Starring:
Rockpath (emitter), Ryouji, Nozomi, Arashi
Date: November 27, 2015
Summary:
Kumo shinobi go out to destroy another branch of the ‘thieves of torture’.
Poster's note: foul language filtered in obvious places.
"Thieves of Torture - Pyochi Family Destroyed (Team B)"
Land of Lightning
Not too long ago, Yori would have been sent out to investigate the Pyochi family. It turns out? The whole family was, as Michiko and Yori suspected, guilty. They were part of the mysterious group that has been stealing away minor criminals and torturing them to the point of … Well, almost-death. Death would have been a blessing, even, by the time all was said and done… As such, Michiko and Yori worked together with the latest information (granted with the courtesy of Amani and Arashi's investigation) to make a plan.
It was a simple plan, really. The Pyochi family was supposed to be traveling to a meeting, but only the most important would be going. The ones that were not-so-important were going on vacation… So Arashi and his team of shinobi were to go after the ones that were going on vacation! Michiko told the team yesterday ago to meet at the capital so they could move out from there, and now they were to meet about two miles outside the city gates…
Ryouji is at the meeting place ahead of schedule. He's early for a change as he sits on a rock that just happens to be available as a good spot to chill. His rap notebook is out as he pens the last few lines of his latest creation. He folds it up since he can't think of anything else to put pen to paper, then tucks it away in the pockets of his hoodie. He picks up the pile of swords tied in a neat bundle next to the bolder and unties it as he begins tying the sayas onto his holsters. He slips his last sword at his hip, making sure it's snug and won't come out no matter how fast he goes.
Nozomi took very little time to pack and get moving. While some others may require several scrolls or pockets in which to hide most of their gear, Nozomi really traveled light, with just a few kunai and a other ninja tools, and her flute. Over her leather and bone under-armor she wore a simple dark blue ninja kimono that covered most of the armor, though her gloves and part of her chest and neck protection was visible. Since she was packing light, she arrived at the meeting place just after Ryouji.
Arashi was on another mission involving this family. Luckily with this one he didn't have to pretend to be a thief with Amani. While he was heading over to the the new meeting point he was simply reading a book along the way. It was the same as usual, and it was mostly just for now a distraction. Upon making it to the meeting point he waves to Ryouji and Nozomi having fallen behind some, and he takes a seat nearby. "Hey. Alright what to do next?"
Ryouji spied Nozomi arriving right after he did, so she got to watch him write some phat lyrics after he greeted her with a smile. "Hey, my favorite musician! How goes, Nozomi-chan? It's been a while." As he tucked the paper away, Arashi shows up and says while pulling out the mission scroll and waves it at him, "You got the mission details, right?" He sighs and sits up, unrolling the scroll he was given. He was hoping he wouldn't have to lead this group and maybe even write some more rap lyrics. But oh well. "Ok, here's the jist, pay attention. We're meeting up with important members of this Pyochi family…" he lays a map out on the bolder and points to a spot on the local map. "…here. They're having a meeting in secret that Amani and Arashi found out about. It's a local dive called 'The Over Proof'. Good name for a bar, by the way. When we meet them, we're supposed to be not so nice to them, discreetly. Wipe them out, all of them. No witnesses. Thankfully, the bar has been closed during that meeting…" he reads a bit and hurms, "…they're even kicking out the owner of the bar so they can have privacy. Nnnnneat."
Nozomi smiles at Ryouji and waves. "It's going pretty well," she responds to Ryouji. She greets everyone as they arrive and then falls silent as they talk. "Well, I have a way to cut down on noise, at least at first, but if I do anything other than concentrate on that jutsu it drops pretty fast. If worst comes to worse, I can try to make sure no one outside hears the sounds of the attack, at least until I'm required to do something… offensive."
COMBAT: Ryouji focuses 6528 stamina to turn it into 8888 usable chakra!
Arashi listens closely to what was going on with the mission. Maybe he should pay more attention sometimes if he was to be leading missions. "Alright. Well with that in mind Nozomi this could be interesting." He puts his book and such away before standing up completely and stretching. "Alright Ryouji. What is your best skill for incapitating people temporarily? You happen to stun them, and then Nozomi cut off noise I could use some lasers to finish them off pretty quickly? I would say I could stun them, but I am not that good at that, and would not want any staying free and causing us to take longer then we need to." Now he just remembered Amani wasn't here yet. "Ummm. I think we are actually missing someone actually. I forgot. I figured I was the slow one."
Ryouji nods to Nozomi, then looks over at Arashi saying, "If I'm lucky, I can hit them all with my raiton kangekiha then finish them off as they're stunned for a while, but I'm not as skilled with ninjutsu as much as taijutsu, there's a good chance I'll miss some or all of them. If I had a chance, and it might be overkill here, I could power up to a high level blur right off away and hit them with my whirlwind of blades technique. That'll likely kill them all in one shot or stun them for a while at the very least. I've done it before on groups in a single room. Can't say it'd work the same way here, especally pulling that technique at the start." He shrugs and chuckles, "Failing those two techniques, I could always just toss a whole crate of paperbombs into the room instead." He snaps his finger, "Boom."
"It would likely be a good idea then for me to go ahead and set up the white noise field just before the attack, as that sounds entirely too noisy. If we time it right, they won't have enough warning to matter," Nozomi says after a moment to consider. "Of course, if we go with wide-area detonation, then my alternate contribution would be weakening the building supports so that the entire building falls right on top of them."
Arashi recieves a hawk that arrives stating that Amani would not be joining. "Alright seems it will just be us three." Then he sends the hawk back off to show that he got the message. "Alright so if you can stun them with your best skill, and then attack I think that would work wonders. I could probably try to grab one of them with any of the liquids that can be found. "Alright and Nozomi. If you could do that sound negation field thing as early as possible that would be good." He chuckles though at their destructive ideas. "I suppose we could fall back on that. We might not want to make such an obvious attempt at their lives though… Well unless you have questions or suggestions we could probably move out to the bar." If they were ready he would start heading that way.
Ryouji heads off with Nozomi and Arashi, not taking the lead. He rolls up the mission info he has back into a roll and stuffs it back into one of his hoodie pockets. "Ok, noise field, then hit them. The instant you put that field down though, they'll notice. So we'll do this together at the same time. Timing will have to be perfect." He adds, "And if that fails, we'll go all out. We need to kill them all first, discreetly second. If we can't do it quiet, we should pull out all the stops and get noisy." He walks along with Arashi and Nozomi until they reach the bar, which is probably a short distance away. Ryouji makes a hand sign and begins building his chakra. "So, do we knock or just walk in and say hello?" he says with a smirk.
Nozomi nods and pulls out her flute and gives it a quick look-over before turning toward Ryouji and nodding. At the same time she starts building her own chakra to prepare for the rather intensive use of her clan's stealth technique. She slowly brings the flute up to her lips, wetting them with her tongue before putting the flute up to them. Breathing exercises are next, through the nose and carefully avoiding blowing into the holes as she waits for the signal to start the jutsu.
COMBAT: Nozomi focuses 2673 stamina to turn it into 3000 usable chakra!
Arashi was also charging his chakra as they approached the place. Making sure no one was around he would look at the other two. "Well I think we can just walk in and say hello. If Nozomi can set off her little trick before we step in to cover this area I think we would be perfectly fine to just surprise them. We don't want them to have a chance to react first at least. So Ryouji. Whenever you and Nozomi are ready we can hop in and strike." He grins before getting ready himself.
COMBAT: Arashi focuses 5109 stamina to turn it into 6000 usable chakra!
Yep! A bar! The Pyochi family gets to go to a bar because their 'vacation' is actually a meeting c.c; Mmmhmmm… Yep! Ahem… Well… Uhh… Actually, no. There was a typo in the mission briefing :( Some sort of mixup or something? Who knows! That isn't to say that /everything/ was wrong, though. Just the fact that … the Pyochi family was going to meet some folk… They were still pretty rich, though, so they rented out the whole building's first floor! … Okay, who the heck made this mission statement? :< It couldn't have been Michiko! >:|
When the team reaches the bar, they would find it in full swing! Music playing, the taps flowing, and all the shouting and boisterousness that one would expect!
RP: Ryouji transforms into REIZEI-BLUR-II.
You can almost see the scene in 'The House of Blue Leaves' from Kill Bill Vol. 1 playing right now. 'Battle Without Honor or Humanity' begins to play as Ryouji, Nozomi, and Arashi walk towards the bar. Ryouji reaches the door and looks behind him at Nozomi. He nods and mouths 'three, two, one…' before opening the door and slipping inside just as he's powering up his blur while snapping out his hand after making the required hand signs. Forked lightning sprays out in a wide arc across the room, catching most if not all in it. To be sure he got them though, Ryouji lets loose with another bright flash of lightning jutsu with the other hand.
RPCOMBAT: Ryouji defends against with a CHAKRA-SENSITIVITY…28
RPCOMBAT: Ryouji defends against with a PERCEPTION…39
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 1 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 37
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 2 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 37
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 3 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 39
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 4 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 43
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 5 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 37
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 6 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 45
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 1 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 31
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 2 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 25
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 3 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 34
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 4 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 36
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 5 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 39
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 6 with INSPIRATION-WAVE with a roll of: 35
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 46. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 47. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 45. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 48. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 40. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 26. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 33. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 37. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 39. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 39. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Ryouji from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Rockpath
Well, the plan is set, and Nozomi's part is laid out before her. While she privately thought they should have checked things first, especially given the atmosphere she could easily hear through the walls, she shrugs and steps in just behind Ryouji as her eyes change color to a sky blue. She puts her flute up to her lips and starts to play, though it's hard to hear at first over the music. If one could hear it, it would sound like an odd dis-harmonic series of notes. But soon after she starts playing the music, and just about every other sound in the room, fades away into nothingness. The sound suppression field now combatting the noise in the room, hopefully throwing their targets into disarray.
RP: Nozomi transforms into NEJIGAN-I.
COMBAT: Nozomi attacks target 1 with WHITE-NOISE with a roll of: 28
COMBAT: Nozomi attacks target 1 with WHITE-NOISE with a roll of: 18
COMBAT: Nozomi attacks target 1 with WHITE-NOISE with a roll of: 23
Arashi did start to wonder some that maybe knocking would be the best thing first. But whatever it is to late now. The plan is in action, so Arashi would follow suit firing off two lasers for each person in front of him ready to do some damage to the family here. Then as he does he wonders about the possibility of there being innocent people here. But they were told to eliminate the whole family. D:
RP: Arashi transforms into STORMY-MIND.
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 1 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 33
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 2 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 34
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 3 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 42
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 4 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 32
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 5 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 31
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 6 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 28
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 1 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 28
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 2 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 36
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 3 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 38
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 4 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 33
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 5 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 41
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 6 with LASER-BEAM with a roll of: 29
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 36. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 29. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 42. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 43. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 36. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 45. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 46. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 27. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 49. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 33. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 29. - Rolled by: Rockpath
[NPC System]: Pyochi Family roll(s) Dodge vs. Arashi from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 34. - Rolled by: Rockpath
Well, that was unexpected! The bartender would duck and cover when the door to his establishment burst open, and most of the Pyochi family took cover as well. they didn't expect Shinobi, though… So a few of them had spears pointed at the door when *ZZZZAP* Down for the count, and lasered, to boot! Well, not the end of the world… Only three of them were down, though. "OY D:" The Pyochi family vacationers weren't expecting this D: They begin to flee to the upstairs area.
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 1 with WHIRLWIND-OF-BLADES with a roll of: 71
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 2 with WHIRLWIND-OF-BLADES with a roll of: 69
COMBAT: Ryouji attacks target 3 with WHIRLWIND-OF-BLADES with a roll of: 65
There's no kill quite like overkill and seeing the 3 remaining family members high tail it upstairs, Ryouji follows, pushing his blurred form to quickly catch up to them as they're bounding up the stairs. With a sword in each hand, Ryouji slips by each, giving each a quick precise strike to disable tendons and other important ligaments to impede movement.
Given that no-one's signaled her to concentrate on anyone else, Nozomi continues to counter any and all noise in the area. In a way, the lack of sound makes Ryouji's efforts even more fearsome and creepy for the civilians, so Nozomi tries to signal them to get down out of the way even while staying near the entrance and blocking anyone from attempting to leave. If they have to kill any witnesses, like their orders stated, it's better if they don't have to hunt anyone down.
COMBAT: Nozomi attacks target 1 with WHITE-NOISE with a roll of: 20
COMBAT: Nozomi attacks target 1 with WHITE-NOISE with a roll of: 31
COMBAT: Nozomi attacks target 1 with WHITE-NOISE with a roll of: 31
Arashi watched as they headed for the door, and the only thing he though to stop them was to use all their drinks as a source for a water clone. That said clone would form right at the top of the stairs just as the people made it up there. The clone then would try to kick them down back into a slicing Ryouji. Then figuring Ryouji had this the clone would then be dropped in favor of the water slamming into the bartender nearby. Sadly he couldn't say anything due to the sound barrier, but he tried to signal the man however he could that he was not planning on hurting them and that they came for the others… Which probably came out like a random bunch of actions that meant nothing.
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 1 with WATER-CLONE with a roll of: 48
COMBAT: Arashi attacks target 1 with WATER-CLAMP with a roll of: 29
Well, the Pyochi family didn't stand a chance against the Reizei! And none of the civvies upstairs heard anything! Yay~ The only one really present would be the bartender, and he seemed pretty happy that the Pyochi family was dead. Sure, they paid good money, but he was pretty sure that they would throw him in jail at some point if he stepped on their toes…
RP: Ryouji reverts to his normal state.
RPCOMBAT: Ryouji defends against with a CHAKRA-SENSITIVITY…29
RPCOMBAT: Ryouji defends against with a PERCEPTION…24
Ryouji gives both his swords a flick to get the blood off of them, then slides them home on his back. Ryouji powers down his aura and even his hair stops waving about. As Ryouji walks back down the steps, he takes a moment and expands his senses to see if there's anyone above this floor they might have missed. He shakes his head, "I think that was it." He looks over at the bartender and walks over towards him while reaching his hands into his pockets. As he nears the bar, he pulls out a small roll of ryo all wrapped up with a small bit of string. Let's just say, it's enough. "This should cover the damages. You didn't see anything here. Sorry for the mess." He walks back over to Arashi and Nozomi and says, "Good music, Nozomi-chan. That went off without a hitch." Then looks over at Arashi, "So, take ears, heads, or what as proof we got the job done?"
Nozomi releases the jutsu and allows normal sounds to return, even the bar's music. She then cleans her flute and puts it away before walking over to the bar and nodding when Ryouji speaks up. Though she feels like she really didn't do much this mission, she managed at least to keep the noise of combat out from prying ears. "Thanks," she says with a small smile at the praise.
Arashi looks over at the bartender, but lets Ryouji take care of him. He seemed okay with this situation anyways. "Ryouji. I felt like we could just take all the bodies completely. Though I suppose that would be a little obvious if anyone saw us. Maybe they have something on them that could prove it because I really don't think we should be taking off their heads." He chuckled some before searching the bodies slightly while thinking about it. "If you have any good ideas for it, or if you think one of those works then go ahead and get to it I suppose."
Ryouji begins collecting the bodies in the stairs, "Actually, let's take them all back with us. You've got the right idea. That carrage out front was probably theirs. They won't need it anymore." He hoists the first one over his shoulder and starts hauling them one out by one.
After storing her flute Nozomi nods and starts to wrestle with one of the bodies. She's a bit awkward at it, owing to her slight clumsiness, which becomes more pronounced as she is moving the body. "Okay, we can do that. And I'm sure it would be better if we didn't leave a mess behind…"
Arashi grabbed a body as well before starting towards the carriage. "You probably paid enough for it Ryouji, but should we help clean up his place? I feel bad for doing that even if we were meant to kill these people." He does just move on to drop off the bodies, and if they don't help with the bar clean up then he would most likely read on the way back.
Ryouji tosses his second round of body collecting onto the carrage as he looks down at his hoodie. "Relative, got blood on it." he says giving a sigh. "If it's not cut up or burnt by Michiko, it's covered in someone's fluids." He climbs up in the seat and says, "Ok Arashi-san, Nozomi-chan, let's head home."
Nozomi sighs as she struggles to get the second body in, then goes back into the bar for a quick clean-up. At least she wore the dark blue kimono, the blood doesn't show nearly as well on that. After helping the barman clean up what she can, she heads back out to the carriage and climbs in. "Got most of it. Enough that the barkeep can clean the rest and it looks like a standard brawl, so as to not attract attention. I'm ready when you are."
Arashi dropped the second body into the carriage. Then he decides quickly that he would rather have a smell of alcohol on him then blood, and starts moving it through his clothes to clean up the blood some. "Alright. I think I am ready as well." He hops up onto the carriage and pulls out his book. "Lets go home."
