On Wednesday 17 January 2007 18:23, Eris Reddoch wrote:
> Earl F Hampton III wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 January 2007 16:46, Eris Reddoch wrote:
> >> Bartholomew Cuthbert was strolling down Jennifer's Alley.
> >> It was 1810, and he had an appointment with his new
> >> employer in 20 minutes. Meeting the "crew" in a bar, for
> >> the first time, was a strange idea to the
> >> ex-marine...usually you retired to a bar *after* a
> >> briefing session rather than before. The slightly
> >> bewildered expression on his face turned in to a bemused
> >> one as he chuckled to himself. If the Captain ran his
> >> meetings in bars he couldn't be all bad.
> >>
> >> To his right something in a shop window caught his eye.
> >>
> >> "Ah!" he breathed to himself pausing to stare at the
> >> object displayed there, "Now *that's* a nice one. Look at
> >> those curves, the smooth lines."
> >>
> >> Bart had been thinking that he needed to buy himself an
> >> auto pistol, and here was a nice shiny new one in a case
> >> with a black leather holster. Pistol, case and holster,
> >> 250 cr...not a bad price....
> >
> > "Well I wont know less I check," he mumbles to himself as
> > he enters the shop and scans the room. Spotting a clear
> > spot in front of the umbrella stand and the broken door
> > stop, he slips his duffel bag off his shoulder with a well
> >  practiced ease and motions to the clerk by flipping his
> > finger in the direction of the pistol.
>
> The clerk brings the pistol over still in the small metal case.
>
> > 12.6 sec after the clerk hands him the pistol it's
> > disassembled and spread on the counter. Bart first checks
> > the barrel catch which he's sure slowed him by a few tenths
> > of a second and decides sitting in a window being neglected
> > is no way to treat a nice weapon. He then spends a few
> > moments inspecting each piece.
> >
> > 
>
> It looks good. The spring is a bit tight, seldom fired, and
> the lubricant on the parts is still fresh and clean, but the
> parts all look good.
>
> > He looks up, starring the clerk in the eyes and billows "Is
> > it hot?" while his fingers begin to reassemble what he
> > hopes will be his new best friend.
>
> "Hot?" the clerk raises his eyebrows and says, "I wouldn't be
> displaying the damn thing in the window if it was hot. This
> weapon is as clean as a whistle. I got all the papers you'd
> ever care to see, bud. You interested?"

Bart smiles and peals off four bills from his clip, while his eyes scan behind 
the counter looking for mags and ammo, "Give me what papers you have, a 
cleaning kit, a shoulder holster if you've got it, 6 spare mags, some lint 
free barrel patches if the kits got those cheap ones in it, 200 soft hollows 
and 200 with a jacket." 

He pauses for a second in thought, "Can you think of anything else?" he asks 
as he snatches his duffel to the counter and begins to load it.


Earl