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Post by Vex on Jun 3, 2016 21:56:31 GMT
Serves as a practice yard as well as an archery range. Full of knights during the day; not so many of them around at night.
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Post by Vex on Jun 3, 2016 22:01:31 GMT
"I've only seen it once, while traveling with my father." Yoren said as he thought back on the fateful day, "From afar it didn;t look too bad. Its intimidating to say the least. We didn't see much of it though..." He said as he looked out towards the distance, surpressing a shudder, "My father warned me not to look at it for too long. Or the great bat would come to snatch me away at night." "Intimidating is good," she said, and snorted at his last comment. "Reckon yer gonna have to look at it now. We'll see if yer old man was right." She gave him a wry smile. After quickly swapping her dress for her far more comfortable leathers in the quarters she'd been given for the stay, Dacey emerged from her room with a full quiver and Bloodraven's bow, of course. A few dead ends and wrong courtyards later, they came upon the training yard, judging by the row of targets set up against one of the walls. "Alright," she said, drawing an arrow and notching it just to get a feel of this bow first. It was definitely sturdier than her old one. "Shall I shoot at the targets or d'you want to stand in front of them with an apple on your head?" she asked Yoren with half a smirk.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 3, 2016 22:05:54 GMT
Prince Daemon arrived shortly after, a bit out of breath but no worse for wear.
"Well that was bracing," he remarked, flashing a grin. "I hope you weren't too attached to that brother of yours though, my lady. He died for a noble cause in the service of his prince. I will commission a bard on the morrow to sing his praises."
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Post by Sigfry Deddings on Jun 3, 2016 22:07:38 GMT
"I hope Harrenhal isn't this hard to look around..." Yoren commented as he stepped into the training yard with Dacey, "I might bring some wooden stakes with me, just in case." He said half jokingly. The folklore on house lothston and Mad Danelle had always been used to scare him as a child. Joking helped to take the edge off.
He couldn't help but laugh out loud at her suggestion, "Much as I trust your skills, I'm not risking my life for you to slay some fruit." He said as he looked to the bow, "It is a nice one. What do you suppose its made of?" he asked.
The arrival of the prince made Yoren turn, and then bow, recognising him and the family he belonged to. Yoren looked to Daemon in confusion, "What?" he asked simply, not sure what he was talking about as he looked back towards the sept nervously.
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Vex
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Post by Vex on Jun 3, 2016 22:15:17 GMT
"Suit yourself," she said, her tone still a tad lighter than it usually was. "Weirwood," she replied, as if as much was obvious.
She loosened up the arrow as she turned around to raise an eyebrow at the approaching prince. It would sure have been awkward to accidentally shoot him, on top of everything else that had already happened tonight. " 'S that so?" she asked, waiting for an explanation, because... who on earth would get that sidetracked delivering a simple message?
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 3, 2016 22:19:20 GMT
"Convinced him to throw the bones with the lads and he got himself caught using loaded dice," he explained, as if he had been an innocent bystander in the matter. "He clearly didn't get your good sense."
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Post by Vex on Jun 3, 2016 22:40:16 GMT
"And where'd he get those now, I wonder," she said with a hint of a smile, biting back a sigh. She'd offered to show off this new bow to Nyles and now he wasn't even here. This sounded like the opposite of a successful cloak and dagger operation, too. Nyles had only had one job.
Either way, the prince had better been greatly exaggerating about her younger brother's injuries, or someone had some answering to do.
"This is Ser Yoren," she said. "We fought together in the war. Yoren, this is Prince Daemon."
She turned around again and looked at the targets, which were a bit more difficult to make out in the dark, but definitely nothing she couldn't handle. "Alright. Let's see how good it is," she said quietly, mostly to herself, and took aim. It was definitely much lighter than her other bow, despite being bigger in dimensions. Slowly, she let air out of her lungs took the shot.
(80 + 10 Bows)
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Post by Sigfry Deddings on Jun 3, 2016 22:47:52 GMT
Yoren looked surprised by the news, and dreaded hearing what he did. Getting caught cheating at a game never ended well, especially if the people you were cheating were the hardy sort who would likely be at the castle right now.
"Uh, Nice to meet you." Yoren said with another bow to prince Daemon as he looked between Dacey and the prince, "So nyles was caught with cheaters dice. Is he alright?" He asked, hoping the damage wasn't as severe as had been stated.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 3, 2016 23:08:24 GMT
"And where'd he get those now, I wonder," she said with a hint of a smile, biting back a sigh. She'd offered to show off this new bow to Nyles and now he wasn't even here. This sounded like the opposite of a successful cloak and dagger operation, too. Nyles had only had one job. Either way, the prince had better been greatly exaggerating about her younger brother's injuries, or someone had some answering to do. "This is Ser Yoren," she said. "We fought together in the war. Yoren, this is Prince Daemon." She turned around again and looked at the targets, which were a bit more difficult to make out in the dark, but definitely nothing she couldn't handle. "Alright. Let's see how good it is," she said quietly, mostly to herself, and took aim. It was definitely much lighter than her other bow, despite being bigger in dimensions. Slowly, she let air out of her lungs took the shot. (80 + 10 Bows) The bow may have been lighter, but the bow string was much harder to draw back than Dacey was accustomed to. Most longbows has around a 110 pound draw weight. Brynden had clearly preferred his a bit tighter, at around 140 pounds, so as to accumulate enough joules to puncture heavy plate if an arrow were outfitted with a proper bodkin arrowhead. Still, a talented archer, Dacey made the shot without trouble, hitting the dummy at center mass, the arrow sinking almost to the fletching. The prince let out a low whistle, impressed. Yoren looked surprised by the news, and dreaded hearing what he did. Getting caught cheating at a game never ended well, especially if the people you were cheating were the hardy sort who would likely be at the castle right now. "Uh, Nice to meet you." Yoren said with another bow to prince Daemon as he looked between Dacey and the prince, "So nyles was caught with cheaters dice. Is he alright?" He asked, hoping the damage wasn't as severe as had been stated. The prince shrugged. "I was too busy escaping my white shadow. I'm sure my brother didn't let him come to too much harm, but he was dicing with a rough crowd."
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Post by Vex on Jun 3, 2016 23:16:26 GMT
"He's fine. He's a Blackfort," said Dacey, and looked over her shoulder with a sly smile, clearly happy to be doing something she liked for a change. The thought that had crossed her mind before remained, however. If Nyles had been bloodied, she'd be shooting at something less stationary later.
Feeling slightly more accustomed to the bow now, she notched another arrow, aiming for the dummy's head this time.
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Post by Sigfry Deddings on Jun 3, 2016 23:22:49 GMT
"If you say so. I'll take your word for it." Yoren said with a nod to Dacey, trusting her to know as he looked towards her shot, giving a whistle as he saw how deep the arrow has stuck.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 3, 2016 23:26:14 GMT
She missed this time, though skinned the side of the head. Had it been a person, they would now be missing an ear.
"So close," Daemon remarked, with a smug smile, putting his hand out. "Should I show you how it's done?"
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Post by Vex on Jun 3, 2016 23:41:04 GMT
Dacey narrowed her eyes at the target. She decided she'd be spending the entire night in this yard to get the hang of this bow.
Noticing Daemon's outstretched hand, she hesitated, but only for a moment. She didn't like people touching her stuff. "Welcome to try," she said, handing him the bow and one of her arrows.
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Post by The Gambler on Jun 3, 2016 23:49:42 GMT
Daemon took the bow and knocked an arrow. He struggled a bit more with the draw, his hands shaking a bit, but when he released the arrow flew straight and true, passing clean through the dummy's head and clattering against the stone wall behind.
"This is a fine weapon," he commended, passing it back to her, without rubbing it in.
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Post by Vex on Jun 3, 2016 23:59:27 GMT
"Good shot," she commented, but instead of accepting the bow, handed him another arrow. "Justa make sure it wasn't a fluke," she added, smirking a little.
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