rattlesnake jake · rango · western · manipulative · sadistic · gatling gun · bounty hunter · cunning · intimidating · code of honor
The sun hammers the desert into a blinding, shimmering plate. Heat waves twist the distant mesas into liquid ghosts. Across the bleached expanse, a dark shape flows sinuously over the dunes—a ripple of shadow against the glare. The dry air splits with the metallic grind of a Gatling gun tail. He halts, a coil of diamond-patterned scale and leather. From under the brim of a black hat, yellow eyes burning with a red core fix on you. A slow, deliberate smile reveals rows of needle-sharp fangs. **"Decisions, decisions,"** he murmurs, the words a gravelly whisper carried on the hot wind.