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- Asha Amara - 01-19-2010 [html] Here is the reference for the cross-bow she finds. This is just about several feet away from the actual borders the Inferni has made in The Dampwoods.
722 [/html] - Cassius Arphralos - 01-19-2010 [html] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
With the winter months in full swing, Cassius had actually begun to like his little "fresh air" trips outside the house. The snow was a big enjoyment to him, he loved playing with it. He liked to pick it up and throw it at trees or other coyotes (while hiding behind rocks of course), and making snow forts and all the thing the little children do. he never had this much fun back home, unless they played in the swamps in the summer, hosting large games of tag and manhunt. But what escaped his mind was that he was a child back then. He was two years older physically, and not a day older mentally. He never grew up in his own mind. He still acted like a one year old. of course no one said anything of this, so Cassius never minded it.
Another adventure out in the winter was planned for today on Cass' calendar. He knew he had to get back to work on the traps for the war, but he liked breaks every once in a while. Leaving the house's walls, he went out into the forest behind the mansion, picking up and throwing chunks of snow along the way. Strolling through the woods, he got so far until he stopped in front of some sticks. It took him a while to notice the wolf skulls stuck atop them. He jumped back, not expecting something that brutal of Inferni. He knew these guys were bonkers, but he had no clue they were this homicidal. He knew though, considering the coyotes' reputation for hating wolves, that this should have been expected anyway.
Not crossing the borders of the mounted skulls, he walked alongside the Inferni borders, skipping rocks and throwing snowballs again. However, again he noticed something. It was a horse, a brown one not to flashy, standing out in the middle of nowhere. Taking a closer look, he noticed a hawk, and... a wolf! The wolf didn't seem to try to walk nearby, and must know of the borders. Smart, he thought, as he traveled further along the borders to get a better look.
He squinted to see the wolf better, but it wasn't much. All he could tell was the colors and the fact that it was holding something. Holding what was the question. Against better judgment, the hybrid decided to yell out to the wolf, since he had no intention of crossing the borders. "'Ey! You right there! What d'ya got over there?"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Asha Amara - 01-20-2010 [html] You're probably more right than I am. I usually can't distinguish all the fancy names from one another like my boyfriend can, haha.
536 [/html] - Cassius Arphralos - 01-25-2010 [html] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When he shouted at the wolf, the other responded with a feminine voice, revealing that the wolf was female. It made no difference to Cassius, while the female held up a peculiar looking device. The hybrid was instantly interested, and he cocked his head to the side. The contraption looked familiar. His mind was thrown aside for a quick second as he chuckled at the wolf's response. Nothing seemed high tech to him and he casually responded, "Lemme take a quick gander at that 'high tech device' ya got right there." he reached out to the object she held out to him.
"Oh yeah," he muttered, tossing the broken bow in his hands and observing it. It looked extremely familiar, although he didn't see something exactly the same. "I reckon we've gots a compound bow 'er somethin' right here. I ain't seen one o' these in person a'fore, but I seen one in a book an' stuff." the female briefly mentioned a few missing parts, but Cassius had a remedy for that. He pointed over to where she was previously. "Go'ver there an' lookit wherevers ya found this thing'r. I'm sure them missin' parts are 'round there somewheres."
He studied the contraption further, muttering to himself exactly what parts were missing. He looked at the female, showing her exactly what to look for. "You see, the cam's missin' right here," he noted pointing to the space where it looked like a wheel would be missing, "It looks like a misshapen wheel, and the obvious, the string's been torn 'part, but I'm sure you could find some extras somewheres. If anythin' this here's an easy fix," Cass concluded, smiling to the female.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Asha Amara - 01-25-2010 [html] Nonsense, it wasn't a wait at all.
462 [/html] - Cassius Arphralos - 01-27-2010 [html] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As the wolf went back over to her previous spot on the other side of the borders, Cassius studied the bow more closely. It was quite old, chipped in most places and rotted of age. The string was no worry, but any snapped or shattered pieces might prove more of a challenge for the mechanic. He picked at some dirt and mud in one of the many cracks in the main body of the contraption. It was fascinating to him, for sure, but it wasn't extraordinary. He'd seen even more complex objects, much like engines whether of a car or boat. He took a boat up here albeit a very slow one, hence the amount of time it took for him to travel the whole way. He got it to work by himself, using his tools and some mechanic's books. It seemed like a feat to almost everyone, but to him it was a like a simple task like walking.
When the female came back with a wheel-like object, he knew she had found the right piece. However, it was broken and chipped like the bow itself. He cleared his throat to speak. "Well, although it is broken, he started, picking up the part from the female's hand, juggling it in his own, "It can be fixed. It's nothin' a little glue can't fix up." He dug into his right flannel pocket, taking out a small vial with capped nozzle. On the faded label it read: "SOOPER-GLU", with intentionally misspelled words. Cassius had found the vial (along with a box full of others) in an empty store in New Orleans with a broken sign that read "Hm Dpot" above the transparent door (the name unknown to him was "plexiglas door"), which were shattered most likely due to other scavengers.
Cassius proceeded to pop the top off the vial and carefully squeeze out a semi-opaque liquid onto the gear, spreading it over the areas where the pieces fit. He then pressed the pieces together with a strong force, scarping the leftover glue from the sides. He looked at the wolf, with the gear still in hand. "I -uh- I'm gonna need to keep it like this fer a few minutes. D'you mind if we go back to the mansion? It's not far, and I can clean this here bow up while this dries," he said politely, pointing in the direction of the D'Neville Mansion. "You won't get in any troubles if yer w'me." He closed the glue clumsily, with his one free hand, and placed it neatly back in the pocket. "Yer horse an' birdie can come too. We got stables fer the horse an' stuff so they'll be safe." He turned away, but quickly turned back to the wolf. "M'name's Cassius, by the way. Or Cass fer short," he added with a chuckle.
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After he applied the proper materials to fix the gear and in all the bow itself, the female asked him about the glue. she thought it was some kind of tree sap that magically made things stick together. He chuckled at this question, although he didn't mean to sound like she should have known what it was. "Naw, it ain't. It's called..." he paused, briefly fumbling over the word that they used for it. He never could quite get it right. "symmetric? Nah- synthetic, thasit, synthetic." He nodded, still holding the gear in place with his hand. He studied the bow a little more, carefully remembering every detail about the structure and thinking about making one himself at a later time. That would have to wait. "It was pro'l'ly made in a lab or factory or somethin'."
She thanked him for helping her with the bow as they walked towards the mansion, saying she would have left the bow behind as scrap if he wasn't there. Cassius resisted the urge to tell her that would make her stupid, but held back because he knew that she probably didn't see it his way. "No problem o'course! I pro'l'ly would'a found it if you hadn't anyway." He looked back at the bow in slight admiration and hidden jealousy. He thought it was an especially interesting contraption. The wolf in literally a snap had called her horse and bird over, Aidan and Jaya respectively.
Her name was Asha Amara, an intriguing name indeed. He had a unique name as well though, so he didn't really have much to say about the fact. "I'm sure he won't be fussin' too much, one of the other residents s'got a horse too. Name's Macshine 'er somethin' German. He's an oddball, but at least yer horsey won' be 'lone," he added, reaching out to pet the horse, but hesitated and pulled his hand away. He wasn't especially good with horses. as they arrived at the house, he rounded to the back, showing Asha the stable. Righ' here miss, I'm sure he'll be jus' dandy. It won' take much longer fer the glue to be dryin'.
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Strolling with him now to their destination to the mansion, Asha had all to do but keep her eyes off the compound bow device. It looked very strange, and she tried with all sections of her psyche to make sense of each gadget that had still been connected upon it. Stating that the Coyote would have found it if she had left it for scrap metal to be snowed upon, there was a simple nod that canted her russet red muzzle to this. It made her burst even more inside with the prospect of finding it before anyone else had happened to come along and fetch it, for she knew the compound bow would bring about many interest, question, and fascination to the tribe back in her lands.
The young warrior had continued to walk along in silence, simply listening to what Cass had to say about Aidan finding a temporary stop by the mansion. As Cass attempted to reach out to perhaps pet the muzzle of the equine, Aidan let out a harsh snort and a whinny, jerking his head back. Asha’s eyes narrowed upon the steed as if to silently tell him to behave, but Aidan’s attitude was certainly all his own, and often uncontrollable. " “Sorry ‘bout that. It takes him a minute to get used to new company. Thank you for the offering, though. I’m sure we won’t be long at all.” It was said mainly in reassurance to know how antsy Aidan got when he was left alone, especially in a foreign environment. Once reaching their destination, Cass diverted them to the designated area to leave Aidan. Tying him up with the rope that was tied up neatly on his reign, Asha gave a pat on his nose as Aidan stomped a hoof in protest, as she walked back to Cass. Jaya above had decided to stay with Aidan, in which he had landed upon the steed’s back to pace up and down. Returning to Cass, she acknowledged the glue drying. " “Great! Do you think we would be able to test it out after it has dryed? And, nice dreary mansion going on.” Asha commted, adverting her gaze to the adobe before her. - Cassius Arphralos - 02-17-2010 [html] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When the horse retorted in a harsh snort, Cassius stumbled back, almost falling right on his butt, but he regained his balance. Asha promptly apologized about Aidan's behavoir, but the coyote didn't mind. "Oh, that's jus' nothin' there miss," he replied, standing back up. "I never been so good with them horses. Kinda ironic fer a Southerner," Cass chuckled, although he wasn't sure if Asha got the joke. He brushed himself off, although he never touched the ground, and he continued on to the garage. "Oh yeah, I think that's possible," he assured, knowing he would want to test it out as well. "Yeah, well if I had designed it I would've made it a little cheerier. C'mon, it's right over here," he pointed to the garage's side entrance.
He led her over, opening the rickety door to the room full of miscellaneous broken down cars. He walked past the cars and pointed out a ladder poking from the ceiling. "This is where I've been livin'." He jumped up, grabbing the ladder and pulling it down so they could climb up. Poking the hatch, Cass peeked inside, seeing everything just as he left it. He pulled himself up, turning on the kerosene lamp that hung from the slanted ceiling. "Welcome to my little niche," he said to Asha.
The hybrid then promptly reached for a clamp, and placed it around the gear he held onto for so long. Having it clamped tightly together, he let go of the gear, shaking his hand from the sudden release of pressure. That should hold it fer a whiles. Now, he reached for the bow. "I can make some adjustments t'this here bow now. You don't happen t'have some extra string on ya, right?
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