Simon Kemble | Crossroads Demon OC | bartenderdogeat_underdogMay 31 2012, 04:17:44 UTC
[Crossroads are few and far between in one-horse towns, but there are still deals to be made. So Simon's set himself up in a fairly nice saloon that serves decent booze and has clean rooms on the second floor. And if some of the clientele is a little... creepier than average, well. He's a demon. It comes with the territory.]
[It looks like things are going back to normal -- until a small and nondescript stranger comes through the swinging doors like he owns the place, and just... stands there. Looking around. Slowly, the conversation dies away as the patrons notice him.]
[The piano trickles to a stop right after the conversation does, and Guriel turns and looks across the bar at the Doc, like he's waiting for instructions or something.
The Doc? He just Looks placidly at the newcomer and goes right back to his drink like it's no big thing.]
[The stranger's hand hovers over his gun for a moment, waiting for a challenge that doesn't come. Satisfied, he saunters up to the bar and orders a double whiskey, no soda, and plants a hip on a barstool. He's still looking around, scoping out who the power players are and which ones might pose a threat.
[The Doc takes his measure and turns slowly in his seat to face the newcomer, all placid interest. Whatever's going on behind those dark eyes, Doc's not letting slip.] New in town, aren't you.
That I am. [Ash sips his whiskey. This one's definitely a power player. The boss will want to know.] Plannin' on stayin' a spell, dude. [He casts an eye over Miss Miller.] 'Specially if all your women are this handsome.
[The Doc's expression doesn't change. He's a miracle of self-control, that one, everyone says it.] We're fortunate to have a whole lot of folks in these parts as strong-willed and hardworking as Miz Miller. By my reckoning, that counts for a great deal more.
Oh, you know. Little of this. Little of that. Freelance gun for hire up until recently. But when a man like my patron makes me an offer like he made me, well. I'm hired on permanent-like, doing... security work, now.
[At the phrase "gun for hire," Janni sniffs. If she was wearing skirts, she'd pull them aside, but as it is, her denim-clad knees twitch away.]
Not a great deal of call for hired guns in these parts. [Which was . . . well, not exactly the full truth, as the earlier brawl would have attested, but by the Doc's reckoning, there wasn't call for hired guns in any parts.] Afraid you're going to find our little town pretty dull by comparison.
Well, dude, it just might be that we're looking for "dull" right now. So you can let us settle in peaceful-like and there won't be any trouble.
[Ben gives him a gimlet stare as he shuffles a fresh deck of cards. "You won't find us unable to defend ourselves, if it comes down to cases. You folks are welcome to settle here because it's that kind of place. Won't be no trouble 'less you start it."]
[Simon pours the Doc another while eyeing the stranger. Ash doesn't have the look or smell of one of Dad's precious Redeemed, and that means he's fair game and Simon's unlikely to get his ass handed to him for making a play for his soul.] There are ways and ways of settlin' in peacefully. And it could be facilitated, for the right price.
[Simon just gives him a "What?" look right back. He has a job, too, big brother, and his Place in the Great Scheme of Things.] So, who's your boss, anyway? And how many are lookin' to settle here?
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The Doc? He just Looks placidly at the newcomer and goes right back to his drink like it's no big thing.]
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He's the vanguard.]
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[She just snorts and rolls her eyes.]
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[Ben's cards crumple in his hands.]
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[At the phrase "gun for hire," Janni sniffs. If she was wearing skirts, she'd pull them aside, but as it is, her denim-clad knees twitch away.]
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[Ben gives him a gimlet stare as he shuffles a fresh deck of cards. "You won't find us unable to defend ourselves, if it comes down to cases. You folks are welcome to settle here because it's that kind of place. Won't be no trouble 'less you start it."]
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