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Draconis · 06-05-2007, 07:37 AM

Looking back at the guard's body lying on the ground, Onigami felt a twinge of compassion for the fallen. Walking over to the limp and quivering body, he picked up a few trap-jaw ants in his hand and whispered into the fallen guard's ear, "This is going to hurt. Try not to swallow your tongue." Flattening his hand at the top of the curled muscle, Onigami slid his hand down the calf, straightening the muscle until the two severed ends of the tendon met. Grabbing them between his thumb and forefinger, he placed the ants' mandibles on the tendon until it bit down, securing the tendon, then removed the head from the rest of the body. After securing both tendons in place, Onigami retrieved a collection of herbs from his pouch, chewed them and placed the paste on the wound, then placing some more of the herbs in the guard's mouth, whispered, "You will sleep for three days and feel no pain. But when you awake, your legs will be healed enough to walk for a while. You must still go to a hospital but this will at least give you a fighting chance." "Couldn't you have given me this before you fixed my legs." "Of course, but you needed to learn a lesson in not being so hasty to threaten another's life."

Walking back over to the rest, he could see that they were perplexed by this sudden change in demeanor. Not so much in their eyes or that any of them said anything about it, but more the near horizontal slant their heads had come to rest at. Preempting any troublesome questions, Onigami simply quoted MacBeth, "I dare do all that becomes a man; who dares do more is none." This had very little effect on the angle of their heads but hopefully at least put their minds at ease concerning his suspected bloodlust.

"Öl!", he exclaimed upon sight of the amber ambrosia, "och flickor...." at sight of the girls. Both were enticing prospects, but the order had to be right. Sauntering over to the table, he took three beers in each hand and approached the girls. "Something to quench your thirst, ladies?", but his approach was met only with hateful glares, "So, the lot of you are teetotalers, huh? Well, that settles that." Onigami used his teeth to open the bottles in his right hand and proceeded to drink all three at once as he walked back to the group. "What happened?" Kin said inquisitively. Onigami simply sat down in the dirt cross-legged, finished the three in his right hand and opened one from his left hand. "A woman who does not drink is a woman not worth having. I want nothing to do with their evil sort."

06-05-2007, 07:37 AM	#41 (permalink)
Draconis Insane Location: Normandy, June of '44	Looking back at the guard's body lying on the ground, Onigami felt a twinge of compassion for the fallen. Walking over to the limp and quivering body, he picked up a few trap-jaw ants in his hand and whispered into the fallen guard's ear, "This is going to hurt. Try not to swallow your tongue." Flattening his hand at the top of the curled muscle, Onigami slid his hand down the calf, straightening the muscle until the two severed ends of the tendon met. Grabbing them between his thumb and forefinger, he placed the ants' mandibles on the tendon until it bit down, securing the tendon, then removed the head from the rest of the body. After securing both tendons in place, Onigami retrieved a collection of herbs from his pouch, chewed them and placed the paste on the wound, then placing some more of the herbs in the guard's mouth, whispered, "You will sleep for three days and feel no pain. But when you awake, your legs will be healed enough to walk for a while. You must still go to a hospital but this will at least give you a fighting chance." "Couldn't you have given me this before you fixed my legs." "Of course, but you needed to learn a lesson in not being so hasty to threaten another's life." Walking back over to the rest, he could see that they were perplexed by this sudden change in demeanor. Not so much in their eyes or that any of them said anything about it, but more the near horizontal slant their heads had come to rest at. Preempting any troublesome questions, Onigami simply quoted MacBeth, "I dare do all that becomes a man; who dares do more is none." This had very little effect on the angle of their heads but hopefully at least put their minds at ease concerning his suspected bloodlust. "Öl!", he exclaimed upon sight of the amber ambrosia, "och flickor...." at sight of the girls. Both were enticing prospects, but the order had to be right. Sauntering over to the table, he took three beers in each hand and approached the girls. "Something to quench your thirst, ladies?", but his approach was met only with hateful glares, "So, the lot of you are teetotalers, huh? Well, that settles that." Onigami used his teeth to open the bottles in his right hand and proceeded to drink all three at once as he walked back to the group. "What happened?" Kin said inquisitively. Onigami simply sat down in the dirt cross-legged, finished the three in his right hand and opened one from his left hand. "A woman who does not drink is a woman not worth having. I want nothing to do with their evil sort." __________________ STEVE MCKENNA! Last edited by Draconis; 06-05-2007 at 07:42 AM..