The woman wakes with a pistol to her head from over the edge of the crow's nest, Shumi yelling from beneath. She sits up stretching, then casually sweeps the pistol across with her hand from under the grip pulling to, flipping it to the sea. She settles back in to sleep.
Karasu - Looking down to Shumi while the guest lies back down to sleep, "Did you see that !? Like Whoosh ... I didn't even see that !"
Shumi - Drinks angrily from the bottle. "You're not supposed to be happy about that."
Karasu - "Well I am. Whooooosh ..."
Shumi - "Well kill her or kick her or something ! What the hell kind of watch are you ?!"
Karasu - "Oh look Shumi, there's a woman sleeping there. Wonder how she got on board ? And she didn't kill me so why the hell should I kill her !?"
The bottle smashes against side of the the nest, the woman sits up abruptly.
Karasu and Guest - "! Hey !"
The fabric blade strikes the ground at Shumi's feet, the sky darkens with moving storm and distant thunder. A flash of lighting across the clouds and the guest is crouched in front of her.
Shumi - Looks around, counting ... "one ... two ... three ..."
The sound of thunder as the guest rises, staring ready.
Shumi - "Hi ! That was three miles away." She takes a drink raising her brow to the stranger. "So whatever the fuck you are you've got at least a three mile range. That's useful. Do you eat food ?"
Stomach sounds ...
Stranger - Looking a moment, "I do eat food ..."
Shumi - "I eat food too." She takes her hand and pulls, "Let's go eat food."
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Musashi eats a rabbit at the fire ...
Akari and Mariko stares in horror while he truly seems to enjoy the meal.
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On a plate before the magistrate's guest dervish, a tart goes grey with age. His churning grind sounds almost appreciative as he stares in his rage, the attendants spinning away to dust. His face takes a slight more form.
Eyes focusing to the sound of heavy page turning.
The sound of sea splash and a deck alarm bell clangs ...
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They watch the armada line against their departure.
Shumi - Standing alone next to the stranger, deck quiet behind, "So ... did you know that I find super powered females to be sexy as hell ?"
Stranger - Smiling, watching the enemy make a slow formation, a bit of confusion between the placement of two ships, "I did know that."
Shumi - Looks sideways, drinking, "... stalker ..."
Stranger - "It's true what he said. You're very noisy."
Shumi - "Crowded bar, yah ?"
Stranger - "After you left ... less so."
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The bar burns ...
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Shumi - "You talk so dirty to me ... but it was so loud because all the ninjas were in the water." She hands her the scope, "Ever seen one of these ... ?
Stranger - Takes it, extending, then looking annoyed at Shumi before using it to scan the boats, "Plenty."
Ninjas crawl up the enemy gunwales on every boat, men fall across one deck, darts are loaded and shot to the next, they climb back down while others enter cabins ...
Stranger - "How many are there ... ?"
Shumi - Annoyed, "They don't let me count them." Drinks.
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Hundreds of ninjas cartwheel and flip among each other giggling in a large cargo bay while Shumi storms away with her bottle.
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Shumi - Throwing down the bottle to smash, "Shall we dance ?"
('The Undertaker' by Prince)
(five minute cut, ending intact)
As the ships begin to burn and alarms sound in the distance, they dance ...
Deck after deck silently cleared as each soldier looks for what he can't find before falling, the cleared ships lit afire behind, powder igniting, they dance.
Rear guard ships work their way forward, a cloud of smoke crosses their path breathed by a turtle ship.
(These are Korean warships, usually paddled, with an enclosed top deck, armored and spiked (like a turtle ... with spikes) and a dragon's head at the bow which breathes smoke. One of history's most awesome things (of war).
The ship deploys quiet rockets rockets across the sails, catching them afire. The ships before them soldiers fall one after the next silently.
Their dance and spin with fire lit smoke ...
Stranger - An explosion in the distance, "I admit I believed you're so calm because you just assumed I'd kill them all for you."
Shumi - "I put the ninjas in the water so we could dance instead."
Stranger - Leaning in to kiss, "I would have ..."
Shumi - "... stalker ..." The kiss, smoke lit explosions as the turtle ship meets with a large cargo ship, finishing the last to screams and heavy cannon.
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Musashi kicks over the fire with dirt, the sound of bushes rustling.
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The dervish grins as the plate cracks beneath the black tart, teeth beginning to form in a rumbling exhale.
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As the burning ships fade ~
Shumi - Kiss breaking, "You kiss like a goddess ..."
Stranger - "You kiss like a pirate."
! The End !