44. Guns Don’t Kill People. People Who Don’t Know How to Use Guns Kill People
Amy decides to play it safe and grabs the gun.
“I’d better keep it loaded, in case I need it at a moment’s notice.”
Amy inspects the large rifle. She was obviously too preoccupied with saving her hide before to carefully note how the Colonel loaded the gun, so she’ll have to wing it. She finds a powder horn on the ground near where the Colonel disappeared.
“I think you need to add gunpowder to this thing. It seems like it’s old enough… I guess?” Amy has never actually handled a gun before, so she's mostly working off of old movies she's seen. She begins pouring powder into the muzzle of the rifle. She then adds a bullet that she found among the debris on the ground.
“Probably should test it out, just in case…” Amy adopts a wide stance and points the gun at the window, figuring she wants to avoid any ricochet. She pulls the trigger.
KA-BLAM!
The gun backfires as a result of all the excess powder Amy loaded it with. Amy is now a black, sooty mess from the waist up. The gun clatters to the floor. Her white eyes blink a couple of times, then her ashy top half disintegrates from the tip of her head downward, leaving just her jean-clad butt standing atop her long legs. After a moment, Amy’s lower half falls backward, landing on her butt with a PLOP!
Amy should have learned not to play with guns without proper training.
Amy is in no condition to continue this adventure or her life.