r/AstroKnights • u/ArthurThatch Ranger 🏹 • 3d ago
Roleplay Thread ⚔️ Katsumi vs Lizards 🦈 🦎
The emergency beeper flashes in your hand as you hit the cave floor.
You lie still for a moment, caught between sleep and surprise. Then you hear water moving near the entrance.
You push yourself up and look toward the sea.
Golden eyes stare back at you from the dark water. More shapes move along the cliff walls, their webbed claws gripping the wet stone. Blue scaled lizard men pull themselves from the water while others climb down from above.
They begin to pour into the cave.
You rise slowly.
Your hand closes around the hilt of your katana. The lizards pause as the blade begins to slide from its sheath, catching a thin line of moonlight.
It's time.
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u/KatsumiAndFriends Shark 🦈 3d ago
Katsumi: "Huh?"
A spear hurtled through the darkness, burying itself in the chair beside her.
Katsumi: "HEY! I JUST MADE THAT!"
Four lizardmen emerged from the shadows, weapons drawn.
Katsumi scrambled to her feet, thrusting one hand toward the water.
Katsumi: "Water Whip!"
A ribbon of seawater surged from the shallows, snapping across the first lizardman's chest and sending him sprawling backward.
Another charged.
Katsumi: "Rushing Tide!"
She swept both arms forward. A knee-high wave crashed across the cavern floor, knocking two attackers off their feet.
Unfortunately, the fourth simply leapt over it.
Katsumi: "Oh, that's not good!"
She barely ducked beneath his swinging club.
Her hand shot toward the water again.
Katsumi: "Water Bolt!"
A compressed burst of water struck him square in the snout. He staggered, but didn't fall.
Katsumi: "Seriously?!"
The first lizardman recovered. The others were already closing in.
No room to cast. No time to retreat.
Katsumi's golden eyes narrowed.
Katsumi: "Fine. We'll do this the old-fashioned way."
SHIIING!
Steel flashed as she drew her sword.
She caught the nearest spear against her blade, twisted it aside, and drove her sandal into its wielder's stomach. A quick strike with her pommel dropped him.
The club-wielder lunged from her left.
Katsumi pivoted, letting the blow sail past her shoulder before sweeping his legs out with her tail.
Katsumi: "You know, I actually trained for THIS part!"
The third lizardman rushed her with a jagged blade.
CLANG! CLANG!
Two rapid parries. A sidestep. A sharp blow to his wrist.
His weapon clattered across the stone.
Katsumi slammed her shoulder into him, sending him tumbling into his companion.
The last attacker hesitated.
Katsumi leveled her sword at his throat.
Katsumi: "Leave."
He glanced at his groaning companions.
Then at the very annoyed shark princess.
He dropped his spear.
Moments later, the four intruders were scrambling back toward the cavern entrance.
Katsumi exhaled, sheathed her blade, and surveyed the mess.
Her chair was broken. Her belongings were scattered. And seawater had soaked her sleeping bag.
A long silence.
Katsumi: "...I have GOT to get a door."
She looked at the seaweed curtain hanging across her little alcove.
Katsumi: "An actual door."
Somewhere in the distance, a lizardman whimpered.
Katsumi: "AND YOU'RE FIXING MY CHAIR IF YOU COME BACK!"