Shooting Range [Monday afternoon]

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss made her way to the shooting range on Monday afternoon, her bow and a quiver full of arrows slung over her shoulder. After Friday's Marksmanship class and her frustration with the rifle, the idea of learning to shoot alternate weapons was all the more appealing.

So she warmed up as she waited for Wesley, setting up targets and shooting them in the head (actually, precisely where their left eye would be, if they were real) neatly. It was excellent stress relief, particularly after the weekend.

Though, when she thought about Rue, her aim faltered just a bit, so she quickly banished any thoughts of her small, lost friend.

[she's waiting for Wes, but it's an open range! :D]

Comments

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I don't know all of them, but Lady Ghanima is extremely competent. What she can't teach you herself, she can almost certainly tell you who can."

Anakin she'd skip. His ethics class had been... stupid. (Not challenging, okay? Just dumb!)

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss filed that away, making a note to speak with her teacher when she had the class. "She seems smart," she admitted.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela considered that. "I suppose she is." It wasn't a quality she usually looked for in people.

"I suspect she is more experienced than she lets on, too."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"She knows quite a bit about terrain," Karniss noted. "One often leads to the other."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Triela agreed.

"I'd offer to give you some pointers myself, but you've already got plans. I don't know who you're working with, but if you ever want another perspective, let me know."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I may take you up on that," she agreed. "And if you ever want to learn archery, I'd be happy to trade. Or anything else I might be able to teach -- I've got a pretty unique skill set."

Well, it was true. It was what had kept her alive in the Games, after all.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I should sit down sometime and pick your brain then."

If there was one thing Fandom had taught Triela, it was that almost any skill would wind up being useful sooner or later.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I've heard worse ideas," Katniss said with a lopsided little smile.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Lunch sometime? Or dinner?" Triela smiled. "I'll buy."

It was totally a training expense, so it was on the Agency's dime.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"I've never in my life turned down food," Katniss replied. "You're on."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"When works for you, then?" Triela asked. "And what kind of food do you like?"

She smirked. "I've got a company credit card."

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Always a promising gesture. "I like...food," she replied, which was a terribly stupid thing to say. "Honestly, I'm trying to sample as many different things as possible while I'm here. We don't have much where I'm from. Wednesday and Thursday, I have no classes. Those days would work best, I suppose?"

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Thursday, then? Seafood?"

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"Sounds great," Katniss said with a swift nod. "I look forward to picking your brain as well, then."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Give me your phone number and I'll let you know where to meet for dinner, then?"

Triela was looking forward to this.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Katniss had to think a moment, but she rattled the number off the top of her head. "We don't have many phones at home," she explained. "I'm still getting used to having a number."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Useful, aren't they?" Triela asked with a grin.

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

"Very," Katniss said, with a swift nod. "I don't think I'll ever get one to carry around on me, though. I don't like being reached that easily."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I've always got mine." Triela shrugged. "They give you a company credit card, and suddenly they want you to be on-call."