Aim for the High Score!

[Circe]

Sacramento Gun Range is a venue for safely practicing with firearms in a controlled, monitored environment. Classes and rentals are also an option, though the latter is more limited for long-arms than small-arms, though customers can bring their own legally owned firearm. Just as long as the safety rules are followed.


Today the range was quite occupied with many student-customers. For there had been training classes with tests. Students who passed are learning firearm safety on the range.


Circe was not a student, even if she'd attended the classes. She'd already had a license. She was present to support her friend in learning. And during testing had chatted up the gunsmiths, learning about their licensing process. Stingy Circe wasn't lending her legal guns to Seraphina though. Quite insistent on this Circe is: better to learn to shoot with a 22 than her 45's.

She was actually quite amused by the tiny lil' bullets, it delayed her into still checking the gun before loading it. Less so by the earmuffs, though Hardening the Mask helped make them less uncomfortable.

[Circe]

ooc: Sorry for double posting the thread. The first time I dropped the laptop and the title was wrong . Also, bookkeeping: Glamour Spent to Harden the Mask per City Shard Rules

[Seraphina]

Sera could safely say that a gun range was one place she never thought she would find herself in. Guns had never been her thing, but life changes and you have to change with it.

Parking the Tahoe, she enters the range casually dressed in loose fitting jeans and a long-sleeved fitted black shirt. Her long dark hair was French braided in a headband and cascading down her back. The Nix wore no makeup today, save for some lip gloss, and smiled when she saw Circe.

Hand was held up, “Mary! Thank you for setting this up, hope I haven’t kept you waiting, the delivery truck came late and I was held up, sorry.” She hands over any necessary documents and payment, not intending for Circe to pay for this, “I’m excited to learn.”

[Circe]

Circe smiles, her eyes going to Seraphina's due. She wasn't conscientious about her own shorter hair. Safer with using a forge it was. Fashion? Circe had gun for something of a comedic shirt that actually amused the staff a little. Given Circe's career, she was in favor of such controls for nefarious reasons.


"Happy to Sarah," she puts down the training pistol before pointing towards another door. "Got to drop my 45s at the gunsmith for review while waiting. They approved of the auto," she says with pride. It was her standard sidearm, though the revolvers were still under review. The staff had approved of the gunbunny's taking everything seriously: gun safety, ammo tracking, proper equipment preparation. Speaking of which? She grabs two things to hand to Seraphina. A pair of safety goggles and a set of what look older style headphones but are quite the opposite. Circe already has goggles on her face, but the headphones are not. "Unless you want the rest of the day to be full of what jokes," she chuckles, "You should put at least the muffs on."


Goblin Fruit did too, but that was a waste of the fruit.

[Seraphina]

“Sounds like congratulations are in order then! Though to be honest, I’m not completely sure what all of that means. I think, now don’t laugh if I’m wrong, but auto I think has to do with how the gun fires?” the Nix seemed really unsure, but thought she heard about it in a tv show or movie.

Accepting both, she puts the glasses on, and nods about the headphones, “Got it. So we put these on when we are about to fire the guns then?” noticing that Circe didn’t have hers on at the moment.

“Won’t lie, I’m a bit nervous about this, never shot a gun in my life. Everyone I’ve seen use them, make it look so easy.”

[Circe]

"Correct! Though in this case, semi-automatic would be the proper term for firing." She decides to play teacher too now. "Pull trigger and one bullet goes out is is semi-automatic. Full automatic is multiple bullets. Me calling it an auto is about how it loads the bullet. Shoot and it automatically reloads, no revolving or manual." Circe was hoping Seraphina would deduce revolving reloads meant a revolver. Was kind of in the name.


"Safety first, lawsuits never, oh ho ho ho!" Circe's usually loud laugh gets no reaction. The earmuffs are super effective. Circe puts on her own muffs, "Used to the noise, but don't wanna get booted. And don't worry," she leads Seraphina to the gun booth.


"Practice breeds perfection," she explains as she shows her the guns. "22 training pistols. Small caliber, great to learn on." Circe starts pointing out parts, "Just like from their training class earlier. Never point it anywhere you don't want to shoot. Here is the safety, magazine feed," she keeps going with the standard safety instructions.


Seraphina may notice an approving nod from the instructor helping other students. Seems Circe isn't bluffing on her knowledge.


Circe then demonstrates how to load the gun to be ready to fire using one of the magazines. And of course, being who she is, how to fire it at the target.

4 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-11-06 11:55:58	Circe rolls 10 to Training Pistol (10 Again)	1, 8, 10, 3, 5, 3, 6, 10, 6, 5, 1, 8	4 successes

Circe will then click the safety in place, unload the magazine, check the chamber to remove the bullet, "Clear," and place the gun back down. She loads the rounds back into the magazine before returning it to the booth's counter top. Everything is placed exactly how it was when Circe lead Seraphina over.


She turns to Seraphina, hands waved towards the gun booth, "Give it a go. I'll answer anything you ask."


The Groundskeeper of Sacramento fully willing to hover over her Director's shoulder, walking her through the steps if needed.

The gun provides only a +1 equipment bonus to Firearms Skill rolls, but the paper target is at short range, so no penalties to hit it. Roll or roleplay, whichever you prefer.

[Phoenyx]

Phoenyx had always tried to keep up with her firearms training. She had a permit, but preferred renting a weapon to using her own. Rented objects rarely developed sympathies of any kind and even if a range kept it's weapons in working order every weapon had it's quirks. Part of Arrow Philosophy was to face challenges, and sometimes that meant making your own.

She couldn't hear the conversation happening just behind her as she had her deafeners on and was about to take her shot.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-11-06 11:37:10	Phoenyx rolls 7 to Shoot Pistol: Dex4 + Firearms2 +Spec (10 Again)	4, 9, 5, 9, 8, 1, 2	3 successes

Pleased, the Arrow smirked at her shots hitting the target in a neat cluster. She removed her headset and let them hang around her neck before returning to collect more bullets. She was dressed in a long-sleeved formfitting dark top in a deep red and loose black pants.

Seeing the beautiful women behind her was somewhat disarming - such people didn't often come to gun ranges, though the shorter-haired one in the amusing t-shirt looked vaguely familiar from other visits to the range. Aurora is always saying I need to keep practicing my social skills. No time time the present.

She moved a little closer, offering the women a small smile. "I am sorry, I could not help overhearing. Nervousness is natural when you begin. A gun is a weapon and should always be taken seriously. It is best to learn in a safe environment like this, and it sounds like your friend already knows the way to teach." She offers a hand. "I'm Alice." The Arrow glances at the shoer-haired woman., and smiles. "I like your t-shirt."

[Seraphina]

The Nix nods, so she had some of it right. Turns out movies and tv don’t always lie, but they usually do.

Would she remember everything Circe was telling her? Maybe, it would depend on many factors, a main one being how much she enjoyed firing a gun. They scared her and she was not looking forward to touching one, especially one with live ammo in it. But she’s been taught to face her fears, very well in fact.

Ear muffs go own when Circe puts hers on, seems it was business time. And Sera could feel her heart rate kick up.

Nodding again, makes sense. She knew all about practicing breeding perfection, perfection has defined her life. But she pushes that thought back and focuses on what the other Fairest was saying. Which was aligning with the training class. The other nod was noted, but Sera didn’t need to see it to have complete faith and trust in Circe. She’d fought with her in the Hedge, and been saved by her, she trusted her more then anyone else in this room.

And then came Circe firing the gun, and it was loud, and it did startle her. Her hands clench as Circe makes it all look so easy. Maybe this was how easy Sera made a few things look?

The smile offered was tight, this girl was nervous, but she nods and steps towards the booth and the waiting gun. She had been watching, and loaded the gun as Circe had done, no steps were missed. One thing with Sera, she was always a great student, watching and observing, never missing anything.

But having the gun actually in her hand, with ammo in it was a bit intimidating. It was cold, metallic and deadly. And she was about to fire a shot at a piece of paper, probably miss, but look amazing doing it.

So she had that going for her.

Hearing a new voice, she puts the gun down and looks, spotting an unfamiliar face. While the small offered was small, Sera’s smile was warm and welcoming, it was just who she was, “Hi!” comes the angelic voice, “Oh, and no problem. I was just working myself up to actually shooting it.” Cause, first time and it was scary. “Thank you, Mary is a great teacher, I’ve learned a lot from her.” Scary or not, she had faced more scary things in her dreams. But she had different support then, but not matter, she had this. “I’m Sarah, and excuse me.”

Turning once more to pick up the gun and let out a breath she had this. She could do this. There was no fear she couldn’t face.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-11-06 14:45:31	Seraphina rolls 3 to Shot a gun?(Dex+Firearms)-1 Unskilled +1 gun (10 Again)	5, 2, 6	failure

Deep breath in, and as she released it, she squeezed the trigger. The recoil was expected and not and the same time. Her aim was no where near the target, but you know what, she had tried. She had faced her fear and fired the gun. Placing it down carefully, the safety was placed in the on position on the gun. She did what Circe had done with the chamber and magazine, “Clear.” Putting it back down and then reloading the magazine, placing it down as well.

[Circe]

Sera flinching at he sound of a 22 was a surprise. Circe found it quite quiet. A little louder thana BB gun, so probably just nerves. "Relax Sarah. You'll do fine," she reassures her friend.


And it gets interrupted by someone else. At least the safety rules are fully followed by Seraphina, so that was good. No bang ganger incidents would be in her friend's future.


Circe turns to look at the woman giving the advice. Her ears are not just for show, though right now kind of are not even that. Muffed and Masked and such. "Great advice Alice, and thank you," she nods, "I like ironic nature of the shirt," she notes the woman's weapon. Rental? Probably a rental. "I'm Mary, and yes, she is a greatest student. Smart and studious, great combination," she goes full Italian, empahsizing words with hand motions. "Beats trying to teach, ahem, totes gang-stah yo," she deepens her voice in imitation of someone with a frown, "Wannabe Malibu's Most wanted. Sarah here is actually cool," she rolls her neck at the last word, emphasizing the word.


And then Seraphina fires. Did she expect perfection? Seraphina unloading the entire magazine with all the marksmanship of an Imperial Storm Trooper? Her friend firing, squeaking, and dropping the gun? Nope. Circe expected her to not hit the target rings, but hoped for the paper. "Excuse me Alice," she leans forward over the barrier / counter top, hand over her eyebrows to look at the paper. "Well, for a first try, you did hit the paper," there is a hole in the upper right corner. Well outside the target circles. "This is why,' she leans back to smile at Seraphina, "It is called learning Sarah. And why we ain't using my guns, their band and kick are SO much worse. Want to try another quick shot, maybe employ exhale then squeeze? Or try with aiming with this instead?"


Circe will point at the sights on the end of the gun as she says the second part. If Seraphina wants to try aiming, Circe will happily run her through the process.

ooc: RAW rules, aiming is using the sites to focus on a target for a combat turn of 6 seconds to get a +1 dice bonus. Maximum bonus is +3.

[Phoenyx]

The tall woman, Sarah, was almost like a painting in classical beauty. Physical beauty was never something that usually inspired jealousy in the Arrow, but her height and grace made her feel just a little forelorn. "Of course," she nods as Sarah excuses herself, returning the deafeners to her ears. There was something about the Brunette's words that were mirrored in her stance - correct, but rigid. Firm, unsure. In short, someone new to guns and nervous.

"She sounds like the ideal student," 'Alice' says with a smile to Mary. "Easier to teach when the student takes their lesson seriously."

She nods as Mary also escuses herself, watching the shots and the following interation.

I wonder what weapons Mary has... Best to let them focus on their lesson.

Phoenyx returns to her own slot next to Sarah and takes aim with the rented pistol, this time at a more distant target.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-11-08 18:02:07	Phoenyx rolls 8 to Shoot Pistol: Dex4 + Firearms2 +Spec +1 (aim) (10 Again)	10, 8, 10, 4, 6, 3, 6, 2, 6, 3	3 successes

Another cluster of bullets hit the targets, and the Arrow smiles. She wasn't as rusty as she feared, having not used her guns in a while. She puts the safety back on and sets the gun down.

"Clear!"

She returns to the back wall and taking a drink from her water bottle, watching the lesson.