The scribes liked Minnie because oftentimes they could file their accounts without having to spend a lot of effort and creative capital embellishing o... her stories. Minnie was just that good at spinning yarns, and the more she drank the more she enjoyed relating her boozy history of the wild early days of Tombstone. Minnie had found her herself in Tombstone quite by accident, invited there by a small group of whores who had set out for Cochise County on the first rumors of a rich silver strike. I’ve only been in town for a few years. I’m just beginning to get myself established well enough to get some new contracts. I had a studio back when I lived in Texas, but it was a small town. There wasn’t a lot of call for the modeling I wanted to shoot. I mostly did graduation and family photos. I wanted to have my pictures published in magazines and such. Besides it got to where everyone who owned a camera was trying to get into the photography business. It was getting hard to make a living.. . avoid.”“Short but succinct,” I chuckled, getting a grin in return.“I don’t know what they are. They’re blocking all of the scans I’m capable of and that generally means they are something I’d avoid as I’m clearly not in their league power-wise,” Athena explained.“They appear to have some form of control or possible immunity over Null,” Jemima added.“Puts them roughly on a par with a Higher Power; which is why Beog will have struggled against them.”“I thought Higher Powers were affected by. How about Friday?" Great." Great."The coffee was done about then and we sat in silence at the table as we sipped. Sharon seemed far away as she thought her private thoughts. My own mind drifted to Sunday and what I needed to do before I left. Idly, I wondered how hard the upcoming semester would be. Maybe it wouldn't be as bad as the previous year, particularly if I was still going out with Tina.Tina. Oh, shit. How was I going to explain last night to Tina? I groaned at the thought that my.