While I would be impressed, I haven't even finished my story. I was the one doing the tiger saving.
[ fufu. ] The Red Kites I mentioned are airships. Small ones, but they float above the festivities, a few hundred li up, where you can see everything. I was up there when the chaos broke out, along with my second in command, my ward, and a few others from the Black Iron Camp.
[ gu yun falls into the ease of storytelling, here, just a little dramatic. a man who has told this story at the battlefront many times, it seems. ]
We were celebrating, but I'm always prepared, so. I happened to be out on the deck with Chang Geng when I heard the noise. I pushed him inside, and took a longbow from the ship's quarters, then went out onto the bow of the ship. I'd already been drinking since sunset, at that point, but even still, I nocked my arrow... [ miming like he's pulling an arrow back and aiming over her shoulder, what a ham ] ...Took aim at the tiger... and fired, right as it tackled down an innocent civilian.
My shot hit it clean through the head and I felled the beast before it could harm the civilian. Then, I took out another arrow, turned the bow, and shot the hat off of the Western spy who threw the gold leaves on purpose.
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[ fufu. ] The Red Kites I mentioned are airships. Small ones, but they float above the festivities, a few hundred li up, where you can see everything. I was up there when the chaos broke out, along with my second in command, my ward, and a few others from the Black Iron Camp.
[ gu yun falls into the ease of storytelling, here, just a little dramatic. a man who has told this story at the battlefront many times, it seems. ]
We were celebrating, but I'm always prepared, so. I happened to be out on the deck with Chang Geng when I heard the noise. I pushed him inside, and took a longbow from the ship's quarters, then went out onto the bow of the ship. I'd already been drinking since sunset, at that point, but even still, I nocked my arrow... [ miming like he's pulling an arrow back and aiming over her shoulder, what a ham ] ...Took aim at the tiger... and fired, right as it tackled down an innocent civilian.
My shot hit it clean through the head and I felled the beast before it could harm the civilian. Then, I took out another arrow, turned the bow, and shot the hat off of the Western spy who threw the gold leaves on purpose.