Day 7: Foredeck, Stage 2 - Up and Over

[Rixy]

The archer behind the crates assessed the targets coldly and turned his aim onto the Dragon who'd been hit so badly. This arrow flew wide to stick into the deck just past where Sugita and the woman rolled about on the deck.

[Rixy]

Initiative Round 10

• Mirumoto Itsuho (43)
• Swordsman 2 (26) {grappled}
• Archer 1B (24) {facing Musasha}
• Ichiro Yakusoku (21) {1/2 down from the Nest}
• Kakita Sugita (18) {grappled}
• Hida Musasha (12)
• Archer 2B (11) {behind cover}

[Mirumoto Itsuho]

The Dragonness, wounded rather badly, backed off and guarded herself against further attack. {{Full Defense}}

[Rixy]

Caught up in the Kakita's grip, the woman squirmed, not doing much more than muss her clothing. {10} Though Sugita's grip wasn't the best, he was still well able to hold her. {14}

The mangled knifeman was still standing, though very badly hurt. With a howl, he again launched at the big man, a final effort he fully expected to be his last and that he gave his all. {24, after wound penalties, FA} Alas, his knife clanged off of the massive breastplate, leaving him almost helpless to resist what was coming.

[Ichiro Yakusoku]

Quickly finishing her descent, Yakusoku drops onto the deck. Drawing her katana she looks about, glaring through the darkness and fog at the gaijin.

[Kakita Sugita]

"Hope you can climb!" cries Sugita as he flips the gaijin over his shoulder, over the side of the boat, and into the water below. "How would you like it if I waited for you with a sword?! HUH?!"

[Hida Musasha]

Musasha spins and whips his tetsubo around and down upon the shoulder of the archer (Attack roll 60). The sound that emanates from the contact between the archer and the tetsubo is reminiscent of ripping a full sized lobster in half. There is the sound of bones crunching, and flesh tearing, and pieces of the dead archer fly across the ship, splattering blood and gore for a dozen feet. (43 damage)

[Rixy]

The archer, in his place behind the barrels, cursed quietly and winged another shot at the Dragonness, hoping to drop her before the rest could come for him. Once again, the shot winged wide, skittering across the deck.

[Rixy]

Initiative Round 10

• Mirumoto Itsuho (43)
• Ichiro Yakusoku (21)
• Kakita Sugita (18)
• Hida Musasha (12)
• Archer 2B (11) {behind cover}
• Amin (IK ally) (10)

[Mirumoto Itsuho]

Seeing as the archer that shot toward her twice was too far away, and no one looked close enough to get to the gaijin before another shot could be let loose, Itsuho moved as fast as she could to find cover, staying in a basic defensive posture.

[Ichiro Yakusoku]

Still too far to attack directly, the Badger looked around the deck and spied an unused belaying pin. She lifted it, tossed it once to get a feel for it, and then lobbed it at the crouching archer. The archer, however, was too quick and it sailed past the man's head.

[Kakita Sugita]

Sugita takes the Defensive Stance while readying his bow and looking over the side for the man he threw over.

[Rixy]

The swordswoman could be heard more than seen in this soupy fog, swimming strongly toward the shielding bulk of the nearest ship. Even as Sugita watched, a blast of lightning erupted from a cluster of his fellow Rokugani from the Ray, leaving nothing but char to sink to the bottom where the enemy had been.

[Hida Musasha]

The archer began to prepare to attack the encroaching samurai, when Musasha whips out his Wakizashi, in the same motion it leaves his hand, spinning through the air, and it embeds itself just to the left of the archer's throat. (attack roll 41)

It sticks, but doesn't look like it's very deep. (15 damage)

[Rixy]

The archer was, by this time, heartily sick of all these armored people that seemed to shrug off his arrows like so many bees. Having a sword thrown at him, of all things, seemed just to make him more angry. The arrow flew true, despite the fog, but once again glanced off the big man's armor, leading to another string of cursing followed by a 'splash' as the archer gave up and flung himself over the side.

One of the guards with whom they'd come, seeing the escape, was quick to call out to those watching on the dock. The hapless archer was turned into a pincushion in short order.
{{Combat Over}}

[Ichiro Yakusoku]

Finally breaking off part of the arrow sticking out of her shoulder, Yakusoku begins looking around for a healer. She wasn't about to head into the bowels of the ship without getting a bit patched up.

[Hida Musasha]

Musasha didn't think about it, he just hoisted his tetsubo and headed below deck straight away.