⅋ 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴏɴʟy ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴏʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ.

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#𝐃𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐒ㅤ—ㅤIndependent, exclusive, selective BOOTHILL from Honkai: Star Rail. Alternate verses i. E. Genshin available. 𝖢𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽, taking inspiration from various media such as RDR2 and similar. He is written with a more outlaw-centric angle despite being a Galaxy Ranger. 𝑳𝑶𝑾 𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑻𝒀. Will not write with minors and those under the age of 21 years. First established on the 17th March 2023, as hunted down by Robin. ( 30+ years, he / him ) Mature themes will be present.

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅ㅤ...ㅤa lone star riding, going against the grain, vigilante justice, being an unconventional hero, staring down the barrel of a smoking gun, avenging those you loved, giving up your old life, becoming reforged in flames, exchanging what is left of your humanity for steel, how much of you is really still human, are you the man or are you only the machine ... ?

💥ㅤ𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋ㅤㅤ@agnisus 💥ㅤ𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇ㅤㅤ@rosenpiety,ㅤ@gemkun,ㅤ@blindbet,ㅤ@iiryoku,ㅤ@kafkaisms

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SaSDJASJDASD I love Andrew 😭

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I do not think I ever posted this but modern!Boothill has tattoos like these.

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MY BEAUTIFUL GORGEOUS COWBOY I SCREAMMMMMM

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𖣓 WHAT ELEMENT DO YOU CONNECT WITH?

FIRE AS KNOWLEDGE. The gods punished Prometheus for giving fire to humanity because they knew the power that knowledge held. Here, fire is less about heat and more about light. Illumination is the most necessary thing. You experience the world by watching, voraciously, always looking for the most fascinating thing that you can experience. You value being a jack-of-all-trades and when you find something that grabs you, you're all in. This zest for life is valuable, but it also makes you flighty, restless. You may have trouble sticking to things once their shine has worn off. Your constant search for a higher purpose makes you suspectable to missing out on things that you wouldn't have if you had slowed down a little bit. Don't forget to make an effort to turn that intense, thorough focus onto the good things you already have.

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𖣓 PEOPLE I WANT TO GET TO KNOW BETTER

LAST SONG LISTENED TO: Wildflowers and Wild Horses, Lainey Wilson. It's one of the songs on my Boothill playlist when I work on his drafts. 💕 FAVORITE COLOR: Pink. But I also really like blue! CURRENTLY WATCHING: Weekly Link Click with @gemkun, @blindbet and sometimes @halovien and @starspurn 👉🏼👈🏼 Season 3 has been wilding. LAST MOVIE I WATCHED: I think it might be Deadpool & Wolverine. SPICY, SAVORY OR SWEET? Sweet, German tastebuds can't handle spice. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Taken since 2020. LAST THING I GOOGLED: ... Yaoi Movies. 😶 LISTEN, I WAS HANGING OUT WITH @gemkun AND @halovien YESTERDAY AND NOBODY KNEW A GOOD MLM MOVIE!! We did find one, but then watched P5 instead. CURRENT OBSESSION: HSR obviously! But I also have worms in my brain working more on my own fantasy headworld again, so there is that too.

TAGGED BY: @halovien & @herotheisms ( ty! ) TAGGING: Most people already did this, but if you didn't, feel tagged!

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     Fool would've preferred to walk  &&  talk, make a dramatic show out of their interaction. However, the threat of firearm keeps him grounded, his hand the only thing that moves leisurely. Not his first bounty hunter  &&  he'll see to it that it won't be his last he deals with either, but the way the man opposite him carries let's him discern that this won't be easy to weasel his way out of. What's more, he couldn't avoid letting this cowboy come so close. Where Sampo typically has the upper hand or is a few steps ahead, Boothill never dithered, catching up with little issue.

        ❝  &&  what exactly do you get out of hearing what I have to say. You're in it for the money, right ?  ❞  Purposefully trying to provoke, though only in an effort to see his true colors where possible. That  &&  talking about what he might've been doing to piss people off might not guarantee a single thing.  ❝ It's not really fair for me to be confiding in you when I know you're just thinking about the payout. ❞

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ㅤㅤ❝ Heh ... yer a slick one, alright — still tryin' to wriggle yer way outta this mess. ❞ㅤHis fingers tap steadily against the grip of his holstered revolver, TRIGGER FINGER ITCHING.ㅤ❝ Ya got part of it right. Sure, the pay's enough to keep me interested, but cash ain't the only reason I've made it my business to chase down lowlifes. ❞ㅤIf justice was just another paycheck to him, what kind of man would he be, after all? No better than those varmints he brought in. And for all the grit he showed, the gunslinger still lived by his own strict code ; punishment ought to fit the crime, no more ( and no less ) than that.

ㅤㅤ❝ Now, thing is, I don't put much stock in the judgement of others. TOO MANY FAT CATS out there thinkin' they can use me to clear the board, callin' it justice when all they want is their competition gone. ❞ㅤFor better or worse, Boothill had been down that road before — chasing shadows only to find the so-called villain at the end of his sights was not the monster they had been made out to be.ㅤ❝ So, what's it gonna be? ❞ㅤHe gives the man a long, deliberate once-over.ㅤ❝ Ya feelin' lucky enough to try and outrun my iron, or are ya ready to spill the truth about what you've really been up to here? ❞

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I probably won't be around much today / tomorrow and stick my head in the sand because I got some bad news yesterday and just wanna distract my brain. 😔 There is still stuff in my queue luckily but I won't be very present ooc or on the dash. More under the cut because it's possibly tw.

As some people maybe remember or already know, one of the reasons I was gone for that long originally was a combo-whombo of top surgery + one of my birds dying + my mom getting diagnosed with cancer literally all in the same month and it's been pretty rough since. She could fortunately still undergo surgery, but if anyone here knows anything about pancreatic cancer, it's one of the worst ones you can get and god awful. For a while, everything was semi-ok but just got the news yesterday that she might have recurrence, which I knew had a high chance to happen eventually ; I just thought there would be more time. So now I have to figure out asap where to get a job and an apartment because the time pressure is back on. I have job interviews next week and all that and once I have a job I will be more relaxed but rn it's all a bit too much to wrap my head around. 😭 So if I appear flaky oocly, this is why and I do apologize. I will still write here since it's also a good distraction but my focus will be on getting a job and moved into an apartment asap first and foremost. If I am not responsive ooc please don't take it personally, I probably am just not in the headspace for it. 😓

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Dropping my UID again since I haven't done so in a while. All my supports are E6 ( Boothill E6S5, Sunday E6S2, Dan Heng E6S2 ) so they should be quite helpful! If my friend list is full lemme know, and also let me know if you add me so I can give you a nickname and prevent purging. 600146902

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                                    ❝ A natural? You think too highly of me. My                                        expertise came from centuries of experience.                                        Repetition could make anyone an expert                                        at their craft. ❞ 

                    ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ―― 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 down to the board before the returned to looking at 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋, noticing his expression. Ah, it seems he caught his interest, though It would have been strange for someone known for avoiding the spotlight to walk right into the sunshine. It made him curious about what his intentions were. That was why 𝐉𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐔𝐀𝐍 personally received his request for an audience. He leaned his cheek against his fist as an eased cat-like smile flashed on his expression. His fingers grazed across the pieces in contemplation of his move before picking a piece. But how curious that even his childhood dreams were a conversation amongst those outside his inner circle. He couldn't be surprised if 𝐐𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐙𝐔 let it slip before he arrived. It was a dream he had long given up on after becoming a starry-eyed 𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐓. The life of the shadows wouldn't have suited someone like himself where the sun often radiated from. 

                                    ❝ Mmmm, I think I would have failed at avoiding                                         attracting attention and keeping to the shadows.                                         But a child's dream is in its own world without                                        understanding the gravity of the path. In the end                                        I am still a faithful follower of 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓. ❞ 

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ㅤㅤAh, such a humble way to sweep HIS STORIED TRIUMPHS aside — how could any true devotee of the Hunt claim ignorance to these illustrious tales of ages past, recounting the feats of a general still beheld with admiration? The corners of his mouth curved into a faint, knowing smile that betrayed the truth, though he chose not to dismantle the other's humble facade. Instead, his gaze drifts back towards the chessboard, a quiet chuckle still under his breath.

ㅤㅤ❝ Well, some of us ain't exactly known for bein' sneaky. Some folk are all about standin' out rather than hidin' in shadows. ❞ㅤHis smile unfurls into the lazy crescent of a grin, nudging his hat backwards with the push of his finger, allowing the brief flash of teeth.ㅤ❝ If yer askin' me, the Hunt ain't carin' how you go 'bout it — as long as you've got the guts to see things through, you can choose whichever path suits you. ❞ㅤLeaning forward, his fingers pluck a solitary chip from the board, idly spinning it between his fingers while he contemplated his next move.ㅤ❝ It's all 'bout the grit, ❞ㅤhe adds, his gaze absently studying the game before him,ㅤ❝ THE DETERMINATION ya lay upon the table. ❞ㅤWith a decisive clink, he places the chip down against the wood, the sound punctuation the weight of his words. When Boothill leans back this time, head tilted slightly, there's the faintest glint of challenge in his eyes.

ㅤㅤ❝ But ya already knew that, didn'tcha? ❞ㅤNo doubt far better than he did, for all the seasons he had followed the Hunt, his existence was but a fleeting ember compared to the undying flames which blazed within the people of the Xianzhou.ㅤ❝ Still, y'never know ... maybe that road of yours'll lead ya to the Rangers one day after all. Stranger things've happened, that's for sure. ❞

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Finishing up Penacony exploration because I was too lazy to do it before, and I think I just encountered my spirit animal ...

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Already made one @agnisus but ofc I can't leave Boothill out. // template

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Amphoreus experience be like ...

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" do you seriously think you're above the rules? " the stupid ones, yeah.

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      ' ━! ' Kaeya knows better to speak- or worse, yell- names to attract someone's attention. most of the times, it tends to work a little too well in attracting unwanted glances, too. let's call it common sense, then, when he sees someone that's almost impossible to not recognize, and quickens his steps so they can walk side by side- as if it was the most natural thing in the world. he trusts he'll be identified- if not by the sound of his steps, from his attire. it's not everyday that you see both his hairstyle and the striking cobalt tumbling down his bare shoulder.

      ' hi, ' and there it is- one of the brightest smile that does reach his eyes, a twinkling star in a pale diamond as he looks up at the familiar face- that happens to be Boothill, in the metal flesh. 

      ' i'm kind of glad you travel a lot too, ' it's the first thing that comes to mind, an observation, ' so we can keep meeting often! it's always fun when we see eachother. '

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ㅤㅤHE CAUGHT FOOTSTEPS long before the figure came into view, turning with a cocked brow to see who it might be, not having expected any company today. But encountering a new ( or familiar ) face on these starlit trails was ultimately not too unexpected, meeting all sorts of folk traveling these roads. However, even with this in mind, Boothill could not entirely hide a flicker of surprise when he recognized the person falling into stride alongside him.

ㅤㅤ❝ Well, if it ain't Kaeya! ❞ㅤHis expression eased into a grin, tipping the brim of his hat in greeting.ㅤ❝ Hell, I'd spot that cobalt mane of yers from miles away! Sure's a pleasure runnin' into ya here, didn't think ya were stickin' 'round these parts. ❞ㅤNor had he planned to remain here for as long as he did, but in retrospect, it seemed to be A BLESSING IN DISGUISE. With the universe so vast and unpredictable, the odds of meeting old companions too often hinged on the whims of fate. Halting in his step, Boothill turns fully to address the other, one hand habitually resting atop the holster of his gun.

ㅤㅤ❝ Y'know, I was just fixin' to go down to my FAVORITE WATERIN' HOLE in town. ❞ㅤThe gunslinger inclines his head, nodding into the general direction of said location, only a couple streets down the bend.ㅤ❝ How 'bout it? We can catch up over a drink or two — my treat, 'course. Whaddya say? ❞

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      ⸻       if   he   hadn't   seen   mechanical   digits   ,   inching   towards   his   stationed   figure   —   he   may   have   tensed   under   the   intrusion   of   chilled   pads.   he   does   not   ,   though   ,   when   eyes   catch   the   execution   beginning   to   play   out   ,   and   observe   the   intention   emanating   off   the   gunslinger.   instead   ,   his   expression   remains   as   placid   as   it   had   been   ,   with   no   shift   other   than   the   crease   of   lids.   narrowing   a   gaze   that   questions   the   reason   behind   this   sudden   choice   of   interaction.

  ❝   what   do   you   think   you're   doing   ?   ❞

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ㅤㅤPERHAPS IT WAS A BOLD MOVE, some people may even say it could be considered overstepping boundaries, but in the gunslinger's eyes, it was simple curiosity with no ill intent ; feeling all around rather at ease with the express's archivist after their previous IMPROMPTU ADVENTURES. Given that Dan Heng also did not appear to object, he saw no reason to withdraw his hand, lips quirking up into a lop-sided smirk instead, keeping the atmosphere casual.

ㅤㅤ❝ Yer a dragon of sorts, ain't ya? ❞ㅤHe leans back slightly, just enough to glance at Dan Heng's face from behind.ㅤ❝ Heard a fella say they fancy this kinda thing, figured ya wouldn't be much different — 'course, me doin' it probably ain't givin' ya the full experience. ❞ㅤWith both of his hands having been REFORGED FROM STEEL, they not only felt devoid of warmth against the other's skin, but also relied on dulled sensation. Thus, he was a bit more careful out of pure habit.ㅤ❝ But ya don't seem to be mindin' too much. ❞

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                        ❝   with all due respect,  mr. boothill.   ❞   sunday began calmly,  his words laced with a veneer of politeness that thinly veiled a more cutting sentiment.   ❝   i would rather not take advice from someone who has ventured beyond their comfort zone a bit too much.   ❞   despite the pointed nature of his comment,  sunday maintained a polite expression as he regarded the cyborg once more.   ❝   there are plenty of risks worth taking,  but only a fool would embark on a venture knowing they cannot emerge victorious.   ❞  

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ㅤㅤ❝ I ain't sayin' I don't take risks — but shoot, sometimes ya just gotta stick yer neck out. Ya know how the sayin' goes, nothin' ventured, nothin' gained. ❞ㅤGranted, such sentiment might be lost on someone like Sunday. Though the man was undeniably sharp, he evidently was the sort who would rather choose the comfort of predictable outcomes over chances of failure or nebulous rewards.ㅤ❝ If ya don't give it a go, even when the odds ain't stackin' up in your favor, well ... yer just throwin' away your shot at success right from the start. Thinkin' yer gonna lose 'fore ya even take a swing? That ain't gonna get you nowhere — better to have tried and failed than not at all, I reckon. ❞