[Sodium_noir] Titus and Sugar - "A Gun for any Seaon."

[eugene mcfadden]

>Titus, Sugar, Gideon
>Lasombra, Mortal Extraodinaire, Dirty Mortal.
>
>Sugar looked to Titus as if she suddenly saw him for the first time.  Her
>stormy eyes sparkled with a hint of moisture and her plush lips crinkled
>like she might cry.
>
>"Awww, Titus."  She said softly as if she hadn't realized he might give a
>care.  "I just know you 'n me run with the same kinda crowd and...I know if
>something bad happens I won't have a clue.  If you hear anything, anything
>at all that might not be so good for someone like.  Lemme know will ya?"
>
>Sugar's eyes were wide and innocent in the way that said she was afraid of
>something coming.
>
>"I dunno what it is yet, but I don't wanna end up cold-blooded..."
>
>The wording she used was ironic given the circumstances and it was hard 
>tell
>if she really knew anything about the workings of Gotham.  Sugar was slowly
>putting two and two together and who knew how long it would take for her 
>get
>to four.
>
>She stepped closer to Titus and laid her hand on his arm.  "It'd mean a lot
>to me."

Titus patted her arm, turned to Gideon, ' That taser you got back there, how 
much?'

Gideon mentioned a price, Titus mentioend a way lower price.  They agreed 
somewhere in between, Gideon dumping the tazer plus charger on the counter.  
It looked like something out  of star trek: a rectangular cuboid with a 
black grip, a red buttton and a green button, two prongs at one end.  Titus 
picked it up, pressed a button, then pressed another button, seting blue 
lightning to ridebtweeen the two prongs at one end.

' Ten thousand volt bug zapper.  S' not really a Tazer, a Tazer shoots 
prongs out and has a range of about ten feet, but this thing is all about 
getting up close and personal.  Not like your gun.'

He handed her the tazer, then drew his gun, stepping back; one limping step 
after another, till he was about five feet away.  Gideon shouted a , 'Hey,' 
but one look from Titus has him shuting up and then taking his porn mag into 
the back room.

' When you pull a gun, be prepared to use it.  Being prepared to use it 
means you don't let anyone  get closer than five fet or so.  Hold it out 
like so,' he indicated his stance, both hands on the gun, left fot forward, 
right foot back and well balanced, aiming along the sight, ' You drsaw it, 
you tell them to stay away, they make a move towards you, you empty a roudn 
into them.  Simple.  A gun has only one side that's dangerous, that's why 
it's shit up close.  They take a hold of the gun, they get out of its way, 
you'd be better off with a knife.  Or Mr Bug-Zapper.

' A bullet in the chest will stop most people.  You think it mightn't stop 
them, you put a round in their kneecap.  That'll slow anyone down, maybe 
even permanently,' he tapped his own brace wrapped leg.'

He holstered his gun again, then drew out his wallet and took from it a 
battered looking card.

' Worst comes to the worst, you show them this and tell 'em you know me.'

(OOC: go to the MSN Sodium Noir website for Titus' card, s' under pictures 
and commmunity art.)

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