The Red Tree Gang Part 2

## Story

Seline and Talia returned to their room until morning and receive a complimentary breakfast and a refund as recompense for their late-night intrusion. They board the train and are able to get a long rest before arriving in Trinton. During the ride, Seline consults her cards. She pulls the two of swords upright (strength, courage, patience, controlled passion), Queen of Pentacles inverted (imbalance and worry). She interpreted as Seline having the strength to overcome any obstacle her emotions in this case but she's inhibited by the imbalance and worried about what it might mean and what she might find. Seline worries what it will mean for her when she finds out what Zachariah is gone through till now since they parted ways. Talia offers to give up the pursuit of Zachariah but Seline insists she has to know. The train arrives in Trinton after dark and exchanges passengers.

> Three men came into our car started saying that everybody needed to hand over their belongings or some such nonsense. I shot him in the head. Shot his friend. His friend ran, I shot him. Shot the guy in the next car. Then shot that guy. That one took a little bit longer. Then we shot the other one. Then this one used her magic to murder the other two, it was beautiful! And that was about it.
>
> Talia Grey, Talia recounts the events in Moment of Truth

Just Before dawn, Talia wakes Seline when she notices specks moving around the track ahead as the train slows down. Three men step into the car with pistols drawn. One of them says, "All right, we don't want no trouble..." Before he can finish, Talia shoots. While Retribution jams, she shoots the speaker with her other pistol. The speaker scores a critical hit on Talia. Of his two companions, one jams his gun and the other misses. Cursing, they attempt to back out of the car. As they're falling back, the speaker says, "Tell the others, we got a fi...," when Talia headshots him. One of the others stares in shock and Talia's next shot hits him in the shoulder. They rush through and slam the windowed door behind them as Talia asks if they're ready to renegotiate. The train's whistle sounds but then the sound warps into Seline's shepard's tone as Toll the Dead hits the guy that was shot in shoulder. He sways and then falls between the cars. The third guy seeing the fate of his compatriots rushes into the next car shutting the door behind him and calling for his other fellows. Our adventurers pursue. A partially shifted Talia's next two shots take the third guy in the back and in the back of the head. Through the windows Seline sees another bandit with peppered gray hair and a dark trench coat. A nearby women's scream becomes the shepard's tone as Seline's Toll the Dead hits the bandit. He grabs his head as blood streams from his eyes before he slumps over dead. After seeing his fellow bandits fall, another bandit with a rifle takes two wild shots before retreating into the next car wild calling out for help. Talia orders the passengers in this car to the car behind them while moving forward. Another bandit tries to take cover behind the seat before Talia's shots go through his arm and the side of his leg. Seline's Toll the Dead causes one of the bandits to shake his head and then use the pain to focus. A few move up to behind seats and one of them takes two shots. One shot whizzes by Talia's ear and the other catches Talia's coattails causing the coat to flare dramatically while she approaches her eyes glowing softly. Another bandit manages to shoot Talia while his friend jams his gun shooting at Seline. The train has almost brake to a stop. Talia's first shot misses but her second hits the bandit near his collarbone and his left arm falls limp. Seline tries to hit the same guy again with Toll the Dead but he seems to shrug it off. He turns and hits Talia with one of his two shots. One of the other Bandits hits Talia while his friend misses Seline. The train is now stopped and their horses outside with more men and guns. Shots from the bandits result in misses jams and gun breakage. One of the bandits retreats to the next car while the other two try to clear their jams. With three quick shots, Talia shoots one bandit twice and kills another. For the bandit that retreated through the windows into the next car, Talia sees the windows of the car sprayed red after he passes through. The one guy with the rifle uses somebody for cover while taking shots with a pistol. He shoots Talia before breaking out the window behind him with his pistol. Aiming Talia put a shot through his shoulder causing him to release his human shield. Her next shot hits him in the chest. Talia looks down while she flicks her guns open. Seeing them empty, she re-holsters them then draws two fresh guns seemingly out of nowhere. This time when Seline unleashes her Toll the Dead, as the shepherd's tones pass, the windows of the train shatter. When the tones reach him, he falls into the broken glass of the window, dead.

## Location

* Ubendale
* Trinton

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent
* Talia Grey