<> <> <> (just hangin' out, shooting stuff?) * Katherine has dragged over a chair to where she has been and is sitting there with the gun resting on her lap. Must be a little tired of emptying rounds into indestructable targets. * Fitzroy peeks in. "I heard you might be in here." * Katherine turns to Roy and nods. "Yeah, sure. Where else would I be? My room?" * Katherine stands up slowly and yawns. "Wherever that is." * Fitzroy smiles and walks over. "I figure you know enough about weapons to give me a few pointers. Do you think you could?" * Katherine nods. "Good guess. Although I probably won't have to help you with the TSM link." * Katherine looks at Roy's suit. * Fitzroy nods. "I have weapons, even at home. I don't use them much though." They're more of a safety blanket type thing. It hasn't really helped lately though. * Katherine walks over, grabs a gun, and hands it to Roy. "You live in TC, you probably want a security fortress." She chuckles a little, then says, "Well, this ain't your normal energy rifle anyway." * Fitzroy looks at it and hefts it. * Katherine gestures towards the targets. "Before you take a shot, point it at something. Do you see the targetting reticle?" (You're a special case. You're always plugged into TSM. You might have the link plugged in initially, so I'm leting you decide. ^_~) (If you do, there's a targeting reticle wherever you point the gun.) (Would I have to link to the gun?) (Yes. Built into the suit. That's how you get the -2 gun bonus.) (It's a -2 to hit, because the targetting reticle makes it much easier.) (And your suit has a hub so you can use your computer and gun link at the same time.) (Aren't you glad I bug Cham about this stuff? ^_~) (ah, cool. indeed..) * Fitzroy fiddles around with the gun a bit and ends up pointing it downrange, thankfully.. "Ah yes. There it is." * Katherine nods. "Alright, good. Now... uh." She eyes how he's holding the gun. "Whatever your primary hand is, that's your trigger hand. Grab the secondary grip with your other hand. Firm, but you don't have to strangle it. Rest it against your chest or shoulder, if you want support from the kick." * Fitzroy holds it up against his shoulder, probably incorrectly. "Something like this?" ... more or less. * Katherine reaches over and adjusts it slightly, so it's less likely to take his arm off for a big kick and says in an amused tone, "You sure you live in TC?" Well, I try not to most of the time. * Fitzroy grins. "Only when I need to." Damn right. * Katherine gestures down-range. "Alright, try to put a few in the targets." Ok. * Fitzroy fires one shot to see what it does.. Then fires a couple more. * Katherine watches Roy fire and nods. "Yeah. Normally, I'd teach you how to sight, but that TSM thing takes all the need out of that." She walks forward. "Don't worry about the kick so much. You're tensing on the kick, and it's not helping." (Sorry, I went to get food, took longer than I 'pected.) * Fitzroy nods. * Katherine smirks and says faintly, "I remember the first time someone actually taught me how to hold a gun. They didn't load it, and I twitched on the fire. Would have put it three feet to the right." * Fitzroy smiles and tries again, trying not to tense. * Katherine nods and watches. "Keep at it. There's plenty of ammo, so you might as well get used to it." She pauses for a second or three, then says, "Roy, how much TSM programming do you do normally?" * Fitzroy fires a couple more shots, "Well, not a whole lot of Tri-Sense specific programming." * Katherine nods a little. I do plenty of programming though. * Fitzroy keeps shooting, hitting the target once every so often. * Katherine nods again, then chuckles. "Well, that's no real surprise. You're the hacker type. I was always the more artsy Tri-Sense type, before I got into cyber." She gestures absently. "Hence, the universe idea." * Fitzroy nods and shoots one way off to the left "oops." * Katherine chuckles a little and waves dismissively. "Ah, just keep practicing. Shooting standing with a rifle is the hardest, but it's the only useful way." * Katherine mms. "It's not like there isn't a billion Bugs. Just gotta get it close." * Katherine closes her eyes for a second, then walks up to the range and starts shooting in a regular rhythm, putting each shot on the target. * Fitzroy watches for a bit, then tries s'more shootin' * Katherine just continues putting in smooth shots, then says, "Thren told me about your Game research. That was quite a rumor to be confirmed, eh?" Mmm, yeah. There wasn't much on it, of course. * Katherine smiles thinly. "Of course." What brings that up? * Katherine chuckles. "Just thinking. Like Anders said..." she pauses, then adds, "Which means they filled him in too. Here, the game's still going, and the Pyramid's about to win." She chuckles a little. "Plus, I've barely talked to you, despite the past few months. Figured you were a decent guy to get to know better." Yeah. I hope we're not stuck here if.. or when.. the Pyramid does win. * Katherine grins and turns away from the shots. "It'd really suck if we all died and all I could say is, "Well, he's a hacker from TC," am I right?" yep. That's no fun. (I ought to go soon. Andra's up and we wanted to go to some stores before they closed.) (Nod.) (Got anything else? I don't think I have anything in mind.) * Katherine licks her lips then says in a sorta eh tone. "I don't think we have to worry too much. It doesn't look like we're going to get overrun by tomorrow, at least, and that's when Roch said we were going to leave." That's nice to know. It's handy that she can see that sort of thing. * Katherine nods slightly, then smiles teasingly a little. "So, feel a little better about your high-energy security blanket?" Well, a bit. I think I still need more practice. * Fitzroy fires off a few more shots, hitting 3 or so out of 10. (Your ACV is that bad? ._.) (5 with the bug stats. I used my dice program and I only hit 5 three times. ^_^;) (Well, -2 with the bonus!) (That's a 7! 50/50!) * Fitzroy maybe hit 4 or 5 then! Yeah, I should keep workin at it. (that was a little nicer. I got 6:10 that time.) * Katherine nods a little. "Sure. S'a free range, after all." She takes a seat again. * Fitzroy continues to practice for a while. <>