Crimea Castle Town: Let Them Eat Pigs

[TurkwithStyle]

The man tilted his head one way and said in an almost smartass like mocking voice, in an obvious attempt to avoid saying who he really is, "You are mistaken. I own a sword yes, but I am not a sword and not hired. Hired swords to my knowledge generally mean a sword which is hired but I am neither a sword nor a hired one at that!" Yoshimitsu snickered to himself, "And who might you be? It is quite rude to accuse someone of being something else without introducing yourself first. Almost as rude as attacking a young lady which you have also done. What is your business here?" Yoshimitsu still took on his fighting stance, he knew these types all too well and didn't trust them.

[Mage]

@suey@ Yoshimitsu's words ran deep in the pig's skin, which showed when he turned red in the face. "YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, YOU CUR!" He spun around the knives in his hands swiftly, as if he were spinning them. "I am Porky's special assassin leader..." He juggled them in the air, then caught them all with his hand. "Suey!"
The princess looked over at Suey. "Porky...so, the Pig Mask army is taking more action." She stepped back with her blade in grasp. "Sir, thank you for your shield." She nodded over at the stranger.

"Princess!" Cried the daughter of Greil, as she ran into the hall way. She was too focused on Elincia to notice Suey or Yoshimitsu.

@suey@ When the other lady came in, he took this chance. "Aha!" He threw his knives at Mist.

The princess gasped at this low handed trickery. "MIST, DUCK!"

Mist only now just realized she was running into a swarm of knives, she couldn't dodge, she couldn't block, she could only blink in fear. "!" Suddenly, Mist vanished moments after two of the three knives flew into a wall. Mist opened her eyes, only to find herself in the arms of a well toned man. Blue shirt, red cape, black bandanna, and blue messy hair...

Within a moment's flash, Mist was saved by none other then her own older brother. Ike, had made it just in time. "Mist, are you alright?" Ike asked her.

Mist looked up at Ike in a loss for words, he had been missing for months and he just now turned up. "...brother?" She hugged him shaking, while dropping her sword to the ground. "IKE!"

The mercenary looked to her surprised, but hugged back with one arm. "It's alright Mist, I'm here now."

Elincia was glad to see Ike back, and would have liked to express that, but...she noticed the dagger struck within the back of Ike's shoulder. "Sir Ike..." She came over. "Are you alright?"

He stood up, and looked over his shoulder. "I thought I dodged them all." He didn't seem too phased though.

@suey@ Suddenly, the pig seemed even redder now. "DON'T YOU DARE IGNORE ME, YOU FOOLS?!"

[xenomina]

Amaterasu had certainly not forgotten the pig, and immediately attacked him with her reflector as she entered the room.

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Bridget meanwhile, was still staring at the window outside the castle, a pout on his face. "How do I get up there?" Rodger grumbled, annoyed,

"You know, it's called climbing..."[rand=8314966462977831515905974896587549150366435010254474613694490476]

[Lans]

Interesting fact about large, empty, castles is that sound travels REALLY well. Thus Sheena and the twins were easily able to hear the sounds of shouting and combat comming from somewhere above them.


"Let's move!" She shouted, immediatly dashing up the first staircase that presented itself.

[TurkwithStyle]

Yoshimitsu shifted his eyes from the pigmask, to Elincia, to Ike, to this new dog creature that seemed to pop out of nowhere and just cocked his head, "...namu?" He then snickered silently, "WELL! I assume you don't need me anymore. I'll be on my way, goodbye!" He then quickly skittered off down the hallway in search of the castle's treasurey.

[Mage]

As Yoshimitsu ran off, the brown haired girl looked at him leave. "Wait!"

As the mercenary pulled the knife out of his shoulder, with a slight grunt, he looked over at Yoshimitsu. "Obviously some kind of thief, but we already have an assassin on our hands..."

"No worries, Ike." Said the cat man walking up with a smile across his face. "Leave that one to me, you can turn this one into bacon."

The man nodded at Ranulf, as he drew his legendary blade. "Right, but first take the princess and Mist to safety. I'll feel better know they're alright."

"Can do!" He nodded at Ike, then turned to Ammy. "And ill count on you to keep my human friend safe, Ammy." He went to Elincia and Mist, picking them both up. "Alright ladies, lets go!" The Laguz ran off through the halls like an olympic runner.

The princess tried to object, but she knew Ike was right. At the moment, she was in no position to help out in the fight seeing as how she is the target. "Thank you, Ranulf."

Mist on the other hand, was kicking and yelling. Trying hard to get out of Ranulf's arm. "Stop, brother needs help! I can't leave him alone again!"

The cat man simply sighed at himself. "...I missed ya too, Mist."

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@suey@ "Quite brave of you, to take me on without help, I...!" The pig man sensed Ammy right in time to barely dodge her. "DO NOT ATTACK ME WHILE IM TALKING?!" He threw a pair of throwing knives at the goddess.

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The mercenary ran up to Suey attacking with a mighty swing. "Ha!"

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@suey@ Seeing Ike's attack while he was dodging, he dodged again with a back flip. Landing nimbly on his feet. "Hmm..."

This caused the swordsman to keep a steady stance. "For a pig, you certainly have fast feet..."[rand=9180947613317377327667577293595377402220247015077887043236294555]

[xenomina]

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The goddess twisted in an attempt to dodge the blades, one sailing right by her as the other made a clean, but not very deep cut into her side. Growling, Ammy turned and charged the pig once more, her teeth bore in an attempt to grab it's throat.

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Meanwhile....

"Ungh..." The young boy groaned as he grabbed the windowsill and pulled himself up, only to reveal that a fight had broken out already.

"Awww, unf," he wheezed, pulling himself up for better leverage. "The fight already started without me..."[rand=7519852907232837589840074327642666193619068530419236206760025162]

[Lans]

At that moment, Sheena came skidding around a corner. She took a second to examine the situation.


Ok, two guys ganging up on another guy in a pig mask, ...and catboy trying to make off with Mist and a princessy looking girl.

Se resumed her dashing...straight towards Ranulf. "Hey you! Put them down!" she yelled, just before leaping into the air and attacking with a flurry of seal cards to the cat-man's face.

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[Mage]

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*sniff sniff* Ranulf's trust nose managed to save him again, the smell of cherry blossoms completely stood out in this dull castle. He dodged down from Sheena's attack, looking up at her. "Whoa! Heads up!" Unfortunately, during his dodge his arm holding Mist loosened.

Thus allowing her to slip out, and on her feet running to the action. "Ike!"

"Damn!" He slid back, still holding the princess. "Geez, did Porky hire another assassin?" He looked at Sheena. "...heh, he's got good taste."

The princess was confused at this newcomer's appearance, was she really with that short killer?

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@suey@ With a nimble leap over the candle stick, Suey easily dodged the attack from the divine wolf. "Nice try, pooch!"

Ike ran to the piggish assailant, trusting his blade out hard. "Grah!"

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@suey@ Another dodge from the man in white. "You're too slow, boy!" He sent a few knives at Ammy and Ike.

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Luckily, Ike blocked the incoming knives with a swing of his Ragnell sword. Deflecting them away.[rand=56062508088640727477136778296382094595443911438486632657078126568]

[xenomina]

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Ammy closed her eyes a moment, once again tapping into the powers of her Celestial brush. When she opened them, time had slowed for the goddess. Ready for the assassin this time, Ammy jumped to the side avoiding the pig's assault, though just barely; she could feel the blade of one knife cut the fur of her tail.

The goddess, now becoming aggravated with the quick porker, decided she would be perfectly happy with roast pig for dinner. Careful to have a torch and the pig in her sight, she called apon the brush once more....

Next thing the assassin knew, there was a line of fire headed straight at him coming from the nearest torch.

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Bridget yelped as the knives were stuck into the wall just below the window he was clinging to. Startled, he lost his grip on the ledge, only to grab it at the last second and scramble back up desperately.[rand=3362660167573531700516704900819587500624747710197994970875764682]

[Lans]

Sheena easily landed on one hand and flipped herself around to land on her feet in a fighting stance. She frowned at the look the guy was giving her. Great...another guy with only Zelos level intelligence.

At that moment, the twins had finally caught up to Sheena.


"Hey, look!" Palom said, pointing towards the fight ahead of them. Seeing Sheena facing off with Ranulf, they inevitably came to the same conclusions she did. "I'll blast that guy!" Palom declared, raising his staff.

...Only for it to be pushed aside by his sister.


"No! If you do that you'll hit the girl he's captured. Let me." She turned back and raising her own staff shouted: "Slow!"

Immediatly Ranulf would find things around him seemingly speeding up, when in reality, he was slowing down. (Slow effects: Dice rolls -2 for two turns)


Sheena saw Porom out of the corner of her eye and smirked. "Thanks." Then, unable to use her own seal techniques for fear of harming the princess, she resorted to older techniques...and brought her leg up to nail him in the crotch!
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[Mage]

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PING! Of course, the strike to Ranulf's jewelery store completely rendered him inactive. "..." He dropped Elincia, while dropping to the ground in slow motion.

Elincia gasped as her feline friend fell to the ground. "Ranulf!" She got up, and looked over at him. "Hang in there!" She tried to comfort the man, but no amount of rubbing on the back could even come close to easing the pain.

The girl ran to the fight, but looked over at the window seeing Bridget. She poked over to him. "Bridget!" She grabbed his hand, trying to pull him up. "I didn't know you had to climb!"

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@suey@ Suddenly, the piggie found his body burning from the impact of flames. "AHHHH!" He started to run around the area, then tried rolling to get it out.

Causing the mercenary to sweat drop at this scene. "..." Ike looked over at Ammy. "That was quite an interesting attack, good work."[rand=732666013768472757433106581525798364167815233548573448962507071]

[xenomina]

Ammy barked a sort of thanks to Ike, what could be assumed as a satisfied smirk on her muzzle as the pork assassin rolled around on the floor in an attempt to put out the fire she herself had caused. Her attention turned to Ranulf as he curled on the floor in pain. While not exactly sure as to why, what was even stranger was the fact that the woman who had supposedly attacked him was not emitting any ill will, but seemed to possess some form of magic.

Realizing that perhaps some sort of mistake may have been made, the goddess ran over to the two, placing herself between them and growling deeply.

"Are you crazy, furball?" Issun shrieked from his hiding place in her fur, having not looked to see exactly who Ammy was keeping away from Ranulf.

With some help from mist, Bridget managed to make inside the window, only to see the chaos before him. "What the!?!" He looked to Mist. "Is it always like this here?" Bridget raised an eyebrow to the flaming pig rolling around, desperately trying to put himself out.

[Lans]

Sheena immediately jumped back and dropped into a ready stance, but didn't make any aggressive move. "Oookay, I think there's been a bit of a mix up here." She took a brief glance at Ranulf. "He...wasn't trying to kidnap Mist and the princess, was he?"


"...Oh dear."


Palom smirked. "Hah, you just helped take out one of the good guys! And you call me a screwu-"


*POW* "And if I hadn't, you'd have blasted him into a dozen pieces!"

[Mage]

The cat rolled over on her other side, seeing Ammy and Sheena...although he was too "in shock" to take any action at all. "...thanks..." Was all he could get out, in a slightly soft voice.

The princess kept helping her friend as much as she could, then turned to Sheena. "He is a friend of mine, so is the blue haired man in the bandanna over there." She pointed at Ike. "The true enemy, is the smaller man."

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She sighed at Bridget. "You caught us at a bad time, im afraid."

@suey@ When the flames were put out, he looked around the area. "Tch, it appears there is more trouble. Perfect..." He took out more blades. 'Just gotta stall them a bit longer...' He clashed with Ike.

He defended with a quick swing. "Nice try...!" He then bent over, holding his chest. "W.what the..."

@suey@ "Ah, about time." He smirked. "The first batch were tipped with a mixture of special herbs that numb your body. Enjoy wasting you strength trying to get up from the floor!" He rose his dagger high.

"IKE!" She cried, trying to get to him.