Scareship_Issue8

“Yeah, well, good luck to the darkness that comes a lookin’
for us, eh?” laughed Gilly.
The Plot Unfolds
Mad Gilly had stolen Newt Starr’s crown. It would be weeks
before Ole Newt would have the strength of numbers to reclaim it,
and months ʼtil the summer solstice, when he could conjure the
return of Bull Evans to lead his men in such an endeavor. In the
meantime, Izzie Starr had a plan. She would seduce this new king,
and Gilly would then be hers, and would be made to serve her
father’s will. But Ole Newt didn’t want to take the chance of
leaving Gilly alive, where he could still turn on Starr one day,
despite his daughter’s undeniable charms.
“Acch, Izzie,” Newt sputtered in his unmistakable brogue, “we
need a more permanent solution to our problem. There is one
fellow who might be able to terminate Mr. Gammesson for us… a
giant, half-breed mountain man known as Inky Dugan. He used to
live down in Humble’s Wood, but now he lives in town, as
Gammesson’s deputy. Go to him; work your magick upon him,
capture his heart. Then, cast your spell on Mr. Gammesson, too.
When jealousy brings the two of them into conflict, it will not be
the first time such a thing had happened in the history of men. If
Dugan kills Gammesson, our problem will be solved. And if
Gammesson kills Dugan, it will leave him alone and broken, and
still our problem will be solved.”
“Why would Gilly be unmanned over the killing of some halfbreed?”
asked Izzie. “I’ve heard that he has killed dozens of men…
and at least twice as many Mexicans.”
“Dugan is not just anybody. He and Gammesson are brothers
of a sort.”
“Of what sort would that be, da?”
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