The Daimyo's Gambit - Game Thread

Nakada and Tonton, it has been a long journey to this point. Earlier near the beginning of the evening, you had just entered into the town of the goblins near the base of the hill and had garnered some hospitality when the hobgoblins began to storm the place. Whether you hid or you fought, you were found and overpowered by the sheer numbers of torch bearing hobgoblins. They bound you, four hobgoblins apiece, and "questioned" you as to why you were on the mountain though you remember the frequency of questions to be less and less as the night went on. When your answers finally were to the satisfaction of the hobgoblin in charge, they carried you up the mountain pass and into the lair of Shimazu. The Widow could tell there was something different about you and offered to Shimazu to continue the interogation as it would, "give her some fun for the coming winter" in her words. Though the night dragged on, you were afforded a moment to rest, a least a little, before the sun's cherry glow began to warm the horizon. You watched as the Widow began to pray in this courtyard to the urn on a pedastal when she was attacked. You thought to yourselves, All part of the plan.

Nakada and Yotsuba, you are both at half health rounded up. You understand the basics of the mission as you were most likely sent from the ouroboros guild as well unless you have another reason to be here. I will start the other thread, "The Adventures of Utamuro and Tonton" presently but for the time being you should assume working knowledge of who Shimazu is and if not who the Widow is, at least what she is which is an undead samurai that protects the family's interests.

The four of you creep toward the manse, vigilantly watching for any signs of the battle that should be happening within. You see no combatants, you hear no sounds of battle. As you take cautious steps towards the main room, the sliding shoji doors of which are open, you can see the signs of struggle. You can tell that this room is a reception hall, lavishly decorated with coffered ceiling tiles, silk partitions decorated with battle scenes, and woven straw tatami mats that cover the floor. A low table at the center of the room has been broken and lilts to one side, cushions are strewn about, a silk screen has a large slash through the center. There is an opening to an alcove on the other side of the room and a set of fusuma doors along the center of the right hand wall that are closed. It is all but silent as you approach but as Utamuro moves to the steps, he places his foot on a warped board and a large creak is heard.

You are on the room to the right. Those things that look like mats are actually rooms.