Day 42: Bill's Hardware (Afternoon)

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The air had been even brisker for the walk from the restaurant to the store. Keeping up with his taller friend's longer strides had Armand breathless when they arrived. The exertion made him want to take off the heavy coat in the warmer indoors air, but he didn't want to carry or lose it.. As for the store itself, he was both fascinated and

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Any sort of calm tranquility that blessed the store with its presence was now officially out the window.

Geeze! This guy was loud! Sechs could practically feel the loose strands of his hair being blown away from his forehead as he was assailed by the bigger man's vocal outrage. His ears rung like they had been hit by a sonic boom! Dammit! Just when his headache was starting to get better...

"Who you calling a little shit?!" Sechs blared back with his left fist raised in a threatening gesture whilst keeping his braced hand behind and out of sight. He leaned in closer to the other man with his head tilted further back, directing his furious glare at the stranger's face instead of his chest.

Now that Sechs' vision wasn't being engulfed in grey hair, he was able to get a better look at who he was dealing with. Damn... Sechs definitely had a tendency to pick fights with big people, didn't he? This guy was just about as tall as Recluse. He wasn't as bulky in the muscle department but his build conveyed telltale signs of an experienced

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"Yeah, it sure did!" Sechs confirmed Teisel's remark with a nod. "If I had the older 20 mm Solenoid gun model, I would've needed an outside power source to deliver the juice needed to fire. Usually the energy would be sent through a real powerful laser beam. The newer model I had was smaller and just took in cartridges for power, which was way less of a hassle. It had swifter discharge and repeat fire too!" Hum... It was a shame Sechs had to sacrifice his Quench gun for his Fizziroy's upgrade. It did screw up the overall balance of his body, but it was so fun to shoot...

Liking what he was hearing so far, Sechs' grin only grew bigger. "Blitzkrieg, huh? Sounds fun!" He declared, his amber eyes giving off a swift flash. Anything with a name meaning 'Lightning War' must have been an awesome machine to do battle with! He could only imagine its capabilities... Along with Recluse in his eight-armed form, Sechs mentally added Teisel into his 'to engage battle with' list for later when things return to normal. "I'm willing to wait. When that