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- C-support
- Kiragi: [frown] And…
- [miss SFX]
- Kiragi: Aw, dangit! Not another miss!
- Kiragi: Where’d the arrow even end up…?
- [Nina appears]
- Nina: Looking for this?
- Kiragi: [sweat] Yeah.
- Nina: [surprised] Wait, YOU’RE the one who’s used up half my stock of arrows?
- Kiragi: [frown] What’s that supposed to mean?
- Kiragi: [sweat] Wait, these are yours? I thought they were leftovers.
- Kiragi: Why do they look so beat up?
- Nina: [frown] Hey! They’re practically good as new!
- Nina: Anyway, if you don’t like them, quit using them!
- Nina: [frown] Sheesh, I thought you were meant to be a great hunter or something.
- Nina: Must’ve been a different Kiragi.
- Kiragi: [frown] Hey, I AM a great hunter!
- Kiragi: Your bows are just impossible to use!
- Nina: [smile, closed eyes] Only a poor craftsman blames his tools.
- Kiragi: Only a stupid warrior uses an obviously inferior weapon!
- Nina: [smile] And yet I bet my victory count’s way above yours.
- Kiragi: No way!
- Nina: Yes way!
- Kiragi: [determined] I hope you’re keeping track, ‘cause next time we’re gonna have to compare!
- Nina: [smile] I’m not gonna lose to someone who can’t hit the broad side of a barn.
- B-support
- Kiragi: [determined] Hey, Nina, where’s your victory tally sitting?
- Nina: [smile, closed eyes] Sixteen in that last battle. I’m not too worried.
- Kiragi: [surprised] Sixteen?!
- Nina: I know you couldn’t dream of having th-
- Kiragi: That’s the same as me!
- Nina: [surprised] Wait, you managed to take out sixteen enemies?!
- Kiragi: I’m amazed you took out anything at all with those busted old arrows!
- Nina: [frown] They’re NOT busted! They’re just made of something more sturdy than bamboo!
- Kiragi: Oh yeah? Why do they look like they’re about to give me splinters?
- Nina: [surprised] …Wait, is that what you were trying to do the other day? Use a bow instead of a yumi?
- Nina: …Why?
- Kiragi: [frown] Obviously I just felt like hobbling myself for no reason!
- Nina: [frown] Well, what did you expect to happen? You were holding it all wrong!
- Kiragi: There wasn’t exactly an instruction manual lying around!
- Nina: You could’ve just asked!
- Kiragi: I’m asking now!
- Nina: [surprised] …Wait, you are?
- Kiragi: [sweat, neutral] I- yeah, I guess. (Honestly, I was kind of caught up in the arguing.)
- Nina: [smile] I mean, I’m happy to show you the ropes. I’ve always been curious about yumi too.
- Kiragi: [smile, closed eyes] Then what about we have another competition?
- Kiragi: We’ll train with each other’s weapons, then use them next battle!
- Nina: [smile, closed eyes] I hope you’re ready to lose!
- A-support
- [Nina alone]
- Nina: [eyes closed, blush, frown] …That could’ve gone better.
- Nina: [frown] I guess twice the size makes it twice as hard to handle.
- Nina: Still, these bamboo arrows are pretty nifty, and seeing the way Kiragi uses it…
- [Kiragi appears]
- Kiragi: [frown] Congratulations on your victory.
- Nina: [sweat, frown] Don’t count yourself out too early. How many did you get?
- Kiragi: [eyes closed, frown, blush] Let’s just say you win and leave it at that.
- Nina: No, really, I- that REALLY wasn’t my best showing.
- Kiragi: At least you had a showing at all.
- Nina: If by that you mean ‘I made a fool of myself’, then…
- Kiragi: [injured] …Zero. I got zero.
- Kiragi: Avatar sent a runner to make sure I hadn’t been taken out.
- Nina: [surprised] Me too!
- Nina: [injured, blush] Down to the runner. And it was my stupid dad, of all people.
- Kiragi: [surprised] Wait, you didn’t get any at all? Not even one?
- Nina: [blush, frown] Hey, you did just as bad!
- Kiragi: [smile, closed eyes] Hahaha…
- Nina: [smile, closed eyes] Hehehe…
- Nina: I feel so stupid. I’ve spent most of my life training to use a shortbow. I can barely get my head around Chevois longbows, let alone a yumi.
- Kiragi: They feel so clumsy and heavy in my hands, but you make it look effortless. I can’t believe the accuracy you get!
- Nina: You’re the one who looks effortless! I don’t know how you can even hold such a massive bow, let alone hit the shots you do!
- Nina: [smile, sweat] …And I have to admit, bamboo arrows ARE way more durable. I can’t believe how much reuse you can get out of them!
- Kiragi: [smile] Your arrows are great, though! The weight and cut is so uniform.
- Kiragi: Hey, you’ll keep showing me how to use ‘em, right? Even if our last challenge was a failure?
- Nina: [smile] Of course! And you better keep up your end of the bargain!
- Kiragi: Sure! Y’know, I was thinking, actually, I think what you might need is a slightly bigger yumi…
- S-support
- Nina: [smile] Phew! Sorry I’m late, had some… things to take care of.
- Nina: Alright, I’m ready to go hunting!
- Nina: …what are we hunting again?
- Kiragi: [smile] A bear, if we can find one. Otherwise rabbits, deer, whatever we can catch.
- Kiragi: C’mon, I’ll show you my favourite blind!
- [scene transition]
- Nina: [smile] Wow, it’s pretty cramped in here.
- Kiragi: Well, it’s built for one.
- Nina: [surprised] I thought you hunted with your dad?
- Kiragi: I do when he has time, but he’s usually busy with boring prince stuff.
- Nina: [frown] Ugh, sounds familiar.
- Kiragi: [smile, closed eyes] So, uh, I made you something!
- Nina: [surprised] Huh?
- Kiragi: [blush, frown] Don’t get the wrong idea or anything, this is a gift between archers!
- Kiragi: [normal smile] Here. It should be just right for your height.
- Nina: You made me a yumi?!
- Kiragi: I mean, I’m no expert craftsman or anything, so don’t take it to war.
- Kiragi: But it should be okay for the practice yard.
- Nina: [smile, closed eyes] This is amazing! My gift looks like nothing in comparison!
- Kiragi: [surprised] Wait, you got me a gift?
- Nina: Yeah. Or I guess more like… I made something for both of us.
- Nina: This is meant to be a new era in Hoshido-Nohr cooperation, right?
- Nina: So I figured I should start writing our experiences down. What it’s like training with each other’s bows, things we can learn from each other…
- Nina: That way, maybe after the war our archers can train with each other, even develop new styles.
- Kiragi: [surprised] Whoa, this is incredible!
- Nina: [blush, sweat] I’ve never written non-fiction before, but it turns out I have a lot of experience in describing body moveme- oh!
- Nina: [determined] (There! That’s a bear, right?)
- Kiragi: (Whoa, a big one, too!)
- Kiragi: (Alright, so very slowly get your sights lined up, and…)
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