The Day of Thunder

Probably Day Watch for me? Cavalry are much less use at night.

Otaku... snorts, faintly. "Trust is about more than not being a traitor," the quiet, sweet voice cuts in bluntly. "It is working together. It is believing the best of your allies, knowing their strengths. Searching to find insults where none exist should be beneath you. And all of us." She tilts her...

Akodo Kenji wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 28, 2023 5:01 am

Lady Makime laughs!

I've seen it!

Don't ask what happened to the guy she was laughing at, you really do not want to know.

If Naraku delays until after Yukara goes, I can go ahead and budget him a use of my technique for a free +1k1 on a roll, but only if he hasn't gone yet. Naraku is on Euro time and likely asleep for at least a few more hours. I guess we can either make the call and say he delays if you want to go no...

Got the last villager out. I would be deeply grateful if you fine samurai can keep the woofs busy enough that they don't all rush and eat my poor brave horse before my turn on Round 3. I promise to do some damage thereafter?

Tsubame shrieks in rage and kicks out at the wolf that hurt him, but Otaku reins him back down. "No! Back." The horse is too well trained to fight her, even though his battle instincts are up. Horse and rider wheel away from the pair of wolves and dart toward the last villager--and the lone wolf men...

Otaku is in the gathered group, quiet and looking somewhat remote. Crowds of people have never been her favorite venue, still less crowds that might expect her to take a turn speaking in front of all of them. In twos and threes and small groups she manages well enough, and of course when Shinjo is n...

"You ride, Ohta-san?" Otaku asks in her quiet voice. "Let's exercise them together some time. This one gets idle without others to show off to." She bows her head slightly. "I won't keep you now. Walk safe."

I've grabbed either one or two villagers depending on distances, because Horse. I probably have the most mobility, so I can zoom around to ride down stragglers or relieve anybody who needs backup. Though once we get the villagers all out I presume we'll mostly just go to melee (with the exception of...

Otaku [apologizing profusely for her player's absence at a work social thing that turned out to be waaaay longer than anticipated] kicks Tsubame into a canter. "Get the farmers out first!" she cries, her lovely but habitually quiet voice louder than anyone here has likely heard it before. She suits ...

"And the same to you," Otaku returns, waving a hand as she turns Tsubabme toward 'home' and Ayako heads off to her own camp. "Safe roads till then."

Otaku laughs very softly. "He knows. Lady Shinjo told him so when he was foaled, and he has never forgotten."

Tsubame tosses his head, flaunting his flowing salt-and-pepper colored mane as if to say, Darn straight.

Some of the rituals of the Ayakashi splinter tribe with whom Otaku was born and spent her childhood were at least as elaborate as this one, but--she reflects as she considers the misshapen blob of weeds and kindling with a straw hat perched crookedly on its 'head,' waiting to be maimed--none of them...

"Time to set the watch and bed down." Otaku nods and lets Tsubame have his head; glimpsing the light of campfires through the screening trees, the horse sees visions of dinner and a nice roll in the grass and puts on some speed. "That's not our camp," Otaku murmurs to him, with some humor. "It's not...

"Well met, Ohta-san." Otaku nods to the Spider. Satsuki receives an inquiring look and a low "Ah! Are you Lady Shinjo's niece Satsuki?" She's heard the name of this daughter of Togashi, although they hadn't met. The gray horse bumps his head against Otaku's shoulders from behind then, hard enough th...

Also, folks, don't forget to put a thread in your PF with vital stats/tactics in case Tyrus needs to ghost you while you're AFK!

I know I probably will be a bit late this evening, so if we're still not wrapped up by then I may need it myself.

We'll know better what to do when we get the count of enemies and how far apart the rescue-ees are, but Otaku can probably do some rescuing fairly quickly while mounted.

An experienced warhorse, Tsubame doesn't balk at being turned toward the sounds of chaos and smoke. Indeed, his ears prick up as Otaku leans forward in the saddle, setting her weight to urge him to more speed. Otaku's eyes flick left and right as she charges into the fray, searching for stragglers w...

Considering it! I can probably make the initial roll okay.