week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[hexensabbat]

Same! So let's both give it our best shot.

[A grin, and she reaches for the bow in front of her spot.]

Oooor we could make it a competition!

[beatmatching]

Alright. What are we playing for?

[ he takes his bow in his hands, observing it's shape and how it's built. ]

[hexensabbat]

Hmmm...

That's a tough one. Not a lot of stuff of value in a place like this where we get most of what we want.

[beatmatching]

There's always information.

[ of what he doesn't say, since there's a few options. ]

[hexensabbat]

Yeah, okay! The person who wins can ask a question and have it be answered totally truthfully? That work for you?

[beatmatching]

[ nod. ]

With a practice round first. [ because he is hella confident but also he has never held a bow in his life so there's gonna be some trial and error involved for sure. ]

[hexensabbat]

Works for me! I've never used one of these bad boys before either, so it's probably going to be a mess initially.

[She inspects the bow carefully, and then reaches for an arrow.]

But really, how hard can it be?

[beatmatching]

Not that difficult.

[ he has absolutely no basis for this but his confidence stat is maxed out, so I can't wait for him to lose.

a beat. ]

When you saved the world, did you use a weapon?

[hexensabbat]

Yep! I used a sword, though. No unfair advantages over here!

[... Aside from the fact that her body has specifically been designed for combat.

So like.

Maybe some unfair advantages.]

[beatmatching]

[ ...yeah he's probably not winning this one.

he'll be setting himself up for practice as he talks. ]

What did you fight?

[hexensabbat]

[She lifts the arrow to the bow, brings it up, and takes aim.]

Demons, mostly!

[She looses, and the arrow hits the target, though not the bullseye.]

And humans, when they got in the way. But definitely mostly demons. We tried to avoid killing too many people.

[beatmatching]

Demons are monsters?

[ that's as much as he knows about them, from a fairytale he's read here or there. religion be super dead in idol land.

as for the killing people part, he really doesn't have a response to that at all. ]

[hexensabbat]

Yep. Mythological creatures. Most of them are pretty dangerous to humanity, so we spent a lot of time taking them out.

[She lifts another arrow, and fires again. Closer to the bullseye, but still not close enough, hm...]

[beatmatching]

[ hmm. he'll finally take his first shot after watching her and it... well it's more of a flop than a shot. f. ]

Powerful enough to destroy humanity?

[hexensabbat]

[f.



Also, he's sharp. She should try to keep that in mind more.]

Nah. That'd be the Great One. Aion predicted someone or something was going to summon it, and, well. That would be pretty humanity-ending.

[beatmatching]

[ he takes another shot, this one a bit better. ]

War seems to find humans no matter the history.

[hexensabbat]

Yeah, can't deny that.

[She shrugs a bit, watching him fire.]

Must be a facet of humanity that invites it... well, of course all of those differing feelings and opinions are always gonna conflict in one way or another. If everyone all thought the same, there wouldn't be war, but that also wouldn't really be humanity either.

[beatmatching]

Is that what you think? [ it's a genuine question.

he nocks another arrow. ]

[hexensabbat]

Sure is! It's the conclusion I've drawn from watching humanity for a little bit now.

[She waits to see how he does with that arrow, bow comfortably at her side.]

[beatmatching]

[ he fires!

this one hits close to the center. ]

When humans lost the War to the Segyein, they were made up of different type of people and land. [ countries, he means. ] Maybe if they had banded together sooner it wouldn't have ended like it did, but it's too late now.

[hexensabbat]

[She makes acknowledgingly approving noises at that. Nice!!]

...

Wait.

What happened when humans lost that war?

[beatmatching]

[ oh they didn't have this talk, did they? he's been having headaches more often recently and it wasn't really a slip, so eh. ]

Earth was destroyed. But the Segyeins kept some things from it, including humans.

[hexensabbat]

Yowch. An unaverted apocalypse, huh...

[The worst part is if another race was coming to preserve humanity, Ringo could see Aion making the call to stay out of it and just let the war run its course.

... She doesn't like that thought.]

Pretty grim. Even if I'm glad humanity survived, "kept some things" doesn't sound ideal either.

[beatmatching]

There are human resistance camps here and there.

[ emphasis on the camp part, it's bad out there.

he knocks another arrow, sounding detached from it all. it's alien to everyone else, but it is his reality. ]

[hexensabbat]

[... Hm.]

Glad to hear it. So long as humanity's fighting spirit hasn't been snuffed out, there's always a chance.

[She clears her throat.]

Well! Ready for the actual competition?