Shadows Of The Gun

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The Wild West. Daunting. Unforgiving. Untamed. You know better than anyone the tragedies that have plagued these lands, the injustices that have been committed, and the lives that have been lost. You've seen it all. Seen good people fall victim to the ruthlessness and corruption, seen entire towns burn to the ground, and watched families be torn apart by violence and greed. For as long as you can remember, you've been a renegade, living on the edge of society. You've never known stability or security, always moving from town to town never settling down. You've been forced to leave nothing but a trail of pain and destruction in your wake. Never been able to stop long enough to think about the consequences. But is that all you are? Given the chance to change, would you take it? To give instead of take. To help instead of hurt. To build instead of destroy. Or do you want to continue down the same path? To forever be the child without a home, without purpose, without hope. Will you make sure the West remains untamed or will you too look for a new beginning? //- Customize who you are in the Wild West: appearance, sex, gender, and sexuality// //- Be an angry little gremlin who's trying to find the place they want in the world// //- Make life harder for your make shift family or just for yourself// //- Risk making friends and falling in love. Will you be able to let them go when it's time to run again?// //- Be an absolute disaster of an outlaw// Welcome to Shadows of The Gun! This game is rated 18+. This is very much still a work in progress, if you have any tips or suggestions feel free to send them in to me on tumblr. Hope you enjoy!<3 [[I would like a detailed list of possible triggers an warnings |Tigger Warnings]] [[Im ready to face what the West has in store |Gender select]]

'Trigger Warnings for the following' - Mentions of pregnacy/giving birth - Child Abuse/Neglect - Gore - Violence - Consumption of drugs and alcohol - Potential Sexual Content - Gun Violence If there are any others that come up in the story and I havent tagged them please let me know. [[On to the story! |Gender select]]

Please select your pronouns (these can be changed later<3) <<listbox "$pronouns">> <<option 'She/Her'>> <<option 'He/Him'>> <</listbox>> [[On to the story! |Birth of a Blessing]]

Virginia January 25, 1860 Andrew paces. It's all he has been able to do for the last hour. He paces and listens to his wife's screams of pain as she gives birth to their child. He wanted to stay with her, be by her side as she fought to bring such a precious life into the world, but she quickly grew tired of his never-ending rambling. The doctor said that they’ll make sure to retrieve him as soon as she was ready for him to come back in, so now all he is left to do is pace and pray that everything will be fine. Pray that the Lord will continue to bless them. That He’ll continue to keep his wife safe. They’re His chosen He must keep them safe. Andrew knows that if Julia and his child were to die tonight, that means God needed them up with Him. They had fulfilled their duty the best they could, and the Lord had felt that it was best He had them up in heaven with Him. “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away” Andrews mutters to himself, yet he finds no comfort in the thought. He doesn’t want to lose his beautiful wife and their child which Juila has fought so hard to keep. The pregnancy has been hard on her, harder than it should've been. It left Juila bedridden for the past two weeks, so ill that she could barely keep anything down. The doctors had told them with how difficult things have been the chances of the child being healthy and able to survive are incredibly low. So low it would be a miracle if the child made it through the first night, and the chances of Julia surviving the birth weren't much better. Yet Andrew continues to pray. Pray for the love of his life. Pray for the child he already knows he would do anything for. Pray that God bless them and allow them to continue along their path. Pray that everything will be //alright.// [[Suddenly, he hears a cry |Meeting Blessing]]

<<if $pronouns is 'She/Her'>> <<set $son to 'daughter'>> <<set $he to 'she'>> <<set $boy to 'girl'>> <<set $him to 'her'>> <<elseif $pronouns is 'He/Him'>> <<set $son to 'son'>> <<set $he to 'he'>> <<set $boy to 'boy'>> <<set $him to 'him'>> <</if>> A beautiful cry that brings tears to his eyes. He rushes to the door only to find it still locked. He knocks, and after a moment, it swings open, revealing the doctor smiling brightly at him. Before the doctor is able to utter a word Andrew pushes past him to see Julia holding a small bundle. She looks exhausted. A sheen of sweat covered her face, frizzy hair falling out of her braid. //“Still the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen,”// Andrew thinks. She looks up from the bundle, smiling at him as if she could hear his thoughts. “Gonna keep standing over there looking like an idiot or are you going to come meet your $son” Without a second of hesitation, Andrew rushes forward to Julias' side. This close to her, he can see the toll the birth has taken on her. For a second, he freezes, and a terrifying thought crosses his mind. //I could still lose her tonight.// //I could lose her and be left alone.// //''I could still lose both of them tonight.''// These thoughts stop him from getting any closer. Fearful that his touch might be the very thing that kills them. Instead, he stands there. He stands there and stares at his family. They're alive and in front of him, but all he can do, is think about a world without them. Julia is calling his name, //he can hear her//, yet he cannot manage to break his trance and respond. Then, the bundle in her arms starts to cry, and his trance is broken. “Are you alright?” Julia asks, worry heavy in her voice. “Yes, I'm fine. I'm sorry, I don't know where I went there,” he responds. Julia stares at him for a second, not believing him in the slightest but not having enough energy to call him out on it. “Well, would you like to hold your $son?,” she asks with a tired smile and holds the $boy out to him. Andrew reaches out and slowly takes the babe into his arms, terrified of dropping $him. He moves out of the way of the midwife helping clean up Julia and sits down in the chair by the window. As he stares down at his $son ,all he can think about is how desperate he is to know what type of person $he will grow to be. Andrew looks up, not noticing that the midwife and doctor had left the room several minutes ago, to see Julia smiling at the two of them, half awake. He stands and goes to sit on the bed next to her. “Have you decided on a name, my love?” he asked her, knowing his wife most likely had already changed the name they had agreed on earlier. <<textbox "$name" "">> [[Next|Name Response]]

<<if $pronouns is 'She/Her'>> <<set $boy to 'girl'>> <<set $son to 'daughter'>> <<set $boys to 'girls'>> <<elseif $pronouns is 'He/Him'>> <<set $boy to 'boy'>> <<set $son to 'son'>> <<set $boys to 'boys'>> <</if>> “...$name” Andrew pauses for a moment, testing the name, making sure it felt right. After a moment, he smiles “I think $name is perfect.” He leans forward and kisses Julia on the crown of her head. “Sleep, we’ll be right here” he whispers against her hair. “You wake me if anything happens alright” she sternly tells him. He nods, but she is already asleep, how Julia manages to be terrifying even while bedbound is something Andrew will never understand. Still holding the baby in his arms, Andrew moves back over to the chair he was sitting in before. He looks down at the $boy, “You know $name, you’re pretty special” He shifts and brushes the little tuft of hair on the $boys head. “Well, all three of us are pretty special. We’re the ones who get to fulfill God's will. We had to take a little break when we found out you were going to be here too, but that’s alright. We’ll get back to our duty soon” Andrew smiles, looking at his $son with nothing but love and warmth “And this time we’re bringing our own little blessing with us.” [[End Demo |Wanted]]

Thats all for now! Chapter 1 will be out as soon as possible. You can report any bugs or issues over on my tumblr: https://shadowsofthegun-if.tumblr.com/ Thank you so much for playing<3