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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 25, 2014 18:52:29 GMT -7
Toshi frowned. The lack of specifics wasn't really getting by him too well at all. "Just looking for the guy" could mean a lot of things, and while Takehiro would openly meet just about anyone, Toshi would take the initiative to help protect him.
"If you're just lookin', you're gonna have a fun time. Totomi's a big place."
If he really wanted to find Takehiro through Toshi, he'd need to drop the ambiguity.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 25, 2014 18:48:24 GMT -7
"Do not doubt your own abilities, warrior." Takehiro smiled, just as Toshi brought the drinks for the two over. The barkeep eyed Brandt curiously, a smile creeping on his face as well. "This wouldn't happen to be the man who saved that young woman some time ago, would he? The giant - I've heard tales of you." Taking a sip of his sake, Takehiro nodded. He'd heard the stories as well, though it hadn't clicked in his head that someone of this size wasn't common. It really should have, though.
"If this is true, then maybe this is fate! A hero to the people of Totomi and their Daimyo!"
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 22, 2014 14:26:35 GMT -7
"Perfect!"
So Takehiro would lead this Buranto to the local tavern, with one Yamada Toshi at the bar. His favorite place in all his territory, kept up by a man he fought alongside long ago. He figured it was the perfect place to celebrate meeting such a warrior.
"That is... quite a tale, I warn you," he nodded, taking the large man to a table. "Yamada! As much as the patrons can drink, all on me. I've met quite a warrior, here!" Takehiro seemed to be showing off his new friend. "Ah, right away, Tak, you bastard."
Takehiro chuckled for a moment before seating himself with Brandt, if Brandt decided to sit down. "I've lived quite the strange life, I tell you. Seen things that don't quite make sense, and I suppose they've shaped me into the man I am today." He shrugged, thinking on his encounters with Izanami and Bishamonten. "Hell, I've faced the God of War himself on more than one occasion. I'd say that's where a lot of my strength comes from. That, and, well... for risk of sounding cheesy, my desire to protect the people of these lands." That was his most important goal.
"How 'bout you? How did you get so... big?"
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 22, 2014 14:17:23 GMT -7
"We shall see," the man smiled, taking a sip of his sake. He hoped he would, considering an entire people put their lives in his hands. In fact, they requested he lead them, so there were expectations he'd need to live up to. If he didn't, chances were he'd be really upset with himself.
Taking a bite of his fish, he considered Kenji's question. "Define "interesting,"" he chuckled. "I've seen some crazy things, that much is certain. Bandit raids where the bandits were in the right, religious fanatics who happened to be correct. I've - and this is going to sound crazy - encountered Gods themselves, and those were not always pleasant situations." Bishamonten is a dick, and Izanami is a bitch. "What about yourself?"
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 22, 2014 13:36:24 GMT -7
As it was clear the foreigner had no desire to continue fighting, Takehiro's blade dissipated into thin air. He stepped off of the giant blade, hoisting it up with little effort, and handed it back to the giant of a man, that smile never leaving his face.
"B... Bu... Bu-ran-to. Buranto Soru... Soruviig. Buranto Soruviig." Takehiro laughed, acknowledging that he probably just butchered that name, but it was the best he could do. It was foreign, of course. "Buranto, the honor is mine!" he chirped, patting a friendly hand on the beast-of-a-man's shoulder. "Not often do I find a man who can take that sort of hit and get back up. Here, let me buy you a drink, it is the least I can do."
If Brandt accepted, Takehiro would lead him to a local tavern, the best in the fief! In fact, he was looking forward to it.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 22, 2014 12:09:45 GMT -7
As the men on the roof seemed to be aiming only at Takehiro and not his men, he would bring the shield around only himself, and wait until the first wave of fire was over. Once it was, he would charge a good deal of energy into the shield, turning it into a dark bomb, flinging it into the nearest group of archers. Immediately after, Takehiro would pull out his explosive bolts on his crossbow, and fire on two rooftops to take out the crowds.
Dark Takehiro would investigate the traps, because seeing as he had no physical form, he could not be killed! Until the traps were thoroughly investigated, he would not allow his men to leave the ships.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 22, 2014 1:30:00 GMT -7
Yukimura's move would have very limited reach, as Takehiro would apply enough pressure that he threatened to rip out the tendon in the wrist and break his shoulder if he turned too much. So, the elbow would be swatted to the side by Takehiro's free hand. While Yukimura was busy using his arms, Takehiro kicked the back of his knee as hard as he could to make his leg buckle, and to be sure it worked, he would knee him in the back of the thigh if the stomp was unsuccessful. Once Yukimura was on one knee, Takehiro's left arm would wrap around his neck, putting him in a choke-hold while his tendon still had fingers digging into it. Pressure on either would not let up. In fact, Takehiro would pull toward himself with the choke-hold, looking to knock Yukimura out rather quickly.
In this scenario, Takehiro had the advantage simply due to positioning. Yukimura's longer legs would also make getting up harder, considering Takehiro was around half a foot shorter. And, he had several things to worry about: a dislocated shoulder, a severed tendon, or blacking out. All of these things, Takehiro would utilize if Yukimura persisted when the odds were not in his favor.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 16:47:32 GMT -7
Any or arrows bullets that would make their way toward Takehiro, the Demon of Totomi would block with a shroud of darkness around himself, allowing them to fall to the ground, useless. He would continue his march, and his words would have rung out loud and clear.
"If you truly believe you have a fighting chance, then come and face me!"
A dark version of Takehiro poured out from the front of himself, standing now at his side. The ships would also make their way to dock. He would raise the shroud enough so that any attacks they sent toward his fleet would do little to no harm at all.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 16:16:33 GMT -7
Having successfully prevented the escape of the runners, Takehiro would form spikes on his dark wall and ram it inward, to kill or incapacitate anyone and everyone who was near it, which meant everyone but his allies, and the two who seemed to attack his forces head-on.
If the woman with the horse tried to run again, Takehiro would form dark tendrils around her ankles, lift her up into the sky, and slam her into Imagawa soldiers, to knock her and them out.
As for the two who attacked his men directly, Takehiro would pull out his crossbow with two weighted bolts. Taking aim just as they completed their first attacks, he would fire at the center of either person's back. He was sure it would hit, given the short distance and the convenience of their backs being turned.
Whether or not his bolts hit, Takehiro would charge into the two, aiming to send his glaive through the center of the man, and dark spikes into the woman from all sides. (Keisuke and Naotora are who he is targeting.)
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 14:56:14 GMT -7
Taking the Kitabatake fleet commander by his head, Takehiro would leap to one of his own ships, throwing the man to the floor. "Tie him up. Tightly. Bind his arms and legs together, and gag him." From there, he would seat himself for a moment, once again using the far-seeing eye. He would direct his troops to approach the mainland, the shores of Shima. Once the order was given, his eyes would open, and he would strike first himself.
Leaping unbelievably far, Takehiro would go from his ship to Kitabatake shores, fire glaive in hand.
"Warriors of Kitabatake! Stand and face the men of Totomi, or surrender, and see your fief bear the banner of the Amakusa!"
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 14:26:58 GMT -7
Toshi stopped in his tracks, turning a curious eye to the man on the side of the road. He looked the man up and down, though his face made it seem he was incredibly disinterested. Toshi's chin rose, as he chewed on a piece of straw.
"What's it to you, buddy?"
It may have come off a little douchey, but Toshi was incredibly protective of Takehiro simply due to the fact the man gave him a new start to life. He wasn't just going to let any random schmuck have a meeting with him.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 14:20:02 GMT -7
As the foreigner fired his bolts, Takehiro would make an audible grunt, eyes widening just a little. Looking down, he would see the five bolts hanging in mid-air, pressed rather tightly against his skin. However, they were being prevented from hitting him by a shroud of darkness he kept around himself, that pulled the bolts away. They would be pushed away from himself just a little, and he nodded his head, amused.
"I don't know your name or your purpose for being in Totomi," Takehiro mused, standing to his feet. "But I welcome a warrior of your caliber."
The rest of the men in the village looked astonished. Not one of them had been praised for their combat aside from Yamada Toshi, now one of Takehiro's generals. Then this foreign giant comes in from nowhere, and makes a decent stand against their Daimyo. If the fight continued, Takehiro could break the man right now had he the desire, but this was a friendly match, and respect had been earned.
"I am Amakusa Takehiro, Daimyo of Totomi," he began with a smile, forming a small katana of darkness in his hand, had the foreigner the desire to continue fighting. "Might I ask your name, Foreigner?"
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 4:19:42 GMT -7
Brandt would be able to clear the dust away, and to the surprise of the villagers, he was still standing. They were all in shock, simply due to the fact that Takehiro was a man who made entire armies flee in fear. He single-handedly destroyed entire fleets. And this man, this foreigner, took a direct hit and was able to keep standing after it all! They were all eager to see exactly what Takehiro would do, but once the dust was cleared, the Daimyo was nowhere to be found!
While Brandt was clearing the dust, Takehiro had leaped unbelievably high into the air, and as it cleared, he would begin his descent. Before long, he would land atop Brandt's blade with enough momentum to hopefully bring it crashing into the ground and out of his grip, though the Daimyo would make little other moves.
"If you were anyone else here you wouldn't be standing right now," he spoke with a kind smile.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 1:53:51 GMT -7
The foreigner seemed to be impressive! Despite opening himself up for one of Takehiro's attacks, he was smart and quick enough to react sensibly. His legs would shoot up and catch Takehiro's shoulders, forcing the man back quite a bit because of his own momentum, more than anything. The large man had some strength, but it needed a little refinement, from what Takehiro could tell.
"Not bad, not bad," he smirked, his dark weapons dissipating. His hands reached down, taking the stone ankle-weights he was wearing the entire time. Releasing them, they would fall to the ground with possibly the loudest THUMP the foreigner had heard in his life, tiny craters being formed under them. A large cloud of dust formed in the area, practically encompassing the entire village. Takehiro would use this to his advantage, appearing behind the foreigner much faster than he had the entire fight. Rather than strike him with a weapon, however, he leaped up and struck his back with both feet, seeking to topple him in one move.
If his assumptions were correct, the man would be able to get back up. If he did, after that display, it would be enough for Takehiro to know he was facing off against a true warrior.
[OoC: Weights removed. Takehiro's Dex is now 96.]
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 21, 2014 0:13:14 GMT -7
Having not gone full-out with his strike, Takehiro's blade would indeed be diverted along the ground because of Brandt's maneuver. As the large man twisted his body and sent his knee into Takehiro's stomach, the Daimyo rose a hand to catch the knee, using it to push himself back and away from the attack, though there was a good amount of force behind it.
"Quick thinker. That's good!"
Stepping forward, Takehiro would drag his dark blade through the ground, shooting up rocks at the foreigner as he brought it into the air. From there, he would raise it above his head, and bring it crashing down upon the large man's frame.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 23:03:51 GMT -7
Takehiro wasn't one for talks of fate, because fate worked in strange ways if he was such a powerful man in a small body. Looking upon the foreigner, Takehiro raised a brow. He held an impressive figure, and the weapon he carried was massive. However, massive was something Takehiro was not unfamiliar with.
"That's quite a weapon you've got there," he began, popping his neck. He would hold out his hands, and within them, a sword just as large as the foreigner's would form, amassed of pure darkness. With one hand, he would hold it out in front of himself, giving the man a bow of his head. "It would interest me to see the skill of a foreign swordsman."
With surprising speed, Takehiro would burst forward, turning the blade and aiming to slam the flat of it into the man's legs.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 22:18:24 GMT -7
As Brandt rested, it was highly likely he would notice some commotion going on near him. A mass of men was growing near the center of the village, and it seemed there was a type of rumble going on. If he checked, he would see that it happened to be a training regimen of sorts, with the Demon of Totomi in the center.
Men would charge him one by one, seeking a means to take him to the ground, but every man who ran at him was thrown to the ground. For a man so small when compared to Brandt, he seemed to have incredible skill with some sort of combat, though his skill in its entirety would be hard to judge here.
"My Lord... when will you let up?!"
"I told you I wouldn't be going easy, men! On your feet!"
He laughed light-heartedly, looking at the men before him. They all seemed weak after all that had transpired, so he was sure they couldn't take much more. After a while, his eyes caught side of a... rather... large... man. Takehiro's eyes widened, and he let out a chuckle. He had never seen man of that stature!
"Hello, Stranger," he directed to the man at the tree. "I see you're not from these parts, or I'd have recognized you. Would you like to take part in this "training?"" Notice the "training."
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 17:19:33 GMT -7
Takehiro's doppelganger would dissipate in the water, and he would shoot out his whip-fists to catch a wall of the sinking ship he was in before it was fully underwater. From there, he would pull himself toward the wall, before kicking off of it with incredible power, and landing on one of his own ships. Shaking some of the excess water off, Takehiro would then leap all the way across the water and land on the banner ship with the Kitabatake fleet's leader. Darkness would soon spread all over the ship, crushing every man it touched besides Takehiro himself.
"The men of Totomi send their regards."
From there, every single Amakusa ship would fire on the four remaining Kitabatake ships without relenting, until they all sunk. Their Daimyo would be safe, regardless of the ship he was on getting hit.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 17:13:56 GMT -7
Yamada Toshi, ex-Bandit Chief and Village Elder, current barkeep of a border-village between Shinano and Totomi and General of the Amakusa army, would end up walking by Juubei after long. The man bore the Amakusa crest on his back, and so it was clear he had some sort of affiliation to Takehiro. Though, it would be unclear as to whether or not this man was Takehiro himself. "How goes it?" the man spoke as he passed Juubei, though he left the conversation at that.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 15:14:53 GMT -7
Much like the last round of fire, Takehiro's shroud of darkness would prevent the Kitabatake shots from connecting, especially the rounds from the rifles as they were much weaker. With the fleet surrounded, every single one of Takehiro's ships would fire 32 cannons at the enemy (282 in total). The one he was on, and the two closest, would fire mortar rounds for the center ship.
Immediately after this tactic was completed, Takehiro would open his eyes, losing the view of the battlefield, but keeping the shroud around his ships up. The Daimyo would charge across his ship, leaping from his own to the closest Kitabatake ship, letting his doppelganger loose before hopping to another himself. The two would ram their explosive fists into the decks, and then into the hulls of the ships to take them out of commission. If and when they were successful, they would hop to the next closest ships and repeat as much as they could, as quickly as possible.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 14:45:21 GMT -7
Despite Yukimura's "fake" jab, his body movements gave him away, and the speed difference between the two - though small - would be more than enough for the mercenary to react in time. He would rotate his body, grabbing Yukimura's wrist with his right hand simply by lowering the arm. His fingers would dig into the tendon, and he would twist Yukimura's arm to his right (Yukimura's left). Despite any strength difference that may have existed, there was little you could do when your tendon had this much pressure applied on it.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 3:29:29 GMT -7
When Yukimura threw his punch, Takehiro leaned his upper body back just a little and let the punch pass in front of him. However, he did not counter, and his arms were kept in a striking distance. His feet also kept moving, and he just took a step back from Yukimura.
"Come on."
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 2:36:06 GMT -7
For all the shots heading toward Takehiro's ships, the dark barrier would serve as a shield, taking the brunt of all that did not miss entirely. Were he any other man, Takehiro would be already incredibly worn down, but he was doing very little physically, so he could manage.
Having a superior method of directing his troops than any Kitabatake soldier (he was sure he did, of course. No other man in the country had the far-seeing eye), Takehiro would direct the ships to begin circling the Kitabatake fleet, while still keeping enough distance to prevent rifle fire but insure cannon fire. Six ships would reload their cannons, unleashing another 32 each on the Kitabatake fleet (192 cannon balls in total), while three at the vertex of the formation would unleash more chain shots for the remaining ships' sails.
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 1:18:31 GMT -7
Then maybe Tak isn't your guy... haha, he's capable of cutting losses quite well. I might be able to assist with one of my other characters, though. Tokugawa Iemasa Mikhael or Kyoya Naotora |
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Post by Amakusa Takehiro on Mar 20, 2014 1:08:38 GMT -7
If you're looking to have the fight end quick, you've got a Daimyo willing to help.
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