Really, to a degree, I was actually somewhat excited for this. I’d never actually had human blood at my hands. Oh, sure, I had martial training with wooden swords in controlled environments. I had become commander of a glorious army, bravely sending forth endless waves of my own men to defeat another man’s endless waves of men. But I’d not actually ever had to use what I assume was a lovingly crafted long sword. When I told the retinue and followers to sort the whole issue out, however, I had no idea the chaos that would ensue. One accusation quite literally led to another. First, someone would accuse a royal guardsmen, only to be accused by someone else for accusing the guard. Then, said accuser would be accused of hiding their murder with their own accusation. Finally, I had to yell at them all and I turned to my poor scribe, who looked to be ready to have a nervous collapse. With a shaking hand, he offered me his record of the accusations.

It seemed that the previously loyal NinjaCow was the killer! Outrageous! How dare he? The entire four people certain of his guilt proudly shoved him down in front of me and knelt him down by force. Whew. Thank the gods that I have such a competent retinue that we could have this all sorted out so fast. I raised my sword high, not offering the obvious traitor the dignity of a last word. Unfortunately, it seems my sword skill was a bit rusty. I didn’t quite get the beheading right, and my sword got stuck on his spine. Eww. With some effort, I yanked the sword back out, and after another good couple of hacks, I managed to get the head completely off. Oh well. Since he was obviously the one at fault, it probably doesn’t matter too much. Besides, the screams of agony don’t necessarily mean it was suffering I caused. No, certainly not, I am a divine emperor now! I don’t cause suffering. Definitely.

“Well done, my faithful followers!” I commended them. “Now, let us spread out once more! We need to find out where an exit is. As always, we’re still going to follow a buddy system, so try to keep them at hand so you don’t get lost. We’ll meet back here in a few hours. Good luck!”



IT IS NOW NIGHT 1. YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO SUBMIT ORDERS.

Tally:

NinjaCow 4 (TinCow, Bsmith, Chaotix, Ironside)
Ishmael 3 (JoanK, Makrell, Zaccino)
Visorslash 2 (Montmorency, Jarema)
Riedquat 2 (NinjaCow, Buddhafish)
TinCow 1 (Riedquat)
Buddhafish 1 (GH)
Zaccino 1 (NinjaCow)
Captain Blackadder 1 (Visorslash)
Jarema 1 (Captain Blackadder)
Montmorency 1 (Pizza)
Choxorn 1 (Ishmael)
Andres 1 (Double A)
Double A 1 (Andres)
Kagemusha 1 (Arjos)
Arjos 1 (Lazy McCrow)
Lazy McCrow 1 (White eyes)
White Eyes 1 (Choxorn)