closed starter for @aechor - visenya celtigar - day three
Alarra watched with rapt attention as one competitor after another took to the field. Seeing a knight succeed in one round only to fall quickly in the next reminded her that paying attention was half the battle in any sort of fight, be it with a bow, sword or lance. A slick spot in the sand could mean defeat for those caught unaware, while a change in the wind could bring the gift of victory. This was a truth proven once again when a lady’s loud laughter distracted one of the men on the field, giving his opponent the split-second he needed to adjust his grip on his lance and slide it back before impact so that momentum could do his work for him. The other man, thrown off balance, fell forward over his horse’s shoulder into the center of the list – his distraction securing him an embarrassing loss.
“I’m beginning to believe we could best them all.” Alarra directed the words to an old friend, Visenya Celtigar, mouth curved in amusement even as she offered a polite clap. “You never would have allowed Lady Merryweather to distract you like that.” It was true, she knew. If all the archery practice she had done with the Lady of Claw Isle as a girl taught her anything it was that behind her quiet demeanor lay a person who rarely missed anything.










