Rufus gives her a raised eyebrow and mock offended expression
" I thought you knew me better than that"
No longer quite so worse for the wear he regards Kezia. "She didn't tag you too bad. Any hope of placing?"
Rufus gives her a raised eyebrow and mock offended expression
She actually laughed aloud at that.Rufus Belgica wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 1:34 pmRufus gives her a raised eyebrow and mock offended expression
" I thought you knew me better than that"
No longer quite so worse for the wear he regards Kezia. "She didn't tag you too bad. Any hope of placing?"
Having helped the more wounded Archer, he tries to find Lamis again in the crowd and makes his way towards her.Lamis Naaji wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 6:52 am"Fair enough," she mutters, heading back to return the bow.
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Khadi's damage: #2 Willow Leaf: 5d10o10k2 16 void to 6 (total 13, TNs at +3)
" Heh. At least we're the prettiest competitors"
"I'd say we have more fun than the others, to boot! Pistachio? I have a whole bag of the damn things."Rufus Belgica wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 9:16 pm" Heh. At least we're the prettiest competitors"
Rufus nudges Kezia. " That has to count for something, right?"
"Well, _one_ good shot. Can't believe the other went wide like that...trying too hard to punch that smile on her face as she plays at being a target that shoots back." Lamis grimaces shifting her arm. "More annoyed at ruining my one nice outfit than at the actual wounds now. But yeah, might be good to stop bleeding all over it. Should have offered some loaner robes along with the bows for this nonsense." Her tone is offhanded to annoyed, but her eyes still burn with some of the strange glee inherent in the useless, but somehow satisfying act of putting arrows into that woman.Faruq Al-Farhan wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 9:04 pmHaving helped the more wounded Archer, he tries to find Lamis again in the crowd and makes his way towards her.
"Good shot there, sayyeda", he says - knowing full well that she was probably of how her abilities with a bow compared to the others. He then points at the wounds on her arm and hip. "I see you got off better than most of the others, too. Would you like some help with that, though?"
He grins a bit, which looks a bit along with his usual serious face still showing beneath it and embers of anger still burning deep in his eyes. "Well... one shot is better than none. Although your description is fairly accurate..."Lamis Naaji wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 10:11 pm"Well, _one_ good shot. Can't believe the other went wide like that...trying too hard to punch that smile on her face as she plays at being a target that shoots back." Lamis grimaces shifting her arm. "More annoyed at ruining my one nice outfit than at the actual wounds now. But yeah, might be good to stop bleeding all over it. Should have offered some loaner robes along with the bows for this nonsense." Her tone is offhanded to annoyed, but her eyes still burn with some of the strange glee inherent in the useless, but somehow satisfying act of putting arrows into that woman.
"Are you still planning to shoot today? You don't really get any better by practicing like this," she waves at the field. "No battles, no hunt...ever goes like this. And getting shot teaches you nothing of how to shoot."
She watches as he works, holding quite still, though grimacing from time to time as he cleans the wound. "It will be mended, and maybe Calli's dyepots can blend in what can't be washed out. But I'll want to get a new 'nice outfit' for occasions, eh?"Faruq Al-Farhan wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 10:56 pmHe grins a bit, which looks a bit along with his usual serious face still showing beneath it and embers of anger still burning deep in his eyes. "Well... one shot is better than none. Although your description is fairly accurate..."
He looks at her wounds and clothes. "Ah... it is a shame about the clothes, really. I agree they ought to have offered some more", he says, but the tone in his voice suggests it's probably not clothes he's thinking of - the absence of any more protection or healers offered by the organisers themselves might be a good guess. "I know some mending won't make them the same, but maybe it's a way to keep them..." he seems a bit at a loss for words, then. "Eh... nicely fitting? I mean..."
Lowering his head a bit as he feels he might be venturing into uncomfortable territory, when he raises them again he looks first at her eyes, then her arm. "At any rate, mending them might help some, I hope! And yeah, let's look at this bleeding...", he says, only then noticing his the supplies on the kit he'd been using have run out and pulling another kit of supplies out of his purse.
He starts tending to the wound on her left arm, and it takes him a while to actually answer to her question.
"Well... I agree with you there, Rafiqa. I learnt much already - and today I can surely learn more by watching you and the others' than by shooting myself. And I know full well the previous days have shown my hitting her is pretty much outside the question."
The arrow and splinters removed, he gets to the cleaning, waiting for her to stop feeling the burn before going on to set a bandage on her arm.
"You're right that getting shot teaches little about how to shoot, too", he says, nodding at her and looking at her eyes again, the flames in his eyes looking as if something stoked them. "But... it just may teach other things."
He moves his head pointing to the field and the Khadi, as his hands are still busy. "Trust you've seen well enough what this is already, eh?", he says with a dry smile. "Since I signed up for this little show... I figure I should just stick around for the whole thing. Maybe an unskilled archer getting shot a few times can at least help make clear what it's all about - in the off case someone still hasn't noticed", he says with a grin that expresses disgust and defiance much more than mirth.
As he finishes the bandaging, her arm is very much functional, and she's probably not feeling much more than a sting.
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D4 EA Under her Eye - Healing Lamis, TN 15: 5d10o10k3 25
D4 EA Under her Eye - Wounds healed on Lamis: 1d10o10k1 7
Lamis should now be at Healthy with 13 - 7 = 6 Wounds