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Let's look at guns, including futuristic rayguns!
"Gun" icon by Eric Bird from Noun Project (CCBY3.0)
404 - Life not found (2011)
> x USP Match (@ Picnic Tables)
A rugged handgun, the silde is silver but the rest is black. You recognize this gun from Tomb Raider.
> x machine gun (@ (nowhere))
A machine gun. It is some sort of full-auto assault rife. It's quite cool, it has a sight and a laser pointer attached to it.
Aunts and Butlers (2006)
> x shotgun (@ Platform)
A double-barrelled shotgun with a rather unfriendly appearance. Cousin Virgule swings it around himself in a display of pride and liberty.
Being the Little Guy (2003)
> x zap gun (@ Throne Room)
A glittering metallic zap gun.
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (2015)
> x ray gun (@ Finch's Diner)
It's smooth and silver and wicked-looking, with softly glowing green lines on the barrel.
> x BB gun (@ Midway Games)
An ordinary-looking BB gun. It's attached to the counter so you can't walk off with it.
BSE (1996)
> x toy pistol (@ Garden)
The pistol is an uninspiring shade of washed-out pink, but makes up for it with the battery-powered sound effects generator tagged on to the handle. Its pea-sized water tank is currently [one of] empty [or] full of a clear fluid [or] full of water [as appropriate].
By the Lake (2015)
> x nail gun (@ Pier)
From what you can tell, it's in working condition. The battery light is glowing faintly.
Channel Surfing (2008)
> x taser gun (@ Box)
It looks just like what you imagined a taser gun would look like.
Chlorophyll (2015)
> x solar pistol (@ Xyloforming Lab)
A small pistol which dispenses harsh but mostly inedible low-grade artificial sunlight. You can SHOOT an object to bathe it in light.
The Cube (2010)
> x ray gun (@ The Wrong Lab)
A nasty-looking ray gun sits on a shelf in the storage locker. It looks like something your 11-year-old built out of Lego™ and frightened Grandma with.
It comes with three handy-dandy settings: STUN, KILL, and VAPOURISE. You think you could shorten them to S, K and V to make things easier.
The Day I shot Alex (2017)
> x plasma gatling (@ Potter room)
Oh, Alex would love this! It's an Alien Tech (tm) high-powered plasma gatling gun. Alex talked to you about this, and you pretended to listen. As it fires about 400 slugs of superheated plasma per *second*, it's cooled by sodium fluoride and sodium tetrafluoroborate.
What use such a gun is in a world whose problems are mainly a lack of collaboration is anyone's guess, but you couldn't deny Alex' childish glee when talking about weapons. This thing looks dangerous, it would be very easy to SHOOT someone with it. It also has a GRENADE option, usable only once, for when you need to take out multiple enemies at once.
The Day I shot Hitler! (2007)
> x Uzi (@ The Potter Room)
An Uzi. Like in the movies. Paul told you it belonged to his grandfather, who was a bit on the funny side, and he tended to displace his magazine. Paul also told you that the thing is quite old and useless - it's set to Automatic fire and will stay that way.
[either] The magazine shaft is empty. [or] The Uzi is locked and loaded. [as appropriate]
The Day I stabbed Stalin (2010)
> x flintlock (@ Living room)
An antique flintlock - and it's working.You got [1 or 0] bullets left.
The Day of the Queen (2015)
> x Colt (@ Garden Area)
Read up here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Army_Model_1860. You have [4 to 0] shots left.
> x M60 (@ On the wall)
It's an American general-purpose machine gun, belt-fed. It's rather heavy. You have 800 shots left.
The Day we got a pet (2018)
> x plasma rifle (@ Glass savannah)
Oh, it's one of those duracellium powered ones, with the funny off switch.
DEATH DEATH DEATH DEATH (2000)
> x gun (@ YOUR living room)
It's YOURS according to the GREAT SECOND AMENDMENT of the constitution of this otherwise SOCIALIST NAZI GESTAPO REPUBLIC.
Djibouti Dirigible Discombobulation (2007)
> x gun (@ Rocky Scrubland)
In appearance, the Hennings-Jobson Sophical Discombobulator resembles an elaborately decorated carbine, bristling with antennae, hydraulic tubing, miniature gyroscopes and similar improbable attachments. You have as yet been instructed in the use of only three controls: the trigger that performs discombobulation, its recombobulating partner, and the screw that, tightened appropriately, primes the recombobulation barrel with stored essences.
The [quale-adjective] essential fluid is currently chambered.
[if first time, add:] (You may discombobulate objects with the command DISCOMBOBULATE, abbreviated to DIS, and recombobulate them again with RECOMBOBUBLATE or REC.)
Dr Horror's House of Terror (2021)
> x blunderbuss (@ The Slaughtered Calf)
The old gun is an ancient thing. At one end, its barrel flares out into a bell. At the other, a simple trigger under an oiled wooden stock.
Final Assault of the Big Green Cliches (2001)
> x rifle (@ (unnamed location))
You're good with a sniper rifle. They usually try to get you one. You were lucky. However, there are only 3 bullets left in the thing, and you were forced to abandon the bag with the spare ammunition.
Flexible Pants (2001)
> x squirt gun (@ Electrical Closet)
You pull the trigger, water comes out.
Gaucho (2012)
> x pistol (@ Sheriff's Office / Jail)
This pistol is not what you would expect from Mad Dog - it looks almost like a toy. But the gleam of cold metal is real enough, and the gold engraving is much fancier than you'd expect on any toy! Snaking up the derringer's grip is a sinuous gold filigree, tracing out a handsome man on one side and a beautiful woman on the other - both wearing monocles!
Ghosterington Night (2012)
> x shooter (@ Clifftop)
This trusty weapon has extricated you from more sticky situations than you can recall. [bullet-status]
Grooverland (2021)
> x white laserpistols (@ Ballroom)
These simple white weapons are the most basic tool used in the laserfight game.
You can TAKE and GIVE them (the cranes will move them automatically).
Hercules! (2021)
> x gun (@ City Palace)
A simple black revolver, as far as you can tell.
> x phaser (@ Labyrinth)
It's a blaster like the ones used on Star Trek, but it doesn't seem to fire. A small sticker on the side reads "Property of Area 51".
Interstellar Pizza Brigade (2016)
> x ray gun (@ Flight Deck)
It's a vintage LaserLobber 2056, deluxe model. You've had it ever since you graduated from Interstellar University with Superluminal Honours.
Jon Doe - Wildcard Nucleus (2019)
> x Beretta (@ Office)
The Beretta is your favorite pistol, because it is small but precise and reliable.
> x submachine gun (@ Northern Yard)
The weapon has apparently been damaged when the guard fell, it's functionality is not guaranteed.
Keepsake (2011)
> x pistol (@ His Apartment)
A black, well oiled Colt .45 Government M1911 with the magazine loaded and ready.
The Ludicorp Mystery (2006)
> x gun (@ Car)
A shiny gun
Maiden of the Moonlight (1996)
> x pistol (@ Porch)
The pistol [isn't or is] loaded.
Mental Entertainment (2019)
> x guns (@ Store)
You give the guns a once over, but you've found that arriving to assessments armed tends to put people on edge.
> x revolver (@ Sheriff's Office)
A heavy revolver, perhaps from the Mexican-American war. It looks well-used.
Moonbase (2002)
> x ray gun (@ earthside transporter room)
This is your nephew's toy ray gun. You're not sure what it is doing here, but you should probably return it to the little brat once this mission is over.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents "Detective" (1995)
> x pistol (@ Closet)
It is a small black pistol. It has 10 bullets in it. You must use them wisely.
Nowheresville (2022)
> x gun (@ Toy Store)
An eerily accurate-looking toy gun.
Return to the Stars (2021)
> x rifle (@ Armory)
A rifle of shwabolian design as you've seen on the battlefield often enough.
Santa's Trainee Elf (2020)
> x pop gun (@ Mailroom)
It's the pop gun you made for Afram.
The Silence of the Gods (2011)
> x gun (@ Narrow Gangway)
A Beretta Parabellum. Old, but still useful.
The Song of the Mockingbird (2021)
> x rifle (@ Outside the Barn)
Occasionally, Whitey pokes his rifle barrel of the hayloft window and scans around the area, hoping to catch you in the open.
> x rifle (@ South of the Corral)
This was a Henry before it was trampled by a bunch of cows. Now it's junk.
Toonesia (1995)
> x gun (@ Atop a Narrow Mesa)
It's your trusty gun. You've missed many a fine specimen with it.
Tryst of Fate (1995)
> x gun (@ Saloon)
The single-shot pocket derringer has a beautiful ivory handle and appears to be loaded.
Turning Point (2004)
> x blaster (@ Captain's Platform)
This is your blaster. You can use it to shoot at stuff, and fry objects or enemies with excessive radiation. It is handy on low power for when you are too lazy to cook.
Waystation (1995)
> x stun gun (@ Armory)
The gun is a short gunmetal grey affair. Its barrel is flanged at the end, indicating that the shots fired from it are probably intended to stun rather than to kill. There is a dial on the side of the grip. The needle of the dial indicates that the gun is [discharged or charged]. On the base of the grip is a small single-plug receptacle. [if jack attached] The jack from the recharger is plugged into the receptacle. [end if]
> x rifles (@ Hallway)
The rifles have a strap running from the stock to the barrel. They are slung across the guards' shoulders.
The Weapon (2001)
> x pistol (@ Yi-Lono-Mordel Control Room)
Apparently standard issue to military officers, given the frequency with which you have been on the wrong end of them, the shiny chrome and spiky protrustions leave no question as to the purpose of this device. At least the Yi tend to be subtle about it.
Will The Real Marjorie Hopkirk Please Stand Up? (1998)
> x gun (@ Conference Hall)
Long, strong and sleek - perfect for hits on women. [if loaded, add:] It is loaded with one bullet.
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it (2011)
> x water pistol (@ Walled quadrangle)
Bone dry.
Zombies! (2004)
> x pistol (@ Office)
It's an M9 Beretta semiautomatic service pistol.
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