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Paintball:
Among all of the equipment and sports gear that lie around ready for common use on the playing field, there is a section squared off for another test that the faction has created for new members. It's simple enough - you're given a paintball gun with a silencer on it - this is important, because guns are too noisy to be fired out in the open field, even if it's still protected by the electrified fence. It might attracted too much unwanted attention.

A crudely made mechanical device pops up cardboard cut outs of what looks like were once poster advertisements of various people. There's a busty woman smoking a cigarette and leaning on something that might have been a car. There's a young man in jeans that hang too low, trying to look like James Dean in a black and white photo. There are several of these cardboard people, most of which are only from the midsection up, that pop up at random times like Whack a Moles. Interspersed between them are similar cutouts - except these have been altered. The skin has been colored to green, eyes have been blackened or reddened, and blood seems to have been drawn everywhere. These are the infected. It's your job to shoot them. And only them.

The test isn't necessarily a chance to practice your shooting skills - it's meant to test your ability to make quick decisions, and a crude attempt to lesson friendly fire casualties. The cutouts pop up fast, and at random, making for a hectic challenge; so it's also a stress test.

Step One:
Roll 6d6 in one NON-RP post. Each dice is considered one cutout, in the exact order they are rolled. Even means it was a human, odd means it was a zombie.

Step Two:
In your next post, roll 6d6 again. Each dice is considered the shot for the cutouts in your first roll. The first dice tells you whether you hit the first cutout, and so on. Even means you shot it, odd means you did not shoot.
-You must roleplay each cutout individually, although you may do them all in this one post. Just describing what you hit is enough.
-This post in total must be a minimum of 300 words.

Example:
-I roll 6d6 and get 5, 6, 3, 1, 5. This means I have a zombie, a human, a zombie, a zombie, and a zombie, in that order.
-I roll 6d6 again, and get 6, 3, 5, 1, 2. This means I hit a zombie, I did not fire at a human, I did not fire at a zombie, I did not fire at a zombie, I hit a zombie.

IC Modifiers:
-Your character might be wary about shooting anything (This is your roleplay choice based on your character). If so, you are allowed to choose to change one of your six shots to a no-shot, each time you do this exercise.
-Your character might be trigger happy (This is your roleplay choice based on your character). If so, you are allowed to choose to change one of your six shots to a hit, each time you do this exercise.
-You may not do BOTH of these each time. Just one.
-You may choose to do neither.
-The choices you make do affect your end score.

Rewards:
For every zombie you hit, you get 1 bar. For every human you did not shoot, you get 1 bar. For every human you hit, you lose 1 bar. You cannot get negative numbers, so if your third shot hits a human and you are at 0, you remain at zero. If you get a -1, then a 1, however, you end up with 0. You may do this once a day.

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zombie - human - zombie - zombie - zombie - human

She had never used any sort of gun before. She'd never really had a use for one. When it came to stealing she wasn't into armed robbery or anything. She stole simple things, and simple things didn't require guns. So when the first cutout popped out she really expected to either miss completely or shoot the wrong thing. The trigger was a little hard to work with, and she wasn't used to having to hold such a heavy object but she did manage to hit it!

"Hey I got one!! Did you see that, Max?" Diana grinned, a little more confident at her paintball skills. She was pumped and ready for her next target now, enough that she almost shot the human that showed up next. It was a close call, but she managed to stop herself from pulling the trigger before she made a mistake and "killed" the human. Maybe she could use an actual gun to protect herself, though she wasn't going to get too cocky yet.

"Round two! Redeem yourself sir van driver!"

Bars so far: 2

"Oh you got them both! Were you really just the van driver and not something more? Your gun skills are pretty fabulous." They would need fabulous too. If Max was as good at shooting real zombies as he was with these cutouts he would be a very valuable man to keep around. Holding up her own gun once more she prepared to go all out. The first one popped up and she panicked, completely missing the target and losing her grip on the gun for a good moment. So much for her being better this time! She wouldn't lose so easily though. Next target up and she shot without fail, nailing the undying in the chest. That was much better!

It seemed as soon as Max said that she had any sort of skills she started to fumble. It really wasn't intentional or meant to throw him off, she just really did not do well with her next two targets. She missed yet another undying much to her dismay, and even went as far as shooting a human target! Oh she felt ashamed to say that she had any skill earlier. She'd been jinxed, and the only way to regain her honor was to try harder!

"I'm not in here for armed robbery or anything scary if that's what your thinking. I don't really have that much skill either. Just got lucky the first time," she smiled, motioning to her two newest targets.

One more round? Well it couldn't get much worse than last round could it? Besides, more rounds meant more practice and hopefully she could get enough practice in to really fight like she needed to. While before she would have laughed at the thought of paintball shooting as a way to train anything, now she super focused and ready to use this opportunity to her advantage.

"Sure! One more round sounds good. It'll be more practice and we'll get to see if we're actually getting better or if it's just luck," she nodded, readying her gun for another go. "I'll beat ya for sure van boy."

She was going to do better this time! The first target came out and without hesitating she made the shot. One undying down! Yes she had this! She'd show Max that she could defend herself, though he probably wasn't too concerned about her. Next target came, and luckily she realized it was a human before trying to gun it down. She was getting a better hang of this slowly but surely. She could do this. Three more humans came, and she almost destroyed one of them in her determination to hit something again. She was a bit too trigger happy, but her second guessing herself had paid off for the target.

"I'm getting used to this!" Diana called over to Max, completely missing the last zombie that showed up as she found herself getting distracted. "Aw, maybe not," she laughed, placing the gun down. He had called her the unarmed robber. It was sort of funny in a way. It sounded like it had been meant as a nickname, but came off more as a statement than anything. They'd have to work on his nicknaming skills.

"We'll have to do this again soon, van boy. Maybe next time we'll actually hit more targets too."

Bars: 1 (making the fourth one a miss)