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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jun 25, 2017 19:05:33 GMT -6
The longer Elizabeth was working for John Divero, the more of an unpleasant feeling she got around him and it definitely wasn´t just because that after some of the extra "sessions" with him she was feeling quite sore more often than she would like to. Something was really off about that man and since the city itself wasn´t really safe either way as well the female decided that it was surely time to get herself some more options to defend herself than only by using her body. Sure, she knew how to bite, kick and slap quite well but if there were more people surrounding her and especially if there was only one male that was bigger than her she surely had bad cards. Therefore Eliza decided to learn how to deal with guns eventually. However getting a gun was one thing but shooting itself a whole different story. Luckily though there was her flatmate which was not only willing to help her to learn how to handle a gun, especially how to shoot and not accidentally kill yourself or others or even both, as well as being even more than qualified to help her as well.
Therefore the first day both of the friends had some time to spare they made their way to the ship graveyard at evening to prevent to have people around them. Of course there wasn´t a gurantee since you never could know if people of the mafia were having some buisness around but at least there wouldn´t be workers anymore at that time of the day, yet it still was bright enough outside so see stuff. Not to mention that in worst case scenarios the two of them could more or less easily hide in some abandoned and demolished ship wrecks nearby.
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Post by John Constantine on Jun 26, 2017 13:53:48 GMT -6
When Elizabeth told him her boss was giving her the creeps and she wanted to learn to handle a weapon, Constantine cleared his schedule to accommodate her. It was one thing that she wanted to use a weapon. It was another thing to use it in her own defense. So he went out, bought her a gun and took her somewhere that they weren't likely to shoot anything more than tin cans. She needed to be able to defend herself from her creep of a boss in case he wasn't there to save her from this boss of hers.
The ship graveyard was abandoned. No one was there. Elizabeth wasn't going to kill anyone on accident with lousy aim if he could help it. So once they got to the docks, he set up a few glass bottles and tin cans on some crates about at shooting level for Elizabeth. He then turned back to face her with a smile.
"Ready luv?"
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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jun 26, 2017 15:09:24 GMT -6
Eliza looked at the row of glasses and tin cans a bit nervous, the gun in both of her hands for the start, while she wondered how chances would stand that her luck was bad enough to have the projectile fire back from either one of the glasses or the ships around them. With a sigh she tried to get ready as much as possible and aimed for the first "vitim" from the row. "Well as ready as I can be I assume."
The female took herself some minutes for the first try and reaimed quite often since her hands were constantly shaking, even if only minorily. Luckily John really was a smart one and had taken her out for training for the best time possible. Eventually though Elizabeth did her first shot and, much to her expectations, she missed. Then it was time for the second one for which she took a bit time to aim as well yet not as long as before and which eventually ended up hitting the target almost. However at the third try finally she succeeded and the glass bottle shattered nicely into pieces while Eliza made a jump due excitement. "Whoohoo!"
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Post by John Constantine on Jun 27, 2017 11:56:15 GMT -6
John hadn't expected her to hit the first target. He had been right. She was treating it like he had handed her a poisonous snake and it was coiled around her fingers, ready to bite. To her credit, she didn't scream when the first shot rang out. The second shot missed by a hair. The third shot ruined the bottle. Glass shards rained down where the bottle had sat. Constantine nodded his approval.
"Very good," he complimented. "But you might not want to do that if you just shot a bloke. Doesn't help the defense argument."
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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jun 27, 2017 13:08:24 GMT -6
Elizabeth blushed a bit at her friends advice, scratching her cheek in embarrassment since she didn´t really know how to really defend herself besides of course some punching, kicking and biting. However luckily the perfect person to ask for help for was just next to her. "Well why don´t you tell and show how to do that then sweetheart? Bet with your tutoring I at least get to be unharmed a few seconds longer." Trying to compensate the seriousness she smiled at him while awaiting either his next advice or order what to try out next.
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Post by John Constantine on Jun 28, 2017 6:54:52 GMT -6
Constantine pulled out his own gun from his jacket pocket. He held it out so she could see. This was just like when he was in the barracks, he told himself, except he was teaching a woman and not some school boy who got plucked up into a war he had no reason to be fighting. That was what this city did. They made fighters out of people that had no reason to be one. He didn't want Elizabeth to be able to kill a man if she felt like it, but for her own safety, it was a necessary evil.
"This is the safety," he told her, his thumb tracing over it, and he clicked it off. "It makes sure you don't shoot anythin' you don't want to. If you want to shoot somethin' you have to take it off."
He didn't look at the target. One shot fired and another glass came raining down. He had more stashed away to set up if they burned through all of the targets. Which they likely wouldn't because Elizabeth's aim left something to be desired, since it took three shots to make a one shot kill. Perhaps he should have used bigger targets, but those would have attracted attention.
"You only take a shot you know you can make." he said. "Otherwise you waste bullets."
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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jun 28, 2017 15:13:43 GMT -6
Elizabeth had to admit she felt a bit nervous as Constantine got out his own gun to continue his lesson. With that she once again got reminded how experienced he was in good as well as bad or rather questionable things like shooting. Not to mention that no matter how sweet and sassy he was with her, he surely could be a dangerous man. Luckily though as far she knew him he only was danger to people having bad intentions with him.
Listening carefully to his explanation about the safety of the gun however her logical mind, which wanted to learn something important as good as she could, paused for a moment and, given the great encounters Eliza had with "visitors" of her flatmate , it turned rather naughty. "... Sweetheart are you giving me gun lessons or sex education volumne two, how to get your woman pregnant? You have to admit the `taking of safety to shoot something` does sort of have quite the parallels." Trying hard not to laugh to hard as a child, the female almost bit her lips while grinning wildly at the male.
Yet as he shot one of the targets naturally enough to not even having to look at it for a great hit, Eliza got serious again and focused on the next target. After taking a deep breath she tried to calm her body down so even though she would have to take her time with aiming she would do a successfull shot. After all Constantine sure was right about the bullets, they better not be wasted and especially in serious situation. You could never know for what or rather who you will need that bullets. When she eventually made her shot she hit her target right at the first try. "Should I just continue oooor ...?"
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Post by John Constantine on Jun 29, 2017 9:50:30 GMT -6
"Luv, try and take this seriously." he said. "I can give you sex education lessons later. Some first hand experience for your books."
Leave it to Elizabeth to take his lesson and make it dirty. He was trying to be serious (for once). He was teaching her how to kill someone after all. They could at least save that sort of talk after they were done working. He knew his roommate was just teasing. He had, after all, offered many times to help with her 'tension' issues but had been turned down flat. Apparently she preferred men who made her feel unsafe? He shook his head. He was the last person to judge her for who she slept with considering half of his flings barely remembered his name the next morning.
"We're going to practice until I think you can protect yourself. Continue."
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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jul 1, 2017 9:14:08 GMT -6
Elizabeth rolled her eyes at his suggestion for later on. Both of them knew it would never come to this. She didn´t want to be just one out of quite many sex partners he had, and he wasn´t one for relationships, or at least that´s what Eliza honestly believed. Either way she valued their friendship quite a lot, especially since they even lived together now and things were going pretty much perfectly and surely she didn´t want to put that at risk and therefore turned any offers of any kind of sexual interaction between them down. Her attention back at her shooting the brunette had to shoot quite many objects, since they were hit with more and less success. At least though her aiming became quicker over the time.
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Post by John Constantine on Jul 3, 2017 11:33:41 GMT -6
"There we go now," he said.
She was getting better. No overnight expert but if they kept at it the next few weeks, and that gun didn't leave her side for the world, then they might be able to make a markswoman out of her yet. If she would let him, he would teach her proper hand to hand combat but she might think he was trying to take advantage of the situation. He didn't want that. He just wanted to make sure she could defend herself in case he couldn't be there to protect her.
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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jul 6, 2017 14:01:34 GMT -6
Eliza let out a loud sigh as another row of targets was now lying wildly around the ground. Writing about shooting was sure easier and after a time more entertaining. At first the lesson was interesting and extraordinary fun. But after shooting dozens, or at least it felt like dozens for the brunette, of cans and bottles and what not around them by accident she started to feel tired and bored. She already wanted to ask for how much longer todays lesson would last when she suddenly heard some strange noise and kept all still and stiff. Was there someone around? If so, how many and even what would the person or even people do around that kind of place at that time?
At first it appeared as the sound was just a few tiny stones got thrown against the metal from the ship wrecks by the wind. For a short time Eliza calmed down again and was about to continue with the shooting when suddenly she heard noises that sounded nothing like rocks but animals if not people walking. What got her quite the goosebumps though was that the sounds got closer and that way faster than she´d like to. Feeling panic growing inside her she looked at John questioning. He surely knew what to do now right?
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Post by John Constantine on Jul 7, 2017 12:08:02 GMT -6
"Might be a good idea for us to sod off before things get dodgy." he said.
He grabbed her by the arm, hauling her away from their makeshift gun course and taking the gun from her, he checked the number of bullets left. Empty cartridge. Damn. So they just had his, in case things went sideways. Still, he urged her to move quickly before making them both duck down an alley between to warehouses. Warily he looked over his shoulder, pressing her up against the wall, to keep her out of sight. No one would think twice about a man being in a place like this, but a dame like her was free pickings, especially if they thought no one would stop them from doing whatever they wanted.
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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jul 7, 2017 13:30:23 GMT -6
Elizabeths heart was racing after she had been dragged into the narrow alley and was now pushed against a wall there. Strangely in the recent timing she had been pressed or hold against walls way too often and it only partly ended good. Just what was it with guys and walls these days? Or did she have a so far unknown look of desiring men to do that to her? Either way she was just happy that this time it was John in front of her and not some other weirdly dangerous man who was even lusting for her.
While they waited until the danger was over or they, well actually mainly her good old flatmate, would have to make a move, Eliza stayed as silent and stiff as she could and tried to focus on the male. Strangely even in risky situations she still felt safe, though nervous, for as long as she was with him but yet her heart didn´t stop to flatter. Therefore she decided to try the most dumbest thing she could think of right now to calm down. Count the stubbles of his so called beard.
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Post by John Constantine on Jul 7, 2017 14:09:31 GMT -6
John had his gun ready, just in case, not even paying attention to Elizabeth, just straining his ears to try to get a better listen in on the noise. A person? Multiple people? An animal? He couldn't tell, but he leaned over Elizabeth to protect her in case it was the former. The least she could do was run. Except nothing came. No one came rounding around the corner guns drawn and there was no shouting. Which was what most low level thugs did when they caught someone somewhere they ought not be.
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Post by Elizabeth Blythe on Jul 7, 2017 16:54:39 GMT -6
When ELiza reached the number of five hundred at her counting, she gave up. That man needed a shave! As he leaned closer though Eliza worried for a second and listened really carefully to their surroundings again for some time. Nothing. At least nothing connectable to humans at all. "As much as I like to have you that close to me, if not even closer, I think we are good now sweetheart. If there would be danger around, except you of course, either of us if not both would have at least noticed it by now." She eventually said whispering, just in case. Also soon enough it would be really dark and the time of the real danger would start. Gatsberry and its surroundings may be under the rule of the mafia and therefore do buiseness even openly in daylight but yet nights sure seemed to be favored by all sorts of whicked and deadly human being to come out. For that she surely didn´t want to be around, especially not with John by her side. That sweet idiot most likely would take quite the pains for her if not worse if worst case scenarios would appear and surely there was no way Eliza would ever knowingly put her friend in danger.
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