The demon army entries...

[hagureoni]

WHO: 'Shutendoji', whoever wants to fight him and his army
WHAT: Some more fighting, brainwashing, possible hypnosis and everything
WHERE: Nagashino
WARNING(S): There are not any yet... probably angst?


['Shutendoji' had taken position inside the castle walls of Nagashino. He had kept the doors of the mainkeep carelessly open - he didn't see any need to lock himself into them. Plus it wasn't like he intended to stay in there all the time. On top of it, he wasn't only accompanied by Orochi's demons, but the ones from his own world as well - the ones he had made drink the 'sentan', a medicine that strengthen the demons and bring out their deepest and ugliest feelings.

And this was still not all. Kiyomori had given him another few henchmen. Famous warriors that were under his control now.]




((ooc: Feel free to toss up brainwashed characters in here, and if you want to fight 'Shutendoji', he has several abilities that go along the lines of hypnosis with words, looking into people's mind to see secrets even they might not be aware of and he can warp time and space. Just give me a heads-up if you want to fight against any of those powers or how far it is okay with you that he uses them on your character!))

Comments

[dragonrises]

Well met, Lord Saitou. [amazing sword skills and manners, he likes this guy]

I have not heard of the Shinsengumi. Yet, if they have entered the fray against Orochi's forces, I am glad.

[iaijutsu]

Some of us have. Some are yet unaccounted for, but I would not be surprised if they too carry on the fight, wherever they are.

[He's damned sure they wouldn't have just rolled over and died, at the very least.]

[dragonrises]

Then, it sounds as though you are in the same position we were when we first arrived in this world. Our forces were scattered, it took a lot of time to even find them again.

Either way...it is good that you found your way to some allies. Anyone who fights against the demon army is welcome.

[iaijutsu]

Nothing can replace the allies I have lost track of, but I am grateful for everyone I have fought alongside here.

[And he would be even if he weren't already starstruck by the names. There's something oddly gratifying about meeting people he's looked up to as examples and finding that they're every bit as great of men as he'd been led to believe.]

[dragonrises]

You have already become acquainted with Lord Yukimura, I see. [he smiles fondly] It has been some time since I have been able to fight at his side.

[iaijutsu]

I could not imagine a better man to have become acquainted with. [He's clearly pretty fond of Yukimura, himself.]

[dragonrises]

[why Saitou, that sounds awfully close to his own feelings about Yukimura. Interesting]

He is a good man. Loyal, and true. He was the one who taught me what a samurai was, at first. [a slight worried look] Which is why it's very strange to find him speaking of serving Kiyomori...

[iaijutsu]

[Everyone's a little bit gay for Yukimura...]

My time is several centuries after he lived, but he is still remembered as one of the greatest warriors Japan has ever seen...and if anything, I have only been more impressed by meeting him in person.

[...okay, or maybe a lot gay for Yukimura.]

I am uncertain what could have caused this, but...

[dragonrises]

[ain't that the truth!]

Ah! So then, my hopes for him came true. He once spoke of me as being written about, famously, and I wished that perhaps someday he, too, might be so famous. When this is over, I shall have to remind him of that.

[a brief shake of his head] Orochi's minions have sorcery the likes of which I have never seen before. The fact that Kiyomori might even have been returned to life, after we destroyed him, is proof enough. It is no ordinary matter.

[iaijutsu]

I am not wholly unfamiliar with the supernatural, but I have no experience with such things as this.

[He can think of at least one thing that could be said to return someone to life - although it's more like returning someone from the brink of dying, in that case, and he doubts it's responsible for that. The mind control, too, isn't quite right for the things he'd encountered in his world; it's not like the simple loss of sanity that came along with the rasetsu, but instead something more...focused.

He frowns, and eyes the open gate.]

...my understanding of the risks may simply be insufficient, but I do not like the idea of leaving him alone in there for too long.

[dragonrises]

Neither do I. [he frowns at the gate as well] He has been in there quite a while. Should we go in after him?

[iaijutsu]

I think it may be best that we do.

[dragonrises]

[nod. They're in this together]

Let's go. There is no time to waste!

[iaijutsu]

[up up and AWAAAAAAAAY!]