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ally armed with vorpal swords, Karen and Drew were
prepared to face the Jabberwock itself. However, when the
rattling chitin and pungent presence encircled them, they
reconsidered. Karen conjured a full-auto, belt-fed shotgun. Asami Ogawa
used plastic ball bugshot for the spectacular effect it had
against exoskeletons. (Losing much of their energy penetrating
the shell, the balls shredded internal organs as they ricochetted
around inside.) Drew muscled a small rotary-barrel cannon which
used conventional warloads.
Tar and Madge had succeeded in tagging the gate with a dayglo
border, but attempts to tease it open were in vain.
When the fog shifted it revealed the massed and closing
terrors, most dripping slime or venom. Without hesitation, Karen
and Drew opened fire, weaving a curtain of murderous projectiles
to the staccato thunder of their automatic weapons. They adroitly
avoided each others crossfire and ammunition belts. When they
ceased firing, drifting cordite odor mixed with the humid charnel
stench.
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