Faendal draws back his bow before finding his target and saying, "Since it is the first round, I'll go easy on you all."
With that, Faendal looses an arrow that lands on a stump about 100 ft away with a solid thump.
After that, we each take our turns trying to hit the stump. Inigo and M'rissi hit it with ease, it takes me a moment to get my aim steady, but after exhaling, my shot is just able to hit the edge of the stump.
Lastly Gringar draws his bow, though he seems to squint his eyes as he narrows in on the target… And as he let his arrow fly it just barely misses the stump and hits another tree.
"Damnit!" Gringar shouts before following up with a number of what I believe to be orcish curses before trudging off in defeat.
"I guess that leaves me to be next." Inigo says as he's the next one in line.
Inigo looks around for what could be an exciting target before a buzzing sound fills the air.
*Buzz, buzzzz, buuuzzz.* Emenates from the jar attached to Inigo's waist.
"What?! No! I could never… That is... Too much..." Inigo tries to refuse what Mr. Dragonfly is telling him, his tail flicking about anxiously, but I can see Mr. Dragonfly won't take no for an answer and buzzes even more insistently.
*Buuuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzz, buzz… Buzzzz.* Mr. Dragonfly continues to tempt Inigo, who seems to fall to his argument.
"Alright, you make a good point…" Inigo sighs before going to grab a couple planks and an almost empty sack that has two cabbages that we see him putting in it as everyone stares at what he's doing in confusion.
Once everything is set up, a sinking feeling settles in my stomach as I finally piece together what he's about to do.
*Cough, cough...* Inigo clears his throat before notching two arrows and saying, "I dedicated this impressive display of skill to the most powerful and beautiful housecarl in all the holds of Skyrim! My incomparable partner and lover, Lydia!" He shouts as a deep flush fills his face with his tail swishing around erratically as he declares his love and relationship with Lydia to the whole camp before slamming his foot down on the plank, launching the sacked cabbages high up into the sky before loosing the two arrows.
The shots sail true, and we can see as the two cabbages are pierced through the bag and knocked upwards, sailing off towards the treeline but don't quite make it before careening into the ground.
This leaves the crowd speechless before a giant armored beast rushes forward, squeezing Inigo against her armored bussum as she lifts him up in the air smothering him with a kiss as his tail curls into a heart shape...
And a slow clap fills the audience before rising to whistling and thunderous applause for the loving couple and the fantastic shot Inigo performed.
As the responsible parent I am, I cover my children's eyes with the help of Kasia and Sofia to protect them from such immodesty. However, I notice Aventus and Lucia sneakily peeking out through my and Sofia's fingers.
"Hmph, I won't be outdone." Faendal mumbles under his breath as he sets up for the same shot that Inigo just made.
Faendal notches two arrows just as Inigo had done and takes a deep breath before turning to the gathered crowd.
"I dedicate my victory to the most amazing woman in all of Skyrim, my future wife and mother of my children, Camilla!" Faendal shouts to the heavens before slamming his foot down on the plank and perfectly replicating Inigo's earlier shot.
The crowd cheers and whistles as raucously as before as Camilla makes her way over to Faendal with a heavy blush across her cheeks as she walks over and plants a big kiss on Faendal's lips as he raises his bow up victoriously.
After the celebration dies down, M'rissi sets up the necessary materials to take her shot.
She nervously swishes her tail back and forth before turning to the crowd, continuing what I think might become a trend, "S-she... She will do good for her Fluffy!" M'rissi barely stammers out before tripping over her board prematurely, launching her sack of cabbages before having notched both her arrows making her panic and fire one arrow before drawing and launching the second.
Unfortunately, as the first arrow hits, it throws off the target for the second arrow causing her shot just barely to miss.
M'rissi hangs her head and tail low in embarrassment as I go up to her; wrapping my arms around her waist, I give her a kiss as I dip her slightly before whispering in her ears, "My kitten, you're adorableness is better than any dedication in all of Nirn."
M'rissi swoons in my arms as the crowd cheers just as much as they had when Faendal and Inigo completed their shots.
After the applause dies down, I start setting up for my shot as I wonder who I'm going to dedicate my neigh impossible shot to.
With everything set up, I turn towards the crowd as they seem to be anticipating my declaration almost as much as my shot.
"I dedicate this victory and all that follows to the beautiful women that warm my bed and my heart, my children that light up my life, and this company of rowdy misfits!" I shout before slamming my foot down on the boards as the others who had done so earlier.
I carefully try and line up my shot, but I'm starting to realize how difficult a shot this is when I haven't invested in my archery skills or have worked on it in training.
Despite my best efforts, I can only get one of my arrows to hit the cabbage sack like M'rissi, leaving us at a draw.
Despite that, I'm still cheered on as my kids rush up to give me a bear hug, with M'rissi and Sofia grabbing one of my arms each before planting a kiss on my cheeks.