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forensics_grrl (forensics_grrl) wrote in chaos_cube,
@ 2008-11-10 19:13:00

Current location:	The Archery Range of Here
Current music:	Monty Python's Flying Circus Theme
Entry tags:	abby sciuto, archery, murphy macmanus

Getting All Medieval on Your Ass
Who: Murphy MacManus and Abby Sciuto.
Where: The Archery Range of Here.
When: Afternoon..
What: Robin Hood teaches Maid Marion how to use a bow and arrow. No, really...
Warnings: If you get too close, you might be shot.

At the appointed time and place, Abby arrived for lessons with Murphy. He'd said he'd teach her how to use a bow and arrow. Perhaps he was bored or just wanted to make sure that if she ever did take it up as a hobby, she didn't end up killing anyone - including herself. She didn't mind, either way. She already had experience with guns and knives - though not necessary in a fight - and she was good with tasers, but the bow and arrow? That was a whole different matter.

That was history, going way back, and she wanted to learn.

Dressed in black jeans, a black T-shirt and a black, leather jacket and boots, her hair up in ponytails and her spiky collar on, she probably looked like a stereotypical interpretation of a Goth chick at a biker's convention. The soft, black leather gloves just added top the look.

Abby had her bow and arrow chosen and ready. She started to do some stretches while she waited.

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aequitas_right
2008-11-25 07:11 am UTC (link)

"Oi, hey, I see ya already gettin' yerself set up? That's good." He spoke loud enough to slightly startle her, a mischievous glint in his eye. He had his bow and arrow already chosen and was smoking a cig by one of the trees.

"Ya know ya skilled with ona; these fucker's, when ya can easily take down a hunt. For now, we will work on the target, iffen that is all right with ya?" He quipped and smirked. He hoped she didn;t have too many historical questions about the bow and arrow, but if she did he would try and go out of his way to answer them.

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forensics_grrl
2008-12-02 08:41 pm UTC (link)

He made her jump a bit, that's true enough.

"Oh, hey. Didn't see you there." Though she should have, of course. Distracted with the equipment, probably. But to not smell the smoke?

Man, I'm slipping.

And then Murphy talked and her eyes narrowed a little, as if that would make some magical, internal Babel Fish flip on or something. His accent was heavy and she was having a bit of difficulty processing his words.

"Uh, okay. Working on the target. Gotcha." She linked her fingers together, stretched her arms over her head and bounced gently. "Where do I start?"

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aequitas_right
2008-12-08 02:44 am UTC (link)

"See ya strainin' there love. I will try an' enunciate for you."

He said warmly.

"Right, gotcha a bow? Can you extend it without tremors? I want ya ta hold the bow, aim it at the target love, but don't knock an arrow, all right. I want ya ta hold the bow for as long as ya can. No sense playin' with a bow that is gonna make ya tired right quick, also no sense in havin' a bow that is too lose, slap against yer wrist. It ain't pretty, hurts like a right bitch." He said slowly and talked as clear as he could.

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forensics_grrl
2008-12-12 10:38 pm UTC (link)

She rolled her eyes and sighed.

"I've got my bow," she said, taking it step by step. She held it out. "Any tremors? Okay, I think I'm good." She aimed her imaginary arrow at the target and narrowed her eyes. "Let's see how I do... and thanks. I got all that."

Abby didn't know how long it was before the tremors started. She hoped it wasn't an embarrassingly short time, but knew she was learning.

"Okay, yep, that's me," she said, her voice a bit strained as she relaxed and lowered the bow.

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aequitas_right
2008-12-14 09:57 pm UTC (link)

He caught the eye roll and laughed a bit. "Right, sorry for tryin'."

He studied her and her bow, quietly. "All right, I'll time ya. See, sometimes ta take the perfect shot, ya gotta wait a fair bit before ya let it fly."

By the time the tremors started to begin it was almost four minutes.

"Not bad, not bad love. Thing is, ya want it t be seamless, it needs to be precise and it needs to be fluid. Can't have that with the shakes, up yer reps and weights by a margin."

He smiled at her then. "Put it down and c'mere." He took off his pea coat and was prepared to stretch her arms.

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	forensics_grrl 2008-12-29 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, no, no. That you tried is great. Don't get me wrong. But... back to the archery. I'm glad it wasn't bad. That's good. Precision, though. Up my reps. Right." Abby set the bow and arrow down and bounced to stand in front of Murphy. [[OOC: And... these two...]] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aequitas_right
2009-01-04 01:54 am UTC (link)

He gently moves her in front of him and pulls her arms back at the shoulders, stretching them out.

"You need loose are, hold everything gently, neva' let the string hit ya in the arm, hurts like a bitch and ruins your shootin' As far as the bow, you need ta use summat that you can use easily and hold for a long time as ya try an aim ya target, ya understan'?"

He asked her in an amused kind of a way, with a big, broad smile.

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