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The Weapons
The weapons we make are made of PVC pipe,
piping insulation and duct tape. Basically you take a piece of pipe, slide
some foam on it and wrap it with the duct tape. All weapons must be
inspected by myself (Heather), or Allegra before being used in battle.
This rule is in place to ensure the safety of everyone who fights with us.
Our group uses many different kinds of
weapons. The first weapons were a broadsword, a longsword, two
shortswords, a pair of nunchucks (which were eaten by my dog shortly after
being made but would now be against the rules anyway), and Bob. It's hard
to explain what exactly Bob was when he was first created by Alex. Bob was
a long pole with padding on either side, although the padding was longer
on one side than on the other. Allegra quickly adopted this weapon and
stripped off the longer padding thus creating the first pole-arm.
In the beginning several of us adopted
weapons. Allegra had Bob, I had my longsword, and Mike had his broadsword.
My longsword broke several times in the first year that I had it. The
broken pieces were made into daggers and my longsword wasn't so long
anymore. After it had broken for the 4th time Alex made a new sword for me
that wasn't quite as long. It was named Musashi. For about 2 years this
was my favorite weapon, although is disappeared under mysterious
circumstances.
The first weapon that I ever made was named
The Buster Sword. Anyone who has played
FF7 will understand why. This weapon started as a joke but surprisingly
there are a couple people in the group who are strong enough to use it
efficiently. It's a great weapon for knocking down snowmen. Of course I
wouldn't know anything about that.... <.< >.>
For a long time I was the only person who
carried the weapons (with the exception of Allegra because she carried
Bob). I'm fairly sure that it was the summer of 2001 when other people
started to make and bring their own weapons. Brandon and Zach are the
other main weapon smiths. I would have to say that out of anyone in the
group Ethan has created the strangest and most creative weapons. He
created the 2nd wiggle stick (it was a pole-arm of sorts that was
rediculously long). He also created a weapon that we like to refer to as
the "God Hand." I can't even begin to describe this weapon so
hopefully I will have a picture of it soon.
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