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Frances Barton | Hawkeye ([info]hotshot_hawkeye) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2013-03-09 16:43:00


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Entry tags:frances barton, martin baum

Magic and firearms: How could this possible go wrong? (Martin)
She wasn't entirely sure how she had made a deal with the little sorcerer Martin to teach him guns, but Frances liked to made good on promises. Oh no wait, it was for the magic arrows that had saved her ass, that was it. Anyway, she had to be make good and since no one was trying to kill/enslave/genderswap/veganify the world (yet, it was only ten in the morning), today was a decent day to do so.

Frances was at the outdoor shooting range, at the safety line with a few different examples for Martin and decided to warm up a little with a handgun and stationary target while she waited. 


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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-20 07:14 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, sorta. It's hard to do it with your mind," he mumbles with a frown at the offending gun. His TK wasn't perfect and anyway, recoil was hard to deal with without anything physical for the gun to recoil against.

"But isn't that the point of it? To hit stuff all over the place!"

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-20 05:12 pm UTC (link)
"Oh but portals to other dimensions and throwing plasma bolts are easy," she counters and snickers to egg him along. "It's not that easy to do with touching the gun. I've seen people fall back for holding their rifle poorly.

She gives a very faint wince at his summary, but doesn't make a big show on it. "That depends on what the point of you pulling the trigger is, Pip, and whether the other stuff around the target is forgiving to bullets."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-21 02:07 pm UTC (link)
"Mystic bolts," he corrected with a huff. "And they are! Well, portals are a bit harder but mystic bolts are the easiest thing! Just...pew!" To demonstrate he made a handgun shape with his hand and shot off a bolt as he spoke. It hit the paper target square in the chest with a blast, leaving a sizable hole. "See?"

"Well there are no people over there," he said gesturing to the target area. "And I don't think anyone should mind if the stuff around the paper accidentally gets hit. It's for practice right? So they shouldn't."

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-21 04:56 pm UTC (link)
"Bolts of mystics," she agrees with a sage nod, watching him just toss said bolt at the target. Well at least he can aim with that, good news for next time on the battle field. "And how long did you have to practice to get that good?"

She nods and waves to the damage. "And for around here, that'll do. You've probably knarked off a squirrel or some birds, at worst. However, the groundskeeper aren't too crazy about rebuilding their range, so let's not go crazy with the remodeling by automatic, okay?"

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-21 09:46 pm UTC (link)
He just wrinkles his nose at her for that. "They're not made of mystics." He uses TK to adjust his 'grip' on the automatic while he answers her questions. "Umm...it wasn't really training it was just fun and the easiest thing to figure out so I did it a lot in the beginning. Plus, I can cheat with bolts! You can't with arrows and guns," he grins.

"Okay, I'll try again. How many bullets do I have left? Do I just go until I run out?"

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-21 10:31 pm UTC (link)
She lifts her eyebrows to look as innocent as possible at his sulk. What? Next he'll tell her Girl Scout cookies aren't made of real Girl Scouts. "Sounds like typical logic for many teenage boys about this kind of thing," she mutters to herself with a snicker.

She shrugs, because she can't really keep count with an auto. He had used easily under two dozen, she'd bet. "Pretty much, go for short, controlled bursts of fire, so that you don't over-do or hurt yourself."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-21 10:36 pm UTC (link)
He didn't point out he'd started when he was ten, instead he takes gives a diginified huff. "Well if I misshoot my bolts, I can always change their direction after I've shot them, you can't do that so...there!"

"You can get hurt shooting guns?" He blinks, because he knows that getting shot must hurt but the person doing the shooting getting hurt? How weird. He looks back down at the gun with a suspicious look but tries the short burst idea. Calling it controlled would be generous. But at least this time it doesn't hit the target next to his, and hits parts of his poster. The target guy would be using his...thumb anytime soon. But hey, slight improvement.

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-21 11:14 pm UTC (link)
So did most boys, if the rumors were to be believed. She nods again sagely as he defends his bolts of mystic and the accuracy. And doesn't giggle at misshooting his bolts, at all.

"That is the objective with guns," she points out mildly. "But yes, you can touch the heated barrel and burn yourself, pinch your fingers, or the gun will kick back and hurt your shoulder, or, if you are really stupid, your head or jaw if you brace it poorly." It's kinda funny to watch when it happens, really. He's a little leery of the gun now, but does the quick squeezes. Aim still sucks, but it's an automatic rifle, accuracy is less crucial than bullet count.

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-24 11:09 pm UTC (link)
He considers the gun again after hearing the things that could happen and the potential things it could do to one actually seems to...relax him and put a smile on his face. Well of course he didn't have to worry about the finger pinching and burning parts. And he could always handle the gun without it bracing against him. Short of shooting himself, he was pretty safe.

Awesome.

The next bursts of gunfire slowly get more and more accurate, his crowning achievement being one burst that results in a few stray bullets hitting the target's left shoulder and almost close to the chest. In his opinion that should pretty much count as a heart shot! Still smiling, he telekinetically pulls the trigger again, only to find he's out of bullets. Cue the woobie-like disappointed expression. "Aww...I was getting better too."

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-24 11:35 pm UTC (link)
Frances pushes off the post she was leaning on to take the gun, chuckling a little at his disappointment. "Well, it takes ground-pounders and Marines a few dozen hours on the field to get decent, so I say you're coming along nicely," she praised and smiled down at him. Looking at the target with the best cluster, she nods to it. "You want that, you can take it home if you want. Lots of people do when they've proof they did a good job."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-25 04:35 pm UTC (link)
He grins at that. "I can bring my targets home? Great! I'll put them up on my walls and everything." Proof he learned how to shoot! And had even hit something. "That was fun. Guns aren't bad." Pause. "For people without magic of course. Magic wins but this isn't bad if you're stuck without it." Because obviously magic was the best.

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-25 05:16 pm UTC (link)
"Visitors'll be very impressed. Everyone needs bragging rights, after all. And these are pretty good for a newbie." She tilts her head and considers, taking the rifled to spit out the clip and put the safety on for storage. "Guns aren't bad but they're like magical artifacts: in the hands of someone knowing what they are doing and are respectful, they can be very useful. With someone bad, or fooling around, however, that's when guns can be very bad."

She squinted at him. "You got a far-sight spell or are you gonna need binoculars for the next one?"

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-27 10:58 pm UTC (link)
"Thank you," he beamed. "I guess, but magic seems so much better. But it's okay, not everyone can do it so they need other things. Maybe I can make more magic bullets..."

"Umm...I can look one up? What do I need it for?"

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-27 11:12 pm UTC (link)
She snickered. "Magic's awesome for you, target-work's my speciality. If we all did magic, it'd be less cool, wouldn't it?"

With a sweeping gesture, she directed them to the long range area, where a tarp laid over something on the ground. "Because this is my darling baby, Seraphina. This is a sniper rifle," she explained and revealed the long rifle. It was just a head short of Martin when stood up and had more intricate sights. "She chews through cartridges this long." She held up a hand-length example for him to see, way larger than even the automatic rifle's ammo. "And if you want to see what she can do, you need to be able to zoom in on that orange circle waaay out there." She pointed into the tree up against the adjacent hill and then gets onto the ground, lying down on her belly with the rifle in front of her.

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-28 01:55 am UTC (link)
"I guess so," he conceded.

He followed along behind her to the next range, looking over the rifle with the proper respect. He was going to treat this as her version of his magic hat. Which meant the utmost respect, care and seriousness when dealing with Seraphina. "So I have to look through that thing and I'll be able to see the dot over there?" He watched her carefully to figure out how to do it for his turn.

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-28 06:08 pm UTC (link)
"Yep, the sights are the only way to see what you're aiming for. Keep an eye on that target. A sniper's job is to hit something precisely the first time and from a far distance. With Seraphina, I could hit a target a mile away. And like all good shots, it's 95 percent prep and 5 percent the actual shot," she explains and checks her sights, fiddling with knobs. "You have to take into account any wind, how much stuff is there in the way, are they moving..."

Once she's satisfied, she hunkers down to get zen. "Like Dad says, you have to be here, in this moment, and all of you. Be ready, take a breath and aim. Commit and own up to the consequences. Then-" There's one loud crack, and then she's looking through the sights with a smile. "Four inches off center, not bad for a quick round."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-29 12:05 am UTC (link)
He sits down cross legged beside her, but still with some distance not to bother her, with his hands in his hat as he watches and listens. "A mile? Wow. And I thought bullets went fast enough you didn't need to worry about wind, I thought wind was just for arrows and stuff."

The sound is louder than he'd expected and he's genuinely surprised she didn't hit dead center. "...I didn't know you could ever miss." He really thought she always hit perfectly. Though it made him think of how far off he'd be in this case...this looked difficult. But challenges were good.

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-29 12:23 am UTC (link)
She smiles because that is totally a problem with arrows. "It's all about physics, the forces on a projectile. And these puppies have farther to go, more stuff to go wrong, you know?"

His stunned admission makes her laugh into the dirt. Well she did hit the target, she'd argue, but it's cute he thinks she can't fail. "I wish. But that's why you gotta practice, right?" Looking over her shoulder, she nods to the rifle. "As long as we don't jostle rifle much, you can try. It's all lined up, only need to tug the trigger."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-29 02:12 am UTC (link)
Martin just shrugs, he didn't know physics. You started real rules of physics later in education, he'd only done until grade 5. So he'd take her word on physics. "So what happens if you just shoot it? How far can it go before it hits the ground?" It didn't go on forever but it'd be cool to see a slow bullet almost falling. Hard to find though.

"Yep, practice makes perfect. You don't need to miss the center to make me feel better about not being too good at shooting things though. But thank you!" He looks over the rifle again and considers how to do this.

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-29 03:46 pm UTC (link)
"Once they're out of the barrel, they have their speed to go forward and gravity to pull them down, so it sails along hunky dory for... mile, mile and quarter as long as you point high enough and nothing's in the way."

Avenger and all, she isn't above taking a way out and cover when she can get it. She closes her mouth and nods along, she was playing limp to make him feel better,yeah that totally works. Brushing herself off from the blanket under Seraphina, she steps out and around so he can get comfortable with the rifle. "At least you don't have to hold it and fire like the auto."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-30 12:23 am UTC (link)
"That makes it easier but the laying down part isn't..." He frowns and takes a moment to lay down by the gun, propping himself up by his elbows while his hands rest in his hat that was on it's side. Better that way, less risk of magical stuff happening to Seraphina. He awkwardly leans over to peak through the sight. Well she'd said he didn't need to move anything, just pull the trigger with TK. That shouldn't be hard.

He takes a deep breath, holds it, and concentrates to make sure his use of telekinesis is steady as possible (it was rarely perfect, he was working on that though and had shown marked improvement in the last year or two) so as not to jostle the gun. The loud crack of the shot has him jump slightly and the gun tips and falls over. Well...now he had no idea where his bullet had gone. "...Did it hit anything?"

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-31 05:11 pm UTC (link)
Martin jumps like a startled bunny when the rifle fires, Seraphina falls over in a way that, if guns had attitudes, seemed put out for the handling and sulking on her side. Frances smiles that tight and warped smile of someone trying to not laugh too hard as she watches the scene and then looks through the binoculars she had to use to check the target. "I'm willing to argue the target was nicked. There's a bite mark on the left side I don't remember being there before."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-31 05:18 pm UTC (link)
Martin grinned and rolled over onto his back to fist pump and cheer at his minor victory. "It counts then! Bonus marks for hitting every target?" Eventually and with some leeway in the definition of 'hit' but still.

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[info]hotshot_hawkeye
2013-03-31 06:48 pm UTC (link)
She pauses to contemplate if 'hitting the paper the target is drawn on' is the same as 'hitting the target'. "Well, I'm not sure you'll be in the tri-delta anytime soon, but I'd say you did passable for your first time on the range."

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[info]magic_hands
2013-03-31 07:13 pm UTC (link)
Martin looks up from his position on his back, frowning at her upside-down. "Just passable? Hmph." Even if he wasn't going to a sharpshooter ever he wanted to do better than passable. That meant roping her in for more shooting lessons. At the very least it was good TK practice.

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