands. He knew that Geo was nervous. Everyone was. This was a life or death scenario here. Luke find.’the really care which came to him though. He closes his eyes and relaxes. People could see his face, but Luke didn’t mind. At least not right now while he was relaxing. Some guys come over to his wagon. “Hey kid. Give us your stuff.” one of them said, then took a blanket. Luke sighed, then he got up and tied his Ojka Cattle to a fence. He starts fighting all three of the people at once. Normally people wouldn’t do that but Luke wanted to. He jumped to one person, wrapping his legs around their neck and flipping them to the ground, then tripped the other one, and ran to the last on, kicking him and getting the stuff back. He goes to his wagon like nothing happened, even though people were staring at him.

"Hey, you okay?" Gwen gently asks Geo. She gently places her hand onto his arm. "Um, if you are feeling 'sick' or 'tired' you can always go into the back. It's private back there. Nobody can see you. I have a tarp hung up in the back for that reason" she explains. She hopes he'll read between the lines and understand what she is saying. She doesn't want to embarrass him and let everyone around them know that Geo is panicking.

He jumped at Gwen’s touch, then quickly turned his head towards her. Well... Now that they officially acknowledged him, no use hiding anymore... He took off his hood and smiled at her. “Was wondering when you’d notice me!” He nervously laughed. “Nice offer but nah, too lazy to move!” He chuckled and looked over at where Luke was, not saying anything else.

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"Well the offer still stands" Gwen tells him kindly. She removes her hand from his arm and places it back onto the reigns. She had a strong feeling that she would need both hands on them. Even with the pulley system in place, two horses were still incredibly strong. It would take all of Gwen's strength and bodyweight to ensure they move in the correct direction when they eventually have to departure.

*3 women all wearing white dresses and holding solar umbrellas began to walk towards the group. One was an old woman, who looked no younger than 76 years old and stood in a crooked yet propper fashion. Another was a slightly younger woman, who looked no older than 46 but had a look of disgust as she saw children playing in the mud and running around, as she said, wild hooligans. And the third looked the youngest of the three, no more than 17 but no less than 13. She looked upset as she sneakily clawed at her tight dress. The middle woman looked at her occasionally and slapped her hand with a small stick* Etiquette, Reyna. Remember who you are representing today *The girl huffed and continued walking until they reached a small gate where an old man sat, coughing as he smoked a pipe. He spoke in a course and strained voice*

How may I help you lad- *The middle woman interrupted him* My name is Karen Williams of the William's household. I believe there is a wagon awaiting us so if you would be so kind as to take us to it... *Ms. Williams examined the man with a look of disgust as she uttered out 2 more words* Good Sir. *Reyna chuckled as her mother looked like she wanted to vomit. Ms. Williams shot an incredibly dirty look at Reyna, who looked down in shame. The man sarcastically smiled, revealing his rotting teeth* Certainly madame. *He stood up and limped to the gate and opened it revealing his metal legs. Reyna heard as the oldest woman gasped and sighed.* Follow me

*The two older ladies reluctantly followed him to their wagon, with Reyna slowly following behind. Reyna then stopped as she heard laughter and music coming from a nearby building. She looked toward the two other ladies and saw as they were preoccupied. She slowly began to walk towards the building until she reached its doors and saw scantily clothed ladies and drunken men inside the town saloon. She walked in and slowly walked around, curious as to what was going on inside. She then saw a large table with 7 men on it, each with a poker hand and holstered weapon. One man threw down his hand of cards angrily and stomped away, causing on man at the table to laugh loudly and take a slug from a mug of beer next to him. He spoke in a rough, goldminer voice* Better luck next time Benton!

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Luke wasn’t even tired after the fight. He didn’t my even use his weapon. He watches as Reyna goes around the the saloon. He smiles a bit. He was a rule breaker too sometimes. He never lived in a house, so he always camped out. He had never left town before. People were gathering. He sits up. He was slouching a bit though.

As Jesse and Ellie watched as the boy seemed so calm after that fight, and Jesse decided to talk to him "That as impressive, where'd you learn to do that?"

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Luke said back, “Learned it myself.” and then ignored them. He didn’t wanna have to talk to anybody. He would just ignore them and they would go away from him. Why did he have that fight and waste time with fancy moves? That just drew attention. He didn’t like attention. He sighed as he laid down on the driver’s bench.

"Clearly he didn't want to talk, come on as he and Ellie moved away. They walked into the saloon and the first thing they saw was a really young kid snatch some money and dash away. Then there was a round of knife throwing around the Poker table, and they decided they couldn't go there either. They for sure weren't afraid of a fight, just preferred not to start them. As they looked around for some people who actually seemed nice, they sat down. They decided just to wait it out.

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*Reyna slowly walked closer to the table and watched the man as he played poker, despite how much he smelt like alcohol and how much he was smoking. After about 20 minutes, all but three men left the table, one of whom looked nervously at his hand and the other angrily looked at the man Reyna sat next to. All three of them then began to lower their cards. The nervous one laid out a bad hand of cards, while the other man laid out a straight flush hand*

You loose, Rooster. *The man reached out for the money on the table but "Rooster" put his hand in the air* Not so fast, Reynolds. *Reyna watched as Rooster smiled and lowered down a royal flush poker hand, the hand that could beat a straight flush* Your out. *Reynolds smiled and leaned back and chuckled* I must admit, Rooster, you never cease to surprise me. *Reyna heard movement around the saloon as a group of men began to surround the table.* Especially when you try to cheat me out of a poker game *Rooster looked around and watched on man lower his hand towards his gun* Come on, Reynolds, dont do this.

*Reynolds had a fearless look in his eyes as he raised his gun to the top of the table and moved his finger to cock it. But then a loud blast echoed through the saloon, causing Reyna to shriek, silencing the entire saloon. Reyna looked at Reynolds, who had a black burn mark on his chest and fell over. She then looked at the table and saw a burn mark on it, as if something was blown through it. As the music started up again and people started conversing again, Rooster slowly stood up and looked around to see the men who "threatened" him were leaving, slowly dragging Reynolds with them. He then looked towards the other man at the table, who looked quietly at the money* Oh go ahead, Barkwood. *Barkwood smiled and quickly began to take the money and stuff it into his pockets, but not before Rooster grabbed a small handful and gave it to the barkeep, whispering something into his ears as he did it. Reyna was amazed. Never had she ever seen something so amazing as that, but then she felt someone grab her hand and begin to drag her away. She looked up and saw her mother, who was visibly furious with Reyna. Reyna looked towards Rooster, and saw him looking directly at her with a tall glass of beer in his hands. She saw his eyepatch and other electric blue eye stared at her. He then looked away and began to drink his beer, as Reyna was dragged out of the saloon*

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