open to all;

[swordboning]

Who: Archer swordboning and YOU. (Maybe Athena too)
When: December 15th and on
Where: Right here where you need him. At least in the streets.
What: Golden Archers is sadly open. Come get your top tier food of choice.
Rating/Warning: Nah.


[Archer was fully cringing at the emblem Athena made and the fact that it was pasted on his apron. Well, inwardly at least. Athena got to have her way with the things went around here since she was the one who put in the money and most of the work. That meant her lame idea of what was great ended up plastering almost anything that had the surface for it.

But for a food stall, there was a serious lack of menu. Archer, though, intentionally wanted that. Restricting himself would only be admitting that he couldn't make things that people wanted outside of said menu. Obviously, there were some restrictions because supplies of some things were exceedingly rare or impossible to find. Which meant that rich people places had to be visited for that. But here were reasonable prices for fresh cooked food.]

Before you ask, there's no menu. So just tell me what you want.

[Customer service needed a little bit of work, however. And no, Saber, you weren't getting any free food.]

Comments

[psycholawgy]

Hey! Don't try to scare me!

[swordboning]

[He just makes a long, wooden stick with a sort of pointy end and tosses it over at Athena.]

While you're waiting for people to show up, I want you to thrust straight forward with that as long as possible.

[psycholawgy]

Gotcha!

[ Catches it, and just kind of waves it around at first. ]

How do I hold this?

[swordboning]

What's your dominant hand?

[psycholawgy]

I'm right handed.

[swordboning]

Use your left arm to keep your balance. Your right hand should be positioned three quarters of the way back on the lance. It's a good position for thrusting or, if you swap your grip, throwing.

[psycholawgy]

[ She follows Archer's instructions and pokes the air in front of her, not exactly putting a lot of effort into that thrust. ]

Alright. Like this?

[swordboning]

Harder. The person you're attacking is wearing armor and has probably deflected that weak strike. Next, he's going to skewer you.

[psycholawgy]

[ She only just wanted to fight monsters... why would those wear armour?! Well, whatever! With a grunt, she lunges forward with the stick. Much better this time around. ]

[swordboning]

Keep it up. Until you're sweating, I don't want to see you stop.

[psycholawgy]

Wait— What if I need to run to get something for a customer?!

[swordboning]

You better start working harder then.

[psycholawgy]

You got it! I got this!

[ Archer's seen Athena get worked up in a negative way before, so her getting worked up over something in a different vein might be... different. She's now giving it her all, and possibly more than what she has. She's definitely practising now, and treating it as an intense workout. ]

[swordboning]

[When it looks like she's good and tired, Archer interrupts.]

Shift your right hand to the 2/3rds position and grab it with your left hand at the 1/3rd position.

[psycholawgy]

[ That's a bit too close to the tip for comfort, but gotta be brave if she wants to get over her fears!!! So she nods and does what she's told. ]

[swordboning]

Whenever someone attacks you, that's going to be your defense stance. Learn to swap between the two as quick as possible. Once you're comfortable with that, we're going to focus on spinning the lance and turning defense into offense in one quick move.

[psycholawgy]

[ She stops to look at Archer, but not necessarily dropping her stance. ]

How does this become defensive?

[swordboning]

You can catch attacks in between your hands or deflect them by swinging either end of the weapon.

[psycholawgy]

Looks like I've got a lot to learn.

What's next?!

[swordboning]

Ever twirl a baton with two hands? Start spinning. If you toss it or are not gripping the lance with at least one hand at all times, I'm failing you.

[psycholawgy]

You've got to at least demonstrate!

... and what does failing mean?! Do I get an F?!

[swordboning]

Do you really need a demonstration on how to spin a stick in your hands? That's almost deserving of an F there.

[Don't ask about failing Athena. Don't.]

[psycholawgy]

Do I look like a cheerleader to you?

[swordboning]

I'm pretty sure you've referred to yourself as one before.

[psycholawgy]

But I didn't mean it literally.