@dysquiet cont. from (x).
Wide grin spreads on what would be flawless features, if not for the eyepatch he wore over his left eye and the mass of scarring that spread out underneath it, laughter in his tone and his body language, pure and utter delight, even without being that drunk. The man raises his own glass eagerly, raising his right eyebrow and then downing it, then tilting his head back and laughing, a sweet, wonderful noise, like church bells on a Sunday morning.
“Curious sort, aren’t you?” He all but coos at Richie, seeming nothing but eager to be entertaining the question. “Well, that’s quite alright! The same has been said about me! It’s also been said that I am utterly insufferable to be around, that I’m annoying, that I’m tactless, oh, how people just love to go on and on and on about me! But what a wonderful curse, wouldn’t you say? For even if they despise me, I’m always floating around in someone’s mind.”
Cuthbert talks and talks and talks and talks. He loves it, he can’t get enough of it, he can’t get enough of the air in this bar, of the excitement from conversing with someone who seems just as apt to carry on conversation as he is. His right eye is bright and alive, he’s practically wriggling out of his seat.
Empty glass is slammed against the bar, his smile only growing wider as he speaks. “Why, I’d take any death over quitting, so I would indeed! I’d stand against thousands of men with only two six guns and a small posse and go down without a single complaint! For as my old teacher- horrible as he was, he did have a point with this one- said, Control the things you can control, maggot. Let everything else take a flying fuck at you and if you must go down, go down with your guns blazing!” “
And as he quotes his old teacher, his voice utterly changes, it goes low and growly and rough, the voice of a scoundrel who inflicts pain and loves to do it. A perfect impression, really, it’s something Cuthbert has always been good at and as he finishes it he straightens back up and laughs again.