Archer from Above (Marcus/Byron)

[Marcus]

Marcus rushed towards the small camp he and Byron had made with an excited grin on his face. He had an idea and couldn't wait to share it. "Byron," he said, his excitement clear, "I just had the greatest idea. You're a good archer, and I'm obviously a powerhouse, but what if we combined our skills to fight better. Do you know what I mean?"

[Byron]

Byron looked up from the map as Marcus came running towards him. "You mean like during that last fight when I climbed on you and picked off their archers?" Byron thought for a second. " That did give us a rather good advantage over the opposition. Please explain."

[Marcus]

Marcus excitedly began to explain his plan, "Alright, I've laid some targets out in that field. I was thinking that you could hop on my back and I'll take off. Then, you can try shooting them from my back. Think you're up for it?"

[Byron]

Byron widened his eyes as he thought about it. I t could be a valuable tactic to have on the battle field. "Let's do it. But um... try to fly straight. And start low, I don't want to hurt myself." Byron gets on Marcus with some difficulty, but eventually climbs on and readies the first arrow on his bow. "Let's do this"

[Marcus]

Marcus leaped into the air, then slowed down so Byron could aim properly. Marcus circled the field a couple of times so that he could get a bearing on the field. Then, when he though the archer was ready, Marcus strafed the field, not looking to see their results. Marcus repeated this three more times, then stopped and stayed in the air.

[Byron]

Byron aimed his bow and shot. The arrow went soaring through the air but unfortunately landed far to the right of his target. "Hey, practice makes perfect right?" Byron said as he began to string another arrow on his bow.

[Byron]

As Byron strung his next arrow and began to prepare for the next shot; he thought he would try to do a tricky shot and shoot a low target while lying down. As Byron swiveled from his sitting position to a lying down position he slipped and fell off Marcus. He dropped down at least 100 feet and smacked into water while dropping his bow, luckily not breaking and he found it while trying to stay above water.

[Marcus]

Marcus saw Byron fall, but was too late to catch him. The dragon dived for the ground, landing then transforming. Looking criticizingly out at Byron, Marcus said, "Let's save the more complicated maneuvers for later. I don't want you dieing on me this early. Now get yourself on dry land. I would help you out, but we dragons don't do so well in water."

[Byron]

"Alright sounds like a plan. I just got caught in the moment is all." Byron said as he climbed out of the water. "Man is flying always that fun?" Byron said as he checked if his quiver was okay, and If each individual arrow was in tact.

[Marcus]

"Yeah, usually," Marcus said, stretching his wings. "Alright, let's do this again," Marcus said, turning back into a dragon. Byron hopped on and Marcus took off into the air, increasing his speed a bit. Marcus strafed the targets again, hoping Byron would hit something.

[Byron]

Byron thinked back to when he hit 2 bandits with 2 arrows. It's the same thing here basically except we're really high up and going really fast. Byron decided he would try it as he hopped on Marcus and he took off. Byron aimed for the first and closest target with two arrows strung. He let them fly and the first one missed just barely while the second hit just outside of the bull's eye. "Yes! A hit!" Byron said throwing his arms up in the air almost falling off again but catching himself this time.

[Byron]

Byron pulled another arrow out of his quiver and strung it on the bow. Last time Byron had not made wind a factor, especially now that they're moving. Byron Aimed more to the left of the target, and let go. Bull Eye! It was either the luckiest shot he's ever taken, or he was getting better. "Let's try going a little higher and a little faster." Byron said to Marcus as he made sure to hold on.