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[theweakhavepurpose]

[Pratt is sitting on the lower bunk of his tiny-house, part of his machine gun visible to the side and a wood plank wall behind him. He's wearing his deputy outfit again, his hair in neat braids thanks to Kettara.]

Before this whole talk of moving I was starting to set up a target range because I'm getting rusty. Figured since we have a lot of people who are experienced with firearms, arrows, knives, whatever, that I'd set it up so anyone can use it.

I've made a few spinner targets and I found a few wooden target dummies near the Colosseum but they're in rough shape so they need some clean up. I was working on a skeet shooter, but my plan to use a motor from a moped didn't work since they're electric and full of pointless plastic crap instead of useful gearbelts.

[He shakes his head, frowning at broadcasting his failure to everyone. He hadn't meant to say that.]

That's not the point.

Since we're apparently being shuffled to the next livestock pasture for us, I'm going to hold off setting it up until we're there.

What else would you guys like? Anyone need something to stand up to a crossbow? Or more intricate for throwing stars? And this shouldn't be a problem here, but I'm preemptively letting you know that there's no flamethrowers allowed at my range.

[He narrows his eyes at the screen before shutting off the feed. He definitely looks like he's adding that caveat because he's encountered that problem before.]

Comments

[theweakhavepurpose]

When you live in the middle of nowhere you have to be inventive.

Just don't ignite yourself. We have a few cops here, but no EMT's as far as I'm aware.

[itsnotaonesie]

Don't worry, I'm not gonna set myself on fire. Even if I did, I think I'd be okay. All of my roommates work at the clinic. Last time I came home hurt, they were on top of it as soon as I came in the door.

[theweakhavepurpose]

What'd you do last time?

[Does he want to know?]

[itsnotaonesie]

I just had a cut. Nothing super serious, just a little more than I could patch up on my own.

[That's not even like close to true but that's okay :)]

[theweakhavepurpose]

And they jumped you as soon as you got in the door for a cut?

[yep he 100% believes this story.]

[itsnotaonesie]

Yeah, it. Needed a stitch or two.

Or thirty.

I wasn't counting.

[theweakhavepurpose]

Thirty.

The hell were you doing?

[itsnotaonesie]

I literally did nothing. I just- okay, you know that frozen lady that everyone was losing their minds about a couple weeks ago? Yeah, she came at me, but it's like not even a thing. She's ice and I have a cool scar now. Everybody wins.

[theweakhavepurpose]

Caedra.

She keeps throwing fucking grenades at me, I'm very aware of who she is.

[No she keeps throwing magic at him but he's refusing to believe that.]

Did she hit you with that sword that decays stuff? Because that shit is nasty.

[itsnotaonesie]

She threw grenades at you? Why was she doing that?

-Wait, it decays stuff?

[He kind of looks like he just got the punchline of a joke that isn't even a tiny bit funny. Noooow he gets why Pell was so concerned about it]

Oooh, that explains a lot.

[theweakhavepurpose]

I think she thought it was fun. Fortunately just knocked me into a ditch and didn't splatter my entrails everywhere.

That sword is poisoned somehow. I saw her kill a monster with it and the thing disintegrated.

[itsnotaonesie]

How long ago was all this? I mean, it couldn't have been that long ago, you got here the same time I did.

Not gonna lie, I'm a little freaked out now. You think it can do that to people, too? Like, normal people?

[theweakhavepurpose]

The first time she did it was the day I arrived. I was sitting on the ground getting my gun together.

[Bedazzling it. He was bedazzling his machine gun.]

And the other time was right before they chopped down the orchard and I was just minding my own damn business eating an apple.

I have no idea, I'm not sure what the stuff on her blade is, but I would assume so.

[itsnotaonesie]

[OF ALL THINGS TO BEDAZZLE]

Jeez. Does she just have it out for you or what?

She musta not gotten me very good with it, because I definitely didn't disintegrate.

[Or he's just not "normal people", either way.]

[theweakhavepurpose]

People don't like cops.

[Not that he thinks she knows what a cop is. More likely she just wanted to kill something for funsies. He's met lots of people like that.]

Well don't go and start because I'm not sure that's something the clinic is set to handle.

[Little did we know it was never Thanos. It was Caedra all along.]

Maybe she ran out of whatever she soaks the blade in. Who knows. We should shatter her into a million pieces while she's frozen.

[itsnotaonesie]

I kinda feel like she just doesn't like anyone. And I don't think there's anything here that could just turn a person into dust, so I think we're good there.

[What a twist! Man he'd done such a good job of repressing all that shit over the last couple months, too. He's just gonna clear his throat and go back to trying to do that]

That's gross. And also pointless, Hope would just slap her back together like nothing happened. And also, isn't she like, missing?

[If anyone had the physical strength to literally shatter a frozen person it's fucking Spider-Man, but no that's way too nasty let's not]

[theweakhavepurpose]

I don't think she does.

[Come on man, you're harshing his fantasizing of her all shattered and never attacking anyone.]

I've no idea. She's probably not missing, just no one cares she's gone.

[itsnotaonesie]

[Sorry bro he's just being realistic!]

Or the people who do care have done something to her already. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how this all plays out.

[theweakhavepurpose]

I guess be glad you didn't decay. I've met a few people who are very anti-zombie so that wouldn't have gone well for you.

[itsnotaonesie]

Yeah, that could have gone a lot worse. I've had my fill of zombies, I don't know that her sword would make zombies though? We'd probably have a lot of zombies running around if that was the case.

[theweakhavepurpose]

Pretty sure most people she encounters end up dead.

[He's not a fan.]

Anyway, glad you survived her. Don't light my range on fire if you make a flamethrower.

[itsnotaonesie]

Yeah, also not super great.

[They can start a club. Whatever the opposite of a fan club is.]

I won't set anything or anyone on fire, don't worry.

[theweakhavepurpose]

You're gonna make a flamethrower and then not use it?

It's not a lamp.

[itsnotaonesie]

I mean I'll test it, but I'm not gonna run around lighting stuff up for fun. Flamethrowers aren't toys.

[theweakhavepurpose]

How are you the most mature person in this place?

[You're like 13.]