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I hear Hal walk out from the limp he has with his leg and frown. Looking at the lavender eyed person I cross the knives and call to him, "who are you and what are you doing here?"
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I mount my horse and without considering risks follow the strange man. Riding after him I see him ahead and unslung my bow. After knocking an arrow and drawing back within seconds I shoot and hit the tree in front of him as a warning.
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As you made the mistake of following him, a bear trap closes on the leg of your horse, stopping it in his tracks. The unknown man grabs your arrow from the tree, notches it and shoots directly at your falling form. He grins beneath his mask and scurries up a tree, jumping from branch to branch to escape.
(( Should have checked the bodies. ))(( Arrow is aimed at your left thigh and will probably hit since he's an ex ranger ))
I see Alena chase the man and I sigh. I turn round and see the two dead bodies. I start to pat em down to see if they had anything of value on them or anything that Identified them.
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I feel the arrow make its impact and grunt while continuing to fall. Looking at my horse I see the trap and calm her, slowly taking off the trap I toss it aside to look at the gash it caused. Looking above I don't see the attacker and I curse him. I the. Feel the pain of the arrow in my thigh and look at it frowning. I grip the shaft and seeing that it didn't go all the way through the flesh try to pull it out. It doesn't come before I can't stand the pain and stop. Turning to my horse I take out gauze and healing salve figuring it might work and bandage the leg. I stand slowly limping to my horse and begin to ride back to camp with a throb through my leg every step and more blood coming.
Halt and gillan begin to look at be bodies wound while Hal does what he's doing. "These are ranger shots," gillan says in surprised awe.
"Yes, probably an escaped traitor ranger," halt muses.
I then ride into camp dizzy from blood loss leaning over in my saddle.
I glance up and see Alena. I quickly say to Halt and Gillan, "Guys, Alena's hurt, come quickly." I start to limp towards her and wince the entire time. I help steady her, "Woah you okay?" I ask
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"I have a freaking arrow in me," I say laughing but wincing then passing out and falling out of the saddle from blood loss.
Halt and gillan stand to see the wound and halt frowns deeply. "Alena wouldn't normally get shot unless she was up against someone with rangers skill, wouldn't she?" Gillan asks sadly at the answer he knows was coming.
"The attacker was a past ranger or a current traitor ranger," replies halt sadly. Then Alena falls and they both move forward to help.
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(( That would normally snap am animals bones but ok... Not going to force anything else. ))
As you examine the bodies, you realize that they are indeed ranger arrows and are indeed from a well trained one.
From examining of her wound, it was obvious he meant not to kill or maim, just to end the chase.
I stop helping her once I realize Halt and Gillan got her. I then stand up and look at the tree line. I sheathe my sword and slowly start walking towards the forest wincing in pain with every step.
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(( Well... They aren't ranger arrows... I know what the ranger arrows are from my brother. You wouldn't recognize the arrows, but the shot you would. ))The stranger holds his bow and contemplates whether to end the life of the man approaching the forest, but he is unsure. "Not the target... Kill Treaty, no one else anymore...."
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(Not much experience with traps.)
Gillan and halt manage to catch Alena before she falls. Will comes forward to relieve halt and the two young rangers carefully lower her to the ground. Halt looks at the arrow and removes it with a bit of difficulty before bandaging the wound temporarily. Horace follows Hal with his word still drawn watching the tree line. "Hal, come on, you don't need to be involved right now with your wounds," Horace says.
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The cloaked man slings his bow back over his back and his arrow was returned to his quiver in a seconds. His breathing becomes shallow as he hides himself among the leaves in silence and watches the camp with an intrigued eye, looking for Will Treaty.
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I feel nauceus when I come around and look up into the faces of will and gillan. "Ugh," I manage to say through my dry throat, "is everyone else okay?"
"Yes," will says, "we haven't seen the shooter."
"Will, come here," halt says observing the arrow that he removed from Alena. Will stands and walks the few feet to where halt stands with the arrow in hand avoiding the blood still on it.
"What is it? Isn't that Alena's arrow?"
"Yes," halt muses, "look at the shaft, see anything?"
Looking closer will sees a bit of what looks like beeswax that rangers use to strengthen the bow string. "Beeswax, the shooter recently oiled their bow, unless Alena did as well."
"She hasn't, been a captive recently with no time."
"Correct, so that means in order to find the attacker we need to check each mans bow for recent beeswaxing."
"No, it means that they have the knowledge of a longbow like a ranger. The speed required to shoot and make the shot on Alena leads to a longbow." Will nods looking up to where Hal and Horace stand by the trees, he starts walking towards them.
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The cloaked man notices Treaty and he smiles under his mask. He takes off his bow and knocks another arrow before releasing it. It flies towards Treaty as he notches another arrow and releases it.
(( Uh... Its powergaming to say my character recently oiled his bow, but I guess I'll go with it... ))
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(Yeah sorry, messed that up.)
Will sees the arrow coming and dodges it but feels it scrape his arm barely. He sees the next one coming and jumps to the side to be behind a nearby tent. The other rangers unslung their bows and turn to fire where the arrow come from besides Alena and will who is still behind the tent.
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The cloaked man releases an arrow and splits one before catching another and dropping lower in the tree. He shoots the arrow he caught at Treaty and runs off into the forest mumbling. "Better than I thought, saw an are from the side... He's not that good, he already made a mistake." He smiles in glee behind his mask as he dodges around the many traps he has laid through the woods.
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Halt lowers his longbow and walks to where will is, "are you okay?"
"Yes, he just scraped me," will says nodding to his arm.
"You'll live, what could that have been about I wonder. Someone wants for there to be a few less rangers right now though," halt muses.
"Don't some people always want for there to be less rangers?" Will asks laughing a bit despite the situation.
Halt nods, "good point." The two walk out from the tent and look at the arrows at at were shot. "He's fast, that's for sure," says halt looking at his arrow that had been shot back, Will nods.
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As the cloaked man returns to the camp, but he ends up in another tree, watching the camp carefully. Unsure of what to do, he sits in the tree watching with a curious expression.
<No one was like this in our camp... Death at any turn for a failure, but these people are friends.>
The cloaked man sighs silently and continues his intelligence gathering.
(( There a forest or something nearby to hide in? ))
(( Should have checked the bodies. ))(( Arrow is aimed at your left thigh and will probably hit since he's an ex ranger ))
Halt and gillan begin to look at be bodies wound while Hal does what he's doing. "These are ranger shots," gillan says in surprised awe.
"Yes, probably an escaped traitor ranger," halt muses.
I then ride into camp dizzy from blood loss leaning over in my saddle.
Halt and gillan stand to see the wound and halt frowns deeply. "Alena wouldn't normally get shot unless she was up against someone with rangers skill, wouldn't she?" Gillan asks sadly at the answer he knows was coming.
"The attacker was a past ranger or a current traitor ranger," replies halt sadly. Then Alena falls and they both move forward to help.
As you examine the bodies, you realize that they are indeed ranger arrows and are indeed from a well trained one.
From examining of her wound, it was obvious he meant not to kill or maim, just to end the chase.
Azel watches from a large tree silently.
Gillan and halt manage to catch Alena before she falls. Will comes forward to relieve halt and the two young rangers carefully lower her to the ground. Halt looks at the arrow and removes it with a bit of difficulty before bandaging the wound temporarily. Horace follows Hal with his word still drawn watching the tree line. "Hal, come on, you don't need to be involved right now with your wounds," Horace says.
"Yes," will says, "we haven't seen the shooter."
"Will, come here," halt says observing the arrow that he removed from Alena. Will stands and walks the few feet to where halt stands with the arrow in hand avoiding the blood still on it.
"What is it? Isn't that Alena's arrow?"
"Yes," halt muses, "look at the shaft, see anything?"
Looking closer will sees a bit of what looks like beeswax that rangers use to strengthen the bow string. "Beeswax, the shooter recently oiled their bow, unless Alena did as well."
"She hasn't, been a captive recently with no time."
"Correct, so that means in order to find the attacker we need to check each mans bow for recent beeswaxing."
"No, it means that they have the knowledge of a longbow like a ranger. The speed required to shoot and make the shot on Alena leads to a longbow." Will nods looking up to where Hal and Horace stand by the trees, he starts walking towards them.
(( Uh... Its powergaming to say my character recently oiled his bow, but I guess I'll go with it... ))
Will sees the arrow coming and dodges it but feels it scrape his arm barely. He sees the next one coming and jumps to the side to be behind a nearby tent. The other rangers unslung their bows and turn to fire where the arrow come from besides Alena and will who is still behind the tent.
"Yes, he just scraped me," will says nodding to his arm.
"You'll live, what could that have been about I wonder. Someone wants for there to be a few less rangers right now though," halt muses.
"Don't some people always want for there to be less rangers?" Will asks laughing a bit despite the situation.
Halt nods, "good point." The two walk out from the tent and look at the arrows at at were shot. "He's fast, that's for sure," says halt looking at his arrow that had been shot back, Will nods.
<No one was like this in our camp... Death at any turn for a failure, but these people are friends.>
The cloaked man sighs silently and continues his intelligence gathering.