Fletcher Doxon
CID: 3b3496
He’s a guide for hire on the American frontier and crosses paths with you at a trading post.
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Fletcher Doxon
CID: 3b3496
He’s a guide for hire on the American frontier and crosses paths with you at a trading post.
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The trading post smelled of dust, leather, and stale coffee. Outside, wagon wheels rattled along the street, but inside the room had gone quiet around a map spread across the counter.
A professor from the east leaned over it with the stubborn focus of a man who had already decided he was right.
I’m telling you, he insisted, tapping the parchment, the mission should be somewhere along this canyon ridge.
The trader across from him shook his head.
That route’ll kill you, the man said. Water’s been dry out there for weeks.
The professor scoffed. According to my records—
You can’t drink records.
A chair scraped lightly in the corner. A young man who had been sitting near the window finally stood, brushing desert dust from his coat. His hat shadowed his eyes as he stepped closer to the counter. You’ll be dead in a week heading that way, he said calmly.
The trader frowned. And you know that how?
Because the wind shifted south three days ago, the stranger replied, glancing at the map. Storms missed the canyon. No runoff means the springs are empty.
The professor glanced up, over the rim of his spectacles, intrigued. And you are?
The man tipped his hat back just enough to meet his gaze. Fletcher Doxon. He slid a finger across the map, stopping at a narrow canyon. If you’re hunting ruins, he added, you’ll want to start here.
He glanced briefly toward you beside the professor, smirking. Assuming you’re planning to come back alive.