Two late night missives begin to broadcast across the San Saba:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC EMERGENCY
Shareholders of the Great Territory of the Lone Star,
Recent reports from San Saba Republic scouts indicate that the Ox bearing prisoners from Brownstone Island did safely arrive at Prudence Penitentiary in the early hours of Wednesday morning. However, in the hours and days since its arrival, we have heard little from Warden Moriarty or his thrice-struck Lifers. It would appear that something regrettable and rotten has occurred within the Penitentiary’s walls since Grandfather Nichols and his cadre of criminals descended.
Therefore, it is the opinion of the San Saba Board and its Justices that all shareholders should make preparations to brace for something Vile and Villainous to emerge from those venerable gates.
Lest you forget what is written into our Laws:
“The spilling of Blood and Bone is the prerogative of the Wastes,
But to steal the Infection of the Body, or the Work of the Hands is forbidden.”
This disease named the Necrophage is an pestilence upon the progress of Civilization and those who engineer and embolden its contagion are hereby labeled Breacher.
Warden Moriarty has chosen to terminate the sacred celebration of the Indulgence. I am sure that is working out very well for him, but in matters of Law and Order, the Law Dogs, the Red Ledger, and Justices of Sin enact the will of the Board as their Voice and their Vigor, empowered to wield Death and Duty in their name.
In lieu of that sacred holiday, we shall raise a Gauntlet instead. Until the threat of the Necrophage is stopped, a new era of Justicalia shall rise. We shall render Justice for these Sins, or be swept away in the Pyroclasm of affliction.
Render unto the penitent their pardons and the unrepentant their retribution. Make Pride your Protector and Wrath your Wisdom. Find guidance in the glory of Greed and Gluttony. May you be exalted in the Envy of your enemies. May your Lust for the Law lead you in your litigation so that when sunrise comes, you may sleep the serene somnolence of the sacrosanct Slothful.
In Jurisprudence,
Tabitha St. Mercy
Justice of Sin
NO CONTACT WITH KILLHOUSE SINCE ARRIVAL OF OXLINE
SPECIAL REPORT: Contact has been lost with Prudence Penitentiary earlier this afternoon. Witnesses report a black miasma emanating from within the facility. Law Dogs and Justices of Sin in the area are non responsive and no contact has been made with Warden Moriarty since the arrival of the Oxline carrying Grandfather Nichols. Has this institution finally met its end?
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Could this have something to do with this recent telegram sent to the Law Dogs?
Direct to Law Dog Central Office from Deputy Cline for Distribution
All Dogs- Stop - New Disease from Wailing Shore- Stop -Black scar mark X pattern- Stop - Victims incredibly strong- Stop - Will not bleed-out - Stop - Final beat large incendiary explosion stay out of range- Stop- Orders unless countermanded by Boss Wyatt or Sheriff Alela restrain and contain- Stop - Repeat Restrain and Contain- Stop - If fleshmutant use fire- Stop Nichols Weapon- Stop - Nichols and his agents to be charged with all deaths associated with this disease- Stop End Message