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[ when the feed comes up, it catches what sounds like a laugh already in progress, and the bottom half of a face. as it comes into view, someone seems to be righting the camera, before allison eventually turns her attention away from whatever she'd be grinning to off-screen and looks towards the camera. she opens her mouth to talk, but before she can get the words out another voice comes from off the screen. ]

Dude, have you ever seen Monty Python? Killer bunnies with big nasty fangs [ what you can’t see is stiles attempting to make bunny fangs with his teeth, but you can definitely hear his “arrghhrarrgh” in what is clearly a killer bunny noise. ]

[ allison's eyes follow the voice, laughing again. ] You're kidding me, right? You want to put the Easter bunny in this? [ another shake of her head and then she more pointedly looks back to the screen. ] Sorry, someone is-

--Very prepared and always right. [ he at least sounds a little cheeky. it’s a joke. really. sort of. ] And it’s not the Easter bunny!

Yeah okay. Anyway, for those of you we don't know, I'm Allison. Stiles here- [ eyes motioning off the screen and then they're back. ] and I are trying to put together a book. A beastiary, if you know what those are, of as many creatures - supernatural or not - that could potentially show up here.

And that totally includes the people of Wonderland who go bump in the night, I’m just sayin. What’s kosher for my creature of the night may not be kosher for yours.

[ she continues like she didn't hear him. ] If you don't already know, Wonderland likes to throw events at us from the worlds of people here. Sometimes they're fine, sometimes they're not, and-

-And sometimes they end in blood and gore! We haven’t had one of those in a while, I wonder--

Stiles, you can talk later! Let me finish! [ she laughing, though, so it's pretty obvious that stiles' interruptions aren't really bothering her. ] Sometimes they can be really dangerous, and in order to help everyone protect themselves, we figured collecting the information would help. Just to get it out there for people to know if they want to know, and if they don't, that's fine too.

Help a brother out, basically. [ a beat, and stiles pokes into the screen from an awkward angle, all button nose and spotted cheeks before he grins and jerks his head in allison’s direction. ] Or a sister. [ and then disappears from the feed again. ]

[ allison takes her hand back - having shoved stiles out of the frame in the first place - and resets the camera. ] We’ve done this before, so we have a good list started from a few worlds, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned is that even if the lore is in different worlds, a lot of the time the details aren’t the same. For example, take-

--Aaaany form of the supernatural! At all. Anywhere. Oookay, that’s the end of that, no more of that feed. [ #smooth ] Bye!

What? No, Stiles- [ the device is then forcefully plucked from allison’s hands, muffled sounds of a struggle, and then it shuts off. ]

[ ooc both stiles and allison are open for replies! ]

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Sure! Sounds like fun. [Sorry guys, the Bestiary has completely slipped Frank's mind right now.]

When's a good time?

[ it hasn't slipped her mind, necessarily, but she's definitely more excited about this than researching. ]

I need to finish up here, but I can meet you outside in half an hour?

I'll be there! And bring my bow and arrows with me. [Maybe some of his trick arrows, she sounds like the kind of people who would appreciate what he's done with them.]

See you there then?

And I'll do the same. What are you- long-bow or recurve?

[ sorry, frank. she's been taking lessons from hawkeye, so the types of bows are getting drilled into her. ]

And yeah! I'll see you there.

Recurve. [He says with a grin before waving and hanging up. He doesn't seem to mind the question, if anything he seems glad someone knows enough to ask that particular question.

And he'll already by waiting for her, tensing his bow as he looks around- like he always does when he's nervous.]

[ allison just nods at his answer and ends the feed, finishing up and letting stiles know where she's going before heading out herself, grabbing her bow when she runs by her room and heading on outside.

she waves when she sees frank a little further away, her long-bow hung over her shoulder. she might have been training with a recurve lately, but old habits die hard. ]

Hey, sorry. That took longer than I thought it would.

[He grins when he sees her, an 'it's ok' movement with his hand.]

Don't worry, just got here myself. And you guys looked really busy with the bestiary thing, hope this wasn't an interruption.

No! Honestly, I'm happy for the break.

[ she says with a smile, pulling her bow and quiver off her shoulder and setting them down. ]

It's been a while since I've got to just go and shoot, so I'm kind of excited.

Yeah, I know how that feels. And it’s always nicer to do it with someone who appreciates it anyway, isn’t it? Though I admit I’m slightly out of practice so I might be a little rusty.

[As rusty as he can get with weapons, anyway.]

It does! And I've got a couple of friends here in Wonderland that shoot from time to time, but getting them down here is always hard.

[ she's just gonna start gearing up, if that's alright. ]

I'm guessing you do it at home?

[Frank looks... kinda unprepared to a cynical, expert eye. Just his bow, and some arrows on his backpack.]

I do, it's my main weapon. I used a spear for a while but it didn't stick. Back at camp everyone kind of looks down on people who use bows because they are bigger on close range weapons, but I'm proving them wrong.

[ allison knows enough about the people here and about archery itself to even begin to question it. for now, she just knows what she needs to do, and that's got a lot of pieces she still needs to put together.

she snorts a little at the comment about close range weapons. ]

My dad was the same way. I can shoot guns and use knives and I do like my daggers, but there's something about shooting that's just more... I don't know. Right. [ she stands, only needing to slide another piece or two in place. ]

[He gives her a grin, glad there’s someone who gets it. It’s probably a side effect of his father’s influence, and he might eventually get just as good with any weapon he actually took seriously… but archery has still always felt like… his thing? In a way.]

What’s your draw? Mine is the Mediterranean.

Me? I guess it depends on the bow. [ she rolls her shoulders, eases relaxes a bit to get ready, before giving him another smile. ]

My go to is pinch, though. Pinch or Mediterranean.

[ it's actually kind of exciting to be able to talk about this to someone who actually knows what they're talking about. ]

Most people go for Pinch. [He's already pointing at the target, his fingers already in the Mediterranean draw.] But I feel this is less of a strain to my arm, I don't know. Guess it's what you get used to.

[And then he shoots, hitting the center of the target. He only gives he arrow a glance before going for another.]

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