It’s time for the final character preview, before the launch of the story on April 20
Next up in our preview of characters from the next story is T.L. "Tip" Grim. Grim runs the T.L. Grim Gun Shop in a town south of Beth Harper’s city. Unbeknownst to law enforcement, he also knows Maximus Savage, having earned the gang leader's trust when the two crossed paths years early. As a result, when the gang moved into the area, Grim earned the gang's business, too, and has supplied it with their firepower.
Grim is an older man of at least sixty, with a hawk nose and sharp eyes below bushy eyebrows, and a full head of brown hair. A slight paunch forms at his waist, but he appears to be in decent physical shape otherwise.
Maximus Savage isn't the only local figure who knows T.L. Grim. Beth Harper knows him, too. In one of her first big stories for Radiance Online, Beth wrote a lengthy expose on the gun lobby in Pennsylvania, interviewing legislators, lobbyists, and gun dealers like Grim. Grim, known for being tightlipped, was surprisingly forthcoming with her. Beth still maintains a file on the man and his shop.
They’ll really give out guns to anyone these days, hmmm? (deep sigh)
T.L. “Tip” Grim, a.k.a. the “You get a gun! And YOU get a gun! EVERYONE GETS A GUN!” person. If he ends up dying from a gunshot, that’d be darkly hilarious. Seems like without him, the Savage Gang would be.....marginally less dangerous. I mean, I bet they’d still be able to take a lot of people on with their bare hands, but they’d be nowhere near as capable if it weren’t for Grim’s provisions. Unarmed people are easier to secure and target than armed people, but, like.....this guy screams corrupt right off the bat.
And now it looks like we know a little more (and also got some refreshers) about Beth’s whole stance on gun distribution and such. It’s important for certain people to have them (e.g. police officers), but in the wrong hands (e.g., mentally ill or overly hostile people), immense death and destruction could result. And this Grim guy doesn’t seem to be helping matters in the least. There’s also a whole other can of worms with the Second Amendment, which I won’t even get into.....at least, for now.
He’s probably going to be the least of Sapphire’s worries, seeing as she’s practically bulletproof anyways. But then.....that could be tempting fate. The Savage Gang might have something up their sleeves to bypass her powers. Brute strength seems to be their forte instead of technology, though, so at any rate, we’ll see.
Ideas for possible lines:
“Bringing out the big guns!”
“Welcome to the gun show!”
“Whoops! I used more gun!”
“I’m not telling you anything; I’m sticking to my guns.”
“Sun’s out, guns out!”
“Hot cross guns, hot cross guns, one-a-penny, two-a-penny, hot cross guns.”
“I like big guns and I cannot lie, no other brothers can deny.....”
Can’t wait for the first part to go up on the 20th! Lots of good stuff happening then.....but don’t worry! None of them are drug-related, even though it IS Weed Day (4/20)!