Second Wind

[bantorain]

-Virginia's near the outskirts of town. She figured doing this in either the neighborhood, uptown, or downtown would get her in trouble with the drones. So instead she's taken to going a bit out of her way.

What is she doing? Well that's simple. Gun practice.

Specifically, fast drawing both of her pistols on targets placed throughout the terrain (old food cans). After a few shots (they seem to go by in less than a second), she tosses the guns into the air, and in an even faster motion, manages to reload them after tossing a clip's worth of bullets up after them and a swift motion of her arm. In another blink, she fires again (was that four shots or five? Who can tell?), knocking out the last of the targets. Her shooting stance seems to shift the whole time, making it nearly impossible to tell where her body will be positioned on the next shot.

Of course, once all the targests are hit, she can only sigh.-

Still not as good as daddy was...

Comments

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Guns, right? Aren't those really dangerous?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

Very dangerous. That's why only people who know how to use them should.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'd feel better if nobody knew how to use them. Or well, maybe more that they weren't here at all.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

... Do you really think that'd make much difference?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Um. Maybe people would kill each other more slowly so I had time to save them.

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

... Let me tell you something my daddy told me once.

Even if guns and ARMs didn't exist, they would be replaced by something else just as dangerous. Because even without certain kinds of power, people who misuse any kind of power will always exist. And it's up to people like you and me to keep others save from those kind of folks.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

That sounds about right and all, but I think I'd still feel better if things that could instantly kill people from 100 feet away didn't exist.

What's an ARM?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

"Artifacts from Ruin's Memory."

They are guns crafted from dragon fossils. Unlike normal artillery, they are able to form a bond of sorts with their user, allowing for ease of use.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

What? Guns from . . . dragon fossils? Who came up with that idea in the first place?

[rapier-ex.livejournal.com]

To be honest, no one knows for certain. We know the Demons used them before in their war with the Elw, but there are far more questions than answers when it comes to the origin of the ARMs.