Chuktur
Banned
Yobanjin * Broken Hammer Tribe * Duck Clan Champion
Posts: 15
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Post by Chuktur on Feb 2, 2011 3:07:14 GMT -5
*After some time and a summons from the guard, who may have recognised his master's name, Chuktur reappears at the top of the stockade, his face blacked with some strange earthy material which might be for camouflage purposes, or just ceremonial. Night is drawing near and the smell of cooking fires and fat seeps through the stockades. He looks down at Domotai and shrugs theatrically*
"You need bandages? Healing? This is not our way, Rokugani. When a child of the Broken Hammer tribe sickens, we leave him out in the snow and ice so that he will have a chance to prove his worth. If your wounds trouble you, it is a message from the earth and the sky for you to contemplate your foolishness. Maybe you Rokugani need your salves and your balms to carry you through life's trials, but now you are a guest in my house, and you will respect the teachings of my grandfathers"
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Doji Hyuu
Banned
Crane Clan Master Artisan * Magistrate * Courtier * Unique
Posts: 122
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Post by Doji Hyuu on Feb 2, 2011 3:09:49 GMT -5
*Hyuu looks up and whispers to Domotai - a subtle voice that hopefully Chuktur cannot hear, one honed from years of subtle asides in Courts* "Domotai-sama, I think he regards you as pitiful. If you challenge him, insult him, he may be tempted to descend in order to teach you a lesson. I can't tell you what to say, but I think he feels insecure around our civilised ways - challenge him as only a son of Akodo can!"
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Daigotsu Thrakhath
Spider Clan
Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken
Posts: 600
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Feb 2, 2011 8:56:04 GMT -5
"I can dig, Doji-sama," Thrakhath said in response to the Crane's question. "I'm not sure I like the plan, but it's better than waiting around for these shadowspawn to kill us." He would have moved to begin working, but just then the Yobanjin commander returned, so he continued to sit and wait.
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Post by utakumoli on Feb 2, 2011 9:50:51 GMT -5
Taking heed of Hyuu's recommendation, Mo-Li lays herself flat out on the ground, face down, buries her head in the crook of her arm to protect it from the snow, and pretends to sleep. She listens intently...
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Matsu Domotai
Lion Clan
Samurai- Lion Clan general-magistrate-courtier- Tensai-Unique
Posts: 123
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Post by Matsu Domotai on Feb 2, 2011 14:11:46 GMT -5
Domotai looks up at Chuktur and says:
" It is not a question of being strong or having the will to survive. If your men and especially you can survive these conditions obviously I can. When you see the difference with our empire in the way of swordsmanship, in the way of battle tactics and now I can even say in the way of hospitality, I can only assume that we are also better than you regarding constitution and survival. At least we respect our enemies and have manners. You can't even spare enough to make a splint. Do you even know what a splint is? Or maybe it's just that finding two pieces of wood is already to much for you? Anyway I understand your lack of competences. Don't even bother coming down to teach me a lesson, I want to spare you the shame of being beaten by a wounded warrior."
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Chuktur
Banned
Yobanjin * Broken Hammer Tribe * Duck Clan Champion
Posts: 15
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Post by Chuktur on Feb 2, 2011 20:59:51 GMT -5
*Chuktur snorts with decision* "Foolish Samurai! This is exactly what I expected" *He reaches for his daisho and adjusts it before stepping right up to the edge of the watchtower. The guard, unable to comprehend what is being said, but sensing his leader's anger, suddenly appears wary, but confused* "It is because we do not care for these ridiculous..." *He pauses, obviously struggling to find the word* "These foolish indulgences, that we are stronger, that we can endure this weather and that has allowed us to defeat you. Even now our armies are getting ready to overwhelm your puny castle! But I see you do not believe me. Very well, I will provide a lesson even you cannot ignore. I will slay you before your friends with your own weapons!" *Chuktur draws the daisho, the sickly red torchlight gleaming for a moment off the blades, before agilely leaping down into the stockade where he advances on the wounded Domotai, ignoring Hyuu, who he has written off as a threat, and Thrakath and Mo-Li, who he clearly believes to be sleeping*
OOC: Have at ye! I'm going to be away from home for the next few days so my posting might be sporadic. But I'll try to check in every now and then.
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Daigotsu Thrakhath
Spider Clan
Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken
Posts: 600
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Feb 3, 2011 10:18:20 GMT -5
He can't be that stupid...Sure enough, the Yobanjin commander hopped into the encampment with sword drawn, apparently ready to teach this wounded Lion a lesson. Thrakhath's eyes glanced quickly between the barbarian and the defiant samurai from beneath his hood as he slowly reached down and grabbed a fistful of dirt. When he was confident the yobanjin was close enough, Thrakhath sprang from his sitting position like a cobra that had been waiting to strike, hurling a wad of dirt in the barbarian's face. The man yelled in surprise and staggered slightly, and Thrakhath took the opportunity to throw a punch that forced the yobanjin back. To his surprise the yobanjin didn't go down, though he did appear dazed for the moment, and if the shouts of alarm coming from the stockade wall were any indication they were about to have even more company. OOC: That's it for now, in case the rest of you have something you'd like to do.
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Matsu Domotai
Lion Clan
Samurai- Lion Clan general-magistrate-courtier- Tensai-Unique
Posts: 123
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Post by Matsu Domotai on Feb 3, 2011 10:41:50 GMT -5
Domotai having prepared himself in case Chuktur came down leaped with difficulty towards Chuktur. Domotai jumped towards Chuktur's belt on which he had a few little throwing knives. By the time Chuktur managed to open his eyes because of the dirt Domotai was on the floor lying next to him with one of Chuktur's little knives. Domotai had managed to grab one on Chuktur's belt. Domotai smiles at is enemy and slices his Achilles Tendons. (OOC: I really don't know if you can say that in English but I mean the tendons on the back of our legs next to our feet. The tendons that keep us standing up basically.)
Chuktur falls to the floor instantly. He turns around in the snow and tries to defend himself as he can while crawling on the ground.
Now the objective for Domotai was to disarm Chuktur and use him as a shield before the archers were able to shoot him down.
He looks at his companions and cries out:
"Make a run for his weapon and use the enemy as a shield otherwise we are just dead meat for the archers."
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Matsu Domotai
Lion Clan
Samurai- Lion Clan general-magistrate-courtier- Tensai-Unique
Posts: 123
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Post by Matsu Domotai on Feb 5, 2011 14:28:21 GMT -5
(OOC: Guys I'm waiting for your post I'm planning in being stuck here for ever)
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Post by utakumoli on Feb 7, 2011 10:07:43 GMT -5
[OOC: Sorry guys! It's been a crazy couple days IRL. I'll post something, but it won't be anything definitive as I'm waiting to see what Chuktur does. I believe Hyuu is out of town or otherwise indisposed and I don't wanna go too far without him.]
When she realizes there's a scuffle coming, Mo-Li is up onto her feet in an instant. She grasps in vain for her lance, which she only then remembers has been taken from her. "Blast it," she curses under her breath.
She watches the Lion and ronin take on the enemy commander head-on. Rather than try to jump in on the action (which wouldn't be honorable, she felt, as the kill belongs to Domotai anyhow) she puts herself into a defensive stance between the fight and Hyuu. If anything should happen to Domotai and the ronin, she'll be the last line of defense.
Then she remembers something.
"Domotai-san, disable him but do not kill him! We need to know who he's working with!"
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Matsu Domotai
Lion Clan
Samurai- Lion Clan general-magistrate-courtier- Tensai-Unique
Posts: 123
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Post by Matsu Domotai on Feb 7, 2011 11:46:38 GMT -5
Domotai looks at Mo-Li and thinks to himself,
Do I have to do everything myself here.
Domotai kicks Chuktur in the face and then leaps on him grabbing his hand holding the Katana. Domotai with a swift action moves into an arm lock position forcing Chuktur to let go of his weapon. The two archers at the top of the barricade took a shoot at Domotai. One arrow flew just next to Chuktur's face and the other one got Domotai in the left shoulder.
Chuktur panicked started screaming in Gaijin to his archers who seemed confused.
Domotai and Chuktur were both in great pain. Domotai took the Katana and threw it towards Mo Li. He was thinking;
Another scar for my collection. I'm unlucky these days what have I done? Did I upset the ancestors or the kamis?"
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Daigotsu Thrakhath
Spider Clan
Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken
Posts: 600
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Post by Daigotsu Thrakhath on Feb 7, 2011 15:06:59 GMT -5
"Call off your archers," Thrakhath snarled at the subdued yobanjin, though he suspected that was exactly what the commander had just done. His eyes followed the Lion's katana as it sailed through the air into the waiting hand of the Mo-Li, rather than catching it himself. He was in enough trouble, there was no reason to compound it by laying hands on a Lion's weapon. Instead he took a few quick steps forward and planted a boot on the yobanjin's neck, in case his command hadn't sunk in.
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Chuktur
Banned
Yobanjin * Broken Hammer Tribe * Duck Clan Champion
Posts: 15
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Post by Chuktur on Feb 8, 2011 9:13:56 GMT -5
*Chuktur yells in pain and rage but is quickly overcome. His struggles to free himself are half-hearted, even reflexive, and the defiance in his eyes is brittle. He shouts a command to the yobanjin archers who have clustered around the watchtower to withdraw, and they do so, but their absence does not change the fact that unknown numbers of savages crowd outside the stockade. Chuktur, breathing heavily, hisses in barely-comprehensible Rokugani to Domotai* "You are a fool, Rokugani. You are wounded, cold and tired. One slip, one relaxation of your grip, and my men will end you with a arrow quicker than you can say a prayer to your demon lords. And even if you can, you are hundreds of miles from home and do not know the way there. But that is not the limit of your foolishness - how will you get out of this stockade? Even if you could climb out, there is no way you can do so while keeping me hostage*
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Doji Hyuu
Banned
Crane Clan Master Artisan * Magistrate * Courtier * Unique
Posts: 122
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Post by Doji Hyuu on Feb 8, 2011 9:20:02 GMT -5
*Hyuu murmurs thanks to Mo-Li, trying not to flinch away as the violence plays out before him. He'll see more once this is out, for fair or foul. As Chuktur spits defance his eyes flash with calculation and he speaks, his voice ragged with fatigue and fear, but clear nonetheless*
"No rope for us, thank you Chuktur. But you men erected this stockade in quick order, so I am guessing they have the beasts and gear needed to pull it down. Command them to do so and then clear our way, our you pay with your life"
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Chuktur
Banned
Yobanjin * Broken Hammer Tribe * Duck Clan Champion
Posts: 15
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Post by Chuktur on Feb 8, 2011 9:38:35 GMT -5
*Chuktur's eyes narrow, bu he barks the appopriate commands. With shocking speed, a heavy rope harness is flung across one of the stockade poles and, with a command yelled by an unseen overseer, is hauled out of the ground. As the captives hustle through the resulting gap they see the scope of the encampment. It is not the vast Yobanjin camp that they might have expected, but still substantial - perhaps a satellite outpost. And it is crowded with yobanjin, armed with bows, spears and scimitars, seemingly numberbless, hovering like crows. Some are on foot, some man watch towers, some sit astride small but sturdy mounts. But every single one possesses a pair of eyes rooted on the Rokugani as they slowly make their way forward, not daring to separate themselves from their hostage*
*It soon becomes clear that this situation cannot last. As each archer or javelineer retreats at a shouted command or implied threat from Domotai, another lurks in the shadows, waiting for one moment of weakness, one hesitation, that will spell the end. Brave hearts might well begin to sink in the face of such a threat. But there is hope - hope in the form of the shadows of sturdy Yobanjin steeds from within a nearby tent*
*A quick dash for the steeds yields results - two horses saddled and ready, perhaps preparation for a patrol. The Yobanjin take crucial seconds to realise the Samurai's plan, and by the time they are within the tent most of the vengeful arrows explode onto the rough canvas. One, however, skims across Domotai's arm, causing him to release his grip and give Chuktur, even crippled as he is, the opportunity he needs to tear himself away. As the Yobanjin charge the tent, one enterprising young barbarian cuts its guys and the Samurai risk being pinned beneath the heavy, collapsing hide roof. But Hyuu manages to pull down the bridle of one horse, and Mo-Li anoher, just as Domotai cuts a hole in the roof with the appropriated katana. Within minutes they are free - or at least as free as they can be, thundering across the desolate steppe on two steeds, armed only with a stolen katana and some throwing knives, without food or shelter or a map*
OOC: Sorry for my absence guys. I am about to go off-map again but wanted to move things forward even if it is necessarly a tad graceless. I'm planning one more encounter, probably a skirmish with Chuktur's pursuing me, before this finishes, but I'd like to do a bit of conversation on the way, too. I'll kick that off ICly as Hyuu now.
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