Aim for the High Score!

[Seraphina]

A nervous smile offered to Circe.

“Awww! You’re too sweet Mary! But don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone.” She teases her friend with a light laugh.

Turning to listen as Circe spoke of her first attempt, she nods, taking in what was said. “Could have been worse.” Could have been better, but this was something completely out of her comfort zone. Something she never pictured herself doing. “Well, I’m not one to shy away from learning, and now that I know what they feel like, maybe I’ll have better luck my next try!” trying to be positive. This was something she was going to have to keep working at. It wasn’t going to overnight. A nod, “Exhale then squeeze? Ok, I’ll try that.” Then as Circe shows the aiming, Sera will try to mimic what the other Fairest does. “That might make things a bit smoother.” She almost said easier, but this was not going to be easier.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-11-08 20:14:33	Seraphina rolls 4 to Shot a gun?(Dex+Firearms+Aim)-1 Unskilled +1 gun (10 Again)	3, 4, 10, 10, 2, 3	2 successes

So, she does that, aims like Circe showed her, exhales as she squeezes the trigger. And low and behold, she hits it! Now, usually, the Nix would celebrate when she was successful at something, but this didn’t feel like the place to do that.

Instead? She puts safety on, puts the gun down, and looks to Circe with a proud smile. Then goes through the motions of the magazine from before, then takes the ear protection off. “Clear!”

Looking to Alice, “What can I say? I love to learn new things.” The proud smile still on her face. “If you’re going to give your teacher one hundred percent, why waste their time?” asks the angelic voice.

[Circe]

"All who encounter me before coffee would shout objection, oh ho ho ho!" She laughs with Seraphina. Then nods, a lot, when Seraphina says it could have been worse. Circe had dealt with worse. "It is one of two schools of pistol shooting Sarah. Precision: one shot one kill. The other is dakka. More fun, but harder with pistol. In Cali, it is kind of restricted to stuff that isn't legal outside of Hollywood, and we can't rent here. We'd have to go to Texas," she jerks her thumb towards the door. "Could shoot a BIG stuff too. Arizona is closer, but they prefer big irons on their hips."


Yes, Circe starts humming a song after that line. She can hum a tune and pay attention to Seraphina.


Circe observes as Seraphina takes the time to aim before shooting. A grand success. "Excellent Sarah!" She praises her friend. "The longer you take lining it up, the more effective it is. Good way to learn. Start slow, then go fast. And no, I won't teach you dakka today. Doing it manually is an advanced technique. We have to master the basics first." Which was just common sense. "And I don't think they rent assault weapons here," Circe actually pouts at this fact. What, they were fun!


"Yes it is Alice," she nods in agreement. Though the Summer wouldn't call herself a brilliant teacher, she did not just edu-mah-cate on the street. "She is such a good student! I'm glad she doesn't need the school of hard knocks. Such terrible students, they never learn," she cuts herself off from mentioning the broken muggers. Not something to admit to doing amongst so many witnesses.


"Good handling on the pistol Alice. Your preferred option?" It is nice to talk to a fellow gunner. Even if she can't go all in on the talk, due to well, gun running. Circe can get some stuff in.

[Phoenyx]

The Arrow nods appreciatively as the lesson beares fruit and Sarah hits the target. Mary clearly knew what she was talking about.

Something about the voice of the statuesque woman feels like talking to a model. her voice had a very melodic quality that was hard to define. "That is an admirable quality. It is something one only develops when you get older. I was never good at it when I was a child." She smiles a little at Mary. "Yes... I learned to fight in a similar way."

Phoenyx smiles at the compliment, and nods. "Thank you. It is. I have more experience with them than anything else, though I did not bring my Baretta today. When you know all the quirks of the weapon you're using, it takes some of the challenge out of things, so I like to use range weapons. I find I appreciate my own more after using the range weapons." She looks at her guns. "Do you have a preference? or is this more to help Sarah learn with a low caliber?" She looks between them, tugging her sleeve down where it rode up on her forearm.

[Circe]

Seraphina was learning and shooting, so this was a good start for the day. Though the mortal is distracting her, but Circe can deal.


The Larcenist laughs, "Alice, if you were this good as a child, I'd think your real name is Annie Oakley, oh ho ho ho."


Then looks to Alice, a little confused by what she means. "Okay, might be distracted by the gunfire. Did you learn slow and steady or rapid fire? The latter is the dakka method. And yes, it is from the Internet meme."


Talk of pistols draws her interest. "I agree, it is good to spice things up now and again. Also Alice, I do approve of the Italian designed niner," she nods as that is brought up, "I have worked in the gun props repair, so wide variety have I tried," that would excuse her gun running familiarity with various illegal guns. "But personally? I prefer John Browning's classic .45 caliber." Not least because that extra punch could really matter in the Hedge. Also, it was her only legally owned caliber to talk about. "Might not have as much shots, but that just means accuracy is more important. Good mid-range on the punch versus capacity. Patriotic. That and I have gotten rolled by big game in the past," Circe winces and rubs her arms. Well, it'd been a wooden deer statue that animated to attack her, but still close enough. "45 has the punch to make big animals stumble than a nine or smaller does not.."


Circe then points to Seraphina, "22 however is the classic training bullet. I COULD have lent Sarah my 45s," then shakes her head with both hands up in a shrug, "But then she'd maybe not know how to shoot lower calibers. Got THAT concern from a movie's plot twist."

[Seraphina]

Chuckling, “Well, I’d rather not have to shot at all, so I’ll just learn the basics and how to properly use one in case.” That was why she was here, the just in case. “No need for me to get fancy or anything. But maybe we can take a road trip to Texas and you can show off! Now that would be fun!” and road trips were fun.

“Question, what if you don’t have time to aim? Is there a trick to that? Or is it just try and aim and hope for the best?” because the plan was to have the gun at her house. She had a security system in place, and her Hollow.

“I’ve done the school of hard knocks, it’s not fun and I don’t want to go back. So I decided to become a better student.”

Stepping back up to try another shot, because that was the only way to get better, “I was a model student as a child, then rebelled for a couple years, then learned that I well, loved to learn.” And spending time with a Keeper will also teach you a thing or two, but that wasn’t to be shared here. Among mixed company. “Ah fighting, one of the more difficult things for me to learn, but I keep trying.” She was certainly determined. Put her in a Dream and there was little she couldn’t handle and take down. But a physical opponent? It was a challenge she struggled with. But refused to give up on.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2024-11-13 15:20:15	Seraphina rolls 4 to Shot a gun?(Dex+Firearms+Aim)-1 Unskilled +1 gun (10 Again)	8, 6, 8, 4	2 successes

Ear protection on, she holds up the gun, takes a moment to aim it, lets out a breath and fires. A satisfied smile appears on her face as she goes through the safety protocol once again, “Clear.” And steps away from the gun, still quite proud of herself. She didn’t have the ego of a Fairest, but damn it felt good to hit the target.