~~~ Swords in the Moon ~~~

Night 3 - Conclusion.



Hour of the Rat

Hamano Kazuma (Chaotix27-Peverbrown) didn’t feel very well after the last proceedings. It seems like he had caught some sort of pever. He decided to go to bed early.

While he was taking off his kimono and putting his two swords on the standard he had inherited from his father, he didn’t notice the man in the room adjacent to his.

Shivering from high pever, he quickly jumped under the silk sheets. He hardly noticed how the man opened the door and entered his room. Covered in sweat, Hamano seemed to start hallucinating; he heard some sort of whisper in the air, saying “domo arigato”.

The next moment a knife was being stabbed in his throat, destroying his larynx and preventing him to make a sound. A second stab through his heart ended his life quick.

The killer carved the following words in the body of his victim: “Dou itashi mashite”.

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Hour of the Rat

Hamano Masaya (Thermal Mercury - Peverpurple) was standing guard. He wasn’t paying much attention, since he was dreaming of better days, about times before he had to follow his Lord into battle after battle.

A samurai wearing full armor came near.

“That’s odd,” Hamano said to himself, “it’s still more than an hour until I should get replaced.”

The samurai calmly walked up to Hamano.

“Aren’t you a bit early? Or am I mistaken? After all, when you’re standing here in the freezing cold, it seems like forpever.”

The man wearing full armor shrugged.

“Oh well, since you’re so peaver to stand guard…”

A sudden breeze came up and it seemed to have words in it… “domo arigato.”

Hamano shivered and looked scared. “Did you hear…”

The knife in his throat ended his question. A second stab ended his life. The disguised ninja carved the following into the body of his victim: “Dou itashi mashite”.
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Hour of the Rat

Kin Hacirobei (pevergreen) was alone in his room, sipping on a cup of saké. He was thinking about his wife and children. His four sons would finally join the Takeda campaign next summer. Well trained, strong, young and enthusiastic, his sons would make great warriors, maybe even better samurai than he would ever hope to be. Kin laughed softly. Of course he would never tell that to his sons. The young ones still had much to learn about discipline, respect and obedience.

Kin took the bottle of saké and filled a second cup. When he was about to bring the cup to his mouth, he got hit on the head with a heavy object. While he was still recovering from the blow, a second blow hit him. And a third one, which broke his left arm.

Kin heard the sound of the object dropping on te floor. A kick in the stomach made him throw up his saké. A second kick on his head almost made him fall unconscious.

A sword was being unsheeted. Two strong hands in black gloves pushed on Kin’s throat until his larynx got broken, which prevented him from making anymore sounds. A mighty blow of the sword cut off his left leg. A second blow cut off the other leg. The loss of blood mercifully let Kin lose conscience. The killer continued his work and soon the room was all covered in blood and flesh, leaving a gruesome sight.

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Hour of the Ox.

Okichi (Gregoshi) put away her samurai clothes and armor. It came as a relief and she felt free. Before putting up her make-up and geisha clothing to go out to entertain somebody, she decided to get some sleep.

“Interesting,” the man silently entering her room said to himself.

A wakizashi was being unsheeted. The man took one last look at Okichi’s extraordinary handsome features before slitting her throat. He cleaned his sword on her sheets, sighed and left the room unnoticed.

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Day 3 - Would this go on forpever?


Hour of the Rabbit.

The Tiger was sipping on a cup of tea when he heard the sound on the courtyard. He sighed.

Some samurai were building piles of wood, others couldn't help themselves staring at the bodies, the gruesomely butchered remnants of Kin in particular.

In complete silence, the Tiger entered the courtyard. All samurai stopped their activities and bowed deeply for heir master. Shingen looked at the scroll in front of him. He waited in complete silence and then pointed at Michishige Michiyo (Ichigo) and Saruwatari Takumi (Ignoramus).


Both samurai bowed for Lord Takeda. A senior officer nodded to both men. "No armor, no hidden weapons, just katana and wakizashi."

The samurai bowed to each other and unsheeted their katana's.

Michishige moved forward. It seemed like he wanted to end this quickly and he his katana struck in the direction of Saruwatari's neck. The younger samurai quickly jumped aside and counterattacked, aiming for Michishige's left side. Michishige hardly managed to block the attack and stepped backwards.

Encouraged, Saruwatari jumped forward and his blade came down quickly. Michishige quickly jumped aside and struck with his katana, wounding Saruwatari on the left arm. Saruwatari screamed out of pain and frustration.

Yelling insults he attacked yet again. Michishige had difficulties blocking the constant attacks of his opponent. In his enthusiasm, Saruwatari stumbled. Michishige saw an opening on Saruwatari's right side and struck quickly. Saruwatari fell on his knees, his fingers touching the fatal wound. Michishige mercifully ended Saruwatari's pain by beheading him.

The samurai bowed deeply for his master who nodded respectfully in return.

After the duel ended and all bodies put on the woodpiles, the samurai started to discuss.


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Alive (49):
TinCow
Quintus.JC
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
Caius
Glenn
Beefy187
Ichigo
Warluster
White_Eyes:D
Sasaki Kojiro
Stephen Assen
Peasant Phill
Kukrikhan
Captain Blackadder
A Very Super Market
Louis VI the Fat
Gobbledygook
Psychonaut
LittleGrizzly
taka
Jolt
shlin28
YLC
Reenk Roink
Rhyfelwyr
Beaver
AggonyDuck
El Diablo
Beskar
atheotes
Ibn-Khaldun
CountArach
Husar
Death is yonder
Tristan de Castelreng
Chimpyang
Yoyoma1910
TosaInu
Seamus Fermanagh
Banquo's Ghost
Crazed Rabbit
Haudegen
woad&fangs
Xehh II
ajaxfetish
glyphz
Dutch_guy
Yaropolk

Killed (11):
Khazaar
spL1tp3r50nal1ty
Lord Winter
The Spartan
Iskander III
Shinseikhaan
Olavi
Thermal Mercury
Chaotix27
pevergreen
Gregoshi

Fallen in battle (2):
Northnovas
Ignoramus

Lynched (2):
Askthepizzaguy
Sigurd

WoG/Suicide (0):


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It's now day, you can start voting. Because of RL, this will be an extended Day phase which will last until Saturday 9.30 am (that's +/- 36 hours from now). This will be followed by an extended night phase which will last for +/- 36 hours as well. After that, we'll be back on the regular schedule. Sorry for any inconvenience.