The oni has a bushi to deal with now, so Tamoha dashes back to the entrance to retrieve her katana, pulling it free from its saya in a flash of steel.
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Defence Stance, ATN 26 for the turn, and going to get the katana.
Entirely fair!
I have to say I think they've put that path in the right place- it really suits the character, so I'd like to take it... but I also really like the normal Kitsuki Investigator Rank 3 technique. It's a nontrivial decision, which is how it should be...
((Been on holiday, sorry...))
Tamoha takes in the rush of samurai with a glance, and makes a quick decision. She's a good swordswoman, but not the best around- and the better ones are, of course, aiming for their swords.
Someone needs to distract the beast, for a few moments at least.
She...
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I'm using it to defend, because I used it on an attack on my first action and my DV hadn't refreshed between then and the point where the beastie attacked me. I may have slightly forgotten how Exalted works when I did that attack...
Garan
Garan realises his mistake as the beast's foot first comes down- his Essence still sings, moving his body and mind in the crystalline simplicity of She Who Lives in Her Name, and there's no time to realign it to another pattern. All he can do is fall further into the dance of the...
Garan checks his stride for just a moment, then dives into the fray, running directly towards the gigantic lizard. His heart is pounding in his chest as his feet pound the street, but he rides the crest of fear- if he's fast enough, it can't catch him.
Both the lizard, and the fear.
It looms...
"They're breaking things," Garan mutters. Face set, he runs out of the house, covering the distance towards the monsters in a flash.
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Dashing, woo.