Arrows in place, Hayame takes a moment, eyes closed, both sets of lungs expanding slowly... before she suddenly bursts into motion in a surge of muscle, the sound of her hooves slightly muffled by fabric pads she had tied on before their egress.
Her bow is already up, the arrow flies before she takes three steps, easier to fire on the closer guard because she had sighted her position before. The arrow flies true, and the woman drops with only a gurgle.
Her companion has little time to react, because the next arrow thuds into her chest- not the heart, not an instant kill, but the blood filling her lungs prevents screams. There's enough time for the third guard to turn his head, to notice something is amiss, to spot and turn his own bow over the ramparts... before Hayame's arrow thuds slams hard into his shoulder, and the force of it spins him, he stumbles-
And goes over the ramparts, falling from the castle heights onto rocks below, as Hayame makes it to the other side of the exposed stretch of castle courtyard.
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Arrows in place, Hayame takes a moment, eyes closed, both sets of lungs expanding slowly... before she suddenly bursts into motion in a surge of muscle, the sound of her hooves slightly muffled by fabric pads she had tied on before their egress.
Her bow is already up, the arrow flies before she takes three steps, easier to fire on the closer guard because she had sighted her position before. The arrow flies true, and the woman drops with only a gurgle.
Her companion has little time to react, because the next arrow thuds into her chest- not the heart, not an instant kill, but the blood filling her lungs prevents screams. There's enough time for the third guard to turn his head, to notice something is amiss, to spot and turn his own bow over the ramparts... before Hayame's arrow thuds slams hard into his shoulder, and the force of it spins him, he stumbles-
And goes over the ramparts, falling from the castle heights onto rocks below, as Hayame makes it to the other side of the exposed stretch of castle courtyard.
In the aftermath... only anxious silence.
So far.]