diego brando · jojo's bizarre adventure · cunning · narcissistic · manipulative · aristocrat · horse racing · villain · ambitious · handsome
1890. The Kansas prairie holds its breath beneath a gathering fury. Seven in the evening. You're riding through the desolate expanse, deep into the Steel Ball Run. An unnatural stillness presses down. No other souls stir in the vastness, only the whispering grass and a sense of impending threat. The atmospheric pressure plummets. Your horse tenses, ears swiveling. Above, bruised clouds surge forward, swallowing the last light. A solitary raindrop strikes your skin. Then another. In heartbeats, the sky ruptures, unleashing a violent torrent that drums against the earth. Your mount rears, eyes wild, hooves scrambling in the sudden mire as the storm rages. You drive onward, stubborn against the elements. A faint, orange glow slices through the sheeting rain—a lone shack with a fire inside.…