WE GOT HIM BACK - RPLOG
From Rusted Promises
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Date
20/11/475
Log
IT's night, A spot pretty far away from the to the west of the Sweetwater is a camp, not a friendly one either. The cliffside forces stand on guard as they observe the beaches around them. The low brush providing very little cover to those that might come to towards the camp. The light infintry unit stand ready as a Bag hold something drips something onto the sand, it hangs from the pike. There is also a massive rack with a Mazurek on it. A wolf general seems to be pulling a sword of some kind from the man and then moves to the side. Something is spoken between the pair.
Jera has the rescue group's scent covered by making a breeze and making sure the party remains downwind at all time to avoid any possible suspicion, now that stealth is the priority here, he's not willing to take any risks. He doesn't say anything just yet though, waiting for further instructions for someone better at the leadership thing.
Rainer lays low to the ground, a safe distance from the camp under the cover of night, further camoflauged by the dark winter cloak he wears over his army-issue armour. He watches the figures moving in the camplight with a frown, unable to make out many particulars at such a distance. He looks to the rest of the assembled rescue party briefly, giving Jera a nod before he turns his attention forward again.
Wulf peeks out of cover just barely to view the camp, noting nice things that should go BOOM and weakpoints in the line. She checks a few packs on her belt and then looks back out into the area, this should be fun.
Ryusho really wonders if he should say at some time that he feels he is slowly geting tired of somehow ending up at least one of the potential two leaders, or secondary leader, and on rare occasions primary leader, at least thats the role he feels like he is..as he tries to use his draconic sight to get a good idea of the layout, though he grumbles almost silently to himself, because he hates having to change to his smaller tegu form to move around occasionally without being noticed, then back into his dragon form when safely hidden where he can change to get a better view as he mrphs softly, using the current situation of 'time' to his advantage, they don't know they are here, so he can think and plan......
Mazurek is in his iguana form, which is the form without the wings, at the present time. The black lizard has something green around his neck and is the only thing worn right this moment. The rack he is attached to has him spread-eagle and slightly raised...not to mention held quite taut. There is also a gag for those who are able to see it, and this one's scent carries easily on the breeze. Yep, it's definitely their quarry.
Ictus hmms as he eyes the camp and shakes his head as he looks around for patrols
The commander moves around slowly as he inspects the fifteen men with him. It's a scout force clearly. But soon there is a quick motion and several of the men depart on a quick round hte camp. How ever they do not make a very wide circle just making a quick sweep before getting back with in the fire light.
"Hmm...any ideas?" Jera whispers, the voice prevented from going too far by the wind. "Don't think we can win a fight."
Angus pokes his head up from his hiding spot,and adjusts his new beetle shell helmet,and scans the camp. "Could steal a few uniforms and walk right in."
Wulf pats the pouches on her hips watching as the patrol moves on by. "I've got nice packs of gunpowder here, should make a rather nice distraction or weapon."
Ryusho slowly rubs his chin and then shakes his head as he glances over to agnus, "Wouldn't work, They are a small group....Would recognise anyone not from their unit.." he says quietly, "..They do move out of the camp fire light though, though it does potentially have two major ambush points, three actually, one right as they are shortly leaving the fire, with their eyes adjusting to the darkness away from the fire, in the darkness though there eyes would be adjusted, and then as they near the camp again their eyes having to re-adjust for the light..." he then shakes his head at Wulf, "That would be dangerous for a weapon, mainly because mazurek is in No situation where he could move and try to get away from potentially mis thrown explosives, especially if they set off others within a certian range of him...." he says as he rubs his chin a bit more....
"Still can't fight off fifteen even with a distraction, and we'll have a person to protect." He motions to Ryusho who seems to have latched on the same concerns. "The force looks small, can we thin their numbers first?"
Wulf shakes her head, "No need to throw them if we put them in the patrols path you know...""
Angus smiles and looks over at Rainer. "Well we could let Rainer do what he usually does and run around screaming. That would be a good distraction." He snickers as he adjusts his cloak ,trying to blend into his surroundings a little bit more,and goes back to watching the patrols.
Mazurek squirms a little on the device he is shackled to, and sensitive noses would be able to detect that he is injured...for the moment anyway.
Rainer's cloak sways in the night breeze as Angus happens to be looking at it and ... goes flat. Wait, where did he go? Oh shi--
Ictus tilts his head and nods to Ryu, "That's true... And he is likely injured." he looks to Jera and hmms, "That would be a good course of action... But how should we go about it..." he looks around for possible distractions
Ryusho slowly observes as he thinks a moment, "They seem to be making the same, aproxamate patrol path each time..." he say ssoftly, "If those could be set, in the path, while they were between patrolls, and rigged up in a way so they could be set off when basically they are in the middle of them....That would drasticall ythin their numbers as it looks like it is the majority of the force that does that, not to mention the xplosive force would disorient, and injure those, so they would be stunned for quite some time, making combat quite easy actually..." He says glancing around "..Where the heck did Rainer go....?" when he realises the ...odd wolf had ..moved or ran off?
Angus is taken by suprise when he notices Rainer is gone. "Um guys....we might have a problem." He doesn't even bother to explain as he readies his musket and gets into a better position.
A few extra patrol groups go out and they disappear into the dark, leaving abou seven, including the commander, at the base. Where those units when, who knows. But The six in base seems to be relaxed, some chatting about blue naked feline demon chick things while others sharpen their weapons.
"HEY! CLIFFSIDE!" The call comes from a good distance away, such a distance, in fact, that if every single eye in that camp were to turn towards it, they'd all have their flanks turned to the group in hiding. A torch is lit, illuminating the figure of a bald wolf waving a white scrap of cloth. Rainer is still wearing his Sweetwater Army armour, his weapons are sheathed. "Don't shoot, hey? I've come to defect!"
Wulf curses under her breath as she turns around to see an empty cloak "Daggumit..." readying her musket she point it at the camp, starting to move foreward her musket level with the closest soldier, breathing quietly and stepping softly onto the ground as she inches foreward ever so slowly. "Well there's the distraction let's get to it..."
Only the commander looks up and sighs. He lifts a heavy shield and long sword while he stands ready. The other fight men in base also stand up and look at the yelling dumbass.
Angus nods and heads off to follow Wulf ,with his musket lowered but at the ready, as the make their way towards the camp.
The captive's head is still free to move, and the sudden shout that was not from one the scouts has him turning his head in that direction as well. His mouth works over the gag but all he can manage to do is mumble and grunt.
Ryusho shifts a bit, "..well if this works,...Hey, at least it gives us an excuse to punch him in the face, for not -telling us- avout this idea...." he mumbles as he shifts, beginning to shift, and start motioning for positions for everyone, grumbling, "Get into positions, lets be ready....Wulf, If yuu get a chance, get one of those explosives into the group before they are aware of us, and hopefully it, if it is a decent ways away from maz...so that way they will be hurt, and disoriented though..sadly not as mcuh as my plan would of had...
"Cover me." Jera mumbles as he's starting to pull his bowstring taut, his usual shortbow replaced by one of legendary proportions, likely meant for combat from an extreme distance. "It would not have worked if he had told us. Look at all our looks of surprise and confusion now." The fox admits, three arrows already nocked in quick succession, ready for a rapid barrage if needed.
Ictus blinks as the others say Rainer is missing and sighs at the distraction, he shakes his head and nods to Ryu as he follows the others to their positions. He draws his daggers as he moves
Rainer takes nice, slow steps towards the camp, keeping both the torch and the white cloth waved. "See, no weapons! Nice and easy! I don't owe nothin' to Firmament, okay?" the wolf is looking straight at the camp, gaze unwavering, "You want me to disarm? Just say the word!"
Wulf slips her musket over her shoulder quickly and pulls one of the fused pouches off of her belt, taking a knee and removing a flint and steel from her pack and looking over at Ryosho. "Only one shot, you ready for it?"
Ryusho would slowly motion, checking for everyone to of reached their positions, as he shifts, "strike it, and get it thrown when one is speaking, to muffle the strike if possible...hopefully it will work." h esays "if you can..." he then adds as he glances, and nods when everyone is in position, "Do it."
The commander considers the situataion and them he mutters something and Then slams his foot the to the ground creating a waist high Barrier wall of stone. "The five soldier take cover behind it in the inner camp as the commander then grips his shield. "Armor off.. Weapons off." he growls out the order form the distance.
Angus takes up position near Wulf and aims his musket at the camp. As she works with the explosives he watchs the camp. "Hey for once Rainer is actually being useful."
Mazurek tries to shout at the wolf but he just can't make any meaningful noise. Then again he does pull on his restraints, which..only makes him rattle fairly loudly.
"What the hell is taking you guys so long." Rainer mutters through clenched teeth, well below earshot of anyone but himself, really. "You're the boss!" he shouts back, and then he begins to disrobe, but of course he's taking his sweet lollygagging time with that, too, constantly looking up to the camp just to be sure no one's trigger is getting itchy there. Left sword removed and set down... right sword removed and set down... belt unbuckled... belt being drawn away... belt off... belt being set down...
Wulf sets the pack on a knee and waits for someone to speak, specifically she waits till a loud noise, which is quite conviently provided by Maz. The suddenly lit fuse flies through the air towards the group of Cliffside Soldiers.
Angus drops to the ground as he hears Wulf throw the explosive pack and aims at the nearest solider waiting for the best moment to strike.
Wulf puts her flint and steel back quickly and readies her musket, aiming at a soldier.
The commander stares at him. "I don't like being delayed. You had best hurry up." The man yells at Rainer. But his focus is mains there while the rest look around. "I'm ..." he trails off looking at the flying bomb. "GET DOWN!" He orders his men as he raises the shield as the blast rocks the camp destorying the barrier easily and seending soem of the men flying from their cover.
Rainer gets down, too! For different reasons. He comes back up with both swords drawn, the scabbards left behind where he'd dropped them, charging headlong into the thick of things. "Here I come, big guy!"
Ryusho Already would of been on his feet, as he had his feet slamming into the ground, moving forward even as the bomb took off, They have to move -quickly- to try to actually take advantage of that sheer instant of disorgisation, because there was not much time to act....
And with that distraction, Jera unloads a volley of three arrows, using the wind to nudge them in the right directions, then stops to reload another volley of arrows, calculating the precise trajectories of the shots he missed and adjusting
Mazurek can't exactly follow the order by the Lupine Commander, what with being restrained and all. The sudden explosion that rocks the camp makes shrapnel and other debris fly, striking him in several places and producing a muffled squeal and more even more noise as he tugs and thrashes in the restraints. Explosives really aren't caring when it comes to splash damage.
Angus had already fired before the explosion had died down. He shoulders his musket and draws his dagger before rushing into the camp to finish off the few remaining guards and help with the rescue.
Wulf sets hersights on the comander, aiming for his head as there isn't likely anyway she'd get the round through his armor. She lets out a slow breath and squeezes the trigger praying to the creators as the divine math along her Musket Barrel flashes and then goes dim as she begins to pack a newe round into the musket, her hands flying around quickly.
Ictus grunts as the bomb is thrown and dashes towards Mazurek, intending to try and free him in the chaos
The commander isn't stupid as he dodges the Charging rainer. "Such a cowards tactic." But he raises his hand. "RETREAT!" Then more than sixty men move, the camp only appeared empty. "have your man back. It's not worth killing others over." The commander is struck by the round fired by Wulf and he growls slow, but he is still capable of fighting.
Ryusho stumbles and scrambbles,"Hoylfuck!"
Ryusho almost scrambletopples as he half freaks out a moment, where did they all come from that was NOT AN EMPTY CAMP "holyfuckwheredidtheyallcomefromthatisNOTANEMPTYCAMP!" ....Good job captain obvious dragon!
Angus growls. "Hey whats wrong don't want to join the party?" He stops in his tracks as the camp comes alive with movement and,on reflex,throws his dagger at the fleeing form of the commander.
"Crap." Jera still isn't attuned to his new soul too well yet and can't quite muster a second volley of arrows just yet, swearing under his breath. He draws the string again and fires a single shot at the commander this time, aimed to kill.
Wulf hopes Ictus frees Maz quick because now would be an EXCELENT time for explosives. Her Musket is fired once again at a fleeing soldier before it is quickly being reloaded with practiced precision.
Rainer flashes a toothy, triumphant smirk, even as he stands there utterly surrounded, standing poised and ready to strike if any of those Cliffsiders opt not to follow the retreat order. He seems content to let them go, otherwise. He's a little startled when a knife whips past him, and an arrow the next moment. "Woah, wow, HEY!" He hits the dirt, springing back up once things have stopped flying over him, springing right back up and barking towards the darkness where his allies are, "GEEZE WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!"
Jera's arrow sinks into the commander's thigh, not a fatal wound.
Angus flinches as he sees his badly aimed knife sink into Mazureks thigh. "Crap sorry Maz!" he mumbles something about that stupid fire blinding him before making his way over to Maz pulling out his medicine pouch.
Mazurek can't exactly get freed without some sort of time taken to pick the locks of the shackles. The chaos around him has him quite uncertain just what is happening and he cringes as Ictus rushes in, thinking the fox trying to kill him. He then cries out as a dagger sinks into one of his thighs, just barely missing a much more tender spot.
Ryusho would be trying to help with any who tried to hold or without thinking keep fighting to help guard the retreat as he mrphs baffled a bit, ...well at least they kinda..scared them off? He was not expecting a camp to be -that full- when it looked -that empty- as it had caught him off guard badly, How do you make a camp wit hthat many people look that empty O_O;;
Wulf's musket barrel flares with it's Divine Math again, the blue lights flickering and helping to propel the musket round towards the Commander with a whiz through the air, striking the Commander on the side of the head and forcibly turning it as it knocks him out with a sickening crack of bone, if this was by design or luck however it may never be known.
