vatheon | 3rd - I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.

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3rd - I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool.

Who: Matrim Cauthon and you!
Where: Inside the Nostalgia Nook
When: Morning to Afternoon
Style: [Action!]
Status: Open~!

[Today, Mat's decided to look through all the selections of longbows, and if what he's muttering is any clue, he isn't finding what he's looking for. Only really seeing all the bows on his right doesn't help any.]

Blood and ashes...Too short. And that one feels about to crack... [He reaches for a couple more, lifting them individually before putting them back with a grumble, leaning on his ashandarei a bit.]

Too light. And that one was too heavy. [He turns left to better see the selection, lifting another possible choice before putting it back with a sigh.]

This one's too tall. And all of these probably wouldn't have enough flaming range. [Bother him?]

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[It works better than just thinking in his head sometimes, okay? This is one of those times.

Without turning around, he nods.] Yeah. It's been a while since I've done it though. More than two years.

[It was roughly two years ago that he'd left the Two Rivers with Moiraine, Lan, Rand, Perrin, and Egwene. And he knows he carved it before then, but...he can't remember when. There's someone else's memory there.

He turns to look at her, only his right side showing.]

Do you? [It's a fair guess that she's also an archer, given what she said and where they are.]

[Without even turning around, huh...

Maybe he'd known she was there all along. Or maybe he's just used to people overhearing, when he thinks aloud. But either way, Yukari tries not to think too much about it, simply going with the flow of conversation.

Two years...]

No, never. I've always bought mine...

But these are pretty lame.

[She glances around the store some more; and though she likely isn't as knowledgeable as him, she can still spot some of the more problematic bows. The locals clearly don't know how to take care of them...]

[Footsteps are telling. And he's not all that easily surprised anyway, even less now that he's lost his left eye.

He blinks, raising an eyebrow.]

You always bought yours? Do you normally not use longbows?

[If she used crossbows and shortbows, that would make a lot more sense to him. The borderlanders usually don't make their own bows, and the Band doesn't either. And...'pretty lame'? He assumes that means they aren't good, so he chuckles.]

Do you know a better place to get one?

[She's used all kinds of bows, really-- whatever was available at Kurosawa's shop. Which is not to say she's an expert at all or even any of them, because she's still got a lot to learn.

Maybe that's why she's here.]

I use whatever I can get my hands on, generally. My world's shop has some-- but I'm not sure if they'll be any more to your liking than these.

[Another longbow's got her attention, and she's actually wondering which shop this even is...]

[That catches his attention a bit more than her earlier comments. He blinks again.]

Do you break your bows a lot? Or do you keep having to run and leave them behind?

[Those are really the only reasons he can think of for why she'd use whatever she can get her hands on. It's why he left his longbow back then. ~~I don't even remember when he left his longbow behind orz~~]

It's looking more and more like I'll have to make my longbow, but...may as well look first, right? [Maybe he should also see about those crossbow plans he'd been working on before meeting up with Perrin...Those'd been what he'd been planning on equipping the Band with for the Last Battle after all, not Two Rivers longbows.]

[Hmm. She notices that seems to capture his attention more, so she gives him her attention in return; but before she can answer his first set of questions, he seems to have already accepted her little invitation to visit Iwatodai's store.

He's right, at least-- just having a look shouldn't do any harm.]

Yeah, sure. I can show you...

I don't think I've had to leave my bow behind before, though. It's more a combination of them breaking and me finding better ones, I guess.

[Better ones? Does that mean bows with a longer range or bows that lodge arrows deeper through enemies? It could be both...Or something else entirely. Though that does make him turn completely to face her, raising an eyebrow again.]

Better bows?

Mmhmm! [He's got the right idea.] Y'know, ones with longer range, ones that shoot more powerfully...

[Ahem. Ones that just plain look better?

There's a part of Yukari that's shallow that way; appearances are important to her. But she'll just... kind of trail off there, allowing him to fill in the gaps.

And assuming neither of them want anything from this particular store, she'll lead the way out.]

[He follows her, though it's a bit odd because she's a bit to the left and in front of him, and he lost his left eye. So he'll just. walk over until she's on his right so he can actually see her easily. There is a reason he's holding the ashandarei with his left hand.

He nods.]

Makes sense, if the one you used at first didn't have much range and wasn't that powerful. [Which is basically why he's probably going to make his own. Because Two Rivers longbows have essentially the best range and do the most damage of bows you have to draw in his world.]

[Ah, she hasn't noticed his eye... she does catch onto the fact that he's suddenly walking on her left, but there are about a million different reasons for that. Maybe he hadn't even meant to meander over that way.

...But anyway, they're walking past a few shops then, as she nods.]

Exactly.

Though, um, you were talking about longbows... have you used any other kind?

[just curious.]

[That means his plan of acting as if he has it is working \o/ The hat probably helps a lot too.]

Crossbows. [He actually. Normally doesn't fight with bows anymore.]

What kinds have you used?

Just normal short bows.

That's mostly what was available, but they're always getting new stuff here.

[A crossbow would be pretty darn cool, actually... but another couple shops and they're standing in front of a certain store, titled "Paulownia Express."]

[They're a lot easier to master, that's for sure. He really should work on those plans for the ones that can reload faster...

Mat was going to snort- shortbows are only really useful if you're on horseback so you can't use a longbow and you don't have a crossbow, at least to his way of thinking- but. Yukari is a girl, a pretty one at that, even if she's too pale and has too much hair. Besides, he's married. And she looks like a kid.

Snorting would be rather rude. ~~MAT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS~~

So he nods instead.]

Is this the place?

[Hey now, shortbows served her pretty well...

Cheap too, and archery Club could only get you so far, anyways. She could use some real lessons... but yeah, stray thoughts aside on both of their parts, she gives him a nod as she pushes the door in.

She has been here before.]

Yep! [Cheerful affirmative.]

Umm, the weapons are in the back, and there's stuff other than bows, too. I don't know if you have any experience with anything else, but...

[Might be interesting to see, anyway. Guns, swords of both one-handed and two-handed variety, knives...]

[Well, the Borderlanders use shortbow, so they have to be good as weapons. But he still thinks Two Rivers longbows and crossbows are better.

Yukari, he's holding a polearm. He raises an eyebrow in her direction, leaning a bit on the spear, and chuckles.]

I'm not carrying something I can't use.

[Not like the times he's carried that shortsword to discourage pickpockets. Shortswords are by no means his preferred weapons.

But after a moment he walks to back of the shop. It takes him a while because he keeps turning around to see what's on his left.]

Right.

[......Shut up, she knew that.

Just as she turned to face him, in fact, she sees him leaning on the spear, and it does seem like he's pretty comfortable with it. It even looks like something Ken would've used...

Ah, but his eye. The constant looking to the left.

That's...actually a little more interesting. Unfortunately, perfect vision is something she takes for granted.]

...Er, something bothering you?

[She looks in the same direction he is, thinking maybe he's spotted something. Or maybe someone's following them.

...Not that she can even begin to imagine how she could miss something like that, but a closer look at his face reveals that she can miss a lot of things, even with perfect vision. Her expression changes from neutral to just a bit surprised.

Maybe she shouldn't have asked.]

[Even the most observant people miss things at times. He blinks at her.]

Nothing's bothering me. [He just. Can't see that side.

Oh. So she really hadn't noticed at all? He chuckles, tugging down on the edge of his hat to shade that socket some more.]

Losing it was bloody worth it. And it doesn't hurt so much anymore. [So don't act like it's a terrible thing or like he's at a serious disadvantage.]

[Mmm. She averts her eyes when he tugs down his hat, taking the hint that she shouldn't be staring. She's also a bit surprised herself, that it took her a while to notice--

But she supposes that says more about his ability to hide it than anything else.]

Sounds like you're used to it by now.

[Having only one eye.

She can't even imagine what that's like.]

[He'd acted like this immediately after losing it, so why would he change now that it doesn't throb? He hunches down, shrugs, and scratches the back of his neck.]

Didn't have a bloody choice. [He could either have gotten used to it and run, or not and died.]

Sorry.

[He sounds a bit bitter about it, honestly, despite having adjusted-- so she'll offer a quick apology for bringing it up. It's not much her business anyway, so.

Heh.

She'll just. Quietly lead him past the pharmacy area, towards the back. The walls are lined with all sorts of bows, guns, spears, which you might even be able to see from a distance.]

I'm...glad it doesn't hurt.

[Not as bad as it looks...]

[He's just a bit bitter he was pulled here when he had things to do back home. Like getting Moiraine away from that island and preparing for the Last Battle. And getting back to the Band.

He's a bit shocked at how she's taking it though. Why does she feel the need to apologize? He'd expected it to come up at some point. And they've just met, why does it really matter to her that it doesn't hurt?

So he laughs, though it seems a bit forced.]

So am I. [Getting it dunked in salt water was not fun.

But now he's going to look at those weapons. The first thing he picks up is a gun, turning it over.]

What's this? [And can he take it apart....He keeps examining it to figure out the best way to do that.]

[Well, he isn't the only one who can force a smile, at least. A bit of a laugh... and she'll just turn to look at him again, when he asks the question. It's less jarring now that she knows what to expect, seeing that side of his face.]

Oh-- it's a gun.

[A regular one, actually. The kind officers like Kurosawa used back at home. She thinks maybe he'd found an Evoker at first, but--

You'd probably have to ask specifically for those.

Not that she knows why your average person would need one.]

I doubt it's loaded, but be careful.

[Not that she's one to talk, since she's never used one before either. But still, at least she knows what it is...]

[He's taken apart a Nightflower (firework) next to a fire. He's totally careful. Yep.

So he keeps examining it.]

A gun?

[He's never heard of it before... He stops looking down the barrel to look back at her.]

Loaded?

...Well, yeah.

[Yukari seems a little surprised at his reaction. But she answers honestly with a shrug.]

Loaded with small metal bullets. The gun's used to fire them. See the trigger?

[She'll point it out to him.]

[OH! This gun thing is sounding like a tiny Dragon now. Just with a trigger instead of a fuse. Those bullets sound like dragon's eggs...]

Does this have the powder used for Nightflowers inside? [She probably doesn't know what Nightflowers are, but she might be able to figure it out. She seems bright. He'll just explain if she asks.]

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