Exalted Champloo - Episode 2 - "Like Spinning Plates"

[Shalimar]

Temari is out of the hidden hatch like an arrow sent from her bow, her feet momentarily meeting the railing long enough to kick off from it before sending her forward like a flash of light that hurtles towards the three barbarians. Even ash she moves towards the trio her blade is flashing upward like a striking cobra in a diagonal slash at the wyld barbarian on the right before the continuing motion of the blade turns it into a pieroutte that brings the blade around in a full circle at neck height, at least for her, more like chest height on her taller opponents.

"So...is it considered good sportmanship to ask if they want to surrender before we kill them, or should we wait for after?" the girl asks dryly as she drops into a ready stance to await the advances of her foes.

OOC: If she'll get hit she'll use Seven Shadow Defense
Flurry: 2 melee attacks, the first at 8 dice and then at 7 dice

Speed (4); Accuracy (10); Damage (8L)*; Defense (+1); Rate(2)
*= Fine Shortsword

Personal Essence: 12/12
Periphereal Essence: 18/18
DDV: 7

 

[KentArnold]

Tick 3

He heard the sickening crunch as one of the guards hit the wall.

He'd prided himself over the years he'd dealt with Sando that he'd never had a guard die. Injured, and on one occassion mained, but they all came back alive.

He moved over to inspect how bad off her injuries were, hoping that she was still alive. If she died ... he wasnt sure how he'd face Sando the next time they met.

OOC: Medicine roll(if needed) to determine the state of the injuries to the guard.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Motes: 11/24/4

Tick 2

Swallow slides out after the others, her knives in her hand as she tries to circle to the rear of the barbarians they are attacking, looking for an opening that she could exploit. Her blades weren't up to the task of fighting outside an alley, but if she struck from behind she could perhaps tip the balance of oen of the others.

OOC: Circling around to attack from the rear on the next turn.
Activating First Dodge Excellency: 4 motes Peripheral (to ensure she gets inplace)

 

[Tokiwong]

Tick 2

Swallow moves to circle around the last few standing barbarians… meanwhile Silent Wind charges right into the fray! The lithe Night Caste’s blade flashes to and fro through the air… her first strike is parried but the second furious strike on the other barbarian severs his head cleanly, already wounded from the vicious chest blow… he collapses in a heap his head landing some feet away…

Dancing Snow rolls 2 successes and fails to attack, meanwhile her next attack gets 7 successes; she kills the second barbarian outright, leaving only one standing. Dancing Snow and Swallow will act again on Tick 6.

Tick 3

To detect what the guard’s injuries are, Alamar will need 5 minutes to fully detect and diagnose the injuries without usage of Charms that reduce this time immensely…He will act again on Tick 7.

At a cursory glance, the guard has suffered several cutting injuries and probably internal bleeding. Her wounds are probably mortal at best… but he will need more time to really diagnose her injuries!

Some hundred feet away, the Circle can see several boats sailing away on the brisk breeze, manned by more of these black skinned barbarians… and what looks like members of the crew and two of the guards that Alamar hired.

Dancing Snow still needs to act…

Silent Wind

[sblock]Silent Wind recognizes these barbarians from the tales of her village they are known as the Black Blood Raiders, sea people who are prone to cannibalism, worship of the Wyld, and even dealing with the Fair Folk… they claim to be descended from a powerful Sea Goddess of blood and murder… and are in general vicious bloodthirsty group of people.[/sblock]

 

[Aenion]

Snow blows Sand Rat a kiss in reply to his compliment, seemingly disregarding the warrior bearing down at her, "I doubt they would have listened to our good advice."

She grins at the sole remaining warrior before her, the kind of grin a cat would offer a trapped mouse, as her newly acquired cutlass flashes upwards in a vicious slice, knocking his blade free.The tip of her own blade coming to a stop under his chin, drawing a slight bead of blood, "Now swim and warn your allies. We will be coming for our companions," she glares at the barbarian, the sign of dawn glowing righteously on her brow.

ooc:
Recovering 2 essence from stunt
Activating First Melee Excellency for 2 motes of personal essence and 1 mote of peripheral.
Disarm attempt: melee = 13 dice (+ bonus or penalty from cutlass)
Intimidate attempt: Manipulation+presence = 3 dice

P/DDV = 5
Soak
10L/10B
Hardness
3L/3B

Willpower 6
Personal Essence: 0 / 12
Peripheral Essence: 30 / 22
Commited Essence: 7

 

[Tokiwong]

Tick 3

Dancing Snow recovers four successes not two successes for her stunt. Her Disarm attempt nets 11 successes, the blade in her hand is considered a Slashing Sword; the Black Blood Raider nets only two successes and is disarmed. Dancing Snow scores no successes on her attempt to be menacing but her prowess and usage of her Caste mark alone force a Difficulty 5 Morale roll, the raider gets only 3 successes. Dancing Snow succeeds at a 1-Die stunt! She will act again on Tick 7.

The raider is easily disarmed by the sword wielding battle maiden, and the power of the Dawn breaks the barbarian’s will and he runs and jumps overboard and starts swimming towards his fleeing compatriots in a fright!

Tick 5

Sand Rat watches the barbarian flee, “So I presume you have a plan?”

He will Guard and will act again on Tick 9… next is Tick 6, unless the Circle is breaking off combat…

 

[KentArnold]

Sand Rat watches the barbarian flee, “So I presume you have a plan?”

He will Guard and will act again on Tick 9… next is Tick 6, unless the Circle is breaking off combat…

He growls as he looks up from the potentially mortally wounded guard, a dark look on his face, "A plan? Besides pursuing and planning to destroy an entire tribe of wyld worshippers? You said it yourself, Creation would be boring without someone trying to kill us on a regular basis."

He then returned his attention to the downed guard, and then afterwards, any other wounded onboard, "I'm going to save who I can for now. You worry about how we'll teach them the true meaning of the word bloodshed."

OOC: Spending the time to determine if the guard can be saved, if not, he'll move to try and check up on any other serious looking wounds and doing what he can for them.

 

[Aenion]

"Hmm? A plan?" Snow muzes as she watches the retreating barbarians, "Well you heard him," she nods at Alamar with a shrug, "It looks like we are going after them. How fast can this ship go?" she asks the captain, if he's still alive at least, "And what do you know of them?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"Hmm? A plan?" Snow muzes as she watches the retreating barbarians, "Well you heard him," she nods at Alamar with a shrug, "It looks like we are going after them. How fast can this ship go?" she asks the captain, if he's still alive at least, "And what do you know of them?"

Sand Rat rubs the scruff on his chin, “Well I guess that is as good a plan as any.”

Dancing Snow looks for the captain and finds him lying against the railing, a knife blade in his gullet. He was obscured by some toppled barrel which has spilled their fish contents across the deck… along with their smell.

Alamar rolls 3 successes on his Presence + Medicine roll to diagnose her injuries.

Alamar can see that the woman is injured pretty badly, but with modest medical care, she should recover. Of course that does not mean that she will survive without scars, she will have scars, but she can live… which is perhaps better then her comrades on the boats with the cannibals.

The remaining hired guards drag themselves to the deck throwing another raider corpse into the pile. The smaller guard speaks, “Where are the others?”

 

[Shalimar]

Temaari watches impassively as Snow drives off the last of the trio of barbarians. "We cannot allow those others to get away...they are Black Blood Raiders...they are cannibals, suppousedly the descendants of some sea god or other. I think the Sea God was associated with blood and death but I';m not really sure...listening to legends in the villiage wasn't really my thing." The huntress says as she leaves the deck for her quarters to retreive her bow and quiver.

She returns a few moments later with her blade sheated and an arrow nocked. "How are we pursuing them?" not even asking whether or not they were.