Glory of the Emerald Empire (Legend of the 5 Rings Quest)
- Thread starter Winged Knight
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- Fantasy
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- Canada
I highly doubt that the effort to quickly survey the burrow will be significant. 5 minutes of walking around tops bar any encounters.
Somewhat of a larger concern.
This is probably the most persuasive. We don't have the medical skills to do anything at all in this case, so no point in checking and risking a hostile encounter. I'll change my vote in a sec.
1.35
Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
[X]Sirroco
Atheletics Roll: 5k3=29
Stamina Roll: 3k3=22
You shake your head, and move along past the burrow. Jarit'ya makes a questioning sound, and you turn to look at him with one eye as you walk.
"We need to keep going," you say as you put one foot in front of another. "If the battle is tomorrow, then we must get into Shinsei's Last hope now or we won't make it inside at all." You give him a grin. "I think I can get us there."
"But you very tired-tired," Jarit'ya says. "You sure-sure?"
The Nezumi is right. You are tired. You've been walking almost two days with Jarit'ya on your back, and even if you weren't you'd still not be at your best. You've spent three days in the Shadowlands and gotten into two fights that have left you cut, scarred and bruised. You've trained for this, but training is very different from experience.
But this is your duty, and the only way you're set to fail in that duty is if you drop dead before you complete it.
"I can make it," you say, shifting your shoulder slightly to make them more comfortable. They're starting to burn a little under the load. Jarit'ya hisses in pain a bit at the motion, and you wince. "Sorry."
"Is all right-right," Jarit'ya says. "If you sure-sure you can do it, then walk-walk. Just take care, yes-yes?"
"Of course," you say. "I'll be careful."
And so you march, taking one step in front of the next. There is hardly any light to see, aside from the pale shine of the moon through the clouds. But you are used to that now. After only a few days, you have become used to much of what the Shadowlands presents. A dangerous, Taint infested hellhole it might be, but it is not insurmountable. The enemy might never be truly defeated, but they can be held back. They can be studied, and they can be pushed away. The Crab has been doing this for over a thousand years. It will continue for another thousand more.
The hours blur as you walk, and your body makes its protests known. Your ribs begin to ache again, a reminder that they are still bruised from your fight with the Ogre. The cuts on your face sting a little, but not nearly as much as the one on your leg. You cleaned it as best you could, but it still twinges every time you take a step.
And your shoulders, by all the glories of Heaven, the ache in your shoulders. You are used to carrying heavy loads, but the combination of all your gear and Jarit'ya's weight is taking its toll on you. Your shoulders burn where your makeshift sling digs into them, pressing your armor into your flesh.
You are exhausted. You've been marching through the Shadowlands for days now, getting what sleep you can. But now you have denied yourself even that. Now you are determined to push on to Shinsei's Last Hope, to warn them in case they have not yet received word of the incoming attack. As the hours go by weariness digs its way into your very bones, dulling your senses and slowing your thoughts.
And you do not care. As the fog of exhaustion takes root in your mind, you focus on one, solitary thing. You have a duty to perform, and you will do it. Nothing else matters.
You avoid all foliage you encounter, for you realize you have neither the time or the mental acuity to determine what is safe and what isn't. When you hear sounds that might be living things, you move away from them as quickly as you can. Nothing can impede you, nothing can stall you. You know only one thing. You must march.
The march is everything. It has become your entire world. Nothing else exists save you, the Nezumi on your back, and the next patch of ground where you place your foot. Everything else is superfluous, unimportant. All that there is, is the march.
You can barely keep your eyes open when the light of dawn peaks its way through the cloud cover. It startles you and pulls you back further into wakening, but already you can feel yourself slipping away again. You have never felt this tired, never been this weak. You sway a little as you take your next step, and have to steady yourself to keep from falling over.
In the light of day, you see a wall in the distance. It is not the Great Carpenter Wall, which stands one hundred feet tall. No, this is a village wall, its structure lined with Jade. You can see the tops of a few buildings poking above it, the structures similar to those you've seen in Shiro Hiruma and the other lands of the Crab Clan.
This is Shinsei's Last Hope. You have arrived.
You can't keep the weak, tired smile from reaching your lips. You are so exhausted, so drained. Not even your harshest training sessions have taken so heavy a toll on you as this walk has. But it has all paid off. You've made it.
"Hey there!" a voice calls out. You turn your head to the side, and see a group of ten Crab Clan Samurai approach you. "Halt and be recognized!"
"I…" you say as loudly as you can, though your voice sounds so soft in your ears. "I bring news." Your legs buckle, and you fall to your knees. "An attack. There's going… to be… an attack ."
Your face hits the ground, and you hear Jarit'ya hissing in pain and the Crab patrol rushing over to you. You can briefly feel them taking the Nezumi off your shoulders, turning you over. You peer into the faces of your Clansmen, their expressions wary but concerned.
And then you close your eyes, and fall into the oblivion of sleep.
There is no sound, here, no smell. There is nothing at all. But despite all that it is not peaceful. This is not the serenity of meditation. No, this stillness comes from something pushing its will down upon the world, blocking all else out. It is heavy, and you have to force yourself in order to move or even stand beneath the weight of this place.
"So you are the one," someone says behind you, breaking the oppressive silence. You turn, and recoil. Standing there is a giant of a man in black and red armor, his face covered with a skull like mask with two pointed horns on either side. And his eyes... His eyes are lit like a bloody, crimson fire. "You are the one who has interfered with me."
The man takes a step closer, a hand on his sword. You reach for your tetsubo, but find that it isn't there. In fact, to your shock, you realize you are naked. There is nothing at all barring you from this man's gaze. You have been laid bare, and you are defenseless.
"Do you think yourself a hero, boy?" he asks, drawing his blade. "Do you think you have stopped me? You have merely delayed the inevitable. A weakling such as you is not my equal."
[] Write in.
Atheletics Roll: 5k3=29
Stamina Roll: 3k3=22
You shake your head, and move along past the burrow. Jarit'ya makes a questioning sound, and you turn to look at him with one eye as you walk.
"We need to keep going," you say as you put one foot in front of another. "If the battle is tomorrow, then we must get into Shinsei's Last hope now or we won't make it inside at all." You give him a grin. "I think I can get us there."
"But you very tired-tired," Jarit'ya says. "You sure-sure?"
The Nezumi is right. You are tired. You've been walking almost two days with Jarit'ya on your back, and even if you weren't you'd still not be at your best. You've spent three days in the Shadowlands and gotten into two fights that have left you cut, scarred and bruised. You've trained for this, but training is very different from experience.
But this is your duty, and the only way you're set to fail in that duty is if you drop dead before you complete it.
"I can make it," you say, shifting your shoulder slightly to make them more comfortable. They're starting to burn a little under the load. Jarit'ya hisses in pain a bit at the motion, and you wince. "Sorry."
"Is all right-right," Jarit'ya says. "If you sure-sure you can do it, then walk-walk. Just take care, yes-yes?"
"Of course," you say. "I'll be careful."
And so you march, taking one step in front of the next. There is hardly any light to see, aside from the pale shine of the moon through the clouds. But you are used to that now. After only a few days, you have become used to much of what the Shadowlands presents. A dangerous, Taint infested hellhole it might be, but it is not insurmountable. The enemy might never be truly defeated, but they can be held back. They can be studied, and they can be pushed away. The Crab has been doing this for over a thousand years. It will continue for another thousand more.
The hours blur as you walk, and your body makes its protests known. Your ribs begin to ache again, a reminder that they are still bruised from your fight with the Ogre. The cuts on your face sting a little, but not nearly as much as the one on your leg. You cleaned it as best you could, but it still twinges every time you take a step.
And your shoulders, by all the glories of Heaven, the ache in your shoulders. You are used to carrying heavy loads, but the combination of all your gear and Jarit'ya's weight is taking its toll on you. Your shoulders burn where your makeshift sling digs into them, pressing your armor into your flesh.
You are exhausted. You've been marching through the Shadowlands for days now, getting what sleep you can. But now you have denied yourself even that. Now you are determined to push on to Shinsei's Last Hope, to warn them in case they have not yet received word of the incoming attack. As the hours go by weariness digs its way into your very bones, dulling your senses and slowing your thoughts.
And you do not care. As the fog of exhaustion takes root in your mind, you focus on one, solitary thing. You have a duty to perform, and you will do it. Nothing else matters.
You avoid all foliage you encounter, for you realize you have neither the time or the mental acuity to determine what is safe and what isn't. When you hear sounds that might be living things, you move away from them as quickly as you can. Nothing can impede you, nothing can stall you. You know only one thing. You must march.
The march is everything. It has become your entire world. Nothing else exists save you, the Nezumi on your back, and the next patch of ground where you place your foot. Everything else is superfluous, unimportant. All that there is, is the march.
You can barely keep your eyes open when the light of dawn peaks its way through the cloud cover. It startles you and pulls you back further into wakening, but already you can feel yourself slipping away again. You have never felt this tired, never been this weak. You sway a little as you take your next step, and have to steady yourself to keep from falling over.
In the light of day, you see a wall in the distance. It is not the Great Carpenter Wall, which stands one hundred feet tall. No, this is a village wall, its structure lined with Jade. You can see the tops of a few buildings poking above it, the structures similar to those you've seen in Shiro Hiruma and the other lands of the Crab Clan.
This is Shinsei's Last Hope. You have arrived.
You can't keep the weak, tired smile from reaching your lips. You are so exhausted, so drained. Not even your harshest training sessions have taken so heavy a toll on you as this walk has. But it has all paid off. You've made it.
"Hey there!" a voice calls out. You turn your head to the side, and see a group of ten Crab Clan Samurai approach you. "Halt and be recognized!"
"I…" you say as loudly as you can, though your voice sounds so soft in your ears. "I bring news." Your legs buckle, and you fall to your knees. "An attack. There's going… to be… an attack ."
Your face hits the ground, and you hear Jarit'ya hissing in pain and the Crab patrol rushing over to you. You can briefly feel them taking the Nezumi off your shoulders, turning you over. You peer into the faces of your Clansmen, their expressions wary but concerned.
And then you close your eyes, and fall into the oblivion of sleep.
o\O/o
You are in a dark place, a place so dark that you almost cannot remember what light is. That darkness spreads on forever, has no ending. You're not even sure it is ground that you stand upon. For all you know, you could be floating atop air. It is as if you have been incased within shadow itself.
There is no sound, here, no smell. There is nothing at all. But despite all that it is not peaceful. This is not the serenity of meditation. No, this stillness comes from something pushing its will down upon the world, blocking all else out. It is heavy, and you have to force yourself in order to move or even stand beneath the weight of this place.
"So you are the one," someone says behind you, breaking the oppressive silence. You turn, and recoil. Standing there is a giant of a man in black and red armor, his face covered with a skull like mask with two pointed horns on either side. And his eyes... His eyes are lit like a bloody, crimson fire. "You are the one who has interfered with me."
The man takes a step closer, a hand on his sword. You reach for your tetsubo, but find that it isn't there. In fact, to your shock, you realize you are naked. There is nothing at all barring you from this man's gaze. You have been laid bare, and you are defenseless.
"Do you think yourself a hero, boy?" he asks, drawing his blade. "Do you think you have stopped me? You have merely delayed the inevitable. A weakling such as you is not my equal."
[] Write in.
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TikiTau
Commander Pangolinski
- Location
- Texas
[X]-"I am not a hero. I am a Crab. I may not be your equal, and I may die trying to stop you. But if I die, I will die fighting. I will die standing, and in doing so, I may delay you enough for another to stop you. I am a son of Hida and a son of Hiruma. That's what it means to be a Crab."
-If he actually tries to swing, attempt to dodge and attempt to go for a joint in his armor. Elbow to slow his attacks, or a knee to stop him from maneuvering. Take what advantage we can in our state. Maybe we can move faster than his armored form.
--If we can take his sword, attempt to slash at a joint.
---If we get the sword and can't seem to hurt him or look like we're losing, try to throw the blade as far away into the darkness as possible, to make it easier for another to slay him.
Ummm, never done a L5R write in or quest or game, buuuuut lemme take a shot at it!
Eh, I like Ridiculously Average Guy's reworking of it. Changing my suggestion.
[X] " Of course I'm not your equal. If you were steel I'd be a pebble. Noting but chaff before you. But, you see, the interesting thing about pebbles? Get enough of them together and you get a wall. gather more and you get an even stronger wall. On and on until that wall becomes a mountain, so thick, so strong, that even steel is stymied by it. That is what I am, not a hero but a rock in a wall. That is what it means to be Crab. Those who Delay the Darkness."
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
-If he actually tries to swing, attempt to dodge and attempt to go for a joint in his armor. Elbow to slow his attacks, or a knee to stop him from maneuvering. Take what advantage we can in our state. Maybe we can move faster than his armored form.
--If we can take his sword, attempt to slash at a joint.
---If we get the sword and can't seem to hurt him or look like we're losing, try to throw the blade as far away into the darkness as possible, to make it easier for another to slay him.
Eh, I like Ridiculously Average Guy's reworking of it. Changing my suggestion.
[X] " Of course I'm not your equal. If you were steel I'd be a pebble. Noting but chaff before you. But, you see, the interesting thing about pebbles? Get enough of them together and you get a wall. gather more and you get an even stronger wall. On and on until that wall becomes a mountain, so thick, so strong, that even steel is stymied by it. That is what I am, not a hero but a rock in a wall. That is what it means to be Crab. Those who Delay the Darkness."
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
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The Sandman
So Zetta Slowpoke
- Location
- Wherever I am, which isn't where I'm not
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X] "And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab."
-[X] Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[X] Then, Surprise Attack!!!
-[X]Headbutt
[X] Make sure to mention this dream to the shugenja and/or your superiors when you wake up. In particular, the fact that there's a powerful creature of the shadowlands who seriously has it in for you personally is likely the sort of tactical information that they can exploit.
Edited to add Ridiculously Average Guy's bit.
Edited again to add stuff from later discussion.
[X] "And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab."
-[X] Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[X] Then, Surprise Attack!!!
-[X]Headbutt
[X] Make sure to mention this dream to the shugenja and/or your superiors when you wake up. In particular, the fact that there's a powerful creature of the shadowlands who seriously has it in for you personally is likely the sort of tactical information that they can exploit.
Edited to add Ridiculously Average Guy's bit.
Edited again to add stuff from later discussion.
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Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
- Location
-
[X] " Of course I'm not your equal. If you were steel I'd be a pebble. Noting but chaff before you. But, you see, the interesting thing about pebbles? Get enough of them together and you get a wall. gather more and you get an even stronger wall. On and on until that wall becomes a mountain, so thick, so strong, that even steel is stymied by it. That is what I am, not a hero but a rock in a wall. That is what it means to be Crab. Those who Delay the Darkness."
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[X] " Of course I'm not your equal. If you were steel I'd be a pebble. Noting but chaff before you. But, you see, the interesting thing about pebbles? Get enough of them together and you get a wall. gather more and you get an even stronger wall. On and on until that wall becomes a mountain, so thick, so strong, that even steel is stymied by it. That is what I am, not a hero but a rock in a wall. That is what it means to be Crab. Those who Delay the Darkness."
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
Sirrocco
Pedantic
Yep. Pretty much exactly what I was going to say - and said well.
[] " Of course I'm not your equal. If you were steel I'd be a pebble. Noting but chaff before you. But, you see, the interesting thing about pebbles? Get enough of them together and you get a wall. gather more and you get an even stronger wall. On and on until that wall becomes a mountain, so thick, so strong, that even steel is stymied by it. That is what I am, not a hero but a rock in a wall. That is what it means to be Crab. Those who Delay the Darkness."
[] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[] Surprise Attack!!!
-[]Headbutt
Also... the update... *completely awesome*.
I had to keep myself from glancing ahead because I didnt' know whether he'd make it or not and I wanted it to hit at its own pace and it was awesome. Yaaaaay!
edit: added headbutt, based on the ideas of others.
edit 2: yet-more-updated vote put in later
[] " Of course I'm not your equal. If you were steel I'd be a pebble. Noting but chaff before you. But, you see, the interesting thing about pebbles? Get enough of them together and you get a wall. gather more and you get an even stronger wall. On and on until that wall becomes a mountain, so thick, so strong, that even steel is stymied by it. That is what I am, not a hero but a rock in a wall. That is what it means to be Crab. Those who Delay the Darkness."
[] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[] Surprise Attack!!!
-[]Headbutt
Also... the update... *completely awesome*.
I had to keep myself from glancing ahead because I didnt' know whether he'd make it or not and I wanted it to hit at its own pace and it was awesome. Yaaaaay!
What good would that do? that seems like the sort of information we might *not* want him to have.
edit: added headbutt, based on the ideas of others.
edit 2: yet-more-updated vote put in later
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Why not?
this is the kind of information that he doesn't we to have, not the other way around.
that there was something controlling the denizens of the shadowland is clear as day... His name and identity would be target for speculation.
now, not only he was exposed, his plan stopped but we got his name...
three times he was bested, we should be allowed to gloat a little. Maybe we get a monologue
Brandark
Disrespect the law, and you disrespect me.
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
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The Sandman
So Zetta Slowpoke
- Location
- Wherever I am, which isn't where I'm not
Crane monologue when they want to be even more arrogantly superior than usual.
Phoenix monologue when they're about to use magic to ruin your day.
Lion monologue when they think they're about to defeat you in battle.
Scorpion monologue when they want to fuck with your head.
Dragon don't monologue so much as they get so absorbed in what they're saying that they forget there's another person in the conversation.
Crab don't monologue, they just punch your face in and move on to the next task.
We're Crab, not one of those varieties of prissy bastard. We'll continue to act like it.
EtchedSteel
*mumble mumble*
- Location
- Lima. Peru
[] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
We can also scream "I AM CRAB! I AM THE WALL!"
EDIT: AAAAAH screw it!
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X] "I am Crab."
[X] Surprise Attack!!!
-[X] Headbutt
Less rambling, more asskicking delivering!
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Honestly I'd rather go with something shorter and distinct...
[X] "Not a Hero... a Crab. And we will delay you again and again as often as it takes!"
[X] "Not a Hero... a Crab. And we will delay you again and again as often as it takes!"
Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
If y'all want a bit more detail into the appearance of the person before you, he looks a little something like this.
Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
- Location
-
I'm semi-assuming this is dreamland, which means conviction is both a power boost and a tool.
[X] " Of course I'm not your equal. If you were steel I'd be a pebble. Noting but chaff before you. But, you see, the interesting thing about pebbles? Get enough of them together and you get a wall. gather more and you get an even stronger wall. On and on until that wall becomes a mountain, so thick, so strong, that even steel is stymied by it. That is what I am, not a hero but a rock in a wall. That is what it means to be Crab. Those who Delay the Darkness."
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X]"And I shall continue to delay you, as my ancestors and their allies have done since before the first Day of Thunder, and as my descendants and their allies shall continue to do long after all I am is dead and forgotten. For that is what it is to be Crab." Say this without pride and without bluster, merely a calm statement of a fact as self-evident as the color of the sky or the direction from which the sun rises in the morning.
If y'all want a bit more detail into the appearance of the person before you, he looks a little something like this.
He looks like DEATH GUN's samurai brother.
So should we just call him DEATH SWORD then? (And his sword, also called DEATH SWORD. And his mount, also called DEATH SWORD...)
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Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
It totally fits! Because when he stabs you, YOU DIE!
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X] "I am Crab."
Why be long or explanatory when but a few words can do in a self evident truth. Essentially all the boasting about the clan without actually giving voice to the boasts ourselves. The rage and frustration of the Enemy is the best voice for our boast.
[X] "I am Crab."
Why be long or explanatory when but a few words can do in a self evident truth. Essentially all the boasting about the clan without actually giving voice to the boasts ourselves. The rage and frustration of the Enemy is the best voice for our boast.
I agree with Felius. Our character does not seem like the overly wordy type. A short declarative statement seems to better represent our characters convictions and personality.
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X] "I am Crab."
Also I would like to add on to whatever option wins:
[X] Surprise Attack!!!
-[X}Headbutt
As puts it "Crab don't monologue, they just punch your face in and move on to the next task".
I think that ending this interaction with a attack would represent the idea that monsters are for killing not conversation. It would also fit in with our characters impetuous personality
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X] "I am Crab."
Also I would like to add on to whatever option wins:
[X] Surprise Attack!!!
-[X}Headbutt
As puts it "Crab don't monologue, they just punch your face in and move on to the next task".
I think that ending this interaction with a attack would represent the idea that monsters are for killing not conversation. It would also fit in with our characters impetuous personality
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Ridiculously Average Guy
I'm you, but stronger
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Point.
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X] "I am Crab."
[X] Surprise Attack!!!
-[X}Headbutt
[X] When bereft of tools make, or take, your own. You have no sword of your own, take his from him.
[X] Stand straight, shoulders high. We shall retain our dignity until the last.
[X] "I am Crab."
[X] Surprise Attack!!!
-[X}Headbutt
[X] When bereft of tools make, or take, your own. You have no sword of your own, take his from him.
- Location
- Canada
Given the guy opposing us is a villain, I don't think being polite is a priority at the moment. Not sure what the rolls will be (if any at all) for this encounter.