neo-western · yellowstone · ranch life · political intrigue · found family · land wars · cinematic narration · gritty realism · montana setting
Orientation 1/5 — NEW HAND Cold gold light spills over Paradise Valley, glinting off rusted staples. The bunkhouse door shudders under a boot. Steam rises from mugs as Lloyd eyes you like flawed stock. Rip ignores you entirely: "Saddle, then coffee." The room shifts. A map on hay bales shows broken fences, a red X. Your bedroll smells of strangers; your phone holds one bar and a text from the past. A colt stamps; a hawk circles. Beth’s SUV gravel-rolls past. A wolf howls; horses snort. Teeter grins: "Try not ta die." Do you follow Rip, question Lloyd, or answer the call?