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Topic Started: May 27 2012, 08:46 PM (1,244 Views)
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Legacy pulled an arrow out if the quiver with her mouth and tried putting it on that way. It was differen, but it was at least out of the quiver without dropping to the groun. She looked to her teach, hopping he wasn't annoyed with how slowshe was going.
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Steel's gray eyes glanced over at Legacy, before he shrugged with his wings. "Hey, whatever works for you, Kid; this is only training after all." The pegasus then proceeded to pull out another arrow and thread it for his next shot. "Now that you've got it in, just pull back as far as you can while keeping the bow steady; being an earth pony should help with that." He did so as he explained, his own draw being rather long thanks to how long he'd been doing this and how strong he actually was. "And then, release."

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THWACK!


Another bulls-eye for the archer. He smirked before turning to Legacy and nodding at her as he dopped back to all fours. "Okay, I've shot enough arrows for the moment; time for you to take a turn."
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"How?" She was unaware how being an earth pony would help with any thing related to firing arrows. Steady… She didn't know. Until recently the height of excitement had been… Not very exciting. Not very coordinated either. Legacy paused for a moment, looking at the target. So much had happened since that day on the beach. Her life had changed, and she'd gotten her cutie mark.

Turned from the scholarly path her parents would wish of her, to the life of… This. Amazing. So different. "What's being an earth pony got to do with arrows?" She asked, her focus snapping back. "Sorry, I was just thinking." Legacy pulled at the string, just working at pulling the string and crest of the bow alone. Just going at it slowly so that she could go faster.
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Steel Wing smirked, he always loved breaking this bit of information to the unicorns that had a lot of misconceptions about archery and what it required of a pony. "Despite the stereotype of it being a weapon class of weaklings that are about on the same level as mages strength-wise." He muttered a quick 'no offense' to Blackflame following that. "A bow actually requires a significant amount of strength to use; jut not in the traditional 'I can bench my weight and then some' sense."

He held up his bow again to indicate it. "Take my long bow here; it's got a draw strength of about... oh, 130 pounds. There are some that require even more force, but I'm sticking with this one; the point is that, as an earth pony, you're naturally stronger than the rest of us. So you should have an easier time with the draw. And it'll really improve your back and shoulder muscles over time; this has done wonders for my flight speed."
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Legacy's brow arched in curiosity at what Steel Wing had said about Mages and arrows begin weak. Arrows were lethal, and mages, while they could be pretty slow, were fieresome too. But that was just her thought. She wasn't very knowledgeable in the stereotypes of the military, just a simple pony form Ponyville. And even whit hat, she had lived in her own little world, blocking out the words of others. Not caring for the word.

She took the bow, expecting it to be 130 pounds heavy, but was pleasantly surprised when it wasn't, though she did over compensate and fumble with it when she was handled it. "You really think I can draw such a thing?" The mare asked. She was pretty sure she hadn't done such a thing ever before. Just chores around the house, and that was nowhere near close to the same. "Should I even start with such a thing? I can't even keep the arrow on the string, and that's when the draw thing ISN'T hard."
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"Well, for starters, I'm not going to start you out on something with THAT amount of draw strength. What you've got right there is closer to fifty pounds, sixty-five at most. I started the same as you; probably a bit worse off too really. I just have earth pony blood in me, you've got the whole package. Like I said, this is just to get a feel for what you can do right now. Once we've got that down, we'll worry about finding the proper fit for you. On top of that, as you get more and more use out of the bow, you'll build up strength, like I said. I have every confidence that you'll be getting stronger as time goes on. Before too long, 100 pounds or more will feel like nothing."

He waved his hoof. "But don't worry about that right now. Just take your shot and we'll go from there."
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"So wait- you want me not to pull the string, or to just look at it?" She glanced at the bow that she had more or less pulled back with ease, it starting to look more daunting despite her already having pulled it. More on the less side actually- she could draw it, but keeping it drawn while having an arrow on there was doubly hard. Just drawing the string- that she could do. It was the arrow that was difficult. "Hard to pull an arrow and a bow at the same time, I can't make a shot yet."

Legacy felt completely incompetent. But she was here to learn, so she wouldn't get frustrated. She had only been here for a few minutes after all, it would be worth it.
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There was no denying that there was frustration going on over in his mind, he'd have to have the patience of a saint to not be frustrated right now. However, Steel Wing was a teacher in this instance, he had been for quite a while now, so he could deal with the frustration that came from a problem student. Really, Legacy was far from the worst pony that he'd had to train; there were entire units of ponies that had only gotten into the guard thanks to their parents' connections, and he'd had to train them in the bow all the same.

At least Legacy seemed to want to learn, more than he could say for a lot of ponies he'd taught.

"This is why I showed you the trick with sliding from the arrow to the bowstring, and I still recommend you practice that in addition to the two-legged stance, but- again- that's later. For right now, I want you to grab the bowstring right where the arrow meets it with your wrist. This is why I'm starting you with a small bow like that one, so it's easier to keep your grip. Give that a try; I really can't have you using it any other way. It's bad for the bow."
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And he just had to say that… Didn't he? Just as he said that an idea occurred to Legacy. She didn't act on it of course. She'd have to get her own bow and see if it would work when she wasn't in practice. It hadn't even occurred to her to try it any other way. "If my hoof is where the arrow is supposed to be, how would it get on the string?" Legacy asked, confused.

She was thinking he meant just below where the arrow would be- so that the arrow would rest on top or some such. She did what she thought he'd asked, and managed to put an arrow on the hoof. And... When Legacy released it she some how had the arrow land behind her. She bit her lip, not meeting her instructor's eyes.
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It was almost enough to make most ponies give up and declare Legacy to be a lost cause. However, those were also the ponies whose interest in seeing a pony succeed was directly proportional to their paycheck. Steel Wing thanked his lucky stars that he was not one of those ponies; he was there to help everypony succeed, even if that meant he had to work his flank off to do that.

Legacy was a difficult case, there was no denying that, but she cared enough about what she was trying to do to be embarrassed that she was doing it wrong. That alone meant that she was better than so many of his 'students', so he would put up with the mare's inability to understand what he was showing her for a while longer.

He slipped his bow back into its holder now, then pulled another arrow out of his quiver. Realistically, they were usually of similar length and would work for what he was trying to do right now. The monochrome pegasus walked over to his pupil and reared back up onto his hind legs, then held the arrow gently against the bowstring. "Grab right here," he indicated the exact spot with his hoof, "right where the arrow and the string meet, make sure you grab both at the same time. Then, pull back and let go when you're ready to loose the arrow."
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"Tell me, is this bow special to you?" Legacy asked curiously, slowly doing exactly as he had done, putting her hoof in the same place. It was hard keeping the arrow and the string together in the same place. But she wanted to do well. She didn't want to run out her teacher's patience.

Legacy made sure she got it right this time before shooting. It wasn't a good shot that she made, not even close to the target. But at least it was there. She glanced at Steel Wing, hopeful that she had done well. The guard had been her first choice because of their skill. She wanted at least a little of that, and from what she had seen, Steel Wing was the best.
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"This bow," he tapped it with a hoof, still standing on his hind legs despite the impossibility of such a thing, "is just a training bow. It's for new recruits to use and abuse until they can learn proper use and care of a bow, it's actually got a durability enchantment on it specifically for that purpose. I know I told I it was bad for the bow to use your mouth to pull back, it won't really affect this bow too much, but I still don't want you to do it. You do something too long, and it becomes a habit; on a normal bow, using your teeth to pull back will lead to the bowstring getting wet and fraying, no matter how careful you are. Not to mention, teeth are sharp; use them too much and the string might just rip, not something you want happening when you need a bow around."

Steel then pulled out another arrow and slid it into place. "Again, let see if we can get you a little closer to the target with a little practice."
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Legacy badly want to experiment with different postures other than the norm that every pony else was doing, but just nodded at her teacher. She'd do it later with her own bow. Without using her mouth, taking that in note. She knocked another arrow into the string and let it fly. She shot a good many more, doing alright for her first time ever holding a bow. Legacy wasn't anything extraordinary like her mentor, though she did hope to be even half as good. Even that much would be amazing.

She hoped she could do it, she had come here for that purpose.
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