Down on the range

[gordonowesmeabeer]

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Think I've basically got my bearings down around here pretty good. Just one big thing I haven't been able to find (Aside from white sand beaches, that is.).

Have we got a good firing range around here? I'm gonna get rusty without having Overwatch or the CPs hounding my ass constantly.

[Private to Gordon]

So.

Morrigan?

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[trustycrowbar]

There are ranges in the Hold. Trust me, they're not going to let you eat too many donuts without working it off, Ahahah... Hah.

[Gordon, that's not helping. You're just delaying the inevitable. He rubs the back of his neck and clears his throat.]

Ah... yeah. Morrigan. You've met her, haven't you? I should've introduced you two properly in hindsight. [HE'LL GET TO THE POINT, REALLY. EVENTUALLY.]

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Yeah I met her. She's a looker, but I don't think you've ever had any lack of taste in that department. Seems nice enough.

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[for_guild_justice]

If you want to call the range in the Hold a firing range, go there. Otherwise, you best make your own.

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[strategic_guile]

They've got decent ranges and a wide collection to try out.

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[gordonowesmeabeer]

Something wrong with their range?

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[for_guild_justice]

It's not particularly a challenge unless you happen to be blindfolded at the time.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Got any recommendations?

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[gordonowesmeabeer]

Think I'll pass on the blindfold. I just want to make sure I don't shoot someone by accident.

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[for_guild_justice]

Suit yourself.

[trustycrowbar]

Hm... She's a beautiful woman, no doubt about that. [A lopsided smile as he fiddles with his glasses.] And then some.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Right.

You know what you're doing here, right? I mean, if I showed up then other people could show up. People you know.

[trustycrowbar]

...

To be honest, I didn't think that was a possibility until you came here. I know exactly who you're talking about. [He sighs.] and believe me I would give anything for her to be here. I asked about her, looked for her... I looked for weeks, and then weeks turned into months. I started to believe Chloe--my roommate, you haven't met her--when she said we weren't ever seeing home again.

It wouldn't be the first time, if you know what I mean.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Someday you're going to have to sit down and tell me exactly what happened to you at Black Mesa.

Well, I'm not gonna tell you how to live your life. But if she ends up hurt because of this somehow, I'm taking it out of your ass.

[trustycrowbar]

[A guilty-sounding chuckle as he glances at the floor.] Hell, I'd deserve it... But I don't want to hurt Morrigan either, and I certainly don't want to piss her off.

[He'll take Barney's righteous ass-kicking any day over THAT.]

I should actually mention Alyx to her. Just so she knows. I'd... sort of shoved it to the back of my mind after a while. Memories of home, nice and safe where no one can get to them. Even me.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Good idea.

[trustycrowbar]

[It's a relief. It really is. His first impulse is to shut the hell up almost universally, because no one ever gives a damn about what a person says. The probability was so remote anyway... But he HAS to come clean with Morrigan, he realizes that now.]

I'll explain about what happened back at Black Mesa too, whenever you have an hour or three.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Maybe not right now, then. Wanted to get some time in on the range. Why don't we hash that out over beer and pizza later?

[trustycrowbar]

Now that sounds like an excellent idea! Just a warning, the, uh common topping around here is anchovies. Pepperoni is sort of unheard of.

[He STILL hasn't gotten a straight answer about how the hell that came about.]

You get used to it after a while. They're not bad with tomatochokes, anyway.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

I thought they said the oceans had become too polluted for fishing.

[beat.]

The hell's a tomatochoke?

[trustycrowbar]

Spliced fruit between a tomato and an artichoke. Looks weird as hell... Far as I figure, they started gene therapy on crops to get them to grow better, and then after that they started getting creative.

As for the anchovies... I GUESS they come from inland pools and farms? I'm not completely sure.

[He doesn't seem particularly worried about it either.]

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Hell, that actually sounds pretty good. Too bad about the anchovies though.

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[worldswillburn]

Could always make your own.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

I was hoping for something nicer than a paper target pinned to an old wall in an abandoned part of town.

[strategic_guile]

What're you looking for? They got the regular ammo, then plasma and all sorts of other off the wall stuff.

[gordonowesmeabeer]

Dang, we never got plasma weapons to work back home. Maybe something good DID come out of me coming here.