omg someone coming into town bc they heard Vin was hanging out in a town called Four Corners and he’s worth money.
But they don’t have like, a wanted poster for him. They have a vague description at best, the desperate hope they’ll recognize a wanted man at worst.
So they just kind of… make it known that they’re looking for Vin Tanner. Because he has a bounty on his head. And they wanna take him in. For the bounty. Surely someone will cough up the info.
And this comes out while all the boys are sitting in the Saloon playing cards and they pause for like, three very long seconds while everyone is either staring at them waiting to see how they’re going to deal with this, or looking Anywhere But At The Guys With Guns and Inez is just staring at this idiot in shock bc…. do you not know where you are, do you not want to survive the night??
And JD, who is being educated in the ancient world by Chris and Josiah atm because the boy needs an education and sorry Buck, you can’t teach him everything and dear god we don’t want you to, has a brainwave and stands up and declares.
And the bounty hunter turns around and they’re preeeeettty sure this kid isn’t Vin Tanner. On the other hand, why on earth would he pretend to be? And while they’re puzzling it out, Josiah, who is quick on the uptake and sees exactly where this is going and also doesn’t want to have to break any arms tonight, stands up and booms
Nathan, having read all the ancient Greek and Roman stuff he can because Hippocrates, clues in, and stands up too.
Ezra stands with what can only be described as a flourish and proclaims “I am Vin Tanner!”
And after that the order loses all coherency as everyone stands up at once claiming to be Vin Tanner, and at least one argument breaks out along the lines of “I’m Vin Tanner,” “No I’m Vin!” “No I am definitely Vin, I remember it distinctly.” “bullshit! I am!” “You’re both wrong, I am.”
Mary having followed the bounty hunter into the Saloon because she is observant and had her suspicions, sees this, and is delighted. She also declares herself Vin Tanner and starts writing the lead story for the next edition of the newspaper up right then and there, while the bounty hunter’s still clutching their beer, bewildered and deeply confused and with no idea what to do.
(bonus: Chris rises slowly from his chair in the middle of all the hubbub. By the time he’s upright an unnatural hush has fallen over the Saloon. He growls “I am Vin Tanner.” And the bounty hunter promptly either faints or flees before he can even continue with his planned and terribly menacing ‘you gonna take me in?’ Vin, sitting beside him with a grin that could almost be described as dopey, drawls “you gotta work on your people skills, cowboy.”)
(it becomes a running joke that everyone refers to everyone as Mr. Tanner, especially around strangers)
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