The commotion at Azuma Beach during the night didn't go unheard, at least not to those who lived in the area. Some of the few who lived nearby
did hear as Lady Beatorisu raised the Rebel's banner (and her voice!) against the long-time rule of Besanii Karedon.
Lady Beatorisu. It was a long time since she'd last set foot here. And the Forever Night was a fickle goal to strive for. They'd always known that, Ojou Anna ("The Lady of Green Darkness") and Countess Kiba both. But since Countess Kiba's treason of the Rose years ago, and with Anna ritually bound to her by a Thaumaturgical Pact, she had seen no choice. Fickle goal as it might be, the Forever Night was a better option than forever fearing both red and rose - and betraying Kiba's blood pact would end her one way or another.
At least so she'd felt until some years ago, when Lady Beatorisu vanished. Some said it would be for the best, but when Countess Kiba also disappeared, three years ago, leaving Ojou Anna to lick her wounds all by herself, she decided the time might have come to lay low. Maybe she could escape both red and rose if she kept to the shadows for long enough. That's what she was bred and taught to do as a Green Moon, after all.
But Beatorisu's return and her (shrill!) calls brought the pull of that blood pact back to life in an instant. There was no sign of Countess Kiba anywhere, but the memory of them fighting under the rebels' banner back then brought back pain, pleasure and hope, all at once.
Ojou Anna would walk the shadows and Creep again tonight.
She roamed through Azuma Beach first, but it was immediately evident the Rose must have heard of Beatorisu's uprising, as the are was teeming with Besanii's lackeys. While that was bad news to her, it wouldn't do to try to fight in a way that'd put you out in the open - she'd learned at least that much.
Tenjin Town, then? She could arrive from the shadows in ways nobody would expect. There
were words of a powerful servant of the Queen there, one whose name no-one said out loud. But she had to try.
She did her best. Went around for information, talked to other pla... leech-wraiths, even found her way to what might become incriminating proof that might lessen the strength of the mysterious lackey's hold on Tenjin Town.
But it wouldn't be enough. Not on her own.
She left notes, hoping others in the Rebel's cause would take them up, and moved uptown. Some had said Beatorisu's followers were putting up a good fight there.
Ojou Anna arrived there from the shadows, as she always did.
Then she left them, and she was a completely different person. Glassy eyes, crazed smile, the darkness she'd left absorbed into her soul and spread to those she talked to.
Would it be enough to ensure the Rebels a foothold in the city? For some time, it seemed like it might.
Then the hollowness in her eyes shifted. It went first into her throat, then deep into her soul - dramatically, in full 3rd edition style. She tried to hold back, but by then her presence had been made obvious. She couldn't help but wonder what Kiba would say if she saw her like this. What Beatorisu would say.
Those crazed eyes soon had to go back into the shadows and guide Ojou Anna back to lick her wounds again. As they disappeared into the night, some say their bloodshot hue was redder than ever.
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1)
D4 ME - Green Moon Clan, 3rd Edition (Rebel) roll for Coastal Tenjin Town. Stealth/Agi, VP for skill, 1 Called Raise (using VP skill!), 1 Free Raise from clan. | 5k4 ⇒ 30 (TN: 20)
D4 ME - Tenjin Town Success 1 - Hunger roll | 1d100 ⇒ 51
-3 City Points in Tenjin Town (no Hunger effect)
2)
D4 ME - Green Moon Clan, 3rd Edition (Rebel) roll for Coastal Tenjin Town. Stealth/Agi, VP for skill, 1 Called Raise (using VP skill!), 1 Free Raise from clan. Roll 2 | 5k4 ⇒ 34 (TN: 20)
D4 - Hunger roll 2 | 1d100 ⇒ 41
-3 City Points in Tenjin Town (no Hunger effect)
3)
D4 ME - Third roll; Residential blocks. Courtier/Awa, 2 Called Raises, VP for +1k1. | 6k4 ⇒ 26 (TN: 25)
D4 - Hunger roll 3 | 1d100 ⇒ 6
(Character name wrong, but doesn't seem like a good reason to reroll!)
-2 City Points in Residential Blocks (3 from roll, -1 from lack of control due to hunger roll!)
Total:
-6 City Points in Tenjin Town
-2 City Points in Residential Blocks
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