...Okay see now I'm imagining some sort of launcher thing with a fuse that Sully lights with his cigar ala FFVII Cid and his dynamite. Nate has some sort of insane complicated gun-you-hit-people-with-whatsit that he is ridiculously proud of and loses in the second cutscene to replace with something incredibly mundane and emasculating, like a pistol.

Elena has a sword. And her camera. Because if she has to be dragged into all this nonsense she is at least going to be practical, and a sword is a nice practical weapon. Or, maybe, a crossbow with a variety of ammo typWHY AM I THINKING ABOUT THIS SO MUCH AUGH