Casper LeBlanc Jr. (
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Ow.
[Casper sounds... irritated, which is somewhat unusual for him.]
Okay. Ugh. I give up. I'm tired of this. Is there a way to shoot a bow and arrow and not hit yourself in the face? There's gotta be, I see it on TV all the time.
... Maybe I'm just dumb, I don't know.
Okay. Ugh. I give up. I'm tired of this. Is there a way to shoot a bow and arrow and not hit yourself in the face? There's gotta be, I see it on TV all the time.
... Maybe I'm just dumb, I don't know.
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Who..... is this? How did you....??
No you know what never mind. Shoot first, questions later.
You have to extend your bow arm to full length so that you don’t have to pull your string back as much. Settle your fingers holding the arrow just below your jawline and don’t rest your hand on any part of your face or neck.
[She gesticulates and talks out loud as she’s thinking, conjuring up memories of countless nights of archery practice, hoping that whoever is in her head can see what she’s explaining.]
If this is your first time with a bow and you don’t have a proper tutor, don’t expect yourself to be shooting straight away.
Now who are you anyway? What is a “Tee Vee?"
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[Oh, a newbie. Who clearly hasn't gotten the rundown.]
Shit, uh. I think I kind of get it? Maybe. Knowing me I'll just b - [Right, idioms.] - I'll just hit myself again. But I'll try.
Anyway, I'm Casper. You're new, I'm guessing? This is the psychic network. We're all connected here, but you have to sort of intentionally think things out. We're not going to like... read your mind or something.
[Probably? He hasn't done much work with the network other than using it.]
And a TV is... a device that allows signals to be sent along wires. Usually there are programs you can watch, a bit like plays. Except you can do it from your home, so it's really convenient.
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You mustn't believe that you will hit yourself before you draw! Breathe deep, draw as you inhale. Just go slow. [She breathes deep as she thinks]
I am Piñara Conada. It's nice to meet you.
I am... confused? and I feel very out of my depth? I am unsure how I feel about being connected to so many people at once.
[She thinks for a while]
I think I know what you are describing. Allegans, an ancient race from my realm, used similar technology, though it was used for spying on captives and enemies instead of... entertainment? [She chuckles]
We tended not to touch it, too busy fending off the monstrosities they kept.
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... Yeah, no, not generally what that's used for. There's security systems that send the signals through and you can see it on a TV, but that's not what most people use it for. And I don't blame you, if that's the sort of stuff they used it for.
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Is it magically augmented ice? Or have you managed to make a pretty sculpture?
[She then follwes the train of thought through properly and gasps]
Wait! Are you using gloves? Are you getting ice burn?
Security systems sounds about right. The nodes we fought were called Security nodes, at least what we think they were called.
We have taken some of the screens and their databases and we have engineers that look at them buuuuttt.... not me. I shoot, they study.
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But yeah, I'm not really a tech person, myself. I'm more into the occult and mythologies and also talking to ghosts.
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Immune to cold? Does that mean you are overly warm or do you simply not feel the lower temperatures?
Oh! My apologies, that is a lot of questions!
Ghosts and the Occult? You are a scholar of histories?
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I don't use crystals for my magic, it's more channeling my own power through something. I'm not entirely mortal. But in terms of being a scholar... it was kind of a nerdy interest that just ended up being something useful once I was told my actual parentage.
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It is unsurprising to hear that you are not mortal, as most beings would find it incredibly difficult to harness raw energy as such without a medium. Crystals are favoured in Eorzea for such things.
Is it untoward of me to ask after your parentage?
It is funny how the things that interest us can define us later on. It is pleasing to hear that it was useful for you!
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A Goddess! My, how fantastic. I... have no earthly clue how that would work actually. Your home life must've been very chaotic.
I have seven siblings, so I imagine we had pretty different upbringings.
Where is it that I can find you, Casper?
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Anyway, I've got the door open. It's a mead hall, sort of - a long room with low tables and a wood floor. There's a training area near the back, which is where I am.
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I will search for your door, Casper!
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[The voice is new on the network, and there's tiny hint of laughter in it, although not unkind.]
Some lessons are better learned with another pair of eyes to tell you what you are missing in your attempts. That I can offer you.
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But, of course, a specialized bow will be more difficult to master. I have a basic hunting bow with me; I can lend you that for your practice today. Where are you?
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We will find you shortly.
[He doesn't elaborate on the 'we' there, however.]
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... have you ever received instruction with the bow?
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... Nnnnope. Not in the slightest.
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Calm. Calm....]
Casper, bows are dangerous.
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[What is your point, Drizzt.]
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... But I'm around. I'm in my hall.
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[S I G H.]
I will come find you.
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...but I can help, if you want it.
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But maybe with like, a helmet.
...seriously though, how are you shooting it backwards.
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Also I'm not shooting it backwards, the force that I need to use to pull the string gets released and the thing smacks back into a less curved shape, and so I keep flinching and moving it by accident so when it snaps back it ends up near my face.
... Realistically it shouldn't bend or be able to be used as a bow at all, but it's magic so who the hell knows.
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...wait is it your fucking baseball bat?
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... I can make some other stuff too, but I figured that I should actually... you know. Have some sort of long range option for attacking.
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[dw casper he thinks this is great]
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Anyway I thought of getting an actual bow but I don't know what the... I've never held an actual bow so I didn't know how much give you needed to make a bow... bow? The non-string part. And also I was afraid I'd break it. Which I mean yeah, just get a new one, but...
[tl;dr he overthought it. Must be a day ending in y.]
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There's probably a shitload of them in the workshop, right? Doesn't it have a little archery range or some shit? Grab one of those and get a feel for it. Or make a copy or something.
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Is step two 'continue to be hit by the bowstring' because that's also probably going to happen.
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