#accuracy international

[commonwealth-operator]

11 December 2289 / Cambridge Rooftops

In the crow's nest, doing some recon on a rival paramilitary force in possession of a large amount of military hardware.

[pedroam-bang]

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One (2023)

[der-einsame-abenteurer]

[choppedcowboydinosaur]

About the Accuracy International story in that Kemono Friends art - it's from Zach Hazard and mikeburnfire's fallout new vegas playthrough. There should be a video called "Zach's Gun Rants Compilation" by mikeburnfire on youtube - the AWP story is at 19:32.

I knew that story sounded familiar. Thank you for sharing that with me.

[gun-identifier]

Accuracy International L96

Gotta stay fit to keep your rifle steady !

[tiradoresprecision]

Accuracy International AXMC

La venerable Enciclopedia Británica define la ley de los rendimientos decrecientes como una “ley económica que establece que si una constante en la producción de un producto básico aumenta mientras que todos los demás constante se mantienen fijos, eventualmente se alcanzará un punto en el que las adiciones de la constante producen aumentos progresivamente menores, o decrecientes, en la…

[gomzdrawfr]

comms shenanigans

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bonus doodle for tapioca, my no.1 supporter <3

[infernal-scales]

the beginning of the end to your sanity starter :) || @fellandfeathers

WHEN IN ROME do as the Romans do, and Crowley has discovered Romans do a lot of fucking. End of story.

Nudity and sex weren’t really anything looked down upon yet in most civilizations. Well, if you overlook the instances of Sodom and Gomorrah, or any other time humanity has been far too indulgent in their “sinful ways” that called for their untimely destruction.

There was a carefree attitude for all things pleasurable with the Romans, though, that Crowley quite liked, and with a flourishing nation came a want for indulgence within all its people.

It was A BREEDING GROUND for on-the-job demons, of course.

The knowledge that Aziraphale was stationed in the city alongside him put a damper on his mood. DON’T GET HIM WRONG: seeing that familiar face did wonders for his mood usually. However, this would be the first time Crowley was actively working when the angel was nearby. Most of the time, he stumbled upon or sniffed the other out—keeping his reputation clean of actions that would otherwise have Aziraphale turning his nose up at him.

Not this time, and it made him itchy, irritable, more so than he already was with the whole Emperor gig.

Speaking of the devil, the public bathhouse is filled with nothing but Caligula’s court, all mingling with each other in a manner of… INDECENT WAYS. Crowley’s mainly kept himself separated from the more involved circles—doing his best to enjoy a goblet of the finest wine in the country—but it’s not long before a curly blonde soldier swims in between his legs.

❝ How can one seem SO ALONE in a room full of people? ❞

Was that suppose to be romantic? Rude, but okay.

Crowley smirks instead of letting a biting remark fly, aware of the eyes on him from the powerful parties nearby. A hand cups the man’s jaw, forcing his neck to crane up.

❝ NOT ALONE NOW, am I? ❞

The blonde beams at him, but it lacks the radiance and dimples that never fail to warm him.

[choppedcowboydinosaur]

Wasn’t this from a stream?

Serval Gun Rant

[commonwealth-operator]

12 December 2289 / Cambridge Outskirts

A small band of highwaymen were attempting to set up a tollbooth on the Beantown bridge, a strategic crossing over the Charles. This wasn't going to work for me; two secure installations within a mile meant leaving these guys alive was putting my settlers at risk.

Hit this nasty hat trick on 'em. Three shots, three kills.

[celtrist]

Those in Louisiana who are native speakers of French generally either speak Louisiana French (aka Cajun French) or Louisiana Creole. In the early 1920s, the state govt. prohibited Louisiana public schools from teaching in French, and students were often punished for speaking Cajun French or Creole in the classroom. As a result, many Cajun and Creole people who grew up during that time didn’t pass down the Cajun and Creole French language to their children, and they instead only taught their kids English.

(This is what happened in my own family, so although I’m ethnically Cajun, I’m sort of learning Cajun French from scratch, since I grew up not really knowing any of the language, with the exception of the words sha and do-do.) Kirby Jambon on YouTube is a great resource if you’re interested in learning more about the Cajun French language and culture. There’s also Rouganou on YouTube, who has made some pretty good videos on Louisiana Creole.

I could also talk a bit about other aspects of Cajun and Creole culture, like the large Catholic population and the cuisine (yay crawfish boils!), but I suspect that info won’t be super useful to you if you’re trying to use it to write a character who is, from what I know of the source material, a cannibalistic demon man. (Well. I guess there’s always a possibility that Alastor puts a bit of Tony Chachere’s or Slap Ya Mama on the people he eats and then like. Experiences Catholic guilt about it. That’s what I do with fettuccine alfredo.)

Huh, okay. I've been receiving some back-and-forth stuff on the subject but, relatively speaking, most people have been sure about there being some form of French speaking/dialect.

Though, like you said, it would be uncommon during the 20s and 30s. There is a chance for the character to speak/learn it as he was in his 30s-40s when he died in 33.

Definitely for the most part I've been getting that he'd speak a variation of French due to being for Orleans, but him speaking metropolitan French wouldn't be horribly inaccurate for him to speak? Cajun French was pointed out to me as something that WOULD be unlikely though as it's something more from outside the city of Orleans than in it (which again, I think checks out with previous discussions I've had on the subject!).

There's definitely been mixed responses: some people saying he would speak cajun French, some say he wouldn't, some say he'd speak international French, others say he wouldn't, and so on. So I'm sort of quickly realizing information on the topic is a bit inconsistent, more than likely not helped by the French variations (Louisiana, Creole, and maybe Cajun?) being more on the side of dead languages and perhaps not the best documented. So at best, we have first-hand accounts with families as even web searches can be a bit inconsistent as well either to themselves or with people who've had families live in Orleans and the like.

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[catsafari25]

The urge to lend my copy of Project Hail Mary to all my friends so they can also experience it vs my need to keep it as a reference for writing fic: fight

[jonathanbyersphd]

How does Nancy not have a single chunky plastic bangle?

[ryolightswan]

"Wright... when I saw you on that stage, it brought.... unnecessary rage."

All I know is I was discussing actor!Phoenix with my friends a long time ago and. For some reason I typed this out 💀

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

The British Ministry of Defence, checking to see that Accuracy International isn't just two guys in a shed: "Now, you're not just two guys in a shed with no large-scale manufacturing ability, are you?" Accuracy International (actually four guys and a girl in a shed with no large-scale manufacturing ability): "Absolutely not! We totally have a factory!" Some weeks later... MoD: "And this factory of yours we're touring... where are all the workers?" AI (having rented the factory on off-hours): "Uh... lunch break!" MoD: "... Understandable, have a nice day. Here's your contract."

Which gun is your overall favorite?

Accuracy International Precision Marksman