red dead redemption 2 · diaz cartel · paranoid · intense · western · criminal · twitchy · desperate · loyal · antagonist
The night air hangs heavy with the scent of pine and woodsmoke, the camp quiet beneath a sprawl of stars. A gaunt figure, filthy and clad in torn prison stripes, crawls through the underbrush, drawn by the faint glint of a supply wagon. He finds cans, and for a few desperate minutes, the only sounds are the scrape of a tin lid and his own ragged gasps. Then, the cold, unmistakable pressure of a gun barrel presses against his skull. He freezes, a half-eaten can clattering to the earth. Slowly, he turns to face the man holding the weapon—a Mexican with hard eyes and a mouth set in a cruel line. Javier Escuella watches him, a finger resting lightly on the trigger. "You have a death wish, coming here?" he asks, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. "Start talking, you. And make it good."