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Casper LeBlanc Jr. ([personal profile] helborn) wrote in [community profile] synopsychic2018-01-11 08:27 pm
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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.
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[personal profile] levelthreehooligan 2018-01-12 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Pinya hears the voice in her head that sounds like one of her old guild students complaining about training and bark laughs, and then abruptly realises it isn’t her thought and the voice wasn’t one of her students.]
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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[personal profile] levelthreehooligan 2018-01-13 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pinya laughs, she has heard many novices of the bow talk in a similar manner, and none under her tutelage have ever had the same woes after a month.]

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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[personal profile] levelthreehooligan 2018-01-13 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pinya laughs]
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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[personal profile] levelthreehooligan 2018-01-14 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
That is fascinating! How many crystals do you consume to keep your bow corporeal or do you use your own Aether to keep it real?
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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[personal profile] levelthreehooligan 2018-01-14 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That is.... fascinating!

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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[personal profile] levelthreehooligan 2018-01-15 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I must admit, this is incredibly fascinating! I must try to find you in person, I am interested in this bow you can summon.

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?
levelthreehooligan: (smile)

[personal profile] levelthreehooligan 2018-01-15 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, then I shan't pry.

I will search for your door, Casper!

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[personal profile] firstcreed 2018-01-12 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Do not give up so quickly! The bow takes years of dedication to master.

[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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[personal profile] firstcreed 2018-01-15 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
[And that definitely is a laugh, then a pause, then a chuckle.] Talking with our thoughts is much more lively than I remember.

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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[personal profile] firstcreed 2018-01-15 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
And who will I be looking for?
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[personal profile] firstcreed 2018-01-15 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
I am Bayek. I will be wearing a white hood, and I have not seen anyone else here that keeps two bows.

We will find you shortly.

[He doesn't elaborate on the 'we' there, however.]
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[personal profile] naturaltwohands 2018-01-12 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Drizzt is trying very hard to be calm. And is succeeding. For the moment.]

... have you ever received instruction with the bow?
naturaltwohands: (facepalm)

[personal profile] naturaltwohands 2018-01-12 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[YOU'D BETTER BE SORRY.

Calm. Calm....
]

Casper, bows are dangerous.
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[personal profile] naturaltwohands 2018-01-15 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Which is precisely why I, or many others, would happily help with training you.
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[personal profile] naturaltwohands 2018-01-15 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yes but no one enjoys shooting an arrow through his or her hand.

[S I G H.]

I will come find you.
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[personal profile] venetianprince 2018-01-12 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Tesoro... be careful, bows can be dangerous...! Ah, I can help, if you want me to. I grew up doing archery.
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[personal profile] venetianprince 2018-01-12 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
...is it a bad thing that I do? [There's a brief hesitation in his thoughts.]

...but I can help, if you want it.
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[personal profile] venetianprince 2018-01-13 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Si, si, that's true. I'd be happy to help, tesoro! [He's sounding more relaxed now.] It'll make me feel better that you're not trying to handle something that dangerous alone...
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[personal profile] venetianprince 2018-01-13 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I understand. I'm like that too- I'd rather keep my distance if I can. It's safer. Besides, it's good to have a wide array of skills~ I'll come help.
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[personal profile] breakaleginhalf 2018-01-12 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
Probably. Doesn't mean you should stop trying, though.

But maybe with like, a helmet.

...seriously though, how are you shooting it backwards.
breakaleginhalf: (ah huh)

[personal profile] breakaleginhalf 2018-01-12 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
Are you using like, an ice bow too?

...wait is it your fucking baseball bat?
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[personal profile] breakaleginhalf 2018-01-12 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
I figure you should probably make a proper bow and learn how that works before you go fucking around with magic ones. Just IMO.

[dw casper he thinks this is great]
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[personal profile] breakaleginhalf 2018-01-12 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Dude? Chill. [yes he actually said it]

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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[personal profile] breakaleginhalf 2018-01-12 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
Well, there's step one.
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[personal profile] breakaleginhalf 2018-01-17 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
We'll work on what step two's supposed to be.