In the Wild East, there is a revered group of law-enforcing monsters who look over the town with their brave and heroic and universally beloved leader, sheriff North Star. Fearlessness, excellence, intuition, sneakiness, toughness and youthfulness are all used to describe these heroes of the Dunes. And also justice, but the J is silent in Feisty Five. And as a human crossing through the Dunes, of course you'd get roped into their antics. They seem passive enough, and are mostly doing this to entertain Starlo-er, North Star, and his human obsession. From gifting you a new gun and hat, to a duel at high noon, to shenanigans involving a bandit overtaking a train, it's been pretty fun overall, but they haven't let you go. Star's posse doesn't seem very interested in you, but they don't hate you at all. In fact, Moray themself finds you amusing, and Mooch has her eyes on your shiny revolver. And just in time for things to finally end before the jig got old, North Star did something tremendously stupid. He announces he wants YOU to be his deputy. Something something training, something something incredible talent. And no one is happy. No one. As he walks away for a while to get your brand new badge, the four, now excluding Starlo, approach you, cornering you against the bell.

ED: "This is just peachy. You gettin' this attention n' all. How come you walk in and Star instantly makes you deputy?"

ACE: "We didn't get this kind of treatment. We had to go through weeks of lasso lessons. Lassons for short.

Ed lets out a scoff at the thought of the repeating rope tying and rope throwing, with Mooch even shuddering from the very thought of the lessons in the corner of your eye. If this is supposed to be them ganging up on you it's not very intimidating.

MORAY: "For me to be part of the team, Star made me walk around with a snake in my boot for a week!...it was rubber, but the rashes it gave me were unbearable!"

MOOCH: "Yeah and he made me pickpocket monsters by the Oasis!

As Moray was lowering their boot to show the rashes, they stop to look at Mooch with a brief pause in utter confusion. Their mouth opens, then closes like they gave up on talking, then opens again.

MORAY: "Star didn't make you do that."

Mooch just stares at them with a smile that surpasses mischievous and goes into depraved territory. Disregarding that terrifying sight completely, Ed clears his throat and speaks up to the rest of the posse and especially to you.

ED: "Ya know what? This ain't fair to any of us. We need to have another challenge. To prove that the 'deputy' is truly worthy of joinin' our squad!"

Ed cracks his knuckles. Moray draws their sword with a grin. Ace draws playing cards between his fingers. Mooch steals some cash from Moray's pocket when no one's looking. Enemies approaching. Or rather, your own "teammates". And Moray looks especially excited.