caughtinanetwork | 03 - and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man

[ The feed opens not from Rand's hand, although the view was of the sleeping man, but from Mat's. Given that Mat didn't really have that good of a grip on it for taking video - one of his fingers was half on the camera - this probably wasn't on purpose.

Mat has a brush in hand. He keeps grumbling things under his breath as he doodles things on the sleeping man's face, careful not to get ink in his hair. ]

Just like you, sleeping through a bloody invasion. Of some other place's Shadow! [ Mat adds the other half of a mustache - a long curly one - with a flourish. ]

Think that may be why it didn't wake me. [ At Rand's words, Mat yelped, wobbled, spilled his ink over himself, and fell off the stool. The SFC dropped to the floor as well. Rand sat up, resting his chin on his hand and watched with some amusement. ]

Blood and bloody ashes, Rand! You've been asleep for a flaming month and a half in this bloody place and that's the first thing you say? Light! [ As Mat pushed himself up, his hat slid free of his head and his scarf free of his neck, showing the awkwardly flat mostly-closed left eye, and a vivid scar circling his neck. ]

I wasn't aware it was that long, but that may explain why you reacted so much that your clothing is beginning to fall free. [ With a yelp, Mat went to tie his scarf again. ]

((OOC: Rand is back among the awake, and replies will be from both Rand and Mat. Rand is red, Mat is green~))

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[Well, she does make a face at first. She doesn't like the implications of his words, but she has to admit that there are definitely bows out there that aren't for her; and she really isn't strong enough to use them. There's no special exception here, though it doesn't really make any sense...]

I'd love to learn. And I intend to keep training, but...

If we're making one for me, doesn't it stand to reason that we'd make sure I could use it right?

[He'd...kinda expected that, but he rubs the back of his neck.]

Well, the only type of bow we know how to make is a Two Rivers Longbow. If we use the wood that's considered to be the best for it [They're going to use that wood. You can't convince them not to.] and make it as close to what we'd make it back in our world as we can, there'll be less slack in the string than a different longbow. And we usually cut the staves about two hands taller than the person who'd use it.

[Does it make more sense now?] We don't really know how to make any other kind of longbow. Maybe you'd be able to use a string with more slack, but apart from that I don't think we'd be able to change a bloody thing. Even archers from other places in our world have trouble drawing our bows back all the way and keeping it there if they can manage that. Few can.

[Oh boy it's like being in class all over again--

Okay no not really. This is...actually pretty interesting stuff, so she finds herself listening with no inclination to interrupt. She's never heard of the Two Rivers' Longbow -- certainly nothing you could find in Tartarus or the Abyss of Time, and certainly nothing Kurosawa-san ever offered.

Less slack sounds like a pain, but it is how it is...]

Okay, okay...

I think I get it. [...As much as she can, anyway. She's thinking over his explanation and running it through again in her head.]

It's still worth a try, so I appreciate your offering.

[She'll train as long as she needs to...!]

[Rand's the one for classes that aren't about weapons or tactics...]

Sorry if that explanation was a bit hard to follow. I could try drawing out the plans for one, like I've done for the crossbows, since that might help...And we'll help you train if you choose to and don't mind.

[Wouldn't want to offend her more on accident--He does have four sisters and he's dealt with Aes Sedai. He doesn't want to offend a girl (especially one that can fight) if he can help it. Even if he seems to suck at not offending them.]

[She doesn't seem to take any offense, especially not since he'd humbled himself and apologized. If only more men would do that.]

That'd be great-- and I think a plan would really help.

[There's a pause; she'd really meant that it would help her, but the more she thinks about it...]

I mean, we should have one anyway, if we're really gonna make it from scratch.

[Right?]

[He'd only really done it because of his wife, mother, and four sisters. Even if he barely remembers much about the last five. And those Aes Sedai that were half-way decent...

He doesn't remember if they'd made plans when they were younger, but he knows they didn't with the start of Mat's bow...]

I guess you have a point there. I'll start working on that then.

[There's something kind of hard to read in his expression. Maybe it's because he's trying to remember, but either way, Yukari nods reassuringly.]

Will you need any help with that?

Well...I'll need to know how tall you are. I don't think there's anything else I'd need help on.

[Apart from conversions if her world doesn't use the same measurements...He's made plans for weapons before after all.]

Oh, sure.

[. . . She thinks about it for a moment, but can't really think of any reason to keep her height from him. It would be important, after all.]

Um, I'm about a hundred and fifty-nine centimeters . . . if that means anything to you.

[She can do conversions too. Hm, although she really hasn't checked her height in a while.

Idly, she wonders if she's grown . . . ?]

[Centimeters? He shakes his head.]

Don't think we've ever used those in my world. I'll just write down that and figure out how tall that is later. [Not like he'll really be able to start making the bow immediately anyway, if they're making a plan...]

[Oh.

Well, she's about to ask him what they do use on his world then-- but the tone of his voice is oddly final, so it makes her bite her tongue. She just . . . kind of nods.]

It shouldn't be too hard. Just let me know if ya need anything else.

[Sorry 'bout that, Yukari. He nods again.]

The hardest thing will be finding enough of the wood to make it, but we've already found some of the bloody stuff so that'll likely be easy enough.

All right. That sounds good, then.

[Nothing to apologize for, really. Yukari's just going to roll with it, now that things have gotten this far. Actually, she looks pretty pleased-- albeit thoughtful.]

Should I leave it to you?

[He chuckles.]

Do you know what the plant looks like? If you do then you can help if you want, but it might be faster for me to do it on my own. It's not exactly common. [And she might think he's crazy with his method of finding the wood...]

[. . . Yeah. She's just going to shake her head. She does enjoy her flower collecting hobby, but he seems to be getting at something very specific here--]

What kind of plant is it?

Black yew.

[It's a very specific plant - just the one type of yew.]

[She blinks, repeating the name in her head. Something she may have come across while researching the flowers she was collecting, perhaps?

Hm.]

Doesn't really ring a bell . . . but it's not like I'm an expert.

I'll look it up and keep an eye out for it.

[Possibly! He lets out a chuckle.]

Good luck. Let me know if you find some.

Sure thing.

[The chuckle makes her smile a little.]

Talk to you later.

[He nods, smiles a little, and disconnects the feed.]

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