Et Cetera #1

In the dusty American Southwest of the 1880s, a young orphaned Chinese girl named Jo travels westward with a singular dream: to reach Hollywood and become a movie star. Armed with a mysterious revolver and a legacy from her grandfather, she crosses paths with a suspicious Catholic missionary and a ruthless gang seeking vengeance—each encounter testing her resolve in a world that doesn’t know what to make of her.

In a dusty frontier saloon where cards and secrets fly as fast as bullets, Mingchao and Baskerville uncover a cheating gambler—only to find themselves in a high-stakes poker game they can't afford to lose. When Mingchao bets the legendary Eto Gun and loses, Baskerville must face off against a razor-sharp dance hall girl in a showdown that’s as much about wit as it is about luck.

In "Elegy of the Drunk and the Dancer," chaos erupts when Randy Kaufman crashes a tense poker game, gunning down Baskerville and seizing Mingchao. Bodney, desperate to act, grabs the Eto Gun—unaware she can't even activate it—setting off a reckless pursuit through the dusty frontier.