WHO: Shinji and Sal WHERE: Outside Niflheim WHEN: After this RATING: TBD WARNINGS: None, yet. SUMMARY: Sal offered to teach Shinji how to (effectively) use a gun.
Shinji had been surprised when Sal had offered to teach Shinji to use a gun (well, he wasn't entirely sure whether the word 'offered' should be used, but it fit). Neither was he quite sure about what he thought of being taught to more effectively use a gun. Explosives, he was fine with - building and using, but guns? Guns made him think of Iijima, of Keita, and of his own death. And, of course, pain. But mostly, he thought of Iijima, and the way that he hadn't hit what he had been aiming for. He'd been tired, panicking, and pointing a gun at a friend. He still didn't understand why Iijima hadn't just listened to him. So many things had gone wrong that night, and it had all started simply because--
Shaking his head, Shinji sat outside Niflheim. It wasn't the most pleasant place to be sitting, nor did it have the nicest view, but since Sal had said to meet him outside, that was where he had come (but then, it would have been rather stupid to attempt to practice shooting inside). As far as he was concerned, as long as he didn't dwell on things that could now not be changed, perhaps the experience wouldn't be too bad. Just, he supposed, as long as he wasn't given a Beretta to practice with. That would just be taking the piss, and Shinji would not be in the least bit impressed. He, did, though, get the feeling that practice against a non-moving target, and one which, at that, wasn't living, would make the whole thing slightly easier. And, of course, it wouldn't be pleading with him not to shoot, to trust him. He didn't get it. If Iijima had survived for that long, he would have been able to survive for longer, surely? Why did he have to be so damn curious about the light and find out who it was. It could have been anyone!
Still, regardless, it had proved that curiosity did, in fact, kill the cat.
Whilst lost in his thoughts, he hadn't heard the fact that someone else had come outside.