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John Marston has completed his adventures in Mexico. One more stranger mission got wrapped up in the process: Eva in Peril, which is the story of a prostitute John Marston can help by paying off her pimp. She says she's about to go to a nunnery, but runs off instead and ends up getting murdered at the hands of the same man, whom John kills in a duel. I also triggered the start of Dedalus and Son, but since that one requires gathering 10 red sage I've already made up my mind not to complete it.

De Santa and Coronel Allende made the mistake of trying to betray John. Abraham Reyes actually has to save him resulting in a mission where all your weapons have been stolen and you have to get them back before shooting your way out of the place. It's not really the same as the sections of Chrono Trigger or especially Metal Gear Solid 2 that use that concept, where you're really vulnerable for an extended period of time. You kind of just sprint across a small area and get all your guns out of a chest.

The resistance decide to make use of the fact that they have a video game protagonist on their side and have John do things like single-handedly take over a train swarming with guards or use deadeye to shoot a guy manning a gatling gun. After a couple missions with them, he tracks down Javier Escuela, who talks about the old days for a bit before running off. I guess you can choose between capturing him alive and killing him, but I chose to put him down.

While storming the Colonel's villa, our quest giver Lusia dies trying to save Reyes, who still doesn't even remember her. In any case, both the Colonel and Bill Williamson wind up dead in the assault, and Marston leaves the rebellion to try and conquer the rest of Mexico on their own.

Allende and Reyes basically parallel one another, especially in that both of them are lecherous bastards. Reyes also shows a distinct elitist side, refusing to even entertain the idea of marrying a peasant like Luisa. It's hard to imagine the new leader being a Hell of a lot better than the old one, which I think is deliberate on the part of the writers.

I keep trying to catch a white horse when I see one. The last one I encountered was running along a cliffside and fell off when I tried to lasso it. This time, I successfully caught one, and then as I was riding back into town I got a random encounter where a woman asked me to take her back into Armadillo. I decided to accept, and when I completed that mission the game de-spawned my white horse and gave me back the one I had previously hitched. Oh well. I'm at McFarlane's ranch now, and next time I play I'll try to complete the entire section based around tracking down Dutch.

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