[Video, @witcher] Way backdated to idk Oct 6 I do what I want

[coolmotivestillevil]

[ Over time, Geralt picked up a few things about the network from watching Jaskier use it. That doesn't mean getting this to work is easy. But now that there haven't been any spirits or creatures distracting him for a week or so, he's starting to get the hang of it. A part of him is rather annoyed and bitter at feeling like he has to, but he has to admit that the idea of instantly contacting all of his fellow prisoners and hopefully finding answers without needing to hunt people down is very attractive.

So here he is, in his room in his cabin, staring down at the phone like it might tell him whether this is recording more clearly if he just looks scary enough. It doesn't.

He clears his throat. ]

Found something in the swamp that I don't recognise.

[ Hopefully it's working and he's not just talking to himself. Like it's not what he does most of the time. He talks to his horse, ok.

It takes a little bit of fumbling, but he manages to turn the video towards the shotgun leaning against the foot of the bed. ]

Anyone who can tell me what it is?

[ That's it. That's all he's going to say. Introduction? Nah. ]

Comments

video; @bombshell

[bombshelled]

[ Lana's lounging in her apartment in town, having spent most of the day making it more habitable. There are curtains on the windows now. Sure, it's just raw, unhemmed fabric, but it works for now. ]

Looks like a shotgun.

[ By now she's well used to all the old timey people here so she'll just assume he has never seen a gun before. ]

You point the hollow end at something and pull the trigger and it fires a bullet. Wait, no... Shotguns fire buckshot, not bullets.

[coolmotivestillevil]

[ The trigger? He frowns a little, and crouches down next to the shotgun to give it a closer look. Well, if you hold it there ... The trigger has to be that small bit of metal sticking out, right? ]

So it's a weapon.

[ Makes sense. ]

video.

[skittering]

( give lalli a second to narrow his eyes at it, and - ) Gun. Kills what you point it at.

( a beat. )

Could show you how to shoot it?

video; @joel.miller

[shivving]

It's goddamned useful, is what.

[ A beat, before he remembers himself and continues ]

And dangerous. Don't touch it or you're likely to blow someone's head off.

[bombshelled]

Yeah. A pretty brutal one. Not as deadly as like a fucking assault rifle, but still bad to get shot at with.

video.

[coolmotivestillevil]

[ He thinks he could potentially work it out with Lana's simple but informative enough explanation, but it's always better to be safe than sorry with a weapon. So maybe it's worth meeting someone in person. Especially someone as no-nonsense as Lalli is. ]

Sure. Know where my cabin is?

[ He's pretty sure Lalli's been here, but it wasn't much of a chat, so. ]

[coolmotivestillevil]

'Assault rifle'.

[ Lana, you can't just throw words out. ]

video;

[coolmotivestillevil]

Think that would require that I accidentally aim it at someone's head.

[ And, sure, Joel has no idea who he is or anything, but he's pretty sure that he can avoid that. ]

[bombshelled]

Uh...

[ Boy, she really has to start from scratch, huh? ]

Military-grade version of what you have there. Often bought by assholes with tiny dicks who want to prove they're a "real man."

Re: video;

[shivving]

Just as easy to shoot off your own foot, if you don't know what you're doing.

[ You'd think so, but you'd be surprised. Better to be sure, especially if this guy has no idea what he's looking at. ]

You plannin' on learning to use that thing, or looking for someone to take it off your hands?

video

[legbreakings]

[ Jiang Cheng squints at the tiny screen for a while, trying to make sense of what he sees but...

Nope. ]

I don't know what that is. Maybe it could be used for bludgeoning?

[shivving]

No.

[ you people are a DISASTER ]

video, @pryan

[shittalk]

Hey! Hey! Oh shit! Gimme that!

[coolmotivestillevil]

No.

[skittering]

Yep.

When?

[coolmotivestillevil]

Learning.

[ It's obviously dangerous, like he'd thought, so he has no intention of letting anyone else have it. He'll have to figure out somewhere safe to hide it away. ]

[coolmotivestillevil]

Hm.

So this was not made for war?

[ But definitely made to fend off predators in a swamp. ]

[coolmotivestillevil]

If you don't know, why even answer?

[ Why even bother, why waste his time. ]

[shittalk]

What! Fuck you. [ no, that's not how you sweet talk someone into handing over a gun, let's try that again ] C'mon, give it, you don't even know what it is. I can use that shit, I'll appreciate it better.

[coolmotivestillevil]

Now?

[ He has time. ]

[coolmotivestillevil]

It's a lethal weapon.

[ Why are you so eager to have it, that greatly concerns him. ]

[shittalk]

I know! I love lethal weapons. C'mon, man, Christmas is coming! It'd be a great present to me!

[coolmotivestillevil]

[ What the fuck even is Christmas.

Whatever. ]

Hmm. Remember how we met?

[shittalk]

[ hmm indeed. all threads off of this question lead to a point she doesn't want him to make. ]

No. It was so long ago, you'n me being old friends like we are. Fuck if I can remember any of it.

[coolmotivestillevil]

[ It's all right, Parker, he's not going to out you. ]

Mmhm. For some reason you're not on the top of my list of potentially trustworthy or competent people here.