Exalted Champloo - Episode 2 - "Like Spinning Plates"

[Tokiwong]

Sand Rat grumbles, “Diplomacy… that was never my strong point,” he glances to Swallow, “I suggest you sharpen your mind gentle Swallow we may be relying on your silver tongue before long.”

“If she is a Lunar Exalted, perhaps she will respect the old ways… but in this day and age, few beings respect the laws of Creation as set down by the Lawmakers. If we fight her, it will be bloody, and like Dancing Snow said, they don’t need weapons to kill us, their claws can be sharper then Jade… this is a damn dangerous situation we have here,” the martial artist relents.

Amber looks preoccupied with something happening in the water.

 

[KentArnold]

Sand Rat grumbles, “Diplomacy… that was never my strong point,” he glances to Swallow, “I suggest you sharpen your mind gentle Swallow we may be relying on your silver tongue before long.”

“If she is a Lunar Exalted, perhaps she will respect the old ways… but in this day and age, few beings respect the laws of Creation as set down by the Lawmakers. If we fight her, it will be bloody, and like Dancing Snow said, they don’t need weapons to kill us, their claws can be sharper then Jade… this is a damn dangerous situation we have here,” the martial artist relents.

Amber looks preoccupied with something happening in the water.

He sighed, "Sharpen our tongues, sharpen our acting skills, and most importantly, sharpen our weapons. I have a feeling Chaos Reaver is going to feast like never before."

He looked over at the little girl, "Amber? It's probably just a school of fish. Or are you hungry? Speaking of food, we should eat before we go, no need to be caught distracted by hunger in the middle of a fight."

 

[Aenion]

"She might not respect the old ways anymore, but I am hoping she will be curious as to who these upstart Solars are who dare to humiliate her warriors," Snow smirks, "I am not too fond of diplomacy myself, but I would rather keep my limbs where they are..."

"You should not feed a weapon such as yours too well. It might become spoiled," she warns in her typical Realm-accented Southern tongue, "What is it Amber?" she moves to stand next to the girl to see what has caught her attention, gripping Ivory Rain a little tighter, ready to strike at any sharklike Lunars.

 

[Tokiwong]

"You should not feed a weapon such as yours too well. It might become spoiled," she warns in her typical Realm-accented Southern tongue, "What is it Amber?" she moves to stand next to the girl to see what has caught her attention, gripping Ivory Rain a little tighter, ready to strike at any sharklike Lunars.

Dancing Snow sees a pack of black sharks trailing the craft, the sea stained red with blood. A dolphin tries to escape the voracious pack but is quickly drug under by the vicious predators.

The sharks continue to circle and Amber watches them curiously.

 

[KentArnold]

Dancing Snow sees a pack of black sharks trailing the craft, the sea stained red with blood. A dolphin tries to escape the voracious pack but is quickly drug under by the vicious predators.

The sharks continue to circle and Amber watches them curiously.

He scowled, "It looks like she's already aware of our existence. Its the welcome wagon. Lunars are said to have a connection with the beast they change into. And lo and behold, we have a pack of sharks around our boat."

He smirked a bit, "Let's keep going. No need to keep the lady waiting, is there?"

 

[Tokiwong]

He scowled, "It looks like she's already aware of our existence. Its the welcome wagon. Lunars are said to have a connection with the beast they change into. And lo and behold, we have a pack of sharks around our boat."

He smirked a bit, "Let's keep going. No need to keep the lady waiting, is there?"

The boat nears the island daring the treacherous rocks before the young sailor pulls anchor. He looks to the circle, “This is as far as I can safely go, from here on out, you will have to take the smaller life boat and go ashore. I can watch the young child, this island seems like no place for a child,” he says trying to sound strong, but obviously afraid.

On the coast the Circle can see the ruins of a settlement, and large pikes dot the beach with what look to be corpses decorating them.

Sand Rat grimaces, “This seems like a charming place to visit.”

 

[Aenion]

Snow nods at Sand Rat, wrinkling her nose, "Definitely," she smiles at the young 'captain' as she kneels down beside Amber, "I want you to stay her with him, understand? If someone comes to the boat, you two hide," she tweaks the little girl's nose, "Be careful."

She gets up and turns to the rest, "Shall we?"

 

[Tokiwong]

Snow nods at Sand Rat, wrinkling her nose, "Definitely," she smiles at the young 'captain' as she kneels down beside Amber, "I want you to stay her with him, understand? If someone comes to the boat, you two hide," she tweaks the little girl's nose, "Be careful."

Amber nods and gives Dancing Snow a hug.

She gets up and turns to the rest, "Shall we?"

Sand Rat nods already preparing a boat to go ashore. He smirks, "Something tells me, this will be an interesting encounter... I just hope I live to tell our children about it," he winks at Dancing Snow.

 

[Shalimar]

"Optimistic aren't we?" Temari teases Sand Rat as she leaps lightly into the boat he had prepared. She draws and knocks an arrow keeping the great golden bow ready lest one of the sharks make a move on the smaller vessel. A normal arrow might not pierce such a beast through the water, but the night caste rather hoped that the great bow would be enough to disuade the watery predators.

 

[KentArnold]

He slowly got into the boat, fully aware that for the moment, there wasnt much he could do. He kept his mind busy with recalling what he could of the customs that many barbarian tribes were prone to keep.

"Mmmm ...."

He seemed lost in thought, hopefully trying to come up with more ideas, or a way out of this mess.

OOC: Lore check for that?