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Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Update out!

Sorry for those who haven't posted yet, but I felt that the ones who had have waited long enough.

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Terauchi Temple

PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE

~ @Hammerman, @Rezod92, @Crowvette, @Nakushita, @Restalaan (GRI & SKA), @AzureKnight (ATS & HIN) ~

"For your speed."

Io

"I'm plenty fast already, but thanks." Kazenosuke was amused at the Lich.

It was not long before the first Varjan Brigand was at the gateless entrance of Terauchi Temple. He hurled a throwing axe at the defenders, hitting a samurai warrior square in the face and drawing first blood and first kill.

The low walls of the temple proved to be of little impediment to the attacking Varjans who climbed over it. Some of the more capable ones cleared the wall with a single leap. All the while, artillery fire continued to bounce off the protective dome that Io put over the whole temple. "Slay every Varjan who steps foot inside the temple!" Takeshi was the first to counter-charge the invaders, with Kikyo and the others following.

The small Shizuyaman line soon met the numerically-superior Varjan force. Takeshi and his peers, however, were a cut above the other Shizuyaman warriors. Kikyo was swift, fast enough to both evade a Varjan's attack and counter-attacking before the Varjan even realized he missed. Kazenosuke's blade spun, deflecting any attacks swung at him and covering his attackers with multiple deep cuts. Yurine may be old but she still swung her axe with enough force to rend a Varjan Warrior's thick armor, opening them up first with a strong leg sweep.

Despite their skill, the Varjans were still gaining ground. One of them was doing well for herself, carving and tearing apart the Shizuyamans who challenged her. She was pale-skinned, black hair that barely hung on her head. Her armor was red, which was now redder with the blood of Shizuyamans splattered on it. She wielded a bloody arming sword and a tower shield that had a decaying, limbless corpse of a samurai nailed on its front.

After pulling her blade from her latest kill, she saw the monsters of the taskforce that stayed in this side and let out a crazed shout, "HAARAAAAAAAGHHHH!", before charging them. It felt as if she didn't realize she was attacking monsters, her vision too clouded with mindless rage.

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Varjan Ship

LOST AT SEA

~ @Enkryption, @The Irish Tree (LIL), @AzureKnight (SHI) ~

(Currently in collab)

Tales Of Shizuyama: Alternative (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

@Rune_Alchemist

Oof, you and your folks stay safe there.

Tales Of Shizuyama: Alternative (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

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Tales Of Shizuyama: Alternative (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

"Lord Serek, is that a... a Shoggoth? On the right flank of the beach."

"..."

"So it would seem. And it looks like she has friends with her."

"...What do we do, milord?"

"..."

"Tell me, do we have that Hideo fellow?"

"I believe so, Lord Serek. He has been captured and is being transported to this ship as we speak."

"Good. We will need his... cooperation for this."

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Sanjo Beach

~ @Riffus Maximus, @Rune_Alchemist, @AzureKnight (KIR & LAV) ~

"...Am I not Janus? And am I not going to the beach?" The recent dialogue had left the spellcaster confused as to who the monsters were talking about.

Regardless, Janus joined Stella, Nyla, Kirei and Lavinia in the battle in the beach. The Varjans were distracted with the samurai horsemen still putting up a valiant stand that none of them saw, much less expected, an exploding bolt of darkness from Lavinia. The surprise attack caught the attention of the immediate Varjans, who turned to look at the newcomers.

Janus was amongst the group, and it seemed he was someone some of the Varjans recognize. "That's the old armor of the Scarce Legion." One of the Varjan Warriors remarked. "A legionnaire fighting alongside monsters? You bring shame to your legion brothers here!"

"I may be of the Scarce Legion..." Janus gauntlets began crackling with lightning. "...but I am no longer their brother!" The caster raised his arms to shoot thunder at the Varjan Warrior's position, exploding the sand. He shot more bolts at the Varjans, displaying his arcane might to the devastation of the invaders.

Now the Varjans had something else to deal with other than the Shizuyaman defenders, but they still had numbers on their side. The closest samurai warrior was pretty near the taskforce's position, but they were too swamped by Varjans to notice the monsters coming to their aid. In order to get to them, the taskforce needed to deal with a line of Varjan Warriors blocking their path.

Janus was already battling a portion of them while the rest stepped forth to challenge the rest. One of them seemed to be a champion of sorts, seeming more special than the rest. His helmet was shaped like a bat's skull, with bat wings decorating it and the rest of his dark-blue armor had other bat motifs. The blade part of his glaive seemed as long as its shaft, with a fresh samurai corpse impaled on it. "Didn't expect monsters here, I admit, but I'm afraid that whatever your plans are, they end here."

The champion then swung his spear with the dead samurai, hurling the corpse at the taskforce, before charging along with seven axe-and-shield-wielding Varjan Warriors.

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Sanjo Town

~ @Xaltwind (COCO & GWN), @AzureKnight (VRA) ~

"Janus is going to the beach, not the town! That's me, you twits! Now stop fooling around and let's help these poor sods live, at least, a day longer." Sidonus deftly slid down the steep ground without any aid, expecting the monsters to follow with their own innate abilities.

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By the time the taskforce reached the town, the Varjans had already began the assault. The screams of the townspeople filled the air as Varjan Brigands mounted on horses ran down fleeing villagers while Varjan Warriors entered homes and dragged its occupants out to be slaughtered. Torches were hurled at the mostly wooden buildings, inciting mindless infernos amongst carnage. The invaders seem to have forgotten their original goal and instead busied themselves pillaging the town.

Sidonus unsheathed his sword with one hand and armed his other with a javelin. He then surprised an incoming horseman with a throw from the spear, hitting the Varjan in the gut and sending him from his horse. "Distract as much Varjans as you can to give the villagers time to escape. Go after those chasing people down." Sidonus said to the taskforce. "We'll meet each other here again in ten minutes or something." A Varjan then emerged from the sliding door next to Sidonus, only for the latter to kick him back inside before following after him for the kill.

They soon spotted a squad of four Varjan Brigands with swords chasing and cornering a villager man with an infant in his arms. Perhaps it was time for the taskforce to establish their presence here, that the Varjans will not run rampant unopposed.

Tales Of Shizuyama: Alternative (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

@Riffus Maximus

Soooo, @AzureKnight's Kirei ordered Stella to join him in the beach but from what I read in your post, it seems Stella wants to head to the village to protect civilians.

So, where do you want Stella to go?

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

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No update for temple fight though since I kinda need more characters to post there. Sorry about that.

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

"My lord! Something's happening in the Dark Surge!"

"Indeed. I can sense magic in the fog that was not there before. We are under a very subtle attack... Bring the prisoner girl out! Her life will be sufficient fuel to dispel this!"

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Varjan Ship

LOST AT SEA

~ @Enkryption, @The Irish Tree (LIL), @AzureKnight (SHI) ~

Witnessing everything that unfolded, the villager man could not help but remark quietly to Ian. "Are the yokai going to be... alright?"

"Oh, totally! They've got this in the bag!" Ian confidently replied. "Ohhh, you mean as a team helping Shizuyama. Uhh, well, they don't really have to jive together to work but if it gets real bad, Lady Kyouko's probably gonna send them all to Belize."

"Where's Belize? And who's Lady Kyouko...?"

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~ @The Irish Tree (LIL) ~

The already-present fog masked Liliana's approach with the spore-filled one. Invisible, the warrior Fairy arrived at the Varjan ship with no one aboard the wiser. Not even the Varjan Brigands patrolling the deck noticed anything wrong.

Liliana saw that the two ships they needed to search were connected to each other via a single wide plank. It did not look permanent so perhaps it was only there temporarily to help the two vessels transport supplies to each other. Regardless of the reason, this should aid in the search for villager's daughter. However, the spore fog was not big enough to encompass both vessels. The Fairy will need to fly over to affect the other ship, which she noticed was much larger than the first.

It was only a matter of time before the first Brigand in the initial ship felt drowsy. Soon, multiple Varjans in the deck were falling down unconscious and within moments, they were all out cold. The spore fog then seeped into the inner parts of the vessel to do its work there. Liliana could head down inside to make sure, but the other ship had already taken notice.

"My lord! Something's happening in the Dark Surge!" Liliana heard someone shouting from the other ship.

"...Bring the prisoner girl out! Her life will be sufficient fuel to dispel this!"

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~ @Enkryption, @AzureKnight (SHI) ~

Meanwhile, Ian had taken Shizuka, Alice and Carroll, along with some rope, in the rowboat and rowed them to the first ship. "First ship should be down and out by now. Let's hope our little Fairy friend hasn't ran into any sort of trouble." He remarked, somewhat cheekily.

The boat was never spotted, or rather, there was no one to spot it as it arrived right next to the first Varjan ship. The taskforce could feel the spore fog hovering above them, but they were still too far to be affected adversely by it. Ian then began cutting and tying the rope together as he spoke up.

"Good luck with the rescue, y'all. I'll stay here and keep this boat afloat from anything... bad. You know, just in case." Ian said. "Uhh, you guys have a way to climb up, right? Or do you need, like, a grappling hook or something?"

Tales Of Shizuyama: Alternative (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Sidonus so rude! :<
And does he not have any character information? Can't find him in the character tab. :O

@Xaltwind

Unfortunately, he's a... very minor character in the RP so he won't have an NPC character sheet. :(

Tales Of Shizuyama: Alternative (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Update out!

Sorry if I put y'all immediately into the thick of it, but I weighed my options and felt this was what I think is best.

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@AzureKnight

A morning in Otomo

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