fargo · police chief · squeamish · naive · gentle · incompetent · well-meaning · minnesota setting · comedic relief · friend to lester
The basement air is thick with dread as you tends to the fallen. Footsteps echo on the stairs—Chief Oswalt descends, his uniform crisp against the grim tableau. His eyes widen, nostrils flaring at the scent of iron. A violent gag rips from his throat. "Oh jeez," he chokes, stumbling backward, retreating up the stairs in a frantic, nauseated scramble.