|
ne
about two feet wide at the widest part, of some sort of transparent material,
with several concentric cirles of red painted on it. There was an opening
about six inches around in the narrow end of the cone. The cone was tilted
at an angle of about 45 degrees from vertical, held secure in a wooden stand.
Behind and below the small opening in the cone, on the floor of the
depression, was a carpeted stool. There were about two or three dozen men
standing around in the room, talking in small groups, or sitting on the
benches. They each had towels wrapped around their otherwise nude bodies.
Jessica recognized several of the men as participants in 's earlier training
sessions. One of the men came up to her.
"Welcome to our target practice session. We call it that because, as you
can see, the cone is painted like a target. The bulls-eye is in the center
of the cone. Your head and face, primarily, will protrude through the hole
to make a human bulls-eye for us to aim at. Now, if you will be so kind...".
He led 's down to the stool behind the cone and pushed 's into a
sitting position there. Because of the way the stool was set, had to
spread 's
|