*headdesks repeatedly*

[agilebrit]

The one problem solved with this scene notwithstanding, I still have another problem, which is how my Bad Guy gets ahold of a gun. Because my characters are neither stupid nor sloppy and they'd search him before securing him to the chair.

And they're all standing right there, so someone would notice if it didn't get done.

CRAPDAMMIT.

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[kensieg.livejournal.com]

he found a gun that tony had stashed away? Nobody noticed because it was tony's gun.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

He's tied to a chair and can get one arm loose before they notice and rain hell down on his head. I was going to use the old dodge of "homophobes never check there, so I shot him with a small revolver I keep near my balls," but my Butler is a pro and would know that trick, so...no.

It's an office chair, maybe he gets the arm loose and then lunge-rolls it across the room to a gun left on a desk before they can stop him...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

[pets]

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

You've been scarce lately...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Stress and feeling a bit overwhelmed. will try and do better :)

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

*hugs back* I hope Nin had a happy birthday, though? :)

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Waiting for her to get home from work right now. Though one of the pharmacists at work bought her a cake, so it sounds like she had a good work day :)

[sunnyd-lite.livejournal.com]

what if it's not a gun? He's a were, isn't he? What if he changes with the stress?

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Well, I wanted him to shoot someone (probably not!Harmony, possibly killing her, haven't decided that much yet) and then have not!Harry wolf and tear his throat out while he's still tied to the chair...

And after that I'd have to decide if not!Harry was perma-wolfed or not.

[sunnyd-lite.livejournal.com]

What if it's wolfie a wolfie instead of mano a mano. He's a were, he's in pain, why wouldn't he use his abilities in front of people who already know? Unless they tied him up with silver?

You're writing a supernatural fic, use the supernatural is what I say!

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

That would change that whole scene...

Which wouldn't necessarily be bad...

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

My Writing Buddy pointed out that the guy has super strength and could just use the expedient of ripping the chair apart, lunging for a gun, shooting not!Harmony, and then not!Harry can hit him like a ton of bricks...

I may even have a line for it...

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

There was this Dick Tracy villain, see? He'd been grossly obese, and lost the weight suddenly - illness, I guess - which left his skin so baggy that he had it surgically pouched, like, under his chin, his thighs, &c. With hypoallergenic snap fasteners. He stashed all kinds of stuff in himself that way, including small pistols.

Just a thought.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Hee! Wouldn't work here, necessarily, but I think I know where I'm going in this scene now...