Blood Gulch Arms - Tuesday

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Things were FUBAR if Tex actually missed her store. At least she called the shots here and there was no Appo breathing over her shoulder encouraging her to be polite. Whoever programmed that clone with social skills should be shot. So she sat behind her counter, datapad in hand and ignored the du- Appo standing guard across the street.


((Woe, no link to the shop lay out as I can't get memories to work. Err, it's bare!))

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip showed up sometime after lunch. "My special order in?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"Yes, arrived yesterday." Tex got up from where she was sitting. She might mutter something about paperwork and town hall.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Groovy," Pip siad, grinning.

_{[[No worries! You have admin and mayoral duties now!]]}

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Tex opened the armoured door and disappeared into the supply room. A bit later she returned with a case that she placed on the counter before Pip. "All should be in order."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip opened the case and took a look. "Mmm, beautiful. How much more do I owe you?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Tex gave him the price. "Bit cheaper than I expected."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded and wrote out a check. He slid it over to Tex. "Now, you were telling me about energy swords the last time I was here?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"One type only, they're hard to come by." Tex didn't have to go back into the supply room for this one. She reached behind her and pulled out the hilt of her own energy sword (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2_Covenant_Weapons#Energy_sword). With one sweep, she activated it to show Pip.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip tilted his head to the side, obviously impressed. "Wow. I don't suppose I could talk you into a demonstration?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"Depends what you want to demonstrate on," Tex turned off the sword and tossed Pip the hilt.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip's eye widened as he caught the hilt. "Do you have anything like a test dummy or something in the back? And where's the on switch?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Tex nodded. "I got the old solid targets. Don't need those anymore so," she lifted the side of the counter for Pip to move through.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip moved through the counter and followed Tex, inspecting the hilt in amazement.

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Tex opened the armoured door again and motioned for Pip to go inside first. The supply room was filled with racks of weapons and crates, most from her own time and at the other side there was a door to the right, leading to her personal shooting range.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip entered the door and looked around, trying to keep his jaw from dropping in amazement.

He wasn't sure how much he would have liked the old mayor, but this new mayor definitely had his seal of approval.

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

Tex led him into the shooting range and motioned to the solid human shaped targets at the other side.

"You can try it on one of those. It cuts through most metals without much of a problem," she quickly showed him how to activate the blade

[notavegetarian.livejournal.com]

Zhaan would like to disclaim all knowledge as to how the shop got bare.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip activated the blade and took a few experimental swipes through the air with it. "Hmm. Doesn't have the weight or the balance of an ordinary sword. That will probably take some getting used to," he said, walking slowly towards the practive dummies.

He turned around suddenly and slashed through the target, diagonally bisecting it. His eye widened. "Can't expect any resistance either. Though it's probably not as helpful as a defensive weapon. Blocking another sword strike, say. Still, general idea is to not get that close if you can avoid it." He twirled it a little before slicing through another practice dummy.

"How much?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

*eyes*

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"It blocks, it just slices through the sword. I doubt that's a problem," Tex replied, watching Pip from a distance. "$3000, they're not exactly standard issue."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but then you've still got a half of a sword traveling at you with the same swinging velocity," Pip said. "Which is probably irrelevant if you're wearing the armor, but for everyone else, it's still a problem."

He flinched at the price. "Shitfuck, that is expensive." He flicked off the sword. Walking back towards Tex, he tossed it to her. "Guess I have to find a job now if I want that. You guys hiring?"