The great Bar fight of Luo Yang

[Huang Kuai]

- The Bar Fight -
As Kuai stood at the edge of the forest surveying the city of luo yang part of him marveled that humankind could build something like this. Something so glorious yet so rotten, it was the best of us all rolled up with the worst of us all given form. Still, there had to be work available

"Shi Yan, i need you to stay here and watch the area. Keep an eye out but keep unseen, stick to the woods as need be"

Getting through the first gate had been easier than expected. His small group of 10 simply trickling through the gate with the traffic, the hard part would be getting work in to the city itself. After all, only one person granted work in this city and from what he had heard, they weren't exactly the nicest person to cross

"I'm going to scout the town, perhaps set up some contacts. See if i can't get us an audience with the big man himself. Meanwhile, i want you guys to remain out of sight and keep fatalities to 0. Got it?"

The silence from his men knew they understood. Kuai proceeded to hand his weapon to his 2nd in command and dropped from the tree he had been using to survey the city. Landing lightly and setting off at a brisk walk, he set out for Luo Yang

It took some time to reach the city and night fall was coming, a bad time to get caught in your potential enemies city. However a good time to find information, and the best place would be the night life such as the local inns and whore houses.

It did not take long before Kuai found one, a small inn off the beaten track. A sign above the entrance identified this as the "Shadow Dragoon Arms". However if this was true Kuai could not be quite sure as time had eroded some of the letters away. He opened the door and entered the main bar area and ordered himself a drink

"Give me a cold beer and quick barkeep. It's been a long day of hard work"

The Bar Keeper simply glanced to him with a slight nod and served his drink, then another and another. Slowly but surly Kuai was drunk as a Southern Man in the June month. Then the inevitable happened, as he turned to stumble to the corner to sit down, Kuai knocked in to one of the patrons. Kuai looked up and could see that apologizing wouldn't help and knew that he would have to strike first or not strike at all.

With this Kuai unleashed a hammer blow straight in to the guys throat, enough force to cripple his opponent but not enough to do any permanent damage. Kuai readied his next blow when he felt a thud on the back of his head and found splinters of a chair on the floor. Looks like it had just turned interesting.

Dodging another swing at his direction from a man wielding a bottle, Kuai stepped forward and hammered a good blow at the assailants gut. Enough force to knock him back a few feet to the ground and effectively knock him from the fight.

Kuai took this slight pause to notice that the entire bar had broken in to a fight, and he knew it wouldn't be long before the guards arrived. He would have to act fast to get out of this one

(Isn't my best but haven't done this for a while so I'm trying to get back in to the swing of things)

[Huang Kuai]

(Time for it to get bloody, anyone want to play Holmes)

Then from one of the corners of the room a scream is heard, the fight suddenly stops and everyone looks over. Slowly a picture of a girl begins to form, one of the Ladies of the Night who frequent the establishment. It seems in the confusion her and her customer decided to have a little bit of Riot Control of there own. All went well, the patrons largely ignoring the couple in the corner trying to keep there heads down.

In her hands (and on her chest) she cradles a man, stabbed in the back just at the moment of climax. His blood dripping slowly from his clothes and on to her now naked body and then slowly to the floor. A moment of silence seeps in, a moment where each man looks to the next. Trying to think if he had done it or perhaps it was another, then hell breaks loose. People start shouting and balling heading for any exit they can. Doors, Windows and Walls all fall prey to the mass hysteria. All trying to flee before the guards arrive as they know each man has an equal chance of living or dying and it could all depend on the testimony of someone else, perhaps a brother but perhaps something worse.

Huang Kuai was no different, though he kept a cooler head and headed upstairs rather than to the nearest door, he was still slightly panicking. This wasn't what he had in mind for scouting and whats worse, the rest in there may be thugs and thief's but he was a trained warrior who could kill a man like this with no second thought.

Image's flashed in his mind, he remembers swinging a punch and knocking a man to the ground. He remembers a chair being swung by him or someone else he isn't sure but he remembers it but what he doesn't remember is picking up a knife but in a drunk state (as past experience had proven to him) people don't tend to remember much at all.

Slowly he staggered up the stairs, barging through the mob downstairs. He reached the first floor and ducked in to the first room he saw and to his surprise came face to face with a closet, laughing at his own stupidity he tried the next door and found an empty bedroom. HE slunk in to the room and looked out the window, the streets beginning to empty now and the lamps of the city guard visible along the road heading to the disturbance.

Then the door opened and in staggered the barkeep. The two men looked eyes and then the barkeep rushed forward and Kuai made ready for the attack, however at the last moment the Bar Keep tripped on a rug, throwing Kuai's defense off just enough for the Bar Keep to push him backward and threw the window.

Kuai doesn't remember much apart from a crack when he hit the floor and a pain sensation followed by Darkness, it seems fate had something in store for Kuai tonight but what, who knows?

[Huang Kuai]

Kuai awoke to find a familiar face looking at him, it was his second in command
"Sir, we saw the commotion. We got you out just in time, hows the head?"
"Not Bad, i will recover"
"Indeed, however we have received word of a void in leadership. A void which we feel you can fill and bring the Skulls and Catan to a wider audience. It's time to stake our claim in history sir"
Kuai knew his officer had long thought about this as he his men. They enjoyed there work but always felt that the Skulls and Catan should be more. Still if his men believed in him, then here was his chance. He would take the throne and rule
"Assemble the men, i want 10 of our finest ready and suited up for the infiltration. The rest are to scatter and lie in wait. Keep out of sight and shadow me, If i don my mask, make your move and strike. We shall try to avoid bloodshed but it may become needed"
His officer went to carry out the command, meanwhile Kuai headed for the city where he would make his mark on history

(I need a get out clause, i know it's terrible but....)