saffron wind

[golden_anvil]

Not everyone walks calmly into the streets of the Nexus. Not everyone is so distracted as to not see when the stones shift and the shops and buildings aren’t quite the same. She’s staring down into a sketchbook in her hands and muttering to herself for a fair distance before it even occurs to her to look up. Light brown eyes peer out from a mess of dark curls pinned up around her shoulders. She purses her lips in some amount of confusion and looks to her left, her right, and finally turns about in a small circle.

This stocky stranger traces her gaze over the various buildings as she slowly closes the sketchbook and returns it to a satchel strung across her shoulder by a long strap. After a moment of taking in her surroundings, she nods quietly and sighs. She shifts two things strapped across her back and shoulders: a satchel bag and a large pole with one end wrapped up in cloth. In less than a minute, she has the bag slung around her shoulders and over her back in the style of a backpack. The pole finds it’s way into her hands, the covered end pointing upward as she turns in a slow circle.

“This is…different.” Her voice is soft and deep, but quickly taking on a worried tone. The pole rests in the crook of one arm as she gathers up her skirt to tie off around her waist. Her leather sandals gently hug her all the way up to her knees. “All right, I’ll bite. Who did I offend this time?”

Comments

[golden_anvil]

"Escrima are a fabulous and versatile weapon. They will help you build your arm and wrist strength, but it's really the back that needs the most training to properly use a sword. The arm can only do so much without the back to, well, back it up."

Lysandra's eyes widen a little hearing Joker isn't the worst. "Scarecrow... He preys on anxieties and phobias, doesn't he? Far more psychological."

[teh_girl_wonder]

"Yeah, I'm trying to ween myself away from that since it is my male counterpart's weapon of choice." She chuckled a little. "Though my baby brother likes his katana, another likes a bo staff. I'm starting to wonder if I should take up my boyfriend's offer to learn how to use a bow. I won't pick up guns after all. I may be different from Richard, but NOT that different."

"The one that was on my original world, tested his toxin on me first. So, I'm usually kept away from him at the new one."

[golden_anvil]

"A bow and arrow would certainly set you apart, although you'll need to be absolutely flush with materials for fletching unless you have someone to do it for you." Her brow furrows a little. "It might be better to start on a single carved bow or composite so you can build up new callouses. You'd absolutely need gloves for it."

"He's an incidental worshiper of Deimos and Phobos. Nothing good comes from people who weaponize the fears of others. You can destroy a mind with enough fear."

[teh_girl_wonder]

"Yeah, would be tempted, if it wasn't my boyfriend's toy of choice." She chuckled at that. "And I think he'd be pissed if I turned out to be a better archer than he is." And like hell she'd make her favorite red-head upset. "Gloves get in the way," She rubbed her fingertips together. "I get nervous if I can't feel what I'm grabbing for while climbing."

"My counterpart can push through it. And well, it gets messy when I get scared. So it's safer for me to stay back until given the all clear."