TGMT: Story of a Bullet · 5:20am Feb 27th, 2013
A bullet marked in green slides into place, a sliver of light falling gently upon it. The hand pushes the bolt closed, shrouding the bullet in darkness, but not before the sound of the empty casing bouncing off steel is heard. Several meters distant, a tiny point of light reaches the bullet, held tightly between its own casing. Inside the casing, a mass of black matter swirls violently, energy eager to be released. Outside, an eye lines up the shot, twists the theatrics setting to zero, and slowly pulls the trigger.
A spark of energy shoots into the casing, transforming the raw potential energy into pure kinetic energy, avoiding the release of any sound or flame. For a moment the bullet's speed was zero. The next, it was traveling several times the speed of sound, with only a small pop to signal its presence.
I yanked back the bolt, watching blankly as the bullet smashed into a wall. With a deep effort of will, I raised my hand and reached into the wal-bzzt
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The smoking casing bounced off the floor, joining its brethren as the bullet clips the edge of a distant target. I growled in frustration and loaded in another round into the open chamber of the Full Color Jacket (Sniper Rifle S-12).
