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[newbvampire]

WHO: Seras Victoria, Open
WHERE: Police HQ firing range. May transition to a safer location if the Harkonnen is tested.
WHEN: 18 May sometime in the early evening.
SUMMARY: Seras is training, and trying out some new weapons.  She might possibly take the new Harkonnen out for a spin later.
WARNINGS: Guns! Guns! Guns!
FORMAT: Para to begin with, but whatever you feel like after. Surprise me.

Feeling especially motivated Seras decided to log some time at the range. In front of her was an assortment of arms she'd signed out from the armory for practice. This consisted for the moment of several large caliber pistols in an attempt to find something a bit closer to what she was used to. None of the guns being designed for vampires she found them lacking in one thing or another. She debated asking Pokey to build her a pistol, but it just didn't feel right. Not so soon after he'd made the Harkonnen, and hadn't even asked for anything in return.

Speaking of the Harkonnen she'd pulled out it as well to do some standard maintenance on it. Nothing elaborate, just ensuring it was cleaned, and lubed so it would be ready whenever it was finally needed. In the mean time it was sitting on its bipod on the table looking quite menacing.  Not that this was a difficult thing for it to accomplish. She hoped to be able to take it out, and test it fully soon. 

After ensuring the weapons were prepared Seras stepped up to the shooting booth, and released the slide on the pistol, a Desert Eagle in .50 AE. It was one of the largest calibers she could find. The target was set all the way at the end of the range at 50 yards. A long range for a pistol for anyone else. Using her third eye Seras calmly fired off the entire magazine very quickly the pistol not moving at all under her grip. A neat, and tight group was punched through both the heart, and head of the target. She felt quite proud of herself looking at it. She really had improved.

With the weapon cleared, and on safe she switched it out for another, and repeated the same drill. She continued to do this until she'd tested each weapon at least once. Sadly she hadn't found something she felt was worth going through the trouble to replace the issue sidearm. Deciding to take a break she sat down to load up magazines for another round of shooting.

[ooc] Because not everyone is familiar with Hellsing the Harkonnen looks like this. It won't be an exact copy, but close enough. This version is only one of the cannons, and lacks the pack for ammo. Also thanks to Toby for the link I stole.

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[highrolling.livejournal.com]

Nero was finished with his shift at the jail. Thank god, he muttered to himself. There was nothing more boring than watching those cameras for hours at a time with no one to keep him company. Except Red. And she only ever popped up to tell him to wake up when he dozed off. It's not like the people in the cells were gonna try anything. He needed to do something to wake up. And the shooting range seemed like a good start.

He twirled his personalized handgun on the fingers of his human hand as he walked in. The gun itself was gorgeous; silvery blue with mother of pearl inlays in the shape of twisted roses. The gun also had a unique double barrel; two bullets for the price of one. As he walked in, he stopped short, staring at the huge abomination of a weapon that someone had left lying around. What WAS that? A rocket launcher?! It seemed like excess.

He recognized the girl in the range as Seras, the new vampiric recruit. But she was so tiny... was that huge monster of a gun really hers?

"Damn, girl. You've got some good aim, there."

[newbvampire]

She flashed Nero a big grin at his compliment ignoring any shock he might have shown because of the Harkonnen. "Thank you. I've gotten a lot better than I used to be. Have to still practice though. Especially with the way things are now I don't want to miss when it really counts."

"I just wish we had a bigger range. I'd like to practice longer shots." As she spoke she noticed his gun. She paused in her reloading for a moment to peer at it. A twin barrel? "That's pretty unique looking. I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before."

[highrolling.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, accuracy isn't really my thing. I just shoot at stuff until it's dead, kerpow." Nero pointed his demon fingers like a gun and recoiled them with the "kerpow" noise. "Though bullets are pretty expensive, so maybe I should give it some more thought?"

Nero leaned on the counter and rested his chin in his hand and grinned. He blinked when she eyed his gun and he twirled it again. This time he nearly dropped it and fumbled to recover it. "Shitshittttt. Hehe. Uh. Yeah, this is the Blue Rose. She's a custom for me from the Order back home. The double barrels sort of kill accuracy, but like I said, I'm not too concerned about that."

[newbvampire]

"But if you don't hit what you're shooting at it's just a waste." His attitude surprised her. Who trained someone to shoot like that? Not everyone was has hard as her Master, but still you had to hit things every now and then.

Seras almost threw herself into a booth to get some cover when he fumbled. "That better not have been loaded!" she snarled. Just because it wouldn't kill her didn't mean she was anxious to catch a bullet. She calmed down, and sat back down. "Just be more careful."

[highrolling.livejournal.com]

Nero just shrugged. He was hardly as carefree as Dante, but he still didn't let every little thing get to him. "The Order wasn't big on guns; thought they were dishonorable. So I never got proper training."

Nero made a face. This girl was super jumpy, wasn't she? "The safety is on! Chill out, alright? Besides, that thing on the table is yours, right? I can't imagine that thing is safe at all."

[newbvampire]

Well that answered the question of who would train someone to shoot that badly. What kind of idiot would think a gun was dishonorable? That was just stupid. "Who's this Order anyway? Doesn't sound like they're really up to date with the 20th century."

"Yeah well it's unloaded, and the safety is on, and I'm not twirling it about like it's a damned baton!" She also gave him an eyeroll for good measure. Git! The lack of firearms training showed. The nerve of him to accuse her of being dangerous with the Harkonnen. "Look I just want to not get shot alright."

[highrolling.livejournal.com]

"They totally weren't. It was a religious thing, the Order of the Sword. They were dedicated to the demon savior, Sparda. Or something. I don't know, they took me in and made me their mercenary." He shrugs, "I've got much more finesse with the sword I've got."

Nero just snickered and clicked off the safety, walking to another part of the range and putting six bullets (three shots) in the head of the target at the other end. Apparently his aim wasn't as bad as he said it was. "Well, I just don't know about a gun like that. Dante'd love it though. Flashy like it is."

Oh my god that a large gun.

[spiritgun]

The gun range seemed to be the place to hang out at the station. Yusuke wandered down there after his shift, rolling his shoulders back. He'd meant to do a little firing with his spirit gun, but when he got there, he was confronted with the largest damn weapon he'd ever seen.

"Holy shit."

[newbvampire]

Seras snapped her head up at the cursing. Seeing the young man, and where he was looking it was clear what the situation was. Standing up Seras walked over to her cannon, and smiled nervously. "Sorry about that. I just pulled it out to clean it. Didn't mean to scare anyone. I can put it back if you need me to."

[spiritgun]

"What? No." Yusuke meandered right over. He didn't touch the gun, because setting it off would be a Bad Thing, but it was clear from his stance that he was impressed. "Is that standard issue? Why haven't I gotten one?"

Not that Yusuke even needed one. But still, large impressive weaponry...geez, was Maza holding out on him?

[newbvampire]

""No it's not," she said shaking her head. She couldn't help having a bit of pride when talking about her cannon, and it is clear in her voice. "I had it custom made. Just got it a couple of days ago actually. It's a lot like the weapon I had back in my world. I used it for killing vampires."

Also zeppelins but she didn't want to brag.

[spiritgun]

He would probably appreciate the bragging. Yusuke jammed his hands into his pockets, stepping closer to look the cannon over.

"Killing vampires, huh. Looks like it could kill a lot of other things too, am I right?" Hell, it looked like it could blow a hole through a few buildings.

[newbvampire]

Of course it could blow a hole through a few buildings. Anyone with any sense would have classified the thing as an anti-tank weapon. They really didn't have a concept of overkill back at Hellsing.

"Well I did shoot down a zeppelin with it once."

[grey1911.livejournal.com]

Aaron wasn't a regular at the range, but he still put in his time. After all the paperwork from the night before, it was a nice change of scene. He was almost surprised to see Seras when he walked in. That she had the Harkonnen there as well, earned a small sigh.

After she finished her singularly impressive display of marksmanship, he approached the line next to her, setting down his guns, clips and hearing protection in a neat, practiced row on the small platform before him. The titanium slides were back, showing cleared chambers in the twin Walther P-99 (http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100216140133/stalker/images/b/be/P99_titanium_coated.png)s.

"Very impressive." An eyebrow raised above his sunglasses, honestly surprised at the exhibition.

[newbvampire]

Seras smiled at Aaron. She was happy to see him, and the fact he got to see what a good shot she was only made her happier. With the weapons cleared she could turn to him, and smile. "Thank you. I was hoping I'd find something to replace the Glocks the department issues, but since I have the Harkonnen now I'm not so worried about it. If I need it I'm sure the Chief will let me."

[grey1911.livejournal.com]

A small smile ticked on his face, as he imagined the reactions to Seras reporting to some of the more standard calls with the Harkonnen in tow.

"Found anything to your preference yet?" She had quite a collection in front of her at the moment, that's for sure.

[newbvampire]

She shook her head. "No, and I don't think I will. I've gotten used to guns made for me as a vampire. Even this Desert Eagle isn't really the same. Really the Glock should be enough for most patrolling. I don't want to go around scaring half the city out of its mind after all."

Not to mention the hot water she'd be in if that happened.

[grey1911.livejournal.com]

"Hmm." He muses, glancing down at her array of weapons again, and then to his. "For most of your needs, I think the standard issue should suffice. You might also want to consider that it's usually cheaper to acquire special ammunition for the smaller caliber weapons."

[newbvampire]

"Oh," she said quietly. She'd never thought about that, and if he hadn't pointed it out it would have never occurred to her. A consequence of having so much provided for her by Hellsing. "I guess the Chief would be pretty mad if I ran up a big ammo bill huh?"

[quantumcatboy.livejournal.com]

With the Major locked away, Schrodinger was finding himself with a severe lack of thing to keep himself entertained, which, if it wasn't for the Captain's sudden arrival, would have meant bad things for the City around him.

For the time being though, he'd been good, he'd kept himself from causing too much trouble, leaving that kind of thing for Jan Valentine, but that didn't mean that he still didn't get bored while waiting for something fun to happen.

So, instead, he decided to go pay a visit to his dear friend!

"Your aim is improving, Seras Victoria!"

[newbvampire]

The second she heard his voice she grabbed one of the pistols off the table, and shoved it into his face pulling the trigger. Of course nothing happened as the weapon had been cleared, and had the slide locked back. She snarled, and lowered the weapon.

"What do you want?"

There wasn't much reason to point out that this area was also restricted. The boy seemed to go were he pleased. She glanced over at the Harkonnen, and cursed that she couldn't use it without probably blowing up half the range. Instead she settled for picking up a magazine, and inserting it in the pistol.

"Not very bright showing up in police headquarters when you're wanted."

[quantumcatboy.livejournal.com]

Schrodinger was surprised when the gun was suddenly shoved in his face, and despite having no fear of being shot, he still flinched when Seras pulled the trigger. Just because he could survive it didn't mean that it still hurt whenever he had his head blown off.

The click of an empty magazine though, caused his smile to quickly return.

"I came by to see one of my favorite people, is all! There is no need to be so hostile." He shrugged his shoulders. "You are seeming more and more like your master. Are you sure that you haven't had your captain's blood yet?"

He turned to look at the new Harkonnen, walking over to inspect it more closely. "I don't think that you'll arrest me today.

"Did you know that I have been in your prison here before?"

[newbvampire]

He had just had to bring up Bernadotte. The snarl fell from her face, and she had to tell herself to calm down as she squeezed the weapon in her hand almost to the breaking point. He wasn't supposed to die. Not like that. Not killed by some freak bitch! Her lower lip trembled slightly as she swallowed, and spoke. "Don't...don't talk about him. Ever!"


She stepped over to where he was, glaring at him as he looked at the Harkonnen. "You escaped from the prison or did you got to visit your Major?"

[quantumcatboy.livejournal.com]

Schrodinger shrugged, dismissing the subject and returning his attention to the Harkonnen, inspecting it appraisingly. He reached out and ran his fingers over the cannon's barrel. "Whoever built this for you has some skill... Not as skilled as Hellsing, of course, but then again, not many people are!"

He looked up at her, meeting her cold glare with his typical completely unaffected grin. "I escaped once, if you can even consider myself imprisoned. I was bored, so I walked out the front door. I gave myself to them in the first place, so I thought that I could leave when I wanted. I have visited the Major as well. Your food for prisoners is awful!"

[newbvampire]

Her eyes narrowed when he touched her gun. She didn't want him touching anything that was hers. She took a step forward defensively. Little bastard touching, and ruining what didn't belong to him.

"Good, he doesn't deserve decent food. The pig is fat as is." Anything that made him miserable was a good thing. Even if it was as petty as making him eat slop. He deserved so much worse. "We'll find a way to keep you in there soon enough, and it's going to be me that throws you in that cell. I don't think you'll like that very much. Being caged for the first time ever.