[WARNING: INCOMING GAME.] (REBOOT!) [It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Well, kinda. We're talking about the middle of the afternoon, not like anyone can check the sun right now, and clear skies, not that anyone can see much of that either. This is all the fault of an oppressive amount of black smoke going about which, according to Fanfan, was caused by a ninja.] [Fortunately, you can see somewhat, thanks to a well-timed wind spell on Mikoto's part. You're racing everyone's favorite pair of bounty hunters to Jan, after all, and the ninja's probably working for them. (Gee, you think?) The gunfire started on Millie and John's part, John managing to shoot what's probably the back leg of Eri's horse and stopping it in its tracks.] [Eri has sinced jumped off and is facing Sakura with her naginata at ready, not to mention blocking the way for the rest of you. In the not-so-far distance, you can vaguely see D, mounted with an arrow nocked. It was probably his fault that Millie's horse (Pepper) went down.] [Fanfan's broken through the ranks and is riding and ahead on Sakura's horse. Sakura, as I said, is within striking distance of Eri, katana drawn. Mikoto's not far back and has summoned Mirabel, who is perched on his arm. John's still mounted with both pistols out, near the back with Tairan and Jinx (also mounted on Lightning), though they've moved a bit forward.] [Millie's regained her footing and fortunately hasn't run into any stone trees in the darkness. Any questions?] ( Where's Waldo? ) [Oh yes, and the ninja is nowhere to be seen. Ninja are like that.] (Please check the answer key in the back of the book. ;P) * Jinx rides out a little and calls out in a loud voice. "Fucking stop! I don't mind dueling, but this is a waste of time." He looks to Eri. "We have business with Jan, let us talk to her before you try to capture her and you can have my naginata, it's magic." [Session Start!] * Eri starts and turns her attention from Sakura to look in Jinx's direction. Her eyes narrow, but it's hard to miss the shine (sparkle?) there. "Magic Naginata? For me? Seriously?" * Mikoto looks at Mira, then at Eri, then at D with furrowed brow. * John looks over the area cautiously, and after spotting D he keeps his gun ready to fire an interception shot if D tries shooting something else. We don't want to capture Jan. Just talk to her. After that, you can paint her bronze and call her one of those disgusting spit-jar things for all we care. * Sakura rushes forward to strike at Eri. * Mikoto appears unable to resist saying, offhandedly, "Spitoon." * Jinx looks back. "If you walk away from this fight, any duels aside, and let us conduct our business with Jan and leave in peace. If things go badly and it ends up being a fight, we can then negotiate the division Jan's bounty if you provide support. I don't think that'll happen. (I'm going for for a wind Cutter, by the by.) (Should I roll or..?) (Okay.) (Yup.) (And all of you, roll init.) * Millie kneels next to her horse. Her poor horse. "What the...Pepper! What the hell?" d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for John (d6+7) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (d6+7) and gets 9. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-3) and gets 5. (Okay, made by 2. This is an autofire attack, by the by.) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (d6+6) and gets 12. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (d6+7) and gets 10. Wind Cutter! * Eri is caught almost completely by surprise, turning to look at as two blasts of wind visibly streak through the darkness, from Sakura's blade to splash against her armor. She doesn't look any worse for wear, but now she grins again, this time grimly. "Trickin' me with a Naginata. That's just low." [Millie looks over Pepper, and no roll is needed. The mare isn't breathing, and the arrow in her forehead makes it pretty obvious she's dead.] You turned your attention away from the duel. I did not ask them to. This is between me and her. The rest of you, go after them. ... or we could let you two do your duel, then proceed with the peaceful plan. [Order: Ninja, Sakura, Mikoto, Eri, D, Tairan, Millie, Jinx, John] * Jinx nods. "I've got no intent on interfering." * Eri shifts her weight, adjusting her grip on her naginata. [Sakura's turn.] (Considering there's others who may or may not interfere, I think we're going to stick it with this for now. Sakura and Eri can act out on dueling rules.) (But not init.) (Mind linking me to the dueling rules again?) (http://besm.sandwich.net/RSP/rules/RSP_rules.txt <--near the bottom.) * Millie looks at that and just stays there on her knees for a moment, before swivelling to look at D, glaring. * Tairan mutters. "Way I've been sucking it up in fights lately, last thing I need is a brawl." * Sakura leaps towards Eri and.. splits. "Midnight Shadow." The split-image Sakuras slash at Eri from all directions. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-3) and gets 2. (Made by 4, she gets +1 to defend.) * Eri spins, trying to block *all* of them. The blades are mostly deflected, though the last one manages to get in and rend a gash in her armor, managing to hit the flesh underneath. She looks less than pleased... for once. [Mikoto's turn] * Mikoto reins in and dismisses Mira, observing the situation but not doing much else. (Hold action, if dismissing doesn't use up my turn) [Eri's turn] * Eri doesn't stop spinning, even through the gash, and she yells, "I'll just take all of you!" A golden light appears at the tip of her naginata and grows to cover the entire blade as she strikes outwards. "Ultimate Naginata Technique! Eri Blade!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-2) and gets 1. * Sakura brings her blade up and blocks the naginata, although she is a bit slow and the blade cuts into her shoulder. [D's turn!] * Eri stops and faces Sakura, switching her grip to hold the entire naginata behind her, blade tilted downward, with one hand. * D keeps his arrow trained in the distance. At what, it's hard to tell. "Yeah? Looks to me like you're looking for a fight right here, right now." [Tairan's turn] We're looking *at* a fight, not for one. If we were looking for a fight, we'd be fighting, instead of standing here talking. [Millie's turn] (Thanks for humoring us with the init turns. ;P If you were all talking at the same time, we'd lose everything.) * Millie glares at D. "...Alright. That does it. If YOU'RE looking for a fight...hell, you already pulled one dirty trick. Now ya kill my fuckin' HORSE?" She stands up, pointing at D angrily. "What'd she ever do to you??" An eye for an eye, and a horse for a horse. [Jinx's turn] (But nobody killed their horse.) (I shot its leg. I didn't kill it. <.<;) ( Details ) Yeah? We didn't kill your fuckin' horse! We weren't even TRYIN' ta kill yer fuckin' horse! * Jinx looks over at Eri. "Deal's still available." He then looks to D. "We heal your horse, you give us money the money you'd use to buy a new one for yourself. Deal?" [Hold] ( Bad Millie! No speak except on your turn! =P ) Yeah? Tell this psycho to stop attacking me, then maybe I'll think about your deal! [John's turn] (Do *you* know any veterinarians? Or are you just selling bottle healing spell now? We're gonna have to have a little talk about your bargaining skills, Jinx. c.c) (Selling spell/potion. 300 or so for a horse if memory serves.) ( Responses are okay, just so long as we don't have everyone holding political debates while waiting for their chance to act. ) * John eyes D. "Well maybe I should just finish the job then." He rears Hazel around and keeps his gaze steadied on D. "Maybe I should be saying 'Do unto others as you would have them unto you.'" [Readied action to intercept D's shot] * Jinx looks back at Eri, slight disdain in his voice. "She doesn't listen to me. But no hard feelings if you kill her." [Sakura's turn] * Eri grins. "I'm flattered. Sounds like you got some great allies, Sakura. Must be your sparkling personality." * Tairan whaps Jinx upside the head. "Some hard feelings... but it's a duel. People die in duels." * Jinx 's expression doesn't really change. You can probably interpret that to mean he's radically changing his opinion and in fact would deeply mourn if that happened. Or not. * Sakura slashes again, aiming as much for the ground as for Eri.. "SOFT SOIL SWORD!" 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-3) and gets 5. (Made it by 1. Gonna cause a nasty fissure under Eri either way.) * Eri brings her naginata around to block as Sakura jams her sword into the ground right below her feet. She lets out a startled yelp and scrambles backwards, as the ground gives way beneath her, her falling with it. She lands out of sight with a heavy clang... or crunch? Something, and it doesn't sound pretty. * Mikoto just shakes his head. "We seem to have what I would even call a fetish for violent and detrimental wastes of time, as a group." [Mikoto's turn] * Mikoto does nothing! But he does nothing in a handsome, blonde fashion. ( Heh! Well put, Todd. ) (Good job!) (I'm prettier. <.<) [D's turn.] ... that looked like it's gonna hurt. * D keeps an arrow trained. "You think that horse is gonna live with its leg blown off? Kindest thing we can do for it now is put it to sleep." [Tairan's turn] * Tairan does not comment. Dammit, he's a tracker, not a veteranarian! ( End ) [Millie's turn!] * Millie tsshes and shakes her head. "Fine. You wanna help the horse? I'll help your fucking horse." She walks forward, taking a bottle out of her pack and uncorking it. [Jinx's turn] [For the record, the horse Eri was riding is crumpled past Sakura and near the fissure Eri's found herself in.] * Jinx sighs slightly and looks to D. "We heal your horse, you give us money to replace Pepper? Deal? You come out even." Maybe. AFTER we get the bounty on Jan. [John's turn!] Not worth it Millie. ... and we should count on you successfully capturing Jan? Yeah. * John rolls his eyes. "Look, we can stand here all day arguing, or we can *do* something. I don't know how good you're feeling but taking on all of us is probably not a good idea for you." [Keep action readied] Haven't ya got it through your thick skull yet? We don't CARE about your fucking bounty. And I don't give a damn what you do. I'm just healing your horse because I was going to anyhow before you shot mine in the fucking HEAD! But you don't stop to think that maybe if you pull a fucking smoke screen trick, people are gonna be a little irate.. * Millie keeps walking. Hmmph. ( ... dude. My bad. ... ) * John nods. "She's right. I don't know about you, but that sort of thing is an attack where I come from." You opened fire on us, lady. Smoke don't hurt nothin'. ( Everyone's out of init 'cept Sakura and Eri. ) (Speaking of which, Sakura. Your turn.) * Jinx seems to find what Millie and John are saying to be implausible but he doesn't comment on that. Instead he looks to D. "Fine, your group goes to capture Jan. We'll wait. You succeed we don't have business with her. You fail, we talk to her. Easy enough. * Sakura steps back from the hole and waits. (Holding action.) It's not what it hurts, it's what you CAN do. And from last time when you SHOT ME IN THE HAND, I don't trust you if I don't see you. ( ... and now I'm picturing Eri as Mustafa (played by Will Ferrell) from Austin Powers. "I think my leg may be broken... let me test it..." *CRUNCH* "AAAAAAAAAH! Yes, yes, it is broken!" ) [Eri's turn] (/me snerks. Yup.) (Sakura, give me a percep. roll.) * Mikoto sighs and sits on his horse looking annoyed. Because he is! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6) and gets 8. (Defense against unarmed.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-4) and gets 4. So you're saying you shot at us because we can kill you, but chose not to? Could've lodged an arrow in your spine when you were riding off, man. * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "Aren't we arrogant." [Sakura stands and waits, peering into the blackness covering the fissure. She feels something brush against her ankle and jumps back, just in time to avoid the hand that closes the empty space. Eri pulls herself up and out of the hole, grinning widely and bleeding from that open wound in her head, and the gash in her side, and various other bruises and... okay, she looks like death warmed over.] [Sakura's turn] Go back into the ground Soft Soil Sword! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-3) and gets 3. * Jinx casually inspects Lightning, her health is important, less living horses. "Let's save the moral discussions for the Universities." (Mikoto thinks Sakura's a psycho. But Todd wants Eri to die.) (Dilemma.) (Solution: Have Mikoto be upset, while quietly cheering inside.) * Eri brings her naginata around, stopping Sakura's attack before her sword touches the ground. She keeps grinning. "You first." She draws the naginata back with an angry screech and spins it with one hand, wind gathering round the entire weapon. "Eri Tabushi special technique. Swirling Naginata Slash!" She grabs the polearm with her other hand and dashes at Sakura. (Roll, Sakura.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-3) and gets 5. In other words, let's stop with the 'my dick is bigger than yours' bullshit and talk this over like reasonable violent psychopaths. * Sakura takes the hit dead-on and lands, bleeding from many cuts all over. She hits the ground and stops moving.. although she is still breathing. * Jinx turns back to watching the fight with some interest. * Eri stops before slamming into a tree, turns, and looks down at Sakura. "Aww, she's not dead." She doesn't seem about to fix that, though, as she turns her attention to all the people standing around. Particularly Jinx. "Now! What was this about a magic Naginata?" * Tairan winces as Sakura lands. "Still alive, at least." * Jinx takes the Naginata off the horse. "First, fair warning, she's likely very vindictive. Don't say I didn't warn you. Second, you let us conduct our buisness with Jan first, without interruption, and say throw in the money for a new horse in exchange for healing yours, and you get this rather attractive and deadly naginata." ::Jinx shows it off a little, without making any overtly threatening gestures. Yeah, yeah, vindicative, I figured that ou- ooh, nice craftsmanship. * Eri heads over to Jinx, rather like a moth to a flame, and looks the naginata over. She may have figured out he's not very good at it, since she easily gets within striking distance. "Hey, Duckster! Get a look at this!" * D trots his horse over. "I told you not to call me that!" He relaxes a bit, but is still at the ready. * Jinx nods. "It really is, and so we got a deal? And I'm just pointing out the vindictive thing now as I feel bad about her attacking you during negotiations, so thought you should know the risks you're taking." ... Duckster? * Eri spits out a little blood to the side. "Bah, what's some bloodshed between enemies? Can I hold it?" She looks down at her current naginata. "No, I'm not gonna neglect you." ( Eri will duel wield. ) (Mwahaha!) I'll agree to it, but we pay you after we collect the bounty on Jan. * Mikoto looks at his fingernails. "Who's a hundred miles away by now, probably..." We would have caught up to her if one of you didn't shoot my horse. * D nods. * Millie kneels down by the horse, ignoring all the rest around her. She speaks, surprisingly soothingly and softly to the animal. "Don't worry. It's gonna be okay..." She puts the cork in her teeth and holds out her hand for the horse to sniff as she pours some of the healing liquid onto the wound, then cupping her hand so she can hold the liquid in front of the horse's mouth. And we wouldn't have shot your horse if you'd listened to us before throwing smoke at us. * Mikoto does not appear to care, or more to the point recognize that Eri or D exist. No deal on that. You get the naginata and the horse, we get the chance to talk and the money, or equivelent in barter. ::he then walks a safe distance away holds out the naginata to Eri:: The magic can be invoked when you swing it, so don't swing it towards us. [The horse swallows! Good horse! You get a healing potion!] ( You can lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink. Healing potions, you CAN make it drink. =P ) Yeah. I remember last time you wanted to 'talk' about the money. You mean when you shot us. Right. When I shot you. * Eri squeals and grabs the naginata with her free (and bloody, not that Jinx cares) hand. She walks a bit away, likely ignoring whatever's going on, and sets her current naginata down before starting a kata. * Jinx casually holds his shotgun while Eri gets the naginata temporarily. "Now, don't you want to agree to the terms without all this tiresome haggling so you can keep your new friend?" We talked about money, said no deal, and then you shot us. Yeah, really good negotiation there. [The horse makes a miraculous recovery! It gets to its feet and whinnies gratefully, nuzzling Millie's hand. Remember, when you shop, shop crazy!] We've worked too hard to get that bounty to lose it to people like you. ... are you even listening? We don't want the bou- okay, we wouldn't *mind* the bounty, granted. But we're not after the bounty. * Mikoto picks up Nami's reins. "The answer appears to be 'no'." Bull Shit. Just because you're unlucky doesn't mean you can throw a tantrum. We got there first. * Jinx waits for a response from Eri. The hell you did. And you shot at us just now. Quit acting like you're on some high moral ground. * Mikoto looks around. "Sakura's seriously injured, Jan is probably totally out of reach now. I frankly am for leaving unless the rest of you have developed a taste for ramming your head into brick walls." I acted in self-defense after YOUR ally attacked us. * Millie smiles a little and rubs the side of the horse's nose, nuzzling up against it. "Good horse." (...look who's talking.) * D shrugs at Tairan. "Then that simplifies things. You don't want the bounty. We do." And knowing what you did last time doesn't give you any place to point fingers. Which we established ten minutes ago. We wanna talk to Jan. After that, you can marry her for all we care. * D cracks a smile. "Maybe I will. After I get my damn money." * Jinx , at the lack of response, adds. "Unfortunately, Duckster seems bent on negotiating and discussing trivia, which is wasting time. This is a little time offer Eri, I'd hate to see you two seperated." * Jinx indicates his naginata as he says that. * Mikoto decides to do the gentlemanly thing and heads his horse over to Sakura, since Horse and Fanfan appear to have been eaten by the horizon line. * Millie pulls away from the horse and pulls down on her vest, glancing coldly at D. "Alright. I healed your fucking horse." [Just as Jinx does that, there's an angry shriek from the direction Eri's practicing, followed by the sound of shattering stone. She stands there, eyes wide and staring at an ex-petrified tree.] This... Naginata... is glorious! I'll take it! * Eri turns to look at the others. "Duckster, we *can't* pass this up." We can buy you a better one once we get our bounty. * Tairan shivers, and mutters to Jinx. "I *really* hate that Naginata." (Man. There was one thing I wanted to do tonight and I won't have the IC opportunity to do it.) * Sakura is knocked out, but good. ... and for the last time! WE DON'T WANT YOUR BOUNTY! You can have the naginata AND the bounty! * Jinx nods. "Okay, fence something D. You get the money, you can buy it back." * Millie blinks and looks at D. "Duckster...?" * Jinx looks at Eri. "I'm being very reasonable here. Most traders don't deal in barter." * Tairan looks about ready to pull his hair out. A better one? Come on! This is the find of a decade! A couple decades! Naginata like this don't fall out of trees. * D rubs his forhead. "I get the bounty, I ain't got no problem." Then you have no problem. (Eri's pretty lively for being half dead.) (She's Eoi. Really.) (Eri's insane.) Tell you what. We keep a horse, you can buy him or her back when you've got more money. Two of you can ride share a horse for long enough to capture Jan. Deal? (She was laughing when Sakura set her on fire.) Maybe you haven't noticed, but there's three of us. * Mikoto slips out of the saddle and closes his eyes, casting Winds of Healing. (In sakura's general vicinity. I don't think anyone else is near enough to be affected.) * Millie rubs her forehead, looking down a little. "This is great and all, but what the hell do I ride now?" [Sakura is healed! Somewhat] * Sakura isn't as dead! * Jinx looks to Eri. "Damn, I'd so hate for this to go sour over such trivial matters. Surely you have something you can fence worth a horse, D seems to be having creativity problems." Yeah? How's this? I know where Jan's goin'. [The wind spell also wreaks havoc on the smoke, and it clears even more rapidly. You can see the sky now.] * Mikoto breathes out and does his level best to get Sakura standing. "That can keep until we get somewhere I can take a closer look at you, anyway." * Jinx looks to D. "Interesting, but we've got a tracker. What else do you know?"" You've got a tracker. I know where she's goin'. * Eri looks at Jinx, then frowns, thoughtfully. Good luck tryin' to track her now, with all the time you've let pass. I could... nah, I can't give my other Naginata away. * Sakura stands up, wobbly.. but she starts to go for Eri again, half-using the sword as a crutch. * Jinx looks to Eri. "Well, that info D has may go part of the way. Watch out, Sakura's attacking. But, maybe you could convince him to throw in the rest of what he knows and we could have a deal." * Eri glances at Sakura. She's not looking much better, but she doesn't need to lean on anything. "Don't you get closer to me, Sakura. You'll be beat down by the Naginata faster than you can breathe." That time passing was your fault, y'know. * Mikoto frowns and makes a sound that almost might be a growl. "As much as I'd love for almost everyone here to kill each other in a free-for-all, the fight's over." And weakling though he be, he's probably enough to stop Sakura. "I'm leaving. This farcical insanity is giving me a headache." * Sakura gets into a battle stance, breathing hard, but looking more solid. "This was a duel to the death." * D grins at Millie. "That doesn't matter to me, 'cause I know where she's goin'." You decided it was a duel to the death. * Eri grins. "I just wanted to smack someone around for hurtin' my horse. And look! He's all better." This is a death duel. You got away from it last time. You won't this time. * Jinx steps a safe distance away from Eri, not reclaiming his naginata just yet. "Or I'd accept finding out where she's going and some trinket or weapon of some value but not as much value as a horse. Whichever." Well then, you tell us, we'll call the insane sword lady off. Although I don't think that's possible. You'll hafta knock her out again. Someone is going to die. It is the honorable end to a duel. * Mikoto looks around his back at Sakura, then says, in a quiet voice, "Please forgive me. I'll make it up to you later." Then he rams his palm into her chin. It's a stupid end is what it is. Especially if the duel didn't need ta be started in the first place. (Mikoto's lost it. Wheeeeeee.) (Roll it.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-4) and gets 2. [Sakura manages to see it coming and sidestep. Eri brings the naginata she's holding back, and Sakura, give me a magic defense (sonic).] ... this isn't gonna end well. * Jinx casually waits for Eri to resolve her current business, one way or the other, although he looks rather surprised at Mikoto's action. "Wouldn't count on that forgiveness Mikoto." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-2) and gets 4. (Dicey seems very mellow today. Perhaps it's the heat.) * Millie sighs and rubs her forehead. [Sakura then hears a high-pitched screech and dives to the ground as a ripple of sound goes over her, slamming into and shattering the tree behind her.] Note the sheer destructive potential. (Can I do something now?) (Yes. ;P) Still advertising that thing? Can we just let them alone to kill each other? Please? Salesmanship John. Very important. * Sakura stabs foward, her sword glowing with twin auras of black and yellow, which mix together as she stabs at Eri. "Sunset and Moonrise!" 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-4) and gets 4. ... it's times like these I wish I'd learned to use dynamite reliably. I can always teach you. * Mikoto just watches. He doesn't seem too bothered that his punch missed, or that Sakura and Eri are at it again. It's actually quite an atypically impassive expression for him in general. * Eri finishes her swing and brings her polearm around to block Sakura's attack. She's only partially successful and even *she* can't help but scream as the katana gets through, slicing through her armor like it was less than nothing and into her stomach. She falls to her knees, then face first into the ground, hand still clutching the naginata. ... well, we warned her Sakura was the vengeful type. * D rides over. "Damn, Shomuran women are all crazy bitches." He looks down at Sakura. "Back off." * Jinx frowns. (Ain't that the truth.) Not until she is d.. * John draws his pistols at Sakura. "Ain't it the truth? Quit fighting now." * Sakura coughs. "Dead." * Mikoto looks at D, expression cold. "She might not be dead. I can save her if she's still alive. In return, you'll tell us where Jan is headed. If you hurt me, she will most certainly die. If you hurt them, I frankly won't care." [Sakura has a hard time telling if Eri's dead or not. It's all that armor.] * Jinx looks over his shotgun for a moment and then puts it away, taking out his pistol to inspect it instead. * Sakura lifts her sword and prepares to drive it into Eri's skull, because Sakura is a fucking PSYCHO. * Millie rubs her forehead some more. She doesn't seem too with it but she draws her rifle on Sakura. "You finish her off, we shoot you where you stand." [When Sakura tires that (and since D is pinging out again), D fires an arrow, point blank.] ( Ranged def, Sakura. ) * Jinx points his pistol at Sakura as well. Readied to fire if she goes to plunge. ( .. man, ranged defense for a point blank. That just strikes me as kinda funny.) (WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MAKING DUCK BERZERKER.) (@_@;) ( It's defense against a ranged-type weapon ) * John trains his pistols on the blade, trying to sunder the sword if she brings it down. (I know, I'm just saying.) (...sunder a sword with pistols? >.>) (Yes. Sunder with a pistol shot. :P) (Do you have the feat, John? ;P) (*is expecting big penalties.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-4) and gets 4. [Sakura avoids being shot by the arrow.] * Mikoto raises an eyebrow at D. "Time grows short. Too long and she'll be beyond help." (Hoo, this is insane. Sometimes I really love you guys.) * Sakura brings the sword down! What the hell is wrong with this woman? * Jinx fully concentrates on attempts to shoot Sakura around her armor. * John shoots at the sword! Okay, so he really shoots at her hand. Lot easier to break that than the sword. :P (So everyone tries to shoot her at once. WWFFD? @_@) (+2 penalty for John! Go John.) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6+1) and gets 10. (dr1) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6+1) and gets 6. (Dead Eye applies, ne?) (Yes.) (The best part is Mikoto blithely assumes that everyone else will shoot Sakura so his plan keeps going without incident.) (*snicker*) 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for John (2d6-5) and gets 2. * Millie lowers her rifle before she shoots, sighing but somewhat glad that everyone's at least backing her up in this. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Sakura (2d6+4) and gets 11. (Millie's not shooting because everyone else is and she's thinking "Ha! Sakura can't blame me for this!") (Can't blame you if she's dead! :P) (Yeah, really. :P) (Yeah, I think Sakura is pretty dead here Millie. Get your kicks while you can. ^_~) (And, honestly... I don't think *anybody* will blame you if it kills her. ^^;) (Shot her hand. Still should do an appreciable amount of damage from that.) [John's bullet tears through Sakura's hand, and she drops her katana. This is followed by Jinx's shot, which ricochets off of the shoulder of Sakura's armor and up into her neck.] (...) ( Yeah, that's likely to be fatal. ) * Sakura is blasted, John's shot nearly removing her hand, while Jinx's shot bounces off the armor, ironically doing far more damage then if she had been unarmored. She falls to the ground, not breathing at all.. the wound does not look like anything that could be healed without some sort of super medic. (Very Kill Bill.) * Tairan slides off of Lightning, shaking his head. "Dammit." * Mikoto doesn't move. He's still watching D for his answer. (As long as the tops of heads aren't cut off, I'm FINE.) * D looks down at Sakura, then over at Mikoto. "Okay, I'll tell ya. Heal her first." (Good thing this isn't AN. Go for the eye!) * Jinx takes out his shotgun and approaches Sakura, standing about five feet away and makes to fire again, once the draw penalty has worn off, and again trying to shoot around armor. (HA!) * Mikoto raises an eyebrow. "I'm not quite that foolish. But I am fair. I will check to see if she's savable first. If she is, you'll tell me as I chant the spell." ( The man who takes chances takes no chances. ) (Anyone stopping him?) ( Not me. ) And what happens if you stop in mid-chant? I won't even be able to hear you to know whether to stop. They will hear in my stead. * Millie sighs and reslings her rifle, shaking her head. "It's not worth it, Jinx." [Jinx inserts a couple bullets into Sakura's head. Eri bleeds.] ... hell. Eri is honorable Mikoto, just do it, we'll negotiate with her. * Mikoto goes to make the check anyway to see if she can be saved. (Diagnosis, Mikoto, additional -2.) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6-4) and gets 5. * Jinx reloads his shotgun, giving the body a once over. Mutiliation is important, but bullets aren't free. ( Well, there goes any chance of Zombie Sakura.) (Ayup.) * Tairan takes off his hat, and kneels over Sakura, saying a quick Shomuran prayer as he removes the Hoshimoto armor from her. [She's half dead but savable.] (She being Eri, right? :P) (Yes. Sakura's pretty dead unless she comes back as a zombie. Hey, that's an idea!) * Mikoto breathes out, but his face is still the model of impassivity. "She may survive if she gets help soon. Do we have a deal?" Fine. * John sighs. "I've met many women, but none quite so crazy..." He eyes Duckster. * Mikoto glances at John. "I plan on holding up my end of the bargain. See that he meets his." * Tairan gets the armor off, then picks Sakura up and carries her over to the big ol' hole in the ground. "No time to dig a grave... this'll hafta do. Join your family. Have some peace. And if we ever find that guy in red, we'll do worse to him than we did to you." * Tairan says another quick prayer, then drops Sakura into the hole in the earth. "From the earth, returned." * Millie winces a little at that but looks away. "I'd just like to note that I never asked her to come..." * John nods and reloads his weapons. "He will uphold his end of the bargan." ( .. man, Sakura got shot in the face with a shotgun. She isn't even coming back as a zombie. ) (I dunno. They seek brains!) * Mikoto nods, and seems to be satisfied, then starts chanting Winds of Healing. (... and cheese.) (And Sakura never had either?) (She could be a pumpkinhead.) * Jinx walks over to the hole and looks down. "My apologies, but I don't have Mikoto's faith in your forgiveness. I will kill the bastard, given a reasonable opportunity to do so." I did. Made a mistake. Thought she was just obsessive at first. But she was a mad dog. Understandable, but one helluva liability. (Understatement of the year award!) * Jinx then walks over to Sakura's sword, taking out a rag from his bag. "Shall I put it in with her?" (Clearly, Atom should take Mary Anne's sheet and play her now.) (Damn you all, "killing your enemy" is not an insane concept unless you are hanging around Vash the damned Stampede! >:|) (You're all very very bad men!) (We just couldn't appreciate the clear, cold logic of Sakura's single- minded philosophy.) (You mean treat all insults as a death threat?) (Jinx has nothing against killing. He just doesn't always think it's the most practical course.) (Well, why let irritation fester into dislike when you can head it off at the source?) * Tairan shakes his head. "Prolly better off this way. In life, she was never gonna find peace." *pauses* "Not like the rest of us are shining examples of peace-finding either?" * Jinx waits for any response to his query before picking up the sword with his hand, the rag preventing direct contact. * Mikoto can't talk. Chanting. * John chuckles. "Oh, I'm sure we'll all find peace in our own way." He tips his hat down and his teeth *ting!* at just the right moment. "Start talkin' Duckster." (Now chanting, please wait.) Y' ever hear of Hellspoint? ( Cultural arts for the Teckies. ) (With a -2 bonus!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-3) and gets 0. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for John (2d6-2) and gets 4. (Mikoto gets the roll, too.) * Tairan picks up the armor, and puts it in one of Lightning's saddle packs. He then looks over at Jinx. "I'm thinking we should bury that with her. Family sword and all." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6-4) and gets 5. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Mikoto (2d6-2) and gets 3. * Jinx nods and picks up the sword with the rag hand while Mikoto chants then holding it at a safe distance walks over to the grave and jumps in, ducking down in the grave taking some time to put it carefully by her side. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jinx (2d6-1) and gets 5. ( ... are you taking her money while you're down there? *whistles* ) [Every one of you who's spent any reasonable amount of time in Teck has heard of Hellspoint. It's a fairly common nickname for Morriston, one of the city-states in the north, usually used by the people from there, which probably says a lot. Meanwhile, Eri's looking much better. Which means she's horribly injured but doesn't look dead anymore.] Okay, what about it? Nothin'. Just wonderin' if you've heard of it. * Eri twitches and opens her eyes. She sees ground. One weak push and she's turned herself over, looking at the sun. "By the Naginata, what the hell hit- oh." She glances around, sees that her hand's still closed around the naginata, and pushes herself to sit up. * D glances back at Eri, before continuing, "It's also where Jan's headed." Sakura's dead'n buried. No more vengeance to worry about. (Was anyone paying attention to Jinx at all?) (Gimme a percep roll.) Know anything else 'bout it? 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Tairan (2d6-2) and gets 9. In particular, where Jan's goin' in it? Don't know, but hell, ain't gonna be hard to find out. * Eri looks around, spots no Sakura, and tries to stand up. That was a bad idea, and she ends up sitting again. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Millie (2d6) and gets 8. 'Course I have. What's she doing there? * John chuckles. "Got a point." He glances over at Eri, the 'makeshift' grave, then back at Duckster. (Read up two lines and you'll see! Or not see. ;P) Meeting someone. Dunno who. Dunno why. Don't care. Jus' wanna get her, huh? Yep. Her and her bounty. * Jinx gets out of the grave after a bit, leaving the sword in a dignified position draped over her body, being held by her bloody hand. He then walks over to Eri and kneels down. "Deal's still good. We got the information for saving your life, do you have anything you can throw in to help us get a new horse, as collateral against you earning the bounty? * Millie sighs and cracks open her rifle, reloading it. "You're nuts." One more thing D. Why does Eri keep callin' you Duckster? ( TBD next session: WHo gets teh armor? =P ) That's none of your business. Well, I could just ask her. ^^ * Eri uses the naginata Jinx gave her to keep herself steady and looks up at him. "I dunno. Hey, Duckster!" she yells, totally ruining D's effect. "Know if we've got anything to put against a horse and Naginata of superior-even-for- Naginata quality?" * John laughs. * Jinx smiles. You want an arrow? Then probably not. There, ya see? We're broke. Ya could ask your ninja friend for some help. Nah, Makoto doesn't like the sunlight much. * Jinx looks back to Eri. "Alright, then I can hold your present naginata as collateral, I'll trust you'll return for it and I'll give you a week to raise the money or capture Jan. I promise I'll tend to it well and practice with it every day until you return." * Eri frowns at that. "Huh..." I dunno... well... * Eri looks at her naginata, and Jinx's, and hers, and Jinx's. She's torn. Poor Eri. ;_; * Jinx gestures to the magical naginata. "I've obviously treated it well, have I not? And to have mastered its power, I obviously know how to respect such a fine weapon." ( We resolved a situation without violence from a statistically significant percentage of us! We ROCK! ) Duckster...duckster... * Millie rubs her chin thinking. ... okay. If! You promise to take good care of it. I don't want it damaged in any way. I'll write up instructions for you. * John hmmms... "Well, I'm guessin' his name's somethin' Duck. He's an injun, ya know." Oh wait, you can't read. * Millie then looks up slowly at him. "An Injun...named Duck..." * Jinx nods. "I accept." He then bows to the naginata. "It will be my honor to serve you. And have D write it up in Injun, you can dictate." Hey, keep me out of it. I can read Shomuran. I'll read it to him. As long as we hurry this up. * Millie blinks. "...No way." She stares at D and starts cracking up. But you... I don't know... * Eri waffles again. "My grandfather gave it to me." ( I am Duck That Sells Insurance! It is a proud name! ) * John blinks, then snickers. He brings Hazel over to Millie and whispers a bit to her. (Psy-Duck) ( I am Crazy Duck. My dad is a travelling salesman ) * Jinx nods. "I promise I will care for it in the manner you instruct. It's worth to me is it's worth to you, if I did not intend to take good care, it would be poor collateral." (We're one big happy family!) * Millie laughs, tears streaming out of her eyes as she nods fervently at John. "Oh god..." * John cracks up. But he looks good doing it! And as another bit of fair warning, Jan is very skilled with her guns, tends to have effective associates, is quite cunning, and has excellent information, she'll likely know you're coming and what your abilities are. Plan on that." * Eri waffles *again*, looking at her naginata, then the other, then back and forth and back and forth and finally, "Fine! But if I see my grandfather's Naginata damaged in *any* way by the time I get the money, you'd better count on me killing you. A lot." ( More than once ) Or lost. Or sold, Injun. Or traded, bartered... Thrown at an enemy to distract it. * Eri pauses. "Or friend." * Jinx nods. "Deal." Or eaten! (Her grandfather was Eoi, wasn't he? :P) (<.< >.>) (NEVER.) (And that is THE NAGINATA.) * Jinx nods for each of her bizarre criteria. [Session End FINALLY!]