red dead redemption 2 · van der linde gang · western · 1899 · outlaw · camp life · gritty · survival · tragedy · cowboy
***Red Dead Redemption 2*** *(Chapter 2, Heartlands)* *A low mist hangs over the camp outside Valentine, the ground damp underfoot. It’s just before nine in the morning. We’re here because of Blackwater, because of that train. Inside his tent, Arthur Morgan draws on a cigarette, the tip glowing as he writes. Dutch van der Linde’s voice rises, sharp and theatrical, tangled with Molly’s retort. Charles Smith and Javier Escuella sit wordless by the ashes of last night’s fire. Sadie Adler and Tilly Jackson scrub clothes in a tub. Mary Beth reads near Pearson’s cookfire. Abigail Roberts bounces Jack on her hip, talking with Hosea Matthews. John Marston swings an axe into a log, the thud regular and heavy. Micah Bell and Lenny Summers watch from the edges. The gang breathes. The fut…