The Shadows Guild [暗兵堂]

[GreenFabre]

	II "HAHAHA! Of course, the Master will still fight" "True masters don't need horses to win. They need only this! HAH!" The kijo pointed to her head, eyes closed with an all too proud smile. "A big forehead? Well, now that you mention it..." One of the girls mumbled, scratching her chin. "Yah, she has a big forehead." The second one nodded with confirmation. "Wahh, so it really is true that masters have big foreheads!" The third exclaimed with joy. The kijo fumed in anger as the xiamo growled inside her. An oppressing aura of evil surrounding her as she drooled with rage. Putting her into a frenzied state of unrelenting battle fury. "I DONT HAVE A BIG FOREHEAAADDD!" The kijo shouted as she exploded towards the warrior chef. [ Kijo Akki accepts Shangguan Wei's friendly horse duel challenge ] [ The Kijo will fight on foot so that Wei can run ^o^ ] _____________________________________________________________	I "Yes! A cook and a warrior at the same time! Finally!" The kijo exclaimed as she clapped her hands up in praise. "Get me my horse. The Master will fight!" She shouted at the three, standing at her side. "Master, Kumo ran away with the stable boy, remember?" One of the girls said, scratching her head. "Of course, I do remember! I'm only testing you!" She shouted back at them with righteous anger. Turning to face the man.. 'Crap.. I have no horse..' The kijo mumbled angrily, sweat beading on her forehead. "What's this? Is the Master having trouble? Does the Master still wish to fight?" One of the three began to ask worriedly. The other two looked up to her. _____________________________________________________________

[NightForever]

koko

Wei gulped as the blind female assassin charged towards him. He had not expected the girl's reaction to be this violent. Assuming no objection from other assassins, he quickly ran away towards the gate and got on his horse, preparing to collide with the charging assassin.

(OOC: hope you do not mind if I use the horse. I have no other weapon and item though .)

[Seewichai]

Qian Yen dropped her body forward till her both hands are straightened and in line with her feet. Qian Yen gave a sigh, that's what she gets for having the most talented killers but wierdest characters as her lieutenants. Qian Yen simply refused to speak but simply waved her hand at Xiamo that everything is fine, with the other hand, she grasped hold of Shangguang's trousers before he attempts to leave.

"Me hungry.... go to the forest and hunt some meatballs back after your duel with Xiamo." Qian Yen instructed Shangguang without knowing that he is actually trying to leave.

From that day since, Qian Yen and 'The Shadows' have a strange tie or relation with Shangguang Wei. Even though he did not come back after the duel, Shangguang Wei will always be treated as part of the guild. A runaway, missing and the most awesome cook member of 'The Shadows' that is. Oh! almost forget, Qian Yen still waiting for the meatballs owed by Shangguang Wei since then.

[You guys are great RPers. It's been a long time since I have a good laugh from RPs. Especially now at Night and Koko's current RPs. Good thing for me to relieve some stress off from work.]

[Zhao Ren]

And run Shangguan Wei did. Not quick enough, mind you. Or perhaps too quick. You see, in attempting to flee the assassin with a slightly, kinda-sorta, maybe... too large of a forehead, he seemed to have forgotten to look where he was running. Maybe he was too busy thinking of how much the woman looked like a freak. But lo and behold, as Shangguan Wei ran for his horse, he happened to not notice a tiny little rabbit that was idly hopping on by, content with its day. The sun was shinning, there were no clouds in the sky, birds were singing their sweet songs, and... oh, some monstrous looking woman was chasing some man this way. Before the bunny rabbit could hippity-hop out of the way, Shangguan Wei stumbled over it, falling to the ground roughly (Shangguan -8 HP). It was then that the Kijo began her assault. Pummeling him with the best weapon she had available: her forehead. Tossing her head back, she brought it slamming down on the back of Shangguan Wei's head (Shangguan -5 HP). Squirming, Shangguan Wei managed to escape the crazed assassin, managing to kick her in the process (Kijo -8 HP). Used to running prey, the woman was soon back on her feet, leaping forward with a cry of, "BIG FOREHEAD!", managing to slam the aforementioned right into the hapless cook once again (Shangguan -9 HP).

Our dear friend, the nearly martyred bunny rabbit, did managed to survive the first bout. Hopping quickly away, he managed to see his glorious day ruined by some screaming madwoman as she chased down her prey. Nearly reaching the gate, Shangguan Wei flung it open, swinging it firmly into Kijo Akki (Kijo -7 HP). The Kijo screamed something, but it was drowned out by the neighing of Shangguan Wei's horse and the cries of fleeing birds. Shangguan Wei, having finally reached his horse, then realized... what was he to do now? Oblivious, he played a game of whack-a-weirdo, bopping Kijo Akki firmly on her head a couple of times, only to be hit with her seemingly armored forehead (Kijo -9 HP, Shangguan -9 HP, Kijo -7 HP). This, however, only infuriated the assassin more, who seemed to work herself into an even greater frenzy. Hair fanning out, she brought her forehead slamming against the warrior-cook several times in quick succession (Shangguan -11 HP).

Thinking quick, Shangguan Wei galloped away, the thundering of footsteps not only scaring Mister Bunny Rabbit to his very soul, but also drowning out Kijo's warcry. Just as he stopped, however, the Kijo struck, leaping through the air to give a flying headbutt to the utterly confused chef (Shangguan -6 HP). Deciding enough was enough, Shangguan Wei made a bit more distance, riding off a bit more before reigning his horse in to face the Kijo Akki. A dramatic wind blew across the battlefield, and the rabbit knew he should have fled, but was unable to tear his eyes away from the fight. The two, now actually ready for their fight, charged at each other. It ended up being a rather anti-climatic scene, with Shangguan Wei missing the Kijo utterly, running into a tree branch instead (Shangguan -7 HP).

The two, having failed to grasp the basic components of a duel, which requires the opponents actually fight each other, stared at each other for some time, pondering over what was going on, why bunny rabbits hopped instead of just walking, and what it was they ought to be doing. In short, neither of them did much for some time, though their will to fight was diminished some (Kijo -8 HP, Shangguan -7 HP). For the Kijo, you could likely blame one too many headbutt attacks leaving her dazed. For Shangguan Wei, you could likely blame the utter absurdity of being attacked by a headbutting assassin making him paralyzed with confusion.

Seeming to come to, the Kijo shrieked and charged at Shangguan Wei. Now, when a woman runs at you, screaming like a banshee out for blood, a sane man would usually run away. Unfortunately, Shangguan Wei was perhaps a bit less sane after this duel and merely stood his ground, eyes wide with horror. The Kijo leaped into the air... and her forehead came crashing down into his (Shangguan -9 HP, Shangguan -9 HP). Mister Bunny Rabbit, by this point, was wondering how he had offended God so as to be cursed to have to witness such a fight. Fortunately for him, it likely wasn't going to last too much longer.

The Kijo cried out, "I BET YOU DON'T THINK I HAVE SUCH A BIG FOREHEAD NOW!" And while Shangguan was rather confused at why she would cry this out, he (and Mister Bunny Rabbit) was terrified to his very core (Taunt success). Knowing that it was fight or... die? Was he going to be killed here? He said it was to be a friendly bout, hadn't he? The fact he was being headbutted nearly to death certainly seemed to undermine that point. Regardless, fighting ferociously, the warrior-cook drew back his hand to smite the assassin. Deciding this duel was not nearly ridiculous enough, he cried out, "IRON CHEF!" as he brought his fist down upon the Kijo's head (Kijo -8 HP). Unfortunately, the one thing that seemed to be made of iron was not himself, but the Kijo's skull, which came swinging down at him once again (Shangguan -9 HP). Undeterred, Shangguan Wei swung again, batting the assassin off of him before he was to be beaten into unconsciousness (Kijo -9 HP).

It was then Mister Bunny Rabbit had enough. Hopping from stone to stone, he managed to achieve just the right height from which to launch his attack. Not being a normal sight (as how often is one attacked by a rabbit, Western Europe aside), Shangguan Wei never saw it coming. Indeed, all he knew was suddenly he was falling off to the side of his horse, and all went black (Shangguan -9 HP). The rabbit only wished he could be so lucky as he hopped away to safety.

Bout 1:

Round 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 91 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 100 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(8)

Round 2:
Shangguan Wei HP: 83 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 100 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki attempts to land a crippling strike on Shangguan Wei!
Kijo Akki's crippling strike fails to land.
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(5)

Round 3:
Shangguan Wei HP: 78 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 100 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei lands the attack.(8)
Kijo Akki attempts to land a crippling strike on Shangguan Wei!
Kijo Akki's crippling strike fails to land.
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(9)

End of Bout 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 69 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 92 Might: 100

Bout 2:

Round 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 69 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 92 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei lands the attack.(7)
Shangguan Wei's quick shot fails to cancel Kijo Akki's taunt attempt.
Kijo Akki attempts to taunt Shangguan Wei.
Kijo Akki fails to taunt Shangguan Wei.
Kijo Akki fails to hit with the attack!

Round 2:
Shangguan Wei HP: 69 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 85 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei lands the attack.(9)
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(9)

Round 3:
Shangguan Wei HP: 60 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 76 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei lands the attack.(7)
Kijo Akki attempts a combination attack on Shangguan Wei.
Kijo Akki lands a combination!
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(11)

End of Bout 2:
Shangguan Wei HP: 49 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 69 Might: 100

Bout 3:

Round 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 49 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 69 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Shangguan Wei's quick shot cancels Kijo Akki's intimidate attempt.
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(6)

Round 2:
Shangguan Wei HP: 43 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 69 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki fails to hit with the attack!

Round 3:
Shangguan Wei HP: 43 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 69 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei attempts a swift pass attack on Kijo Akki.
Shangguan Wei's swift pass attack on Kijo Akki fails.
Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki attempts to land a crippling strike on Shangguan Wei!
Kijo Akki's crippling strike fails to land.
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(7)

End of Bout 3:
Shangguan Wei HP: 36 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 69 Might: 100

Bout 4:

Round 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 36 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 69 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Shangguan Wei's quick shot fails to cancel Kijo Akki's taunt attempt.
Kijo Akki attempts to taunt Shangguan Wei.
Kijo Akki fails to taunt Shangguan Wei.
Kijo Akki fails to hit with the attack!

Round 2:
Shangguan Wei HP: 36 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 69 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei lands the attack.(8)
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(7)

Round 3:
Shangguan Wei HP: 29 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei attempts a swift pass attack on Kijo Akki.
Shangguan Wei's swift pass attack on Kijo Akki fails.
Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki fails to hit with the attack!

End of Bout 4:
Shangguan Wei HP: 29 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Bout 5:

Round 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 29 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(9)

Round 2:
Shangguan Wei HP: 20 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki attempts to land a crippling strike on Shangguan Wei!
Kijo Akki's crippling strike fails to land.
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(9)

Round 3:
Shangguan Wei HP: 11 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki fails to hit with the attack!

End of Bout 5:
Shangguan Wei HP: 11 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Bout 6:

Round 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 11 Might: 91
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Shangguan Wei's quick shot fails to cancel Kijo Akki's taunt attempt.
Kijo Akki attempts to taunt Shangguan Wei.
Kijo Akki succeeds!
Kijo Akki fails to hit with the attack!

Round 2:
Shangguan Wei HP: 11 Might: 87
Kijo Akki HP: 61 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei attempts a swift pass attack on Kijo Akki.
Shangguan Wei's swift pass attack on Kijo Akki fails.
Shangguan Wei lands the attack.(8)
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(9)

Round 3:
Shangguan Wei HP: 2 Might: 87
Kijo Akki HP: 53 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei attempts a swift pass attack on Kijo Akki.
Shangguan Wei's swift pass attack on Kijo Akki fails.
Shangguan Wei lands the attack.(9)
Kijo Akki attempts a combination attack on Shangguan Wei.
Kijo Akki's combination attack on Shangguan Wei fails.
Kijo Akki fails to hit with the attack!

End of Bout 6:
Shangguan Wei HP: 2 Might: 87
Kijo Akki HP: 44 Might: 100

Bout 7:

Round 1:
Shangguan Wei HP: 2 Might: 87
Kijo Akki HP: 44 Might: 100

Shangguan Wei fails to hit with the attack!
Kijo Akki lands the attack.(9)
Kijo Akki wins!
Shangguan Wei attempts to retreat, but is captured!

End of Bout 7:
Shangguan Wei HP: -7 Might: 87
Kijo Akki HP: 44 Might: 100

[Seewichai]

Qian Yen clapped her hands over her head with lackluster. "Bravo.... Bravo.... and now Mr. Shangguang... will you be going and get my meatballs now...." Qian Yen's stomach growling and two cute little ghost apparition with over-sized scythes appeared from the back of Qian Yen, slowly floating menacingly towards Shangguang Wei.

[jiangbao]

Po Huai said "Lets not forget that horse too. Damn horse, cannot even save your master what good is that of a horse."

As he looks towards eating horse pie, he said to the horse "Stupid horse, you are a disgrace to the horse race and should be exterminated without prejudice."

[GreenFabre]

	II And the three quickly covered their mouths. Noticing how they had spoken out loud... The forbidden word~ Yet the words echo towards the forehead.. i mean the forest The Forest! And it was all too late. >_< lol And the kijo suddenly turned around, lurching forward. Running. Towards them. Carrying a big tree with her bare arms. The three maidens ran away screaming for their lives. As the kijo followed them around smashing through the shrubs. Using the big tree like a hammer of her righteous judgement. And off they go running into the deep, dark forest. That swallowed their wild shrieking and loud shouting. Leaving the iron chef, Shanguan Wei, totally forgotten in her rage. _____________________________________________________________	I "Kraaah.. kraaa.. krraaah.." The kijo catches her breath, dizzily walking ever forward Shoulders dropping and rising as sweat covered her face Swaying like a drunk, not even knowing the fight was over The three maidens were hiding behind some rocks Shaking like children after witnessing the kijo's wrath. "S-she's a.. monster!" One of them cried. "Y-yyou saw how she fought with that.. that weapon..?!" "Sss-such a deadly forehead." Echo. "... forehead." "forehead ..." "... forehead" Echo. Echo. Echo. The kijo stopped walking. And slowly turned her head towards them. With a wide creepy smile on her darkened face. _____________________________________________________________

[NightForever]

(OOC: Woot, my PC so sucks this version :'(. In any case, thanks Zhao Ren for running the duel .)

See, JB, koko

Shagguan Wei was running as Qian Yen grabbed his pant and ordered him to fetch some meatballs for her. Unfortunately, his running momentum was high and thus he left his pants at the hand of Qian Yen. Since he had already took off his shirt previously to pose the bodybuilder stance, his current appearance made the scene completely.., well, not really pleasant to watch. Not aware of his current state, Wei proceeded to the duel with his hands, and some other parts as well, bared.

After the duel....

Wei opened his eyes and saw the sky. He felt dizzy and sore all over his body. He stood up painfully.

"Geez, she was a tough cookie."

He looked back and saw the witch, the stable boy, and the blind girl. Nonetheless, he found his horse standing near him. He must have got off it during the duel. Quickly without words, he jumped on it and laughed. They felt for my trick! Hahaha... I won!. He then pulled the rein and rode the horse away. He turned his face back to the assassin group and shouted.

"Muahahaha! I am off now! Bye~~~~, you freaky assassins! I will see you guys some time later!"

He kept laughing as the horse ran away towards horizon. Still, Wei forgot he left his shirt on the battle ground and his pants at Qian Yen. Hopefully someone in the next town would be kind enough to notify him about this matter.

Smelly pants (statless) given to Qian Yen!

(OOC: Sorry for short RP, guys. Let's do it again some time later)

[GreenFabre]

The Shadows [暗兵] - In the wilderness between Chu and Liang

Once again, the darkness is on the move,
The hushed whispers of fear would only so prove.
The plague of black and fire is on the prowl,
Let the hearts of the godless howl.
They search for prey for endless an hour,
searching for pristine lands to devour,
helpless virgins to deflower,
and fresh blood to pave the rise to power.

Slipping through the tight cordon of security between Hann and Chu to the empty state of Liang was no simple task for any single wanted man to do; moving an entire army of these wanted men without being detected thus seemed almost impossible. And yet for some reason, the black-clad army of the Shadows have found themselves swiftly migrating back and forth between the lands of Xiang Yu with little or no hindrance, navigating through mazes of hills and forests to avoid direct contact with the armies of the Hegemonic King or his lapdogs.

Last month's exodus to Hann province had been a venture that seemed all out of luck to the plague of brigands from Chu. The ascension of a new power in Hann, one Ying Ranzhen blunted Xun Jiang's designs for the province. To meet the new threat, it had been constantly deliberated over by the leaders of the band if they were going to amass their forces and plow their way through the new magistrate's forces, escape by pushing into nearby Yong, or moving towards the eastern, where Xiang Yu's influence was less stronger. Thinking back on the words of his mentor, the gifted strategist Fei Lai, the de-facto military leader of the band, Xun Jiang, elected to move to Liang, where the land was still plentiful and relatively untouched despite its proximity to Chu.

It was still ripe for the death and destruction which they were now famous for.

On the eve Before their arrival at Liang, Xun JIang gathered his personal army, now standing at around a thousand and sixty six men strong about him. Like a sovereign king he addressed the men, making sure they stood in line and listened well by keeping his legendary halberd, the cruel Twilight Mourning conveniently in the palm of his hand.

"It is a good adventure, to test the wrath of Xiang Yu," mused the black armored giant loudly but regally, who towered over the throng of men gathered around him for a briefing. "Liang is a fresh land, a good land... One worth wasting lives for. Don't you agree?"

Most of the men chuckled around him, but it was clear in the random frowns from the darkness that some of them were somewhat displeased having been dispatched so far away from Hann. More than half of his new army's conscripts had been bandits and rogues in the said province before, and have established bases of their own in the area. Now they have lost their meager holdings and their means, all to follow this brazen terrorist who obviously looked down upon them like pawns. They were courting death in Liang, but he obviously didn't care.

Turning to one of the captains in his army, Xun Jiang waved a huge hand towards the outskirts of his camp. "Summon Qian Yen, Kijo Akki, Po Huai and Lightning to me. We shall hold another meeting to discuss what we are to do now."

He also had a settle to score with the young lady Kijo; earlier they had engaged in a scuffle, where the quick, lithe young vixen was able to outmaneuver the colossus of black and steel. It had not been a good day for Xun Jiang, and he was eager to let her know it.

	II "Oi, the big ogre wants to see you. Pff. Meeting." One of the maidens said as she entered the room. There was a small lit candle on a table by the bed, that gave out not much light, quivering in the darkness. The girl knitted her brows, trying to see if she was heard Yet there was no response. Only a shadow that moved. "You hungry?" A question again. staring at the open window at the far side the wind moaning, as the white curtains flew "Let him rot. I'm going to sleep." The kijo replied sluggishly, turning in her bed of coins answered by a grumble, the sound of the closing door. The kijo snickered in the dark, flipping her coins watching the curtains dance, and into the night. _____________________________________________________________	I The sound of falling coins echoed allover the room. A clawed hand held up coins, letting it fall into a steady stream. Coming down empty, once again as if to caress the golden pile. The kijo was lying down on her small bed of coins out of copper, out of bronze, but mostly that of gold gazing blankly at the ceiling with lazy brown eyes. Yet there was no smile, no joy held in her face. There was only this. An open wound in her hand that smiled at her and a restless state, a feeling that she can't quite place much like a hunger, undeniable, eating her thoughts. _____________________________________________________________

[Seewichai]

Qian Yen yawned nosily when one of the men woke her that Xun Jiang is asking for a meeting. "I'm so tired. Can't he let a poor lady sleep in peace huuuuuh?" The poor messenger quickly took a few steps near the door for precaution measures. "Ahhh okay okay okay! You go and tell him that it better be good. If not I will cut off his family jewels and roast them." The messenger nodded his head and dashes off.

After a few minutes, Qian Yen reached the designated area where Xun Jiang is asking everyone to meet. Qian Yen folded her arms. "Okaaaaaay. What is it?"