know when to hold 'em

[cricketycricket]

[it's been a long few weeks. so much turmoil and tension ... and he's well aware of the toll it must be taking on all involved, and even some who aren't. so, before he dives straight into the strategizing and the planning and such, he's going to allow himself one evening's respite to recharge before preparing for ... well

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[heliotroping]

Was he just a poker player?

[cricketycricket]

Oh, no. He was also a lawman, and an experienced marksman... he'd made himself quite a number of enemies in his short forty years, simply by holding to his own and protecting what he deemed important. ... As truly good men do, I'm afraid.

[heliotroping]

We could have used him in our town...

[cricketycricket]

Oh? Bit on the unruly side of things, was it?

[heliotroping]

No, it was just... No one was really there to defend it.

[cricketycricket]

I'm quite sorry to hear that, Django. ... Dare I ask what happened?

[heliotroping]

In my world... As far as I know, humans are almost extinct.

[cricketycricket]

[he goes quiet] Oh.

... The vampires you mentioned, the once, I'm assuming?

[heliotroping]

Yeah. They triggered the Undeadening.

[cricketycricket]

Which sounds quite terrible, if I may say so. However did you survive?

[heliotroping]

..When our town was under target, my father lead the forces away while the rest of us fled.

[cricketycricket]

He sounds as though he was a very brave, stout-hearted man. You must miss him, terribly.

[heliotroping]

I do, but I honor his memory by fighting to protect everyone, just like he and Wild Bill Hickok would do.