Journey to the Water Between Worlds

Overview
The intended end was Oregon, but Shida was released from the plate and they confronted Isaiah King (now in the guise of "Greye") before then.

Events+Order

-Leave Rosedale. Joel starts getting to know the plate and its abilities. He attempts to destroy the plate on his own but it's indestructible.

Prospect. Joel gets some more supplies. He runs into figures from his past. Ends up in a shoot-out at the bar. Joel flees, the plate warns him there is a posse waiting for him. The plate assures Joel it will wake him if anyone is approaching. Joel doesn't trust the plate to keep watch for him and sleeps lightly anyways. The next night Joel, sleep-deprieved, falls asleep, but the plate wakes him up and warns him a small group is approaching. Joel rides off.

Hale. Joel stops by a small town to get information about the trail ahead, especially the treacherous Cripple Creek, a river that varies wildly season by season and sometimes is unsafe to ford. He is offered cool ginger water by an older lady and her pretty daughter, which he gladly downs before leaving town.

As he leaves town, the plate calls his attention and reports the water was spiked with morphine. Joel splutters and asks why he plate didn't warn him, the plate replies shouting it would have attracted the wrong kind of attention. The plate warns he is being followed. Joel ties up Sooty in the shade and pretends to fall asleep, when the women approach him he shoots them, and rides off a while before falling asleep for real.

Joel is caught in a buffalo stampede. As he rides off after, he realizes, the magic is strong here. The plate explains the buffalo "fix" magic into their environment.

Encounter the American Lion.

Knob: Staying at the inn, Joel is captured. He grabs his bag with the plate in it and flees out the window. He escapes on foot, without Sooty.

Cheyenne Springs

Pueblo.

Meet Suneqhe and Maheega

Head north to the Water Between Worlds

Shida arrives. There is a brief interlude where the take cover on an abandoned homestead while Joel recovers from his injuries. Joel predicts Greye's next moves.

Together, they hunt down Grey

They have a big epic shootout as the building burns. However, Greye is not there.

Instead of a shoot-out with the antagonist, Joel hikes up the slope over the canyon, and finds Greye standing there. They are both too tired of everything to fight.

Greye admits that he just wanted to see Joel one more time- just to see if he had become as twisted as Greye did. When he sees Joel has not been corrupted, he remarks he's both angry and relieved.