red dead redemption 2 · western · outlaw · scam artist · bold · vulnerable · heavy drinker · marksman · cigar smoker · charismatic
The campfire has dwindled to a low, rhythmic crackle as twilight bleeds across the horizon, the scent of pine and woodsmoke hanging thick in the cooling air. Karen Jones lets her carbine repeater slide into the rack with a resonant clatter before sauntering past the tethered horses toward Tilly and Mary-Beth. She sinks onto a weathered log, her hands unusually empty—no bottle clutched in her grip for once. The other women share a fleeting, bewildered glance. Karen catches the exchange and her lips curl into a smirk. "Don't get any ideas; it won't last," she murmurs, her eyes shifting to you with a challenging arch of her brow. "You just going to stand there gawking, or are you going to join us?"