The rebels' base camp itself was located deep within the mountains of northeast Mikawa and near the borders of Takeda's Kai province. It resembled the wooden stronghold of a group of mountain bandits in just about every way. Within its single gate, stockade walls and watchtowers, over a hundred rebel warriors lived, plus a hundred more assorted family members who worked the terrace farms leading up to the camp and managed to keep the place at least somewhat clean. The group as a whole were led by a ronin named Izayoi Genichirou and his sister, Izayoi Touka. It was almost hard to imaging the thirty-ish Genichirou being from a samurai family; his large brutish build-- complete with a neckbeard no less-- gruff personality, and loud demeanor made him seem more like a mercenary than anything else, and the apparent honesty of his eyes was certainly not the byproduct of any politicking. His younger sister Touka, on the other hand, while particularly tall (especially for a Japanese girl) like his brother, was reserved but very well-mannered; with her long black hair neatly trimmed in a multi-tiered hime-cut, she did actually have the aura of elegance that befitted a court lady. Nevertheless, the two seemed to share almost equal authority amongst the ranks and took turns leading raiding missions, leaving one behind to watch the camp while the other was away.
Genichirou was delighted when Rainer offered his help. The groups' weaponry was mostly in decent states, as warriors were taught to take care of their swords and bows. However, the same could not be said for their defensive siege engines--- two wheeled ballistae and two scorpion emplacements (on the towers). It's been years since the last Tokugawa counterattack, and they have seen little use and almost no maintenance since then. Some of their armor could also use some proper repairing, since they've simply been patching damage over the years due to a lack of armorsmiths.
As Rainer worked on the armor first, he briefly met the two other quests currently staying with the rebels: a traveling warrior named Ogawa Kentarou and his childhood friend Miki. The brown-haired Kentarou [], most likely still in his late teens, was a very cheerful young man (complete with happy-face smiley on his armor) who always had a innocent smile across his face. He identified himself as Japanese, although his sense of dress and style of speech was unlike any other Japanese Rainer had met. Miki [], on the other hand, was an energetic pink-haired little girl no older than fifteen at most (probably not even), and one can't help but wonder what she was doing adventuring.
After night fell, Genichirou invited Rainer to a feast: one to celebrate the raid's phenomenal success, and two as a welcoming party to their three guests (apparently the other two arrived only days ago). With no single hall large enough to accommodate all the people, the feast ended up being one of those open-aired meals, held in the courtyard where everyone sat or stood wherever they wanted while huge pots of food were cooked within sight. Genichirou, however, dragged both Rainer and Kentarou over to a round table nearby where he could satisfy his intrigue by asking everyone questions. Kentarou went first, and confusingly explained, as he didn't understand the details, that he was from a different world--- somehow, someone in this world pulled Miki in, who dragged him in alongside. (Sense Motive) Not being much of a liar, it was obvious that while Kentarou told the truth more or less, he also was hiding something--- big. But if Genichirou noticed, he made no comment about it as he turned over to Rainer with a jolly face and his mouth still partially stuffed with food:
"So what about you? Where are you from and what brings you to Japan?"
( also, need two impression checks [aka charisma checks] from you for earlier )Statistics: Posted by Zanaikin — Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:57 pm
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