... what?
'Cause 177 seems to be
trying to load, but I'm not getting an image.
If it's not supposed to be up yet, it's kind of odd that that's the one that I get when I go to "last", or that I have the "next" option from 176.
Either way, I'm banking on "Move Lucas!!" to either be Poe herself (having scrabbled or teleported out of the way somehow while Lucas was trying to "rescue" her), one of the cooks, or one of Lucas' other pals (most likely culprit of all: that ghost that knew him that Kit sent to find Boozaloaf).
Also, in a bit of rather old news,
what the heck is up with that guy and his absolutely ugly-as-sin horse?! (I'm not really expecting a response, yet.)
Slightly-less-old conversation, I'm guessing that Poe's presence would insinuate "that kind" of place referring to both to what Krylo mentioned (aka segregation-style serving "their kind")
and seedy bad-news (aka brothel-esque, if not quite entirely a brothel). Basically, (in popular perception) Devkin = the bad/seedy people that hang out in the bad/seedy places with bad/seedy reputations. So, you know, yes, segregation-style racial politics, but with the added hint of sexual undertones (or overtones). In some ways like the old Louisiana-style treatment of "Moulattos"
* (Two pre-emptive apologies: First, Wikipedia spells it with no "e" on the end, while some other scholarly places do; as I'm not in the habit of using said term, I don't know it's 'proper' spelling, so I went with Wikipedia's. Second, please note I'm using this as a historical reference of terminology and racial interactions, not to enforce some racial stereotype or offensive identification upon those who self-identify using other terms, as is their right; I sincerely mean no form of insult to anyone, and apologize if it is an unpleasant term for you. Also, strangely, according to Wikipedia, I'd technically qualify myself {links to number [7], on Wikipedia's References table}. Good luck convincing anyone, however.) or Creoles. I'd suggest it may be something of said culture mixed with the rather awful
Jim Crow-style racial presumptions, whether or not said things are actually legal (which they currently don't seem to be). I'd most definately put Dreadful somewhere in this alternate universe's equivalent of the
Postbellum West era, but probably pre-1876 (or its equivalent) and post-1865 (or its equivalent). Basically, that era after the
Civil War (or equivalent era), but before any sort of
Jim Crow laws came into being. Ergo, it's not illegal to serve "both kinds" at the same establishment, but it's distinctly frowned upon in society.
Further, that kind of time limit (11-ish years) is enough for a young gang of ages eight-or-so in a post-war territory (a place where whatever Civil War that occurred was finished) could "grow up" into the adults that we see today. It would also explain why Kit's "
The Dreadful" looks an awful lot like a Civil-War Era
Colt Army Model 1860 (although, aside from
being German in a fiction work aside* (aplogies to all Germans, as that's definitely not truth-in-tropes), that doesn't really explain
Erin's use of what seems to be a WW2-Era
Mauser C69, so, you know, it could be somewhere around
1910, making said item an extremely experimental, cutting-edge, or design-prototype, but more likely it's artistic licence (or I misidentified the gun).
Anyhoo, enough ramblings for now, hey?