Gun-Shy: Northern Diamond

A Story by Abishai100

A vignette about a gunslinger-circus event in Western civilization reminding us of the 'light' of danger.

An old-school gunslinger tall-tale loosely inspired by the very fun American film The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi).

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Welcome to the northern tip of Ireland, Northern Ireland, where there's long stretches of roads and greenery, inviting the modern adventurer to participate in a secret world-group meeting of stunt-men gunslingers called Ronin who love this brand of landscape roaming.

The gunslingers (Ronin) will be participating in a special gun-shooting contest somewhere in the deep of Northern Ireland, and they come from all walks of life and backgrounds and have various kinds of skill-displays and training when it comes to the re-presentation of shooting-talent and gifts. The Ronin will be showcasing their special favorite guns during this special event made for modern comic books too.

One of the attendees is an Algerian dentist named Amlan Satan (code-name: Storm-Shadow) who's gotta special-love for turning into a bandit-like gun-shooter for this Northern Ireland Ronin-invitation contest of skill-and-gifts, and he's in love with the idea that he can 'transform' into a rogue wanderer and escape his dentistry-job for a while to parade some shootist-skills in a land otherwise beset by terrible sectarian journalism, making him a poster-man for the Ronin.

The Ronin who're invited to attend this awesome event in idyllic Northern Ireland are considered some of the most mysterious/unknown but circus-friendly 'artists' the world has ever known, but no one knows who they are --- they therefore reserve this imaginarium-display for the special country presentation of the imagery behind human secrecy!

Who knows which Ronin will/can win the heart of a foxy-damsel during this Northern Irish countryside gun-shootist battle/contest and claim the affection of an aesthetics-driven rose who just might offer some magic-wisdom regarding the human allure of skill-religion.

Not every Ronin is aware that the signature behavior of the gun-slinger/shootist contest in Northern Ireland will be marked specially by original fried-chicken dish on plates served during and before and after the shooting-display event(s). The chef(s) are fried-chicken experts who wish to make these Ronin feel they're arrived/traveled for delicious intelligence!

Another iconic Ronin attending the event this year is Leo, a Western cowboy who wields an ancient gun which he claims never misses the target; and he's gotta special love for 'diamonds' and boasts that he's in fact the 'cowboy' who's going to undoubtedly claim the rosy hand of the damsel in the field.

LEO: I just love the notion of social events/networks in this Northern Irish tip of the land creating folk-tales (color-girls)!

Fortunately, the referees/manager/attendees are all in accord regarding the customs/peace necessary to make the event of skill-display a thing of natural diplomacy and sportsmanship. We don't want wanton terrorists and maniacs wandering into Northern Ireland in this 20th-anniversary year of 9/11 and 'sullying' the green face of this countryside's hosting of this awesome gun-shootist (Ronin) adventure, right?

Another Ronin at this event in the land is a woman named Candy who's from Belfast and loves to shoot with a small silver shining rifle which she calls her Dandy, and she thinks she's way better than Leo/Satan, the two favorites at the gun-shootist event/contest.

SATAN: I was deeply honored to take home the trophy at this Northern Ireland skill-circus event!
REPORTER: How'd you do it, man; I mean, with all this other field-genius display, man?
SATAN: I was simply 'undistracted' or 'deformed' by the gems/damsels in pageantry, good journalist!
REPORTER: Well, your target-sheet certainly reveals a direct-line to double-gun timed rate-climbing bullseyes.

SATAN: It's all in the fingers, really.

REPORTER: Really?

Now, there's special post-event newsie-chatter that the Ronin-event will inspire a wealthy baron from Dublin and Amsterdam to invest in a new 'circus-town' for casino-alternative sleepy-travel town in this area of Northern Ireland, and perhaps all this 'human splendor' will help this troubled/weary land get over the historic 'scars' (horrors!) of terrorism and governance failures. Perhaps...