Gun Range, Saturday Morning

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip put up the rules for the gun range when he got there first thing:


SAFETY RULES:

· TREAT ALL GUNS AS IF THEY WERE LOADED

· KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL READY TO FIRE

· BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT’S BEYOND

· ALWAYS WEAR HEARING AND EYE PROTECTION

· NEVER USE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS BEFORE OR WHILE SHOOTING.

· CHECK IN ALL WEAPONS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE RANGE.


He pulled out two hand guns and set one aside for Blair while he worked on his aim.

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair peeked into the room and called out to Pip. "Is it safe for me to come in?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Hang on!" Pip said. He ejected his clip and waved for Blair to come in.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair opened the door the rest of the way and came into the room crouching sorta low to the floor. He was wearing his bicycle helmet and what looked like about a closet full of hawaiian shirts layered on top of each other. "How you doing, man?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"...I'm fine. Take off the helmet."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair clutched at it worriedly. "Um...I like my brains on the inside of my skull, man."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but you have to wear ear and eye protection and they won't fit over the helmet. 'Sides, there's not going to be any bullets headed your way."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Ear and eye protection sounds good, man." Blair nodded and slowly unbuckled his helmet. "Although bullets could head in my way, man. What if there's a build up of dirt in the barrell of the gun and it spontaneously combusts and uses up all the oxygen and causes an explosive blowback and the gun blows up in my hands and I get hit in the head with a bullet?" There was a certain amount of nervous bouncing going on here.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Not going to happen," Pip said. "Because I always clean my guns. I'm not about to let my friend have some sort of punk ass gun with dirt in it."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Cool." Blair grinned and bounced a little, although still nervously. "I was just going to hope for the best because I figured looking into the barrell was just asking to end up with a much less pretty face than I have now."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"It generally is," Pip said. "But I got this one out and cleaned it specially for you." He held out a simple revolver to Blair. "It's not loaded right now."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair wiped his hands on his jeans for a long moment before reaching out to take the gun. "No rush of megalomaniacal power. That's sorta disappointing."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip laughed. "Yeah. A gun is a gun."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah, guns don't kill people..." Blair held the gun out gingerly. "Do I look like a gangsta?"

Blair glared at Pip and flashed a gang sign, or possibly a hang ten sign, with his free hand. "I'm 'bout to pop a cap in yo ass, fool."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"...What?"

Pip was both from and older time and French. He wasn't quite hip with Gansta stuff.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I didn't think I pulled it off either." Blair shrugged. "So what do I do now, man?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip guided Blair over to a range and pulled out a bullet. "Load," he said.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair took the bullet and poked it at the barrel carefully.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded. "So far so good. Into the chamber."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Okay." Blair chambered the round in a totally handwavy manner and turned back to Pip, whispering. "Now what?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"...Why are we whispering?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"...so we don't make the gun angry?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip patted Blair on the head. "Okay, let me show you how to hold the gun." He reached out to position BLair's hands and fingers.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair stuck out his tongue at Pip for the head patting and let him arrange his hands and fingers on the gun. "This is kinda hard."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I never said it was easy," Pip commented. "But you'll get it in the end."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair rolled his eyes and didn't mention this wasn't really a skill he was planning on needing later in life. "I think I've done really well! I found this place and I'm wearing nifty glasses and I know how to hold a gun."

"More than enough for a day, right? Want to go get a muffin?"