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archer (robin hood)

First tale

[ACCIDENTAL AUDIO >>> ACCIDENTAL VIDEO.]

[Okay, he found the device, and then what? He pushed random buttons, until the audio function is on yet he barely noticed.]

Okay, this thing is pretty weird. Which button should I--

[That's when he turned the function into that of a video. Should you see him, he's totally cloaked with his green-hood over his face. NOPE, NOT SUSPICIOUS. This is just how a Robin Hood rolls, always wary. So wary that villagers gives no fuck herp-a-derp. But hey, a thief gotta be sneaky, y'know?]

Hello? Hey? Hey!? What am I supposed to do with you, damn thing!?

[This is what you get when you are summoned from a virtual box; miscommunication, lack of knowledge about modern technologies, blahblahblah.]

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Every night for one hour, monstrous creatures known as Shadows appear from the darkness. They attack us on sight and have no goals besides our destruction! ...Or at least that's what we know so far. I've not been here for more than a few nights, but some have been here for up to half a year and they appear every night without fail.

Many of them? Or countable by fingers?

[Because lolhi I have bad experiences with taking down an army by myself.]

Many, many of them. Enough that we can deal with them, but oh, there might be a hundred or so of us in this position.

[One relieved sigh. Good thing, because he's trying to evade toe-on-toe fight as much as possible.]

That's not a problem, then.

I'm glad for the reasonable distribution of them, too. Without my magic to help me here, I've had to resort to...

[She lifts her harp that's been sitting next to her and looks embarrassed.]

...bludgeoning methods.

[Which is not to say that the other personality didn't do that all the time.]

[That caught him surprised. What in the name of Sherwood is that.]

A harp? Or better, magic?

No one has any of their magical powers here. Normally, I cast magic spells with my harp. Unfortunately, without that, its use is primarily as a heavy object to hit things with.

[Sigh.]

I mean, that's how I used it half the time at home anyway. I'm very good at doing that. It's just practical to have options.

[You heard his chuckle, Eater? You should.]

Decent method of using things. People do have their own and unique way to fight, I see.

It does work, it just has no elegance to it. I suppose I would take it up myself in the day if there were fighting in the day-

I'm doing that 'using first person pronouns for essentially two different people' thing again, aren't I? Oh dear.

[He should be surprised, but really he's not. Already got too many surprise from this place. Still curious, though.]

Two different people?

Two personalities. You're speaking to the female personality that comes out in the day - the male one at night is a little cruder than me and tends to default to smashing opponents with our harp even when we did have our magic.

I've tried talking to him about it, but he really just likes to employ brute force. And he leaves me with the hangover when he goes drinking! He's really an insufferable other half.

[Now how is that even possible-- Oh wait, she said that she can do magic, so it's natural.]

Heh, good luck on that. Anything else you could inform me?

Have you seen the Bayview Hotel?

[She describes it briefly, but I don't want to be wrong on color or anything so insert description here.]

Lodgings there are free for us for whatever reason. It's a safe place during the night.

Hotel?

[What is this hotel you're talking about? Inn?]

An inn.

[Luckily their time periods are somewhat similar, despite being from different worlds completely.]

Ah, inn. I see.

Although I take we are able to camp outside, am I right?

You could if you wanted to, but there's indoor plumbing...

[Plumbing. Pfft. As if he gives a fuck. WE MERRY MEN PLAY IN THE RIVER.]

You have my thanks for all the information, little lady.

May I have the honor of seeing your face, mysterious one?

[...Well, what now? Keep hiding, or...

...Guess he had no choice. He shifted a bit and showed his face, exactly like in the icon.]

Like anything you see?

Oh my~ I believe I do.

[Yeah sure, covering it back again. And that be the case.]

Your name in return, if you would be as kind as me?

Eater. Eater the Minstrel is what I'm called.

[Eater 'the Minstrel'... Something like people would name at his age.]

Archer. Pleasure's all mine.

[a.k.a. Do you have anything more to share? If not, he's going to quit the transmission.]

Oh, no, the pleasure is mine, I'm sure!

[Handsome man spotted. The target is in her sights.]

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