[6th Portal] Victory Favors the Prepared

[jumpsuited_rat]

Action - Around Mayfield - Inside and Outside Stores

[After her discussion with Henry, Chell started making plans. The first thing she needed to do was to get some general supplies.

Her shopping list included a bag to carry the supplies, small food, a first-aid kid, and a gun and ammo.

The first three items were easy to find and obtain with little trouble, but the last one was proving to be a struggle.

The drone selling guns refused to help her at all. She in turn, refused to leave until he threatened to call the police on her.

Now, she's standing in front of the gun store with her arms crossed and glaring at it. If she's going to go on a mission, she wants a gun of some sort. The portal gun had yet to appear, so she'd have to make do with a normal one. If she could obtain it.]


[OOC: Feel free to come across her at any point during her shopping trip!]

Comments

Outside the store

[suicidoll]

(Yeah, Kreutzer kind of just...saw that all happen. Have her just make a casual approach here.)

It's certainly a problem when they won't allow women to fully prepare themselves, now isn't it?

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Chell shakes her head in disgust.]

Their arguments against it don't make any sense.

[suicidoll]

I wouldn't even justify it by calling it an argument; I'd just call it stupid.

(She shrugs.)

Oh well; at least all that the town supplies can be converted into raw material. It's not too hard making anything from that at all. I've been doing so for quite some time.

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Chell tilts her head.] You can make things from the town's stuff? What kind of things do you make?

[suicidoll]

Mostly I've been using them for my dolls, but I'm also capable of machinery, accessories, defense mechanisms and weaponry. I can construct such things easily, but as an enchantress, I can take my creations further.

(As a demonstration, Kreutzer waves her hand and summons one of her flying dolls for Chell to see. With natural gunslinger ease, the doll shoots at the nearest streetlight, effectively breaking it. Bullets are real there.)

Perhaps I can offer my services to you in place of the town?

[spellbent]

[ And who should be on his way to stock up on bullets other than yours truly? He eyes Chell, arching an eyebrow ]

Having problems?

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Warren seems to have a habit of showing up exactly when things aren't going her way.

She tilts her head, almost in a shrug.]

Nothing I can't deal with.

[It's not exactly true, but it's not untrue either.]

[spellbent]

Really now.

[ He eyes her, eyes the store, and eyes her again. Not hard to put two and two together ]

Were you trying to buy a gun?

[jumpsuited_rat]

[She nods.]

I figured one might come in handy.

Hardware Store

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Let me guess. Won't sell you a weapon.

[It's happened so often the drones probably think he's some sort of gun nut. He's not. Really. He just likes problems he can shoot.]

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Chell nods, still looking irritated.]

He said that a woman had no business handling weapons.

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Yeah, it seems to be a common complaint among the women here. I can set you up.

[jumpsuited_rat]

I appreciate it. Nice to find someone with more sense than the drones.

action ♥ outisde the store

[priceofmagic]

No luck?

[ She's assuming that Chell wanted to buy a gun. Satou, too, is wishing she had a way to get something to protect herself... of course, it helps to be older than 16, but that's a minor detail. ]

I'm sure anything this place provides would be useless anyway...

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Chell nods.]

Still better than nothing, though. I know there were some guns that worked, but I don't know where the guy got them from.

[priceofmagic]

Um... if you find out, could you let me know...?

[jumpsuited_rat]

Sure. What's your name?

[aluminumsiren]

[Oh hello bakery buddy!]

Chell-san, hello! [She'll wave at her, shifting her groceries a bit to accomodate for the gesture.]

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Sorry Siren, Chell's not exactly in a cheerful mood at the moment, so instead of a wave, she just lifts her hand off of her arm for a moment, then goes back to crossing her arms.]

Hey.

[It's nothing against Siren, she's just had a trying time with the shopkeeper. Under most any other circumstances, she'd be glad to see her.]

[aluminumsiren]

[That's okay, Siren doesn't mind. She deals with a cranky pants partner on the daily back home.]

You seem glum! Are you hungry? [Siren will just pull out a package of cookies she couldn't wait to eat till she got home from her bag and offer them to Chell. Food fixes all of life's problems.]

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Chell shakes her head. It's nice of Siren to offer her a snack, but that's not what's troubling her.]

I ate a bit ago.

The shopkeeper won't let me buy a gun. Says that women don't need to be playing with weapons.

[getsciencedone]

[Behind you.]

Looking for more ways to kill people?

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Chell recognizes GLaDOS' voice and turns around to look at the AI. She gives a half sort of nod in response.

If she has to kill someone with a gun, she will. She won't die that easily.]

[getsciencedone]

I'm starting to think you have an obsession with murder.

[Just looking at her. Hypocrite? Maybe.]

I prefer knives myself.

[When neurotoxin can't be used.]

[jumpsuited_rat]

[To be fair, the only someone she's murdered was GLaDOS and GLaDOS started it, so Chell counts that as self-defense. How many people has GLaDOS killed? Oh right, just all the scientists.

She gives her a thoughtful shrug, she hadn't really thought of using knives, to be honest. Chell's used to guns, so that's what she's sticking with.

But maybe having a knife or two on her person wouldn't be a bad idea.]