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A Rose In The Wind: A Saga of the Halmae -- Updated June 19, 2014
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<blockquote data-quote="ellinor" data-source="post: 6203463" data-attributes="member: 14561"><p><strong>36x02</strong></p><p></p><p>“Don’t kill Tomahura!” Nyoko yelled. “We need answers!” She looked longingly at her bow on the bottom of the weapons pile. She could see Savina, pinned under the soldier’s foot, straining to reach her holy symbol. Everyone else’s weapons were out of reach. Nyoko grabbed a rock and threw it at one of the archers. It hit him square in the chest and he stumbled backward. </p><p></p><p>Twiggy turned and glared at the pile of supplies, and her orb flew from the pile into her hand. Her giant ball of flame erupted between Tomahura and the group, its flames licking at Tomahura’s uniform. Tomahura’s archers jumped and backed away from the sudden fire. One screamed. Another yelled “Sorcery!” Then Tomahura barked “stop the Infidels!”—and the archers remembered their duty. A volley of arrows flew through the ball of fire. One hit Mena. Mena had gotten the soldiers’ attention—they surrounded her with their polearms, and one of them connected with a brutal stab in Mena’s arm. Mena slashed back with her borrowed wakizashi.</p><p></p><p>The others dove into action. Tavi rolled past the ball of fire, grabbed his sword, and slashed at one of the archers’ legs. Arden pulled a dagger from beneath her tunic, lunged forward, and slashed at the soldier restraining Savina. As he tried to bat Arden’s dagger away, he let up the pressure on Savina’s back. She wriggled free and grabbed her holy symbol. “Stop!” she yelled, casting <em>command</em> on one of the archers. He looked confused and dropped his bow. At the same time, Nyoko picked up her bow, and loosed an arrow at Tomahura. It struck her shoulder—the perfect location to distract her without leaving permanent injury.</p><p></p><p>Kormick joined Tavi on the other side of the ball of fire, and together they took on several of the soldiers: a flurry of Tavi’s flaming sword, Kormick’s warhammer and wakizashi, and the soldiers’ polearms. Kormick’s electrical attack arced at one of the soldiers. The soldier screamed and reached for her eyes. </p><p></p><p>Twiggy’s fireball pushed forward, separating Tomahura from her troops. Tomahura grasped at her uniform, trying to beat out the flames that had caught its hem. On the other side of the fireball, Mena spun at the soldiers, shoving all of them backward—one into Kormick’s wakizashi, one into Arden’s daggers, and another toward Tavi’s back. “Tavi, behind you!” Mena yelled. Tavi swung his sword backward over his shoulder. The flat side of the blade pounded the soldier’s head. The soldier fell, unconscious.</p><p></p><p>Nyoko and the three remaining archers traded arrows. Nyoko incapacitated one of the archers, but the archers’ arrows connected, too. One hit Savina in the thigh, and sank deep. Savina’s leg buckled. “Stop!” she yelled again, and a bolt of light sped toward the archer who had hit her. He yelped and fell backward as it hit him. The last archer nocked another arrow. Arden rushed him, knocking him unconscious with the butt of her dagger.</p><p></p><p>Mena caught a soldier’s sash with the dull-edged side of her borrowed wakizashi, startling him, but not injuring him. The soldier dropped his polearm as Mena pulled him close, twisted his arm behind him, and forced him to his knees. “Tomahura!” Mena announced, holding her wakizashi high. “Your archers have fallen. Your pikemen are surrounded. To fight with incomplete information is dishonorable, yet you insist upon fighting. Honor your God and stand down.”</p><p></p><p>The battlefield froze. Liueutenant Tomahura pulled herself tall and surveyed the field. Mena had been telling the truth. “If I stand down, you will spare my troops?” </p><p></p><p>Mena lowered the wakizashi. “Of course. To do otherwise would lack honor.”</p><p></p><p>“Then we shall stand down.” The conscious pikemen laid down their arms. Kormick, Tavi, and Mena bound the troops.</p><p></p><p>“May I heal your wounded?” Savina asked. </p><p></p><p>“No,” said Tomahura. One of the soldiers spat at Savina, who deftly dodged the orb of spittle and turned to heal Kormick’s cuts and bruises.</p><p></p><p><em>They are wearing old-style uniforms. They act as if they have no knowledge of the Affirmation. They seem surprised by Twiggy’s wizardry. Is it possible,</em> Nyoko wondered, <em>that this is Marshal Tomahura’s daughter? That she followed the trail of the First Expedition as we did, and that she and her troops have been living out here in the woods since before the Affirmation? No . . . if that were true, their uniforms would be threadbare . . .</em></p><p> </p><p>“We could kill you and your men,” Kormick said, “but we won’t. We’re not assassins. This is Adept Nyoko of Cauldron. She can prove she is an Adept.”</p><p></p><p>“All she can prove is that she has <em>trained</em> with Adepts,” Tomahura retorted. “And that you are ridiculous.” She chuckled. “Heathens with wakizashis.”</p><p></p><p>Suddenly, the pieces fell into place in Nyoko’s mind. <em>She is not a descendant of Marshal Tomahura. She <strong>is</strong> Marshal Tomahura. But how…</em></p><p></p><p>Nyoko continued the thought aloud. “In your time away from the Divine Mark, Lieutenant Commander Tomahura-san, many things have changed.”</p><p></p><p>Tavi picked up the conversational thread. “Our research in Divine Mark showed that an expedition set out to find the Sheh. We came to follow that expedition. But that expedition left…” he looked to Twiggy for the date.</p><p></p><p>“A hundred years ago,” Twiggy continued. “What year do you think it is?”</p><p></p><p>“The fourth of the reign of Rikitaru Ozishi,” Tomahura replied instantly.</p><p></p><p>“It is year fifty-three of the reign of Rikitaru Nori,” Nyoko said. “And we need to figure out why you think it isn’t.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ellinor, post: 6203463, member: 14561"] [b]36x02[/b] “Don’t kill Tomahura!” Nyoko yelled. “We need answers!” She looked longingly at her bow on the bottom of the weapons pile. She could see Savina, pinned under the soldier’s foot, straining to reach her holy symbol. Everyone else’s weapons were out of reach. Nyoko grabbed a rock and threw it at one of the archers. It hit him square in the chest and he stumbled backward. Twiggy turned and glared at the pile of supplies, and her orb flew from the pile into her hand. Her giant ball of flame erupted between Tomahura and the group, its flames licking at Tomahura’s uniform. Tomahura’s archers jumped and backed away from the sudden fire. One screamed. Another yelled “Sorcery!” Then Tomahura barked “stop the Infidels!”—and the archers remembered their duty. A volley of arrows flew through the ball of fire. One hit Mena. Mena had gotten the soldiers’ attention—they surrounded her with their polearms, and one of them connected with a brutal stab in Mena’s arm. Mena slashed back with her borrowed wakizashi. The others dove into action. Tavi rolled past the ball of fire, grabbed his sword, and slashed at one of the archers’ legs. Arden pulled a dagger from beneath her tunic, lunged forward, and slashed at the soldier restraining Savina. As he tried to bat Arden’s dagger away, he let up the pressure on Savina’s back. She wriggled free and grabbed her holy symbol. “Stop!” she yelled, casting [i]command[/i] on one of the archers. He looked confused and dropped his bow. At the same time, Nyoko picked up her bow, and loosed an arrow at Tomahura. It struck her shoulder—the perfect location to distract her without leaving permanent injury. Kormick joined Tavi on the other side of the ball of fire, and together they took on several of the soldiers: a flurry of Tavi’s flaming sword, Kormick’s warhammer and wakizashi, and the soldiers’ polearms. Kormick’s electrical attack arced at one of the soldiers. The soldier screamed and reached for her eyes. Twiggy’s fireball pushed forward, separating Tomahura from her troops. Tomahura grasped at her uniform, trying to beat out the flames that had caught its hem. On the other side of the fireball, Mena spun at the soldiers, shoving all of them backward—one into Kormick’s wakizashi, one into Arden’s daggers, and another toward Tavi’s back. “Tavi, behind you!” Mena yelled. Tavi swung his sword backward over his shoulder. The flat side of the blade pounded the soldier’s head. The soldier fell, unconscious. Nyoko and the three remaining archers traded arrows. Nyoko incapacitated one of the archers, but the archers’ arrows connected, too. One hit Savina in the thigh, and sank deep. Savina’s leg buckled. “Stop!” she yelled again, and a bolt of light sped toward the archer who had hit her. He yelped and fell backward as it hit him. The last archer nocked another arrow. Arden rushed him, knocking him unconscious with the butt of her dagger. Mena caught a soldier’s sash with the dull-edged side of her borrowed wakizashi, startling him, but not injuring him. The soldier dropped his polearm as Mena pulled him close, twisted his arm behind him, and forced him to his knees. “Tomahura!” Mena announced, holding her wakizashi high. “Your archers have fallen. Your pikemen are surrounded. To fight with incomplete information is dishonorable, yet you insist upon fighting. Honor your God and stand down.” The battlefield froze. Liueutenant Tomahura pulled herself tall and surveyed the field. Mena had been telling the truth. “If I stand down, you will spare my troops?” Mena lowered the wakizashi. “Of course. To do otherwise would lack honor.” “Then we shall stand down.” The conscious pikemen laid down their arms. Kormick, Tavi, and Mena bound the troops. “May I heal your wounded?” Savina asked. “No,” said Tomahura. One of the soldiers spat at Savina, who deftly dodged the orb of spittle and turned to heal Kormick’s cuts and bruises. [i]They are wearing old-style uniforms. They act as if they have no knowledge of the Affirmation. They seem surprised by Twiggy’s wizardry. Is it possible,[/i] Nyoko wondered, [i]that this is Marshal Tomahura’s daughter? That she followed the trail of the First Expedition as we did, and that she and her troops have been living out here in the woods since before the Affirmation? No . . . if that were true, their uniforms would be threadbare . . .[/i] “We could kill you and your men,” Kormick said, “but we won’t. We’re not assassins. This is Adept Nyoko of Cauldron. She can prove she is an Adept.” “All she can prove is that she has [i]trained[/i] with Adepts,” Tomahura retorted. “And that you are ridiculous.” She chuckled. “Heathens with wakizashis.” Suddenly, the pieces fell into place in Nyoko’s mind. [i]She is not a descendant of Marshal Tomahura. She [b]is[/b] Marshal Tomahura. But how…[/i] Nyoko continued the thought aloud. “In your time away from the Divine Mark, Lieutenant Commander Tomahura-san, many things have changed.” Tavi picked up the conversational thread. “Our research in Divine Mark showed that an expedition set out to find the Sheh. We came to follow that expedition. But that expedition left…” he looked to Twiggy for the date. “A hundred years ago,” Twiggy continued. “What year do you think it is?” “The fourth of the reign of Rikitaru Ozishi,” Tomahura replied instantly. “It is year fifty-three of the reign of Rikitaru Nori,” Nyoko said. “And we need to figure out why you think it isn’t.” [/QUOTE]
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