IZOU'S PALACE

[goei]

KYOTO BAKUMATSU PALACE
You find yourself in historical Kyoto at night. The city is shadowy and beautiful, elegant but hostile. It's a sophisticated city, but you don't belong there and it knows it. Everyone knows it. You are being watched.

Worst of all, a terrible demon haunts the streets of this powerful capital city.

Eli Walsh, Kirumi Tojo, Still Sunrise, Argenti, Yi Sang, Celeste, Mafuyu Asahina, and McGillis Fareed, do you dare journey into hell?

 

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[cirquedesang]

[Considering he'd been accounting for the enemies present and not, you know, any newcomers, that big bad surprise attack sure does manifest in him being run right through!]

Ah, fuck--

[First order of business is to get that sword out, though, and with how close Yamanami is, it's quick and dirty, but the ghoulmi does still get tangled up in silk and ripped back and away, courtesy of Admit One, but only just barely (11). He will be focusing on him to get ready for any further attacks, though, for better or worse!

And, hey, the quick heals are very much appreciated, because they sure do keep him on his feet.]

[goei]

[Saito and Okita crumble into void dust! Hooray!!

However, three more shinsenghoulmi have arrived. Oh no!!! Lets call them Serizawa, Harada, and Inoue.

Hijikata attempts to attack Eli again but finally misses! (7)

Nagakura takes a swing at Kirumi again but barely misses! (10)

Yamanami clearly did not like getting tangled up so he instead tries to attack Mafuyu which feels like it's also a personal attack on Celeste tbh (beat 16 to dodge!)!

Kondo jumps back to his feet and launches a vicious attack to defend his honor against Sunrise (beat 19 to dodge)!

Newcomer Serizawa slashes at Yi Sang (beat 15 to dodge)!

Newcomer Harada attempts to stab McGillis but trips over one of the sandals Argenti threw! (1)

Newcomer Inoue tries to cut off Argenti's head but only nicks some hair! (7)

The numbers are getting out of hand, huh...]

[beathollow]

Ah-

( she almost gets away- almost. (15)

physical pain is- new. she stumbles, eyes wide- and theres so many more, too... )

D-do we run...?

( regardless, she inhales and tries to fire an arrow right back at yamanami because fuck you. she must be extremely shaken up though because she fuckin' misses- )

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Mafuyu! He's going to make a grab for her arm to steady her after her shot and get her retreating back towards the staircase with him. ]

C'mon!

[beathollow]

( she's just going to let this happen honestly, holding the wound and mourning the loss of a perfectly good arrow. and absolutely nothing else, she is not scared and upset if you see anything saying otherwise you're a liar- )

Right-

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Sure, sure, she isn't any of those things, but she is hurt, and it's faster to scoop her up into his arms and book it up those stairs. Sorry, Mafuyu, but at least it's a princess carry? ]

[beathollow]

( eli will be able to tell she's more muscular than she looks... but is still pretty dang light.

she mostly wishes she could fire her bow with more ease like this, but given her track record she hasn't had much luck actually- maybe she's too used to stationary targets. )

Thank you...

[fullmoonmutt]

[ Hijikata misses, so does Eli (4), but he isn't completely oblivious to how more and more of these blue-and-white shitheads are pouring in through the door. It's like... ]

Shit, they ain't going to stop! [ Yi Sang! You jinxed them!!! ] We need to move to higher ground!

[ As such, he backs up towards the stairs. ]

[cleansewithfire]

[ Sunrise doesn't make a sound but she sure flinches when that attack lands on her (13). She's stumbling back, not falling over, but it's still not a graceful movement. ]

I think...we must go upstairs.

[ "Must" because they're not being given a ton of other options. ]

[idealitas]

[ 'Sup quietly injured buddy. Yi Sang will just take her by arm to flee up the stairs at her suggestion (and the rest). ]

...

[kandata]

[Indeed, the numbers are increasing...

Kirumi notices, and decides something needs to be done about that. Any way to block or lock away the places from where the newcomers arrived?]

[beautifulknight]

[ While she's looking, he'll say to her, nearby: ]

Miss Kirumi, we must away up the stairs!

[kandata]

Indeed.

[Regardless of if she manages to figure out a way to stem the numbers that might be incoming or not, she will leave with the rest after maybe achieving something there!]

[beautifulknight]

[ Argenti's eyes narrow.

Buddy you don't so much as touch the hair. Inoue gets blasted in the face with a Mapsi pretty hard (16), but he is aggrieved enough to start blasting other people, such as Hijikata (miss, 3), Yamanami (14), and Kondo (miss, 9) Still he got these evil things and hopes to Idrila they eat shit.

Whatever the case he had thrown a spell so he's pulling back towards the stairs, though keeping an eye on everyone else so he's not the first one up there. He is a Knight for a reason!! ]

[cirquedesang]

[That's absolutely a personal attack, Yamanami, but, like, was it worth it? Really? Since Eli is so quick to get Mafuyu, that clears Celeste to get revenge, firing a Eiga (20!!) at him as he also moves to retreat up the stairs.

And, well, if he stays a few steps lower so the more injured parties can get out of dodge first, then no he didn't, you saw nothing, that's just a coincidence.]

[beathollow]

( thank you for revenge dad )

[idealitas]

...!

[ A (3) ain't beating a 15 on a normal day. Yi Sang is silent as he reels back.

Yeah, there's no point when they won't stop coming. ]

[goei]

[To answer Kirumi's question, no, since they're all standing between the group and the door, it'd be hard to block it off without getting beat up by shinsenghouls...

Anyway, it's good the group has decided to away up the stairs, because even though Yamanami falls defeated after taking hits from Argenti and Celeste, four more shinsenghoulmis are charging in the door. I shant give them names because we are awaying from them!!!

Heading up the stairs, there's a few doorways that could provide a hiding spot, maybe... But if anyone held onto the tsuba, it's tugging towards the stairs to the third floor.

Kondo downstairs yells after them;]

Come back here and fight with honor, you villains!!!

[cirquedesang]

[What's that, Kondo? You wanted a parting Maeiha on your squad? Sure, sure, we can do that. (15, 10, 19, 14)

Who's spiteful, anyway?]

[beathollow]

( there's that tug again- )

-Up! We need to go higher up!

( while she does that though mafuyu's going to. uh. shift in eli's arms a bit and tries again, aiming for whichever ghoul is closest to following them up the stairs. get fucked, it's a 16. )

[beautifulknight]

We fought with honor.

It is you cretins who do not have a shred of it!

[ Christ.

Anyway, time to head right up with Mafuyu because he's tempted to do the same like everyone else but it might become a trend or something. ]

[idealitas]

[ Yi Sang wishes he had a multi-target attack for those shinsengoons like Celeste... Alas.

Anyways one moment, he'll cast a Media for himself, Sunrise and Mafuyu. Last one goes to McGillis just to be sure he's in the comfy HP range since he took two hits earlier. ]