[Surely, there are worse situations to be in than treed, by bears, alone, in an unfamiliar patch of woods, with one's musketoon mysteriously refusing to fire. Surely, there must be. The fact that, as he crouches in the forked trunk of this tree, Stephanivien cannot actually think of a worse situation to be in is irrelevant.]
Perhaps if I-- [He mutters to himself before taking a wrench from his pocket and readjusting the barrel alignment for the thousandth time since waking up. But confident that this time, THIS time it'll work (as there's no rightful reason for it not to, really...), he sights along the barrel, aims for the bear's eyes, squeezes the trigger--]
BLAM
[--and promptly falls backwards out of the tree from the surprise and shock of a rather explosive malfunction.]
[Ah yes. Being chased by bears again after having injured oneself falling out of a tree--this would be the worse situation.]
Stephanivien Haillenarte | Rifter | FFXIV
Hmmm...
[Surely, there are worse situations to be in than treed, by bears, alone, in an unfamiliar patch of woods, with one's musketoon mysteriously refusing to fire. Surely, there must be. The fact that, as he crouches in the forked trunk of this tree, Stephanivien cannot actually think of a worse situation to be in is irrelevant.]
Perhaps if I-- [He mutters to himself before taking a wrench from his pocket and readjusting the barrel alignment for the thousandth time since waking up. But confident that this time, THIS time it'll work (as there's no rightful reason for it not to, really...), he sights along the barrel, aims for the bear's eyes, squeezes the trigger--]
BLAM
[--and promptly falls backwards out of the tree from the surprise and shock of a rather explosive malfunction.]
[Ah yes. Being chased by bears again after having injured oneself falling out of a tree--this would be the worse situation.]