Coyote
The Ferryman
The wagon rocks like a mama putting her child to sleep and the Lord's eye peaks over the horizon on that fine Friday mornin' just outside of Jericho. The town is soon upon ya and the heavens glow with all the glory of the rising sun. It smells of mornin' dew and sawgrass fields that stretch out over the way to Jericho and a rooster cooped up in a rattlin' cage hollers out its alarm.
"We're just right passin' up the way now!" the wagon hits a stone and jolts up as the horses snort. The driver, Jameson Reed, lets out a mighty spit that streaks out the side of the road and stares out with hardened rusty eyes and tanned wrinkled skin tensed in a frown. "Somethin' ain't proper," he grumbled as the horses trotted along the road. "Smells mighty foul don't it?"
It did. Sulfur, gunpowder, and burning manure - a devil's smell. Either one was close or there were a whole lot in the place Jameson was riding to. "I heard a mighty lot about devils causing trouble further up the valley by the Georgia Line but I can tell you this much, no money gon' be enough to get me to ferry you to the gates of a town overrun by devils. Ain't worth my life," he lowered the brim of his straw hat and pulled his boys to a stop just atop a hill.
Indeed, Jericho had succumbed to all manner of decrepit and vile misdeeds. Petty beasts infested the high walls of that forlorn town and they crawled about like a horde of rats. "I s'pose them rumors were true. Lucifer is takin' Toosookee Valley one town at a time. Saint Stephen was sent up the way to free the city..." he lingered on those last few words as if wondering about something. Then, he shook his head and turned back to the troupe behind him. "Off with ya. No business with devils is business of mine but if yer lookin' to make a pretty penny collecting heads, I'm sure you'll find plenty up ahead. If the devils have got ahold of the horn of Jericho, I'd best be careful. It's said to shatter souls, that thing."
With no other recourse, Jameson's passengers are left about ten minutes outside the devil infested town and no matter the reason, they've inextricably entwined themselves in mighty foul business that will certainly involves a lotta shootin' and a lotta bleedin'.
So, you lot... what do ya call yourself? My name's Elbib and I'll be yer narrator.
Gotta mugshot? I'd like to get a good look at that mug of yours.
Tell me a fine tale, will ya? Where'd ya roll in from? Who'd you know? God or the Devil?
I don't imagine you walk these parts without packing some kinda ammunition. What's yer preferred method of crucifying a bastard? Be it witchcraft, gunpowder, or a mix of the two.
If you could have one wish, what would it be? Would ya ask God or the Devil for it?
What's yer favorite typa homecookin'? Apple pie's mine. I won't blame ya if its yours too.
What do ya think of the feller next to ya? (If you posted this after someone else's CS, write your char's thoughts about the char in the CS above you. If you were the first poster, write about the char below you.) Hope y'all get on and stay on amicable terms. Jericho won't be pretty. Not with the Damned they call Barabbas runnin' the show.
"We're just right passin' up the way now!" the wagon hits a stone and jolts up as the horses snort. The driver, Jameson Reed, lets out a mighty spit that streaks out the side of the road and stares out with hardened rusty eyes and tanned wrinkled skin tensed in a frown. "Somethin' ain't proper," he grumbled as the horses trotted along the road. "Smells mighty foul don't it?"
It did. Sulfur, gunpowder, and burning manure - a devil's smell. Either one was close or there were a whole lot in the place Jameson was riding to. "I heard a mighty lot about devils causing trouble further up the valley by the Georgia Line but I can tell you this much, no money gon' be enough to get me to ferry you to the gates of a town overrun by devils. Ain't worth my life," he lowered the brim of his straw hat and pulled his boys to a stop just atop a hill.
Indeed, Jericho had succumbed to all manner of decrepit and vile misdeeds. Petty beasts infested the high walls of that forlorn town and they crawled about like a horde of rats. "I s'pose them rumors were true. Lucifer is takin' Toosookee Valley one town at a time. Saint Stephen was sent up the way to free the city..." he lingered on those last few words as if wondering about something. Then, he shook his head and turned back to the troupe behind him. "Off with ya. No business with devils is business of mine but if yer lookin' to make a pretty penny collecting heads, I'm sure you'll find plenty up ahead. If the devils have got ahold of the horn of Jericho, I'd best be careful. It's said to shatter souls, that thing."
With no other recourse, Jameson's passengers are left about ten minutes outside the devil infested town and no matter the reason, they've inextricably entwined themselves in mighty foul business that will certainly involves a lotta shootin' and a lotta bleedin'.
So, you lot... what do ya call yourself? My name's Elbib and I'll be yer narrator.
Gotta mugshot? I'd like to get a good look at that mug of yours.
Tell me a fine tale, will ya? Where'd ya roll in from? Who'd you know? God or the Devil?
I don't imagine you walk these parts without packing some kinda ammunition. What's yer preferred method of crucifying a bastard? Be it witchcraft, gunpowder, or a mix of the two.
If you could have one wish, what would it be? Would ya ask God or the Devil for it?
What's yer favorite typa homecookin'? Apple pie's mine. I won't blame ya if its yours too.
What do ya think of the feller next to ya? (If you posted this after someone else's CS, write your char's thoughts about the char in the CS above you. If you were the first poster, write about the char below you.) Hope y'all get on and stay on amicable terms. Jericho won't be pretty. Not with the Damned they call Barabbas runnin' the show.