[Closed RP, Basher, Harkonnen] Supply and Demand

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Well. He did manage most everything.

Basher surveyed his room to make sure he got everything.

22 AK-47s (he had tried to get two more but that deal fell through)

An M47 Dragon (it had been the best he could do, rocket launcher wise)

Both crates of the M67s, two crates of the MK3A2s, and six individual incendiary grenades.

And of course, ammo for the above.

All in all, Bash was satisfied with his haul and was sure the Baron would be as well. So with the aid of the shrinking spell, Basher put them in a secure case and went to his office, knocking.

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The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was watching an episode of the Maury Povich Show, which was consistently proving a good source for hilarity. There were such bizarre contrasts in Muggle society- on one hand, they had some brilliant technologies, especially in the areas of communication and weaponry. And yet, they couldn't manage to communicate with each other well enough to figure out who their baby's daddies were, and spent most of their time screaming where a couple of well-aimed bullets would have solved all their problems.

He turned down the volume as he heard a knock on his office door, and cast a quick 'alohomora' to open it, turning to greet his visitor. As he saw that it was Basher Tarr, he smiled, beckoning him to come in- presumably, he'd found the goods he'd requested, although the case looked a bit small. Perhaps the rest were elsewhere, since that would have been a lot to carry at once.

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"Hello," Basher said, setting the case on the counter. As he pulled out each item he used his wand to enlarge them to their proper size.

"The AK-47s. I managed 22, and seeing as people would rather bugger off than go to class, this should be enough."

He did have enough foresight to set the Dragon down before de-spelling it. "I couldn't find the model rocket launcher you asked for, but I did find an older model still in good condition."

In a case within the case, secured to prevent explosions, were the incendiary grenades. "I could only find six incendiary grenades, so use them wisely."

And the crates he also set on the floor before enlarging them. "And two crates each of the grenades you wanted, and ammo for the rocket launcher and guns."

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The Baron smiled appreciatively, both at Basher's haul and his transportation magic, which appeared very convienient. He hadn't actually expected Basher to fulfill his entire request- he'd deliberately overstated his requirements to be certain they were actually met. He accio'd a pouch from a nearby cabinet, followed by a second one.

"Excellent, that shall do splendidly- I hope they weren't too difficult to obtain." He looked over the haul, deciding Basher had actually done a remarkable job of it- so the rocket launcher was of an older model, and there were a couple guns less and no tank- but he'd never expected a tank to begin with. "Quite splendidly in fact- I'll make sure to always let you know if I'm in need of any other teaching aides in the future." He passed both pouches over to Basher, one containing the other half of the agreed-on payment, the other a sizable bonus. Vladimir then accio'd himself an AK-47, and looked it over carefully, running his fingers over all the parts of the weapon.

"The Imperium's not going to happen for thousands of years, and yet. . . we still use very similar equiptment, most of the time. Sure, we've got lasguns, but, we can't actually use those most of the time. We've all got shields, and the two don't mix well." He wasn't about to accio himself a grenade, but looked over the crates approvingly, thinking it was more than enough for his planned 'extra credit' class. He nodded approvingly at the proper transport of the incendiary grenades. "Six will do just fine- we'll not be needing more than that. They're mostly for demonstration, and, to add a little extra challenge to my 'extra credit' lesson plans." He grinned- given the no-kill magic at Hogwarts, the Baron felt that a live-action war game would be both educational, and, enjoyable, and not just for him. "I'm hoping it'll be a popular class- a bit more entertaining and practical than sitting around and looking at books."

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Basher shrugged as he pocketed the money. "I suppose that proves that you can't get more effective than that, then," he said, gesturing to the AK-47.

"Unfortunately, that means gun mechanics have peaked. You're going to let the students fire off guns?"

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"Not in most circumstances- obviously there's some differences when you're dealing with interstellar situations, but, on a planet's surface, it's hard to beat a good assault rifle. Lasguns are devastating, but, shields are commonly used, and the two combined produce a nuclear reaction. Not very effective for surface combat." He himself always carried a couple maula pistols around, which shot poison darts, swift and effective- but he also never felt the need to mention them. It was good to have a few secrets up your sleeves.

"The ones that want to- it's not a required class. Although it should be." He grinned slightly as he examined the AK-47s mechanisms in detail. "There's a lot more 'Muggles' with these effective single-purpose wands than there are wizards. It would do the students very well to be aware of just what theyr'e capable of. As no one can actually die on the grounds, there's few lessons more effective than a first-hand lesson. Being able to swish a wand around and produce remarkable magics doesn't make them immune to the rest of the world."

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Basher winced at the idea of a nuclear reaction. "Yeah, good to avoid. I'd have a hospital staff member on standby, if I were you; no kill rule or not, there's still gonna be some bleeders." He turned to leave.

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The Baron laughed, nodding. "Naturally- although the point of the class is to make them learn to avoid the situation. Still, some will probably need to be patched up. You should stop by for it, it should be interesting at the very least. Again, my thanks." As Basher turned to leave, he summoned his house-elf, and instructed her to label everything with 'Property of the Muggle Studies Department'.