This section outlines the logic required for the server-side script.

TITLE: LAST WHISTLE
CHARACTERS: SHERIFF MORAN (50s, tired), MURDERER JESS (30s, feral)

SCENE 1
Abandoned railroad depot. Moran has Jess cornered behind a water tower.

MORAN: Twelve bodies, Jess. Twelve. You think a fast draw buys forgiveness?
JESS (laughing): No. It buys a head start.

Jess throws a handful of dust. Moran flinches – Jess draws.

[FAST DRAW – Sheriff gets +2 for anticipating the dust trick]
If Sheriff wins: Moran shoots the revolver out of Jess’s hand. Jess snarls.
If Murderer wins: Jess shoots Moran’s belt buckle (non‑fatal) and vanishes into a passing freight car.

RESOLUTION LINE (Moran, if he wins): “Pick up the gun. Slowly. We’re walking to the gallows together.”

In the script, include variables for Eye Contact. If the player (as Sheriff) holds eye contact during the murderer's monologue, they gain "Resolve" but lose "Awareness" (slower draw). If they look at the gun hand, they draw faster but the murderer gets an insult bonus (damage to morale).

The script opens mid-chase or mid-standoff. The town is evacuated. A single street stretches between the Jailhouse (Law) and the Saloon (Chaos). The dialogue here is exposition through threat.

A true "Murderers vs. Sheriffs" script is not a single moment; it is a three-act play compressed into fifteen minutes of screen time or one level of gameplay.