And Rust, being a normal person, puts the laces back in his shoes…ahahahahaahhaah just kidding.
Okay, so he’s going to try to make a mini-bow and arrow using a willow shoot and a shoelace (the one that isn’t frayed). He grew up bow hunting for years and years (though he hasn’t done it in some time), so he does know how to shape and string a bow. He’ll use his knife for carving/cutting notches in the wood.
If this is successful, he’ll fashion the remaining willow shoot (the one he originally whittled to prod at the card reader outside the cell) into sort-of-an arrow: he’ll cut it down (whatever’s proportional to the bow), sharpen and harden the tip with the aid of his knife and lighter, and cut a notch into the other end.
He’ll take off his shirt (that’s right folks!!) and cut the sleeves off, then make another rope using sleeves, tie, belt, and remaining shoelace. After some practice shots with the bow inside the cell (but not too many), he’ll attach the rope to the arrow via a knot. (It’ll go—arrow, shoelace, tie, sleeves 1 and 2, belt.)
Then he’ll try to shoot…this thing…at the drone, aiming to lodge it in a rotor or anywhere that looks like a good sticking point. He has a ton of experience bow hunting, but it’s been a really long time and the materials at hand are, shall we say, suboptimal.
(Also: the book I used for research says the bow will lose its spring after a certain number of uses since the wood isn’t seasoned, so he can’t attempt this indefinitely.)
If he’s unable to work the willow shoot into a bow, he’ll attempt pretty much the same thing but he’ll be throwing the arrow by hand. (If the bow creation/stringing takes longer than three hours, he'll also switch to this method.)
Also he’ll put his shirt back on.
In the event that the arrow does hit its mark, he'll try to haul it in the direction of the cell, even using the belt as leverage by looping it around the bars of the cell, threading it through the buckle, and pulling (hopefully that makes sense...)
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Okay, so he’s going to try to make a mini-bow and arrow using a willow shoot and a shoelace (the one that isn’t frayed). He grew up bow hunting for years and years (though he hasn’t done it in some time), so he does know how to shape and string a bow. He’ll use his knife for carving/cutting notches in the wood.
If this is successful, he’ll fashion the remaining willow shoot (the one he originally whittled to prod at the card reader outside the cell) into sort-of-an arrow: he’ll cut it down (whatever’s proportional to the bow), sharpen and harden the tip with the aid of his knife and lighter, and cut a notch into the other end.
He’ll take off his shirt (that’s right folks!!) and cut the sleeves off, then make another rope using sleeves, tie, belt, and remaining shoelace. After some practice shots with the bow inside the cell (but not too many), he’ll attach the rope to the arrow via a knot. (It’ll go—arrow, shoelace, tie, sleeves 1 and 2, belt.)
Then he’ll try to shoot…this thing…at the drone, aiming to lodge it in a rotor or anywhere that looks like a good sticking point. He has a ton of experience bow hunting, but it’s been a really long time and the materials at hand are, shall we say, suboptimal.
(Also: the book I used for research says the bow will lose its spring after a certain number of uses since the wood isn’t seasoned, so he can’t attempt this indefinitely.)
If he’s unable to work the willow shoot into a bow, he’ll attempt pretty much the same thing but he’ll be throwing the arrow by hand. (If the bow creation/stringing takes longer than three hours, he'll also switch to this method.)
Also he’ll put his shirt back on.
In the event that the arrow does hit its mark, he'll try to haul it in the direction of the cell, even using the belt as leverage by looping it around the bars of the cell, threading it through the buckle, and pulling (hopefully that makes sense...)