mingle bells, mingle bells, mingle all the way...

[evildetector]

Who: The SS First Breath & any visitors!
Broadcast: Nah.
Action: All over the First Breath!
When: Throughout the month of March.

[ it's a march mingle! let's rub shoulders yo. ]

Comments

[tallasaking]

I have believed people before when they said they wouldn't shoot me. I have found myself in the wrong.

[Was his wry response, but he smirked never the less and took on a gun himself. He did have to practice.]

I shall meet you in the shuttle.

[Which, he would, already starting up the engine to the small two-seater as he waited for Nova to arrive.]

[takeabow]

[ climbs into the shuttle ]

Ready?

[tallasaking]

As ready as I ever am to plunge into the unknowns of space.

[Is his response. The shuttle takes off and soon they are moving through traffic to reach a local space port for their shuttles. It's a short drive, and Tyrion is sure to keep his thoughts to himself until they get to the park.

Where he hands over the bow, the arrows, and takes out his notebooks.]

Anywhere you would like to fire at that is not people, is fine with me.

[takeabow]

There are some beefy trees in the park. We can put up some paper, if that's good?

[ heads that direction and sets up the range. luckily, people are sparse at the moment ]

[tallasaking]

I am sure the trees will feel a bit of a tingle, but they'll soon be all right.

[He himself sets himself up far enough away from the trees as so not to get shot, and then takes out his pencil and pad.]

Very well, shall we begin the experiment?

[takeabow]

[ nods and draws up. she actually draws a few times, trying to get a feel for the weight and tension and figure out how she should compensate for the flaws in construction ]

It feels a little heavy on the outside, and I'd probably like a little more elasticity, if you can manage it.

[tallasaking]

[He watches her carefully, his gaze thoughtful as he looks between her and the shot.]

All right ... we can do something to increase the elasticity.

[takeabow]

Okay.

[ draws up again, doing her best to adjust for the discrepancies and fires. she's wide—not dangerously so, but it embeds in another tree ]

There's a lot of sideways movement. It feels like it wants to get away from me.

[tallasaking]

[He makes a face at that, before he mutters to himself.]

Need to adjust the balance, and the weight. It's too light.

[takeabow]

[ she goes through process a few more times and gives him additional notes, all while not seriously injuring anyone ]

[tallasaking]

[Tyrion makes thoughtful noises through all of it, before he looks up at her thoughtfully.]

All right, so clearly this bow is a prototype. You can keep it if you want but I should be able to make something new in a few days.

[takeabow]

Yeah, all right. Thanks a lot. Let me know if there's anything I can give you return.

[tallasaking]

[He gives her a thoughtful look.]

Do you know how to shoot a gun?

[takeabow]

Yes... But I don't like to.

[tallasaking]

Could you teach someone who wants to learn? I am helpless with a bow and arrow.

[takeabow]

To shoot a gun? Yeah, maybe. Probably, I mean. Sure.

[tallasaking]

[He lifts an eyebrow at her.]

... can you teach me how to shoot a gun without shooting myself in the foot?

[takeabow]

Yes. I won't screw up on aim, I promise.

[tallasaking]

All right then.

[And with that, he is taking out his gun, and handing it to her.]

[takeabow]

...You're carrying this around and you don't know how to use it?

[tallasaking]

Oh yes. Pointing it at people seems to be effective, and since I built it I have just kept the safety switch device active at all times. But no, I do not know how to shoot it.

[takeabow]

Okay. We can work on that. Watch for a few shots, then we'll probably go through it in a dry run so you can't, I don't know, accidentally kill anyone. And then try it with live ammunition?

[ waiting for his confirmation before showing off her skills. that poor tree ]

[tallasaking]

All right, that sounds like a reasonable enough explanation and objective.

[He handed over the gun.]

[takeabow]

[ takes some practice shots just to be sure, though the augment fills in any gaps she might have had. she'll proceed through the steps she laid out, showing him in a dry run how it functions before letting him shoot live rounds ]

[tallasaking]

[Tyrion watched with sharp eyes, following every step she had gone through, before going to try and copy it.]