I have always like to invent and create things and when I was hanging
out with kids who liked to fight I built fighting things. I have
mentioned about the water jug and motor cyborg enhancement suit that
went horribly wrong and almost broke Justin's arm off. Well, I never
let anything like massive failure and a little dismemberment slow me
down so I decided to make a range of super hero/wizard-esque weapons
based on fire. My customer base was thrilled with the idea and I got
to work re-purposing a broom handle and a welding glove. With the
broom handle I took a drill bit and drilled a hole right down the end
and six inches deep. I affixed a wire loop that held a match over the
end of the hole and them filled it up with gasoline and plugged the
hole with a rubber stopper. To use the flame throwing stick you
would strike the match and throw the stick forward while the match
was still igniting and won't go out. If it was time right and the
stopper popped out the way it should you could get a pretty awesome
stream of flame. The welding glove was a thick leather glove that we
would dip in gasoline that had Styrofoam dissolved in it to make it
as thick as jelly. When you were ready to get the party started you
would light the glove on fire and then wave it around in front of you
while the noxious mixture burned in thick black plumes of smoke. In
concept I thought it was going to look like you were holding a ball
of clear blue flame it was mostly smoke. Not mostly, all. Even though
they were not quite perfect Justin, Ryan and I had some fun playing
with the stuff and would fantasize about using them in a desperate
situation to turn the tide of battle. If we were ever in a battle,
which to date we had not been but better be safe and armed with
gasoline based weapons than sorry. So I guess 'safe' is a relative
term in that last sentence.
