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fandomhigh2017-02-13 01:51 pm
suitably_heroic) wrote in fandomhigh2017-02-13 01:51 pm
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How To Shoot Straight, Monday
"Your trip is next week," Atton said. "So I think this is as good a time as any to end the block on handguns."
They were in the gun range again. He was waving at... guns, yes.
"I want you guys to team up," he said. "One of you has to get the gun, go through all of the safety measures we've talked about, and score at least twenty-five points on the moving targets at the back of the range. The other one takes notes about their point score and whether they're doing everything correctly. Yes, you're allowed to correct each other, and if the other person does it right the second time, they pass. If the other person then behaves like a stubborn idiot and does it wrong anyway, they lose points."
He clapped his hands.
The little round targets at the back of the range - some marked '1 point', some '5 points', and occasionally, one '10 points' - started moving from side to side.
"When you're done, swap places. Okay, go."
They were in the gun range again. He was waving at... guns, yes.
"I want you guys to team up," he said. "One of you has to get the gun, go through all of the safety measures we've talked about, and score at least twenty-five points on the moving targets at the back of the range. The other one takes notes about their point score and whether they're doing everything correctly. Yes, you're allowed to correct each other, and if the other person does it right the second time, they pass. If the other person then behaves like a stubborn idiot and does it wrong anyway, they lose points."
He clapped his hands.
The little round targets at the back of the range - some marked '1 point', some '5 points', and occasionally, one '10 points' - started moving from side to side.
"When you're done, swap places. Okay, go."
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She'd marked down the score for each targets.
"Have you been practicing outside of class, too?"
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Alluka didn't need much practice on targets like this. Not with her hand-eye coordination.
Had she done something wrong?
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She paused, looking thoughtful, "I mean, you practice AirTrek without me, right?" And that was totally okay!
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"But, I mean, you're right that practicing shooting could be dangerous, but you've paid attention to safety rules, right?" She'd just demonstrated that. "So if you could just find a good, safe place to do it, I bet it wouldn't be a problem at all."
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Alluka wasn't sure if her Papas would like that.
"It's your turn now, right?"
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But she nodded.
"And, yeah, you're right. My turn." She took a deep breath, steeling herself, and nodded again.
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"You'll do fine," Alluka said comfortingly.
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She started by slowly picking up a gun and going over it carefully. Making sure all the mechanical bits were working as they should. That part was calming, familiar, and helped her settle down.
She checked her ear protection and goggles again, even though she hadn't taken them off from when Alluka had shot. Then she lifted the gun and glanced over at Alluka.
"Ready?"
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"Good to go," she said.
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Her hands were steady, which was an improvement over where she'd been at the start of the class.
She waited for one of the ten point targets to appear before she took her first shot, and she hit that one. But she was still tensing up too much, squeezing the trigger too hard when she fired, anticipating the gun's recoil, and throwing off her aim each time.
She still hit more than she missed, but she would have hit a lot more if she'd just relax some and get into a good rhythm.
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She nibbled on her lower lip as she made notes, but she just watched as Ringo shot, not wanting to distract her.
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"How'd I do?" Not like she couldn't have kept track herself, and would have with most activities, but the whole gun thing was distracting enough that she hadn't really done so.
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"Not really?" She shrugged uncomfortably. "Guns are, you know, not really very common back home? And I don't like, I don't know, I guess I don't like how dangerous they are?"
She didn't want to be able to kill people, really.
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"That's okay," she said, since it had to be. It was okay to think different things, right? "Just... just that I think if you'd been happier and, and not so tense you'd have done better."
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"I guess my mood matters for AirTrek, so it could matter for this, too."
Which was kind of an awkward thought.
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"I think you might be right," she decided. "But, um, I don't really know how to be more comfortable so, well, maybe I'm just sort of stuck where I am."
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Then she looked thoughtful again. "Though they're not very much like real guns, if you think about it?"
Still, it might be worth trying.
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