The "Wild West"
"Everyone out there has a gun, even some of the women... and if you insult any one, it won't go too well in your favor. As they say, 'An armed society is a polite society...' So why go out to the west, where a single bad word against another man could get you shot, and making a life is hard, dangerous, and of course tiring? Because it's exhilarating. There's nothing like drawing a gun on another man and opening fire, knowing both of you could be shot down by the either, like hunting down a local injun tribe because the sheriff wants 'em gone. Course you should know that already shouldn't you, feller? You're planning to head out into that area and all, on an interesting little train..." The pile of rags which had turned out to be a homeless man lets out a stereotypical, hill billy laugh, "You're gonna find out what happens out there, I gare-in-tee it!"
The encounter with the home less man done, you board your train to Nevada, heading out to a relatively small town on the frontier to find a new life. No matter who you are, you don't have much less from paying for this trip, women cling to what few sentimental or valuable items they have, men already making indents in their hats as they take them off. It was time for a new life on the frontier, a life hunting down Native Americans perhaps, or other people who'd gained enough notoriety to be wanted, maybe you'd become one of those fellows yourselves. Maybe you'd work with cattle, or grab a job at the local saloon or bank, live a more quiet life out in the west, of course no life out on the frontier was quiet, because every man had to get a gun, and every woman had to find a man with a gun to protect them. You were heading to a life of chaos and you knew it, but the feeling filled you with a great surging anxiousness, but not the bad kind, the kind that makes you want to experience things already, get the adventure done with.
If you've read through that introduction, I welcome you warmly to my little thread! The reason I've created this is because I've never seen such a thread on this sight before, as people tend to be more inclined towards a fantasy or historically accurate medieval thread. I wanted to make something about the 'Wild West' because it truly was wild, with men who had normally crippling diseases becoming some of the best gun fighters, and some men killing multiple people before they even turned twenty! What year it is specifically is unimportant, the wild west was always a land of chaos during the time it was truly alive.
Rules o' the west.
The rules of the thread.
Application
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