Senkou took in the vast fires that were erupting across Baulder and caught glimpses of hooded masked figures much like himself running around setting buildings alight. He didn’t bring enough munitions to fight off this particular horde as they looked far more organized than the gangsters that he and Keiji just dealt with, so then focus was to get as many citizens out of Baulder and back to Gekkousato as he wasn’t sure where these masked people came from. They must have had a hidden camp nearby to gather and plan the action for this night. The other odd thing that he noticed that there weren’t any birds flying with communications to the other villages requesting aid.
Senkou’s attention focused on the Aviary, the tower at the center of the village where all the communications would be sent out by homing birds to their respective locations in other villages, as a bird was about to take flight it was immediately hit by an arrow. So the group had a sniper or two stationed to watch for any birds. Priority one was to take out the sniper or snipers, priority two was to ensure at least the major villages were contacted, priority three was then to start creating a path through the fires and the unknown armed individuals.
As the contrast between the fires and the rapidly falling night increased, Senkou was eventually able to find one of the snipers that was covering the Aviary. The man was using the roof of a nearby house, specifically he was behind the chimney that provided cover from a direct line of sight from the tower, but from a side view like Senkou, he stood out in the background of fire and smoke. He would wait for Keiji to appear and relay the current predicament and the information he had gathered so far.
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Senkou’s attention focused on the Aviary, the tower at the center of the village where all the communications would be sent out by homing birds to their respective locations in other villages, as a bird was about to take flight it was immediately hit by an arrow. So the group had a sniper or two stationed to watch for any birds. Priority one was to take out the sniper or snipers, priority two was to ensure at least the major villages were contacted, priority three was then to start creating a path through the fires and the unknown armed individuals.
As the contrast between the fires and the rapidly falling night increased, Senkou was eventually able to find one of the snipers that was covering the Aviary. The man was using the roof of a nearby house, specifically he was behind the chimney that provided cover from a direct line of sight from the tower, but from a side view like Senkou, he stood out in the background of fire and smoke. He would wait for Keiji to appear and relay the current predicament and the information he had gathered so far.
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