Aachen Rizen Compile - Kenno Matsuri [ In Character ]

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[ Month of Chill, Somewhere Chilly]

Saburo glanced at Kei. "Ah, I remember that. T-though, I only hunted them because they took something from the ship that belonged to me. W-weirdly, they refused to eat the left hands of their victims."

The group's job search was ended prematurely when a man approached them with a offer. Saburo was too busy trying to wiggle feeling back into his toes to listen completely. But from what he gathered it was basically kill wolves get stuff. Just like half of the things on the job board.

Wow, this village was terribly run.

"Uh-"

The whole group had already accepted the offer before he got to say anything.

"...What they said."




That was a lot of wolves.

"Errrr-"

He turned back to the smith. Who had concidentally hid behind a safety rock. "Oh, nevermind..." Saburo patted his legs to stop them from shaking. "I-I want the breast of that chicken."

His whip reared into the air. Should just be like last time, right? Standing firm on the hill. Saburo began to whirl. Letting insticts and luck take over. Saburo decided to attack the one that look most likely to eat his face off.

Saburo used Water Whip (Base - Water) - LV 3 on One Eye

Automatic Success

He whipped a water blast at the Leader. Hitting it solidly. Before winding up for a charge attack.

Frozen Snake (Arkane - Water) - LV 1


Roll Failed!

The frost was a little too helpful for his attack. As it charged up quicker then he was use to. The crystal snake did fly off. But in the opposite direction. Just missing the blacksmith.

Woops.





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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Famlands / Obito Farmstead ]

"You're not at liberty to decide. You think I'm crisping this chicken and tossing it at them for laughs? Fool, you want that chicken pick it up the ground yourself after you mash out those wolves, then."

Their employer snided Rumiko. If she wanted the bait then she could eat it off the ground if she cared so much. Why were those big and burly types always such a fuss to deal with?

In the first, brief exchange, Rumiko's impetuousness and Saburo's reach with his whip was able to score the first strikes.

The first slew of attacks had began.
The wolves ran into the party, and immediately there was a bit of disarray. The animals seemed to be not hesitant at all about running right into the thick of them. That... foolhardy as it was, was still effective in a way. As whatever semblance of formation they had was starting to be contested.


Rumiko dispatched one of the wolf whelps rather easily.
Saburo, on the other hand took aim at the most dangerous looking one - 'One Eye'. Though stumbling over his attack he didn't do much damage. His follow up nearly hit their employer, the smith.

Though it didn't necessitate the dodge, the Smith went even further back from the group with a look of uncertainty. He looked a little uncertain about how this was going.

With one of the whelps down, this left One-Eye and the others to attack!

[ Performing Rolls... ]


The whelps attacked almost simultaneously. Though for the most part most of them had missed their target. However, three of them were able to take advantage of Rumiko's failed attack follow up to go at her. They vengefully bit into her for their fallen brethren she'd just dispatched. The priestess threw them off, but damage had already been done.

As for 'One-Eye' however... he went right after the person who attacked him. He made very decisive, determined, and angry leaps for the Pirate King. Of course the unfortunate pirate would be the one to get attacked by the biggest and meanest looking one of the bunch.

Saburo's flailing was able to throw off One Eye before he could continue chewing him like a bone.

It felt like the wolves were... actually consciously fighting back this time. The first encounter they had been able to ambush the foes, but this time around blows were actually getting exchanged. It was important to not draw out the fight for too long, lest they start taking more hits... and eventually casualties.

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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Village / Haschou Streets ]

"Is that honestly what you think...?"

Kiri stared back at Cirika. It was a sad, pitiful stare that you usually only saw in children when their hopes were promptly stomped down and crushed by the cold chill of reality. In this case, the reality that your friend has grown up into something completely unfamiliar.

The silence was almost palpable, and Kiri didn't answer straight away. She just kept on walking towards their destination, head down, staring a hole into the frosted street.

"Maybe you're right," she finally spoke. "Maybe you're not the same Cirika you were back then. That doesn't mean we can't be friends..."

...or did it? After all, friends typically spent time together.

"...but yes, I think I really meant that. If you were part of some other family, you wouldn't have to be so serious and responsible all the time."

Her eyes were shut tight, as if uttering those words was really strenuous. Nothing good could come from it, but bottling that grievance up inside somehow felt worse.

Shaking her head clear, Kiri opened her eyes again.

"Speaking of responsibility, there's one thing I don't understand: why did you ask those foreigners to guard you? Didn't one of them even try to kill you?"

@Ehb
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[ Month of Chill, Somewhere Chilly]

Giving a check to see he didn't hit the blacksmith. Saburo turned his head back to meet the open maw of a wolf. "Huh"

Twisting as much as he could. The wolf only managed to get a grip on his arm instead of his neck. Even then, the fiery sensation of pain shot up his body. "GAH!"

[Drizzle Whisper (Base - Water) - LV 3] on One Eye.

AUTOMATIC SUCCESS.

Not even using his whip, Saburo put his not being eaten arm up to the wolf. A surge of water force blasted through, sending the wolf flying off him. But he doubted that the thing would be done just by that.

Something warm was dribbling down his arm. He looked down.

Oh, it was his blood.

That was fine.

So fine.

"G-GO FOR BIG ONE, THE BIG ONE...BIIIIIG OOOONE!" Saburo cried.

@Ehb
@Everybody. Save the Pirate.
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Meanwhile in a place not infested with wolves.


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(So Mysterious doesn't even have a faceclaim that works.)

[ Month of Chill, Haschou Village / Haschou Streets ]

"Who tried to kill you?"

Cirika and Kiri both nearly jumped out of their skins. Turning slightly, the two would find Eimi. How in the gods name did Eimi walk up so quietly wearing iron boots was a question that passed both of them.. Her expression, and also the two of them just knowing her. Told them she didn't even mean to.

"Did someone mitten you?" Eimi's mouth twisted somewhat in irritation. But she continued on as always. "My apologies to interrupt like this. But I was passing by when I saw you two." Rubbing her nose with the back of her gloved hand. Eimi seemed to think on her next words carefully. "And, I...thought it would be good to converse? Eimi seemed to give the faintest of smiles at something.


@Luma
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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Village / Obito Farmstead ]

Reflecting on killing one of the beasts, Rumiko wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth, more so now that three wolves were trying to maul her. Her natural robustness provided some defense, arguably as good as light armor, the wolves did get a purchase, doing a bit of damage, that had actually hurt quit a bit.. And the Pirate King seemed to have lost a chunk of his arm..well maybe they just bit into it. "...when we see that girl, if she wants guards she better start giving us some sort of donations..though.."

Leaving the last bit unsaid as she bleed silently, the Miko takes aim at one eye, between her and Saburo's efforts, it should die unless they were very unlucky.

[Rumiko Used Houten Ryu Volley Fist (LV 3) ]

[ AUTOMATIC Roll Sucessful! ]

Unleashing a flurry of punches the Miko connects with One Eye, contributing to the damage she summons her energy, focusing it into a palm thrust, much as before...

[ Rumiko used Arkane Tech Houten Ryu Spirit Impact - lv1 ]

[ Roll Failed. ]

Falling short of her blow, the Miko seemed a bit winded, as the animal seemingly dodges in the nick of time.. Grimacing silently they only had a few allies who were in position to attack and eight foes were left, this situation could get very, very bad depending on what luck was shown their way... If she survived the next few moments of battle, the smaller ones would have to be dealt with and quickly.

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[ Month of ???, ??? / ??? / Darn You Wolves ]

The walk was cold, but ultimately bearable thanks to the flame force from the smith or farmer or... Kei really wasn't certain ad at this point it would be too awkward to ask. The guy probably had mentioned what he was, and Kei had been too focused on his task to care. At least he hadn't said his name. Right? From there on out he'd let Rumiko talk. She was good at talking to people. As soon as he thought that, the chicken was thrown to the wolves. Literally. The smith farmer guy had decided that bait and a lack of patience was the way to do things.

Kei took a step back. They could handle it without his help. They'd done it before, right? So it really wasn't necessary for him to help. It was better for him to stay back and try to-

"GAH!"

Saburo was hurt. Rumiko was hurt. If he stayed still and pretended he wasn't part of this scene he was no better than those other nobles. Kei bit his lip.

All right then. So it was going to be that way, huh? Kei's opening move was to throw a knife near a wolf and dart towards a nearby wolf welp. It landed at the feet of the wolf, causing it to stop dead in its tracks. It had a moment to sniff before...

[Kei Used Flame-licked Knife Level 3!]


. . .

[Auto Success!]


The wolf was blasted in the face with the flames, whimpering and nearly screaming until it stopped and laid motionless in the snow. Meanwhile, Kei was already moving to throw the next knife at another wolf.

[Kei Used Knife Throw Level 2!]

. . .

[Success!]


The knife made a satisfying sound as it landed between the eyes and the wolf was down quickly. Another wolf down. Kei was moving towards the last. There was no time for doubt.

"I've got the weaklings, you guys handle the big guy. Stay calm and you can take him down!"


With a with planting of feet, Kei pulled his arm back and rammed his fist towards the wolf whelp.

[Kei used Fury Burst level 2!]


. . .

[Success!]

The Punch blew through the nose of the wolf anf threw it back, causing the wolf to land several feet away from where it started. It skidded to a halt in the snow a little, leaving a trail of blood behind it. It didn't get back up again.

"Let's get this done already!"


@FIGHTCLUB
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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Village / Job Boards ]

It was certainly thanks to her being a flame dancer that she had the control over the fire elements. Even with her being so inappropriately clothed for the weather, she could still stand well, although slightly freezing as her clothes are, well... barely covering herself to be actually honest. Looking over Tsubaki for answers on her last question. Though before she got her answer, an old smith approached the party about the job.

Well, with everyone starving, and that they're also freezing and that he offered stuffs quite generously if they did the job. Everyone got on board real quick. The same goes to Runara as she could use a winter dance clothes or something like that. Then... They went to the farmstead leaded by the old smith.



[ Month of Chill, Haschou Farmlands / Obito Farmstead ]

Thanks for the smith's ability over the fire force, it was slightly easier for Runara to keep herself warm. He lead the party to an abandoned farmstead that had only wolves as their inhabitant. After the smith does his job in attracting the wolves attention, he quickly ran away and hide over somewhere. Runara then took her blades and started chanting verses of her dance. Readying up for the fight, thus missing the first strike opportunity as the priestess and Saburo went for the first strike, both aiming at different targets.

Runara then set her sights to the big one with the scar on it's eye. Looking determined to take it down, she started stepping graciously towards the One-eye. Flame started to engulf her body before she makes a charge towards it and slams her body to the wolf!

[ Runara used Alluring Flame (Base - Fire) Lv 3 on One-Eye ]

[Auto Success]

She quickly stepped away after slamming her burning body against the wolf. Fire quickly dissipates off her body, she spun around as she put her fingers on her lips. "Second step..." She muttered before kissing her fingers and blows it to the wolf. Blowing a swift fiery projectile towards the big one.

[ Runara used Ignition (Arkane - Fire) Lv 1 on One-Eye ]

[Roll result - 2 - Attack Failed]

Once again, her fiery kiss missed it mark once again as an idle wheelbarrow suddenly goes up in flames. Looking at that happening Runara shook her head as she kept her battle dance going. "Tch... Why am I still missing that!?" She complained, looking at others as she hoped that everyone took care of the smaller wolves.

@Ehb
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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Farmlands, Obito Farmstead ]

The group had failed to fully capitalize the opportunities given to them, and the situation was going south, fast. A Berserk Fang whelp lunged at Tsubaki, where she deftly evaded the attack. Although the cold was affecting her movement, the noble is undeterred. She gritted her teeth, waiting for the right opportunity.

As soon the whelp made its move...

[Tsubaki used Slash Lv3!]
[Auto Success!]

Tsubaki immediately dodged the incoming attack and struck down the whelp in a single motion. After flicking her blade from any undesirable stains, she sheathed her weapon and promptly turned to the next whelp in the vicinity. The second whelp soon turned at her and...

[Tsubaki used Step Slash Lv1!]

[ "Oh no! She missed!" ]

The noble dashed at her next target with blurring speed. However, the whelp somehow read through her moves, and it dodged her attack.

"...!"

Tsubaki quickly repositioned herself, waiting for the next opportunity.

Hopefully the others are still standing, by then.

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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Famlands / Obito Farmstead ]

The party continued their assault. Seeing Saburo's dire straits, they began to launch their attacks to take down One-Eye. And that.... that might've not been a good idea.

It was only Tsubaki and Kei who focused on trying to take down the other whelps swarming in and out of the group's formation. Taking down a couple of them. The knife wielder went all out, performing an impressive feat of enacting his Techs one after another in rapid succession. They were able to, despite all odds, successfully hit. But... there was a price. Doing them in such rapid succession made for an impressive show, but each following tech lacked the same initial oomph as the former. Not enough to keep two of his targets from rising again.

One more, Desperate attack. It felt like this round of exchanges might very well decide how things go for this battle.
The party had been focusing so much on One Eye that his companions were still free to attack...!

[Performing Rolls...]


One Eye made an attempt to retaliate at Saburo once more. But, somehow missed his target. Saburo could swear though, that he heard an audible clap of jaws snapping into one another from the missed bite, and dreaded the throught of his other arm being caught in it.

As for the other whelps, they went about thinking on the fly. Again, they attacked in unison. Interestingly enough, they must've acknowledged Tsubaki and Runara as a threat, as 4 of them launched an attack right at them!

Two of them at Tsubaki.
And Two of them at Runara.

And Runara went down into the snow.

The fifth one Retaliated at Kei. It angrily sunk it's teeth into his leg.




In total, Five of the Whelps were able to deal successful damage. With the inclusion of One-Eye, there were Eight Very Hungry, and very eager looking animals trying to have the party for breakfast. So... things were looking really bad weren't they?

At this point, the party was on the tipping point. One more successful hit from a wolf and that would mean practically any one off them would go down.... with the exception of unfortunate Runara.

Were they... really going to die here? They were clearly outnumbered.
They had to bring down the numbers of the wolves. The Desperation was mounting!

Runara has been Incapacitated!


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Incapacitation


Incapacitation occurs when your character's Endurance Points Drop to Zero. Your character will be unable to perform any more Techs for the duration of the battle. At the end of the battle, your character 'status' will change from standard to being 'wounded' until they are treated, in Character this should be shown ICly. In some cases, your character might get affected with an affliction such as 'poison' or 'paralysis' which is more serious.

 
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[ Month of Wolves, Wolftown]

"YEET" Diving into the snow to avoid One Eye again. Saburo cursed to himself. This was bad. No, terrible. No, despairingly horrific.

Whatever surival insticts that have been hiding within him seem to have started to kick in. Seeing as his thoughts had gone from "Dyingdyingdyingdyingdying" to "dontdiedontdiedontdiedontdie."

Perhaps if they had kicked in sooner he wouldn't be here.

As much as he wanted continue trying to revenge his wound against the one eyed wolf. Sabaru watched in dread as the other wolves took Runara down. Shitshi-

No, if they finished this fast. She would recover. They all would. He just had to...

Saburo uses Binding Strikes (Base - Force) - LV 2 on Whelp.

ROLL FAIL YA FRIGGIN LOSER


Midway through pulling his arm back. Saburo's vision seemed to dim slightly. The strength in his arm faded. And His whip ended up only lightly grazing one of the wolves.

"FUCK!"

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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Village / Obito Farmstead ]

"Kill the small ones! They are more of a threat than the One Eye for now!" This was not good, the Doven was down, most of them were bleeding, only by the fate of the spirits could they triumph here and now, and even then it was possible one or more of them could go down, where in the hell was Yuan or even the other water controller?

Well it was no matter, or rather it would not be fairly quickly.. Such was fate.

"Kami, give me strength!" Rushing forward as she has to the previous group of wolves, Rumiko reaches for one of the small welps, ignoring the blood flowing into her eyes and upon the snow around them. While she would have liked to help the others, now was not the time. Letting out a battle cry her hand reaches..

[Rumiko used Basic Tech - Kousen Grapple - lv2 on Center Wolf]

[Attack Missed]

Falling short thanks to her bleeding injury and lack of endurance, the Miko just misses as did the pirate.. even if the other two hit, which they damn well better, more of them were likely to go down.

"...d-damnit..all because we ran to that stupid graveyard.."
Shaking off the stun Rumiko would ready for another attack, though unsure if she would succeed or not, or even remain on her feet long enough for it. As loath as she was to admit it, she was about to go down, even if she had more fortitude than the rest of her party.

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[ Month of ???, ??? / ??? / Darn You Wolves ]

Kei turned just in time to see two wolves stagger back to their feet. He'd thought they'd gone down but he'd moved too fast. He had been too impatient. If he'd just focused on one at a time, this wouldn't be happening-

Teeth sank into Kei's leg. He clenched his teeth to keep from crying out. "S-sorry pup. Can't play with you right n-now."

With a hard hit the wolf let go, but was still moving, if it went for Kei again that would be it. However, given the state of the party if he could just...

He slowly pulled out a knife from his robes. The cold was setting in and the blood was dripping into the snow. If he hit... He could have an opening. If he didn't... well. Maybe this world would be kind enough to allow them to jump back to the beginning. "Hah... knew I shouldn't have trusted that noble."

With a deep breath Kei threw his knife, hoping that it might hit that One-Eye. If not... well then he guessed it didn't really matter. The wolves would just go on and kill the rest.

He threw the knife.

[Kei Used Knife Throw Basic Level 2 on One-Eye!]

. . .

[Roll Success!]


The knife sank deep into One-Eye's head, but Kei wasn't done. With a small flourish he drew forth three move knives. He just needed to push a little more...

Just a little more... even if he passed out this wolf would be gone. Just a little more...

[Kei used Prison Drive Arkane level 1 on One-Eye!]


. . .

[Roll Failed!]


And Kei fell, having landed too hard on his bad leg while running. The knives clattered away from his hands. Kei cursed into the snow, waiting for the fangs of the welp or One-Eye to chew his neck out.

"You know what, never mind the welps. Kill him! If he goes the rest might scatter!"


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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Farmlands, Obito Farmstead ]

"Aghhhh! Get off me! Get off!"

Tsubaki cried in pain when she tried to escape the two smaller wolves sinking their teeth into her left arm and her right leg. When she saw Runara fell, something within her snapped. The noble's eyes turned pink, and she punched the Berserk Fang biting her arm with sheer force on its eyes. She also promptly kicked the sides of the other wolf to free her left leg.

The noble then charged at the largest Berserk Fang in a frenzied state, taking the slim chance to defeat the One-Eye. When Tsubaki is in range, she clashed with the huge beast with her sheathed blade, trying to find an opening.

After she managed to deflect one of the larger Berserk Fang's attack...

[Tsubaki used Water Slash Lv1!]
["Missed!"]


While Tsubaki was going to use one of her finishing attacks, the One-Eye rammed her. She managed to keep her posture and recovered her weapon when it slipped from her hands. With a reverse grip on her sword, Tsubaki attempted to end it. However, the beast narrowly dodged the water-imbued attack.

With an angry scream, the noble promptly reposition herself, ready to give everything that she has left.

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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Village / Village Streets ]

"Kiri...."
"...Yes. That person did say that... but."


Cirika's explanation was wholly denied by Lady Otachi. She seemed to have taken interest in their conversation as they walked on by.
Seeing her... very stoic expression - just a little less stoic than Cirika's was very uprising to say the least.

"G-good Afternoon Lady Otachi."
Cirika greeted Lady Otachi, facing her and giving a formal nod in greeting. "Lady Moriya and I were... just talking about those travelers is all. They finally woke up today. But I believe they are a little shaken up by what happened after they saved me the other day - that's all I think."

Cirika looked back to Kiri.

"It was a... strange choice. Proposal. Might we just leave it to that?"


It felt like Cirika had gone back to being a little bit more reserved with Eimi.

"Well then, Lady Kiri. Lady Otachi, might you two be interested in accompanying me to the castle? Today you see we-..."


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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Famlands / Obito Farmstead ]

It was pathetic.
Absolutely helpless to themselves, the travelers seemed to only be flailing about, trying to defeat the wolves in question. Their latest slew of attacks - full of unbridled desperation - did nothing to the foes that were going after them. They were bleeding, tired, and outnumbered entirely.

By now, the old smith that had brought them there...
Was long gone. He could already see that this was mostly a lost cause.

Was it truly game over for them?

[ Performing Rolls ]


What is it like, to die of blood loss out in the cold?
What does it feel like to be eaten while still half-alive?

Unfortunately for these travelers... those answers were embedded into their very souls as they died. They died a Miserable Death outside in the cold. Eaten by man eating animals.

The 'Berserk Fangs' really did have some very powerful and cruelly ruthless sets of jaws.

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There was a chill in the air.

Though the snows had yet to come, one could already feel the air around the town starting to cool up a bit. Indeed, there was no doubt that the Season of Frost was soon to be upon them, and the first falling of the snow would not be too far off.

It was currently the middle of the month of Harvests. The time of the year when Farmers in Haschou raced in to stockpile necessary food and supplies for the upcoming Frost.

The travelers... had reawaken, they were splayed across the ground. All around, peasant onlookers were giving cheers and chatting away with great interest at what had just occurred. Though, the Travelers were quite aware themselves though. They had di---- Got Smacked around by Lady Cirika due to a big misunderstanding.

She was really a monster of a girl. She was outnumbered entirely in yet she had dispatched all of them without so much as breaking a sweat.


Looking up from their splaed positions, the could see Cirika standing at the centere of their splayed array of bodies, comically splayed into various parts of the local market.

Runara Stuck in a Barrel.
Saburo wrapped and constructed by a rope.
Tsubaki, whose clothes were pinned into the ground by a wooden stake.
Kei buried under a mound of straw pillows.
and Rumiko... whose hand apparently punched into a wooden box and got her arm stuck as a result.

"Amazing, Lady Cirika didn't even draw her blade and she still took all of those rambunctious travelers down."
"That's the Lord Ikkikari's Sucessor Sction for you."


A scene of absolute chaos.
Where the travelers themselves the ones who had been fighting Cirika... just now?

Immediately, that sense of dread kicked in.
About what Vladis had prophesied would happen if they 'died' in this world.
A reset to a point back in this villages timeline.

Did it have to involve waking up in such precarious positions?



"So... have you Gaijin Had enough, then? You merchants were warned about what would happen if you disobeyed the Rules of the Realm. Have you all had your fill of my dedication to those rules?"

Ah, so this is what Vladis had to look forward to, each time he died or each time Cirika would fatefully go after the berserk fangs. Not only that, but he started off on bad terms with Cirika from the start.

Meanwhile, Lady Kiri and Lady Otachi were also part of the crowd. Having witnessed Cirika dispatching the Gaijin merchants swiftly. They couldn't believe what they had just seen.


[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

A do-over, together.

Even if that do over had set them back almost an entire month.

@_Everyone

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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Farmlands / Obito Farmstead ]

Runara looked over to see that some of the Berserk Fangs whelps are approaching her. Readying herself, she tried to fend off the whelps. She dodged one but... Another one bit her on her ankle. After kicking the whelp off her feet. She couldn't even stand and fell to the cold snow. Holding her ankle as she watches over her companions fighting the Berserk Fangs helplessly.

Cold...

Cold...

She looked around her to see that the smith that led them here have been long gone... This must be an already lost cause. One by one, her companion fell... Runara watched in horror as the Berserk Fangs now surrounded her. Their eyes are hungry for food. "No..." Runara cried out, though it was to no use as they approached her without hesitation. The fox doven crawled back in a desperate attempt to escape. "No... This can't be..." tears dropped intensely from her eyes. And as the wolves jumps... "NOOOOOOO---" She screamed but it was quickly stopped as the wolf bit her on her neck immediately. Sharp teeths digging into the helpless woman... This... is surely the end of he---



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Runara found herself in some kind of dark place, she could hear sound echoing from the outside. She tried to move herself, but it seemed like she was stuck. From the sounds, she could tell that...



[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

Runara kicked her legs as her head and upper body is stuck in a barrel. In a rather comical fashion, the barrel tipped over. The barrel rolled around for a while until Runara finally gets off from the barrel. On the ground, she could see Cirika standing tall, looking around... It seemed like her companions are placed similarly like her. Was this... The reset point that Vladis had to experience when either him or Cirika died? Looking around once again, a crowd could be seen discussing what just happened. Though mostly singing praises towards Cirika. Did they... Fought Cirika before finding themselves in these places...? Of all the points that the timeline reset could send them to... It sent them to this point!? To the point where they're already in bad terms with Cirika!?

Looking somewhat dumbfounded earlier, Runara quickly shook her head and scrambled to prostrate herself to Cirika... She realized that she have to play along, unwillingly...

"We..-- We're sorry!!" She said as her head touched the ground. "Sorry for whatever we did wrong!!" She continued, though... She slowly raise her head to look at Cirika, her tail wagging left to right... "But... What did we do wrong though...?" Runara asked, she sounded very clueless on what she or the others did wrong. Wondering on what context did Vladis set himself in the wrong footing with Cirika everytime the world resets.

@Ehb
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Oh,

I'm dead.



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[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

"BLUH!" Saburo's eyes shot open. He instinctively tried to move forward. But he found himself tied back by...ropes?

His gaze quickly scanned his surroundings. What was supposed to be happening right now? Why were they all laying defeated in front of a crowd like this.


Of course. they all knew what had happened.Their lack of tact had slowly rolled a missunderstanding into a fight. Where they proceeded to get stomped by Lady Cirika- Gah, that info insertion was still weird.

So time had reset. And not even their introduction had stuck. Rather, they had been defeated easily by just Cirika.

In her own dream, she was a badass. How very prideful.

Well, time reversal Saburo might be a giant wimp. But he was only just a wimp. And could at least get out of these silly bondings. Holding a hand to the rope, He channeled water energy till the rope was cold enough to simply snap. Freeing his hands, Saburo simply slipped the rest of it off.

Which was good, because his stomach started to twist.

"Exc-" Saburo vomited infront of the crowd. He had clearly had some lunch in there as well, because it was a large amount.

"Ugh"
"Gross"
"Hah!"


The comments of the crowd were little concern to Saburo.

His body felt ticklish. The wounds from the wolves that ripped him apart were no longer there. But in his mind they felt as fresh as anything. He hugged himself as he spilled bile once more. They had been torn apart and eaten. But...they were back here. He had felt literal death. Yet, here they were.

He didn't know what was worse. Dying or still being here afterwards.

Saburo patted his crotch. Ah, that was something. He had at least not pissed himself as he had before his demise.

Spitting whatever vomit was left in mouth out. Saburo took a deep breath. It was okay. It was okay. He had to tell himself it was okay. Had to keep his sanity.

His eyes finally lifting from his own made mess to Cirika. Staring at her for a moment, he could only think of one thing to say.

"Gods, you suck."


@Ehb
@EveryoneweGOAGANE
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(Made my own faceclaim suck it Ehb)

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[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

Eimi frowned slightly at the sight infront of her and the crowd. She felt the pride of seeing the next scion easily show what happened when newcomers thought they could just disrespect the tribe's honour. A great sin that had to be punished and rightly was.

Albeit, this was a little too easy. Eimi was getting second-hand embarrassment for the merchants. It was pitiful. Like watching toddlers sit in their own poop. The pink haired one was going further with that analogy then she was comfortable with.

She wondered how these travelers even managed to get here in the first place with the Berserk-fang infestation.

"But... What did we do wrong though...?" The Doven girl asked dumbly. Eimi let out a small scoff. Perhaps it was right for them to be embarrassed this much.

Turning her head sideways to look at her childhood friend Kiri. Eimi stared at her blankly. "Is this entertaining for you? I had thought you'd be away from this. With the people and the noises and the..." Eimi voice pitched up slightly. "Standing." Kiri couldn't help but get the impression that Eimi was trying to make a joke. But it couldn't help but come off like a child making it's first joke.

She turned her head back to the scene, joke time apparently over. "Should we do something?" Not that they needed to do or say anything. That much was clear with the both of them. But Eimi seemed to leave it over to Kiri if she wanted to do anything with this.

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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Farmlands, Obito Farmstead ]

...

Tsubaki missed. Kei looked to the knives scattered on the ground. One was old and worn down, clearly well used. Kei would remember every practiced movement he'd done with the knife. All those years of practice. Maybe he was right... Kei saw the shadow of the wolf fall in front of him. Maybe I really was just a pawn to be used as he liked after all...

This was what he deserved.

The teeth tore and ripped at him, and all Kei could do was reach and grab the little knife by the blade, the closest part to him. This was the end, huh? Well... he really was that pathetic after all. As his vision left him, he wondered where the Shang Prince was right now. Kei hoped that he was somewhere cold. Freezing to death.

Kei hoped he'd come back as a proper ghost and haunt him. With his luck... he wouldn't.




[???]

When he opened his eyes, it was soft. Not the softest he'd ever felt, but it was... straw? It took a moment to wrestle himself back out of the pillows, but as soon as he did, he realized where he was immediately.

[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

And more importantly, who had chucked him into the straw pillow pile.

"You know, it's not very ladylike to beat up merchants. One would think that instead of upholding rules, you're just beating up strangers for fun."
Kei said to Cirika.

He moved out of the pile of pillows, pulling straw out of all his sleeves. Looking at the others, it seemed like they had ended up a little worse than him. Rumiko was stuck to a box, and Runara was in a barrel. It seemed like she was pretty thoroughly stuck in there too. Kei had to suppress a laugh. A quiet laugh ensued as Runara seemed to kowtow to Cirika. It was all very funny to him. As though he'd gotten a pass on the executioner's blade. However it was only for a day and only because the king was sick. Vladis could rot wherever he'd ended up for all Kei cared. If they had infinite do overs, then they could try killing Cirika later. Clearly not now, as they were all... well... frankly, humiliated.

"Get up, Runara. She doesn't deserve groveling. We got beaten fair and square, but I don't want to be a brown-noser."


It was good that they didn't have to deal with that nasty vow business right up front. Kei wasn't interested and he felt drained. He could still feel in his leg where those teeth had sunk in. And his back felt worse than that. It had taken a while for him to die, after all.

"Let's just get going elsewhere. We'll respect the rules, but I have better things to do than look like a clown for nobility."


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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

"So noisy..." Kiri agreed, standing idly by next to Eimi. "Why can't they beat each other up more quietly...?"

She yawned. The way Kiri was rubbing her eyes, it was almost like she'd just woken up. Maybe she had. It wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary.

"Hmm... I think Ciri handled it just fine," Kiri answered again with a shrug. Staring at each of the strange foreigners for a moment, Kiri pondered aloud, "Something seems off about those five though. Just a few moments ago it was almost like they were waking up from a nightmare. All of them. At the same time..."

Kiri appeared to ponder it for a few seconds, "I thought it was just my imagination, but... well, look." Her finger pointed out straight towards the doven lady on the ground. Anyone could see how clueless she sounded, but a more reasonable assumption would be 'I don't know your laws' and not 'I just woke up.'

All of a sudden, Kiri's eyes lit up with a big, hopeful grin on her face.

"I wonder if they're the same as me~! Though I don't believe I've ever broken any laws during my sleepwalks... at least not any big ones. Ooohhh, I just can't stand here and watch this anymore..."

Nevertheless, Kiri strode forward until she was right in-between Cirika and the doven, having found a motivation powerful enough to step in.

"That should be enough, right Cirika? I'm sure they learned their lesson," she insisted, bobbing her head. "I can handle them from here and make sure they learn all our rules. After all, you have more important things to do with your time, right?"

Kiri stared straight into Cirika's eyes, astonishingly resolute for a change.

@Ehb
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[ Month of Chill, Haschou Farmlands / Obito Farmstead ]

Glaring at the beasts, the Miko goes down in a fit of rage, strangling one of the wolves with her bare hands, switching back into her terminator mode as it were, it was a side of the Miko the rest had not seen. Across her travels she had wiped out many a beast lair or demi-human camp, sparing none and justifying her mass slaughter for the greater good. Glaring as the last of her life drains away, the Miko mutters;

"I'll be back again..." Not crying, or flinching as the teeth tore her apart a blank expression of disdain was born out on her face with a slight smirk.


[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

Coming too on the otherside, time had reset.. What implications did that have for the outside world, had time there reversed, had it stayed the same..the flow of time was always so hard to judge in these damnable places, only five minutes may have passed or even five days.. For their sakes she would pray for the former.

Digging her arm out of the box, she pulled and shattered more of the wood, working her arm free. While this in and of it's self wasn't strange, the fact they had seemingly been fighting Cirika was.. Though it showed something valuable, they as they were now could not beat her and the time needed for such may very well kill them..

On the other hand. Beaming with a wide smile that seemed a tad creepy as her eyes narrowed, this Miko rather liked this roll back on time, from a point of view it was a blessing.

"Ah, haha, I'm sorry! You just looked so strong, I couldn't help myself, you dodge very well for me to have ended up like this. Well met strong one, I am Rumiko Mitsurugi, a traveling priestess and monster exterminator. Ah..Kei, don't be in such a hurry. As it happens, we are travelers searching for a boatsman..an outsider that knows the river out of here.. I am aiding the noble you put in a barrel into returning home, along the way we've been exterminating threats.. Hmm in this area wolves are of note I think?"

Softening her smile, she figured she would round about explain to her friends before they could speak up why she wanted to kill the wolves now, the boatman should have been more obvious.

"The Month of Chill should be arriving soon, as time goes, even if a month, the Wolves I wish to hunt will grow more desperate and stronger by survival's roll alone..if hit now..well they may be easier to deal with..or at least the snow won't be aiding them against us. If not, I have seen signs on the roads that they are about to come down from the forests, food is growing scarce."

Not bringing up the matter of the pilgrimage or in the girl being dead with the rest of this town, the Miko uses a few truths from a point of view. "Preventive measures are better than reactive measures, yes?"

Still smiling the Miko shakes her arm free of any remaining wood before crisscrossing both arms beneath her sleeves, seemingly at peace with the situation, if not overly eager to be of use to the town if it were needed. In spite of being mauled to death, the Miko was not afraid of the beasts, rather she intended to kill and drive off every single one of them she could get her hands on, while wearing the face of an enlightened Monk, her Aura seemed to speak more of an avatar of death.

Taking note of the younger girl, the Miko glanced at her and gives a nod. "Oh? If the sleepy one has information for us it could come in handy if we have to stay awhile..in fact there are a few areas of note I think I want to know a good deal about..more so in magics or scared places."

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"Man, that was some nasty stuff you got yourself into..."
"... Huh...? That voice.... Is it Iz---"
"Yep yep. It's me, Tsu-chan."
"Wait, why are you...---"
"Apparently my time isn't up yet. So I get to wander around here. Plus I think I heard your cries somewhere."
"I... see."
"Siiiighs. Seriously, what's up with that world you got stuck into? Seems like however did that stuff has a huge grudge on the living. Rather, a huge discontent. Then again, she got betrayed and the whole Tousawa Valley went to hell, so it wasn't a surprise."
"I... guess."
"Are you okay, Tsu-chan? Considering that you're not comfortable with supernatural things."
"Well... What can I do? I can't just... give up, you know. My employer's life... is on the line."

"I understand. If you need my help, you know where to find me. I'll always be with you, even in the realm of the dead."
"... Yes. But..."

"Don't you worry much, Tsu-chan! Just focus on getting out of here, okay?"
"Okay..."

"Alright, I think it's time for me to go back. See you around! And oh, just think of me when you're in a bind! I'll come as soon as I can!"
"Got it..."

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[ Month of Harvest, Haschou Village / Town Market ]

So that's how it is, Tsubaki thought to herself when she regained control. Her previously pink eyes also reverted to the demure green color. They are back to square one, and somehow this time the group got on bad terms with Cirika. Unlike last time however, the noble has no intention of speaking to Cirika, considering she has no idea what she has done to offend her. With Runara soon begging and Rumiko talking to Cirika, the noble merely removed the wooden stakes carefully, while half-heartedly listening to the conversation.

Once she was done, Tsubaki took a rope that was lying nearby, and tied up the wooden stakes into a bundle. After placing the bundle of wooden stakes to the side, the noble then got up and patted the dust on her body. She eventually took a few steps back, standing behind Runara and Rumiko, indicating she was going to listen first rather than talking.
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