~~~ Swords in the Moon ~~~


Day 5 - Conclusion.



Hour of the monkey

Nakashima Ritsu (TinCow) looked up to the sky above him. It was clear. As he was watching the stale blue sky, his memories went back to the sea, to the village where he grew up, under the guidance of his father, a hard but fair master.

It was with regret that he realized how he would have made his father proud, fighting and killing for a noble master and now dying in his service. Regret, because his father would never know it. Or maybe he would?

Nakashima stared at the stars that started appearing. Surely, one of them was his father. Soon he would be there and he could tell about the battles he had fought and how he died honorably in the service of his Lord.
He picked up the sharp and clean knife that was there in front of him, on a white cushion. He opened the belt of his kimono. The smell of soap greeted him. His heart started to swell with pride. Soap, not the smell of fear.

Nakashima pierced the knife into his body. While he felt the blood leaving him, he kept looking up, to the stars. Soon he would be there.
The blade of his kaishakunin struck mercifully.

Lord Takeda nodded respectfully towards the body.

He stood up and went inside.

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Tally:


TinCow: 10 (CountArach, Husar, Rhyfelwyr, Haudegen, Sasaki Kojiro, Kagemusha, atheotes, White_Eyes:D, Beefy187, ajaxfetish)

Beskar: 5 (woad&fangs, Stephen Asen, Wishazu, Ichigo, Chimpyang)
Rhyfelwyr: 4 (Banquo's Ghost, Kukrikhan, Yaropolk, Captain Blackadder)
Tristan de Castelreng: 3 (Beskar, Quintus.JC, FactionHeir)

AggonyDuck: 1 (Yoyoma1910)
Wishazu: 1 (AggonyDuck)

abstain: 1 (Death is yonder)

Not voting: 11 (Gobbledygook, TinCow, Tristan de Castelreng, Seamus Fermanagh, glyphz, taka, Dutch_guy, Peasant Phill, GeneralHankerchief, Caius, Psychonaut)

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Challenges:

1. White_Eyes:D vs. Sasaki
2. GeneralHankerchief vs. Beefy187
3. Beefy187 vs. GeneralHankerchief
4. Stephen Asen vs. Beskar

Note: since TinCow got lynched, the woad&fangs vs. TinCow duel became null and void.

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Alive (35):
Quintus.JC
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
Caius
Beefy187
Ichigo
Wishazu
White_Eyes:D
Sasaki Kojiro
Stephen Assen
Peasant Phill
Kukrikhan
Captain Blackadder
Gobbledygook
Psychonaut
taka
Rhyfelwyr
AggonyDuck
Beskar
atheotes
Kagemusha
CountArach
Husar
Death is yonder
Tristan de Castelreng
Chimpyang
Yoyoma1910
Seamus Fermanagh
Banquo's Ghost
Haudegen
woad&fangs
ajaxfetish
glyphz
Dutch_guy
Yaropolk

Killed (17):
Khazaar
spL1tp3r50nal1ty
Lord Winter
The Spartan
Iskander III
Shinseikhaan
Olavi
Thermal Mercury
Chaotix27
pevergreen
Gregoshi
Reenk Roink
LittleGrizzly
Louis VI the Fat
Crazed Rabbit
A Very Super Market
Glenn

Fallen in battle (4):
Northnovas
Ignoramus
El Diablo
YLC

Lynched (5):
Askthepizzaguy
Sigurd
shlin28
TosaInu
TinCow

WoG/Suicide (3):
Xehh II
Jolt
Beaver
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It's now night. Due to RL, it'll be an extended night phase which will last until Friday, the 1st of May, 10.00 am (GMT+1), which is +/- 36 hours from this post.