Blood Gulch Arms - Thursday

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

When Tex opened up the shop this morning, her supplier brought in Peter Pevensie's order. It still was beyond her why anyone bothered with a bow when you could get your hands on some real weapons, but as long as she was getting paid she didn't care much. She left Pevensie a voicemail and then settled behind the counter, doing some research on her datapad.


((Shop lay out can be found here.))

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[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter received the voicemail and headed down to Blood Gulch Arms in the early afternoon. He entered the store and nodded to Tex. "Afternoon to you."

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"Pevensie," she put the datapad aside and rose from her seat. "I trust you've got the money," she said as he pulled the box with the bow from underneath the counter.

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"Yes, ma'am," Peter replied, pulling it out of his pocket. Su was going to have to pay him back for part of it he decided. "May I see it?"

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At least he was smart enough to check on the goods. Tex nodded and opened the box for Peter to check it out. "It's in order. I got targets in the back if you want to try it out first."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Yes please," Peter said with a nod as he lifted the bow carefully out of the box. He ran his hands over the length, pleased with the weight though not entirely sure of the craftmanship. Looking in the box, he found a bowstring and, glancing at her for permission, moved to string the bow.

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"Knock yourself out, it's not like you can actually hit me with that thing," Tex shrugged and stepped back to open up the supply room.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter tilted his head at her. "Why not? Your armour is too strong for it to punch through?" He glanced down at his arm, glad he was wearing long sleeves for once since he didn't have a armguard with him. He slung the bow over his back and took several arrows and went into the supply room.

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There was definitely a note a pride in Tex' voice as she answered Peter's question. "My armour is too strong for most bullets to get through," she smirked as she led him through the racks stowed with weapons most from her own time.

She opened a second door to their right leading into the target range and motioned for Peter to head in.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Impressive," he said, taking a closer look at the armour. He glanced at the weapons and would liked to have looked more closely out of curiosity but went into the target range.

He took a lane and glanced at the target to gauge the material then smoothly drew the bow and sighted down an arrow. Frowning a bit at the action, he loosed it and made a face as it hit just the top of the target. Adjusting his stance slightly, he loosed three more, clustering them in a loose circle around the center.

"Not too bad," he said, still frowning a bit at the pull of it. He couldn't help comparing the bow to a Narnian weapon.

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"But?" Tex asked, picking up on his tone.

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"The action is a bit strange," Peter said, looking at it again, trying to determine where the problem arose. He unstrung it and looked down the shaft to see if the grain was even. "Bows are better made at home, I think."

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"Where's home? I can try to order from there," Tex replied, always interested in broadening her contacts.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"We don't have much contact with this world," Peter said. "But next time I go home, I'll see if any are interested in making the connection if you like."

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Tex nodded, if bows were state of the art there, she could probably sell a whole lot to this world. "Sounds like good business," she nodded and motioned to the bow. "Think this one will do for now?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter smiled thinking that the chances of that happening were really less than zero. "It'll do for now. Thank you for getting it in so quickly."

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Tex shrugged and took a step back towards the door. "Ordering from the mainland is easy."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter collected his arrows and followed her. "What's difficult then?"

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"The future or different galaxy," Tex replied, even if she had managed to get her hold on the items anyway.

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"Is that where your armour comes from?" Peter asked, putting the bow back in its box and handing her payment.

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"Not that it's your business, but it's where I come from," Tex answered as she quickly counted the money. Satisfied that it was all their, she put it away.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter raised an eyebrow then grinned at her. "Just inquiring after a superb piece of craftsmanship." He nodded. "Thank you again."

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"You pay, I supply," Tex smirked behind her visor. "Good doing business with you. Let me know about those contacts."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I shall. Good day," he said with a wave.

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

After his regular *handwavy* workout routine, Marty decided to drop by and stock up early for school supplies.

"Good morning," Marty said cheerfully at Tex. "How are you today?"

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"Richer than yesterday," Tex replied. "What's up, Blank?"

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"Just stocking up on school supplies," Marty said as he pulled out a checklist. "I'd like to get a thousand rounds each of 9 mm, 22 mm and 45 mm with teflon coating. One kevlar vest, extra large and... well make that two kevlar vests one extra large and one medium. And a case of flash/bang grenades."

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Tex raised an eyebrow at the amount of bullets he was ordering, but didn't comment. "The ammo I've got in stock, but vest and grenades, I'll have to order."

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

If Marty had noticed the raised eyebrow he probably would have made a comment about the various monsters attacking the school at one time or another and how it always pays to be prepared.

"Great. There's a discount if you order in bulk, right?" Marty asked as he pulled out a credit card. "Oh and on the smaller kevlar vest... do you do gift wrapping?"

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

It's too bad Marty couldn't see the look she gave him at the gift wrapping remark. "Do I look like I do gift wrapping?" she shook her head and decided that taking off 15 dollars was a discount too.

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"You say that as if there's something wrong with gift wrapping," Marty said with a small smile. "Don't you think it's important to provide that kind of service as a retailer?"

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"No, I really can't say that I do," Tex snagged the credit card and settled the payment. "With a bit of luck, I'll have the vests here by tomorrow. Do you want to take the ammo now?"

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"Great. I'll swing by tomorrow to pick them up," Marty replied. "And I'll take the ammo with me. Thanks."

[freelancerchick.livejournal.com]

"Alright, just a sec," Tex moved back towards the door and opened it up. She disappeared inside and when she returned back in the store, she was carrying several boxes with the requested ammo. "This should keep you going for a little while," she remarked.

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, just trying to make sure I'm prepared for whatever weird thing decides to attack the island next," Marty replied gathering up the boxes. "Last thing I want to be is out of ammo when robot warriors from the future decide to invade. Thanks again Sheriff. I'll see you tomorrow."

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Tex decided it would be counter-productive to point out that robot warriors from the future probably had armour much like her own which was pretty bullet resistant. "It's always good to be prepared," she remarked instead. "See you tomorrow, Blank."