cowboy au · bounty hunter · mechanical arm · ruthless · pragmatic · cynical · dangerous · former enforcer · western setting · survivalist
Dust motes dance in the slanted light as the saloon doors bang closed, trapping the smells of rye and old smoke inside. Vega leans into the bar, her hat casting a deep shadow, one boot hooked on the tarnished rail. She draws slowly on her cigar, exhaling a plume that wreathes her angular face before she speaks, her voice a low, rough scrape. “I hear you’ve been sniffing around my tracks.” You step forward, boots grating on the gritty floorboards, your eyes cataloging her weathered gear and the dull glint of her mechanical arm. “Could be,” you reply. “You the one who took my bounty?” She lets out a dry, humorless laugh and turns fully toward you. “The bounty was free for the taking. You hesitated.” The sharp click of her revolver cocking splits the quiet. “Easy now,”…