The Town Shooting Range, Wednesday

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff sits on the rail of a fence at the in-town shooting range, waiting for Marty Blank.

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[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty shows up late for meeting with Geoff and gives him a guilty smile.

"Geoff! My apologies. I had a meeting with a teacher that ran late. Still up for a training session?"

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff hops down off the rail and shakes Marty's hand. "Marty! Don't worry, it's not that late. I appreciate that you're willing to do this. Yes, I'm still up for it."

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"Excellent. Come on in."

Marty leads Geoff back to the weapons locker where Marty pulls out his 9mm and holsters them. He then pulls out a shotgun and .38 snub nose revolver.

"Thanks again for the endorsement and the poem. Angela really like it by the way." Marty gives Geoff a grin. "You got quite the silver tongue, you little devil."

Marty picks up some shells and cartridges and motions Geoff to follow him.

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff grins with pleasure at the compliment. "Thanks, I'm very pleased she liked it. I understand you're competing for a post on the student council. I wasn't actually certain what you wanted the endorsement for, but Shane explained what it was about."

He watches with interest as Marty retrieves the firearms.

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty lays down the revolver and the shotgun on the bench pointing towards the targets at the end of the range.

"Shane? Oh right. She works at Deb's right? We all ended up at the church during Zombie weekend."

Marty looks at Geoff with a little nervousness.

"Now the last time I taught someone to shoot a gun, I ended up in the clinic with part of my rear end in a sling. So just make me a promise. Don't pull the trigger unless the barrel of the gun."

Marty points towards the targets at the end of the range.

"Is pointed down there. We clear?"

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff nods. "Absolutely." He eyes the gun.

"So, that's the barrel, then?"

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

*Oh boy.*

"Let's go over the gun parts shall we?"

Marty then walks Geoff through each part of the gun, explaining what part is and does. Marty then has Geoff repeat each part back to make sure he understands.

"We doing okay so far?"

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff carefully listens to Marty's explanation, occasionally interrupting with a question about how it works. It does appear that, despite outward appearances, he is capable of taking something seriously.

"Yes, I think I've got it. So what's next?"

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty nods.

"Okay the first thing is gun safety. One: Never point this at someone unless you are defending yourself. Otherwise you'll most likely go to jail and your girlfriend will kill me. Two: See this switch here? It's called the safety. Don't turn this off unless you mean to shoot. Anytime else and I mean *ANYTIME* you must have the safety on."

[OOC: Paige... If you're watching, I hope you see that I'm being good here.]

[chasingangela]

[OOC: Try not to lose any body parts this time.]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Forgot to mention he bought kevlar underwear earlier.]

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Yeah, I'd that was a good idea.]

[chasingangela]

[OOC: What, without modeling it for Angela?]

[OOC: Smart of him.]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Hush. You're distracting me from the 12th century poet who's packing heat. (How many people can say THAT?) :)]

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

[OOC: I just got an image of Geoff dressed up like Shaft.]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: My next commission is for you to rewrite the theme from Shaft in the manner of a 12th century poet.]

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

[OOC: LMAO Dude, I am so going to do that! (Except, being 14th century, I'll be doing it in that style.) :)]

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Moving thread for readability sake]

Marty tries to hide his amusement. Not because he missed, but the fact that he's teaching a 14th century poet and storyteller how to shoot a pumpaction shotgun.

"Try it again."

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff notices -- and misinterprets-- Marty's amusement and frowns.

The second attempt, while more controlled, has the same result as the first.

As does the third attempt.

Letting out a snort of frustration, Geoff points the shotgun downward at looks at Marty. "Either this is harder than the revolver, I'm doing something wrong, or the target isn't as immobile as it appears."

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"It takes practice Geoff. You can't be an expert marksman in one day. In fact you should probably come here and practice every other day or so. The next time the living dead come marching into town, you'll be ready."

Marty reaches into his coat and pulls out a set of keys and some slips of paper.

"The keys are for your weapons locker. The revolver and the shotgun are yours to keep."

Marty hands the papers over.

"These are gun permits. They allow you to carry and own a gun. Keep them handy in case the police ever ask for them. Normally you'd have to file for the permits yourself but... I have a friend who helps me out on these things."

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff stares at the keys, the papers, and the weapons.

"Wait a minute. Are you saying that you're giving me these?"

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"Do you want to be without them the next time the mods throw a surprise attack and send God knows what at the town?"

Marty looks at the guns lying on the table.

"Besides... lately I've developed a distaste for them."

Marty shrugs.

"Hey... are we still playing cards tomorrow night?"

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Still trying to process how "teach me how not to kill myself if I ever pick up a gun" has turned into "Geoff Chaucer, U.S. Marshall", he looks over at Marty and mutters, "Yeah, yeah. Tomorrow night."

After a moment he seems to come to senses, and he offers Marty his hand. "Thank you. You have no idea how much I appreciate this."

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty shakes Geoff's hand and smiles.

"You're welcome. I'll be by your place for the game tomorrow barring any dismemberment or detention."

[OOC: I think I liked Chaucer as 'Shaft' better. I'm holding you to that new rendition. Seriously though... If something happens in Town, you better have something around just in case. Just don't blow your foot off because I've already had several threats from Paige.]

[geoff-chaucer.livejournal.com]

Geoff grins. "Good! Bring Angela if you like -- I think Paige plans to be there, at least for part of the night." He secures the guns in the locker that he saw Marty remove them from. "And good luck with your campaign, too."


[OOC: Yeah, definitely Shaft. Seriously, I gonna work on that. And yeah, next time I plan to have Geoff involved, not just hiding under the bed.]