* ZhouXun heads towards the forest with Cheng. Cheng gives him a sort of questioning look, which he responds to with a nod. * Rei walks after him, looking nervously back towards her friends. * ZhouXun whispers to Cheng on matters of import. * Rei just keeps walking. She looks rather like someone heading off for an execution, and probably feels about the same, too. ( You shouldn't need an init roll, I don't think ) (Yah, I'm with these guys. ^^) ( In fact, for convenience sake, I won't be typing much here unless I need to, so watch the main channel :P ) (Um, okay. When can Rei, y'know, plunk down and go all trancey? Heh.) [You're the first group into the forest! Gimme an awareness check, +2] ( Not yet :P ) (Made!) [Rei spots something behind the trees. She isn't quite sure what. And actually, it's several somethings.] (In the direction we're going?) ( Yep ) * Rei peers in that direction. She swallows, then glances at Zhou and Cheng to see if they've noticed. [Maybe, maybe not. They stop either way after a bit and turn towards the advancing army. After a while, Cheng says, "", but Zhou shakes his head.] * Rei speaks up quietly. "" "" * Rei lets out a relieved sigh at that. "" "" * ZhouXun casually looks up at Cheng and nods. "" [Cheng nods, and draws his sword, holding it up in the air. Behind him, the things in the forest become uncamoflouged. Oh, so that's where they were hiding the catapults.] [Cheng points his sword towards the enemy and bellows, ""] * Rei blinks. "" * Rei watches the spheres fly and explode. "" "" * Rei seems a bit more at ease now, for some reason. Cheng: <"Our whole lives are spent fighting these creatures."> * Rei nods. "" "" [Cheng nods and holds up his sword, looking to the left. A man fires something into the air, which explodes like a firework.] * Rei squints at the sky. ( Awareness check! ) ( No penalty for you ) (... Okay, he doesn't want us to notice things. ;P) ( Another check! -1 bonus ) (Made!) [Rei notices something neat: The meece cavalry has appeared on both flanks of the enemy.] [They charge in and crisscross the rear ranks, causing a great deal of havoc.] * Rei giggles a little, despite herself. "" * ZhouXun nods to Cheng. "Begin the next phase of the plan." (In Chinese?) ( Yeah ) [Cheng nods and signals in one direction.] * Rei shifts her weight and tries to find her friends in that mess of a battle. ( Awareness check ) (Made.) [Rei sees in the distance, an explosion in the citadel!] Our spy was successful. ( In Chinese :P ) "" * Rei opens her mouth, then closes it. Then she yells, "" "" * Rei bristles. "" * ZhouXun smiles. "" He nods to Cheng, "" Cheng signals to someone else. A huge blaze suddenly erupts within the enemy forces. I feel like I'm in Dynasty Warriors. "" "" * Rei sounds hurt, even as she says, "" "" * Rei sighs. "" Her tail twitches a bit. "" "" * Rei peers, then points out the one Mystery Club's attacking. "" * ZhouXun nods. " * ZhouXun shrugs. "" * Rei nods. "" She shudders. "" "" * Rei looks to Zhou Xun. "" [A troop runs up to Cheng. <"Sir! We've managed to corner Kali! But she's used something. We can't...>" He pants, out of breath. ] * ZhouXun frowns. "" He and Cheng head towards the battle. (Wait, they're ignoring their troop guy?) [They go in the direction indicated by the troop.] * Rei blinks, then hurries after them. ""