[ This is what he was waiting in the dark for. Enjoy a shovel to the face sir. With any luck he will knock Kronk 1 into Kronk 2 but hey... WE'LL SEE. ]
Well. The good news is, Kronk 1 does end up stumbling backwards into Kronk 2, who truly doesn't get paid enough for this. The two of them go teetering almost backwards, not toppling over completely only by the grace of Kronk 2 who manages to steady them somewhat. Kronk 1 will probably be busy tending to his concussion! Or maybe just dealing with his KO'dness, considering he's out like a wholeass, broken-nosed light.
The bad news is, Kronk 1 absolutely lets out the most hellacious-sounding YAGH as his face is neatly pummeled, which causes a stir in more than a few of the surrounding rooms. Also, Kronk 2 is not unconscious and thus immediately starts yelling!]
Intruder—!! There's an intruder!!
[Uh-oh, now there's scrambling and yelling and definitely the sounds of a few doors opening from further in the hall.]
[Aikawa's hand is so lorge and Kronk 2 is so busy trying to deal with his unconscious comrade that's bleeding from the nose that he is successfully shoved out of the way! He crashes into the wall, drops Kronk 1 and nearly stabs one of the first men out of the barracks with his wayward blade. The way to the front office area is clear for Aikawa once more...
Just in time, too, because even more doors are opening and now there's the definite sound of many frantic feet zippin across the floor in Aikawa's direction. There are shouts of "STOP, INTRUDER!!", the sound of metal as swords unsheathe, and also one guy just wholeass throws his sword like a javelin in Aikawa's direction. What is happening with this group of soldiers.]
[ Well this isn't how I expected this thread to go but it gets worse because looks at the Nat1 I rolled................ this was not in my plans but. I fucking. GUESS.
The swordvelin is just gonna hit him in the back... ow... he will stumble due to that but he will at least. Keep on trying to move. Hopefully there'll just be a ten-car-pile-up of Kronks back there to buy him time as he comes back the way he came and out the front.
[I'M STILL REELING I CAN'T BELIEVE AIKAWA JUST GOT SKEWERED LIKE A FISH.
There is in fact a pile-up of Kronks happening back here, especially because Kronk 2 has to trip a few of his own comrades so they won't accidentally trample Kronk 1's unconscious body. He's yelling and pointing to Go catch that intruder, dammit!! in Aikawa's direction, but only two or three soldiers actually seem like they might catch up, depending.
Aikawa gets to the door and opens it. Outside, the rain has been beating down on the grounds for quite some time now, so the dirt is now mud and the grass is damp and soggy. Once he's out the door, he'll see the same sight as before: trees surrounding him from all sides, the path that he had come up, and the fenced dirt field and watchtower which are now both to his right.
Also, his shiny oodachi has been left behind in the hive of soldiers. Tragic. At least he still has his shovel!]
[ The absolutely unhinged energy of him getting skewed by a sword and something being described as a pile-up of Kronks happening in the same paragraph, this is the consequence of a Lowe-Aki CYOA combination which is effectively the same vibes as an unstoppable force meeting an unassailable wall.
And yeah rip his oodachi but he's not a big sword guy anyway, it would've slowed him down SINCE HE HAS A SWORD STUCK IN HIM ANYWAYS. He wheezes a little and looks around the area... lordt... ]
Ffffffffuck -- !
[ He manages emphatically, as he slams the door back behind him. And makes his way towards the watchtower first. He only mildly regrets making fun of those guys earlier now that he's been stabbed for real. ]
[Those really are the vibes wow. :handshake: Glad to unleash this energy.
The sword that's sticking out of him like one of those little cocktail olive toothpicks is just a regular uchigatana-sized blade, which means it will probably be clownishly small in the hands of a guy who's almost 7 feet tall. It's fine, though, probably.
The Kronks comedically crash into the closed door, with someone yelling MY LEG like that Spongebob fish. Two of the men manage to open it fairly quickly, though they've lost their third comrade to the door war (dwar) now. They scamper out into the darkness; the moon is entirely obscured by cloud cover and their candles don't cast light very far. One turns around to go get more efficient torches, while the other darts out into the darkness to see if they can catch sight of the intruder. Unfortunately, about fifteen men pour out of the building shortly after to start scouring the grounds, too.
The watchtower is just here, vibing. It's a very rudimentary sort of structure about thirty feet high, built entirely of wood and other highly flammable materials. There's one staircase leading from the bottom up through the center of the tower and toward the platform overhead that overlooks the grounds. Further beyond it is the fenced dirt area, and beyond that is another swath of forest.]
[ Thank you for being nice to him and not saying he's totally BBQ'd. Also that fish's name is Fred thank you.
Aikawa will head towards that watchtower I guess I am reading your words and having a bad feeling but in Aikawa's state it makes sense so I am climbing up this thing. Onto the platform, and grumbling as he will also pull the uchigatana out from behind him -- as much as they say it's better to leave a blade lodged in, he feels a long sword sticking out from him is probably a bit more trouble than it's worth. Can he perhaps try to snap this...? Either by jamming it into something or by stepping onto it and yanking to snap it. So it's a little down to size, like a terrible makeshift knife. He'll deal with the injury later.
Mentally he's cursing himself for them all talking like hey we don't have Virgo and therefore no healing and blah blah. He hopes this is just a stupid nightmare, but it's way too different from his usual to be it... also his back now hurts.
He will try to squint into the dark and see what he can from here though. What that patch of dirt. Also trying to keep an eye out for his pursuers. ]
[i aki don't want to make aikawa's life any harder than it already is but unfortunately i must be a cruel god for the sake of this journey.
Up the watchtower he goes! There are places to lodge a sword like the planks that make up the floor of this bird's nest, but that probably isn't solid enough to snap a sword without at least a little foot help. Between the leverage of the board and pressure from stepping on it, though, the sword will break and Aikawa will immediately end up on the shitlist of every Touken Ranbu. He now has a nifty terrible makeshift knife, though! The top five inches stay embedded in the planks of the floor, and he's left with the hilt and remainder of the blade.
From up here, he'll see several things.
1) The bird's nest itself is mostly empty, save an apparently abandoned Chassepot rifle and a partially opened knapsack with some food sticking out. Wow, this unit is sloppy as hell.
2) The dirt field is actually quite large, about triple the size of the barracks. It's hard to make out much detail in the dark, but this close and this high up, the faint smell of organic decay and blood wafts to Aikawa on the wind blowing from that direction.
3) The majority of the pursuers head out in the direction of the forest where Aikawa had first come from, with a few others heading to the forest left of the building and the dirt field right of the building.
4) This is the watchtower, so of course some people are heading over to use it in order to Spot! That! Fugitive! Except it's a pretty small watchtower, so only two guards are heading this way, trailed by a third who's holding a brighter torch.]
[ It's okay, a knife can be a sword too guys... :( But yeah that's fine, he will kick over the five inches because he feels like a blade sticking out from the ground is probably not good.
He grimaces about this, but... well, he SUPPOSES. alright, he'll just have to keep an eye on that dirt patch then. He would actually like to take this food with him but it'll have to wait a hot second.
He will camp this watchtower and let those guys come to him real quick. ]
[It's a good thing no one is here to see Aikawa's sword breaking crimes :\ Can't believe he's robbing me of a potential Final Destination trap too, damn.
The blade is kicked over and now lying flat on the floor! The food is lying there, ripe for the taking. Torch guy moves to overtake the other two soldiers, who turn to stand at the base of the tower so they can keep watch at ground level. The one with the torch goes up the stairs alone, and from where Aikawa is camping, he'll be able to see straight down into the center of the tower and the stairs that wind through it.
It seems the man making his way up doesn't have his blade out. He's likely merely coming to light the watchtower torch.
[ Hey... we can still do Final Destination we'll just have to see.
Well, this is going to be incredibly unfortunate for the man, but he will simply have to deal with it. Since Aikawa is going to sneak over to as close to the stairs as possible near the wall so that the dude doesn't you know, open the door and immediately see him... because his plan is to The Last Of Us-style grab him from behind and choke him out. HIS FIRST CHOICE IS NOT TO KILL... YET. Let's see if he can't successfully pick this guy off first.
Of course also preferably making a grab for his torch instead of letting it fall and burn everything IMMEDIATELY. ]
ANYWAY. It's just one man who doesn't even have a sword out, but apparently he's not going to go down so easily! The good news is, he doesn't notice the intruder in the shadows and Aikawa manages to get him into a chokehold before he can yell to alert his comrades. As of now, he doesn't have to worry about a flood of people coming up to stab him like Fred the fish just yet.
However, instead of letting the torch go immediately with a neat and tidy KO, the man somehow manages to wildly flail his arm before he loses consciousness and will end up searing some part of Aikawa with it as he goes. It's still up to him to try catching that thing before it does hit the extremely flammable floor, too.]
[ You know... for as low as he's rolling he's doing okay, I guess. Unfortunately he will get a bit of a burn on his forearm let's say, which he can only grit his teeth through.
It's small change compared to what comes next, which is that I roll a 4 so therefore he does not catch the torch in time despite his best efforts.
Well. Do I explode and die instantaneously chief goodbye. ]
[Yeah this structure is so flammable that the literal second fire touches it, the entire thing explodes like it's made of 50 tons of dynamite and Aikawa dies on the spot, his soul descending to superhell.]
That is an abysmal roll though! So the torch hits the ground and it does begin to catch fire almost immediately. Unfortunately the rolls are really not in Aikawa's favor tonight, so not even rain seeping through cracks in the thatched ceiling do much to temper it. On the plus side, this will probably temporarily alleviate any suspicion that something is Up In The Watchtower because hey! The lantern's lit!
Except it's not the lantern, it's a fire and that fire is catching on the dry interior of this watchtower like it's a tinderbox, oops. It's already spreading to the handrails and the first steps! Aikawa might want to abandon his snackeroonies and anything else in here and consider facing the two guards below, because it doesn't look like the entrance to the stairwell will remain, uh, unlit for much longer.]
[ Why is this happening to him. He's actually also going to... drag this soldier he just knocked out while he's at it actually, like just throw him over his back (ow), and start scaling down these stairs full-speed. He is running on adrenaline rn.
Yeah there's two other guys down there but whatever. This guy technically didn't do anything evil to Aikawa so he's not gonna just let him burn. ]
Anyway i aki have decided to punish aikawa for being a good person. "didn't you just say you don't want to make aikawa's life harder than it is?" listen. i'm mercurial.
Aikawa rushes down the stairs with this unconscious dude slung over his shoulder and he goes so quickly that the guards at the bottom barely even have time to be like "uhhh do you hear something weird??" Which they eventually do, because this is wood and that's a heavy dude.]
H-hey—!! It's the intruder!
[Or so they assume considering it's a guy with a weird grandpa mask on and that seems like something an intruder would probably do! They both begin to unsheathe their swords, and at around the same time, a couple of the guards near the dirt field seem to stop what they're doing and start yelling too. Oh, there is so much hollerin' going on.]
Huh?! Fire--?! There's a fire!!
[Wow that whole bird's nest is really just going up like someone lit a q-tip on fire...]
[At least one soldier, Kronk 3, seems to stop what he's doing in the distance to narrow his eyes and think about that. Hm. Did they?? Oh man. Wow. He knew they shouldn't have let Kronk 1 take front desk watch tonight...
The two nearest to him definitely pause for a second because NOW IT'S A HOSTAGE SITUATION. Their blades are still out and raised, but they don't approach any further for now. A few other soldiers are dashing over, some pausing like "HUH???" as they see what's going on while others rush toward the building, presumably to try finding literally anything that they can use to put this fire out. They are so hopeful. Foolish.
Finally, one of the armed soldiers facing him speaks, terse and wary:]
Don't do anything rash. [THE AUDACITY.] What is it that you want?
[ He will remember this betrayal, Kronk 1. Kronk 1 really is the main villain of this CYOA.
Anyway Aikawa just readjusts his hold on the guy and the knife, looking sharp and tense. As long as they believe it, it counts. ]
I just got lost and was passing through. I just want you guys to let me pass without issue and I won't cause any more trouble for you, okay...?
My proof that I'm not trouble is that I haven't killed any of you guys this whole time when I totally could have, even by accident. And I won't, as long as I don't have to.
[Kronk 1 how could you do this to a GOOD MAN!! He's still bleeding on the floor in the barracks probably, as Kronk 2 administers first aid and curses their lack of decent staff.
Anyway this guy is 7 feet tall and vast, he doesn't need any intimidation checks. These regular-degular sized soldiers with their swords don't look like they're about to risk anything with their comrade being held hostage...
The same guard looks between his other comrades before leveling his stare back toward Aikawa. LIKE. HE MADE A GOOD POINT, even if it's clear that this guy doesn't believe he was simply lost or passing through. He considers for a moment.]
...Stand back. [Said to the other men, who are generally too frazzled and also worried about this FIRE to put up much of a fuss. Then, to Aikawa:] Leave him by the fence and go on your way. You have my word that you won't be attacked.
He'll back away slowly towards the fence, and slowly set the guy down on the dirt...
And also then keep backing away into the woods warily before making a break for it -- sort of. He's gonna make it look like he dashed off deep into the woods but he's gonna like, turn a corner behind a tree and wait, listening in, provided he is in fact not followed. ]
[Aikawa moves to set the guy down and starts backing away... But as soon as he gets a few feet deep into the woods, this little rat bastard here is like:]
—Arrest that man!!
[SO MUCH FOR HONOR AMONG SAMURAI damn. Aikawa will be able to hear the sound of feet starting to come after him again, except... at that moment, a few things happen.
First, there's an incredibly loud POW! coming from somewhere up above. Remember that Chassepot rifle up in the fire? Yeah! Whoever irresponsibly left it up there with their lunch also irresponsibly left it loaded. It's a shitty gun and it basically explodes in the intense heat, sending a shower of hot shrapnel down upon the men below. The bullet that had been inside goes whizzing out into hell. Maybe it will hit Aikawa too, who knows, the world is full of surprises.
Next, the bird's nest of the guard tower basically collapses under its own weight as the fire eats through it. Half goes splintering out onto the grounds, the wind carrying snatches of light-weight embers right up against the side of the barracks. Which are also wood. Which also promptly begin to smoulder, outside of the attention of the guards who are all focused on the watchtower. The other half tips toward the field of dirt, catching part of the fence on fire. This is how Kyoto burned down like 500 times.
...Well! No one's thinking about pursuing Aikawa now, at least!]
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[ This is what he was waiting in the dark for. Enjoy a shovel to the face sir. With any luck he will knock Kronk 1 into Kronk 2 but hey... WE'LL SEE. ]
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Well. The good news is, Kronk 1 does end up stumbling backwards into Kronk 2, who truly doesn't get paid enough for this. The two of them go teetering almost backwards, not toppling over completely only by the grace of Kronk 2 who manages to steady them somewhat. Kronk 1 will probably be busy tending to his concussion! Or maybe just dealing with his KO'dness, considering he's out like a wholeass, broken-nosed light.
The bad news is, Kronk 1 absolutely lets out the most hellacious-sounding YAGH as his face is neatly pummeled, which causes a stir in more than a few of the surrounding rooms. Also, Kronk 2 is not unconscious and thus immediately starts yelling!]
Intruder—!! There's an intruder!!
[Uh-oh, now there's scrambling and yelling and definitely the sounds of a few doors opening from further in the hall.]
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Oh my god! Gotta go bye! Forget about me, okay!
[ AND HE IS JUST GONNA
RUN
SHOVING KRONK 2 OUT OF THE WAY WITH A BIG HAND EXCUSE ME SIR ]
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Just in time, too, because even more doors are opening and now there's the definite sound of many frantic feet zippin across the floor in Aikawa's direction. There are shouts of "STOP, INTRUDER!!", the sound of metal as swords unsheathe, and also one guy just wholeass throws his sword like a javelin in Aikawa's direction. What is happening with this group of soldiers.]
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The swordvelin is just gonna hit him in the back... ow... he will stumble due to that but he will at least. Keep on trying to move. Hopefully there'll just be a ten-car-pile-up of Kronks back there to buy him time as he comes back the way he came and out the front.
He's gotta open the door and GO!!!!!!! ]
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There is in fact a pile-up of Kronks happening back here, especially because Kronk 2 has to trip a few of his own comrades so they won't accidentally trample Kronk 1's unconscious body. He's yelling and pointing to Go catch that intruder, dammit!! in Aikawa's direction, but only two or three soldiers actually seem like they might catch up, depending.
Aikawa gets to the door and opens it. Outside, the rain has been beating down on the grounds for quite some time now, so the dirt is now mud and the grass is damp and soggy. Once he's out the door, he'll see the same sight as before: trees surrounding him from all sides, the path that he had come up, and the fenced dirt field and watchtower which are now both to his right.
Also, his shiny oodachi has been left behind in the hive of soldiers. Tragic. At least he still has his shovel!]
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And yeah rip his oodachi but he's not a big sword guy anyway, it would've slowed him down SINCE HE HAS A SWORD STUCK IN HIM ANYWAYS. He wheezes a little and looks around the area... lordt... ]
Ffffffffuck -- !
[ He manages emphatically, as he slams the door back behind him. And makes his way towards the watchtower first. He only mildly regrets making fun of those guys earlier now that he's been stabbed for real. ]
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The sword that's sticking out of him like one of those little cocktail olive toothpicks is just a regular uchigatana-sized blade, which means it will probably be clownishly small in the hands of a guy who's almost 7 feet tall. It's fine, though, probably.
The Kronks comedically crash into the closed door, with someone yelling MY LEG like that Spongebob fish. Two of the men manage to open it fairly quickly, though they've lost their third comrade to the door war (dwar) now. They scamper out into the darkness; the moon is entirely obscured by cloud cover and their candles don't cast light very far. One turns around to go get more efficient torches, while the other darts out into the darkness to see if they can catch sight of the intruder. Unfortunately, about fifteen men pour out of the building shortly after to start scouring the grounds, too.
The watchtower is just here, vibing. It's a very rudimentary sort of structure about thirty feet high, built entirely of wood and other highly flammable materials. There's one staircase leading from the bottom up through the center of the tower and toward the platform overhead that overlooks the grounds. Further beyond it is the fenced dirt area, and beyond that is another swath of forest.]
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Aikawa will head towards that watchtower I guess I am reading your words and having a bad feeling but in Aikawa's state it makes sense so I am climbing up this thing. Onto the platform, and grumbling as he will also pull the uchigatana out from behind him -- as much as they say it's better to leave a blade lodged in, he feels a long sword sticking out from him is probably a bit more trouble than it's worth. Can he perhaps try to snap this...? Either by jamming it into something or by stepping onto it and yanking to snap it. So it's a little down to size, like a terrible makeshift knife. He'll deal with the injury later.
Mentally he's cursing himself for them all talking like hey we don't have Virgo and therefore no healing and blah blah. He hopes this is just a stupid nightmare, but it's way too different from his usual to be it... also his back now hurts.
He will try to squint into the dark and see what he can from here though. What that patch of dirt. Also trying to keep an eye out for his pursuers. ]
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Up the watchtower he goes! There are places to lodge a sword like the planks that make up the floor of this bird's nest, but that probably isn't solid enough to snap a sword without at least a little foot help. Between the leverage of the board and pressure from stepping on it, though, the sword will break and Aikawa will immediately end up on the shitlist of every Touken Ranbu. He now has a nifty terrible makeshift knife, though! The top five inches stay embedded in the planks of the floor, and he's left with the hilt and remainder of the blade.
From up here, he'll see several things.
1) The bird's nest itself is mostly empty, save an apparently abandoned Chassepot rifle and a partially opened knapsack with some food sticking out. Wow, this unit is sloppy as hell.
2) The dirt field is actually quite large, about triple the size of the barracks. It's hard to make out much detail in the dark, but this close and this high up, the faint smell of organic decay and blood wafts to Aikawa on the wind blowing from that direction.
3) The majority of the pursuers head out in the direction of the forest where Aikawa had first come from, with a few others heading to the forest left of the building and the dirt field right of the building.
4) This is the watchtower, so of course some people are heading over to use it in order to Spot! That! Fugitive! Except it's a pretty small watchtower, so only two guards are heading this way, trailed by a third who's holding a brighter torch.]
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He grimaces about this, but... well, he SUPPOSES. alright, he'll just have to keep an eye on that dirt patch then. He would actually like to take this food with him but it'll have to wait a hot second.
He will camp this watchtower and let those guys come to him real quick. ]
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The blade is kicked over and now lying flat on the floor! The food is lying there, ripe for the taking. Torch guy moves to overtake the other two soldiers, who turn to stand at the base of the tower so they can keep watch at ground level. The one with the torch goes up the stairs alone, and from where Aikawa is camping, he'll be able to see straight down into the center of the tower and the stairs that wind through it.
It seems the man making his way up doesn't have his blade out. He's likely merely coming to light the watchtower torch.
What's the plan, lad?]
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Well, this is going to be incredibly unfortunate for the man, but he will simply have to deal with it. Since Aikawa is going to sneak over to as close to the stairs as possible near the wall so that the dude doesn't you know, open the door and immediately see him... because his plan is to The Last Of Us-style grab him from behind and choke him out. HIS FIRST CHOICE IS NOT TO KILL... YET. Let's see if he can't successfully pick this guy off first.
Of course also preferably making a grab for his torch instead of letting it fall and burn everything IMMEDIATELY. ]
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ANYWAY. It's just one man who doesn't even have a sword out, but apparently he's not going to go down so easily! The good news is, he doesn't notice the intruder in the shadows and Aikawa manages to get him into a chokehold before he can yell to alert his comrades. As of now, he doesn't have to worry about a flood of people coming up to stab him like Fred the fish just yet.
However, instead of letting the torch go immediately with a neat and tidy KO, the man somehow manages to wildly flail his arm before he loses consciousness and will end up searing some part of Aikawa with it as he goes. It's still up to him to try catching that thing before it does hit the extremely flammable floor, too.]
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It's small change compared to what comes next, which is that I roll a 4 so therefore he does not catch the torch in time despite his best efforts.
Well. Do I explode and die instantaneously chief goodbye. ]
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That is an abysmal roll though! So the torch hits the ground and it does begin to catch fire almost immediately. Unfortunately the rolls are really not in Aikawa's favor tonight, so not even rain seeping through cracks in the thatched ceiling do much to temper it. On the plus side, this will probably temporarily alleviate any suspicion that something is Up In The Watchtower because hey! The lantern's lit!
Except it's not the lantern, it's a fire and that fire is catching on the dry interior of this watchtower like it's a tinderbox, oops. It's already spreading to the handrails and the first steps! Aikawa might want to abandon his snackeroonies and anything else in here and consider facing the two guards below, because it doesn't look like the entrance to the stairwell will remain, uh, unlit for much longer.]
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Motherfucker.
[ Why is this happening to him. He's actually also going to... drag this soldier he just knocked out while he's at it actually, like just throw him over his back (ow), and start scaling down these stairs full-speed. He is running on adrenaline rn.
Yeah there's two other guys down there but whatever. This guy technically didn't do anything evil to Aikawa so he's not gonna just let him burn. ]
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Anyway i aki have decided to punish aikawa for being a good person. "didn't you just say you don't want to make aikawa's life harder than it is?" listen. i'm mercurial.
Aikawa rushes down the stairs with this unconscious dude slung over his shoulder and he goes so quickly that the guards at the bottom barely even have time to be like "uhhh do you hear something weird??" Which they eventually do, because this is wood and that's a heavy dude.]
H-hey—!! It's the intruder!
[Or so they assume considering it's a guy with a weird grandpa mask on and that seems like something an intruder would probably do! They both begin to unsheathe their swords, and at around the same time, a couple of the guards near the dirt field seem to stop what they're doing and start yelling too. Oh, there is so much hollerin' going on.]
Huh?! Fire--?! There's a fire!!
[Wow that whole bird's nest is really just going up like someone lit a q-tip on fire...]
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Okay, first off, I'm not intruding, you guys literally invited me into your building!!
[ Is that really the problem here...? ]
Second off, yeah, there's a fucking fire! Hands off or this guy gets it!
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The two nearest to him definitely pause for a second because NOW IT'S A HOSTAGE SITUATION. Their blades are still out and raised, but they don't approach any further for now. A few other soldiers are dashing over, some pausing like "HUH???" as they see what's going on while others rush toward the building, presumably to try finding literally anything that they can use to put this fire out. They are so hopeful. Foolish.
Finally, one of the armed soldiers facing him speaks, terse and wary:]
Don't do anything rash. [THE AUDACITY.] What is it that you want?
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Anyway Aikawa just readjusts his hold on the guy and the knife, looking sharp and tense. As long as they believe it, it counts. ]
I just got lost and was passing through. I just want you guys to let me pass without issue and I won't cause any more trouble for you, okay...?
My proof that I'm not trouble is that I haven't killed any of you guys this whole time when I totally could have, even by accident. And I won't, as long as I don't have to.
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Anyway this guy is 7 feet tall and vast, he doesn't need any intimidation checks. These regular-degular sized soldiers with their swords don't look like they're about to risk anything with their comrade being held hostage...
The same guard looks between his other comrades before leveling his stare back toward Aikawa. LIKE. HE MADE A GOOD POINT, even if it's clear that this guy doesn't believe he was simply lost or passing through. He considers for a moment.]
...Stand back. [Said to the other men, who are generally too frazzled and also worried about this FIRE to put up much of a fuss. Then, to Aikawa:] Leave him by the fence and go on your way. You have my word that you won't be attacked.
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He'll back away slowly towards the fence, and slowly set the guy down on the dirt...
And also then keep backing away into the woods warily before making a break for it -- sort of. He's gonna make it look like he dashed off deep into the woods but he's gonna like, turn a corner behind a tree and wait, listening in, provided he is in fact not followed. ]
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—Arrest that man!!
[SO MUCH FOR HONOR AMONG SAMURAI damn. Aikawa will be able to hear the sound of feet starting to come after him again, except... at that moment, a few things happen.
First, there's an incredibly loud POW! coming from somewhere up above. Remember that Chassepot rifle up in the fire? Yeah! Whoever irresponsibly left it up there with their lunch also irresponsibly left it loaded. It's a shitty gun and it basically explodes in the intense heat, sending a shower of hot shrapnel down upon the men below. The bullet that had been inside goes whizzing out into hell. Maybe it will hit Aikawa too, who knows, the world is full of surprises.
Next, the bird's nest of the guard tower basically collapses under its own weight as the fire eats through it. Half goes splintering out onto the grounds, the wind carrying snatches of light-weight embers right up against the side of the barracks. Which are also wood. Which also promptly begin to smoulder, outside of the attention of the guards who are all focused on the watchtower. The other half tips toward the field of dirt, catching part of the fence on fire. This is how Kyoto burned down like 500 times.
...Well! No one's thinking about pursuing Aikawa now, at least!]
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