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Now that I think about it, the 'Russian bear hunt' idea would probably be cool, but realistically a lion pelt is gonna be worth beaucoup bucks, and so shooting it to pieces is probably a terrible idea. Moreover, considering the firearms some people are toting (revolvers, pistols, shotguns of unspecified gauge), it's doubtful they've got enough stopping power for a lion. Or a bear, for that matter.
Only Smiley and Joe have rifles (although I had never mentioned it, it has long been a part of my image of him. If you care, Winchester 1895 chambered for 30-06, chosen because a) nothing says 'wild west all over again' like lever-action rifles and b) it was a common sporting rifle, and a very common caliber).
I mean, no hate on the people carrying pistols, it's just that they're useful mostly in an urban context, because any gun violence in urban environments occurs necessarily at close range, and so controllability, and perhaps more importantly concealability, are crucial, whereas in a rural environment a rifle is just far more practical since a) better at long distance and b) more stopping power, a practical consideration given that a temporary civilizational collapse happened before semi-automatic firearms really became prevalent and so the double or triple-tap just isn't as much of an option.

of course the simplest solution for our lion problem is for Joe, as what is clearly a Magic Native American, to wander off into the woods for some time, after which everyone just hears a roar, a shot, more roaring which dies down afterwards, and then after thirty minutes of wondering how they're gonna kill it now that it's had dinner, he strolls back in carrying the carcass back over his shoulders because he broke its neck with his bare hands after shooting it in the eye somehow didn't kill it well enough

Russians hunt with bolt actions my dude, I've been on a bear hunt. Dima carries his Nagant revolver and either a Mosin Nagant cavalry Carbine or a Swedish Mauser carbine, haven't decided yet. Also I am pretty sure that Justinian is doing it this way bc he wants to RP this out rather than just have the lion magically die.

for clarity anything that I strikeout is shit i'm saying non-seriously
although anything I do without punctuation is probably also of dubious seriousness

And I'm sure that's how Russians do it properly. I was just saying I doubt how practical that is given the firearms people have been stated to be actually carrying around, since obviously I can't make inferences about what someone is carrying when there's been no mention of it without me having in some respect seized control of someone else's character, which is a cardinal sin.

for clarity anything that I strikeout is shit i'm saying non-seriously
although anything I do without punctuation is probably also of dubious seriousness

And I'm sure that's how Russians do it properly. I was just saying I doubt how practical that is given the firearms people have been stated to be actually carrying around, since obviously I can't make inferences about what someone is carrying when there's been no mention of it without me having in some respect seized control of someone else's character, which is a cardinal sin.

I gotcha, also I know that 3 people have rifles and one person has a shotgun, that may or may not have slugs idk. Dunno if anyone else has a rifle tho

Let's say Frank has a full-length 12-gauge pump-action shotgun as well as a 20-gauge double-barrelled sawed-off shotgun. And he has a random assortment of ammo, including regular shotshells, buckshot, and slugs.

Who's gonna post next?

Well, I'd figured he was just on his way back to y'all, seeing as how that was the last thing I'd posted, but if you'd like he can have dealt with our little lion problem in the Magical Native American way too.

I'm ok with that. If not, we should figure out what we're gonna do, then just do it, otherwise we'll be stuck in this campsite forever!

@Wintermoot we still need another one of those dividing thingies here for this RP.

Y'all make another post about arguing with Jim and I'll send out the Lion, sound good?

Hmm. Better that Joe not return till after then then. Unfortunately he doesn't do well in talky situations.

Wintermoot[/member] we still need another one of those dividing thingies here for this RP.

I never made one because the RP guild never requested it, but I went ahead and did it anyway.

Wintermoot[/member] we still need another one of those dividing thingies here for this RP.

I never made one because the RP guild never requested it, but I went ahead and did it anyway.

Oh sorry we have to RP guild do that!?  So sorry for not following protocol.  After all, without protocol what do we have!?  Anarchy!!  ( )

Wintermoot[/member] we still need another one of those dividing thingies here for this RP.

I never made one because the RP guild never requested it, but I went ahead and did it anyway.

Oh sorry we have to RP guild do that!?  So sorry for not following protocol.  After all, without protocol what do we have!?  Anarchy!!  ( )

I mean, I'm on the Guild Council, and I requested it earlier, multiple times if I recall correctly... Should we make a dedicated thread for it?

You're probably best off PMing me or something, because to be honest I don't really pay attention to the RP topics. It's just not my thing, you know?

You're probably best off PMing me or something, because to be honest I don't really pay attention to the RP topics. It's just not my thing, you know?

Okay, so next time I'll PM instead of mentioning you?