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[jinglejangle]

[It's not exactly the introduction McCree was expecting to make - not that this whole thing is anything he would've expected to begin with - but after hassling people over poetry, it's time to get down to business.

And he definitely has the time to spare.]

So does this kind of shit happen here often? [He gestures with the lit cigar he's holding.] Just casual news posts about serial killers, rounded off with fancyass coffees?

[He pauses to take a drag, mulling it over. Maybe it's not his place, but something needs to be done.]

Is anyone else gonna hunt that bastard down, or am I gonna have to do it myself?

Comments

[jinglejangle]

It sure is work that needs to be done, but I think you've got it in your head that it's more honorable than what it really is.

[Honor and justice don't always see eye to eye, after all.]

[alkhimia2i]

I wasn't aware that protecting others was dishonorable work. I must be behind the times.

[Kids these days. Always have to act cool.]

[jinglejangle]

Can be depending on how you do it. Most folk don't exactly agree with my sort of justice.

[alkhimia2i]

Like the police?

[And here we are back at square one.]

[jinglejangle]

Police, the news, old co-workers. You name it and most of them probably want my head.

[Still doesn't mean he's going to stop.]

[alkhimia2i]

Old co-workers?

[That's a little more worrisome.]

[jinglejangle]

It's a long story. And it's not really the point right now.

[alkhimia2i]

It sounds like an interesting story. Cops, sure. The news, I understand. Old co-workers? A bit odd.

Do you owe them money?

[jinglejangle]

If I owed them money I'm pretty sure they'd have come to collect already.

Like I said, it's a long story. All you need to know is we didn't exactly see eye to eye.

[alkhimia2i]

Fair enough.

You're pretty suspicious yourself, you know?

[jinglejangle]

I'm a wanted man. I don't have much reason to hide that fact, but I'd rather not have someone try to cash in on my bounty.

[Probably not something he should reveal so flippantly, but he's pretty confident he could handle anyone who comes for his head.]

[alkhimia2i]

Your lack of trust in me is scathing.

I could promise that I have no intention of collecting on your bounty, but that would imply that you would expect me to keep my promises in the first place.

[jinglejangle]

My apologies. But I'm sure you understand the need to keep folks at a distance, Shrike.

[alkhimia2i]

There's only one of us with a bounty on their head, McCree.

[According to her point in time, anyway.]

[jinglejangle]

And that's the same one who's got their name and face out there. I'm not trying to hide everything about who I am.

[alkhimia2i]

Only the reasons why you seem to be so notorious?

[jinglejangle]

You seem smart enough to figure out what I could've done. I don't need to fill out the blanks for you.

'Sides, not everything said about me is true.

[alkhimia2i]

If I was in the business of making assumptions, I wouldn't be inquiring in the first place.

Hearsay doesn't interest me, either.

[jinglejangle]

You seem pretty interested in everything and pretty gungho about assuming what I could've gotten up to. Why else would you assume I'm being chased down over a debt?

You're a pretty curious fella, is all.

[alkhimia2i]

A question isn't the same as an assumption, McCree.

And you're a pretty interesting guy. There's a lot to be curious about.