“These rails keep getting longer and this feeling’s getting stronger, she won’t let me be.”
A dry, hot desert town, a sign by the road welcomes them to “Linden’s Lake, Population 74.”
This is the only adventure they’re likely to have this side of the road: a trap left by whoever they are chasing. I’m assuming that they’re chasing Joe Lakono, and he’s left a mob mentality triggered on their appearance.
Inspiration
1. Merle Haggard: I Won’t Give Up My Train (Going Where the Lonely Go)
“We always stop at Linden’s Lake.”
They do this because Peco has a girlfriend in Linden’s Lake, and Peco has a child who waits for the train.
They don’t take the train off of the main tracks here: there are no other trains to worry about, and the side tracks are fallen into disrepair.
“There were once three major trains going from the city to the coalfields. The Stratoliner, the Aerocaster, and the Turborail. We’re not any of them, we’re just one of the lesser trains that had to make way for the big trains.”
Linden’s Lake: Bar attack
In Gavin’s Inn in Linden’s Lake, the proprietor and main bartender is 38-year-old Livia, daughter of Gavin. The bar is a two-story stone structure with adobe sides and a vaulted adobe roof.
Joe used Divine Service on Livia to spit on anyone who asks about him. She’ll do so without realizing she’s doing it. He lay another spirit attachment on her to misdirect them. If they mention the “silver city” or “High Road 49” or “High Road 61”, to tell them that they’re going the wrong way, and they should go to Nequinium to find what they seek. She’ll not remember saying that, either. She will remember the gold (a gold-like gambling chip from Vegas) that she got from a hooded traveler thirteen days ago.
Joe has the Spirit Channel specialty, so if any of this happens, Joe will know and even possibly be able to make his presence felt.
Livia has a flier from the circus on the walls that is practically unreadable. Her father put it there when he his father ran the place; he was sixteen when the circus came to town.
