"Are you DONE yet?!", Veri said impatiently. It was getting dark, and if she wanted to go hunting (With Blaise), she would have to go soon. "Almost.", he said, trying to contain his temper for once. Seirye had gotten antagonized too, and turned to her. "It's not a good thing to make those doing you favors angry.", she warned, her yellow eyes glowing. Veri looked down. "There, it's done. What do you think?", Farkas asked. He had changed the dress a little, making it much prettier. Off the shoulder, puffed out around the waistline, and it fit. Too pretty to go hunting in. So much for that idea.
"It's lovely, dear.", Seirye assured him. "Pretty.", Veri agreed. Blaise had come inside. He was a Nord, and yet, he had such thin skin. He got cold easily. "You look nice.", Blaise said bluntly. Veri crossed her arms over her body, and looked down. Seirye looked from her son to her... 'sister' I guess, frantically searching for something to say. "Veri, could you go hunting with Blaise? I'm pretty sure the Sanctuary is out of meat, and I know that we are. Plus, Blaise really needs the exercise. I only know three people who are as skinny as him, and they're elves."
"I'd love to, but as you can see, this is gown is a bit too dressy to hunt in." "Just because my work is pretty, doesn't mean it isn't durable. Sewing is a lot different smithing; It's a lot easier to make something nice that won't get torn up.", Farkas groused. "I don't know...", Veri said picking up the sides of the dress. "I can let you borrow some leather armor. That'll work for hunting.", Seirye told her, handing Orsola to Farkas. She led Veri to her room, and rummaged through a chest. She pulled some old armor up and handed it to Veri. "Here. Now, go hunting.", Seirye said, and winked. Veri blushed.
(Skipping forward)
Veri leaned from the branches of a tree, her bow drawn and her arrow in place. Blaise sat on the tree branch next to her, holding his mothers new bow. Veri was poised, and ready to strike when and if something caught her eye, but Blaise wasn't ready. "We've been here for an hour. Are we going to catch anything?", he complained. "Not if you talk that loud.", she whispered, her eyes still on the floor of the woods. They sat in the tree for a few more minutes, when something moved. Her eyes snapped over to where she saw the movement, and widened.
A small herd of deer, three does, a buck, and a fawn, were walking over the fallen leaves and sticks. She motioned toward the deer. and drew her bow back. Blaise did the same. "I'll go after the buck. One good shot to the front, and he'll a meal that'll last us weeks!", she thought. Blaise was not as ambitious. He steadied his aim on a doe. Veri waited for him to move closer. Slowly but surely, the herd inched its way over to the tree they hid in. She pulled the bow back a little more, checked her aim, and held it until her arm ached. She nodded to Blaise.
They let go of the bowstring almost in unison, too fast for the buck and doe to realize. Directly hitting her in the back, managing to hit her spine, Blaise had immobilized the doe. Veri wasn't as lucky. She had hit the buck in the skull, but the arrow hadn't gone in deep enough to kill him. She climbed down the tree, as the remaining doe and the fawn bolted away in terror. The buck was dazed, but after a few seconds, regained control, and charged at Veri. The raging buck was too blinded by pain and anger to make out Veri directly.
The buck ran by her, missing, and she grabbed the stem of his antlers. He was going fast, and being jerked back by something planted in his head made him come crashing hard to the ground. Before her could get back up and try to gore her, she quickly knelt by its head, and pushed the arrow in further, hard. The buck spasmed, bled, and became still a minute later. It was not a painless, or short, death. Blaise had finished off his doe, and dragged her over. "Wow.", he said. "You took down that beast?"
"It's not that big a buck. I've seen much bigger.", Veri replied nonchalantly. She looked around. "How are we going to drag these back?"
(Skipping Forward)
Veri lugged the deer down the stairs of the brotherhood by the horns. Gabrielle helped her gut it and clean it. They had a bit of a feast that night. "Good job, Veri.", Arnbjorn growled through a mouth full of meat. "I agree. Taking down such a stag must've shows excellent skill. You've been training harder.", Astrid told her. Veri took a swig of ale. "Thanks you." "Thanks you?", Astrid said suprised. The world started to spin and she felt like she was going to fall asleep. "Are you alright? You don't look so well!", Gabriella stood up. "I'm fbine.", Veri burbled out, and passed out.
