NanoSteps -- the brainstorming thread

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The street was a wreck. From the heat and the blowing sand, combined with the architecture, I figured it was somewhere in the American Southwest, somewhere around the Civil War period, but a closer look at some of the shell casings and discarded pistols lying around meant that if it was, there was an odd bump in the technology curve. (Given what was in the sky when I got a better look at it later and what I learned after being able to ask some questions, this turned out to be even more wrong than I thought.) Given how bullet-riddled the street was, it was no surprise that the locals had all fled, though by the time I'd shaken off the usual post-portal blackout and lingering disorientation the gunfire had pretty much died down.

A tallish bald guy in goggles was lying dead in the street, still clutching a pair of very blocky machine guns, despite so many bullet wounds that he was less corpse than sponge. I'd initially thought the younger guy at the other end of battleground was dead too, until he moaned and rolled onto his belly, then started crawling away.

Well, crap. I was already giving my helmet the command as I hurried over, "System, load 'I'm Alive.' Play!"

Spoiler

Trigun (Wolfwood after the duel with his mentor)

- CD, I suggested this a while back for Drunkard's Vacation since Bob and Peggy have mentioned being W. fans, but figure it might as well see a little action now. Feel free to expand or modify as needed if desired.

Edit: fixed bonehead song error - thanks Rob!

Edit again: Since Bob gave it the nod over in The Game Everyone Loves to Play, 'Give Me Back My Bullets' is more directly applicable here, and saves 'I'm Alive' in case Doug runs into another situation where he needs a healing song in the same day. So, if desired, switch that one in for the song used.
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