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 Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:47 pm
His first action was, of course, to light up a cigarette and push it between his teeth, even though he felt a little like his lips were bruised. A good long drag calmed him down and allowed him to think clearly enough to follow Marten and Jacobo. They had been on the van; he had nowhere better to go. He walked with a limp, but he was okay.
His bulk, it turned out, was ill-suited to the alleyway, and he filled quite a bit of it, but he kept following. "Wait up," he grunted to whoever would listen.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:09 pm
Marten stopped. Here would do anyways.
He tried focusing on the ring on his right index finger, and...
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:35 pm
Michael pulled up to a stop behind Marten, watching his antics. "Hey, you in the van, right?" he grunted, breathing out a little cloud of smoke away from Marten.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:37 pm
Marten's fingers extended then clamped shut around a pistol. He couldn't identify the particular model; it was as if it was the very idea of a pistol. It had a vague shape and very definite sights, but a look at the details made them seem blurry and inconsistent.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:37 pm
"Yes. And before you ask, I don't know what happened."
He brought his focus back to the ring, willing it to do something.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:31 pm
Marten squeezed the trigger and with a loud crack, the gun discharged a glowing bullet into the air. It had negligible recoil; if anything, an experienced shooter would have to readjust to that.
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:31 pm
"Hm," Michael grunted. "Nice pistol. How'd you do that?" He didn't apparently notice the rings; it wasn't generally Michael's job to notice things so he didn't. Actually he generally didn't have a job, but he decided not to delve into that particular thread of thought. Instead he wondered why he didn't have a pistol, which would actual be a nice thing to have around.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:35 am
Marten smiled. "Now we're getting somewhere." He tried his middle finger's ring.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:00 pm
A similar pistol appeared in Marten's hand.
Jacobo's minor fatigue seemed to have passed already.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:43 pm
That was weird... Jacobo thought, referring to the brief fatigue.
"Hey," Jacobo said to Marten, "You have three rings, pass one or two on to someone else." he suggested.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:47 pm
"Uhh, no?" Marten said, focusing on his third ring.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:17 pm
Michael grimaced. "Hey, man, come on. Share the wealth?" he suggested. His bulk was probably a little intimidating, combined with the cigarette, but Marten did have guns. Still, Michael was right behind Marten.
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:17 pm
Marten's arm suddenly buckled beneath the weight of an enormous tower shield with a thin glass viewing window; it seemed to be a sort of medieval-shield-riot-shield hybrid.
Minor injury to Marten
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:52 pm
Marten's focus was broken instantly. "OW! ********!" he said, more startled than actually hurt. He was about to rip it off his finger and give it to the bigger man, but he figured that it might come more in handy.
Besides, he had two pistols. He pulled the middle ring off and tossed it over his shoulder without looking back.
"Where are we headed next?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:19 pm
Michael caught it - apparently he now had a pistol. He tested it, gauging the sights into the sky, without actually firing a round.
"He poses a good question," Michael said past his cigarette right before taking another puff.
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