Shoot to thrill [ELISE]

It was unusual for people to not see Elise holding a gun at the shooting range, especially since she had been there so often that people were debating whether it was actually her favorite spot at the demonstration. However, there was a very solid reasoning behind the girl's absence today. While everyone was eagerly trying out the guns or watching the soldiers show how to properly use them, Elise had been at a nearby table eagerly talking to an engineer who had brought one of the various sniper rifles on display and was giving her a more detailed explanation on the components of the firearm. Of course, she had noticed the small crowd that had gathered to watch one of the shooters, a few young privates with lecherous looks upon their faces but she paid them no heed, in the end surely the firearm was more interesting than whatever was going on.

"So you see Elise, there is an important difference between the different sizes of a magazine, do you know what that is?" The engineer from Tanaka Arms asked with a smile while Elise raised a hand to her cheek and mused softly, clearly curious about the whole matter as she pondered out loud. "The number of shots you can fire?" The man laughed heartily at her comment, answering her answer with a grin "That's kinda an obvious one, isn't it?" He asked with a smile but shook his head lightly and continued. "It's actually the weight~ The larger the magazine the heavier it will feel for you, while a sharpshooter with your skills could handle the weight without reducing the efficiency of your shooting, it's an entirely different story for a newbie. As a result, we often recommend that they start with lighter weapons."

True, if the weapon was heavier there would be no doubt a harder recoil and a higher difficulty in keeping the weapon properly aimed. She never had difficulties with that because of how much she trained with her mentor, but she could imagine someone unused to firearms would struggle with the increased weight! But it seemed the man wasn't done with his explanations just yet! "But the scope is one of the true beautifies of this weapon~ Armed with iron sights which contain a hooded post front and a drum rear, you can effectively shoot from a hundred meters to a kilometer in gradiation, albeit I think someone like you could likely use it at optimal range with ease, maybe even hit beyond that record of yours?" Now those were words that just begged for her to test out this rifle! "Also, we installed a Hensoldt optical sight, if you ever wanted to see 10 times as sharp as normal."

"Ten times?!" She exclaimed excitedly as she thought for a moment. "With optical sight as sharp as that I could easily peek at Tetsuko without her even realizing it..." Noticing her blushing cheeks the engineer laughed in amusement, inquiring with a grin. "What got you so excited?" But Elise quickly shook off the question with a grin as they continued talking.

Meanwhile, two privates had been observing the shooting range, looks of discontent onto their faces. "They shouldn't have allowed them here, look at those kids, playing around with our firearms as if they were toys." The other private nodded his head sharply in agreement, grumbling in annoyance. "Should teach them a lesson." A lesson? Now that sounded like a good idea, an opportunity to humiliate those kids sounded simply perfect! "Heh, I got an idea..." The private approached the shooting range and announced out loud. "We are holding a shooting contest! Two of us against two of you kiddos, if one of you can hit farther than us within 3 shots we'll consider it a loss and give you both half of our monthly wage!" He knew greedy kids like that wouldn't resist the challenge, especially that smug looking lass at the shooting range. "How about you kiddo? You seem to be holding a gun, but do ya have the skill to properly wield it? Hey Kazuya, think we got our first one!" The private laughed in amusement as he looked at his partner who spotted Elise talking at the table, clearly ignoring the commotion. Such a meek girl surely would be an easy target, and so he approached them. "Hey lassy, want to join your friend over there for a shooting game?"

The engineer looked up at the private and spoke in a warning tone "You might want to reconsider picking on her priva-" Yet the man glared at the engineer. "Stay out of this gun nerd." The engineer merely sighed as he mumbled softly. "Don't tell me later that I didn't warn you..." and as he assembled the weapon and handed it over to Elise the girl merely smiled at the private and hummed in return "Sure~"

This was gonna be a piece of cake for the privates! Or so they thought... As they approached Kanna and the other private Elise was too occupied adoring the MSG90A1 she was holding, almost feeling the temptation to rub her cheek against it while the privates continued to explain. "You're free to use whatever gun you see fit--- hey Kazuya did you seriously let that girl use a sniper? Man you really want them to lose badly, then again might be a good chance to show those kids their place."

If only they had known the mess they were getting themselves into! A small crowd was already starting to gather as Elise stopped beside Kanna, scooping up three of the bullets and placed them in the five bullet magazine, musing softly. "Hehe~ I get to try out the Hensoldt optical sight~ Ah!" she turned her gaze sideways, only now noticing Kanna as she grinned sheepishly. "Didn't expect to see you here Kanna~ Then again, they do say not to judge a book by its cover~ Do you like guns?" A simple inquiry as she waited for the shooting challenge to begin.

The smug soldier who had addressed Kanna merely grinned smugly in response. "We'll see how much of a Sport you'll be once we start shooting." Of course, the retaliation from the girl herself didn't go unnoticed either as the soldier's partner in crime for this scheme approached the shooting range with the same type of weapon model that Elise carried, an MSG90A1. The mere sight of it was enough to cause the smug companion of the man to smirk, clearly aware of the plan his friend had. "Since one of you girls are using a sniper it's only fair that we use a similar weapon for one of us." The man commented with a grin, not that he would take any complaints from the girl he already had considered to be nothing more than a brat. Meanwhile, Elise was clearly more occupied by the firearm she was holding, inspecting it from all sorts of different angles while humming excitedly. However, when Kanna voiced her surprise about Elise's presence at the shooting range the girl lifted her head slightly to look at Kanna and grinned happily in return. "I absolutely LOVE guns."

Some of the privates that were gathering to watch the match chuckled in amusement, clearly looking forward to this spectacle, but little did either the soldiers or Kanna know that among the crowd there were people who already knew what type of surprise awaited them. However, even if they were being underestimated Kanna still had a plan in mind to put that to full use, a clever scheme to lead her to victory. However, it appeared that she would be dealing with a complicated teammate, for Elise raised a hand to her cheek, cupping it lightly as she mused out softly. "Downplay our abilities? hmm... I guess I can try."

Still, it appeared their match was almost ready to begin as the smug soldier holding the AK-47 pointed at the computer screen above the range. "See that screen? It will list the distance of each dummy you hit with one of your three bullets. Rule, as mentioned before, is to hit as far as possible within three shots." A simple enough explanation even if Elise seemed more interested in the scope of her rifle than the actual match. Eagerly she was raising the firearm into the air, peeking through it while the first soldier of the pair raised his assault rifle. "I'll start." The man began as the various dummies appeared on the field. Surely those untrained girls would be unable to reach the effective firing range of the AK-47, which was about three hundred meters, so he could likely take it easy to hummilate the two even more than usually. With a smirk he adjusted his stance and lazily fired his first shot.

With a loud bang the bullet zoomed through the air, heading in a straight line toward a nearby dummy and soon the screen displayed the first score: 50 Meters. It was a decent warm up, but not enough to make those two know despair. In the end, he wanted to humiliate the two of them as much as he possibly could. Meanwhile Elise was quietly peeking through the scope, a smile still on her lips as if she was playing with a toy instead of a sniper rifle. A second bang followed, and lifting her gaze Elise spotted the target being hit at a range of 75 meters. Elise couldn't help but sigh as she hummed softly in amusement. "They really are taking it easy~" Yet hearing her words the riffleman grinned, knowing just how confident she was at their chance of winning against trained soldiers when he finally aimed a bit more properly and shot a final time, this time hitting a further away dummy at a 120 meters!

Elise let out a soft 'ooh' as she gazed up at the score and exclaimed with a tone that made it difficult to guess if she was mocking them or being serious. "Amazing, you didn't even reach half of the effective range~" The veteran engineer that had been talking to Elise raised a hand to his forehead, mumbling something about those soldiers being screwed at this rate. However, it seemed the soldiers were still fairly confident that Kanna wouldn't be able to hit the target properly at all! "Now it's the turn of one of you kids." Of course, it was a tactical choice: let one of them try their hand at surpassing the score, likely failing miserably but with a bit of luck? They might at least be able to beat his score. That was when his buddy came in. Armed with an MSG90A1 he could easily surpass any shot the kid with the assault rifle could make, and there was no way the lass with the sniper rifle would be able to deal with a weapon like the one she was wielding. If anything, she looked more like she was playing with a toy rather than a weapon!

"How about you go first Kanna?" Elise asked with her usual soft and gentle tone, lifting up her gaze as she mused softly. "If you know how to shoot them you should be able to surpass him, just take the right positioning, take your time aiming and then fire without challenging the recoil. People often make the mistake of trying to fight the recoil and grip their weapon too strongly. But with a proper aim you should be able to get past half the effective range. Besides, it's just stationary targets."

The smug soldier from before laughed in amusement at her words, countering them with a mocking. "Look, the little girl is trying to play soldier." But to his surprise it was neither Elise or Kanna who answered back, but a masculine voice among the crowd. "I'd gladly get that girl in my squad instead of you two idiots." Wait who said that?! Looking around he tried to spot the one who said those words but nobody noticeable was in sight...

Indeed, it seemed that Kanna's results had caught the soldier by surprise, his eyes widened in disbelief at the fact one of her shots reached the 120 meters mark. Of course, the soldier seemed quite displeased with the end result, crossing his arms beneath his chest and mumbled in disapproval. "That was just a lucky shot." He stated in clear annoyance while his companion sighed in amusement. "That's why you should have taken this a bit more serious dumbass." The sniper commented with a smirk as he heard Kanna's taunt and shrugged his shoulders lightly. "Yeah, yeah, don't get your panties in a mess just yet lass, you're about to regret challenging us." With his remark made the sniper raised his weapon and started to aim through the sights, almost feeling bad for the girls. There was a particular reason he had picked the sniper in comparison to the weapons Kanna and his partner had picked, a sniper rifle was meant for long distance shooting, and as such if you knew how to properly fire one, then you could easily surpass those distances. Considering a sniper rifle like the one he was wielding was meant to be used from a range of at least a hundred meters, it would be extremely easy for him to surpass Kanna's shot.

Something he soon proved when his first shot cleanly hit a one hundred and fifty meters mark. "Told ya!" the sniper's companion answered in a taunt while Elise was looking with a hint of fascination at the man's stance, muttering some illegible stuff under her breath. Meanwhile, a second shot was fired, this time hitting a dummy at a four hundred meters range making him almost look forward to see the end result of his actions. A third shot was launched, this one landing cleanly at a six hundred meters range. This was it, their glorious victory and the humiliating defeat of those two girls. With a smug grin, the two soldiers turned to each other and nodded in approval of what was to follow. "Don't worry about your side of the deal, we didn't make you promise something since we never expected you to stand a chance." The sniper said with a smirk, clearly considering their victory a fact and not even taking the time to consider the remaining participant a threat. Why would they? A sniper was a way more difficult and advanced weapon to wield properly compared to the other guns so...

"And this is why I warned them." The engineer mumbled in amusement as Elise had already taken her aiming stance, properly locking in on her target through the sights of her sniper rifle and with a gentle squeeze of the trigger the first bullet zoomed through the air, cleanly hitting the first target in the chest at an eight hundred meters range! The two soldiers looked in bewilderment as Elise turned to look at Kanna and asked her with a cheerful smile. "I held back~ Now I can fire normally right?" She looked so innocently positive despite the fact her shot had just beaten the two soldiers with ease, and seemingly ready to continue with her two remaining shots the girl resumed her aiming, this time her shot traveled much further, and people would understand why exactly Elise loved the sniper so much.

As a long-range weapon a sniper rifle like the one she was wielding could hit from anywhere from a hundred meters to a kilometer and two hundred meters in range, some very experienced snipers would even be able to reach up to two kilometers! That incredible range was part of what fascinated Elise so much. Her second shot showed just how far she could reach, hitting straight at the maximum effective firing range at a kilometer and two hundred meters, but the truly remarkable shot came at the end. Taking a deep breath it seemed like the girl's intensity on her aiming focus reached an entirely new level as she fired her last bullet and landed it cleanly on a dummy that was the furthest away, at a kilometer and half's reach! It was obviously understandable that the two soldiers were flabbergasted, and the same could likely be said about Kanna and the rest of the crowd as Elise lowered the rifle and titled her head lightly to the side in confusion at the looks the crowd gave her before turning toward the engineer with a grin. "The scope worked perfectly~" The girl answered with a smile while nodding her head sheepishly a few times. "With a scope like that, I can surely peek at Tetsu without her noticing it at all~ Wonder if I can get one for my Freyja, considering it's a modified MSG90A1 it should be possible?" The girl mused softly, clearly intrigued by the idea.

Meanwhile, the two soldiers were clearly still struck in disbelief, this clearly couldn't be a case of beginner's luck! They had anticipated Elise to miss all her shots! Instead, each shot surpassed their record and humiliated them instead! Still, it would be even more humiliating if they stepped back from the bet they themselves made. "Don't look so surprised idiots." One of the Veteran Engineers who had been watching among the crowd stated in amusement as he stepped forth and looked at the two soldiers in amusement. "You idiots decided to pick on some easy-looking targets because of your disagreement with the higher-ups their thoughts if people with Quirks would be able to be an asset to our army?" The soldiers looked kinda troubled as they were put on the spot by their senior who continued the verbal lashing. "If you are going to blame it on the girl having a Quirk then think again morrons, she bested you with a way more superior skill at handling the rifle. Then again, I'm not surprised after having seen her shoot before, and knowing who her teacher is. Either way, pay up your side of the deal and then get back to work, you wasted enough time already."

And with that the engineer walked away, leaving the two soldiers to redundantly pay up their side of the gamble!

It was clear that Elise was paying little attention to the opponent who was taking his shots. Whether it was because of the fact she was disinterested in his performance, or simply because she expected him to lack the same type of skill that would make this match interesting, the end result still remained the same. A simple private like that was far inferior of an opponent than her teacher, who she had often spent time practicing side by side with. Indeed, one could easily say that Elise was disappointed at the performance of those two soldiers, clearly having expected them to be more of an interesting challenge, but someone who underestimated them so clearly was no match for her.

In fact, the shots fired by the private clearly lacked the same skill as a trained sniper would have, and as such when they started considering longer ranges, even the private couldn't do a shot that would make him a threat, if anything it made Elise almost feel dejected at agreeing to play along with this little game. And so the reason behind her confidence was shown: The first shot had accurately, and with remarkable ease toppled the private's record. When Kanna inquired about the nature of her training the burgundy-haired lass grinned at her and answered with a soft hum.

"I been training a lot with sensei~ Whether it's at the shooting range or in the field during school breaks," Elise explained with a playful hum as she finished her performance and continued to play around with the now detached scope. "I might have been able to hit further if I used Freyja, but sensei told me I can't carry it around without permission or in case of an emergency. You see, gun laws in Japan are kind of weird." Elise mused softly as she looked at Kanna through the scope.

"Of course not, there might be only one person at this base who might be able to teach the same degree of skill as my sensei~" Elise exclaimed proudly, clearly enjoying the conversation as she adjusted the scope lightly and continued to muse softly. "Mhmm, think only the Lieutenant would have something to teach me, but I'm not sure if he wants to teach me anything~ Then again, I'm sure sensei would teach me anything I need to know."

With a short tap on the scope, the girl paused for a moment as she tilted her head slightly to the side in confusion. In a way Kanna was right, she did find herself a teacher. "Perhaps it's more correct to say that sensei found me~" Elise answered with a sheepish grin. It was true, in the military base the majority of the people were divided in their opinion of people with Quirks, about whether they were an asset to the military or not, and as such it wasn't an understatement to say that most wouldn't be inclined to teach someone anything beyond the mere basics.

Nonetheless, as the subject of her teacher came to light Elise seemingly was left to ponder about the subject. "Hmm I wonder~" She paused for a moment, seemingly scooping up some of the bills the soldiers had left behind and continued to hum playfully. "Perhaps you do~ And if you don't, I'm sure one with your amount of network skills would find out easily enough." A soft hum of amusement followed as she mused a new idea. "Hmm with half of this I totally could take Tetsuko out on a date~ Or maybe I should put it on the bank, hmm choices..." Elise contemplated one of the most difficult things adults had to deal with: how to manage finances!

"But I wonder why sensei isn't visiting the military encampment. I mean, I would imagine most people would be happy to see a former colleague, but sensei told me he's been too busy to join me." A pout of annoyance followed before the girl turned her gaze back at Kanna and raised a finger to her lips as if to make it clear it was a secret. "My sensei is someone from our school~ a very important person~" Elise answered with a sheepish grin as she handed the scope back to the engineer, seemingly having been satisfied toying around with it long enough. "Then again, I doubt it's gonna remain a surprise for long, I guess I put on a bit of a show whenever they asked me to join the shooting range. However, it's such a rare opportunity to wield a real weapon!"

She really seemed excited as she finally filled up her wallet and hummed softly. "So what you be planning next Kanna? Going somewhere? Hopefully not get into another bet with soldiers, you know how the school thinks about gambling~" Chuckling softly, maybe she shouldn't have told that while she was counting the bills her wallet was now filled with! She really was looking forward to spending it with Tetsuko! Then again, they did rightfully earn it!

"I'm likely gonna stick around the encampment for a while longer, and then go and find where Tetsuko disappeared to this time~ That silly girl really is like an excited puppy sometimes, wandering off without saying a word!" A playful little pout followed as she looked at Kanna, seemingly waiting for her response. Truth to be told, now that they had finished their little shooting game she wasn't sure if Kanna wanted to do anything else, not that Elise had anything in particular in mind.

"Still surprised to see you at the shooting range, didn't imagine this type of stuff to be the type of thing you'd be interested in. I imagined Kanna-chan to be more the type to like robots or mechas and all sorts of robotic stuff, or maybe even a tank! Actually... kinda wonder if they have a mecha here, I do know the army has drones, because I have one myself~" The girl exclaimed with a soft hum, clearly proud at the it of info she knew.

Of course, it was rather easy to guess who Elise's teacher would be. In fact, a momentary consideration was all one needed to deduct that among the faculty of the academy there was only one person who had the skillset and experience to effectively drill a student into learning to master the usage of weaponry on such a short notice. Someone who had previously had experience in the military, a former member of the JSDF. Indeed, there was no doubt that it was easy to guess that the principal himself had taught her the art of gunslinging. "Of course, my new homeroom teacher told me about how it is still quite possible for people with less savory intentions to get them through illegal means, but at least the laws make it harder to carry one with you. It's part of why my own is always in a special case that can only be opened if I'm in life-threatening danger or if sensei gives me permission."

Although, Kanna did have a point, while a quirk might be as lethal as a gun depending on the one wielding it, a gun made it all the more easy for even the weak to get a sudden boost in firepower, and when tension ran high, it were usually those people who were the first to lose control and do something foolish, like for example shooting someone they simply perceived as a threat.

"Mhmm~ I doubt anyone here will be able to teach me as well as Sensei did." The girl answered in affirmation, clearly thinking quite highly about her mentor while she followed Kanna's gaze. She could understand that the overal attitude of the military, or at least the side that despised Quirkers showed toward them. That crudeness, the smug attitude and the self-entitled bitchiness certainly was something she heard from others before, and even experienced a few times in person before, but fortunately for her a girl with gunslinging skills of a delta force operative was enough to make them think twice about messing with her while she was playing around in the armory.

Still, it was clearly a subject that wouldn't linger for long, because the lass was already counting the bills while nodding her head lightly in agreement to Kanna. "I'll talk about it with sensei later~" the lass mused softly, thinking it might had indeed been in her best interests to seek out Kobayashi later for advice on how to properly invest the money she had earned from this little 'contest' as she liked to describe it.

A soft hum followed as she mused softly. "Well, it seems some of them are still on good terms with him, but yeah it seems a majority of the army seems to be quite displeased at the presence of Quirkers like us." of course, she couldn't help but shake her head lightly at Kanna's suggestion to visit different shooting ranges to try out weapons without needing to spend time with military types like those that despised Quirkers like they had faced earlier, but the girl merely hummed happily. "But it is fun to practice shooting with sensei~" Indeed, she certainly found his presence part of the reason she enjoyed practicing her firearms handling skills so much! "Mhmm~ There is a lot of interesting ammunition on display, although the best and most fun ones are the experimental ones they are experimenting with~"

However, the talk about mechas and tanks did amuse her, even if the thought of watching Kanna ride one did make her slightly nervous, she was pretty confident that riding a car or a tank wasn't exactly the same like in a video game, and she didn't want to read any news reports of a student highjacking a tank either!

"Mhmm, I use it to compliment my skillset~ This drone in particular belonged to sensei, so I guess an engineer in the army coded it, seems it was a associate or former colleague of sensei~" Elise explained with a sheepish grin as she pointed lightly toward the camera. "There is a camera here which helps tag targets for me, making it easier for me to snipe at enemies. But I'm planning a super special project once the military demonstration camp is over, going to upgrade the To-dro!" huffing her chest lightly with pride the girl continued. "I already got someone who can make the engineering part, someone who can provide me the materials~ I will just need someone who can do the programming and then BAM! To-Dro V2 will be unleashed upon the sky!" A hearty chuckle escaped Elise's lips as she was about to tell Kanna something, but a sudden cheerful melody started playing from her phone, clearly a catching pop idol tune that made Elise quickly pick up her phone for a moment. "Mhmm, I'm at the shooting range Tetsu~ WAH! You already started cooking dinner?! Nu~Uh, I'll be back soon! Wait for me okay?" a smile from ear to ear upon her lips the lass happily turned toward Kanna and hummed softly. "But I tell you more about it next time at school Kanna~ Tetsu is making dinner so I got to rush homewards now!"

Indeed, with the boundless energy of a kid on a sugar-rush the burgundy-haired lass stashed her phone away and scooped up the drone in her arms. "I'll talk to ya later Kanna~" With a final wave of her hand Elise started running off, unaware of just how significant today's encounter would be. In the end, Kanna was a skilled programmer in her own right, and with the right skills at her disposal she certainly could enhance the burgundy-haired lass her drone in ways that would had been impossible to do previously. However, it seemed that for now no such thoughts loomed on the horizon. No... it was clear that all Elise von Eisenberg could think about right now was what type of dish her beloved girlfriend would make tonight...

Kanna = 52 x 2 =104

Elise = 50 x 2 = 100