08-23-2017, 08:34 PM
After a moment's hesitation, Shad shuffled over to the walls of the pass and postured to lift Ellie above them - a sound idea, though a big risk for Ellie being so exposed. In the darkness, however, the risk was somewhat more bearable. Ellie took a step closer to Shad with a smirk, scanning the pass for movement one last time.
"You take the high road, I'll take the low road. And don't use me for target practice. How's that sound?"
"I can do my best!" Ellie joked, clapping one hand down on Shad's shoulder and stepping into his cupped hands. As he boosted her up, she fumbled about looking for a strong handhold before hoisting herself to the ledge. She turned and cast an eye in Shad's direction, nodding ever so slightly as she did. "Don't be a hero, Shad."
With that, she set off ahead of Shad, peering back and forth from the cliffs that surrounded them and down into the pass. It was oddly silent for a mountainside rife with bandit activity... Ellie tried to shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen, but it did nothing to ease her worries.
Minutes passed as the duo proceeded through the pass, nothing but darkness and dust to stand in their way. The pass began to open wider as it rounded a bend, crates piled haphazardly on either side against the walls; some crates lay smashed to pieces or with it's contents strewn across the ground. Ellie stepped closer to the edge and peered down, where she noticed a single bandit sitting on the makeshift steps leading up the path - a hatchet in one hand and a bottle of what Ellie could only assume was wine in the other.
Some guard...
Ellie drew an arrow from her quiver and nocked it against her bowstring, turning away from the ledge and shifting back towards the narrower pass, taking aim just a few feet ahead of Shad. She drew hard and loosed a shot across his path, splintering the arrow against the cliff walls. They locked eyes a moment before Ellie drew a second arrow and retreated to the ledge once more, this time looking towards the bandit on guard, completely oblivious. Nocking her second arrow, she drew hard and aimed at her target; with one final glance back, she saw noticed Shad rounding the corner and stepping up to the crate columns.
With no further hesitation, she trained her eyes on the bottle in the guard's hand, and let her arrow fly.
"You take the high road, I'll take the low road. And don't use me for target practice. How's that sound?"
"I can do my best!" Ellie joked, clapping one hand down on Shad's shoulder and stepping into his cupped hands. As he boosted her up, she fumbled about looking for a strong handhold before hoisting herself to the ledge. She turned and cast an eye in Shad's direction, nodding ever so slightly as she did. "Don't be a hero, Shad."
With that, she set off ahead of Shad, peering back and forth from the cliffs that surrounded them and down into the pass. It was oddly silent for a mountainside rife with bandit activity... Ellie tried to shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen, but it did nothing to ease her worries.
Minutes passed as the duo proceeded through the pass, nothing but darkness and dust to stand in their way. The pass began to open wider as it rounded a bend, crates piled haphazardly on either side against the walls; some crates lay smashed to pieces or with it's contents strewn across the ground. Ellie stepped closer to the edge and peered down, where she noticed a single bandit sitting on the makeshift steps leading up the path - a hatchet in one hand and a bottle of what Ellie could only assume was wine in the other.
Some guard...
Ellie drew an arrow from her quiver and nocked it against her bowstring, turning away from the ledge and shifting back towards the narrower pass, taking aim just a few feet ahead of Shad. She drew hard and loosed a shot across his path, splintering the arrow against the cliff walls. They locked eyes a moment before Ellie drew a second arrow and retreated to the ledge once more, this time looking towards the bandit on guard, completely oblivious. Nocking her second arrow, she drew hard and aimed at her target; with one final glance back, she saw noticed Shad rounding the corner and stepping up to the crate columns.
With no further hesitation, she trained her eyes on the bottle in the guard's hand, and let her arrow fly.
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