PHASE-12✖Necessary Measures

[freestriker]

He was right, being good at this kind of thing is pretty useless. But as much as I hate it, I don't think I can afford to be without right now.

[Sighs before raising a(n apparently new) handgun and firing a few times at a target. His aim is... less than fabulous and entirely inconsistent. So he lowers the gun, inputting something into the computer

Comments

[lady_ofsorrow]

Learning how to shoot? I could give you a hand, it looks like you could use a little help.

[freestriker]

Huh? Oh... yeah. Well, I guess it's more like relearning. It's been a while since I've had any need for this kind of skill.

[lady_ofsorrow]

You should try widening your stance a little. Put your shoulders back. It'll be uncomfortable at first, but it'll get your aim on target. Then, as it gets easier, you'll be able to get sloppier with it.

[freestriker]

Ah...! Thank you. [laughs slightly] I probably should have remembered that.

[lady_ofsorrow]

Hey, no problem. It's the kind of stuff you forget easily. I was a godawful mess about it when I first learned to shoot a gun. Haven't had to relearn, 'cause I use them pretty consistently, but yeah. I can definitely understand forgetting something like that first off.

[freestriker]

Yeah. I've mostly avoided anything like this for the past two years.

Was there... a lot of need for this kind of thing where you're from, then?

[lady_ofsorrow]

Where I come from, people use them, even if they don't need to. Me? It's my job. I hunt devils.

[freestriker]

I see.

? Devils?

[lady_ofsorrow]

Demons. Y'know, monsters from Hell? That sort of thing.

[freestriker]

You're saying they're real where you're from?

[lady_ofsorrow]

Oh, they're real alright. I've killed enough of them to know.

[freestriker]

Huh. I guess things really are a lot different in other places.