7th of Spring 514AV
It was a rather interesting list which brought her to the armoury. She needed something to hunt with, but as she stepped into the modest shop, she realized that was not the only thing she wanted. Fierce weapons and armour were arranged around the shop, on shelves and walls. The metal gleamed from the sun through the windows, and Lani found herself wanting more than just a simple hunting weapon. Immediately she was lost. She had no idea where to get what she wanted. Before Lani was given a chance to further ponder her predicament, something caught her eye. It was a small section, towards the front of the shop, with weapons in it that weren’t particularly made out of metal. Practice weapons. Lani picked up a wooden sword, switching the hilt between her hands. She remembered how she had seen some Syliran Knights with their swords. Much larger and scarier than the simple plaything she held. Turning her left ankle out and bending her knees, Lani thrust the sword forward with her left hand, bringing her right hand back. She couldn’t see herself, but assumed that she looked like one of the knights, or the squires, ready to jest with each other. Lani immediately felt silly, sure she was doing it wrong. Sliding the wooden sword back into its barrel, with the assortment of other weapons, Lani glanced behind her. Someone stood next to her, a clerk or some sort of shop owner. A small grin was suppressed on his face, and Lani let a smile of her own shine through, speaking before they could.
“I’m just looking for a hunting weapon.” The human’s face sobered a bit, looking into her black eyes.
“Well, if you need any assistance, just let me know.” He cleared his throat, placing a hand on the wooden sword Lani had just set down. Lani nodded, intertwining her fingers behind her back, and promising herself she wouldn’t play with anything. Her eyes scanned over the practice weapons one last time, she needed to look at real weapons. She couldn’t kill anything with a wooden shield. Lani turned her eyes away from the wood section, but not before her eyes caught on a rather interesting weapon. It was a simple ‘V’ carved out of wood, one side was flat and the other slightly curved. It didn’t look like any weapon she had seen before, and Lani wondered what it did, and what it was called. Picking up to object, she flipped it between her hands. It was about the size of her forearm, and not too light, nor too heavy. Lani wondered if the ends of the ‘V’ were used for bashing, or if the flat side was used for smacking. It seems odd, smacking someone with a wooden ‘V’, but then again it would likely make a very satisfying sound and an odd mark on their cheek. Shrugging, Lani turned toward the counter, where the blue eyes human sat. He was flipping through a book and writing in another, some sort of cataloging. Lani placed the item down on the counter, catching the man’s eye as he looked up.
“Boomerang?” He asked, eyebrows turning down. He probably thought it was odd that she chose that as her hunting weapon, and Lani mentally agreed with him. She couldn’t bash an animals brains in with a wooden ‘V’ or Boomerang, as the man had named it. “Will that be all, or do you need help finding a … proper weapon?”
]“Actually, I was wondering what it was. What is it used for? I’ve never seen it before.” Lani asked, hooking her index finger on one branch of the boomerang and swirling it in a circle.
“Hmm, well I don’t know exactly what it is used for, but it came from the Cyphrus region, around Eyktol I think. It’s pretty cool actually, wish I could show you, but I don’t know how to use it. Rals picked it up. What you do, is you throw it like this,” He snatched the boomerang, mid spin off the desk and held it up. All four fingers and thumb clutched around one tip, the flat side facing himself. He curled his arm back, and flicked his wrist, keeping the Boomerang verticle and not letting go of it. “And just slick it with your wrist. Then it goes about ten or fifteen feet and comes right back.”
"Comes back?” Lani questioned as he handed the wooden weapon back to her.
“Yeah, I don’t know how it works. If you get a bone one or one with denser wood, it will go farther. I don’t think Rals has managed to make metal ones, he was mostly just mimicking the one he picked up. It’s two golds, you going to get it?”
“Maybe, sounds interesting … But I want to look at some other things first as well.” Lani let her words teeter off, thinking about her decision. Lani had never really been against weapons, or having them on hand. R’hyse had never bothered to teach the mixed blood about weapons, but she had never let them become taboo. Carrying around various weapons of her own, she made it seem normal as Lani grew up. It became a necessity in life. Lani’s time in the Spires had mellowed out her thoughts on them though. The peaceful Jamoura saw no need for weapons, and after Lani lost her set of daggers to R’yse, she had never gotten new ones. She didn’t feel the need to. The crucial time of her early teenage years without weapons had kept her need for them from developing into something uncontrollable, like R’yse had. Lani furrowed her brows, as she shuffled to the ranged weapon section, deciding she was thinking way too hard on the reason for her to want to defend herself. Anyhow, she came her for a hunting weapon, for class. Lani’s eyes scanned the bows and arrows that lined the wall, none of it seemed to fit her taste. She wasn’t particularly fond of the bulky range weapons, but they seemed to be the bulk of the ranged weapons section. It wasn’t until her eyes fell on a particularly iteresting weapon that her mind was set. A spear.
“I’m just looking for a hunting weapon.” The human’s face sobered a bit, looking into her black eyes.
“Well, if you need any assistance, just let me know.” He cleared his throat, placing a hand on the wooden sword Lani had just set down. Lani nodded, intertwining her fingers behind her back, and promising herself she wouldn’t play with anything. Her eyes scanned over the practice weapons one last time, she needed to look at real weapons. She couldn’t kill anything with a wooden shield. Lani turned her eyes away from the wood section, but not before her eyes caught on a rather interesting weapon. It was a simple ‘V’ carved out of wood, one side was flat and the other slightly curved. It didn’t look like any weapon she had seen before, and Lani wondered what it did, and what it was called. Picking up to object, she flipped it between her hands. It was about the size of her forearm, and not too light, nor too heavy. Lani wondered if the ends of the ‘V’ were used for bashing, or if the flat side was used for smacking. It seems odd, smacking someone with a wooden ‘V’, but then again it would likely make a very satisfying sound and an odd mark on their cheek. Shrugging, Lani turned toward the counter, where the blue eyes human sat. He was flipping through a book and writing in another, some sort of cataloging. Lani placed the item down on the counter, catching the man’s eye as he looked up.
“Boomerang?” He asked, eyebrows turning down. He probably thought it was odd that she chose that as her hunting weapon, and Lani mentally agreed with him. She couldn’t bash an animals brains in with a wooden ‘V’ or Boomerang, as the man had named it. “Will that be all, or do you need help finding a … proper weapon?”
]“Actually, I was wondering what it was. What is it used for? I’ve never seen it before.” Lani asked, hooking her index finger on one branch of the boomerang and swirling it in a circle.
“Hmm, well I don’t know exactly what it is used for, but it came from the Cyphrus region, around Eyktol I think. It’s pretty cool actually, wish I could show you, but I don’t know how to use it. Rals picked it up. What you do, is you throw it like this,” He snatched the boomerang, mid spin off the desk and held it up. All four fingers and thumb clutched around one tip, the flat side facing himself. He curled his arm back, and flicked his wrist, keeping the Boomerang verticle and not letting go of it. “And just slick it with your wrist. Then it goes about ten or fifteen feet and comes right back.”
"Comes back?” Lani questioned as he handed the wooden weapon back to her.
“Yeah, I don’t know how it works. If you get a bone one or one with denser wood, it will go farther. I don’t think Rals has managed to make metal ones, he was mostly just mimicking the one he picked up. It’s two golds, you going to get it?”
“Maybe, sounds interesting … But I want to look at some other things first as well.” Lani let her words teeter off, thinking about her decision. Lani had never really been against weapons, or having them on hand. R’hyse had never bothered to teach the mixed blood about weapons, but she had never let them become taboo. Carrying around various weapons of her own, she made it seem normal as Lani grew up. It became a necessity in life. Lani’s time in the Spires had mellowed out her thoughts on them though. The peaceful Jamoura saw no need for weapons, and after Lani lost her set of daggers to R’yse, she had never gotten new ones. She didn’t feel the need to. The crucial time of her early teenage years without weapons had kept her need for them from developing into something uncontrollable, like R’yse had. Lani furrowed her brows, as she shuffled to the ranged weapon section, deciding she was thinking way too hard on the reason for her to want to defend herself. Anyhow, she came her for a hunting weapon, for class. Lani’s eyes scanned the bows and arrows that lined the wall, none of it seemed to fit her taste. She wasn’t particularly fond of the bulky range weapons, but they seemed to be the bulk of the ranged weapons section. It wasn’t until her eyes fell on a particularly iteresting weapon that her mind was set. A spear.
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