Weapons Testing For Fun And Profit (But Mostly For Fun) | [OPEN]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Who: Darin Altway forgeabettertomorrow  & anyone who wants to have fun testing experimental weapons!
When: IC: 8/13 | OOC: 7/27
Where: Outside of the Spoon Smithy after business hours!
What: Ever since Darin's arrived in Cerealia, he's seen all kinds of fantastic things. He's been documenting them in a notebook and in his spare time, he's come up with a few prototype weapons! Come test them out!
Rating/Warning: There's no way any of these weapons will work or will be especially effective. Hilarity will ensue.

[So maybe you're on your way home from work and you see a sign posted directing you to the spoon smithy. Or maybe you just got home and you see a flyer tacked to your door directing you, once more, to the spoon smithy. Or maybe you are home and the aforementioned flyer gets crammed haphazardly into your mail slot. Guess where it's directing you? The spoon smithy! Regardless, they all look like this: ]

Hey you! Yeah, the one reading this! I know what you're thinking: 'How did the flyer know I was reading this?' Because you're still reading out of curiosity, that's how! And you're wondering what the point is! Well, you know what else has points? Weapons! That's right! You know, Cerealia's a dangerous place...and no one knows what's going to happen next. Wouldn't you want to be on the forefront of weapons research so that you can better prepare yourself for the next incident that arises? If so, come on down to the spoon smithy after business hours where you can help test the latest innovations by Master Blacksmith Darin Altway, whose hammer and expertise in the field of weaponry are legendary! He's got some amazing prototypes that need testing and he can't think of anyone better to do it! Seriously! So come on down, test some weapons, have some fun, and have a few snacks!

Disclaimer: There will be no snacks.

[Kind of hard to pass up this opportunity, am I right?]

-TEST I- HOOKSHOT

[Ever since he had the chance to use one in ViViD, Darin's been attempting to make the digital weapon a reality. After a few weeks, it seems he's finally succeeded! The test area is full of all kinds of targets and patches of grating that the user can grapple on to. However, the torque and speed of the hookshot varies since it's been calibrated specifically to Darin's weight, strength, and build. You might find yourself hurdling through the air much faster. Or not at all. That piece of grating might be rocketing towards you. Try and hook onto an item or a training dummy? You might end up pulverizing it completely!]


-TEST II- BEAM SABER

[This stylish looking saber is sleek and sexy. There's a concealed button on the hilt that, once pressed, activates the industrial cutting laser embedded in the guard. Voila! Instant beam saber! There's training dummies and all sorts of debris scattered around this test area for you to cut into. However, the laser might not be the most stable thing. Swinging around something like this might cause some structural damage. And overheating. Also, the length of the blade is determined by how hard the button is pressed. Press it too hard and...well, you can imagine, can't you?]

-TEST III- BAT'LETH

[Darin saw this in a space travel sim in ViViD and he basically fell in love with it. He has no idea how it's supposed to be used in battle, but doesn't it just look super sweet? There are training dummies all over the place here and there's even a second Bat'leth in case you bring a sparring partner! Or want to challenge Darin directly. These are razor sharp though so make sure to put on the special armor that Darin forged to go with the set! Luckily, the armor is strong enough to withstand direct strikes of this fearsome weapon]


-TEST IV- RAILGUN

[HAHAHAHA WHAT? OKAY, so this is an arm mounted railgun that somehow found its way into the testing area. It is by no means stable. Darin got drunk one night and thought this was a really cool idea guys seriously. The design in his sketchbook literally reads: 'Pull trigger, annihilation comes out.' Feel free to try it at your own risk. It's going to explode.]


-WILDCARD- PICK YOUR POISON

[Swordchucks, yo. Got an idea for a terrible weapon? Feel free to make a prompt for it! Or just berate the idiot for sponsoring a weapon testing session and not having the decency to leave cookies.]

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[finished]

VISION... TEST...??

[Pit is standing with a flyer in his hands. This must be the third... no, maybe the fifth one he's seen today? But he's staring at it, scowling, like he's offended and confused by it.

So when he sees someone who can help him, he hurries over, waving around the flyer in his hand.]

'Scuze me! Do you know what this is talking about? [He holds up the piece of paper. ... aaaand he's holding it upside down. Whoops.]


TEST IV

[So, once someone decides to help this poor child with his reading, he hurries over excitedly to the Spoon Smithy. What better way to stay on the cutting edge of cutting technology? Besides, he certainly knows how to put a weapon to the test!

The melee weapons are pretty neat, and he can't deny he'd love to pick up one of Link's weapons for his own. But it's this big, shiny beacon of destruction that seems to catch his eye.]

He-llo there! What's a nice cannon like you doing in a place like this? [He picks it up, giving it a closer look over.]

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[Darin had been busy setting up the various testing areas to really notice Pit showing up. He had littered the entire damn colony with his flyers, it was only a matter of time before everyone started showing up in droves.]

[As he finishes setting up the targets for the hookshot, he glances over to spy the diminutive angel picking up his railgun.]

['Huh...that kind of looks like my...']

[A strangled sound escapes his lips and he sprints over, making a reach for the railgun.]

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT THING?!

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Hey, watch it! [He pulls the railgun away from Darin, as if he's trying to keep him safe from the weapon.] You can't just reach for weapons like that! What if I had already started charging this thing, huh?

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If you started charging it, I would know it! We would all know it! That thing isn't even supposed to be out here! How did you get it?!

[Still swiping at that weapon.]

[finished]

[Still dodging! He even hops out of the way, which is surprising considering that the Railgun looks pretty heavy.]

Aw, c'mon, it was laying right here! You might as well have put a big sign on it saying "Try me, Pit!"

Test III

[fishyoldman]

[Who's Raven to say no to seeing the results of all Darin's work? He feels a little weird putting on armour, at least in this guise, but curiosity got the better of him with this strange curved blade that he couldn't help but want to try it out.

Once the armour's all in place, he picks up the blade. The curved grip is like what his bow has when in blade form, but there's three grips, and the shape itself is all weird. Is it more for slicing and defensive moves rather than stabbing and thrusting like a normal blade? Time to find out.

He adopts a battle stance and tries a few practice slices. He's pretty much making it up as he goes along, but he seems to know what he's doing in handling it safely, at least, so there won't be too much risk of a weapon disaster with this one.]

Huh. Any idea what I'm supposed to do with this thing? Not sure I'm gettin' it.

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[Darin watches the old timer put on the test armor before taking up the Bat'leth. As Raven settles into a stance, Darin picks up a second on, settling into a stance of his own, as if he were wielding a staff or a polearm, with the bladed end faced outward.]

It definitely seems weird, right? But based on the design...it looks like it's meant more for defense and countering than straight up attacking. See, the center grip is ideal for...

[He grabs it and uses the center grip to spin the weapon like a propeller.]

Repositioning the weapon any way you like...!

[fishyoldman]

[Raven imitates Darin and twirls his own weapon, then holds it up as if to suddenly block an imaginary attack.]

Hmm... Not sure I like it. [He straightens, and lowers the weapon.] With a blade ya can use the flat to parry, but with this thing ya gotta use the edges. Either that or risk losin' a finger or two.

[Maybe it's just not meant to block attacks at all? But even a combat veteran like Raven isn't that fast or skilled to never need to parry. Maybe he's just not suited for something more specialist like this.]

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If you ask me, the whole thing is kind of clumsy and unwieldy but...I saw some guy with like a callous for a head use it in one of those simulations in ViViD. He was pretty good with it. I figure your opponent would be too confused trying to figure out what the hell it is to try and actually defend against it!

[fishyoldman]

I dunno, I spend a lot more time fightin' monsters than people, so that's not a whole lotta help.

[Back home, anyway. Here he hasn't done much fighting at all, but what he has was also against a monster, so it counts, right?]

Ah, well. You wanna go a round with these silly things? Maybe it's easier to learn doin' than talkin' about it.

Test IV

[hopetype]

[This....was probably a really bad idea and yet, Takeru couldn't deny that he was rather curious. After all, he needed to protect himself in some way right? So why not come and check out whatever weapons that Darin had to offer? Of course, he got to said place, the first thing his eyes gazed upon was the railgun.

As much as he knew it was probably a bad idea to mess around with such a weapon, he also couldn't deny that it looked cool!]

It looks like it must have taken a long time to make this. I wonder what it can do... [He said before leaning closer toward said dangerous weapon]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin was pretty busy bustling around, overseeing whatever weapons tests were going on when he spied Takeru.]

Yo, Takeru! You came! What are you looking--

[Oh no.]

WHOA WHOA WHOA!!

[He skids over and places himself between Takeru and the railgun.]

Don't touch that thing!

[hopetype]

{The moment that Takeru saw Darin sliding in between, he immediately started backing away!]

Ah...I'm sorry, Darin-san! I didn't mean to touch it, I thought it looked pretty cool!

[Although, now that he thought about it?] ...Is everything okay though?

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It's okay...man, I don't even know how this thing made it out here...

[He rubs the back of his head and turns his attention to the railgun.]

This thing isn't really ready to be tested.

...I think.

To be honest, I haven't even tried firing it once yet. I have no idea what it'll do.

[hopetype]

[ . . . . . . . .

There are not enough dots for Takeru to express how he's feeling right now]

Then don't you think we should put it somewhere safe? Because it looks really dangerous and something bad could happen if we don't do something!

[Seriously, Darin? Seriously?? Nevermind the 7 year old in him really wants to see how it works]

TEST I

[protectthecastle]

[Veronica hadn't been interested in weapons to begin with (though she had a gun of her own) but had come here to the spoon smithy because she recognized Darin's name.

That and her curiosity was difficult to deny. Some day this will get her in trouble.

The hookshot is different enough from anything she's ever seen that she gravitates to it first. And hey, she's familiar with shooting at targets. It can't be that different.


...that her weight is very much less than Darin's isn't a thought that immediately occurs to her as she contemplates doing something incredibly dangerous.

Someone please come and stop her...or at least offer to catch her.]

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[Darin spots Veronica and trots over with a wide smile on his face.]

Veronica! You came!

Gonna give the hookshot a try? I gotta warn you, it's got some kick to it. Trust me, when I had this thing in ViViD it yanked me all over the place!

[He retires to a grate he'd set up...about four stories up...with a target on it.]

Want to try and see if you can hit it?

[protectthecastle]

[The warning definitely isn't effective, if the way the brightness in her eyes doesn't even so much as dim is any indication.]

Yes!

[Darin no]

The aiming is like with a gun? Or is it different?

[She's still picking it up though.]

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Yeah...! Here, like this.

[He helps her fit her hand into the slot where the grip and the trigger is, then stands behind her and helps her aim.]

When you pull the trigger, it's going to launch the hook and the chain. I don't have the targets anchored securely, so if you manage to hook it, it'll pull the target at you instead of the other way around.

[We all know that's not how this is going to happen.]

Think you can handle it?

[protectthecastle]

I will try my best.

[It feels very different from a gun in her hand, but Veronica is nothing if not enthusiastic, allowing Darin to help her aim and taking note of where he points her, ensuring that she would be able to do the same later without any more help.

But she's light in comparison to Darin, and though her aim is true and her arm is steady...well...

The feeling is actually remarkably similar to flying with the help of Kaoru's psychokinesis. Though the end result of that had never been crashing at full speed into the grating above her, barely having the time to react before her hand is jostled free from its grip on the hookshot and she's falling.]

[WILDCARD]

[neverexpected]

[She's never been much of a weapons person, despite her mother's knack for working with ironbark--an elven art in itself--and preferring the history stories her father would tell her, and the occasional book that would make its way into the clan's shared inventory.]

[But Darin's enthusiasm around his weapons was contagious, and she was genuinely curious as to what he's created.]

[So she politely knocks on the door, holding a fruit basket in her arms.]

[Because that's the polite thing to do.]

[She thinks.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin hurries from the open area behind his makeshift workshop to the side door that he always used to come and go. Who would knock when he had an open invitation out for his little weapons expo?]

[He opens the door to the obvious answer.]

Inquisitor! You decided to come out??

[And then he spies the fruit basket. Did...Did she misread the flyer and bring snacks...?]






[SCORE.]

And you brought snacks?! Awesome!

[neverexpected]

[SHE.]




[MIGHT HAVE.]

[Anyway, she smiles nice and wide when it looks like her offering is going along well!]

I did! I hope they're appropriate for the occasion.

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[Darin more than happily relieves her of the fruit basket and steps aside for her to enter.]

I can't think of a time when snacks aren't appropriate. Come on in!

[Darin's workstation has, in the last month since he's been here, undergone quite the transformation. More finished works line the walls from your swords and axes to your finished suits of polished plate armor. It almost looks like a museum. Clearly he's either a workaholic or a prodigy.]

[Well, maybe both.]

[neverexpected]

[Totally both.]

[Lavellan lets Darin relieve her of the fruit basket before she wanders into the workstation, large eyes full of wonder as she scans the armor.]

Is this all your work? It's incredible.