Prelude: Mountains, Fur, and Problems

[Vardaen]

Holt shakes his head, "Louder than cow in heat." The man motions at the others to get ready as he holds his rifle up and ready to fire on anyone coming out of the building with guns in hand.

[Hayabusa]

Cole's quite sure that he told them that he's not the best man to light the house and he didn't like to walk there alone and exposed as if he wanted to get shot. Despite his concerns he stays where he is, slowly scanning the windows over the barrel. He'll wait if there's a reaction or if no one appears to show up on the windows or doors. He'll decide to shoot or try to get to the house, depending on the inhabitants reaction to his feeble attempts to be stealthy.

[TetNak]

Nothing seems to be happening. The deputy says to Holt, "They might be going round the back, dammit."

Then, there's a lot of commotion that comes from the house as the whores inside starts making a big time fuss. Where the Dalton Gang might be decent at keeping quiet, the whores they shack up with certainly aren't.

[Vardaen]

Holt nods to the deputy, "You two ride around the back, see what you can find. Don't play hero, let us know if you get into trouble." He hunkers down a bit more behind the tree keeping his rifle forward to cover Cole.

[Hayabusa]

Cole stays where he is noticing the commotion and waits to find out what Holt, the deputy and the other men want to do. It's obvious that they have been spotted, but he doesn't want to head for the house alone and be shot down like a suicidal elk, running into a hunter's camp.

[TetNak]

The deputy nods and takes one of the other men with him. They ride back down the trail and around. Within a few minutes Cole and Holt both hear gunshots off in the distance toward the back. Still, no one appears to be coming out the front ...

[Hayabusa]

"Shit," Cole mutters. It's quite possible that the deputy and the man has been shot, so he begins to walk up to the house, letting his aim wander from window to window as he gets closer. Cole's hoping that Holt is covering his back on the way.

Four bandits and a house of whores. If I didn't have to shoot them it could be the greatest day in my life, he thinks.

[TetNak]

Cole moves up closer to the house. He leaves cover for the most part, able to regain it when a tree gets closer. However, even though he gets closer and closer, no one shoots at him or presents themselves. He stands about ten feet away from the house behind the last tree in the front.

[Vardaen]

Once Cole is at the front of the house, or atleast much closer thean Holt darts forward, Rifle pointing at the windows on the second floor as he moves at a clip to get up with Cole. "Let's move, the Deputy and the others went around back and someone's shooting at them."

Holt heads up onto the porch now and kicks open the front door once Cole is with him.

[Hayabusa]

As soon as Cole sees that Holt is going to enter the house, he sprints towards him and cover the man when they encounter trouble inside.