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Post by Ikoma Rise on Sept 19, 2011 8:13:34 GMT -5
Rise drew her blade and set off down the hill. She was never one to be afraid of something new, something she tried to instill into her clan every time she met a member of the Kuge of the Lion. She slowly approached the scene before them, forgetting even that there were two other samurai with them. She began to walk amongst the wreckage, poking and prodding things with her sword.
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Post by Yoritomo Raiden on Sept 19, 2011 21:38:57 GMT -5
The trio see some of these gaijins unmolested by the fire. One of the corpses would be about 6'6' if they could see him stand. A number of these corpses have a variety of colors of hair ranging from deep and bright reds, golden blonde, browns, and very few black. The men wear armor of scaled metal, chain, and leather. Carry axes and swords straight and double edged under inspection. They also carry wooden circles that look as though they strap somewhere on the men. All these items look as though they are expertly forged and crafted. Not anything like the yobanjin weaponry from the war.
As Ikoma Rise made her way ahead a bit she poked and prodded the corpses til she reached one in particular near the inferno. As she poked that corpse instead it groaned and moved in surprise. Blood drew a bit fresh and unclotted like that of a corpse.
"urrrrgh, Minom natier no nom........Monir? Clevan? Bjorn?"the man manages to get to his knees and one foot onto the sand but it looks like he has to brace himself or he will lose his balance. The man looks up eyes focusing to see Ikoma Rise eye to eye while he is crouched.
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Post by Ikoma Rise on Sept 20, 2011 15:05:33 GMT -5
She leapt back, drawing in a short hard breath. Adrenaline pumping through her veins. She kept her sword between then, point towards the sand. Her heart was pounding in her ears. This was not a good time to have wandered off from the group. This thing, man she guessed, was a monster. She had never seen anything like it before.
She softly spoke at first. Realizing she most likely couldn't be heard over the storm, she spoke louder, hoping he understood Rokugani, or that her friends would show up soon.
Are you alright? She spoke again, this time much more slowly. Are.... you.... alright? Are.... you..... injured?
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Post by Yoritomo Raiden on Sept 20, 2011 21:15:53 GMT -5
The pale foreign man stood up towering over Ikoma Rise. He was a wall of muscle. He had shoulder and arm guards, odd looking black pants and a helm made of steel. He pulled a odd looking ono up to rest on his shoulder to rest. His golden hair fell to his shoulders and Rise could see a steadt stream of blood moving from his head down to shoulders. A huge golden beard was under the helm which lay on top of his head.
"Wejr sti amor eyos? Wnir hajir tos mey crovok? Whoj ara yovos? Teja Mejos!"
The man seems frustrated wobbling a little to the left and right.
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Post by Isawa Kaida on Sept 20, 2011 21:29:05 GMT -5
Kaida and her yojimbo had approached cautiously, Tachi's blade ready before him. The shugenja's eyes were alight with curiosity and sadness.
"Ikoma-sama." Tachi's voice was deeper than his lithe frame would imply, and he spoke only so Rise would not be startled by their arrival. He kept himself between the yobanjin and his charge, while the shugenja's eyes made another sweep of the bodies, trying to confirm if they were all dead or not.
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Post by Ikoma Rise on Sept 22, 2011 14:35:18 GMT -5
She kept her blade between then, but still pointed at the ground. She didn't want to give the man the impression that she was hostile. She wasn't sure she would survive the fight in time for her friends to take him down. The man's language was something she had never heard of before, if only a Tortoise or a Unicorn were here, they might be able to shed light on the situation.
She spared a glance back towards the phoenixes. Thank the Kami they had followed her. Now it was 3 to one, and she took the opporutnity to try and relax a little, at least outwardly.
Who are you? Where did you come from? She tried again, perhaps it was just a hit to the head that were preventing him from making coherent sense.
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Post by The Blue Ronin on Sept 22, 2011 22:43:24 GMT -5
((Sorry for the silence, I've been out of country, but back now!))
Ryumon had been alert as Rise advanced - no harm in letting the Lion go first, she seemed confident. But even then he didn't expect the corpse to turn out not to be a corpse at all. As often with the inexperienced, his training took over and he leveled his naginata, all the while trying to think whether he had ever seen or heard of such a Gaijin ship. Many Gaijin sailed the seas and the types and phenotypes of their ships were most impossible for one Samurai to know all of, but perhaps he was lucky enough to know of this one...?
Even as his mind raced he stepped in behind and to the side of Rise. He knew a few snatches of Gaijin but would let her speakl first.
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Post by Yoritomo Raiden on Sept 22, 2011 22:48:13 GMT -5
The man despite his injury to his head just looked into Rise's eyes for a moment. She saw no malice, spite, or hatred in his eyes. A cold truth lay there. He was ready to die if need be. She could tell wherever this gaijin came from he was undoubtedly a expert solider, born into his life. He had the eyes of someone that knew to except death.
The tall man then looked towards Tachi, he noticed the ready blade. Until this point the man had his axe in a stowed position. Seeing Tachi at the ready must had stirred something in the man. He very quickly for a man his size and a head injury readied his axe. Awaiting The Shiba's move.
"Ifou hasteref komin fer dethos youvos havta fertomin itaj." the man said in a causal tone and and his eyes narrowed as he looked at the Phoenix yojimbo.
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Post by Isawa Kaida on Sept 24, 2011 10:18:36 GMT -5
Tachi stood stone still between Rise and Kaida, though he made no overtly threatening gesture other than having his katana between himself and the yobanjin. Apparently, he was content to let the others handle this.
Kaida quirked an eyebrow quizzically, glancing sidelong at Rise and Ryumon.
"Do either of you know what he's saying?"
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Post by The Blue Ronin on Sept 25, 2011 18:14:13 GMT -5
"I have no idea. All I can guess is that he doesn't know where he is, because clearly he expects us to understand him" Ryumon ventured, his grip on his naginata relaxing slightly, not because the situation was any less dangerous but only because it was physically hard to keep that level of tension for too long.
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Post by Yoritomo Raiden on Sept 25, 2011 23:00:49 GMT -5
The Man stood there waiting for one of the others to act. He stood there waiting for what seemed an age. Til his vision became blurry and the strain from standing was just to much to bear. He dropped to one knee, took a few deep labored breaths then fell to his right side. Unconscious and breathing heavy. blood still flowed from his head wound.
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Post by The Blue Ronin on Sept 26, 2011 7:38:12 GMT -5
Ryumon relaxed a little. He gave a quick glance to Kaida and, assuming that she was able to take care of the fallen gaijin, steppted towars the wreck of the vessel. What had damaged it, he wondered? Magic? Gaijin pepper? Something else? HIs nostrils flared as he tried to pick out any more telltale scents than spices and charred wood.
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Post by Ikoma Rise on Sept 26, 2011 19:08:45 GMT -5
Rise put her sword away finally, secretly glad that the confrontation was over. She took a moment to look around the wreckage, sifting through all the gaijin things, for they must be gaijin as they were like nothing she had seen before. She began to investigate one of the other bodies, using her saya to move the body around so she didn't have to touch him. She began to remove various things from his body for closer investigation later, a belt here, pouches there, even a battleaxe. She figured that when she had more time inside, with her resources at her disposal, she might be able to turn something up about these things. Certainly the Tortoise contacts she had could dig up something on these strange things, perhaps they even tickled her fancy a little, she was known to have an enjoyment for things that put others off, that meant she spent more time alone.
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Post by Isawa Kaida on Sept 27, 2011 10:06:52 GMT -5
Kaida watched the others move off, leaving her with the gaijin. After a moment, she knelt in the sand next to the man, gently entreating the kami to heal his wounds. Tachi hissed softly, lowering his katana, but not sheathing it, clearly unhappy with his charge's course of action.
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Post by Yoritomo Raiden on Sept 29, 2011 20:56:12 GMT -5
Rise and Ryumon searched through the debris of the ship and could smell pepper in the smoke, the foul odor made them cover their faces. they could find six dead giants among the beach none as tall as the man they found breathing. among those six they could find 3 sets of usable equipment including the axes.
As Kaida knelt over the gaijin man as she healed him his heavy breathing lessened his hand slowly moved up to hers. With utter exhaustion in his features, he opened his eyes to look at her and in a very broken accented rokugani he spoke
"Thank you"
He then slipped into slumber.
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