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[color=f26522]Location[/color]: Archery Range
[color=f26522]Interactions[/color]:[@princess] Anastasia, [@Rodiak] Zarai, [@Potter] Princess Sadie, [@Mole] Prince Felix
[color=f26522]Mentions in order[/color]: [@Helo] Leo Smithwood, [@Aerandir] Verrick O'Hare, [@SilverPaw] Wulfric Danrose[/center]
 
[url=https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/044/950/386/large/michele-mantoani-vichingo-grosso-rosso.jpg?1641561077]Clothes for the day[/url] (No cape or weapons)

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Roman watched the next few rounds of archery intently. Watching Leo and Erza keep up neck and neck was eventful. Every arrow hit and miss, he did not cheer just smiled and kept drinking his tea. Deep down he was a little happy the child wouldn’t get the bow. If he were to bet, he would put his money on Verrick. Luckily it would seem that the man was up next.

Verrick’s opponent was one of the Alidasht, an interesting matchup. The fact made him wonder how Mayet was doing after their dance last night. An arrow flying off into a tree turned his attention back to the shooters. He couldn’t stop his quick laugh at Verrick’s expense seeing as he had loosed the way ward shot.

The large man stood and applauded the woodsman on his win. Standing for a moment he looked around and saw that the very kind lady had reached princess Anastasia and given her the invitation. He could tell because she seemed just as bubbly as ever waving at him. Roman’s eyes caught Wulfric’s gaze for a moment which he returned with a slight tipping of his head. It seemed he was a beacon for bubbly and interesting people as an old face appeared near him.

[color=#FF9999]”Good morning Roman! How are you? Good to see you! Isn’t this competition great?”[/color]

[color=f26522]“Sadie?”[/color] he was not aware that she was joining them on their voyage over, of course he came over with his merchants, but no one told him she was going to be here. His questioning look turned into one of joy, [color=f26522]“no one told me you were going to join us on this excursion.”[/color] He moved to hug her but paused and instead scooped up her hand in his. Her hand was smooth and small in his large rough hand. 

[color=f26522]“Im glad you were able to come I’ve missed our conversations on new inventions and improvements to designs.”[/color] He always had a soft spot for Sadie more so than some of the others. He wasn’t quite sure either his affection towards a fellow craftsman or because of one of his needs to fix things that are broken. 

Roman’s eyes swept over every facet, blemish, and detail of the girls face like admiring intricate stone carvings. He couldn’t quite place it, but it felt like something was off in her features, he may not pick up on social cues all the time but even small or slight details when it came to things, he could perceive was a different story. 

His hand tightened around hers for a moment and glanced at the crowd around them but didn’t see anything, the slight differences in her smile and voice could be just him overthinking things but still his gut instinct told him something was off. 

[color=f26522]“Princess Sadie”[/color] his tone low and his eye’s serious. [color=f26522]“Like these fine gentlemen around you, my family all swore an oath to protect your family and the kingdom. That includes you. I am honor bound to follow your orders, to keep you safe, and as your friend.” [/color]He trailed off for a moment and smiled again, [color=f26522]“I will listen to any of your issues, whatever you want to talk about, I will take even your secrets to my grave.”[/color] He has told her this before his way of trying to cheer her up.

His eyes looked up in time to see Lady Zarai and anna coming closer towards them. [color=f26522]“Im hosting black smith lessons today at 1 pm. You should come join me before, during or after the class so we can talk about what ever you want.”[/color] His smile did not fade as he let go of her hand moving to the other side of the table.

Roman pulled two chairs out for Zarai and Anna, [color=f26522]“its good to see you too Zarai, I have to say those battle scars you got sure do look good on you. Hopefully the other guy didn’t fair too much better.”[/color] He snickered at her knowing full well she will likely try to get back at him later today. [color=f26522]“Ahh yes, the bow, it’s what happens when a noble house requests a weapon and only pays for the material needed and not the work of the craftsmen. The crest in the pommel is that of an elk, Regal, and a sign of protection.”[/color] He pushed her chair in when she sat down and moved to offer Anastasia her seat.

[color=f26522]“Hello again Princess Anastasia, I would have loved to have been able to dance with you last night, but it seemed we at least had fun last night. Seeing as how I just woke up with a hangover, I can safely assume that the rest of you are still lightweights.”[/color] He smiled at her and chuckled to himself. [color=f26522]“I do have to say, I am very proud of you. It takes some brass balls to stand up to your parents like that, no matter the repercussions you did a good job.”[/color]

Roman waited for her to sit down and pushed her chair in, pouring tea for all of them before the next round. He normally did this for others, as his family were brought up to take care of themselves when they had too. To others it could come off as him trying to be charming or pull favor from the young ladies.

The next round seemed to have started just as another approached their table, [color=f26522]“Good morning, Prince Felix, it’s good to see you are doing well. Care to join us?”[/color] 

He was ever inviting to the others and their guards, there was plenty of room. The match going on behind them seemed to be going rather well. Roman didn’t hear what the challengers name was but did recognize one of the men up at the shooting line as the man he had left at the Damien estate. He was still alive, so he supposed he was telling the truth. Roman took his seat and continued to watch the contest and the others that had gathered with him at the table.