3240/Archery Demonstration

Archery Demonstration
Date of Scene:	21 October 2015
Location:	The Citadel - Field of Trials
Synopsis:	Lina Brand demonstrates her own unique type of archery to Yari.
Cast of Characters:	691, 889

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Yari Takane (691) has posed:
Yari arrives in the Field of Trials right on time, dressed in a silken kimono. It took her a little while to get properly dressed for the demonstration, and find someone to mind Linh for a while.

The attentive ninja has already set the field up with a modified gun range, archery targets abounding. Seems that Lina will hav eplenty of things to practice her abilities on!

For now, sipping a cup of tea, she just has to wait for the woman to arrive.

Lina Brand (889) has posed:
    Thwip. An arrow is embedded in one of the targets and it lights on fire, the archer girl coming into view from quite a distance. "Yo!" she cheerfuly speaks, smiling at the Au Ra ninja. "Heyo, Takane! How are you?" a soft glow envelops her feet and she rushes over towards the woman, "At least, I hope you're Takane..." a laugh is given as she puts her bow back on her back.

    She turns to the targets and smiles, "Nice layout, did you set them up yourself?" she questions, "And what's with the fancy getup?"

Yari Takane (691) has posed:
Yari watches intently as that arrow /lights on fire/. There's an 'ooooh' of interest from Yari, and she's soon fiddling with her magitek armlet, taking magical readings.

"Good evening, Ma'am!" She's up, and the one-armed ninja tosses a sharp salute.

"That's me, yes. Nnn! Thank you. I did. I'll show you the commands for manipulating the Field after we're done here."

Yari looks herself over in confusion.

"Fancy...getup? My clothes?" Blink blink.

"Traditional Doman attire, Miss Brand. I've been...reconnecting with my roots you could say recently."

Then her gaze is back to Lina's work.

"Where'd you learn your spellcraft from? I've never seen anyone using magic on bowmanship." Pause. A scowl.

"Outside of that bastard red-coated Servant."

Lina Brand (889) has posed:
    "Alright then." THe magitek armlet shows obvious fire magic being pumped out of the arrow. "Either way, good evening and no need to salute me, Takane. I should be doing that to you." and with that, she musters... a copy of the salute given to her.

    "Doman attire looks pretty. Suits you." she nods, "I've got no desire to go back to my roots right now, but more capability to you. Now." she plucks a small green canister from a pocket on her outfit and downs it, setting it down on the groud. "Most of my spellcraft is innate but most of it I learned at home and learned more in school. The arrows are what lets me hold MP in them to launch my spells long distance, using the bow as my staff and the arrow as the conveyance. I've been able to put... all my spells on my arrows and let them loose. Helpful when you have people who like to rush in to giant monsters..."

Yari Takane (691) has posed:
Yari blinks, and then nods. "A proper soldier respects her allies, Ma'am!"

The compliment has Yari blushing a bit, and standing a little straighter. Her tail swishes about happily.

"I'm glad! It's hard to get ahold of proper kimonos at times. Most of them are knockoffs instead of real silk."

Yari lets out a tiny hiss at the explaination. She takes it all in, leaning in a bit as she inspects the bow.

"Interesting. I've heard of Thaumaturges using staffs like that, but with arrows? Is that common in your world?"

Her head tilts. "Can you use your ability on objects that aren't arrows? Or do they need to be specially made?"

Lina Brand (889) has posed:
    Lina eyes the blush and smiles, "Well then." she gives a slight nod and pulls out one of her arrows. It's a light metal arrow with various runes inscribed on it. "It's not a common thing, at least how I do it. Mystic Knights can just channel it into their sword, I just do one off spells and let it ignite when it hits the target." a pause, "Are Thaumaturges your worlds Red Mage?"

    She offers over the arrow and hmms slightly, "I haven't tried, but I'm not in a rush to. I know this works and well, why fix what isn't broken right?" she grins, "Unless you had something else in mind." the bow is also covered in runes and has vague wing shapes on each end. "And all of these are hand crafted too. Wouldn't do to let others muck up with my designs."

Yari Takane (691) has posed:
Cue Yari taking scans of the arrow and bow, particularly peering at the runes. She flicks a kunai out from her sleeve and offers it over, handle first.

"If you can throw, I wouldn't mind seeing if you can do so with other objects. I might learn something." Adds Yari.

A shake of the head. "No Ma'am. I believe many worlds would refer to them as 'Black Mages'. Casters who use the elements. Not far removed from my own magic, but that's more...ah, discrete. Ninja." She explains.

"It's good work. Your arrows, I mean. Could have used a few good crafters like you in the Legion."

Lina Brand (889) has posed:
    Lina takes the kunai in her fingers, twiddling it around lightly with a nod. "I'm not too terribly experienced with a thrown weapon but we can see." she blinks and a slight blush overtakes her face, "Ah, I made my dagger too." as she pulls out the Wing Edge and offers it over handle first. "It might feel strange with how its weighted but I crafted it for my hands."

    After depositing the dagger respectfully in Yari's hands, Lina moves over to a good spot and takes aim with the kunai. "Small weapon, no runes... minimal MP storage. Small magic effects." a pause then she looks at Yari, a sly grin across her face. "Yari. I'm going to hit you with this. If everything works the way it should, you shouldn't have any pain, only a healing effect." and with a slight bit of MP pumped into the kunai, it glows with a soft blue, a Cure spell deposited into the weapon. "It may help if you injure yourself first so the cure spell doesn't go to waste."

    She takes a brief aim and throws the kunai. It's a bit sloppy, definately not a practiced motion but it flies straight towards Yari, "Catch!"

Yari Takane (691) has posed:
Yari takes the Wing Edge! She inspects it, hefts it, and generally gets to know it. It meets with her approval by the long nod.

"You do good work. I'll have to commission a few things from you."

Her eyes widen a bit, but then she sighs. "Sure."

Open mouth. See sharp lizard teeth. NOMF! She bites her own arm and she bleeds.

"...Though I'm going to have to say, healing by throwing a kunai at someone is both remarkably efficient, and also somewhat concerning. Just...aim for somewhere non-vital please?" She now has a girl to take care of after all!

Up goes her tail! And she's hit with the kunai! Wince!

Lina Brand (889) has posed:
    Non vital? Well, that might be a tad difficult. Oh well, the kunai's launched and a wave of healing power goes through the Au Ra, sealing up that newly made wound. The Kunai, however, drops to the ground with a loud clink. "Well, I can see how it's concerning... and efficient. So how do you feel?" she smiled before reaching out for her dagger, "Does this meet to your approval?"

Yari Takane (691) has posed:
Yari shivers a bit as a wound is opened, and then healed.

The kunai falls to the ground, and her tail snatches it up into her clothing.

"Fine. Tingly. Kind of tingly." She offers then smiles.

The dagger is offered over.

"More than enough. I doubt my own aether could do such things, but it's curious to see such things are possible."

She bows.

"Much obliged, Miss Brand."

There's the sound of a linkshell going off, and she taps her ear.

"Apologies, Ma'am. I need to see to my own. I want to fight beside you some time. Until then!" A salute, and then she's off!