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Shooting at Trees [free for all; nudge bratty sis]

Dec 20, 2009 17:07

After half his life -more than half his life- in the Air Force, he'd been through a fair amount of combat that he'd figured he was ready for anything. Even with the whole 'I shoot spikes out of my bones' thing added in, he was still fairly prepared ( Read more... )

lt jane 'spike' worth, ✝ amanda sefton, ✝ james logan

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45825243_t78_a December 20 2009, 21:03:05 UTC

Logan was taking another walk outside. There was little else to do around here. Enjoying the quiet, he wandered as far from the buildings as he could, smoking and thinking and finding a little inner peace that he desperately needed.

But the quiet didn't last long. When the sound of gunshots filled the air, Logan felt a pang of alarm, his ears perking up. He calmed down a little when there were no sirens or other signs of distress, and no one shooting back; at least they weren't under attack. Still, he walked to where the shots were being fired, wanting to check it out. It turned out someone was using trees for target practice. Great.

"You know people walk through these woods, right?"

Not that many people would walk this far out, and they'd hear the shots from far away if they did, but accidents did happen. Also, Logan was simply not in a mood to play nice. He rarely was.

spikyflyboy December 20 2009, 21:10:01 UTC

Jane tilted his head towards the interruption. "Am I shooting into the woods? No. Am I shoot a tree? Yes." Really, he hadn't bothered to think beyond the fact that he needed his outlet.

And anyone walking in the woods would hear him like Logan had. Fair enough, accidents happened, but Jane wasn't in the habit of shooting wide. He had two trees with targets nailed to them by his spikes.

He hadn't planned of missing.

45825243_t78_a December 20 2009, 21:35:34 UTC

Logan snorted. Big difference. He disliked this guy already. (Granted, it didn't take much.) The attitude rubbed him the wrong way. Logan didn't need the man to tell him what he was doing; he could see exactly what he was doing, and he just didn't like it.

"You got a problem with trees?"

He looked over at the targets. What the hell were those things the guy had used to pin them to the trees?

spikyflyboy December 20 2009, 21:47:45 UTC

"Nope," Jane answered, shooting off another two holes into the tree. His aim wasn't always bang on bullseye, but it was never beyond the second ring of the target. "More like I like to actually keep with the target practise."

Which wasn't exactly true, although he was a firm believer in never getting rusty with his side arm. "Is there anything else I can do for the self appointed safety officer?"

This probably wasn't the right way to go about not annoying people.

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szardosmagik December 21 2009, 08:37:15 UTC

She was pacing out in the woods, still nervous about her interaction with Dr. Milbury. He knew her dirty little secret now, which meant that he had the power to eject her out of the program. She felt as though she hadn't seen Kurt in forever and her dreams had been disturbing, tableaus of Limbo playing through her sleeping mind over and over again.

She was wound up like a spring.

It may not have been wise to be in the woods, but she'd shifted her shape into that of a lynx, a type she knew to be native to this part of Europe at least, and she'd decided to take a run.

While she was leaping through the snow, she heard the gunshots and crept nearer to the sound, debating shifting back into her human form. She had physical power in this form, though, so if there was a problem she could somewhat protect herself.

Spotting a man, her ears flattened and she crouched down low into the snow, trying to place him. She hadn't seen him before, but she made no move to get closer. He had a firearm.

spikyflyboy December 21 2009, 11:05:42 UTC

He wasn't a hunter by nature, and his attention was on the trees, so it took Jane a few minutes before he spotted the huddled mass of the animal.

Looking up from his weapon he considered slightly. He hadn't heard of the animals coming this close to the base, or just sitting there. He fired into the tree another three times, his clip emptying at the final shot.

While he switched clips, he kept his eye on the animal. If came closer, he decided. Only when a threat presented itself, because really, he wasn't one for killing without cause. Regardless of species.

szardosmagik December 21 2009, 20:50:32 UTC

The best clue to her nature may have been that she didn't run as soon as he fired into the tree. She merely flattened her ears (the sound hurt) and glanced to the target with interest to see just what he was attempting to do. The spike in the tree was curious as well.

The sound of the gun firing reminded her of the trick shot they'd had once at the circus. The man had been talented to say the least, just as this man seemed to be. Of course, he wasn't flipping off of the sides of boxes and shooting things, but she wasn't exactly going to ask him to do that.

The cold of the snow didn't bother her and she pushed up, shaking it off before she shifted back to her normal self.

"You're quite a good shot."

spikyflyboy December 21 2009, 21:49:40 UTC

And that was totally new. Jane's eyebrow arched almost into his hairline as he considered it. He still hadn't gotten very imaginative with these mutations if she could do that. "Thanks."

He really wasn't sure what you said to a woman, complimenting your shooting, after just being a fairly large lynx. "You...wander around here like that often?"

He'd really be thinking twice before shooting anything other than targets and trees now. And that made him pause. Then shake it off.

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