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Shooting Range, Thursday Afternoon

Freddie was totally excited to get his big sibling onto iCarly, even if it was a pre-recorded segment. But at least this way, Wesley was protected from Sam.

Assuming Sam didn't find them at the shooting range, of course.

Freddie had his A/V cart with all his equipment, and his camera in his hands. All hummed to himself as he awaited Wesley's appearance. Unfortunately for Freddie, it was a Ginger Fox song that was stuck in his head.

[ooc: Open post, expecting one!]

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Wesley didn't really know what to expect for this, but he felt a little odd about being filmed, so he brought with him a small handgun that was nothing like the larger, more precise weapons he preferred to use.

Upon arriving at the shooting range, he found Freddie and hovered almost nervously. "Hello."

Never been filmed before, nope.

"Hey, Wesley," Freddie said. "Again, really cool of you to do this. So... how are you doing?"

"Fairly well, thank you," Wesley said, still hovering awkwardly. "And yourself?"

Probably not as camera-shy as him, that's for sure.

"Pretty good," Freddie said. "It's kind of crazy that we're already almost done with one of the summer terms, huh? It feels like I just got here."

"I quite understand," Wesley sympathized. "Next term, it'll be a year since I arrived. It certainly doesn't feel that long."

"Wow," Freddie said. "And here I was, thinking you were some long-term veteran." He chuckled. "So, do we need to set anything else up, here?"

"Not that I can think of," he said thoughtfully. "Were you thinking I'd just shoot at the target, or...?"

Because that seemed like it'd be a liiiittle boring on video.

"Well, I do have a watermelon in my A/V cart," Freddie said, as he'd brought one along just in case. "That might be pretty cool to see get destroyed."

Oh!

"Interesting," Wesley said, smiling slightly. Yup, that would be cool to see destroyed. "Shall we?"

"Defintely," Freddie said, setting down his camera to grab the watermelon. "Where should I put it? I can adjust the camera rig to record wherever."

Hmm. Wesley eyed the watermelon, then found a spot on the ground between the firing area and the target. "Is the lighting all right over there?" he inquired, though in reality he had no idea what kinds of things needed to align in order to make for good camera footage.

"It should be fine," Freddie said, setting up the watermelon. He went back to his A/V cart and raise a finger. "Give me one second, though, I'm going to set up a secondary camera to record in high speed. Might as well get the most out of melon destruction, right?"

"Certainly," Wesley said, grinning. Stuffy Britishness aside, even he had to agree that melon destruction made for quality entertainment. He watched as Freddie set the camera up, curious about how this all worked.

[WOW wrong username. sorry!]

Once Freddie was done, he grabbed his normal camera and pressed the buttons to record on his laptop. "So, Wesley, why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself, first," he said.

"Oh!" He hadn't been expecting that. "Er. Alright. Well, ah, I'm Wesley. I'm Freddie's, er, assigned mentor here at Fandom, I suppose. And I'm..."

Aaagh, what else was there?

"Going to shoot this watermelon," he finished. Yeah, that was a good ending.

Freddie chuckled. "If you couldn't tell, Wesley's British," he said. "Where are you from exactly, Wesley?"

That might've been a good thing to mention, yeah.

"Oh. I'm from southern Hampshire. Southampton, to be specific." Which would mean exactly nothing to someone who wasn't British, but okay. "I formerly attended the Watchers' Academy there before coming to Fandom."

And there had been a middle bit in between. Details.

Hey, the iCarly audience was quite multi-national. Even to places that didn't speak English!

"And before Wesley shoots the watermelon, we should make it very clear that this is being done by someone with lots of training, and he's going to take all the proper safety..." Freddie held up a finger and paused the recording.

"Are there more safety precautions we should be taking?" he asked.

Oh, right. Wouldn't want kids to try it at home.

"Oh! Yes, actually," he said hastily. "Goggles and earmuffs should be -- er, there." Sure enough, there was a bucket of them over by the entrance. He took two pairs of each and brought them back over, handing a pair of goggles and earmuffs to Freddie and donning the others himself. "It shouldn't be very loud, especially since there don't appear to be other people practicing in here, but still."

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Freddie gave Wesley a thumbs up, then switched the camera back on, after donning the eye and ear protection.

"And before Wesley shoots the watermelon, we should make it very clear that this is being done by someone with lots of training, and we're taking all the proper safety precautions. Do not try this at home, firearms are serious business, and again, do not try this at home."

So basically they should try it at home, Freddie?

"Right," Wesley said loudly, staring at the watermelon. This really wasn't a terribly difficult task -- anyone with halfway decent aim could manage it -- but this was for people's entertainment, so he wanted to make it look like serious business.

"Ready?" he called.

"Listo!" Freddie said, confirming he was ready.

Just in Spanish.

...Right.

Well, fortunately, Wesley spoke Spanish, so he took that as an indicator to plow right on ahead. Not dirty. Without further delay, he checked that his shot was lined up, then fired at the watermelon.

The result was an immediate explosion. Louder than expected, with bits of fruit flying everywhere.

It was... pretty awesome.

"Duuuuuuude," Freddie said. "That was awesome."

His instinct was to go check that the high-speed camera to replay the footage, but he wanted to get Wesley's reaction on camera first.

"Are you proud of that?" he asked, speaking loudly because of the ear protection.

Well, you know, not really, 'cause he'd shot moving targets at much greater range, but he was on camera, so...

"I suppose so," he said, grinning oddly. "I've certainly never shot fruit before."

Demons, yes, but he wasn't sure if that would endear him to the iCarly viewing audience.

"Aaaand we're clear," Freddie said, shutting off the camera. "I'll leave the witty commentary to Carly and Sam." He quickly went over to his A/V cart and punched up the high-speed footage.

"Oh. Oh this is so cool," he said, waving Wesley over. "You've got to see this."

"Oh?" he asked, coming around to take a look. He supposed it must have looked fairly interesting -- it was exploding fruit, after all! -- but it was hard to process it in the moment from the other end of the gun. He watched the footage and, well, yeah. It was pretty cool.

"Huh," he said, intelligently.

"I'm pretty sure the audience is going to love this," Freddie said. "Thanks again for doing this, Wesley. And see, you didn't get Cheetos or pudding on you."

Wesley smiled. "I suppose that's true," he said. "And it's really no trouble. I'm happy to help!"

As long as, you know, the Cheetos and pudding stayed far away.

"Well, if we get calls for a sequel, maybe some week we can get you to shoot a cantaloupe," Freddie said with a chuckle.

"Let me know," Wesley said. "I wouldn't mind. This was... surprisingly enjoyable."

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