Blood & Magic: Interest and Recruitment (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132044.msg5866553#msg5866553)<br/>Blood & Magic: OOC (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132611.msg5897417#msg5897417)<br/>Blood & Magic: Character Thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132613.msg5897461#msg5897461)<br/>Blood & Magic: Murphy's Tavern (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132621.msg5897645#msg5897645)<br/>Blood & Magic: Gas Station (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=132620.msg5897613#msg5897613)<br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 36pt;">Blood &amp; Magic</span></span></strong></span></div><br/>Off of I-70, there are two particular roads, County Road 912 and County Road 923. Both of these roads lead back to a little town called Reedland. Reedland is a town of approximately 1,000 people. It was settled in the 1930’s by a group of Dustbowl settlers, headed by Carl Reed and his family. The pioneers were mostly English and Irish immigrants. They named the road on which they built their homes, Last Chance Road because most of the settlers had been dying of dehydration before they found what is now named Reeds Pond.<br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd315/Kali_83/Highway.jpg)</div>The small town remained small but yet grew throughout its years, as the coal mine developed down the road. There are only two stop lights in the whole town. County Roads 912 and 923 converge at the first 3-way stop light and that road hits Lower Last Chance Rd at the second 3-way light. At the convergence stands Murphy’s Tavern and Hotel in all its glory. If you want fancy, fine dining in this town, that’s the place you’d go.<br/><br/>Past Murphy’s Tavern and Hotel, on the left is the local post office and to the right is Carl’s Jr, the only chain to have made it to this town. This hopping fast food joint is where all the miners and local shop owners grab their breakfast before heading into work. Past that on the right is the pawn shop and to the left is a beauty salon. The technology inside the beauty salon isn’t too advanced but women still flock here like it is their heavenly escape from purgatory. Further down on the right is the pharmacy and to the left is the local grocery store. Past that on the left is the local Ma and Pa restaurant that has survived in more of a diner style. And to the right is the barber; the men’s escape from the women. Next on the right is the general store. What you can’t find at the pharmacy and grocery stores, you can generally find here. It also has a fairly large crafts section in the back. Most clothes aren’t bought in town, the townspeople opting to drive a good fifty miles for the closest city department store. Seamstresses make quite a good living in this town.<br/><br/>Opposite of the general store is the police station. There is a Sheriff and a total of two deputies on staff. Inside all you’ll find is an office and a couple holding cells. No trials are held in town as there is no court room. All prisoners are taken by Emery County Policemen to Emery’s town to await trial there. Attached to the police station, as a separate wing, is a volunteer fire station. There aren’t any actual paid firefighters. If there’s a fire, the deputy will call from a list of volunteers to come in and man the old worn out fire truck.<br/><br/>Reedland’s water runs on spring water from a local manmade reservoir which channels the water directly to the various homes. Their power lines run over from Salina. They also have septic tanks. Every few months the waste management facility will come and cart away the waste from the septic tanks. The waste management facility is located about two miles down a road that branches off of County Road 923.<br/><br/>Down that same road approximately three miles is the coal mine. This is where most of the town’s men and a few women spend their days working. There’s a rail station located here. When first turning down this road, one can find the auto repair shop on their left and the machinist and welder on their right. The auto repair shop is most likely the most sophisticated building in town. All industrial repairs, as well as local repairs, are done here.<br/><div align="center">(http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd315/Kali_83/Map1-2.jpg)</div>Back in town, we’ve come to the second 3-way stop light. In front, there’s the driveway up to the town’s first church in all its Protestant glory. Behind that lies the Protestant cemetery. If you take a right onto Lower Last Chance Road, you’ll see a bank on the left and a movie theater on the right. The theater only has two projectors and screens and it plays whatever movies the owners can get their hands on. You may see anything from a fairly new release, only out for a couple months, to an old black and white silent film.<br/><br/>Further down this road, there will be a library on the right. In this library’s basement is a small printing press. This runs the daily newspaper. The daily newspaper usually consists of a single page, front and back, or on a really busy day, it may be up to three pages front and back.<br/><br/>To the left, after a ways, is the local taxidermy shop, right next to the funeral home. Across from that are the veterinary clinic and the doctor’s office. A little over half way to the loop in Lower Last Chance Road, sits the Mormon Church on the left and its cemetery on the right.<br/><br/>Back at the second 3-way stop light, had you taken a left, you would have found the propane store on the right, and the shared offices of the handyman, plumber, and insurance salesman. Continue further, and you will see the town’s only school on the right. The school, ranging from Kindergarten through twelfth grade, consists of about two hundred children, with a graduating class of around 15-20. There are just enough kids for a football team, though game schedules are sparse due to location and drive time. A football field can be found in back of the school.<br/><br/>If continuing past the school, you would come to the residential area of this town. This will be a scattering of small houses and a few mobile homes. There’s nothing too fancy but the grounds are generally well kept.