nottrivial | The Shooting Range, Thursday Morning

Because Alec was officially the most welcoming of all fake siblings ever, suck it Natalie Adams, no sooner had he met his new little sibling Kate yesterday than they had made plans to go to the shooting range today. And because Fandom had no shortage of ~~professional arms models~~ archers, they even had a judge lined up to oversee the proceedings. In the epic battle of recurve versus longbow, only the world's best archer could be the judge.

Because Clint definitely didn't have anything better to do on the week of his birthday than watch two teenagers shoot stuff, right?

So Alec and his recurve bow and Kate and her ~~arms~~ longbow made their way to the range, where Alec promptly swung his arms awkwardly and looked around. "So... how should we do this?"

[[up crazy early because so am I, la la la. for the archers, but open!]]

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From:

whenshewasnice

Natalie wasn't going to suck anything of yours, Alec, thank you very much. She was wandering down here this morning, though, because she was due for a bow of her own, and wanted to check out the range.

She was surprised to see people here. Things looked like they could even get interesting, so she stayed.

From:

nottrivial

Alec managed to keep his scowling at seeing Natalie in 'his territory' fairly minimal, as he was aware that this was a public place and being scowly was irrational and childish. Still, that didn't stop him asking the condescending question, "Are you waiting for someone?"

Because she had no bow, see, and he refused to believe that she knew how to use one. Real nice, Alec.

From:

whenshewasnice

Natalie's spiteful side (a little more prominent these days, with allher stress) made her want to offer to text Jace to get him here. But she didn't go with that.

"No," she said, looking utterly unaffected by his unnecessary condescension. "I'm just looking around."

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nottrivial

Alec gestured. "Lanes. Bows. Equipment. It's not that complex."

Alec was the nicest guy ever.

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whenshewasnice

Yeah, Natalie's blank look completely agreed. "Is there something you're afraid of right now, Alec?"

Because she felt like he was trying to shoo her away. Passive-aggressively.

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nottrivial

That got an eyebrow-raise out of him, even though yep, Natalie was spot-on right there. "Should there be?"

Well, you know. Losing to a mundie in front of his mortal enemy, etc.

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whenshewasnice

"You're acting like there is," Natalie replied impassively, glancing around. "What is it that you're actually doing here?"

You know, right now.

From:

nottrivial

"My school-assigned sibling and I were going to practice our archery."

You know, at the same time. With different types of bows. While a professional archer judged them.

That was totally normal.

From:

whenshewasnice

"Right," Natalie said.

Please excuse the way she was reaching into her pocket for her phone right now.

From:

nottrivial

"...What?"

No, he actually was ignoring the phone. His attention was mostly on that 'Right.'

Edited Date: 2013-01-10 07:30 pm (UTC)

From:

whenshewasnice

"What?" Natalie asked right back at him, while glancing down at her phone because she couldn't quite find the new text bit blindly.

From:

nottrivial

"You said 'Right.'"

And Natalie was a master at that dry sarcasm thing that Alec never seemed to quite get the hang of when other people did it, so...

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hawkeye-too.livejournal.com

Of course things would get interesting. The bows were coming out!

Kate nodded to the other girl. "Hey. Were you going to shoot too?" Okay, so she doubted it given the tension between Alec & her, but you never knew. It could be sexy tension. (Okay, no, it probably was not)

From:

whenshewasnice

It was most definitely not sexy tension. But there were a few people who would have paid to hear that implied out loud, for the great hilarity of it!

"No," she said. "My bow's yet to be purchased. I'm just here to see how the range is."

From:

hawkeye-too.livejournal.com

She'd see what she could do. Really!

"It's a whole lot better equipped than I'd have expected a school range to be," she said. And her old school made Kate familiar with well-equipped. "What kind of bow are you looking at?"

From:

whenshewasnice

"I don't know yet," Natalie had to admit, although it was as mild as all her other output. "Clint's supposed to pick for me. I think his exact words were 'an awesome one'."

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hawkeye-too.livejournal.com

"You can't go wrong there," Kate replied. No, seriously, it was weird everyone talking about Hawkeye like that. "He'd be the one to ask."

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whenshewasnice

"So I've gathered." She'd even asked him to take someone down for her, once! Of course, that had actually been in alternate universe. But still. "I'm Natalie, by the way."

Because she was nicer when she wasn't talking to Alec.

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hawkeye-too.livejournal.com

"Kate," she said. "New kid, obviously." Someone who hated to say that that much shouldn't have randomly changed schools. "Alec thinks his recurve bow is anyway comparable to a longbow so I had to come prove him wrong."

That was by way of explanation for this whole range thing today, yes.

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whenshewasnice

Natalie had figured as much. Alec didn't seem to have a highly competitive streak to her (except perhaps for the attention of certain tawny-eyed people), but it seemed to be a Shadowhunter thing to have your fair share of pride in your abilities.

"So, why is a longbow better?"

Hey, she was always open to learning.

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hawkeye-too.livejournal.com

"If you're good enough to overcome the efficiency issue, they're more powerful & way more flexible," Kate said. Also the form was more forgiving when superheroics were needed - which was a bonus.

...also when someone gives you the bow of a dead superhero, you learn to love that bow best of all.

From:

whenshewasnice

That would do it! "I'll keep that in mind," Natalie nodded. "Doesn't really sound like a beginner's thing, though."

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hawkeye-too.livejournal.com

"Depends on how much frustration you like with your practice," Kate said. "Hopefully you don't hate yourself that much."

From:

whenshewasnice

"It's more of a hobby, so, no. Probably a little too much frustration for me." Even though she dealt with a fair bit of frustration in her daily life as it was, currently. "It's enough just to practice the basics."