*alden stagecoach guy voice* heyyyyyyy
Don’t get sick of me but I’m simply dying to know 🥃❓🧣 for Bede. My greed sickens me
RDR OC Ask game by @ diolordofdorkness!!
Alden voice and questions about Bede, I could never get sick of you <3 Thanks so much for sending these! <3 (I was going to do this all quickly and cute and oh no it got so lomg)
🥃 - What are they most likely to order at the saloon?
Before hanging out with Arthur regularly, Bede was pretty conservative at the saloon and rarely if ever would drink more than a single shot of whiskey. She's often slightly on edge in crowded public places, and wary of the kinds of shenanigans that can erupt in saloons whether she's involved or not. She doesn't really like whiskey but she'll drink it, since it's often cheap. She won't drink beer, not even stouts (she feels the weight of disapproval of the ancestors but she disregards it) In her 20s, she made a friend who introduced her to rum. She has fond memories of time spent with that friend, so she'll order it when saloons have it, although she finds whiskey is easier to come by and tends to be better thought of.
Did I get sidetracked lightly researching what was available in the 19th century? maybe Once she starts feeling comfortable (and companionable and hopeful) around Arthur she finds (to her quiet delight) she can relax in saloons more than ever before. For two reasons, the first being she trusts him. He tells her he's got her back and then she finds he does. After a while, she trusts this so implicitly she can be quite relaxed in a saloon. The second is people simply do not start shit with Arthur the way they would with her. Sometimes he starts shit (Arthurrrrr) but that's rare enough that she doesn't begrudge him it. The third reason I didn't plan to mention initially is occasionally the gang goes out to saloons together and while this increases the liklihood of shenanigans to almost 100%, it's not the kind of shenanigans she has to be worried about.
Side note, Arthur is an affectionate, blushing drunk and now I am imagining them both three sheets to the wind, rosy-cheeked, and holding each other up a bit as they try very subtly to compliment each other in a way which isn't illegal (as according to the rules of two idiots who are in love but haven't figured out how to say it). Arthur's "you smell real nice" lives rent-free in my head
❓️ - Give a random [fun] fact about your OC!
Bede is wicked good at five finger fillet. She's always been very competitive, and she used to play a version of the game (with the handle down, not the blade) at the table with her Da, when he was alive. She's since upgraded to a big ol' hunting knife and practices often. Maybe because she enjoys it (which is true), or maybe because she takes special delight in beating men at it. Even Arthur, though of course he's a good sport about it. He does worry if she slips maybe she'd cut one of her slender fingers clean off, but he's never seen her so much as nick herself.
After she joins the gang, Sean Maguire declares boldly that he will be able to catch her on an off day and beat her at the game, which she thinks is rather funny.
After the first time she beat Arthur at the game, she challenged him to an arm wrestle (and immediately lost. But she also held his hand so did she lose really?)
🧣 - Do they have a specific piece of clothing or an accessory they consider their favourite? If so, is there a reason behind this?
ooh this one is so fun. I am steepling my fingers and pondering. I think the sentimental items she has aren't clothing: her saddle was given to her by her mother, who has not always understood Bede but who does love her and tried to show it in this one gift. She has a spotted shirtwaist (white, with black spots) that's really too fine for the kind of rough wear that comes with bounty hunting, which was gifted to her by that friend I mentioned in the first question (her name is Clementine, which was originally intended as a placeholder name but it's been a year and I think it's stuck). Late in 1897 or early 1898 Events Are Going To Transpire where she loses her revolver and Arthur (who blames himself) gifts her one of his Schofields after having the grip customised with a snarling cougar :3. (OH wait the important part of this also was he had the grip made a little smaller, to fit her hand better. Because she doesn't need a weaker weapon, just one that's tailored to fit her smaller size. That's when she's like "if I don't kiss this man soon I am going to die") It's not clothes. But it does become one of her very favourite things, shockingly
ooh I forgot I made this banner. Bottom of the post banner, why not
Art by @lousysharkbutt, font is ChineseRocks by Typodermic Fonts, background is nicked from the RDR2 character art & edited by meee :3
