Otto and Elizabeth collab
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Otto was content with the answers he had gotten so he grabbed his revolver and re-holstered it from off of the table before standing with a stretch, several joints popping. He turned to Elizabeth for a moment before speaking. "Still wanna go shooting?" He asked the younger woman.
Hopping up from her seat she grinned, nodding vigorously saying, "Of course! I hope it's not much of a bother though. I know you are pretty busy around here so, if it's too much trouble I can ask Jesse though, I've never really used my gun. Will that be a problem? I mean I've held one just never really shot." Elizabeth laughed slightly.
"No, it's fine could use the fresh air anyways." He spoke as he headed for the door, turning back to Elizabeth. "Come on, let's go." He motioned with his head as he opened the door and walked out into the sunshine of the day before beginning to make his way towards his house in Ballamory figuring it would be best if they used his weapons plus he had the small 22. He and Cecilio had found which would probably be best to start Elizabeth on.
Walking after Otto, Elizabeth wondered if she would be good at using a gun after some practice. "Hey Otto, you think I'll be as good as you and Jesse? That would be awesome. You guys could shoot with your eyes closed and still hit your mark. Not to mention you guys have the biggest gun collection. Where are we going?" Elizabeth rambled before realizing she had no idea where they were going.
"As good as me and Jesse? Probably not but hey i've seen odder things happen like zombies for instance so you being a natural crack shot wouldn't be to out of the question." He reached his door and opened it, standing to the side to let Elizabeth in first. "Take a seat and make yourself at home for the time being, it'll take me a few minutes to get everything ready to go and to decide what we should take." He intoned before starting to go through the various weapons he had in the house.
Nodding absently Elizabeth walking in the door sitting in the middle of the room to take it all in. "So, what kind of gun am I gonna use? I have one myself but, I just have it for show. Never know if someone's going to come along without a weapon. Though that rarely happened before I met you guys. I was a lone wanderer. The silence is nice but, I tend to prefer crowds over isolation. What about you? You more of a lone wolf?" She probed wanting to know more about the quietest person in there little makeshift family.
"Imma start you on the 22. A small rifle with little recoil that will help you get the fundamentals of shooting down before we move to something else, i'll also teach you how to use that pistol of yours for more than just show." He paused as he grabbed his pack and put it on his shoulders while also slinging his own rifle over his right shoulder so it laid across his back, he used the slight pause to think on Elizabeth's question. "I was...what you'd call a hermit before the whole zombie thing kicked off, lived on my own in a cabin in the woods where I hunted and lived off the land on my own, honestly if I hadn't needed to go into town for ammo I would of most likely not noticed anything was going on. Before that well...let's say I have experience working with other people in difficult situations." He spoke as he grabbed the small 22. Rifle and slung it over his other shoulder. "Ready?" He asked.
Jumping up with a nod Elizabeth said, "That sound lonely. No offense to your life but, didn't that ever get old. What about friends and family?" She knew without her friends and family she would have been depressed. Even after her father she was lonely but, she still had her friends.
"Family is either dead or dead to me and most of my friends are also gone from this world as far as I know now, that life had it's moments where it was lonely, would of been nice to share it with someone but that never happened." He looked off with a bit of a distant look in his eyes before turning to look at Elizabeth again. "We'll be going a little ways outside here to a more safe area to shoot where we won't attract infected to here or any if we are lucky so if you need anything else from your home I suggest we go over and get it." He informed her.
Humming to herself she shock her head, "I don't need anything that I can think of. Also, you never know what the world will bring. Maybe some of your friends are still alive or even some family that's not dead to you." Looking off toward the trees she continued, "I'd be pretty happy to see my dad again, maybe even my mom, but I know they're dead. As for friends I didn't get a chance to see them after everything that happened. So yea, you never know who might show up around the corner."
Otto shrugged as he headed out the door and back onto Ballamory's main street and headed back past the HQ where Jesse and the new woman Ave were. "AY JESS ELIZABETH AND I ARE HEADING OUT." He called with a raised tone so he would be heard, best if he and Elizabeth at least told someone they were on the way out. "It's about half a mile out so I hope you like walking Elizabeth." Otto said back to her without turning towards her as he exited the front gate.
"Walking doesn't faze me anymore, with the amount we've done I'm sure this will be a breeze." Lizzie stated adding a bounce to her step. "You don't talk much do you? So far I'm mainly talking, not that I mind, it's just I tend to ramble so if you need some silence tell me or I might just keep on talking." She laughed slightly shaking her head at herself.
"No it's fine it's...nice to have someone who talks, get's to quiet sometimes. Used to be around the sounds of nature, birds, squirrels, the wind and the like but now it's just too quiet." He spoke as he moved onto the grass on the side of the road. "Sorry if I seem a little stiff in talking, been awhile since I just talked with anyone other than Dex or Evie and even then that is getting rarer and rarer these days. Also best to walk on the grass and dirt if ya can, makes you easier to track but doesn't fatigue you as fast as the asphalt and concrete does." He advised.
Elizabeth nodded, she can understand that. "What's with you and Dex anyway? I heard yelling yesterday, did something happen?" She was curious as to what happened yesterday, having only walked in at the last parts of it. It seemed like Dex, Evie, and Jesse were fighting but, she could have sworn she heard Otto's voice as well at one point. "Also, what's with the girl? I'm happy to have another person with us but, is that safe?" Even with her friendly attitude Lizzie didn't want anything bad to happen to the group, they were a little family despite the fights they get into.
"Dex decided it was smart to get drunk last night with Evie without mentioning anything to any of us, that wouldn't be too much of an issue if we were not all in separate buildings but as that is the case anyone who is inebriated could be at risk or themselves be a risk to the rest of the group. I also have rather bad experiences with drunks." Otto paused for a moment. "As for the woman, she broke in and stole my medkit last night and tried to escape but Cecilio winged her with a shot and she was forced to return." He finished as he turned off the main road onto a small trail leading into a patch of trees.
Lizzie hummed to herself, that was irresponsible of Dex and Evie. They should have told Otto or Jesse that they were going to drink. For herself she's never had and alcohol before, she's too young to even try. Still if she did she would know better than to not tell the group what was going on. "So, how much further are we?" She questioned glancing around slightly.
"Not to far now." He spoke as he pulled a few branches out of the way leading to a clearing with a single tree in the middle, the tree itself was a tall strong oak. The grass was short around them but it was easy to tell why since the branches of the trees around them stretched and twisted to cover the clearing in mostly shade. "You'll be shooting at that tree there." He spoke pointing to the large oak.
Elizabeth nodded and added a skip to her step. She was excited to learn to shoot. "So I shoot the tree. What are you gonna do? Give me tips or show me what to do?" Lizzie stared at the tree before looking at Otto.
"Well I planned on carving a bullseye into the tree then having you shoot at that." He spoke as he set down the 22., his pistol and his rifle along with his bag before walking to the tree. He pulled out his knife and cut a rough bullseye into the trunk of the oak before walking back to where Elizabeth and the guns were. "So...how much do you know already? I know you got that 1911 with ya but I ain't sure if you are completely ignorant to firearms or just a novice." He spoke as he began to load the magazines for the 22.
"I'm a novice, though have held gun just never shot one. I'm not even sure I hold it right." Elizabeth spoke slightly embarrassed. It's true she's never shot a fun but, you never know she could be a natural. "I got the 1911 from my dad when I was little. He wanted me to learn to use it. What's the difference between the 1911 and the .22?"
"It's alright, gotta start somewhere though if I had the choice the end times wouldn't be it." He spoke as he set down the loaded magazines. "Well other than the 22. Being a rifle, quite a bit." He paused as he picked up the 22. Rifle and showed it to Elizabeth. "I could bore you with the minute details but that would keep us here for hours, long and short of it is this twenty two rifle fires a twenty two long rifle round. Don't be fooled by the name, it's rather anemic and is best suited to training such as this or precise hunting of things such as small rodents or frogs." He help a 22. Round up to her which was only an inch long. "These are so small that I could bend this with my hand but since we need all the ammo we can get so I ain't gonna do that." He handed the round to Elizabeth for her to look at herself. "The rifle itself is fairly simple, when you get done hand me your 1911 and i'll give you a run down if it." He spoke.
"Okie, so um how do I hold?" Lizzie asked looking at the gun confused before attempting to hold it like she's seen. Putting the butt of the gun against her shoulder and holding with one hand at the trigger and the other stabilizing it slightly toward her shoulder. "Like this?"
"Mostly but here let me show you." Otto spoke as he walked over to Elizabeth, first he took her finger off the trigger and set it straight along the gun. "Never put your finger on the trigger unless you are ready to shoot, don't point the gun at anything you are not willing to destroy, be sure of your target and what's beyond and always treat a gun as if it's loaded and able to kill if you choose to use it." He walked around her and took his foot and spread her legs out. "Feet shoulder width apart, this will be important when you fire my rifle. Find a position to support yourself and whatever you do don't lean away from the gun." Otto instructed her.
Lizzie adjusted herself before aiming. She tried to line up with the tree but couldn't quite do it. "Okay, so how do I aim? Any tips?" She questioned looking at Otto.
"Line up the rear sight and the front sight, there should be three white dots two on the read sight and one on the front. Make sure to line those up and that's where your bullet with strike." Otto spoke as he watched her stance. "When you're ready to fire don't pull the trigger but instead slowly squeeze it until it fires." He instructed.
Lizzie did as he asked, lining up the sights and aiming at the tree. Trying hard to keep the sight on the target she slowing pulled the trigger until the bullet fired. It was loud and had a bit of a kick back but, thanks to her training with a sword she had better arm strength than people think. Sadly though the bullet hit outside the bullseye. Heaving a sigh of frustration she looked at Otto, "Anymore tips?"
"Other than to practice? No. The target is about the size of a man's torso so as long as you're hitting inside the target that's good, remember you don't have to be an expert marksman or rather markswoman in this case. You hit someone in the chest area and they will stop what they're doing real fast. Now do you wish to continue practice with the 22. Or move to pistols?" He asked her as he stood to the side.
"I'll keep practicing with the 22. It's got an easy kickback to handle. How long should I keep practicing?" Elizabeth was happy with her fist shot even though it was outside the bullseye, but like Otto said she needed practice.
"Practice as long as you feel like you need to, I would rather use the ammo for you to improve then leave you without enough experience plus it'll teach you how to load and reload the rifle along with all that such business." He went over and began to load his revolver and his own rifle. "Be warned though, when you get to my rifle it's gonna kick a hell of a lot harder then that one."
Nodding Lizzie looked back at the target, again aiming at the center. Again she slowly pulled the trigger, the loud band sounded and the recoil hit while the hoped the shot was steady. She was happy with the result. She it inside the bullseye but, not quite the center. Frowning she tried again. Aiming at the center she held herself steady as she fired and with success she hit a few inches away from the center. Jumping up and down Liz laughed, "I hit close! Woo Hoo!"
"Good job but also shhh. The trees will do a good enough job of dampening the gunshots but if we are to loud we may draw infected to us." Otto spoke as he walked over to her. "Wanna keep going or do you wish to switch?" He again asked wondering if she was ready.
"Oops sorry, forgot about that, I want to keep working on this one but, can we take a break for today my shoulder's starting to cramp a bit from that recoil." She asked looking up at Otto. Her shoulder was stiff a bit so a nice rest would be good, plus maybe she could talk to the new girl and make a friend.
"Hmm...fine but you will have a bit of a bruise come tomorrow just so you know." He spoke as he began to load things up. "We can stay a bit longer or leave now, it's up to you really." He spoke to her as he hummed a little tune while packing the weapons up.
"Let's head back, I want to see if I can make a friend out of the new girl. I hope she's nice. Oh, and doesn't she need her bat back?" Lizzie questioned still excited about making a friend but, sad that she'll have a bruise tomorrow. "How bad will the bruise be?"
"She'll get it back when we get back and it depends, probably just some slight discoloration but nothing too bad." Otto spoke simply as they made their way out of the wooded area and started the trip back in silence. The trip back was much faster than the trip to the little grove seeing as they both now knew the route. The gate came up in their view it signaled that they had returned home.
