<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">Keeper Post</span><br/><hr/><strong>Location:</strong>Quartz Valley RV Park<br/><br/>The police dispatch promptly chimed in on the radio,<em>"Original call was for an animal attack, caller said it was a German Shepherd, no word if it had a collar or not. We have a park ranger or two heading up that way, ETA 15 minutes. Most of the precinct is up here at the Vortex Campgrounds sifting through the code 30 over there."</em><br/><br/>"Thanks for the info, Dispatch," the deputy said into her radio and released the button as the two suspicious and awkwardly-dressed individuals spoke up to defend their case. The man in the duster had the look out of an old Western and she had a feeling that if the opportunity arise, the man would bolt. So the deputy wasn't taking any chances and held her guard up, keeping her gun sights trained on him, not believing he was unarmed like he said he was. The other one was something her head couldn't wrap itself around. It was the ancient-looking mace that held most of her attention. With a silent gesture, she ordered the police officer with her to check on the wounded.<br/><br/>He lowered his weapon from the mace-wielding girl and went over to the elderly couple and groundskeeper. When the young girl had removed the makeshift gauze from the wound, it looked more grisly than the one that the girl with the mace had. James had a chance to come to their defense and stood up and approached the deputy. "She's right. There was a rabid dog that attacked my wife and Alyssa here came to the rescue. She was able to fight back and scare it off, even though she got bit herself," he explained and then glanced at the sinister-looking man, whose very unsettling presence had intimidated him into coming to his defense as well. "Him too. I can vouch for him."<br/><br/>The deputy wasn't buying the second half of James' explanation and she made this clear. She addressed Alyssa first, "You, Miss. You can relax. It seems this couple knows you. As for you, mister, can I have you step aside and place your hands against this RV, right here?" Her gun was still trained on Jesse, it being used in her gesture for him to step towards the neighboring RV, and the other officer came up alongside the deputy to be a second pair of eyes on the mysterious cowboy-like character.<br/><br/>While still next to the deputy, the other police officer chimed into his radio, "Hey Dispatch, this is Officer Murphy, can I get a paramedic down here at the Quartz Valley RV Park to treat a pair of animal bites?"<br/><br/><hr/><br/><em>Hunters permitted to reply to this post:</em>Alyssa Strum, Jesse