Chapter 15 - Shooting Range
I froze in the middle of the fair, turning my head towards a stuffed cat.
It looked just like Casper. Dark blue fur, a face that could only be described as brooding... there's no doubt, it's his stuffed animal lookalike.
Noticing that I had stopped, Casper followed my gaze to the brooding cat and slammed a coin down onto the stall.
Casper Knightly
One go, please.
Stall Master
To get our biggest prize, you've got to hit all five targets with all five bullets. Good luck.
Casper took his gun and then got into a stance, pointing it right at the first target. Then, he fired five conceding shots at all five targets. The first four hit their mark but the fifth didn't. Casper snarled.
Stall Master
Unlucky. But you were close. Here!
He then handed me a small red bunny. Then, Casper slammed another coin onto the desk and tried again. However, after 4 turns, the highest score he could get was 4.
He was getting annoyed until I took the gun from his hand and took the exact same position as he did. Closing one eye, I shot the bullets one at a time. I hit the first three then I changed the position of the gun and hit the fourth one. It hit. Then, for the last target, I drastically changed the position of the gun so it didn't even look like it was pointing it at the target.
Casper Knightly
What are you-
I fired the last bullet and sure enough, it hit the target. The stall master seemed more shocked than Casper.
Raine Blake
Everytime you fire the gun, a pin is lodged down. It resets once the ammo is gone though. The pin changes the bullets trajectory.
Raine Blake
It's a common scam. Now, I'd like that huge stuffed cat please!
Stall Master
Y-You... you have no proof! That's slander.
Raine Blake
You're right. I just want my cat now.
Putting out my hand, grinning, he snarled and took the cat off of the stand, throwing it into my arms.
Casper was shocked. I figured that out after watching him do it all of those times?
As we walked down the streets, he asked:
Casper Knightly
How did you do that?
Raine Blake
Well, statistically speaking, you should have at least hit the fifth target once by now. Even by accident. So I took a wild guess and sure enough, his expression said the rest.
A moment of silence surrounded us both.
Raine Blake
You get used to reading people when you grow up in a hell hole like I did. It comes with the pain of it too.
As I hugged my cat with one hand, my other hand was free game. Casper leaned down and then laced his fingers into mine. I looked up at him but he quickly looked away. I could tell that his ears were warm. I'll indulge him... just this once.
Misty Plume
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