I'm taking aim! โต
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ArcheryDay6
(hifletcher) (Sorry in advance for how long this is, I felt so bad for poor Fletcher I just had to try and make her feel better!)
Lyra and Dimitri have been really enjoying archery these past few days! The two of them have been so busy scavenging and helping out the others of their den that they rarely have time to just relax together. Spending the past couple of days enjoying the sun, the fun drinks at the drink stand, and delightful beaded crafts has been a perfect getaway for the couple!
Dimitri has enjoyed all the activities equally, but Lyra has taken a VERY big shine to archery! She always runs over as quick as possible, accidentally leaving her poor partner in the dust more then once. On the fourth day, Lyra is just as excited as the days before. She sits on her partners back as they trot over to the archery station, all but vibrating with their glee.
The two take up their stations and listen to the Fletcher's instructions as usual. Lyra is...maybe not as careful as she should be when wielding a bow, but she isn't completely reckless. Arrows are shot, some hit the target, some don't, but neither werm minds.
And then it happens.
Lyra sees the werm take aim before it happens. Before she can even shout at them to stop, they let the arrow fly, sailing through the air and striking true on its target. Flecther's lemonade pitcher.
It shatters into a million pieces, liquid splashing everywhere. Fletcher, devastation in their expression and tears in her eyes, runs off before Lyra can even get a word in. The silence hangs heavy in the air.
Later that day, as both settle into their nest for the night, Lyra can't help but replay the moment over and over. "Oh, it's just not right! Not right at all! How could somewerm be so cruel! It just makes me so, so mad!" She huffs, nestling her face into her partner's side.
"I know...but there isn't much we can do. Even if we did find every last, tiny piece and glued it back together-" she pauses, yawning, before continuing "-it'd never be the same again." Dimitri mutters back, eyes drooping as sleep slowly begins to take hold.
"That's it! Oh that's it! That's it! It doesn't HAVE to be the same! You're a genius, Dimitri, a genius!" Lyra springs up, giving Dimitri a quick nuzzle before zipping off into the night. She runs to the archery range and gathers up some of the pieces of the shattered pitcher and darts over to the now empty crafting station, working up a storm.
For the entire night and part of the next day, she works. She even misses that day's archery to keep working on her project, it has to be perfect after all!
But eventually, she's done.
She sleeps the rest of that day, both because of her all-nighter, but also so she can wake up early. The next day, she wakes up nice and early and heads to the archery range. She can hardly contain her excitement when she sits in front of Fletcher and presents her gift.
A suncatcher made of the broken pieces of the lemonade pitcher.
"Well... If I manage to hit something that certainly means I'm getting better at this archery stuff, right?" Clancy said with a smile.
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