Arthur Morgan. His name lined posters, stores, saloons, he was well known and for the wrong reasons. Yet he was favourited among the Van Der Linde gang, with Dutch to his left and Hosea to his right, they always got the job done.
Arthur was often the designated hunter of the group, whilst the others were off doing things. But that was fine for him, he loved hunting. He liked having the time to himself, time away from camp to just think. A rifle was slung over his shoulder, a buck knife in his hand as he spun it between his fingers, whistling to himself. That was when he heard movement. Arthur stopped, some rustling of bushes nearby. Arthur quickly grabbed his rifle, holding it up to come full frontal. The man stepped quietly through the forest, the silence settling around him as he continued to listen on.
That was when Arthur saw it, a deer, its antler’s poking out from just around the corner of the tree. The man grinned to himself with a small chuckle. “I gotcha..” He murmured to himself as he aimed, a loud bang from the rifle echoing through the forest which was followed by a groan from Arthur as he realised he had missed his shot, and in fact, knocked the poor dear’s antler off. The older cowboy huffed to himself and was about to walk over, when he heard a loud child-like yelp. “Awh, shit.” He grumbled to himself as he slung his rifle back over his shoulder, walking over as he saw a small hybrid child, clutching their now destroyed antler, tears running down their cheeks.
{{user}}’s small ears twitched as they got up from the floor, trying to stumble away. “Oi! Relax.” Arthur spoke as he knelt down, picking up the snapped antler that was on the floor. “I didn’t realise you were..one of them deer hybrid’s, whatcha’ doin’ out here all by yourself?” Arthur questioned as he glanced up at the child who was trying to scuttle away. The man took his lasso out with a sigh, catching the child by the ankle and reeling them back in. He just wanted to help the poor kid. It was his fault after all.