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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 8103407" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><em>[Sorry for the long delay, finally located the misplaced recordings of Game 4 of this module]</em></p><p></p><p>Chapter 19, "X Marks the Spot" Monday, December 4, 1882:</p><p></p><p>The night passes without interruption. They can the horizon with the telescope and do not see Mendoza or his guide anywhere on the horizon. As assessment of the distance travelled the previous day comes to an estimate that they are indeed one-third of the way back to Promise City, so there will be absolutely no reason to return to Dead Mule. Ander is asked about his friend Alexiel, who remained back in Dead Mule and he replies, "She knew that Promise City, Arizona was your next destination. I will meet up with her there."</p><p></p><p>The next landmark on the map appears to be a building of some sort and they look around but do not see one. As they are still at the foothills they move on. They do eventually reach a building comprised of adobe and wooden walls, partially burned. The roof is collapsed and appears to have been that way for at least a decade. The chimney still stands. As the building on the map shows a chimney they conclude that they are in the right place. They see part of an old weathered sign that indicates this was a stagecoach station along the roadway. </p><p></p><p>They check around the building, finding no fresh tracks. Wagon ruts along the road appear to be ancient, with no indication of any recent vehicles having passed along the road. Looking around a glint of light is seen from further up a nearby hill. Holding the map they see that in that direction is a drawing of four graves with tombstones and the writing "Der grab des Mendozas", which they roughly translate as probably meaning "The graves of the Medonzas". </p><p></p><p>They head off that way heading up the hill, while also occasionally looking back to see if Mendoza or anyone else might be following. They eventually reach the cemetery, which has a total of fifteen gravestones. Morgan exclaims "The map only shows four! This map isn't accurate!" The others laugh and Colleen says "You haven't figured that out before now?" </p><p></p><p>The grave markers are all made of wooden planks that appear to have once been part of wagons. The writing on them is all in German. Cathleen exclaims, "Ginnie, you really need to learn German." She exclaims, "I'm working on it!" Most of the grave markers have some sort of trinket attached to them, rusty jewelry, a religious emblem, one has a small mirror, which is what they saw the reflection from. The is nothing attached to the grave for Mendoza. Jake continues to look back the way they came with the telescope.</p><p></p><p>Ginnie suggests that they dig up Mendoza's body. Cathleen objects to "grave digging again". They decide to dig up Mendoza. They did for a while, not only finding nothing, but based upon tree roots and the various colors of the dirt, conclude that nobody was ever buried here. Jake writes out "Not Here" on a piece of paper and drops it into the hole they just dug. </p><p></p><p>The map indicates a large tree near the final location and there are no large trees anywhere nearby. As they are only a quarter-mile from the top of the hill they decide to move on, that they can always come back here later if necessary. </p><p></p><p>They reach the top of the hill which is a fairly flat plateau and see one very large pine tree a quarter-mile away, considerably bigger than the scrub pines elsewhere on the plateau. The map shows an "X" to the left of the tree with the words "30 Schritten west die grosse Kiefer", which they assume means thirty paces west of the tree. They determine that Morgan is approximately the same height as Dutch Jack was so have him do the pacing.</p><p></p><p>He ends but a slight incline in the hill covered with brush. With Ander, Colleen and Emily all being druids it takes no time for them to identify the brush as not being native to that hillside and having been planted there from elsewhere, with the dead brush beneath it having been placed there. The brush is cleared. A shovel is dug into the ground and strikes wood around four inches down. </p><p></p><p>The group digs out a wooden door built into the side of the hill. Jake says, "Just watch, we will lift it up to find a paper note reading "Not Here". The door has a crude wooden handle. While they are discussing the possibility of traps Thock heads over and yanks the entire door out of the ground and tosses it aside. They see a corridor leading down with support beams on the side, some of which look a little rotted, and a staircase made of dirt descending into the dark earth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 8103407, member: 8530"] [I][Sorry for the long delay, finally located the misplaced recordings of Game 4 of this module][/I] Chapter 19, "X Marks the Spot" Monday, December 4, 1882: The night passes without interruption. They can the horizon with the telescope and do not see Mendoza or his guide anywhere on the horizon. As assessment of the distance travelled the previous day comes to an estimate that they are indeed one-third of the way back to Promise City, so there will be absolutely no reason to return to Dead Mule. Ander is asked about his friend Alexiel, who remained back in Dead Mule and he replies, "She knew that Promise City, Arizona was your next destination. I will meet up with her there." The next landmark on the map appears to be a building of some sort and they look around but do not see one. As they are still at the foothills they move on. They do eventually reach a building comprised of adobe and wooden walls, partially burned. The roof is collapsed and appears to have been that way for at least a decade. The chimney still stands. As the building on the map shows a chimney they conclude that they are in the right place. They see part of an old weathered sign that indicates this was a stagecoach station along the roadway. They check around the building, finding no fresh tracks. Wagon ruts along the road appear to be ancient, with no indication of any recent vehicles having passed along the road. Looking around a glint of light is seen from further up a nearby hill. Holding the map they see that in that direction is a drawing of four graves with tombstones and the writing "Der grab des Mendozas", which they roughly translate as probably meaning "The graves of the Medonzas". They head off that way heading up the hill, while also occasionally looking back to see if Mendoza or anyone else might be following. They eventually reach the cemetery, which has a total of fifteen gravestones. Morgan exclaims "The map only shows four! This map isn't accurate!" The others laugh and Colleen says "You haven't figured that out before now?" The grave markers are all made of wooden planks that appear to have once been part of wagons. The writing on them is all in German. Cathleen exclaims, "Ginnie, you really need to learn German." She exclaims, "I'm working on it!" Most of the grave markers have some sort of trinket attached to them, rusty jewelry, a religious emblem, one has a small mirror, which is what they saw the reflection from. The is nothing attached to the grave for Mendoza. Jake continues to look back the way they came with the telescope. Ginnie suggests that they dig up Mendoza's body. Cathleen objects to "grave digging again". They decide to dig up Mendoza. They did for a while, not only finding nothing, but based upon tree roots and the various colors of the dirt, conclude that nobody was ever buried here. Jake writes out "Not Here" on a piece of paper and drops it into the hole they just dug. The map indicates a large tree near the final location and there are no large trees anywhere nearby. As they are only a quarter-mile from the top of the hill they decide to move on, that they can always come back here later if necessary. They reach the top of the hill which is a fairly flat plateau and see one very large pine tree a quarter-mile away, considerably bigger than the scrub pines elsewhere on the plateau. The map shows an "X" to the left of the tree with the words "30 Schritten west die grosse Kiefer", which they assume means thirty paces west of the tree. They determine that Morgan is approximately the same height as Dutch Jack was so have him do the pacing. He ends but a slight incline in the hill covered with brush. With Ander, Colleen and Emily all being druids it takes no time for them to identify the brush as not being native to that hillside and having been planted there from elsewhere, with the dead brush beneath it having been placed there. The brush is cleared. A shovel is dug into the ground and strikes wood around four inches down. The group digs out a wooden door built into the side of the hill. Jake says, "Just watch, we will lift it up to find a paper note reading "Not Here". The door has a crude wooden handle. While they are discussing the possibility of traps Thock heads over and yanks the entire door out of the ground and tosses it aside. They see a corridor leading down with support beams on the side, some of which look a little rotted, and a staircase made of dirt descending into the dark earth. [/QUOTE]
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