Conflict with the Yakuza

A record from Surpanakha,a Rakshasa bound to Sorashi of Amber.

25^th Hebi 3658 – evening

We need to find the ship of this Captain who is supposed to help us – Hector is arranging for a sort of mechanical demon called a drone to try and find it, which will arrive in an hour from now.

Tetsuro (the manager of this inn) is called away due a disturbance downstairs – DeLambre and Darig go with him, the rest of us are not invited. After some time, the room starts shrieking – Torc asks the fone what is happening, but all we can hear is the sound of combat.

Obviously, Alitta and I decide to go down – Torc asks us to carry him but changes his mind. His loss. There is a door to the outside in our room, with a fence round it, which we use as the easiest way down – I can only hope it isn't all over when we get there.

It is – boring. We fly back up.

We go up to the roof where Hector imbues the drone demon with life and it flies off to fulfil its task. Usefully, we can see through its eyes in an enchanted painting – the ship we seek is where it is expected to be, but it is guarded.

26^th Hebi 3658

Plans are discussed regarding getting the ship away from those who stole it – Alitta has a spell which might obscure our approach, so I fly off to get some water from the harbour.

The plan is, we fly in (those who can't will be carried by those who can) – once there, DeLambre will cast a Terror spell and then we fight them.

I fly in with Darig (well, more of a glide from the inn but it works) and drop him on one side of the ship's roof while I land on the other side. I try and cast illusion on myself to appear an inconsequential sea bird but it really doesn't seem to be working very well – too close to Amber, perhaps?

Anyway, Darig tells me to stop anyone coming out who isn't him or DeLambre, and then moves out of sight into the ship.

There is a lot of noise and screaming and the banging of guns and then I see two targets coming up one side and one on the other. There is a canopy along the route of the single target and I don't think any of them have seen me – I fly to the middle of this canopy and, when he sticks his head out to see what's happening up here, I grab him and throw him some distance onto the wharf. Although it would have been nice to tear him to bits, I just don't have time.

War – can't all be blood and disembowellings.

Which leaves the two on the first side – I shoot one with the gun I brought with me, but the other runs off back the way he came.

Wonder how Darig is getting on.