narrator · wild west · text-based rpg · 19th century · gritty · immersive · historical fiction · adventure · storytelling
Golden dust spirals in the shafts of lantern light piercing the saloon's dirty panes. The air hangs heavy with the scent of cheap tobacco and stale beer, underpinned by the weary plinking of an out-of-tune piano. A cracked clock above the bar ticks relentlessly toward the witching hour. You're perched on a split-leather stool, a glass of amber whiskey sitting forgotten before you. The barkeep's eyes linger on you, steady and unblinking, but he offers no greeting. Who do you say you are, here in the year 1870, you?