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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.]

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[ 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. ]

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.

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

How does this become defensive?

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

Looks like I've got a lot to learn.

What's next?!

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.

You've got to at least demonstrate!

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

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.]

Do I look like a cheerleader to you?

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

But I didn't mean it literally.

You should have clarified that when you said it.

[Super smirking action.]

Now you know!

[ She's trying it, anyway! Rather slowly, too. GOTTA GET THE RHYTHM RIGHT. ]

Focus that anger on doing what you're asked to do and maybe you'll get better quicker.

Don't rush me.

Too bad. Stress is one of the things you'll have to overcome in combat. Rushing you is a good way to pressure you.

Not right off the bat!

[ BUT WHATEVER she's going slightly faster now i h8 u archer ]

Yes, right off the bat.

[To make it worse, he makes the lamest, small wooden stick in his hand and lazily tosses it at Athena.

BLOCK IT.]

[ Considering she has quick reflexes, she reacts quickly. She deflects it by holding out the stick she has and hitting the one coming at her with the stick's length. SURELY THERE WAS SOMETHING ON TV WHERE SHE GOT THIS IDEA FROM.

(What she really wanted was to catch the stick with her hand, but thought that she'd get scolded if she did that.) ]