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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 7, 2010 20:36:36 GMT -5
Gem Hawksong
I chuckled as I reached the archery area again. There was no one there at a first glance but then my eyes picked out one person, well hidden out on the range with a bow in their hands. They were practising and I smiled as I headed out ot one of the other targets, checking it was all good to go before heading back over to where the marker was.
“Hey Gem,” Drannor said, smiling as I joined him. He lowered the bow that he held, resting it by his side for a moment. I did not fail to notice which hand he held the thing in. No one could that knew he only had one real hand. “What brings you out here?”
“Auraka called me and asked if I wanted to show his class a thing or two. I told him I would so I came out here. Didn't expect you to be here though, general Major Drannor..” Drannor was starting to become a good for me, I was one of Sahar's best friends at the moment.
“I better head off before that group gets here. Some of them do not like me it would seem. Though its actually a good thing that you came when you did. I wanted to talk to you actually.”
He smiled at me.
“Whats up?”
“I'm going away again soon, which means Sahar's going to be a nervous wreck when she sees me leaving again. I wanted you to spend as much time as you can with her, so he's not as alone as she used to be when I left the foirst time to go and fight.”
“Of course I will. You know that I like spending time with Sahar when I can.. at the moment though Im a bit tied up with trying to trace a killer and its a kind of difficult job a the moment. Any time I can spare I'll be there for her though. Maybe she can come around to my house for a fw days or something. Tell her that Janie is always welcome to come around and play with Pippa.”
“I will and thank you. I know your busy with work but your one of the only other people who whos what its like when Auraka or I go away to fight again,” Drannor said.
“You bet I do. Its not an easy thing for me either when Auraka goes away like you do. I think thats one of the things that I get a long with Sahar because of. It is never easy watching Auraka leaving, and knowing that I might not see him again.”
“I know.” Drannor lifted his eyes seeing something over my shoulder. “I better dissapear, I can see Auraka's class coming.”
I laughed. Then I spoke agai, a little more formal. “Off you go then, General Major Drannor.”
He headed of and I looked at the targets, unpacking my white ash longbow and fitting my matching quiver into the little stand that was made for them to be sat into. I drew one arrow from it and raised the bow, fitting the arrow to its string easily.
THUD! The arrow arched through the air and landed in the middle of the target after I left it go.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 7, 2010 22:57:00 GMT -5
Auraka entered the clearing, his annoying young class trailing behind sounding like a bunch of idiots. Only, it seems, that the girls were quiet. Auraka couldn't help but check to make sure they were still there. He smiled as he saw Gem, but didn't call to her. He didn't want them to know that he was getting married to this Gem. Because, that Gem they knew was talented and well known. This was to be a surprise. "Lady Gem," he said, saluting her in respect and glared at the idiots who didn't. "As you can see, this is my group of misfits, please explain to them what you do," he said, giving her a wink before turning and glaring until they quietened down.
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 8, 2010 0:32:07 GMT -5
Gem Hawksong
A few more arrows left the quiver only to repeatedly thud into the target. This was something I could do any time I wanted, unless someone one was training in here. Then I stayed right away, unless I was needed here. I had often helped a few of the men with their techniques.
I only lowered my bow when I heard someone coming up behind me. It had been quiet here since Drannor left me. Not that I minded the quiet in here.
Placing the bow on the hook next to my quiver, I turned to face him, smiling. This was my place, the one area I really shined. I knew he was hiding the fact that I was that same Gem that he was marrying. The more talented one they all knew of.
I saluted him back though I knew he did not expect me to, seeing as I was not one of the actual army. It seemed the polite thing to do though, no point in anything else really. He definitely seemed annoyed with the group behind him. I spotted only two girls in the group, that surprised me that there were so few at the moment. “General Major Auraka.”
I listened to what he said, easily hiding a smirk when he turned around to glare at a few of the people behind him. They slowly quietened down and I knew somehow that I would not want to be one of the ones being trained by him. He seemed so much different when it came to this. Then again, someone had to train the new recruits. Another new group were with him this time.
“I assume that none of you have actually used a bow before. They are classed as weapons, though they are not used so much in the fighting any more. There was a time though, when they were used a lot. Because of that, you will be learning to use one. No you may not be as good as I am from the start but in time, you will get better and better at using one of them. This is the only weapon I personally can use, and it is the only one I would ever use.”
I paused to think.
“A few of you might recognise the bow that hangs behind me on that stand. I will tell you now that is unique. It was made for the Lord of the Rings movies and there will never be another like it unless I get a new one made if that one breaks. Something I am not interested in allowing to happen.”
I stopped for a few seconds and looked at them. “It's a normal oak wood long bow and it is powerful. You need a lot of muscles to use one effectively. I've done Archery as a sport since I was twelve, so for seven years now. Since I began, and since I bought that bow, I can easily fire an arrow from where I stand now, and hit that target, which is two hundred meters away. It is no big distance for me.”
I smiled. “You all won't be using one today. I was asked however to come in and demonstrate to you exactly how one is used. That is what I will do now.”
I noticed that the girls were watching me with interest now.
One of the boys laughed then. “You can really hit that target. Doubt any girl could hit a moving target. What a joke.”
Though my expression had been pleasant, it changed immediately, as that was a clear insult to me. My eyes darkened and my expression hardened into one of obvious disapproval. My eyes narrowed into slits and I frowned. My hands shifted and stopped for a second, plucking one arrow from the quiver, my back was to the target. Without even checking which way the bow was aimed from behind me, I released the arrow. It arched through the air and thudded into the target.
The boy gasped, shocked.
“Do not think to test me, boy,” I growled.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 8, 2010 3:32:48 GMT -5
The eyes followed each arrow, not having trouble despite the fast speed. He didn't smile, nor let his pride show. It would only give away the plot.
He noticed how some seemed to hang onto her every word, impressed by her level of skill. And yet, the idiots couldn't tell a trained warrior from one of there own.
"Daniels! Roberts! Harriton!" he snapped at each, forcing them to turn and stare at him. Auraka blinked, letting nothing show of how impressed he was by her. "Drop, give me 20 and show some respect or you'll all end up all right, marching knee tight!" he yelled, coming so close that he was yelling in there faces. "Salut!" he yelled and they hurried to follow before falling to the ground.
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 8, 2010 3:36:55 GMT -5
Gem Hawksong I did not react to the things that Auraka said, I only paused to wait for him to finish before I continued.
“See where that arrow struck the target? If you were the target, I would have just slain you. Do not get on my bad side. I'm employed by an agency that works with the local police, QPARS or Queensland Police and Rescue Squadron. If they have someone that they know is going to try and flee from them when confronted, I'll be called in. I'll waiting in the shadows some place, well out of sight. Usually somewhere above the confrontation place in a place that puts me in direct line to the person who's going to be arrested. They try and run, and my colleagues on the ground will signal to me in a way you wont see. One arrow will leave this bow and it will hit the fleeing person in the back of the knee.”
I paused. “If I have to take someone out that way so they are arrested, not just an arrow hits that person. I have a special liquid hidden away, where I won't say, that once I dip an arrow in it, will paralyse whomsoever I am meant to fire at and they will not be able to move for a few minutes. Always long enough for me to join my colleagues on the ground and see to it that the person is arrested.”
I knew this was not all I did these days but that was the thing they needed to know. “One of the others in the new recruits a month or two ago actually was silly enough to say that I couldn't hit a moving target. Apparently he'd been annoying the hell out of the General training his group. I wont shoot anyone without permission. That General gave me permission and I showed that entire class what I did. When that is the case though, I have one or two blunt arrows with me so I do not hurt them in any way. Sure the sting of feeling an arrow hit you, even blunt still hurts but all you'll get is one ugly bruise. So I suggest no one dares to say I cant hit a moving target.”
I paused. “I am the one that you'll learn to use a bow from, and when that is the case, do not anger me. I do recognise some of your faces, because some of you were in the same archery club as me. Those people know who they are, and they know how strong I am with my bow. Even so I shall not show any favouritism in that instance.”
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 8, 2010 3:52:14 GMT -5
Auraka nodded to her, knowing her speech was done before speaking to the class. Ignoring the boys doing push ups on the floor, he spoke. "This was an important lesson in two ways. One: things are never as they seem," he chuckled and looked at the boys on the floor "as our little friends learnt here. The second part is that any weapon we throw at you, you must be able to use. Go, start getting used the the weight and draw," he said, waving them off before pausing. "Oh and most of you should know that this Miss Gem, is my soon to be wife, so you will treat her with even more respect you do me," he said and they gapped at him. "Go."
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 8, 2010 4:01:25 GMT -5
Gem Hawksong I knew he would be aware that I was finished with what I wanted to tell all of them. There was no point in me saying anything, he knew me too well to know I was done. That was just many of the things that I loved about him. At least I knew he was safe for the time being, he was not getting sent out any time soon. I hoped not anyway. “There’s a bunch of them over there!” I added, before any of them even moved. No one touched my bow, other than me or Auraka. I chuckled though at the end when he said that to all of them. Not to mention had to fight the want to blush at his words. I sighed, walking back to where my bow was behind me, having replaced it with my quiver after losing the few arrows. I then headed over to the target and pulled each out easily. It did not take me long to have placed them back in the quiver. I still had a bit of time on my hands so I did not mind practising even with these complete newbie’s watching. Nor Auraka for that matter.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 8, 2010 4:14:48 GMT -5
He left them to it, giving them time to set up so he wandered over to Gem, wrapping a arm around her waist and pulling her in to give her a kiss. He chuckled, letting his arm drop and took her hand in stead. "Wel done," he murmered into her ear and sighed, he hated being so mean. "I don't like being mean...but you have to be tough you know?" he said, sighing once more. "Its either I be tough and give them hell here..or they die on the field." They walked past the group and he paused, helping Audrey ajust her angle slightly. "Good job," he said before going back to Gem. "Nice party trick," he chuckled coming to a halt before the 3 idiots. "I hope you have learnt your lesson," he said, tone cold enough to bite "I expect more from a General's son, Daniels." "Yes sir," he said, saluting. "Good, go now."
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 8, 2010 4:32:24 GMT -5
Gem Hawksong I chuckled happily. I knew what I was doing here and he knew that. “I might get a bit more practice in while I’m over her. I’m glad you liked that little trick; it’s taken me some time to get right. That’s one of the first times I've actually managed to hit the target from behind.”
I sighed as i looked at where the targets were. "You think thats a bit far for these guys?"
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 8, 2010 4:35:32 GMT -5
He shook his head, moitioning to the white line. "They stand there," he said, it was only about 20m from the actual target. "The better they get, the further they move." he explained and paused at the end of the line. "Up to the line," he called and they all stood. "Do me a favour, walk the line and make sure there okay,"
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 8, 2010 17:26:23 GMT -5
Gem Hawksong Again I smiled at him. I knew that he was aware that I knew this sport a lot better than even the three that were in my archery club off base did. And those three had known me a lot longer. This was where my talents really showed, and some of the people actually liked what they saw when I got to work.
I did not mind helping it made things a lot easier for him as well, having another person here who knew what they were doing. Once when I was near him again, I said, “I spoke to Drannor before you showed up over here. Said he's being deployed again. It's going to drive Sahar crazy even when I am spending time with her.”
Seeing one of the others needed a bit of help, and since I had my bow in one of my hands, I headed over to give the guy a hand. Even though I was sure that he learnt something, I could not help but notice his eyes wandered as if he was distracted. Seeing that one of the girls wanted a bit of help I wandered over that way as well.
Once that was done I stepped back a bit and watched. The other girl seemed to know what she was doing, her arrows kept hitting the target opposite her continuously. She almost had the same amount of skill as I did! That was something that was more than a little alarming for me to watch someone doing.
“Who's the blond haired girl? She's almost as good as I am, something that the rest seem to be lacking...”
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 8, 2010 22:33:01 GMT -5
Auraka smiled grimly, nodding in reply to her comment about Drannor. "Yes," he said and sighed "I don't think he should be going...not at least yet...but he is taking over my spot there." His eyes ran up and down the line, noting the abilty if there was any to be seen. He smiled as he noticed Gem helping them, a gentle correction here or there...though she didn't bother to help the ones from before.
As she returned, he smiled as she spoke. "Naina..Naina Collins," he said, eyes following her every arrow "And don't worry love, your a lot better then her." He checked the line again, noting now that Audrey's positin was correct she had a strong arm and almost everytime hit the bullseye. Unlike the others....
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 9, 2010 2:23:00 GMT -5
Gem Hawksong I laughed at that one. "I doubt it, she really seems to know what she's doing with that bow she's using. She's definitely done this before and she's no familiar face to me."
One day though, all of them would be doing what they were doing. It would just take a bit of time. I did not bother to watch the people who were familiar to me, they would not need help. Though they knew they'd get an earful from me if theiy did something wrong.
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Post by Kanchana on Jun 28, 2010 2:36:10 GMT -5
Auraka patted her shoulder lightly, walking the line once more. Pausing more often then walking to correct a position. Only the girls, it seemed, had some idea what they were doing.
He raised his head, nodding with a sigh as he watched, itching to hit them over the heads and do it right. He span around, senseing someone standing there. He smiled slightly, seeing one of his old mates. He barely knew the guy, but everyone here trusted others with there lives. "Lieutenant General Jason," he greeted as the young man saluted him and he saulted back. "General Auraka," he greeted in returned. "What can I do for you young Jason?" They spoke of important matters for a while, but Auraka noticed that his eyes kept straying away. Following the direction of his eyes he chuckled and thumped his shoulder with a pat. "Go speak to her, she does well." Jason stared at him, mouth opened slightly as if to protest. But instead he blushed, nodding his thanks and walking over to Naina as Auraka headed back to Gem. "Ah young love," he said with a grin, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and kissed her cheek.
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Post by Jenny Night on Jun 28, 2010 18:45:51 GMT -5
Naina Collins I knew what I was doing that much was sure. Though I also heard what our teacher said while I was practising. Jason was here. The one man that I actually liked was here right now in the same place I was for some reason. It was a little alarming for me, but I would get over that fairly quickly. Another arrow shot from my own bow, but as I released it one of the guys bumped into me, sending the arrow into the ground, almost in my own foot. "Not that good are you?" he jeered. "Voi il figlio - di - a - bitch, voi quasi lo ha incitato a sparare il mio proprio piede! Idiota!" I gasped, realising that all of them were staring at me. I realised what i had just done and this was inexcusable. Only one person has that accent and I could see the accusation in all thier eyes. "Yeah you're all right, i am the person you all think of! Not that it matters. I'm not afraid of you!" Fury really showed in both my voice and face, my eyes had narrowed and I knew that for that split second, I looked a lot more like my other self, that fierce Italian warrior who knew what she was doing with her hands and anything else. There was no hint of the rather delicate looking girl that Jason had met that day. No, my face was that of the same Major who had killed so many Australian's before. I definately had brains in my head and things might get a little ugly here. The boy laughed. "I knew you were hiding something." He did not even seem phased by what had changed in my face. how odd that was. Well might as well not hide any more. I could tell that he was not going to let me walk away from this without trouble happening. The cat was out of the bag now, though it would have been more prudent to use the word lion. "Sono idiota e l'un giorno venite a rispettare quello. Ora sapere perché ho saputo fare quelle cose che ho fatto nelle nostre lezioni prima di questa. Non sono impaurito mostrare il mio auto reale e quello unico che lo arresta dal danneggiarlo ora, è il nostro insegnante. Nessuno ha potuto mai spingerlo intorno ed ora conoscete quello!" Then swiftly I translated what I had said, knowing he had no idea what I had said. "I am no idiot, and you will one day come to respect that. Now you know why I knew how to do those things that I have done in our lessons before this. I am not afraid to show my real self and the only one stopping me from hurting you right now, is our teacher. No person has ever been able to push me around and you know that now!" He took two steps towards me, and before he could even touch me, though I was certainly embarrassed, an arrow with a black shaft and yellow feathers flecthed to it shot towards us. My eyes followed it, and I looked where it had been fired from. There, lowering her bow, with an obvious look of annoyance on her face, was Gem. The arrow shot over our heads and I saw it land in the bullseye. She'd just shot it from fifty meters into the bullseye. That shocked me. I got the point though and got back to work.
Gem Hawksong Something told me that would have to keep an eye on a few of these complete idiots that were here on the range. I could tell that the guys on either side of Naina did not like her at all. Some time, I knew that they would try and cause her some trouble and I was definately not going to allow that. Like me, she was Italian, only I was no fighter. I'd never killed in my entire life. I was actually more than a little sympathetic towards her, I knew what it was like moving to a new country to live. I had found a way to fit in here though and my life was good now. Aside from the recent attack on my family that was. I was walking around helping a few of the others and I saw what happened to her before she shouted the words in Italian. I knew what she had said to him and knew that this was not a good idea on her behalf. Many of these men hated her, because of who she was but they had not known it was her until now, and I knew that. I moved out of the way as several of the guys moved in her direction. There was no chance i was getting caught up in this. It would be fairly senseless to me. I could not stand fighting that much. Before anyone could hurt her though, I sent one arrow, a warning, just over thier heads. No one had even seen me release the arrow, I had moved too quickly for any of them to see it. It still landed in the target, but the warning was clear. I was telling them to get back to work. Interesting that I had hit the target, I was standing at least another twenty meters further from the target. My aim and arms were strong enough to manage that distance though. “Quella non era la giusta cosa affinchè lei faccia. She' s appena fatta l'una cosa dubito che ha voluto a. Nessuna probabilità di me che la lascio che ottenere la ferita comunque, la ho veduta come una del mio people' eroi di s una volta,” I muttered under my breath. I had recognised the face that had shown on her face and though she had turned away, I knew that she had heard my words. At least now she knew she was not the only Italian here. There was one difference though. I was not afraid to show my own heritage, and my accent was almost as strong as her was though it was easily understood. That was a difference to me that was not there for her I was not the one who was hiding.
OOC: 443 words for Gem 591 words for Naina Translation for Naina's first sentences You son of a bitch, you nearly made me shoot my own foot! Idiot! Translation for Gem's speech That was not the right thing for her to do. She's just done the one thing I doubt she wanted to. No chance of me letting her get hurt though, I saw her as one of my people's heros once.
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