estoria | Weapons Testing For Fun And Profit (But Mostly For Fun)

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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[With him running out of the shop, Takeru knew he should stay where he was. He knew that Darin didn't want him to get hurt and yet, he couldn't allow that. As he mumbled under his breath, he quickly followed him in hopes that he could do something to help him out somehow.

Of course, with the gun glowing ever so brightly, it felt like he only mere minutes before something could go wrong. He needed to do something but just what?]

Darin-san, what about you? You can't go out running, you're going to get really badly hurt!

[And you know? A chance that you can die?]

Don't worry about me!

[Finally, he manages to get those straps loosened. He extracts his arm from the railgun and leans back with the intent to pitch it up into the sky with all his might.]

Just get do--

[Just as he's about to release the gun, it goes off, exploding right in his face in a massive fireball.]

[Before Takeru could say anything else, that's when the gun exploded! Luckily, he was still at a pretty good distance away from his friend but that didn't stop the slight burn marks on his arms.

But as he tried to run as fast as he could away from the fireball, he kept shouting for his friend!]

Darin-san!

[Was he going to be okay in the end...??]

[The fireball rises and slowly dissipates into the air, leaving scorched earth and black smoke wafting from the site of the explosion.]

[As the smoke clears, Darin's prone form can be seen lying at ground zero, so to speak. His clothes are a charred mess, and his blue hair is frizzled out into a massive blue afro.]

[Despite some burns and the fact that his eyebrows may have burned off, he's just...laying on his back.]

[Groaning very audibly.]

[As soon as Takeru saw Darin on his back, he quickly ran over to him. Ignoring the smoke and fire, he tried his best to find anything that could help the blue haired person with his burns]

...Darin-san? Can you hear me? We need to get you out of here, we need to get to the hospital and fast!

[What was that conversation he once had about having his hair burned off? Well, Takeru was definitely regretting what he said to him now!

He most seriously didn't want to see ever happen again! Oh dear, what has he done?]

Nah...[Cough cough]

Nah, I'm...I'm fine.

I just...

[He sits up slowly.]

Y-Yyyyyeeeaaah...I'm gonna have a ringing in my ears for awhile...

[As Takeru gave his hand out to him, he gestured him toward a nearby bench]

Then at least we should get you to sit down somewhere! Whatever just happened, I'm just glad that you're okay! What was that thing you made anyway?

[Because seriously? You nearly gave him a heart attack and that's not cool at all!]

[Darin takes the hand and pushes himself shakily to his feet. By all accounts, he should probably be a charred mess on the ground, but he wobbles over to the bench and plops his ass down.]

Well...it was supposed to be a 'rail gun.' I saw it in one of the ViViD simulations so I figured I'd try and make it.

I may have been drunk when I thought it through though.

...And maybe when I was building it.

[Oh Darin. As Takeru pulled him back him, all he could do was give a sigh. But at the same time, he couldn't deny that there was an urge to start laughing!]

Well, at least you're safe now! And if you do drink alcohol again, I'll have to make sure you don't make anymore rail guns!

And especially ones that can explode and make your hair stand up too!

My hair?

[Darin reaches up to touch his new blue afro.]

D-DAMMIT!! NOT AGAIN!!

[Sorry, Darin. Don't mind Takeru still laughing!]

But at least it means you can try a new hairstyle right? It's not a bad thing!

[/troll]

...Yeah, you know what? I think it might catch on!

C'mere!!

[Grinning, he reaches for Takeru to ruffle his hair into a similar afro~]

[Before Takeru could even bother to react what was going on, that's when he felt Darin taking his hat and ruffling as much of his hair as he could!]

D-Darin-san! What are you doing, you can't do that...!

[Not that he was putting much of a fight. In fact, he couldn't stop laughing!]

Oh can't I? I dunno, I think this style suits you too!

[He continues to muss his hair until it's going every which way.]

If you can do that, then maybe I should do the same to you too!

[Granted, Takeru didn't know if he could reach Darin's height but if he could? He'll probably start messing around with it as much as he could too!]

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