[canon start, video]

[archerartemis]

[The video is kind of crappy, almost like it's surveillance footage. What might give that impression? The robot monkeys getting shot through with arrows outside of a prestigious high school.

If you got to see Artemis's archery skills during the zombie attack, then you might notice the skills used by a masked girl in a green costume familiar. Also, the face might look familiar, like when she realizes that yes, this is broadcasting, and looks over at the camera.]

Go! Go away!

[Another monkey comes at her, and she drops it with another arrow.]

I'll explain later, go!

Comments

[archerartemis]

Yeah, the whole trying to kill me thing was the last straw for them. Too bad the video didn't get a good shot of that guy, though.

[notmynature]

We're still talking about the cute guy? [She laughs and shakes her head.] You just saw robot monkeys! That's so much cooler than a guy.

Trade ya. I'll find a cute guy for the robot monkey. [She's joking but she's pretty amazed, too.]

[archerartemis]

Hey, he was that cute. I'll save the next robot monkey for you, though.

[notmynature]

Does it need batteries? How many guys would I have to trade for those?

[archerartemis]

Don't know, to be honest. I'll have to see where I can find another one.

[notmynature]

Hey, I wasn't serious. Yeah, having a robot monkey would be the coolest thing in the world but they attacked you.

[archerartemis]

Yeah, but if there's all that advanced technology, it still might be worth something. If I can get some scrap out of it or something.

[notmynature]

Hey, good idea! [Ellie knows about scraping.] You might be able to find something you can use around there! If they have robot monkeys, they'd have to have other cool stuff!

[archerartemis]

Maybe. I'll have to keep looking around.

[notmynature]

[She's used to looking for stuff she could use as opposed to selling it but she's all for scavenging.]

So... your world's like that, too?

[archerartemis]

Not as much, but when you live this close to the slums, pretty much everyone's scavenging what they can. Plus, if I'm going to keep up this whole vigilante thing, I need to replentish my supplies somehow. And this metal's tough enough to make some pretty good arrowheads.

[notmynature]

Yeah, that was some really sweet shooting but if you shot through the monkeys with your arrows, aren't they stronger than the stuff the monkey's made from?

[archerartemis]

Only got through joints and everything. Still, even if the metal's not as good as I thought it was, it's something more to work with.

[notmynature]

So, if there's no money in it, why do you do it? Being a hero and all that?

[archerartemis]

Guess I wanted to try and make a difference in my life. Prove to myself that I don't have to end up on a dead-end street.

[notmynature]

Is it working? [She doesn't really get why you're a hero or headed for a dead end street but it sounds pretty heavy.]

[archerartemis]

Hopefully, yeah.