Le joueur s'est rasé.
Il avait essayé de faire pousser une barbe, une fois, mais s'était vite rendu compte que c'était la mauvaise partie du monde pour elle. Trop chaud, trop gritty, trop brillant. Et donc chaque matin c'était un rasage précis, quelques éclaboussures d'eau froide, un peu de rhum de la baie. Il était devenu un rituel, vraiment, inchangé par la géographie.
C'était quoi, cette ville? Fort Hidly? Sûrement. Il était très tard quand il est arrivé, et il était allé directement au lit. Un lit loué à l'arrière du magasin général, bien sûr. Il n'avait pas voulu risquer l'hôtel, car il n'aurait probablement pas eu droit à une chambre.
Sammy Lin a lâché, lui a frotté une main sur le visage. Doucement. Parfait. La façon dont il l'aimait. Il a commencé à tirer sur son costume blanc. Lin connaissait ces gens du pays. Un Chinois dans un costume cher, bafouant un jeu de cartes, demandant juste des ennuis. Quelqu'un voudrait un jeu, et cette personne le sous-estimerait. Ils l'ont toujours fait.
Bien sûr, il y avait toujours la possibilité qu'ils essaient de le voler. Et donc il a soigneusement mis la longue dague dans sa botte.
Il a pris soin de quitter le magasin général par la porte de derrière. Le propriétaire avait été assez gentil pour le laisser rester là, il n'avait aucun sens embarrassant l'homme en apparaissant avec lui en public. Sammy Lin a pris un moment pour se familiariser, puis est entré dans le saloon.
Et donc le joueur a pris un siège vers le dos, costume blanc là-bas pour attraper l'œil. Il a lentement serré un jeu de cartes et a attendu un défi.
Username - Polyphemus
Character Name - Samuel Lin
Nickname - Sammy
Age - 36
Occupation - Gambler
Gender - Male
Height - 5'7"
Weight - 138
Appearance - Lin is a wiry man of Han Chinese descent, with refined facial features and short-cut dark hair. He is short and thin, and often chooses to move very slowly.
Clothing - Lin likes suits, typically of light material and color to combat the desert heat. This is complimented by a white straw hat and a very shiny pair of brown leather boots, which he is somewhat vain about.
Starting location - Fort Hadly
Skills - Lin makes his living off gambling, so naturally most of his skills lie in this area. He has a natural talent for reading people, and can usually intuit someone's emotional state or whether or not they're lying. In addition, Lin is also extremely fast and possesses excellent reflexes and reaction time.
Weaknesses - While very quick, Lin lacks physical strength, forcing him to depend on flight or the element of surprise in physical encounters. A prolonged fight is not going to end in his favor. In addition, he has the misfortune of being Chinese in a time and place when non-whites were treated very poorly.
Weaponry - Lin keeps a ten-inch dagger sheathed safely in his left boot, ready to be drawn in a hurry.
Equipment - Lin lives out of a suitcase, usually traveling from town to town by train or coach. His trunk contains:
-One deck of playing cards
-A backgammon set
-Two other suits
-A razor
-A tin of tooth powder
-Comb
-Boot polish and brush
-Bottle of brandy
Personality - Lin is not averse to taking risks, indeed, his career as a gambler is almost as much about adventure as it is money. He dislikes taking unfair advantage over people, as well as those who do so regularly. An unfair victory is meaningless in his eyes.
Biography - Lin and his parents were among the first waves of Chinese immigrants to arrive in the United States to work on the Transcontinental Railroad. What little leisure time he managed during that enormous project was usually spent learning English from native workers- along with games of chance. The idea of gambling appealed to his competitive spirit, and he soon discovered that he possessed a natural talent for it. He was able to make enough money to support himself and still have a little left over for his parents. Eventually, he bought some suits and started wandering the Southwest, in search of a big enough pot and a big enough thrill.
Not perfect, I know, had to bang it together real quick. Will refine.