dictated;

[rightchoices]

[ This comes through pretty early in the AM. Anyone with the journal open will hear the distinct sounds of gunfire - a small handful of shots - and then Lee is picking the journal back up, tone incredibly frustrated.

Someone has just discovered his loss. ]

These things the castle takes from you - can you get it back? I mean - goddammit. If it took a skill, can you practice that back up?

[ Because someone has just discovered on the shooting range that he can barely work a firearm in his hands at all anymore. ]

Comments

[onehundred]

There are better weapons than guns.

[rightchoices]

Not ones that I know how to use.

[onehundred]

Ones you can learn to use.

[rightchoices]

Like what? I don't have access to - magic or whatever the hell it is a lot of people here use.

[onehundred]

Old-fashioned knives. The bigger the better.

[rightchoices]

Have a little experience with an ax. It's all just.. blind slashing, though.

[onehundred]

Speed and precision are what kills.

[both_neither]

Sorry, but no. Best you can do is work around it or find something new.

[rightchoices]

You'd think they'd let you know on arrival. Wouldn't have wasted my time coming out here if I'd known it was useless.

[both_neither]

I think half the fun for the castle is letting you find out the hard way.

[rightchoices]

Seems like the castle's got a pretty twisted idea of what fun is. Not that this is a surprise. Not sure I got your name?

[both_neither]

The name's Gren. You?

[rightchoices]

Lee. Lee Everett, actually. [ He doesn't have to worry about the stigma of a name, here. ] Thanks for the information, by the way.

Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

No.

[A pause.] But if you have a good eye, and patience, I can teach you something else.

Dictated

[rightchoices]

What do you have in mind?

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

Crossbow. Or bow and arrow - but that takes a lot more patience and time to learn. Crossbow takes the same kind of skill as shooting, but with a heavier weapon and a different stance. A ... really good friend of mine taught me everything I know.

[She really missed Daryl...]

Dictated

[rightchoices]

Had a friend who used a crossbow - pretty trusty weapon. You wouldn't mind teaching me?

Re: Dictated

[the_effect_she_has]

[She shook her head.] It's what I do. It's my shooting range you're using, after all.

Dictated

[rightchoices]

-- huh. Didn't realize this belonged to anyone in particular. But wishing up a crossbow doesn't look like it's working, exactly.

[mal_addict]

[Guns, huh]

From what I've seen, no. Can't hurt to try, I suppose. Sometimes the castle changes your loss on a whim, too. Of course, that just means you'd lose something different in the process. Something maybe even more valuable.

[rightchoices]

Heard it takes memories sometimes. That true? 'Cause if so, I think I'm fine with this.

[mal_addict]

It does take memories. But they're usually precious ones, so be careful with that.

[rightchoices]

Yeah. It's why I'm grateful.

[ Quiet, thoughtful. ]

Mind if I ask what you lost?

[mal_addict]

Not at all. [It's not a personal thing, after all]

I lost my sword...any sword, actually. [There's a pause] I never used it, but I kept it as a deterrent. People are less likely to attack someone with a sword, and if they don't attack me, I don't have to kill anyone in self defence.

[rightchoices]

[ Huh. And that raises questions he's never considered about the losses. ]

Can you just buy another?