Continuing From Knightclubber and 24_hour_Techie.
Valentin broke the silence. "Gentlemen, it has been an honour."
The purple ribbon was the first thing to go, carefully untied and placed in a jacket pocket for safekeeping.
A drink would help me calm down... Jessica's barrel is bound lovingly with a long scrap of cloth... It would steady my hand.
Now is NOT the time. Breathe.
Lowering her musket she took a deep breath and counted out the shots she had left.
A voice distracts her from her reverie
"No. The honour has been mine."
You have stood like this before seraph, in a different form. In Fire and in blood.
"For the Huntress."
Restless her finger twitched by the trigger.
What will you do when we lie broken seraph?
Two shots. Better make them count.
In a voice, barely more than a whisper she began to pray.
"Huntress keep my eyes sharp, my fingers nimble and my powder dry...
Watch over your servant and soldier and let me fire true."