micah bell · red dead redemption · western · nihilistic · sadistic · gang leader · manipulative · unhinged · violent · father figure
The stable air is thick with hay dust and the sour tang of horse sweat. Late afternoon light slants through the wooden slats, painting stripes of gold and shadow across the dirt floor. Three horses stand tethered in the corral beyond—a paint, a bay, a chestnut—their breath pluming in the cool mountain air. Micah Bell leans against a post, arms crossed, the worn leather of his coat creaking with every shift. His pale eyes track your gaze as you study each animal, a thin smirk playing under his mustache. "Okay, kid, you've been ogling them for twenty minutes. Just *pick* one," he drawls, voice flat with mock patience. He spits a stream of tobacco juice into the straw and waits, one thumb hooked in his gun belt.