Story 9: Exploding Spaniard
"This is awkward. Well." Nikolai breaks the ice with a sword sweep to the legs, (5 vs. 3) sending the target to the ground. (4 vs. 5) Nikolai tries kicking the boy's sword away, but he keeps hold of it. (4-1(awkward striking position) vs. 1) Nikolai feels a stinging pain in his right leg as his enemy hits him in the ankle.
"That's not very nice." (1 vs. 6) Nikolai trips over his feet and falls on the ground himself. (6 vs. 6) The boy swings at him again, but manages to just hit Nikolae in the shoes. (6 vs. 3) Nikolae gives the boy a good couple kicks in the ribs. He drops his sword and rolls onto his side, moaning. Nikolae stands up, and sees that several other combatants have also fallen by this point.
Name: Nikolae Kriegsmacher
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Faction: Neutral Foreigner (Deutschland)
Religion: Protestant
Primary Weapon:
Secondary Weapon:
Attributes:
+: Agility, Perception
- Stealth, Intelligence
Health: Normal
Inventory: Pellet Rifle, Wooden Longsword, 36 Yuan
Antonio wrestles with the boy struggling for the upper hand. During the conflict, the boy accidentally starts the wick on one of the grenades. "OH FU-" *Boom*
And thus Antonio Fernandez's journey came to a quick close.
((Just going to finish this up.))
After spilling his lunch onto the grass, Chen's sense of duty flares up and forces him to finish shooting into the remaining Frenchmen. Within minutes, the overwhelming Boxer forces crush the westerners, all of them letting out a victory cry.
Chen, dazed and disoriented, sits down. The leader of the ranged forces walks up to him. "Zijin, you don't look so good. What's wrong?"
Name: Chen Yu (Style name Zijin)
Age: 22
Faction: Righteous Harmony Society
Religion: Buddhist
Primary Weapon: Spear
Secondary Weapon: Crossbow
Attributes: (Leave them blank except for + and - Attributes)
+: Endurance, Agility, Toughness, Stealth
-: Intelligence, Will, Instinct, Charisma
Health: Normal
Inventory: Yamo Spear, Zhuge Crossbow, 50 Yuan
Leia asks about the presence of bayonets. Barro responds, "We don't have many rifles in the group. Besides, we're more comfortable with our bolos." Leia asks about the leadership of the Boxers. "They have some people from the army who have fought previously, but no one too high up. A lot of their leaders are local religious men, administrators, chiefs, that sort of thing."
As Brimstone passes by again, Leia asks to pitch her tent.
"You don't want to sleep here? But by all means, do as you wish."Name: Leia Sano
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Faction: Neutral Foreigner: Philippines
Religion: Catholic
Primary Weapon: Sword
Secondary Weapon: Knife
Attributes:
+: Agility, Instinct, Charisma, Dexterity
-: Endurance, Perception, Toughness, Luck
Health: Normal
Inventory: Kampilan Sword, Machete, 50 Yuan
Kenshin curses his gun before putting both hands on his Sabre and charging the rest of the bandits, Samurai style. (3 vs. 4) One of them slashes his knife at Kenshin, who is forced to block. (2 vs. 6) He slashes again, but Kenshin knocks the knife out of his hands (2 vs. 5) and raises his sword. (1 vs. 2) The man ducks under Kenshin's attack, (5 vs. 1) and kicks him in the torso! Kenshin reels backwards, the wind knocked out of him, giving the bandit enough time to get his knife back.
Kenshin yells at the bandits before readying his sword for the knife attack. (2 vs. 2+1) Kenshin blocks it, (5 vs. 4) and slashes the man across the arm! The bandit drops his knife. (6 vs. 4) Kenshin slashes the surprised bandit along the gut, spraying blood on the floor! He falls, (6 vs. 4) and Kenshin slashes another bandit through the legs!
At this point, the all the living bandits surrender.
Name: Kenshin Gato
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Faction: Eight Nation Alliance (Japan)
Religion: Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christian)
Primary Weapon: Sword (Western style military sabre)
Secondary Weapon: Revolver
Attributes:
+: Strength, Will, Charisma
-: Perception, Stealth, Dexterity
Health: Cut in Side - Bleeding, Torso Bruised
Inventory: Voile Sabre, Taurro Revolver (Jammed), 50 Yuan
"Keep watch, we have the upper hand. Let them come to us." Wang orders his troops to be patient, and sure enough, within a few minutes the windows of the Church open. (6 vs. 4) Wang's unit volley-fires into the Church, a man can be heard screaming in agony. (3 vs. 6) The rebels return with ineffective fire. (6 vs. 5) Wang fires a musket shot himself, and if he is correct he has hit someone in the arm.
It looks as if the waiting has paid off, as Wang see's one of the other Imperialist groups march up his position. The new unit sees that a firefight has commenced as they too take shooting positions. The captain of their troop speaks to him, "What's the situation?"
Wang's Unit: 5 (2 Injured)
Reinforcement Unit: 9
Rebels: 4? (True # unknown)
Name: Wang Tsaongpa
Gender: M
Age: 35
Faction: Imperial Army
Religion: Buddhist
Primary Weapon: Saber
Secondary Weapon: Musket
Attributes:
+: Endurance, Perception, Intelligence, Instinct, Charisma
-: Agility, Toughness, Stealth, Will, Dexterity
Health: Normal
Inventory: Turkish Saber, Musket, 50 Yuan
Charley struggles with the man before pulling his Bowie knife from his pocket. (5 vs. 6) He thrusts the blade down at the man, but the man grips his hand, preventing the knife from going into his chest. (6 vs. 1) The man swings and hook-punches Charley in the side of the head. Charley falls to the ground, stunned. The man takes Charley's knife and aims to stab him, (3 vs. 4+1(instinct)-1(stunned)) but Charley recovers and swats the knife out of his hand. (6 vs. 2) Charley takes his knife back and stabs the man in the gut! The man gasps and backs away. (5 vs. 3) Charley ain't havin' none of that shit, so he stabs him in the gut again! The man falls, spasms a bit and then lays still, bleeding profusely.
Name: Charley Dalarko
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Faction: Bandit (US)
Religion: Catholic
Primary Weapon: Pistol
Secondary Weapon: Knife
Attributes:
+: Endurance, Perception, Intelligence, Instinct, Charisma, Luck
-: Strength, Agility, Toughness, Stealth, Will, Dexterity
Health: Normal
Inventory: Mauser Pistol, Bowie Knife, "The Official English to Chinese Mandarin Translation Guide", 3 Throwing Knives, Lasso
Akio takes the opportunity to see if he can find info on his target. (6) He doesn't need to even ask around; he spots his target in the middle of the marketplace, with his arm around another woman. Both of them are laughing and smiling.
Name: Akio Mitsuru
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Faction: Independent: Japan
Religion: Buddhist
Primary Weapon:Rifle
Secondary Weapon: Wakizashi
Attributes:
+: Agility, Stealth, Instinct, Dexterity
-: Strength, Intelligence, Charisma, Luck
Health: Normal
Inventory: Repeating Rifle, Wakizashi, 50 Yuan
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Topic: 'Yìhétuán Yùndòng': The Great Boxer Rebellion (Story 11: Chinese Standoff) (Read 24113 times)