~~~ Swords in the Moon ~~~




Night 11 - Conclusion - II



Hour of the Rat

Date (Rhyfelwyr) was sweating. Something had disturbed his sweet dreams. He lit his oil lamp and looked around his room. He didn’t notice anything and he put out the light.

Something was on his mind and kept him up though. After a few restless moments, that seemed like ages, he finally managed to fall asleep again.

A pair of eyes had been watching Date’s actions for a while from the straw ceiling of the yashiki. When Date stopped rolling around, the figure lowered himself down from the rafters, holding a dagger in his teeth. The assassin silently crept up to the sleeping man and with a single strike, drove the dagger through his eye.

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Hour of the Ox

A samurai walked through the yashiki counting doors. He stopped at the 34th door and slipped in unnoticed. On his hip, the killer carried a polished ebony scabbard.

He silently drew the katana – it was etched with scenes from mythology - and only the sharp edge glistened in the light of the oil lamp.

The killer struck the sleeping samurai in the throat with the scabbard. Amane (Yoyoma1910) awoke and tried to scream in vain. The swing of the killer’s other hand ended his silent scream.

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Hour of the Tiger

The killer hurried into the next room and found a surprise.

Two samurai were sitting in the same room and were sleeping, sitting up against a wall with hands on their sword handles. The killer hesitated.

One of them appeared to be awake and looked up as he saw the assassin coming near.
At that moment a cock crowed that the hour of the rabbit was nigh.

The ninja threw a neatly folded rice paper box to the ground, and the entire room filled with acrid black smoke. He pulled out a poisoned shuriken from his sleeve and threw it through the smoke aiming where the samurai were sleeping a moment ago. The ninja drew his sword and rushed into the smoke.



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Alive (3):
GeneralHankerchief
Ichigo
Kagemusha

Killed (35):
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
Husar
Death is yonder
Haudegen
Captain Blackadder
glyphz
Banquo's Ghost
Kukrikhan
Sasaki Kojiro
CountArach
Gobbledygook
Caius
Wishazu
White_Eyes:D
Stephen Assen aka Tiberius of the Drake
Chimpyang
ajaxfetish
Rhyfelwyr
Yoyoma1910

Fallen in battle (10):
Northnovas
Ignoramus
El Diablo
YLC
Beefy187
AggonyDuck
Yaropolk
atheotes
Seamus Fermanagh
Beskar

Lynched (10):
Askthepizzaguy
Sigurd
shlin28
TosaInu
TinCow
Quintus.JC
Peasant Phill
FactionHeir
Dutch_guy
woad&fangs

WoG/Suicide (6):
Xehh II
Jolt
Beaver
Tristan de Castelreng
Psychonaut
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