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Post by Sosuke Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 1:03:45 GMT -5
The sun reaches down upon the landscape. The temperature is high, the heat blistering. A figure walks between rows of wheat with a sickle in hand, gripping bunches at once and slicing it free, tossing it into a basket. He grunts as he continues, arrogantly doing his workload to earn his pay fairly. Sosuke had just recently got this job, and he didn't intend on losing it. It was really his only source of income right now. His katana and tanto were left inside a barn, hidden from view should he need them. The wheat cut like butter against the sharp farm tool, making his job that much easier; he was thankful for that.
The sun getting to him, he took his pipe from his vest and stuck it into his mouth. He packed some tobacco into it and then took out a small match and some rough paper. He struck the match against the paper, yet it didn't light. Clearly annoyed, he started striking the match against the paper quickly and furiously. ''Light, dammit...light!'' Finally, giving in to his will, the match ignited with a small flame. He brought the flame to his pipe and lit the tobacco, taking some heavy puffs from it to keep the flame going. He blew some smoke through his nostrils and sighed, letting a little more smoke out. Clearly parched, his lips were dry and cracked. He shouted over to his brother, who was also working the field.
''Shinu! You got any drinks, yaiba!?'' He panted underneath the pressure of the heat, hoping to whatever god there was that there was something to quench his thirst. He might have to ransack his boss, and while he was at it, the boss's daughter wasn't so bad either...hell, she was legal at least. He mainly just wanted a drink before he got angered.
((Yaiba=Partner))
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Post by Shinu Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 1:13:53 GMT -5
Furiously and unskilled Shinu hacked and slashed at anything that looked like a plant. Unsure of what he was doing he decided to pretend and let his brother pick up what he missed. Shinu bent over then stood up and looked at the sky, his hand masking his face from the sun which was beating shinu with it's rays making shinu obediant to it. Finally with a boost of morale from his handy bottle of sake he was back and working. Shinu somewhat wondered if missed being sober, and the more he thought about it the more he remember why he never was sober, people are such ignorant sons of a b-..
Shinu's train of thought was interupted by a shout from his brother who was asking for a drink, he thought he heard. "Hey Shinu do you have a drink." Well being the smart ass he was he lifted up his head and stood on his tip toes carefullly look over the top of the crops taking mind not to poke his eyes out he yelled out...
"Here's my question to you.. When the hell don't I have something to drink Sosuke?"
With that Shinu tossed his bottle up in the air and waited...
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Post by Sosuke Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 1:21:02 GMT -5
Sosuke, knowing he couldn't reach the bottle in time, picked up his basket of wheat. Dumping it out, he whirled it around his wrist before throwing it at the bottle. Catching it in the deepness of the basket, he dove over whatever crops he could and scootched his body from a prone position to catch the basket of precious sake. His mouth was already watering at the thought of the sweet alcohol. He picked up the basket and slowly trotted around the crops to his original spot. He set the bottle of sake down and re-filled his basket with the dumped out wheat. He shook the sake and then uncorked it after aiming it at a horse's hind quarters.
The cork flew off and struck the horse right on the butt. It snorted and as another farmhand walked past, the horse kicked him in the back and sent him onto his belly, his face into the bowl of water he was about to set down. Sosuke almost busted out laughing right there, but then took a drink of sake quickly, letting the sweet alcohol revive his body and soul. Alcohol was always one of his saving graces. He set the bottle down and went back to cutting wheat with renewed vigor. This kind of horseplay was the normal at work; you put Shinu and Sosuke together and it was nearly impossible to have a serious situation. Everything became a joke, even work.
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Post by Shinu Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 1:29:19 GMT -5
When was a suitable time to drink? When wasn't a suitable time to drink Shinu again began thinking. A dangerous pastime he knew. But, he couldn't resist getting lost in thought as he worked, otherwise everything was dry and dull. So as his hands moved outside his mind worked inside. Shinu began conducting a song and thought it a good idea to maybe start singing it as he worked to try to maybe serenade Sosuke. The song was going great and then he noticed the flying cork hit a horse and a farm boy get knocked on his ass.
"Hahahaha...Nice one sosuke."
Shinu began finishing the song. It was catchy to him but he was hoping it would be catchy to all the others, When his conciousness returned he found himself hunched over with his hands in front of his eyes toying with a small seed that seemed to almost dissapear from site sometimes because of the size. Shinu then began to carefully part the soil from the earth and with a small like crator he sewed the seed in the whole and began with the next, after each one he schooched his feet backwards in a moonwalk fashion.
"hmmmmm mmmm oooo yeaah"
Shinu began humming the tune waiting for his brother to maybe pick it up or to critisize.
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Post by Sosuke Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 1:42:51 GMT -5
As Sosuke began to get a little annoyed with the song, he took another swig of sake, which actually made him feel more laidback and loose. He started to actually mimic Shinu's dancing. As he danced there looking like a complete idiot with his brother, he started actually singing what he figured the words were to the song. As he danced he would spin and slice wheat in a quick motion, one bunch after the other. He'd been in this line of work for quite a long time, he knew exactly what he was doing. Eventually he saw some figures sneaking behind the barn, looking very suspicious. He narrowed his eyes curiously, until he heard a scream; it was the farmer's daughter.
He looked to Shinu. ''Looks like we're having some fun, yaiba. Get your gear.'' He dropped his sickle in the middle of the current ungathered wheat pile and picked up his sake, making sure to bring that with him. He took a large gulp of the sweet, refreshing alcohol. Taking it from his mouth and letting out a large belch, he entered the barn where his equipment lie. He saw a bandit eyeing his gear, and he grabbed him by the back of the collar. He jerked him backward and hit him in the stomach, then the throat, then hit him with a punch square in the nose that sent him rolling out of the barn. He got up and ran off. Sosuke picked up his katana and tanto, fixing them to his clothing with a piece of rope.
He then started walking from the barn to the house. He kicked in the front door, knocking over a bandit on the other side. He then shouted arrogantly. ''We havin' a fuckin' party or what!?''
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Post by Shinu Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 1:55:14 GMT -5
Shinu's wit got the better of him this time. He was ready for whatever awaited him, cautiously he picked himself up and creeped through the crops, sneaking around the side of the house he could hear his brother had already made his grand entrance. He felt that maybe there was 2 or 3 at the back. Or at least if he was running a bandit pack he would send about 2 or 3 back there. So he took one last swig of his sake before charging out.
The attack had begun, as his instincts told him there was indeed 2 bandits back there. His plan was simple run at them full force and clothesline them. So Shinu charged with his hands swinging wildly to distract his opponents, as planned the men stopped in their track to try to counter the move. Shinu was to fast. With one swift movement shinu let his legs come out from underneath him, allowing himself with one swift movement to slide underneath the men. In doing so it took the bandits by suprise and shinu was able to quickyl recover and send two well aimed punches to the back of the neck on each man. Instantly shutting down the nervous system.
When the men fell. He took another swig of his sake, and began singing the song again. except this time he sat down flat on the ground and then fell backwards to nap.
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Post by Sosuke Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 2:35:50 GMT -5
Suddenly a bandit came running into the room, a katana in his hand. Sosuke chuckled to himself. What an amateur! A katana will do no good in an enclosed space like this. Coming out of his thoughts, he saw the katana was already being swung at him. He sidestepped the cut and took the blade between his hands, impaling it into the wall beside him. He then stepped forward then pivoted on one foot, leaping upwards and bringing his fist with him; a trademark uppercut of Murekwon. Sosuke felt the poor man's jaw fracture against the severity of the blow. His head smacked against the low ceiling before he crashed through a small table, breaking many dishes with his landing.
Sosuke cracked his knuckles as he heard another scream from down the hallway. ''Hey, why don't you guys fight a man instead of picking on some poor girl? Come on out here! I've got a beating for every last one of ya!'' Three bandits rushed into the hallway. Sosuke drew his tanto and held it with a reverse grip, the blade curving down his arm. He smiled simply, crouching down.
The bandits split up; one charged down the hallway, and the other two ducked away in separate rooms to try and ambush Sosuke. Sosuke ducked under a punch before striking the man in his groin, then tossing him through a door into another room. He continued on, and a blade struck at him from a room to his right. He hopped backwards and out of the way before spinning around the corner. He got the man in a choke hold and disarmed him. ''Adiosu.'' He slashed the man's throat, sending a small burst of blood against the wall.
By now, a man tried charging at him from behind. Using the dead body as a shield, Sosuke turned quickly, then pushed the body down the blade onto the bandit. Both of them collapsed, and the other bandit yelped in fear, trying to crawl away. Sosuke stepped on the back of his neck. ''You ain't gonna enjoy this.'' He then viciously stomped on his neck until his throat was crushed. The man he hadn't killed from before now rushed him with a tanto in hand. Surprised, Sosuke dodged the blade but was tackled to the floor. Having been disarmed, he pinned the wrist down that had the tanto and gripped the man's neck. The man kicked and struggled, but Sosuke's strength was too much. In hardly any time at all, he'd been strangled.
Sosuke stood, panting. He walked over and picked up his bloodied tanto. Where the hell was Shinu...?
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Post by Shinu Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 2:45:39 GMT -5
Shinu had been laying down in the grass still just writing that one song, his eyes carfully tucked underneath his eye lids he could heard the wonderous screams from the inside of the house which almost set a rthymetic pattern to the song. Well it was time for Shinu to get off his lazy ass and go help his brother who he was sure at this point was in some kind of danger so off he went. Shinu jumped to his feet and unusually readied his katars for a dance of a life time.
Shinu;'s entrance was through the perfectly good door in the back as he crashed through it screaming "Bonzai!!" Unfortunetely the only thing that came from the screams was an eerie echo that bounced off the walls. At his feet the dead bodies had already bathed his feet with blood.
"Nice Work there Sosuke Care for a drink to celebrate?"
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Post by Sosuke Igarashi on Aug 9, 2008 2:55:15 GMT -5
Sosuke head slowly turned to gaze at Shinu. ''That would be a godsend right now.'' He walked down the hall and turned the corner to where he heard the woman screaming. As it turns out, the farmer's daughter wasn't half bad! And both his daughter and he were still alive. Job well done. Not even caring that her father was in the room, he walked up to her confidently. ''Hey there baby, how'd you like to spend a night with a real man, eh?'' She blushed and then glared at him, slapping him so hard it dizzied him. He stumbled out of the room, grumbling. He stopped for a second to regain his balance and walked down the hall.
''Yeah...it'd be great.'' He rubbed his own cheek tenderly, angered that he'd just been slapped. He was no woman-beater though. That's what separated him from most womanizers. Besides, a bar was a great place to pick up girls anyways. That is, unless they were just gonna drink at home. Sosuke sighed and exited the house, sitting up on the fence outside. He stuck his pipe into his mouth and lit the tobacco with a match, taking a long, calming drag before puffing the smoke out in one huff from the side of his mouth.
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Yeah I work here
