voice, @TARANTO

[heavyhitter]

So we got a buncha old fashioned guys who are used to swinging around swords all the time and stuff, right? It seems like it, I can't go 20 feet without tripping over someone that's never seen a minipad before. God, would it kill that rift stuff to start taking more people from the modern era?

Anyway, point is I need one of you guys — or, hell, a buncha you guys — to start teaching. I've got some students in mind, foremost being me, because the training room here doesn't cut it if you've never even seen a fucking sword before. And if anyone else sucks at medieval stuff too lemme know, we'll make it a whole party.

Achilles and Koltira, you guys are my top medieval guys that know what you're doing, don't you fucking ignore this.

[ a beat ]

Also, I've got this little super strength issue where I might break any weapons I try and use, so... there's that, too. Still working on that obstacle. Any ideas, lemme know.


[ ooc: here's a planning post for teaching stuff!! ]

Comments

[heavyhitter]

Wait, shit, you're gonna make one? [ that's kind of... touching..... ]

[dishearten]

( is it? ? ? ? ? someone enroll him in feelings 101 plz )

I was planning to. I haven't seen any spares about Oska, but I might not be looking hard enough.

[heavyhitter]

No, this is better, I bet the ones lying around here would be shitty and half-assed. Let's go with one you do.

[dishearten]

All right. It shouldn't take me more than a few days. Did you have a preference between long or short?

[heavyhitter]

Uh, what's the difference? [ a beat ] Besides the obvious.

[dishearten]

Longbows are more accurate, though they can be cumbersome. Short are easier to move with, faster, and tend to be more powerful.

I think you'd prefer short, but it's up to you.

[heavyhitter]

Oh, shit, that's tricky. I think I'm set on the power front, and I'd kinda figure accuracy is nice since it's not like I shit out arrows, but I'm into the speed thing. Maybe I should flip a coin.

[dishearten]

Longbows are best suited for firing from a long distance. I've not known you to be at a long distance when something needs to be done.

( something he likes about her, actually. )

[heavyhitter]

[ ... a fair point, it would kill her to not actually be in the action. ]

Sold. I'm going short.

[dishearten]

I thought you might.

We can start practice on a bow of my own, if you'd like. Until I get yours made.

[heavyhitter]

[ a pause... ]

I dunno what's worse, breaking yours cuz I don't know what I'm doing yet, or breaking one you just made me. [ ... ] I'm gonna say the former and hold off.

[dishearten]

And who do you think made mine?

( it's not an old bow by any means, he made it in their last stay in Oska. besides, this is Graham. he couldn't grieve for a bow even if he wanted to. )

If you say so. There's not too much to occupy my time, shouldn't take too long.

[heavyhitter]

I... [ thought he'd been born with it? hadn't considered it at all? ] ...figured it was a gift from Santa. You know, before he shipped out.

[dishearten]

( the bow he'd carried before the Queen took his heart had sentimental value. all he's had since are just tools, and it's hard to feel too strongly about them in the first place.

he might reassure her of that, if it weren't for the Santa thing. )

Santa was... here? Is that a joke?

( not only is he bad at telling jokes: he's bad at spotting them, too. )

[heavyhitter]

[ surprise, this one actually isn't one!!! well mostly one, she figured he hadn't really gotten it from North. ]

Hell yeah, big Russian guy. With the tats? You didn't meet him? [ because if not, now it sounds even more like a joke... ]

[dishearten]

Afraid not.

( you'd think the description would make him suspicious, but for some reason, it doesn't seem to. maybe because he's used to not being exactly what the source material proclaims him to be. )

They must be getting the story wrong.

[heavyhitter]

Yeah, I definitely don't remember the part where he's mostly invisible.

[dishearten]

I don't remember that, either, but I suppose that'd make it easier to sneak through houses without being spotted.