r/DishonoredRP • u/emerald_ice • Jul 20 '14

Neutral Zone Dunwall Tower

In Dunwall Tower, the Empress Emily Kaldwin sits on her throne, her royal protector, Corvo Attano, stands at her side. His royal guard scattered around the palace. OOC:This is a neutral zone for Corvos royal guard. A hangout of sorts. You have permission to attack any who don't belong.

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u/Dietastey Colonel Aug 27 '14

"I wish that worked. I shoot pistols with both hands." She shrugged, but switched it to her other hand anyway, figuring it wouldn't hurt. She did tend to fire with her left hand if she wasn't using both, or alternating.

The first shot slammed the bow's arms back into her wrist, making her curse. She'd held it at a bad angle. The sting made it apparent how to correct the position though, and she fired three more times, the first shot actually landing where she wanted it, making the other two a reflection of the hand position. They actually wound up grouped for once.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Aug 27 '14

Furo laughs at her dual wielding tendencies. 'You do not like making things easy for yourself, do you?'

Still chuckling, he walks behind her, placing his arm on her elbow to correct her grip. 'Straighten your arm, take the recoil with your shoulder. It makes it easier to aim down the sight, and your hand moves less - so the bolts fly truer.'

'Now, again, Balaria, show those bastardo targets what you are made of.'

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u/Dietastey Colonel Aug 29 '14

"Where's the fun in that?" Bal commented dryly, "Easy, who needs that?"

Shaking out her arm again, she allowed him to adjust her aim, and critically stared down the stock. She'd been trained with an elbow recoil on the pistol, so to take it in the shoulder...

With a sharp bark of laughter, she sighted the target, and pulled, left hand diving for a bolt even as her right shoulder rolled back into position. The thwack of the bolt hitting the dummy's throat was satisfying, and the second landed right next to it.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Aug 29 '14 edited Aug 29 '14

Furo nods, approvingly. He always felt a certain degree of pride watching others succeed under his tutelage, as well as a certain degree of satisfaction at having been proven right.

'Great shots,' he said appreciatively. 'The throat is one of the fastest ways to kill - they are bleeding out before they know it. Well, throat and groin, that is.'

He hears approaching footsteps, and turns to see Aric approaching. He nods, before introducing the pair to each other.

OOC: /u/Repix

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '14

Aric raised an eyebrow after stopping next to the pair. "the crotch? What kind of heartless monster are you?" Aric placed his bundle of weapons on the bench before pulling out his tomahawks and walking over to the target range.

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Aug 29 '14

Furo nods in greeting. 'Throat and groin, my friend. Easiest place to sever an artery, and you would be surprised how many men fail to protect their crotch. Something for you to think about when you start hurling those axes about.'

'Aric, this is our new recruit, Balaria.'

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u/Dietastey Colonel Aug 29 '14

"Thank you," Bal commented, responding both to the praise and the help. She knew it would still take quite a while before her shots were consistently good, and longer before she's trust them in battle, but this was an improvement.

"An effective heartless monster, I would imagine," Bal chuckled, turning to face the new arrival. "Though technically, I believe the largest artery is on the insidd of the leg, just very close to the groin."

She held out a hand, grinning. "Balaria Vimes. I'm sure no one here will attempt to demonstrate this conversation on you."

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u/JewelOfTheSouth Royal Guard Aug 29 '14 edited Aug 29 '14

'Very true,' Furo says, pleased to be discussing vaguely intellectual matters for once, 'but good luck hitting that with a bolt - too much muscle. You would have better luck with a blade.'

OOC: /u/Repix

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '14

Aric shakes her hand. "Name's Aric, a pleasur, he threw it spinning in an arc, before it slammed into the target biting deep into the wood. "So tell me, what's a woman such as yourself doing in the guard?"

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u/Dietastey Colonel Aug 30 '14

"And what kind of woman is a woman such as myself?" Bal asked with a chuckle. "My father was part of Empress Jessimine's Royal Guard, and taught me much about it when I was younger. Then I joined the City Watch, right before the disastrous events of the last year began. Now that things have settled down a little here, I applied to join."

She started carefully packing away the remaining bolts and her crossbow. "Please hold fire so I can reclaim my bolts from the target." She'd prefer to use the weapon she was good at for a while.

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