[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?

[jumpsuited_rat]

[Chell looks impressed at this display.]

What would be the cost of your services?

[That's the most important question, if Kreutzer can make something as complicated as that thing that shoots on its own, then she should be able to handle a simple gun. It just depends on if her price is one Chell is willing to pay.]

[suicidoll]

(Which is a very fair question to ask, all things considered. Therefore, it deserves a fair answer.)

They would vary depending on the request made, but given the current state Mayfield is in, I've decided to forgo charges and fees until further notice; money hardly concerns me when lives are on the line.

[jumpsuited_rat]

[That makes sense, however, not at all costs are taken in money.]

Would any sort of favor or request be owed in place of money?

[Chell's just being cautious, she's never met Kreutzer, and she knows that some people here (like GLaDOS) aren't always trustworthy.]

[suicidoll]

I try to keep it to finances, if possible; I already do so much on my own, I wouldn't be able to ask anything of others...however, I'm willing to negotiate if money is an issue.

(She only really used the money to keep the shelves stocked and stuff anyways.)

[jumpsuited_rat]

Money shouldn't be an issue at all, I only spend it for what I need. [She's got a nice sum set aside. She doesn't need a lot and doesn't buy anything frivolous.]

How quickly can you get something done?

[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?

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.]

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]

[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.]

[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]

[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.

[jumpsuited_rat]

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

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Trust me, no one lasts long at home underestimating women.

[Oh... Shalla. A few people learned that one the hard way.]

[jumpsuited_rat]

I take it you know some interesting women?

[kettchmeifyoucan]

You might have met Leia Organa around Mayfield. And if anyone didn't get the hint from her, being used to mop the floor by a tiny woman teaching hand to hand combat usually gets the message home.

[jumpsuited_rat]

I haven't run across her yet, she sounds like someone I need to meet.

What's the name of the woman who teaches hand to hand combat?

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Shalla Nelprin. I didn't fly with the Wraiths for long, but the whole squad was good at leaving an impression.

[Of Wedge's palm on his face, mostly. Very fun.]

[jumpsuited_rat]

I'll keep an eye out for her, in case she appears here.

Fly? Were you a pilot?

[kettchmeifyoucan]

Going half crazy being grounded here.