Taking Aim - [ OPEN ]

[carrieswar]

Jr. didn't use too much imagination for his trip to the Sensoriums today - at least in terms of landscape and specific places. He settled on an empty field and a blue, cloudless sky, because his focus was more on setting up things in his immediate area. He knew Howard would probably be starting on basic things, and if anybody else dropped by who

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[carrieswar]

"You just pull this slide here," in a fluid movement, he pulled it back with a small clicking sound. "And that loads the first bullet into the chamber. Like I said, these guns are set up so after this, you won't have to do that again to reload what you've currently got in the magazine, it does it automatically with each shot ... and we'll deal with the releasing thing later."

He flipped the safety off. "Once you're ready, take the safety off by flipping this back up." And then he stepped up, aiming the gun-- having to keep himself in check, actually, and aim normally, since Jr. was quite used to more showy, flashy ways of shooting. Totally not a height compensation or anything like that, really. At first he aimed it as he normally did, arm outstretched with not too much attention put into it, but he caught himself quickly enough, bringing the gun up and closer to line it up with his line of vision. "Bring it up like this top try and gauge your aim." He shut one eye as an example. "And when you're pulling the trigger, try more to just squeeze it rather than actual pulling, pulling could be the difference between having perfectly aimed shot at the bulls-eye and hitting just outside of it when you shoot. Which isn't too important right now, but something to keep in mind."

And then he fired. And once he did, he fired again. "See? Next round loads itself up for these types of guns."

[i_sell_drugs]

"And how do you know when you're out of bullets?" He imitates Jr., loading the first bullet, and steps up to the shooting range. He squares his shoulders, cracks his neck, and takes a deep breath.

He fires. It hits the target, but nowhere near the bullseye. He doesn't shoot again, instead looking again to Jr. for commentary.

[carrieswar]

"Well, these've got ten in each magazine," he said. "But when you get a real one, it might vary if it's a different type. But it's pretty easy to tell! There'll either be a number somewhere, or a bunch of lines inside to show you how many fit." He quirked a grin. "Of course, if you mean when you're in the middle of shooting, it's a good idea to keep a mental count. Or have extra magazines and be ready for a fast reload when you run out of what you've got."

Howard got a thumbs up after that. "Good job! How's it feel?"

[i_sell_drugs]

Howard pauses for a moment before answering, trying to organize his thoughts some. "Intimidating. A little unnatural. Like I never want to have to be doing this under pressure."

He's only a baseline human kid. He shouldn't be able to have enough destructive power to punch a hole through wood. Something about it just seems really wrong. He didn't mind the gravity gun back when shooting zombies with Zouichi so much, because that was a (simulated) high-tension situation, and he didn't get much of a chance to reflect on how strange it felt.

"Okay. So should I keep shooting at that target until I get better with my aim, or you gonna teach me something else and trust I can practice on my own?"

[carrieswar]

"One last important thing." He fired off a couple of more shots before pulling the gun close to him again. "Say if you wanted to empty it after you were finished." He pointed to a small, round button between the grip and the trigger. "First you put the safety back on. Then you press this, aaaand," demonstrating, he did just so, and the magazine slid right back out of the grip as easily as it had went in. "Out it comes. But! There's still one round in the chamber, since this one's an automatic reload. You can either shoot it to empty it, or do this." He pulled the slide back-- the same movement to load the first round, and the remaining bullet came tumbling out.

"And there! Now it's totally empty."

[i_sell_drugs]

"Okay." Howard shifts his shoulder a bit again, takes another deep breath, squints and empties all but the last bullet into the target, then follows Jr.'s directions to empty the gun entirely.

"Do you think it's worthwhile to work on the other guns? I mean, I don't see many chances to get my hand on a machine gun, you know?"

[carrieswar]

"It's good to know these same basics for'em, yeah. You never know if you'll be in the middle of something and need to pick up a dropped or discarded gun!"

[i_sell_drugs]

"Do people really tend to drop machine guns with the clips in?" Howard never, ever wants to be in a situation where people are discarding machine guns, in case you can't tell, Jr.

[carrieswar]

"In the middle of a battle, it's totally possible." Especially when things like being shot and killed come to mind. "Nobody drops them on purpose, though."

[i_sell_drugs]

"So you're talking about looting from dead bodies, then." Howard doesn't sound quite as disgusted about that as most people would be; he doesn't even see anything morally wrong with it, but dead bodies are just a little icky. "Alright, let's try it."