Scouting Mission [RP]

[Daidoji Hikori]

Crane encampment

Hikori was in his tend preparing to go back into the steppes. There were some things he needed to do...still some details to be defined...

He had sent a secret message to Yushahime and had made sure that his official report didn't hold any incriminating details on the glorious dragon commander...besides he wasn't sure how Katsutoshi had anything to do with his findings.

That being said both the secret message and his secret report were much more detailed.

As he was preparing to leave his tend he heard fast foot steps followed by the hurried entry of a messenger who quickly fell to a kneel...

...
Doji Hyuu and some other high ranking officers had been probably captured.

Having his new orders he hurried in the dark till the shadows completely engulfed him...

A burned village

Without his armor and with his daisho safely tucked away, Hikori was little more than a shadow. He reached the village in no time and after having made certain that it was still deserted he searched for what he was looking for.

"Ah there it is" he thought as he found the marks he had left on his last visit.

The marks only led few miles in the wilderness. Unfortunately the tracks that he had followed the last time had been completely covered by the snow and so he only had a general idea on the direction his pray had taken...non the less this could lead him to were Doji Hyuu was being held.

His orders were clear and he didn't intend to fail...

(Ooc: to get a better understanding of what is happening read both of these threads: rokuganee.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=unicornhq&action=display&thread=319&page=1

and rokuganee.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=dragonhq&action=display&thread=175

P.S: Hyuu sama pm if I can enter the other thread and if so if i need to get captured or should enter later in case of an escape attempt)

[Daidoji Hikori]

Somewhere in the frozen steppes

Hikori tried to gain high ground...there was no sign of civilization yet (even if the barbarian's ways could be called civilization anyhow) and he was starting to think that the Yobanjin survivors might have been cautious to take a twisted path back to their camp...their initial bearing being only a false hint of their final destination.

He was about to climb a tree when the corner of his eye caught some movement some hundred paces to his left. He flattened himself on the snow and tried to make out what the source of the movement had been from behind the roots of a great evergreen...

A Yobanjin guard patrol and they hadn't seen him...perhaps he wasn't so lost after all!!

[Daidoji Hikori]

Later that night

Hikori crawled near the edge of the forest. He could see fires in the horizon signaling a camp in his vicinity. The sky was clouded so he couldn't make out many details. What he could see though was enough to understand that this was the Yobanjin camp.

There were a few watchtowers positioned in strategical places around the main structures. Guards were patrolling both the inside and leaving on regular patrols.

One of the watchtowers in particular was overseeing a big wooden stockade. Guards were posted on top of the stockade walls. The guards on the adjacent watchtower were dividing their attention between the perimeter and the stockade itself..."A prison" Hikori thought to himself.

He had found what he was looking for. Hikori made himself comfortable between the bushes knowing that it would be a long night...

[Daidoji Hikori]

Near the Yobanjin Encampment

The cold made Hikori shiver. His uniform was little help against the sharp daggers the winter night's wind had in stall for him.

He wished for a moment for a warm inn and a cup of tea... a newly met yet familiar face came to mind as well...

Hikori found himself smilling...he rubbed his shoulders to regain a little bit of focus to the task at hand.

Looking toward the camp he saw a massive figure on the upper part of the wall. The warrior jumped within the stockade and soon all hell broke loose in the yobanjin camp...

Even at a distance he could make out the Jobanjin words for danger and alarm coming from the camp. His little knowledge of the gaijin tongue and the distance between him and the camp made it difficult for him to understand more of what was going on...

Perhaps he wouldn't freeze to death after all Hikori thought to himself as he dared the open field covered by the night's veill...hopefully the distraction would allow him to get closer to the camp.

[Daidoji Hikori]

The Yobanjin Encampment

Shouts came from every direction...more like beast snarls than intelligible speech to the ears of a Rokugani.

The Yobanjin were too occupied with what was happening in the stockade to notice the lone figure that glided on the rooftops.

The heroic stand of the captured samurai had given Hikori a break, but he had to hurry...it wouldn't last forever. As he thought that, he saw horses taken towards the stockade...there was little time indeed.

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Hundar was elated. He had joined with his elder brothers the march south east but now they were at battle and he was stuck here. He had hoped to be able to battle with them, instead he was left to do guard duty miles away from the thick of the fray. Now was his chance to prove himself...Chuctur would surely send him to the front after this night.

Hundar smirked lost in his thoughts of glory as he tried to reach the stockade... Without warning he was without breath and voice...He fell to his knees holding his neck with both hands. The blow had come out from the shadows and now a hand was grabbing him from behind. He reached for his knife only to find it missing.Then he sensed the cold steel on his neck.
"Command Post"
Hundar's eyes widened as he realized what was going on...he tried to wrestle his opponent...

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Covering his frame with the Yobanjin heavy pelt and moving between the chaos Hikori reached and entered the command post. The young barbarian he had felled hadn't been willing to share with him its location but he had provided him with a greater mobility.

Once inside two figures turned to look...eyes widening as they recognized the threat. The first crumbled to the ground...a knife pommel jutting from his chest...the other easily dodged the missle...

His thrown knife being only a feint Hikori drove his knee into his opponents belly letting him without breath...

[Matsu Domotai]

(OOC: Very nice RPing on this thread Daidoji Hikori. Maybe you will manage and get information. We failed.)

[Daidoji Hikori]

(ooc: You discovered something really important...that this camp wasn't the main one and the Yobanjin knowledge of Rokugani, hinting at some deeper secret)

[Doji Hyuu]

OOC: The problem is that information is not mine to give. I don't actually know who is in charge of this invasion, so there's no way the PCs can discover it.

[Daidoji Hikori]

(ooc: In fact I am not going to say anything about what I've uncovered...like the mission in the game: intelligence on yobanjin camp)