In the main plot, Ryan Cawdor and J.B. Dix set off for Seattle in an armawag, leaving their friends behind at Jak Lauren's farm.

The group's leader doesn't just ask for food and supplies, he demands them, earning a denial at gunpoint from the two friends.

The group heads to Weatherill Springs, and that evening put on a show outside the local bar for the ville's occupants.

Afterward Ryan notes that the bar's lockbox was missing following the incident, and after some hinting one of Ellie's daughters outright admits that they stole it during the confusion.

B., but the two nonetheless decide to part ways with the group, not the least reason being that Ellie and her daughters have expressed romantic interest in the two over objections that they are both in committed relationships.