Noose Protocol
Dead Mans Hand @ River Bottoms·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Houston Finch
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · Dead Mans Hand @ River Bottoms
2
#17Now
#1Best
#21Started
16Weeks
All-In league: Noose Protocol stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptCarrier of the Crimson Cord
TroubleThe Cold Rope Creeps Near
Your Crimson Pulse Shows
The Deadlands Keep Scores
Survived By One Throw
The Noose Protocol emerged from the supernatural contracts signed by all who enter the Deadlands - invisible agreements written in blood and scored into the earth itself. It represents the frontier's own enforcement mechanism, a living system that evaluates every throw and tightens around the unworthy. The protocol was not created by any single entity but grew organically from the first culling, becoming the unseen law that governs all survival in the cursed frontier.
The Noose Protocol manifests as a spectral rope coiled around the bearer's disc bag, its fibers woven from the last desperate grabs of all who were culled. The rope pulses with a faint crimson light when rivals approach elimination, growing cold to the touch when the bearer themselves approaches the culling threshold. The protocol is connected to the frontier's supernatural ledger, allowing bearers to read the accumulated judgments written against all who ride the Deadlands.
The Noose Protocol serves as the ultimate survival system in the Deadlands - bearers understand its mechanics and can navigate around elimination while others fall. Unlike those who simply survive through skill, bearers of this protocol comprehend the frontier's judgment itself, knowing exactly when the culling is coming and how to stay one step ahead of the executioner's rope.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyA +19 over rating—1016 on a 997—and Houston Finch holds the #2 tag like a dead man's hand nobody's folding. The field averaged 55.3; Finch posted 49, six strokes better than the table, and still couldn't climb. The Noose Protocol's side quest at River Bottoms just proved the House doesn't care about your supernatural résumé when the deck's already stacked. tips digital hat The culling's portable, but apparently so's the ceiling.
adjusts headset, spits digital dust A +48 over rating—1045 on a 997—and Houston Finch still dropped from #1 to #2. That's the Dead Mans Hand table for you: you can outplay the field by twelve strokes, shoot a 48 when the field averages 59.6, and the House still rakes your ante. The Noose Protocol's traveling culling show just learned that River Bottoms doesn't care about your supernatural résumé. One spot lost, one lesson earned: the House always holds a better card than the one you're bluffing with.
A +51 over rating—1048 on a 997—and Houston Finch turns tag #21 into #1 faster than a riverboat hustler palming aces. Twenty spots gained in one round, which in this cursed frontier means the Noose Protocol didn't just migrate; it set up a new sheriff's office. The Dead Mans Hand table just got a new House, and the culling's travel itinerary is officially approved.
The Noose Protocol is taking a sabbatical from the main arc. Houston Finch is dragging that spectral rope to the Dead Mans Hand league at River Bottoms. It’s a side quest, folks. The supernatural ledger is opening a local branch office. Same judgment, different zip code. Let's see if the culling travels well.
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