Re: Repercussions
In reply to Carl (msg #63):
Tex was big. Tex was mean. Tex had once broken a steer's neck just by punching it. Tex had survived being flayed alive while a bullet wormed its way through his guts.
But though Tex was big, and mean, and not easy on the eyes, he was also the dumb kid everyone had picked on. He'd gotten into a lot of fights because of it. And though he was dumb as a bag of hammers, he had a sort of animal cunning that told him which targets were the easier ones. He knew the ones who would fold at the first punch from the ones who would fight until they couldn't move no more.
Carl was one of the later. Tex knew this. He'd seen it when they were just children, in Blackthorn's golden years. He'd seen it when Dave got in Carl's way. And he was seeing it now.
Tex stood there, weighing his options. Was he really sure he wanted to do this? Was he really sure that he could stop the wild boy? Perhaps. But it would hurt, and, big and tough as he was, Tex still hated pain. But Mistah Wiggles, who'd helped him and his brother, made them big and strong, he was in trouble. Nate had said so. But Nate never really was all that nice to him. But Carl had made Nate go away forever, and Carl would do the same to all Tex loved. But...
All Carl could see was the look of distant confusion across the giant's face. He had stopped moving forward, had hesitated. This was the opening he'd been hoping for...
((OOC: Tex rolls spirit to resist: 23:22, Today: Tex rolled 4,1 using d6,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1. Resisting Test of Wills. Well, that's a Success and Raise. Tex is currently Shaken, and Carl gets a +2 bonus to his next action against Tex))