Firing Range, Wednesday after lunch

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Pip is leaning against a weapons locker in the firing range, looking bored and wishing he had two hands so that he could light a cigarette.

Angel and his unnamed friend should be by soon.


[[OOC: Pip's here for Angel and whoever Angel's friend is, but anyone can use the range for their shooting things needs.]]

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"Comedy," Logan said. "Yeah, that's what I need here." Logan fiddled with the sight on the crossbow and a red dot appeared on the target. He aimed carefully and pulled the trigger. The bow jumped a little in his hands and the arrow hit just outside the target.

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"You're a good shot with a gun," Angel said, somehow managing to have absolutely nothing show in his face and voice about how he knew that about Logan. "Stop relying on that light for a sec."

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Logan nodded. He switched off the light on the sight, reloaded the crossbow and aimed again. The arrow hit the target just above the shoulder. "Dammit!" he muttered.

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"Do you have this kind of a problem when you're using a gun?" Angel asked.

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Logan shook his head.

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Angel looked down as though examining the crossbow. Low, so only Logan could hear, he said, "Feeling nervous?" as though he wasn't so much asking as allowing a confirmation to slip in there without Logan losing face.

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"I'll be fine," Logan said stubbornly.

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"Yeah, I know you will." Angel met his eyes. "I wasn't kidding, Logan. I'm not putting anybody by me I don't trust. If I didn't have faith in you I'd tell you to sit your ass home."

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Logan looked at Angel, then nodded. He looked back down at the crossbow and reloaded.

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"Pretend it's a gun," Angel said. "Any other day at target practice."

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Pip sighed. "Do you want help?" he asked. "That is what I'm here for, theoretically."

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"Are you?" Logan raised his eyebrows and looked at Angel.

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"Pip's done a lot of work with this kind of thing," Angel said. "That's why I thought we could do this together. I could always learn new technique, and you need to know any. Win/win."

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Logan shrugged. "Got any tips?" he asked Pip.

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"Yeah," Pip said, walking over. He stood next to Logan and watched him closely. "Fire another one."

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"You got a lot of crossbow experience, I take it?" Logan asked. He raised the crossbow and fired, with more confidence this time. He hit the chest, though not where the heart would be.

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"Some," Pip said. "More firearms than crossbow. Though there was this one Dutch guy who swore by the cross bow. Annoying part was that he was freakishly good at it. Hold the stock against your shoulder more. You're not gonna have as much recoil but it's an unusual shape. And really take your time to aim. This isn't a spray and pray type of weapon. This'll be the type of thing you'll be using in a stealthy, silent type of situation. If the first shot doesn't kill the target, they'll be able to take you out while you're wasting time reloading a bolt."

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"I've used guns before, but the crossbow is new." Someone standing on Logan's right side might notice a bite scar on his neck. He wore a cross at his throat on a shell necklace.

Logan loaded the crossbow and followed Pip's suggestions. The arrow hit near the heart of the target. Logan nodded. "That felt better."

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"Good. Still won't net you a vampire, but it's a start," Pip said. "It's my understanding that if you miss the heart at all, they can still tear you apart. Though this applies to humans as well, I think."

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"Tends to make us cranky too," Angel agreed. "Plus now we've got something to stab you with."

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Pip nodded. "So if you're going to use this thing on any hypothetical vampires you might be hunting, you're gonna want to make sure your first shot is the killer. Otherwise, I'm afraid to say the crossbow won't do you a lot of good. It's main advantage in this case is that it's silent. Even quieter than a gun with a silencer. Plus, if you're hunting a vampire, theoretically of course, it can shoot a wood shaft through the heart It's main disadvantage, though, is an ungodly long reload time."

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Not disagreeing with Pip, but adding onto it, Angel said. "Depending on where the shot goes if you misfire, it might not be that bad. Shot through my eye won't kill me, but it'll hurt like hell and might even distract me for a minute or two."

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Logan nodded. "Well, the whole point of the crossbow is the pointy wooden sticks that fly from it. Otherwise I'd just use a gun."

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Pip nodded. "If you miss with the crossbow, my avice is to drop it and go for a gun. It might not kill any hypothetical vampires you might be hunting, but itwill probably slow them down long enough for you to get away and reload so you can try again."

He stroked his chin. "You know what might work? Gas powered launcher. For arrows, I mean. It'd probably be expensive, but if you asked Tex, I'm sure she could find and or build something. I'm not sure it'd be finished in time for... whatever it is you guys are doing. Not that you're necessarily doing anything."

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Logan shook his head. "It launches just fine, dude. One hundred seventy-five pounds of draw weight. A power reloader would be nifty," he said, turning the crossbow sideways and looking at it, "but I can't see a way to do that without making it way bulky."