hallelujahpilot: (she's a loaded gun)
Trudy Chacon ([personal profile] hallelujahpilot) wrote2010-05-21 01:22 pm

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There is practice to let off steam, and there is practice because practice is important and can mean the difference between getting home in one piece and being, shall we say, eaten.

So the gun-range has a pilot today, albeit it one dressed in the Marine uniform instead of her flightsuit. She has a handgun instead of a rifle (her thigh-holster is empty - no point in practicing with a weapon you aren't going to use) and, like before, the bullet holes cluster around the bull's eye.

Judging by the number, she's been here for a while, and she is just sliding in her last magazine when she catches sight of someone approaching.

"Mornin', Jack."
trigger_man: (Jack is thinking)

[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-23 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Jack shakes his head. "No. Not that it's any of my business, anyway."
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-23 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
And more protective.

"Yeah. Carl's a big boy, though. Even if I had a problem, there's not much I could do."
trigger_man: (Jack is not thinking happy thoughts)

[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-23 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I am. I'm not exactly in a place to judge, though."

Considering the number of relationships he's screwed up, usually because of his work, and the number of people he's gotten hurt because they were involved with him, he doesn't really have a place to question Carl's relationship decisions. Unless Carl was very mistaken about the other person, that is. He's not going to question Carl's decisions too much, but he's still got Carl's back.
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-23 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Jack gives her a wry smile. "Yeah. Let's just say Carl doesn't really have much of a track record with the ladies, but his is still better than mine."
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-23 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think I have to tell you where I'll stand if things go bad, though," Jack says. It's not a threat; just a fact.
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-24 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Jack nods. "Okay. How're things going in your world?"
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-25 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"That's always a good thing," he says. "Small-town bullshit?"
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-25 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
His mouth flattens. "Probably because I was one."
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-26 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course. I imagine there's a lot of times when what the Marines want to do--or want you to do--doesn't match the scientists' objectives," he says with a wry smile. "I know the feeling."
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-26 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, civilians tend to not realize just how dangerous some situations are, probably because they don't have the training to look for the threats. It's not something they're used to doing, so they dangers just go right over their heads without them even seeing them."
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-26 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Jack ducks his head to hide a smile. "Guess it depends on what threats we're talking about, whether that's sometimes a good thing or not."

He hesiates for a moment, rubbing the scar on the back of his right hand. "I worked in counter-terrorism. Some of the things we dealt with...it was probably a good thing people didn't know about every threat. They'd never leave their houses otherwise."
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-26 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Jack nods. "Yeah, there's not being aware and then there's being an idiot. The group you're dealing with of all people should be aware that nature isn't all pretty forests and fluffy animals."
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[personal profile] trigger_man 2010-05-26 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"So it's more using force against the...creatures when you have to that they object to?"

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