Arthur looked at the strange little toy gun over and over, wondering who would give him this kind of thing, being that he had no children, and his girlfriend likewise had no children. He fiddled with it for a bit and got a weird vibe from it. Maybe this wasn't just some kind of toy, but a device of some kind. The batteries were held in really tight, and it seemed to be oddly heavy for a toy gun. Maybe this was something more...
He shook his head and decided against it. He decided to call up his girlfriend and ask her about it. "Hey Cheryl, its Art. Did you uh...send me any weird toys or anything?"
"No not recently. Why do you ask?" She answered on the other end. Recently made Art wonder if she had some kind of odd plans to spice up their lives a bit. Made him kinda grin and think what she was planning.
"Just found this weird toy gun lookin' thing and wondered if it was from you..."
"Nope! Well, I've gotta go, my boss is probably about to walk in and he'd give me hell for chatting on the job. See you later, stud!" And with that the phone call ended, and Arthur was left by himself with the strange gun that arrived in the mail.
He picked it up again and wondered, was this some kind of message? Had one of his students sent him this as some sort of dare or prank or something else? He touched around at some of the buttons - namely an down button next to a small capital case "A", and was surprised when the gun made a noise and seemed to emit a strange stream of blue mist at him.
Arthur fell backward and dropped the gun, which clattered to the floor and left him wondering what had happened. He felt his stomach where the gun had blasted him, and felt no wound or burn mark. He took his shirt off and stood in his bathroom to get a better look. He didn't see anything off. His body was just the same as it was that morning. He scratched at his chin and then crossed his arms.
What WAS that then?
He decided he could think it over while he got something to eat. It was afternoon by now, and his Intermittent Fasting Diet would have him proceed to get his first meal of the day, skipping breakfast. Thankfully today was a day off so he could enjoy his meal out and get what he wanted instead of having to pack for school.
Arthur started to head out to go and get some food from the local department store, not even bothering to put his shirt back on - it was Summer weather and nobody minded a bit of this, and even fewer people would mind a handsome, shirtless gym teacher getting some food. As he walked down to the local department store, he started to feel a weird tingly sensation...