SetoSpoiler (click to show/hide):
On your orders, Hideaki steeled himself and training continued for a little while longer. The two of you continued to spar on hand to hand for some time, until five knockdowns later. Hideaki landed on the floor with one final, loud, thud. He wasn't exactly much of an interesting opponent, but at least he was good target practice for you. On his side, however, well, you had been giving plenty of hints and pointers all throughout, you could only hope now that they would stick.
Seto WILL (9,3,3) - 1 hit
Hideaki WILL (4,7,10) - 3 hits
Since both passed the Will test, that means the lesson was a success. Hideaki gets a permanent +1 bonus to Agility, Athletics and Fighting.
The boy was lying down on the floor and breathing heavily, sweat running down his brows as he looked like he had just ran ten marathons or something. You somehow got the feeling you weren't going to get anything else out of him for today.
Kentata and IzumiSpoiler (click to show/hide):
Kentata and Oboro arrived at the encampment through a back entrance of sorts, slipping through some woods through a path that originated from Oboro's lodge. Arriving at the camp, they quickly met up with Akita, the leader of this gang of ronin, supposedly and, in front of him was Izumi, the kikai mercenary from earlier.
Akita sighed slowly in response to Izumi's proposal. "...If that's how you want to do things...Very well." Oboro shouted in protest, charging over and flailing her arms about. "Akita, you shit! You're not dueling anyone, let's just-"
"That's enough, sis." He chuckled, scratching the side of his head some before he turned over back to Izumi. "Get me my sword." He commanded one of the other ronin, before he cracked his shoulders some. There was a short moment of silence before Akita reached out for his mask and, whilst he was pulling it off, his body began growing and growing. Fur sprouted out of his skin as the sound of his bones crackling as they transformed echoed around the camp.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/73/0a/f9/730af985a264ef8b24c8727317b7131c.jpgAs he was handed his sword, he unsheathed and calmly waited for Izumi to take the first move. "...Ladies first."
Ryuuji and YaenaSpoiler (click to show/hide):
"...Shit." Takeba cursed, rubbing her chin. "All right, well, I can only assume that's why the Lord tried to keep everyone in their rooms...Either that or..." There was a slightly silence, which was then quickly broken when Mizuno spoke up. "Well, we can't just leave it at that! The least we can do is go help, somehow. The emperor might still be in danger, after all." She announced, flailing the handgun in her hand about with each word. Takeba awkwardly tried to keep herself away from the line of fire as she replied. "Perhaps...But if the other guards have been informed of a Kikai assassin, us showing up where we shouldn't be could complicate matters further." She clarified, rubbing her chin. "Ryuuji, can you walk?" The kikai questioned, before turning to Yaena.
"I think...I'm going to return to the party room and focus on keeping the situation there stable. They'll find it weird if they see me leaving the room and not returning...Although, I will be accompanying you." She stated,strangely enough, until she held her hand out and a small mechanical spider sprung from within. "Being the Kikai Spymaster has its perks..." She clarified before tossing the spider up the hole Ryuuji and Mizuno had just made as it wandered off crawling ahead, headed up to the top floor. "I'll have my drone scout ahead and then report back to you as soon as it can, in the mean time, you should probably go and see if that squad of soldiers from earlier needs help."
Mizuno watched in a bit of disgust as the spider drone crawled away. "Do all Kikai have weird stuff like that in them?" Takeba rubbed the side of her head some. "Well, I'd say Ryuuji's inquisitor "tools" are the weirdest. But that's a story for another time."
MihoSpoiler (click to show/hide):
With the group of you safely secured, you quickly began to make your way out of the castle and headed for the nearest room you could find, barring the door behind you by tossing a tea table on top of it to slow anyone who tried to come in. Once the bunch of you were safely inside, Pang Xin was slowly dropped to the floor, still bleeding some, but Juro himself quickly got to work on assessing his wounds.
You were hardly safe yet, but at least there wasn't anyone pointing weapons at you anymore, so that was a big plus and let you all get a breather. While Kunio and Juro were taking of getting Pang Xin back in one piece, you addressed Emperor Ken about your worries, to which the Emperor nervously rubbed his chin, clearly still in a bit of panicked state. "...Well...Assuming I die without leaving any heirs...Pang Xin would take over the throne temporarily until the nobles decided on a new emperor. But...Assuming both of us were...Removed out of the question." He rubbed his chin. "I'm not sure...I'd assume Chiyome or another cousin assume the throne...But..." He sighed, scratching the back of his head. "...You don't think she'd actually do this, do you? I mean..." He silenced himself, thinking.
Kunio cut off the conversation by approaching. "Excuse me. The Advisor will be fine. The wound was mostly superficial, I think what knocked him out was mostly the shock than anything else." The Kikai explained, humbly.
Chiyome and NoriSpoiler (click to show/hide):
"Understood!" The archers reply, loosing their arrows against the Kikai with the chains.
Seeing as you were commanding these soldiers, instead of using their "Fighting" scores individually, they all use your Warfare stat for their attacks.
Nori Agility (6,2,7,8) - 3 hits!
??? Agility (0) - Power Armor Penalties
Chiyome Warfare (8,2,3,10,9,5) - 4 hits! 6x4! -> 24 DAMAGE + 4 piercing Vs. 12 Armor -> 16 DAMAGE
Chiyome Marksmanship (9,6,10) - 4 hits! -> 6 DAMAGE + 4 piercing Vs. 12 Armor -> 0 DAMAGE!
"...Shit." Was the last words that left the Kikai's mouth, Nori had rushed off ahead but barely was able to catch up to the arrows as the Kikai was thoroughly peppered with steel, pieces of him being scattered and sent flying up the stairs as his crumpled form fell twitching down on the ground, the core on its chest shimmering brightly as it meagerly tried to power the body back up, only to fail repeatedly. It eventually just gave up, letting out a weak 'whirrrr' as the body powered down to nothingness, finally crumpling in defeat, though the core remained shining brightly on the kikai's chest.
KagomiSpoiler (click to show/hide):
After displaying such high skill (And luck) for so long, it seemed like Kagomi had finally been awarded her chance to get some tangible reward out of it. She slipped out of the hay stack and went to check on to the place where those weird people had been fumbling about earlier. With the reference of place, it takes you a bit, but you find a hidden trapdoor amidst the hay in the stables, pulling it open to reveal those people's hidden stash! Within, you find two high-quality ninjato short swords, coupled with two sets of leather armor. Stashed below that is a small note... (Note will be sent via PM.)
SivirSpoiler (click to show/hide):
"Heading out then, huh?" Gojou questioned, nodding his head. "All right, you two take care then." He concluded, glancing around a little bit. "Guess I'll get to work on some of the other orders we have around then." He concluded, heading off to the smithy himself.
One way or another, you soon found yourself heading your way into town, with Kujo promptly holding on to your back like you instructed, swinging about like an old rag doll with each step you took as she did her best to hold on for her dear life. Regardless, you made your way to the castle and arrived there after a short walk- Just as you were arriving, you glanced up at the castle only to see two people literally burst out through one of the windows only to crash down onto the floor below through the roof. No idea what that was, but it wasn't normal, that's for sure. Judging by Kujo's uninterest in it and that of the guards around you, you could only assume no one else had seen that...Then again, you did have kind of a height advantage for that.
Reaching the castle's doors, the guards by the entrance's eyes promptly went wide. "Hel- HOOOLLY SHIT." They backed up against the wall defensively. "Sh...Shizen Foku? Damn...You almost looked like a yokai..." He breathed heavily. "S-Sorry uhm...Miss. But we were instructed to not let anyone in or out of the castle." He said firmly, gulping as he looked up at you. "...Also, your uh...Friend there, isn't allowed inside." He added, Kujo awkwardly holding on best she could, though her ears flickered when she heard that. "...But...What'd I do..." She whined.
PuuSpoiler (click to show/hide):
Sanjo let out a short 'eeep' as she was picked up, until eventually she reached over and placed her hands on Puu's shoulders for support, her feet placed on the oni girl's legs as Puu stood up on them, Puu's massive prick erect right down below. "Eaassy there." Sanjo chuckled. "You're a bit...Large. So it'll fit, I'm sure...But let's go about it slowly, shall we?" The poncle requested, before reaching down with her tiny hands to grip Puu's cock and bring it forward, aligning the head of it with her cunny. "All right, so...Let's ah...Test the waters, first, shall we?" She proposed, slowly dropping her body down as her slit parted around Puu's cock, the lips of her pussy engulfing just head of the oni's large club with a lewd, wet sound as Puu began grinding her hips against it, not taking it any deeper just yet and instead causing Puu's cock to wiggle around ever so slightly with every single of Sanjo's thrusts.
"Good, right? Now, we-" As she was going to adjust herself a little bit more, she suddenly slipped off of Puu's leg. Puu's cock, with gravity's help, just slammed itself entirely inside of Sanjo, distending the small poncle girl's insides until she had hilted the oni's club. In a second, Puu felt her dick just push its way up Sanjo's pussy and right up her womb, which had now left Sanjo's belly with a large bulge in the shape of her Puu's prick. "Ow ow ow ow..." Sanjo whined, closing one eye as she winced in pain. "That...Stung a bit." She hissed, glancing over at Puu, who now was experiencing not only her first pussy, but had her entire cock now plunged inside of one. "...Uhm...You okay there, big gal?"