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the "dollars" trilogy - man with no name

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Always gets quiet after a couple of day like that.

And that doesn't break my heart.

[ooc: Cut for large but SFW picture...of a field. Cowboy's just hanging around outside town, taking pictures of fields (well, only one). Hassle him if you like--in person or via Network. I'm sorry I've sucked so hard at posting and tagging lately. Forgive me...]

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[The best cure for post-curse moping is, of course, walking, particularly in relatively secluded areas. That's exactly what Penny's doing.

Except this relatively secluded area is occupied.

She gets close enough to the cowboy (he looks awfully familiar) to follow his gaze, trying to figure out what he's looking at.]

That's a nice view.

[Ho there, interloper...

No, actually, he just turns a little to look at her, then turns back. Horse is there. Horse is just hanging around, being a horse, eating grass.]

Yeah.

Sure would be good if it kept going like that.

And if it wasn't so close to a cursed City. It's still nice, though.

[Oh, hey. A horse.]

Is the horse yours?

[A look at the horse.]

Yeah.

Neat.

[That silence? It feels awkward on Penny's end.]

Hey, have I seen you around here before? You look super familiar, but I'm blanking on your name.

You might have. Wouldn't be surprised.

[Nope. Not gonna work.]

So you've been around for a while, huh? It's been almost half a year for me.

[She holds a hand out for a handshake. Do you do those, cowboy?]

I'm Penny, by the way. It's nice to meet you.

That's more than a little while.

[Yeah, he does those--so long as you don't mind callouses and tobacco-stained fingers and dirt and all that (manly!) stuff.]

Hello.

[Penny. Not a bad name.]

At least it's not a long while. Some people've been here for years.

[As someone who regularly shakes hands with hobos, Penny isn't put off by the unwashed manliness.

And there's one of those pauses again.]

I'm sorry. I'll just--you know, you're busy with the... looking at things. Didn't mean to keep you from it. I'll just go, but it really was great to meet you.

Yeah. So I heard.

[He's just hanging around and smoking. You know. But if you want to go...that's fine...

The smallest of non-committal head-tilts. Meaning, "whatever you want to do."]

[The strong, silent type--very nice. Capable. Manly. And there's something appealing about the way he smokes, even though Penny's very much against the habit, and--

Oh. She was leaving.]

See you around!