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"VENTI CARAMEL FRAPPUCCINO" ([personal profile] skelters) wrote in [community profile] expiationlogs2024-03-03 01:30 pm

(OPEN MINGLE) i wanna be the very best

Who: vash & caitlyn and YOU!
Where: an empty field on the outskirts of aldrip, somewhere out of the way but not too far from town.
What: anytime before the march event - a friendly sharpshooting practice turned competition turned ??? if you want to come and practice or learn or if you just wanna come and show everyone you're the best, or if you want to just come and judge people, open to all!
Warnings: nothing yet, will mark as needed.

[ there are a few ways you'd have found your way to the empty clearing that serves as the impromptu target field for some shooting practice ... there are some hastily drawn posters that you might find pinned up at the common room of the inn or any public noticeboard, that simply says

PRACTICE DAY: we've got plenty of targets!

which ... really, doesn't tell you all that much about just what kind of practice it's meant to be?

or otherwise you might find vash walking past with a cartload of little clay plates - or you might be out on a walk and run into caitlyn critically arranging some empty bottles (and other things, go creative go wild) in neat rows along various points on the field, with little cards to mark out the distance.

honestly, however you made it here, this is just a friendly competition / friendly opportunity to practice somewhere safely without getting in the way of others! feel free to make your own top levels and mingle! teach people how to be gun safe! challenge them to some clay shooting (and welcome to up the stakes by making the throws as difficult as you want for the other person) or do an old fashioned bottle shooting - or come up with a fun competition idea yourself! shoot a leaf out of the air? you don't shoot but you want to stand around and criticise how everyone's forms are totally wrong? go wild! ]
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[personal profile] bulleting 2024-03-18 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
That's okay. Moving targets aren't easy. It takes time, especially if you're rusty.

[Caitlyn's helped a lot of people practice today, and Sigma clearly knows the basics. That's a start. The rest comes with time and practice, so it's good that he's here today to do just that. He's definitely not the only one that's out of practice. But with how dangerous it continues to be around here, Caitlyn's all the more glad her and Vash decided to have this set up for everyone.]

Would you like some pointers?
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[personal profile] ticket218 2024-03-20 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, please. Anything you think would be helpful.

[ At least he's not too proud to admit it? Pride alone isn't gonna save him if more hungry sins against nature keep showing up and he's caught by himself. ]
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[personal profile] bulleting 2024-03-31 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Try to anticipate where the target is going. It's easy to get caught up trying to track the movement. But if you start aiming further ahead and let it come to your sights, you don't scramble and move quite as much.

[Even with that suggestion, it's not exactly easy to hit something moving. It definitely comes with time, and lots and lots of practice.]